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UPCOMING ELECTION CYCLE IS CRUCIAL

By Scott Recker | leo@leoweekly.com

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Sen. Rand Paul is up for reelection, facing a scrappy and magnetic Charles Booker. There are also elections in the General Assembly, but that’s virtually hopeless. The best we can ask for there is that the staunch, old-guard, penny-pinching Republicans maintain control of the party’s slobbering mad-dog, bright-red fringe that worships at the altar of Matt Bevin and, if given signiﬁcant power, would probably turn every nonproﬁt organization and community center into a parking lot and make us recite the pledge of allegiance before entering Walmart. This isn’t an endorsement column. It’s too early for that, for the most part. But I’m urging you to constantly question the front-runners and consider the underdogs. We need to all dig in to each candidate’s track record and belief system, what they stand for and why they’re running, because we can’t afford to follow the same old patterns. Stay tuned in, donate money, have a sliver of hope — even though it’s completely fair to be jaded — and be politically active. A positive sign is that many people in the city are motivated right now, and that should elevate and bring more attention to underthe-radar campaigns, making races more visible and more contested. There are some real outsider candidates that weren’t manufactured in populist political machine sheds. A lot of them have solid platforms. Give them a chance. •

NEXT YEAR, because of an election cycle that puts numerous powerful positions up for grabs, Louisville has the opportunity to start moving toward what it has spent this century pretending to be: a progressive, forward-thinking city that values equity and change. Currently, Louisville is still a heavily-segregated, old-money town where the oligarchy sometimes says slick things in public, and then tries to pull the strings and keep a death grip on the status quo.Remember SCALA, the Steering Committee for Action on Louisville’s Agenda, