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BY LEO WEEKLY We at LEO offer our sincerest congratulations to The Courier Journal for winning its 11th Pulitzer Prize, this one for studiously and unrelentingly chronicling the avalanche of last-minute pardons and commutations handed out by the corrupt, craven and mercenary Gov.-reject Matt Bevin.

We are fortunate as a city to have it as our paper. In a poignant tribute and plea, former CJ reporter Howard Fineman wrote in The Washington Post that the paper’s latest plaudit “should remind us (and surely was meant to remind us), that what we call ‘local’ journalism is profoundly essential to self-government as the Founders designed it, and to the American way of life.” He cited a study that found nearly 1,800 newspapers have closed since 2004, and he said, “Virtually all of the remaining 7,000 are thinner and weaker than ever.” He implored you to subscribe to the paper because, as the op-ed’s headline said: “My former newspaper is struggling — and is more important than ever.”

This is all true, but there is more.

What Fineman’s op-ed neglected to underscore is that the news media landscape extends far beyond daily newspapers and must include alternative weeklies.

Alt-weeklies also provide “local journalism” and are “profoundly essential.” They are critically important because they work in the margins and areas where newspapers do not or cannot. They provide free-to-read accounts of a community’s culture, ethos and priorities. Good ones are not substitutes for daily newspapers, although their coverage and stories may overlap.

At LEO, our goal since John Yarmuth founded it in 1990 has been to dive deeply into areas that The CJ and other mainstream news media have neglected, dismissed or overlooked. Accordingly, LEO is the authority on local music, theater and visual arts. We publish A&E guides twice a year. Every issue of LEO has (or had) at least two food and drink stories, including reviews, a beer column and insiders’ views on the service industry. We offer a range of commentary, which, admittedly, skews left but also has included conservative and right-leaning views (such as a column from, gasp — Mitch McConnell). We print op-eds that The CJ would not, such as from Black Lives Matter. We champion equality and provide a voice to the LGBTQ+ community. Our printed and online lists celebrate the best things to do in the region to help you plan your week and weekends. We also publish news stories that are written differently (we’d like to say, more interestingly) than a newspaper would run. They include primary source stories (first-person) and stories told through alternative (there is that word again) formats. Our core topics include those that the daily paper rarely touches, such as urban planning, race relations, labor and the environment (since The CJ’s ace enviro reporter moved on). And, they include media criticism (we are looking at you CJ, but we have given ourselves thorns) because who else is going to do it?

In short, Louisville has at least six ways you can get your news, counting TV and radio.

We try to not be like any of them.

We try not to tell the same story.

We try to be more interesting and less predictable.

And the hundreds of thousands of people who read us and click on our stories tell us we are doing something right.

Alas, LEO, as you might imagine, also has been crippled by this virus, as have alt-weeklies across the nation.

LEO is free to pick up and relies almost entirely on advertising. No subscriptions. No grants. No membership drive for donations twice a year.

The backbone of our advertising is entertainment (think: music, ballet, theater and visual art) and food and drink. Similarly, we distribute to places where people enjoy those activities and relax (think: bars, coffee shops, restaurants, etc.), and those have been closed. LEO already runs lean and has not had to furlough any editorial staff — yet — but our editorial budget has been cut by three-quarters. LEO has been online-only mostly since the epidemic began. Starting with this issue, our goal is to publish a print edition every other week. Fortunately, we have been an outlier among alt-weeklies, so far.

A story from NiemanLab listed more than 40 alt-weeklies that had taken steps to survive within just days of us all realizing this pandemic was real.

Many suspended print publication, others furloughed staff and, still, others asked for donations.

They included Pittsburgh City Paper, which launched a membership program: “in order to help fight some of these losses, with the hope that readers who depend on our daily coverage of local news, arts, music, food, and entertainment recognize the importance in the work we do to keep the city informed and want us to continue.”

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ON: JOHN YARMUTH, THE LMPD IS CORRUPT The whole administration is corrupt from the top down. ...

—Mimi Wilson

ON: THE CITY CURFEW WAS INEFFECTIVE AT BEST AND DEADLY AT WORST We can’t possibly enforce it. It’s ridiculous. —Jess George

The sanctuary appears to have inflamed tensions instead of calming things down. Many of us thought the curfew ordered people to go home, but it turned out they could also go to the sanctuary and delay their trips home until later. Ironically, this exception to the general rule required more police officers to stay in the area to monitor those inside the sanctuary after the curfew began.

This sanctuary was said to protect people from police violence, when actually it appears to have just given them more time to hang around in the area under curfew. Hasty preparation was apparently another problem with the sanctuary. ... Next time, I think the sanctuary ought to close when curfew begins unless they see acts of police violence. —Tom Louderback

ON: SHAUNTRICE MARTIN, FIGHT FOR BLACK LIVES, A LIST OF DEMANDS

The demands are totally unrealistic. To the point that no one will take the article seriously. The writer, while probably well intended, doesn’t have a clue as to how government works. City government has to work within the parameters of the law as it is written.

It takes time to change the law, less time to change policies. But, if you hope to be taken seriously, you have to be realistic in your demands. —Andy Albatys Andy Albatys, how many more centuries are you suggesting?

Why not look it over, see what can happen immediately and offer suggestions/timelines for the rest? —Sandy Knauer Morgan

ON: STATE REP. SCOTT’S ARREST, ‘WE WERE BEING SET UP’ I stand with Attica. —Ashley Johnson

No, you should have been arrested, and so did the rest of the problem children that got arrested. —Andrue J Devine Andrue J Devine, it is closed-minded people like you that are the problem in our country. Open your eyes and your mind and see the truth. —Chris Hamilton I support Rep. Scott! Watch for yourself the 10-minute phone video she recorded as she and her daughter were circled by police and prevented from entering First Unitarian before curfew.

—Joyce Garner Of course, they are being set up. They were being blocked from getting to the church at the exact time. Somebody broke the library window and tossed in a lit traffic flare. Who always keeps traffic flares in their trunk? —Sue Hulett

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WHEN CAN WE SAY: ‘WE’RE GOOD’?

By Terrance A. Sullivan | leo@leoweekly.com “I’M GOOD.” As I sat on the table at physical therapy, I recounted the numerous times I used this response in my life. If the coach or trainer asks if I’m hurt, I always responded with: “I’m good.”

Sitting on the table, waiting for the PT to return, I strangely connected that moment to where we need to be as a country — on the table, ready to put in the work to get better.

I’ll explain.

For the majority of my life (at least for seven more years this is true), I have been an athlete. I played sports at various levels and have a competitive side that is sure to annoy others. In that quest to always be the best, I adopted dangerous habits. This has continued throughout my life, and as I enter into my 30s this mindset, this can prove detrimental, at least in relation to physical activity. This was especially true as I took that first box jump of 20 and felt the pinch in my Achilles tendon.

I finished the workout. Continued for weeks to both do my personal workouts and, later in the day, the workouts with my runners at track practice. Months following that initial feeling, I refused to say anything about it, instead, I put more pressure on my other Achilles. The same mindset that was preached to me by football coaches when I separated my shoulder: “Sullivan you got two of ‘em.” I figured, what the heck, I have a second Achilles, I’m good.

This was fine.

I went on for a while, adopting a new way to still jump as high or try to run as fast.

I compensated, more pressure on the other leg, but I could do it.

I was fine.

Then it happened. Teaching one of my sprinters how to explode out of starting blocks, I felt it in my Achilles then quickly up my calf. At that moment, though I didn’t share with my runner, I realized I was injured.

And this Is where we are as a country — we are injured.

For a long time, we have been injured, but collectively, instead of addressing our injuries, we did what I did and compensated.

We found ways to adjust, ways to explain away.

Oh? Inequality is still rampant? Well… we had a Black president — we’re good.

Oh? A Black person being treated differently by police? Well I’m sure they did something

wrong, right?

For years, we have seen the signs of a broader problem. It is hard to turn on a TV or look across social media without being confronted by the injury of racism within our systems.

At times we hide it well.

To hide my Achilles injury, I bought all the spandex compression sleeves I could find. I was going to compress that thing so tight that any injury would quickly be negated by numbness.

That is what America has done as well — we compressed our feelings and reality, and we went numb. For years we saw the signs and ignored them. We watched a nation turn on its head in the direction of furthered racism when this country dared to broach progress by electing a Black man as president. It became the mission of some to ensure that he failed, because as any minority or woman knows, often when they let us sneak in the door, our perceived failure is then used to block others like us from even looking in the window.

This is not a political dig either.

Actions made by both sides have further embedded racism into the fabric of our country. When these things are pointed out, they are often downplayed as not as big of a deal as we make it out to be. Or, we are told that we are playing the race card. As if we want to be treated unfairly or targeted or have worse jobs while being more qualified, if we have a job at all.

Much of the country is complicit in this cover up. We view incremental progress as achievement of the end result, instead of recognizing it for what it is, incremental.

This is especially evident and painful in January and February. Each new year begins with half-hearted tributes to Black history, spearheaded by Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is toward the end of January. Online you see these commitments and recitation of the quotes of Dr. King and the preaching of equality. One fact, however, is often left out of the discussions about how Dr. King’s dream has been realized; he was killed for demanding the same equality back then that

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we are literally in the streets for today.

The leader of the nonviolent protest movement was killed for these beliefs, and we have the nerve to say we are good, nay great?

We have never been great because we have never allowed ourselves to be great.

Racism is evident in healthcare disparities.

Look at the maternal mortality rate. Evident in the wealth gap, incarceration disproportionality, economic opportunity, jobs, housing and houselessness, homeownership… must I go on?

Real change comes when you acknowledge that change is needed. Much like I had to finally come to terms with my Achilles as I tried to gain power out of the starting blocks, America needs to come to terms with our own injury if we want to gain any power in our democracy.

As we see our city on the TV news and the cries for some form of justice for Black people, we must address the initial injury that started this whole episode years ago.

Sitting on the table at PT, ready to begin the steps to recovery, I began to hope that we move away from my own refrain and hope one day we as a nation, as a city, as a community can honestly say, “We’re good.” • Terrance A. Sullivan is a lawyer and executive director of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights.

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misappropriating someone else’s grief. I still I DON’T KNOW how long I had my hands need to examine this. over my head before realizing I was doing it.

A few blocks down Bardstown Road, just After Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s past Midland Avenue everything came to a heartbreaking announcement, I heard the prohalt. The road was blocked by police in riot testers were coming my direction. I went out gear. You’ve seen this imposing sight on TV to meet them and show some kind of support, perhaps: A phalanx of 20 or more, Kevlartaking a couple of pictures on my phone as wearing, helmeted officers carrying sticks the march approached. The crowd was full of which resemble nothing if not baseball bats. intense energy. Anger and determination. Joy A new chant went up, perfect in its simplicity, and sorrow. It was a beautiful, sunny day. skewering the logic of the police blockade: Looking north down Bardstown Road, I “Why you wearing that riot gear? I don’t see saw several young men with clubs and metal no riot here.” pipes, threatening the windows of a couple of Then, another call: “We need all of our businesses. One of them tested the window of white allies to the front.” I moved forward.

Ramsi’s Cafe without any intent to break it.

Why else was I there, after all, if not to play Nevertheless, when his pipe clanged against my part? the glass, several from the main body of the I am four deep from the armored wall of demonstration chastised the group he was in. police when things “Stop that shit! That’s go crazy. I heard later not why we’re here.

Several from the that the justification That’s not what we’re for what followed was about.” main body of the because a shot was The crowd was demonstration fired, a fight broke out policing itself.

This bears repeatchastised the group and the crowd refused to comply with an ing: The crowd was he was in. ‘Stop order to disperse. Due policing itself. to the piling up of As I watched, that shit! That’s not marchers behind this phone in hand, one choke-point, there demonstrator asked why we’re here. were a few moments me not to film. I had That’s not what when shoving took thought about it, but place between agreed not to. we’re about.’ police and protester.

This demonstraBut a fight, no. An tion needed to be The crowd was announcement to documented but not by policing itself. disperse: those are far some bystander like too loud to miss. None me. This was a matter was given. Finally, no of literal life and death shot was fired. If there had been, we all would for many, not a parade for me to post on the have flinched or ducked. Police included. internet. This was spectacular, but not a specDidn’t happen. tacle for my scrapbook. This woman’s polite What did happen was that 50 or so offirequest reminded me that to photograph in this cers swiftly deployed down the sidewalks manner contributed to more objectification of encircling the demonstrators. A cry goes the protestors and the protest itself. out: “Don’t let them get behind you.” Many Already struggling with what I should be retreated down Bardstown to escape this doing about racial injustice besides writing letters and having conversations, I hear a chant flanking maneuver, but those up front were enclosed in one or more circles before we rise up: “Don’t film us. Join us.” And my feet knew it. were off the curb and I was with them. I was Now, scuffles broke out as people were convinced. prevented from leaving. This is when I Walking along in my khakis and buttondown, I immediately felt like a poser. I needn’t became aware that my arms were over my head; a very unusual posture to find myself have. I was greeted and welcomed by several in. The last time my hands were in the air like people. Still, as the march progressed, I this I was at a party being told to “wave ‘em couldn’t bring myself to join the chants. To like you just don’t care.” This was no party do so would have felt disingenuous, like I was

and as the shoving began and I tried to move away from the chaos, my white ass began to freak out. Cowardice surfaced and I asked one of the officers if I could go home and said that I only lived two blocks away and this was clearly over anyway. His reply: “It’s too late for that. You’re in the circle, now.” I gotta tell you, that is some ominous-sounding shit to hear.

I was simultaneously scared, confused, mad and then, Oh my God, this is what many in the Black community feel like even on days when there is no protest.

Sitting on the curb, watching the people in my “circle” being handcuffed, I continued to plead my case. Eventually, one officer listened, saw the logic in my request and let me and two others go. I say logic, but maybe it was the khakis.

My drama lasted about an hour. I was both proud and ashamed. I continue to be astonished by the courage of those protesters who struggle with these feelings and face these consequences and worse, every day.

On this afternoon, simply put, the police were the aggressors. And I mean the LMPD as an institution. If they hadn’t blocked the street, or been there at all, most likely nothing beyond a temporary disturbance of the peace would have occurred. As it was, their actions closed Bardstown Road for hours, resulted in unnecessary arrests and sent at least two bloodied individuals to the hospital (I presume).

What philosophy leads to such aggression?

What is there to do?

I am reminded that it was white people who voted to free the slaves and whose votes passed the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts. This wasn’t because white people are so eff-ing great but because they were the ones with all the power. Today, we must use our unearned white privilege and all the power and influence that comes with it to help create a safe, equitable society for every citizen.

It can only be good for us. These protesters are leading the way out of fear and hypocrisy toward justice and peace. For everyone. We need to step off the curb more often and join them.

Epilogue: I was not arrested. The woman in front of me was the last in my “circle” to have the zip ties put on when I and the remaining two were released. • Jeff Twyman is a licensed marriage and family therapist and Louisville resident.

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By Ben Carter | leo@leoweekly.com “HEALTHY AT HOME” has been a tion.org that allows renters to review, sign and email the required Declaration catchphrase in Kentucky and across to their landlords in just a few minutes.

America for six months now. But, for The tool is useful nationwide. Because the millions of Americans at risk of people have to send the Declaration eviction during a global pandemic, a to get the CDC’s protections, sharing phrase that should simply be cheerfulHomerenterDeclaration.org on social and-dreadful pablum of our pandemic media is one of the simplest things is instead a terrifying question that people can do to help their neighbors leads to more terrifying questions: avoid being evicted during a global Healthy… at Home? pandemic.

How? For how long? Where will I We already know that landlords are go? trying to rush eviction cases through The question of how people who courts across the country before rent their homes can stay “Healthy at people learn about the CDC’s eviction Home” has not been easy to answer. I protections. am the senior Don’t let litigation and For six months, them get away advocacy counwith it. sel of a statetracking, Preventing wide nonprofit. understanding, evictions is literIt is my job to ally a matter of help protect and preparing for and life and death. build systems Researchers at that ensure every responding to the the University Kentuckian has changes to eviction of Pennsylvathe food, shelter, nia recently medical care and processes and estimated that security they preventing need to thrive. renter rights in 70 evictions For six Kentucky has been saves one life months, tracking, understanda dizzying, full-time in a city of 1 million people ing, preparjob. with a monthly ing for and eviction rate of responding to 0.25%. Whose the changes to life? We’ll never know. But, reducing eviction processes and renter rights in Kentucky has been a dizzying, full-time the spread of COVID-19 by reducing the number of people “doubling up” job. with friends, family, neighbors after an That’s only a slight exaggeration. eviction will save lives. In Louisville, After eviction moratoriums, Execuout of all residential rental properties, tive Orders, Supreme Court Orders, landlords evict people from 0.35% of lawsuits, CARES Act protections, those properties each month, so we here’s where we are now: would have to prevent even fewer than — On Sept. 1, the Centers for 70 evictions to save a life.

Disease Control and Prevention issued Every voter should wonder why we a public health order that protects renthaven’t seen more action from local ers from eviction for nonpayment of officials and local judges to save lives rent until Dec. 31 if the renter sends a by preventing evictions in the last six Declaration to their landlord. The Decmonths. laration requires the person to swear to Meanwhile, outside of the CDC’s certain facts about the person’s income recent action, things have only gotten and efforts to pay. worse for Kentuckians facing eviction The Kentucky Equal Justice Center for reasons other than nonpayment of has built an app at HomerenterDeclara-

rent (and renters whose landlords are willing to create pretextual reasons to evict people when the real reason is their inability to pay rent during an unemployment crisis and global pandemic).

Across Kentucky’s 120 counties, the courts’ eviction processes, the rental assistance programs available and the law describing renters’ rights are a kaleidoscopic mishmash of the personal preferences of district court judges, antiquated law and customs and bureaucratic hoops. Does the court mandate in-person eviction hearings?

Or, does the court require remote hearings? Some mix of the two? Are the hearings via telephone? Skype?

Zoom? Will the court allow a person facing eviction to request an in-person hearing so she can present witnesses or documents? Can a person request to appear remotely for health or logistical concerns? It all depends on what county you live in. The confusion, the variation and the lack of information benefit only the landlords, of course.

Here’s where we need to go, in no particular order: — The federal government must provide generous assistance to landlords in exchange for a nationwide eviction moratorium. Not a “send this paper and maybe if your landlord wants to follow the law you’ll have three months of safety until Dec. 31” eviction moratorium. Not that kind of eviction moratorium. I’m talking about a “nobody moves who doesn’t want to move no matter what” eviction moratorium. It will be expensive, but less costly than the continued spread of SARS-CoV-2. What I’m saying (what I’ve been saying since April) is: Just Print the Money.

— Local governments, the court and Gov. Andy Beshear should implement processes that make the promise of the CDC’s Order a reality for more Kentuckians. The courts must provide renters facing eviction with a copy of the CDC’s Declaration form with the first court papers a person receives in an eviction. Courts should refuse evictions when the only lease “violation” is Continued on Page 15

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THORNS & ROSES THE WORST, BEST & MOST ABSURD THORN: GRAND JURY CASE A CRIME SCENE

The Breonna Taylor case Grand Jury recordings revealed confusion, inept investigation and frustrated grand jurors. Perhaps worse, Attorney General Daniel Cameron said what he recommended to the jurors is not on the tapes, so we do not know what he really told jurors. But we do know he did not present evidence regarding the search warrant that allowed cops to barge into Breonna Taylor’s apartment where they suspected she was alone with a child. We agree with Courier Journal columnist Joe Gerth’s call for Jefferson County Commonwealth’s Attorney Tom Wine to seek an indictment for the cops who took out that warrant. “If laws were broken, people need to be charged,” he wrote.

ROSE: SNL, FINALLY RELEVANT

Saturday Night Live has not been funny for, well, since its first few seasons. Last Saturday’s was no exception, including the pointedly accurate message for Cameron from musical guest Megan Thee Stallion. She gets a rose for using an audio clip in her performance of activist Tamika Mallory saying, “Daniel Cameron is no different than the sellout Negroes that sold our people into slavery.” On Fox News, Cameron responded: “The fact that a celebrity that I’ve never met before wants to make those sorts of statements, they don’t hurt me, but what it does, it exposes the type of intolerance ... and the hypocrisy because, obviously, people preach about being intolerant.”

ABSURD: SOUNDS ACCURATE

Speaking of Kentucky’s deserved, unwanted national attention, a cartoon in The New Yorker imagines the nighttime travails of the old, white men who govern our nation: “How do they sleep at night?” About our grand and unbussed, really, really senior senator we are told, “a bed of nails and a sulfur-scented candle and Mitch McConnell is out like a light.”

THORN: SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING?

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected former clerk Kim Davis’ appeal, and even Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito agreed. But they took the opportunity to warn that the marriage-equality decision imperils freedom of religion. “Due to Obergefell, those with sincerely held religious beliefs concerning marriage will find it increasingly difficult to participate in society without running afoul of Obergefell and its effect on other antidiscrimination laws,” Thomas wrote. “Moreover, Obergefell enables courts and governments to brand religious adherents who believe that marriage is between one man and one woman as bigots, making their religious liberty concerns that much easier to dismiss.” No, it insulates all of us from Bible-powered intrusion into government for the people, not for just Christians. (Remember: Davis was acting in her elected, official capacity as a clerk — not a private person — and had no right to deny marriage licenses.)

BRINGING LIVE MUSIC BACK LOCAL MUSIC VENUES FORM COALITION TO REOPEN SAFELY

The Keep Moving Forward Band at the Riot Cafe. | PHOTOS BY KATHRYN HARRINGTON.

By Scott Recker | srecker@leoweekly.com THE RIOT CAFE held its soft opening last Saturday with a small, indoor, socially-distanced concert.

Zanzabar and Headliners Music Hall are trying to figure out booking a few outdoor shows before winter.

And Third Street Dive recently received a grant that will help save one of the city’s places for live music.

During a pandemic that’s been crushing to live music, the people who run Louisville’s independent stages have been working together to bring back shows and survive. For the last several months, local music venue owners and managers have been meeting to exchange ideas and collectively navigate the COVID-19 era. On Wednesday, they formally announced a coalition, Louisville Operating Venues Safely, or LOVS. It includes Headliners Music Hall, Zanzabar, Art Sanctuary, The Limbo, Third Street Dive and more than 10 other indie stages.

The primary goal is to set a standard of health guidelines that will be unilaterally enforced at each venue, but the group is also working to help each other with a range of

challenges, including licensing issues, obtaining government money and innovative ways to increase revenue streams.

Several of the venue owners LEO talked with referred to it as a “support group.”

While the business-to-business benefits have been profound, LOVS founding member Scotty Haulter said that the main focus is on the customers, for the ticket-buyers to feel safe and informed when concerts pick up again.

“We want to welcome everybody back to our businesses with a healthy peace of mind,” said Haulter, who is also the production manager at Production Simple, the company that books shows at Headliners, Old Forester’s Paristown Hall and other places around town. “We are trying to do things the right way. If you come to a LOVS associated venue, we want you, the customer, to feel like you’re in a safe haven.

We want to be transparent with the public on what the LOVS venues are doing and offer them some comfort in attending events at these spaces. Together we are the solution.”

The health guidelines from the group include that

customers must wear masks unless sitting at a table eating or drinking, visiting artists and staff will get temperature checks, the audience will be required to social distance and all high-touch surfaces will be sanitized, including band equipment and merchandise. Each venue’s staff will undergo training for the guidelines.

When Riot Cafe hosted the band Keep Moving Forward last Saturday with a small audience of around 30, the venue’s owner Olivia Griffin said the LOVS safety measures provided a template.

“The guidelines are helpful, and we’ve been discussing them — making sure your customers feel safe, that you’re doing it safely,” she said. “Keeping them confident that they can go out again. That you can go out into the world and see live music, as long as you do it safely.”

Griffin, who also owns The Limbo, has been impressed by how the group has looked out for each other.

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Riot Cafe owner Olivia Rose Griffin.

Jeremiah Jordan.

riencing the same thing, and lots of us are trying new and different things, so we get to share those with each other.”

FROM NATIONAL GROUP TO LOCAL INITIATIVE

Through his work on a Louisville Tourism reopening task force, Haulter joined the national campaign Reopen Every Venue Safely, or REVS. Louisville was chosen as one of the 11 cities for the REVS pilot program, which aimed to connect the cities for a collaborative effort to discuss the best practices during the pandemic.

On June 12, Haulter wrote an email to Louisville venue operators, to announce the news with hopes of forming a local collective. Part of it read, “Because of that I wanted to reach out and introduce myself and start a conversation amongst ourselves to ensure we work together to support and collaborate, share ideas, plans, thoughts, etc. as obviously we are stronger as a group, and I know you have some great ideas to bring to the table. Together I know we can make Louisville shine!! Ideally I would love to set up a conference call or Zoom sometime next week to start the process.”

From there, LOVS was born, and the group began to work on health guidelines and brainstorm numerous other issues that they experienced during the shutdown and reopening phases. Every week, the group gathers in a Zoom meeting to talk.

For some, the group has helped their businesses survive.

Lynne Frost, owner of Third Street Dive, received a grant from the city via a program administrated by Louisville Forward, but she might have missed out on it if it wasn’t for LOVS. “I really wouldn’t have known about it, and I wasn’t

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really quite sure how to do all that stuff,” Frost said. “You know, without those grants, there would be no more Third Street Dive. It’s also nice to know there are people out there wanting to do things right, instead of flagrantly disregarding the rules, like you hear about from other places.”

FAR FROM OVER

By all accounts, concerts won’t return to a relaxed, fullcapacity setting soon, so the challenge has been for venue’s to find a path to providing entertainment in a safe and financially-viable way.

Every venue is a little different in terms of how long it will take before they can return to throwing shows. A small bar with a kitchen might be able to host live music because it is not as dependent on ticket money or filling to capacity. A midsized venue with no food and no outdoor space might have to stay closed because, with 6-foot distancing regulations, it can’t sell enough tickets (and therefore it also doesn’t have enough people buying drinks) to turn a profit.

So, while the members of LOVS have agreed upon health guidelines, that doesn’t mean they’re all going to simultane-

Keep Moving Forward Band.

ously open. Everyone is moving at their own pace, but the group helps move everyone in the right direction.

Art Sanctuary has about 40 artist studios, which helps them stay afloat, but its president, Lisa Frye, said that the nonprofit isn’t quite ready to host concerts. Art Sanctuary has a livestream music series called “Late For Dinner,” which it uses to keep the momentum from the three to

The Riot Cafe held a soft opening including a live music performance.

four events it used to hold per week. Frye said that they’re looking for other ways to merge the arts community and its patrons during this time.

“It’s been challenging, but it’s been nice to be able to bounce ideas off the other guys and see where they are,” she said.

Headliners Music Hall and Zanzabar are trying to set up concerts outside. Both have been confronted with regulatory and neighborhood issues, and the owners have been communicating with each other about it through LOVS to help each other. One similar problem is that each venue’s usable outdoor space is on an adjacent property, which used to mean they couldn’t extend their businesses’ liquor licenses across the address barrier. But thanks to a recent change to Kentucky law, they can apply to use their liquor license on a neighboring property with that owner’s permission.

Zanzabar co-owner Antz Wettig said LOVS has helped him plan to reopen. “I’m really thankful for that group because we all talk each other through hard times. I don’t think it started out to be like this, but I think it turned out to be a support group,” he said.

Under social distancing rules, Zanzabar would be allowed about 42 people in its indoor space, which has a capacity of 400, and is why Wettig wants to move the show outside before the winter.

“We’re all crossing our fingers for a break,” Wettig said.

“Hopefully it’s a warm season like it was in 2017.”

BUILDING A COMMUNITY

Some group members knew each other before LOVS started. Some even have collaborated or worked together.

But others had never met. From talking with several members of the group, it’s clear they’re formed a community.

The word “support” came up a lot during interviews. Several talked about not feeling alone through a difficult time for the entertainment industry. Even in the independent venue scene, owners can stay in a small bubble because they’re so busy with their own events.

LOVS has allowed them to expand their networks, Frye said. “As a venue owner, as much as you have events every week, sometimes three or four events, you don’t ever go anywhere, you just live under that rock of that venue, which is great, but this has been a good opportunity to learn how other venues work, and get to meet people who run venues, so you have like-minded people in the same spot,” she said.

“You can kind of commiserate together a little bit right now, but just kind of knowing that you’re not alone, that’s been very welcoming.”

Allison Longino who manages Mag Bar, said that the group has kept her motivated.

“It’s so cool to work with people, who, maybe used to

be considered competitors, that still are technically, because we share a lot of the same demographics, but it’s so cool to work with each other toward a common good and inspire and really push each other.”

She also said that the camaraderie and friendships formed from LOVS have been pivotal. “I feel more connected to my community and the service industry than I have in a really long time,” Longino said. •

LOVS VENUES Art Sanctuary Headliners Music Hall Iroquois Amphitheater Kentucky Performing Arts The Limbo Mag Bar Mammoth Old Forester’s Paristown Hall

Play Louisville Parkland Plaza (coming soon) Production Simple Odeon Riot Cafe Shopbar Third Street Dive Zanzabar

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Pride Keynote: The Fight For Black Lives Online | Search Facebook | Free | 7-8:30 p.m.

Members of the LGBTQ+ community have been on the front lines of BE PROUD Louisville’s current movement for racial justice. Some of those leaders have been poet Hannah Drake and Keturah Herron, a policy strategist for the ACLU of Kentucky who worked on Louisville’s Breonna’s Law ordinance, as well as Talesha Wilson and Phelix Crittenden. Wilson and Crittenden are both affiliated with Black Lives Matter Louisville and are key players in the movement to diversify the NuLu commercial district. All will be at this panel discussion, which is meant to celebrate and amplify their work. Dr. Kaila Story and Jaison Gardner, hosts of the “Strange Fruit” podcast, will moderate. —Danielle Grady

FRIDAY, OCT. 9

Black Scene Millennium Launch

Roots 101 African-American Museum | 819 W. Main St. Search Facebook | Free | 5-8 p.m.

The launch party for Black Scene Millennium, a revived magazine for the Black community, was delayed last week after the city blocked off large portions of downtown READ IT in preparation for the Breonna Taylor case announcement. But, after no officers were charged for killing Taylor, the publication’s theme — Black women — is more relevant than ever, as is one of its stories about the mothers of victims of police violence in Louisville. Read the magazine for the first time (and take home a free issue) at the launch party, which will also feature music from The Pearls. —Danielle Grady

Dr. Kaila Story and Jaison Gardner, hosts of the ‘Strange Fruit’ podcast, will moderate Pride Keynote: The Fight for Black Lives.

THURSDAY, OCT. 8

Family Reunion

The Earl | 109 E. Market St., New Albany | Search Facebook | Free | 5 p.m.

We don’t usually promote family reunions, but this one is different, and it includes extraextended family… as in, everyone at The Earl is considered family.

YOU COMING? The Earl, just a couple blocks on the north side of the Ohio River, is throwing a festival for the old-time regulars as well as newcomer patrons. Set up in the parking lot next of The Earl, festivities –– including live music, food truck, beer tubs and a minibar –– begin 5 p.m. Thursday with a cornhole tournament, followed by a beer pong tournament. Can’t make it Thursday, then Friday and Saturday nights pick back up at 6 p.m. and run until 1 a.m. Cohosts Starlight Coffee, Starlight Distillery (of Huber’s Orchard, Winery and Vineyards) will have samples to try. For a schedule of live music The Earl in New Albany. | PHOTO BY MITCHELL MORRIS. sets, check the Facebook event page. —LEO

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FRIDAY, OCT. 9-31

Danger Run

Various Locations | dangerrun.com | $15+ per person | 7 p.m.

Trick or treating is iffy this year, and indoor Halloween parties could SPOOKY prove deadly, but the annual Danger Run scavenger hunt is on and conveniently socially-distant. Choose your team (preferably people you live with or those in your bubble) and solve rhyming clues that will take you to “real” haunted places in Louisville. A Ghost Host will “join you virtually in your car to narrate some of the spookiest tales in Louisville’s history.”

If you’re comfortable, you can also add on commercial haunted attractions such as the Haunted Hotel for additional cost. There are two levels of difficulty: Beginners Edition with two-line clues or Classic Edition with five-line clues. Every participant receives a free mini Blizzard from Dairy Queen and, if you beat the game, you can get a free dinner, too: Papa John’s pizza. —LEO

STAFF PICKS

SATURDAY, OCT. 10

SATURDAY, OCT. 10

Jefferson Square Park | 301 S. Sixth St. | Search Facebook | Free | 1:30-3 p.m.

California Community Center | 1600 St. Catherine St. Search Facebook | $10 | 3-6 p.m.

Jazz Jam For Justice

Jazz Jam for Justice is a jam session in the truest way, SMOOTH welcoming anyone with an instrument to join. “[J]azz continues to be a music of love, fellowship, and inclusivity. In the full spirit of the music, we come together to remember our roots, acknowledge the present, and hope for better days,” say organizers. Plus, the “March To Justice” marchers from Tyler Park should be arriving at Jefferson Square around this time to add energy and support to the fight for justice. Saxophonist Rob Nickerson hosts and will be joined

by Craig Tweddell on trumpet, Winton Reynolds on piano, Doug Elmore on bass and Zack Kennedy on drums. —Aaron Yarmuth

Saxophonist and Rob Nickerson.

SATURDAY, OCT. 10

March To Justice

Tyler Park | 1501 Castlewood Ave. | Search Facebook | Free | Noon The march for justice and equality is TOGETHER pushing through complacency and distractions, exhaustion and despair. March To Justice is a call for all allies of justice to join for a peaceful, threemile march from Tyler Park in The Highlands to Jefferson Square Park downtown.

“There we will meet and join our brothers and sisters who have been Walking The Walk for months,” organizers say.

“They’ve achieved so much, but cannot reach full Justice without the rest of us.” Plus, when you get there, you’ll walk right into a live Jazz Jam session and the next LEO Staff Pick, “Jazz Jam For Justice.” Let’s make this the biggest march yet. —Aaron Yarmuth

KQOC YOUTH TRAP And Paint

Get the kids out for some safe, creative fun and socializing COLOR with one of Louisville’s legendary artists. Kings and Queens of Color Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on reaching and serving at-risk youths through mentoring programs. Kids 11 to 18 years old can let their personality and imagination shine by creating their own face masks. “I decided to be different. Instead of canvases, I chose to COVID face mask, because that has become a daily lifestyle for us all in 2020, and let the young kings and queens be creatively expressive on face mask with paint,” said Phaedra Chapman, CEO and founder of KQOC. And they can get some of that energy out “singing, dancing, just over all bopping in unity” to some trap music. Special guest speaker, sculptor Ed Hamilton, is sure to inspire kids and parents alike. Everything will be organized with a priority on health-safety considerations. —LEO

SATURDAY, OCT. 10

Portland Art & Heritage Fair

Portland Museum | 2308 Portland Ave. | portlandky.org | Free | 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Artist and naturalist John James AuduLOCAL ART bon lived in Louisville for over a decade, eventually moving his general store business to Henderson, Kentucky, in 1810. During his time here, he continued drawing the birds he’s best known for, compiling them in his monumental 1827 book “The Birds of America.” To celebrate the former resident, the Portland Museum is dedicating the Portland Art & Heritage Fair to him with the juried art exhibition “Birds of a Feather.”

The outdoor and socially distanced fair will also include art workshops for children, live chainsaw carving and live music. —Jo Anne Triplett

‘The Sentinels’ by Ann Windchy. Oil on gallery-wrap canvas.

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THURSDAY, OCT. 8

Louisville UnFair

Mag Bar | 1398 S. Second St. | Search Facebook | No cover | 3 p.m.-midnight

Phoenix - Make way for Phoenix! This loyal pup has quite the story to tell. Phoenix arrived at the Phoenix Kentucky Humane Society after his family lost their home due to COVID-19. This American Pit Bull Mia Terrier mix can be a little nervous with new people. So even though he’s nearly 60 pounds, he acts like a little wallflower at times! Phoenix spent some time in a foster home to help with his shelter stress and to give him some friends. Speaking of friends, Phoenix has made some dog buddies! Since he can be preferential with his friends, we would need any resident dogs to meet him first to see if it’s a good match. His previous owner says Phoenix did well around children, loves tennis balls, and appears housetrained. He also cat tested well and is eager to meet new friends. We’ve been so excited to watch Phoenix transform and blossom while he’s been at KHS. But now he’s ready to go home forever! If you’re searching for an optimistic guy who can take time to smell the roses, Phoenix might be the dude for you! He is neutered, microchipped, and up-to-date on his shots. Head over to kyhumane.org/dogs to schedule an adoption appointment to meet Phoenix at our East Campus, 1000 Lyndon Lane, today!

Mia - Do you hear that? It’s Mia saying hello! This little feline just loves chatting with

people - especially her BFFs! Mia is a nearly five-year-old Shorthair with gorgeous, dilute tortoiseshell markings. She came back to the Kentucky Humane Society when her owner couldn’t afford pet-friendly housing. Her previous family is hoping someone else can love her just as much as they have all these years! Mia enjoys lounging by a window, watching the world go by. And she’s the first to run up to greet someone when they come home!

She seems fond of other cats and has lived with passive dogs. If you’re searching for a laidback companion for the years to come, give Mia a chance! She is spayed, microchipped and up-to-date on her shots. Head over to kyhumane.org/cats to schedule an adoption appointment to meet Mia at our East Campus, 1000 Lyndon Lane, today.

INSTALLS ON NEW & EXISTING GUTTERS

For nearly a quarter century, the Louisville UnFair has ART provided local artists and enthusiasts the art show alternative to St. James. As with that other art fair though, (and pretty much everything else in the country,) the UnFair has had to adapt to consider the health safety of those involved.

The answer: Instead of hosting the couple dozen or so artists in one weekend, the UnFair will host four new artists each week in October.

Each Sunday, four new artists will open in the Magnoliadome gallery, where their work will be on display and available for purchase for the following week. A full list of artists is on the Facebook event page.

—Aaron Yarmuth

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COVID-19 has delayed the full opening of the Roots 101 African-American Museum, but the newest addition to Museum Row is open for events and — now — GIVE BACK self-guided tours for groups of five or more. Check out the museum’s exhibit on music, its current collection of art depicting African American horsemen, and its African artifacts — and, simultaneously, help the museum open soon with your donation. “During these unprecedented times, it is more evident than ever that America sees the contributions that African Americans have made to the legacy of America,” writes the museum. —LEO

MUSIC

‘SAY HER NAME’: BOSS SCRILLA AND DOLLA GREEN ON THEIR NEW SONG ABOUT BREONNA TAYLOR

By Syd Bishop | leo@leoweekly.com WORKING IN THE STUDIO on his upcoming full length, My Black Amerikkka, rapper Boss Scrilla came to meet Dolla Green, a fellow emcee and mixing engineer. Moved by the death of Breonna Taylor, the two reflected on the moment before penning “Say Her Name,” a song that captures a powerful moment in Louisville and national history.

The track is dedicated to Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, with all proceeds going to the Louisville Urban League.

LEO Weekly: In ‘Say Her Name,’ there’s the line: ‘Until it’s justice for Breonna, you can forget about peace.’ In light of the fact that only one officer was only charged with three counts of wanton endangerment [because he shot into a neighbor’s apartment], what does justice or peace look like now? What do you think might happen next?

Boss Scrilla: Now, the energy that they built up for Breonna — she did not get any justice. The wall got justice. So, wall lives matter. Over Black lives. I mean, people are tired. Straight up. You know, my daughter’s scared for the alarm to go off. If the alarm goes off, the police are coming. What kind of way is that to live?

What do you think of someone from the Grand Jury fighting for transparency in this case?

Dolla Green: I think that says a lot, bro, because for one, that juror’s seen everything that we’re not allowed to see. For that person to stand on that and bring that to legal suit, and her wording was ‘choose truth’ — that’s heavy, bro.

The phrase from the song ‘Blue Klux Klan’ is powerful. Given the bluntness of that statement, to your mind, are there ‘good cops’?

BS: A police officer’s job is to stop crime and arrest criminals, right? If he has criminals that he knows is right in front of him, in the station with him? Shouldn’t he start there? So, how good are you? To know that you’ve got murderers and abusers and law breakers right there with you, and because of some blue code, you won’t do anything still. So, am I supposed to say you’re still a good cop? Because a good cop is a cop that

does his job, right? Wouldn’t that make him a good cop? Are they good cops? Of course.

There have to be good cops. Yes, there’s cops, but are they doing a good job? How are they doing their job?

After everything this summer, do you trust the police?

BS: It’s cop culture. It’s not the individual cop itself. It’s cop culture that I don’t trust. Even if they’re wrong, they’re going to protect each other. No, the blue lives, the blue code. If they have a blue code and no matter what one of them do, the other one rides for them or dies for them and take it to the grave and won’t tell on each other, won’t testify against each other. And everybody knows it. I mean, it’s in movies, on TV. Have you all been to any of the protests?

What was your experience like?

BS: I go up to support the people, man, and to go check it out, because I want to see things from a real point of view. Honestly, I don’t want the news to tell me. I don’t want to look on my Black media sites and see what it is. I actually want to be there to experience myself. So, yeah, I’ve been there. Now, my view on the whole situation

is just a little slightly different. I have a little bit more experience than, I’ve done lived in bigger city, and I’ve been involved in a lot of police brutality against me myself. As you hear in the song, I’ve been slammed to the ground. They kicked in my door, you know, and then, even though they’re wrong, it’s nothing. It’s just like, ‘Oh, we’re sorry.’ And that’s it. I’m lucky to still be alive.

What kind of action do you hope your fans take?

BS: The main thing, man, we dedicated this song to her mother. This song is for a mother, right? We would like for everybody who’s been out there protesting and everybody’s who’s been working hard to help keep her mother up and to help justice to be served, who feels like justice has not been served: Hey, play our song. Listen to it. If nothing else, continue to say her name.

That’s what we’re trying to get across. I don’t feel like justice has been served. There has to be something. • You can listen to “Say Her Name” on most streaming platforms. Watch for the release of My Black Amerikkka, as well as the upcoming Dolla Green EP, Face Off.

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overstaying a month-to-month lease. Local governments and the governor should consider expanding their eviction protections to avoid this specific injustice, a transparent abuse of landlords’ asymmetric power.

— The court system must require district courts across the state to implement uniform, safe and fair eviction processes. Better service. Better notice. Less rubber-stamping.

The eviction process was already broken before 2020 added the twin crises of a global pandemic and a surge of unemployment to the increasingly toxic mix of desperation, danger, inequality and financial ruin. A patchwork of outdated laws governs Kentucky’s fast, cruel and unthinking eviction process. In eviction courts, 90% of landlords have lawyers while almost no renters have assistance of counsel.

It is not OK to mandate only in-person eviction hearings. Simultaneously, it is not fair to hold eviction hearings only remotely (over the phone, Zoom or whatever). After four months of evictions after an initial statewide moratorium, it’s clear: The Kentucky Supreme Court must mandate that every district court across the state offer a mix of both to accommodate the unique challenges of the moment. This will mean evictions take more time, but it also means fewer renters will lose their homes (and offices and kids’ school and sanctuary).

Every single step of the eviction process can be improved, made fairer. The Kentucky Supreme Court must do more to ensure that Kentuckians receive the basic fairness and dignity required by their humanity and guaranteed to them by the U.S. Constitution.

Kentuckians deserve systems founded on the dignity of every person, systems that prize the right to life above the right to property and systems that recognize the urgent biological and economic imperative that everyone be allowed to remain #HealthyAtHome right now, whether a home is rented or owned. •

WHERE TO GET HELP:

—HomerenterDeclaration.org works nationwide to let homerenters email the CDC’s Declaration to their landlords.

Kentuckians will also find information to connect with local legal aid organizations at HomerenterDeclaration.org. Please share this link.

—In Louisville, StopMyEviction.org is the first stop for rental assistance and legal help with an eviction.

—Download or order door-to-door flyers about the CDC’s eviction protections.

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FOOD & DRINK

Elotes del barrio at I Love Tacos start with a grilled cob of yellow and white corn, then painted with mayo, grated queso fresco, red chile powder and lime juice.

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WE LOVE TACOS AND I LOVE TACOS DOES THEM RIGHT

By Robin Garr | LouisvilleHotBytes.com I Love Tacos’ birria tacos, a tradition from Guadalajara in Mexico’s Jalisco province, feature long-simmered, tender brisket on flour tortillas grilled in a spicy adobo sauce, served in traditional style with cilantro and onion. | PHOTOS BY ROBIN GARR.

I SHOULD have probably gotten out to I Love Tacos in Jeffersontown sooner. It certainly got my attention when its owners were brave enough to open up (takeout and curbside service only) on March 25, one week after Gov. Andy shut down dining in across the state.

And then there’s that “I � Tacos” logo with an emoji heart. I don’t think I’ve ever checked in at a restaurant with an emoji in its name until now.

But then I Love Tacos’ management announced last week that they’re planning a second shop, in The Highlands. Hoping to open around Thanksgiving, they’re taking over the landmark building on Bardstown Road that long housed ear X-tacy and more recently, Panera Bread.

Co-owners Ernesto Rivera and Alfredo Garcia bring abundant Mexican restaurant experience, after years working at Ernesto’s Mexican near Middletown. Rivera had originally planned to open the J’town shop the week that Beshear ordered a halt to diningin. Rivera told WLKY-32 at that time, “It was like, ‘Oh my God, what are we going to do now?’ We have everything invested in this, and they shut us down before we opened.”

But they geared up for takeout a week later and have been garnering good wordof-mouth reviews ever since, reopening with socially distanced indoor dining and extensive patio space as soon as the regula-

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tions allowed.

On the restaurant website and Facebook page, they describe their approach as “authentic street tacos in a comfortable, fast-casual setting. … We are a local family restaurant and we have different flavors from Mexican, Cuban and Puertorican. Our menu has from the traditional tacos, elotes, nachos, masitas, brisket and more.”

That all sounded mighty good to me, so I checked off assorted goodies on the online menu. It was easy enough to use, although I must have skimmed past the “when do you want it” block, so they gave me a half-hour to hit the road and roar out to Jeffersontown. Just as we got within sight, my phone dinged with a message informing me that dinner was ready. We had to wait a few moments for curbside delivery as I had to hail a patio server to let them know we were waiting. But the delay was short and the wait worth it.

The menu is diverse and interesting and ranks among the best cheap eats around town, with not a single food item topping $9.99. You’ve got your choice of eight appetizers and salads; seven tortas (Mexican sandwiches, all $8.99); two kinds of quesadillas and burritos ($7.99 to $9.99) and more than a dozen tacos, built Mexicanstyle on doubled soft tacos, your choice of flour or white corn. The tacos are all $3.50 to $3.99 save for a memorable birria taco

Masita de puerco tacos at I Love Tacos feature tender, citrus-marinated Cuban-style roast pork set up Mexican-style with onion and cilantro on a white-corn tortilla.

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Tofu? On a taco!? Say it ain’t so! But trust us: I Love Tacos’ version is startlingly good, with cubes of fried tofu smothered in a build-your-own mix of spicy chipotle aoili, black beans, pico de gallo, and cilanto and onion on a white-corn tortilla.

with broth, which is $8.99 and worth every penny.

There’s a variety of margaritas to go, domestic and Mexican beers, a short wine list and a variety of Mexican and commercial U.S. soft drinks.

We’d been watching the second series of “Taco Chronicles” on Netflix, so my taste buds were set for birria. This is a tradition from Guadalajara in Mexico’s Jalisco province, where it may be made from beef, lamb or goat.

I Love Tacos’ birria is long-simmered, tender and juicy beef brisket piled high on a tortilla that has been grilled in spicy adobo sauce, served in traditional style with cilantro and onion. You get two to an order and that’s not all: Like the old-school French dip sandwich, only much better, the birria taco comes with a tub of rich, intense beef broth seasoned with chopped onions and cilantro for dipping or spooning on your taco. There’s also a tub of salsa verde in the package, a delicious, spicy jalapeño puree.

Masita de puerco tacos ($3.50) were delicious too. Masita is Cuban-style lechon asado: pork marinated in orange and lime juices, garlic oregano and spices and roasted until it’s melting tender, pulled into chunks and then fried. I Love Tacos’ version is served on a double tortilla — we ordered

white corn — topped with cilantro and onion.

I Love Tacos’ menu is quite vegetarianfriendly, with a meatless appetizer and a quesadilla, as well as three meat-free tacos.

I had never seen or heard of a tofu taco ($3.99), though, so of course I had to try it.

It proved to be startlingly good, with bitesize cubes of crisp, fried tofu smothered in your choice of filling ingredients from a long list of options. We chose black beans and pico de gallo blanketed in a spicy chipotle aioli and topped with the usual cilantro and onion on a white corn tortilla.

Corn elotes del barrio ($3.99) starts with a large cob of grilled yellow and white corn painted with mayo and then drizzled with grated queso fresco and red chile powder and squirted with lime juice. The toppings were fine. The corn, the only disappointment, was a bit mature and chewy rather than sweet and crisp.

An ample lunch for two came to an affordable $21.97, to which I added a $7 tip. •

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Writer Geoff Johns and artist Jason Fabok Review by Krystal Moore, The Great Escape Louisville “BATMAN THREE JOKERS” is on the DC Black Label imprint, which launched in 2018. The stories tend to be on the more mature side.

True to form, this story opens with a flashback of Bruce Wayne revisiting how he got some of his many scars, both mental and physical. His musing is interrupted by a special breaking news report that some out of the ordinary murders, even for Gotham City, have happened that evening, all seemingly done by the same man, at the same time, but at different locations.

I know it won’t spoil the story because of the title, so I’ll say now it’s the Joker.

If you’re familiar with some of the more outstanding stories involving the Joker and Batman, you’ll recognize that each crime is reminiscent of a different Joker, one from the “Killing Joke,” for instance.

Red Hood and Batgirl join Batman in the hunt for these Jokers in this three issue limited series, trying to answer the questions, how is he doing this, and how many will die before he’s caught?

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Writer Daniel Kraus and artist Chris Shehan, Jason Wordie Review by Krystal Moore, The Great Escape Louisville KAT SOMMERVILLE is a single mother on her way to a conference with the principal at her daughter’s school. We see pretty quickly that neither fit into what society would call normal acting women. The scenery of the town is dark and grimy, colored mostly in steely blues by artists Chris Sheehan and Jason Wordie.

That evening, Kat receives a phone call informing her of the death of her mother, Trudy. Neither Kat nor her daughter Sybil are overly upset hearing the news, but finding out she’s left her house to them is quite exciting. With nothing keeping them in the city, they pack everything they have, including Stephen King’s book “The Eyes of the Dragon” they’d borrowed from the library that day, and take off for a new start. When they arrive in their new town of Comfort Notch, the colors burst off the page in warm hues of red and orange. Daniel Kraus’ story takes a dark turn though, and we find the town may not be as pretty as it appears to be on the outside.

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SAVAGE LOVE

By Dan Savage | mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage

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Q: I was dumped in August by a guy I was seeing for 10 months. He told me that he wants to work on himself and “needs to be selfi sh” right now. Since then, we have spoken every day, shared numerous dinners and gone on hikes. Our friendship is killing me. With him, I hold it together. Away from him, I cry all the time. I’ve started seeing a therapist, and I’m on medication. I’m trying to be mature about the breakup and match his level of “coolness,” but it’s destroying me. My friends tell me that I should stay away from him, allow some time to pass and reassess. But the thought of losing him is almost has bad as the thought of keeping him in my life.

Simply Heartbroken And Talking To Ex Really Extending Depression P.S. I should also mention that I ended a ten-year relationship for the opportunity to date him.

A: “Hey, Dan, what I’m doing is making me miserable—should I stop?”

Yes, SHATTERED, you should stop. Your friends are giving you excellent advice: Stay away from this guy for at least a year — don’t talk on the phone (with him), don’t share meals (with him), don’t go on hikes (with him) —and then see how you feel after you’ve talked, shared meals and gone on hikes with other people. It’s always nice when exes are friends, MTP, but it’s not an easy pivot, and it can’t be executed instantly. And transition to friendship is always much harder for the person who was dumped — because, of course, it is — and it’s even harder when a selfish dumper accepts or demands the kind of attention and emotional support from the dumpee that the dumper is longer entitled to.

P.S. If you ended a 10-year relationship to date someone — if you ended it for a romantic prospect, not a romantic certainty (and there’s no such thing as a romantic certainty) — then that 10-year relationship needed to end. If your ex-boyfriend implored you to end that 10-year relationship and 10 months later dumped you to “work on himself” and then did everything in his power to keep you all to himself even after dumping you, then that “friendship” needs to end too. At least for the time being.

Q: My name is a variation on “John Smith.” I met a woman and she liked me but then she did a cheapo background check on me and found a “John Smith” who had committed felonies — including assaulting a high school principal — and ended things with me. I am not that “John Smith,” and I am innocent of these crimes! She had every reason to trust me: We met at my house and she viewed the premises without incident. What do I do?

Not That Guy A: You had this woman over to yours, NTG, and she viewed the premises without incident.

OK… so you didn’t rape or kill her when she dropped in and that speaks well absolute bare fucking minimum of your character. But it doesn’t obligate her to keep seeing you. If you can prove you’re not John Smith, High School Principal Assaulter, and she doesn’t care, NTG, then there’s some other reason doesn’t want to see you again. (Was there a MAGA hat on the premises?) But whatever her real reason is/real reasons are, you’ve been given a “no.” And like everyone else, NTG, you have to take “no” for an answer even when it feels unfair or arbitrary.

Q: I’ve been with my boyfriend for almost fi ve years, and everything is amazing except that he sees his ex-girlfriend when I’m not around. He says she wants to meet me, but he never wants to meet up with her when I’m with him. Their “dates” are becoming more frequent. She’s a single mom, and he has expressed to me that he wants to be in her son’s life. My feelings of discomfort are escalating, and I’m having trouble believing him when he says he wants me to meet her.

When I bring this up, he gets angry and says I’m being too emotional. Am I being a crazy jealous girlfriend? I need some help. I want to be a better person. Should I reach out to his ex-girlfriend directly since my boyfriend refuses to make it happen? Or, do I bail on the relationship? I feel that uncomfortable.

Ex-Girlfriend Looms Over Everything A: Bail.

Q: I’m in my early 30s, and I’ve been struggling to make new friends. A lot of the people in my extended social circle are polyamorous/queer, and while I identify as queer, I’m in a monogamish relationship that isn’t poly. Lately, I have been fi nding that I have been getting approached a lot by people who want a romantic/sexual connection. It seems like the only people who want me around lately want in my pants, and they assume because I’m queer I’m also poly without asking directly. So, people ask me if I want to “hang out,” and I’m often unsure if they mean “hang out” in a date context or a friend context. I’ve ended up on dates I didn’t know I was going on! My biggest issue is that I don’t understand why people want to date/ fuck me but don’t want to be my friend. I’m pretty average looking, and I am not overly fl irty. So why is this happening?

Noodling On This Problem Over Lattes, Yeah?

A: There’s nothing stopping you from asking — asking directly — for a little clarity: “Hang out? I’d love to! But do you mean ‘hang out’ as in ‘spend time together as friends’ or ‘hang out’ as in ‘let’s-go-ona-date’? I ask because I’ve wound up on a couple of dates that I didn’t know were dates and it was awkward.” As for why this is happening… well, either the poly people in your social circle assume — incorrectly — that all queer people are poly, or you’re much more attractive than you’re giving yourself credit for, NOTPOLY, or some combo of both.

Q: I’m a gay man who, due to extensive BDSM play, has developed very prominent nipples. They’re always erect and very visible through my clothing unless I wear outrageous patterns or tape them down. Yes, I’m somewhat embarrassed by them. I don’t have gynecomastia (moobs), just really, really, really noticeable nipples. While they are a defi nite boon between the sheets, they’re a bane on the streets because I’m very selfconscious about them. Do people notice this sort of thing on men? Is their reaction negative? Am I being ridiculed behind my back? Mind you, folks universally treat me with kindness and respect, probably because that’s how I approach everyone else, but a little voice in my head keeps telling me there’s this shameful part of my body that’s being made fun of by everyone. Well, everyone except the guys who helped get me to this point. Your thoughts?

Tortured In Tormenting Situations A: Only a small percentage of the people you meet will notice your nipples, TITS, and the thought processes for 99.9% of the people who do will go something like this: “Big nips.

Eh, whatever”; the noticers will immediately file this useless-to-them information about your tits away and never give it/them another thought. (Unless you’re Andrew Cuomo.) I think you’re self-conscious about your tits because you know why they’re so prominent: extensive and, I assume, highly enjoyable BDSM play, TITS, and you worry other people—straight people, vanilla people, judgy gays—will take one look and realize you’re kinky motherfucker. But most people won’t make that leap and the ones who do are either kinky themselves or, if not, they aren’t going to dwell on your tits are or hold them against you. Stop kink-shaming yourself. You earned those tits—you suffered for them—and you should be proud of them! mail@savagelove.net Follow Dan on Twitter @FakeDanSavage savagelovecast.com

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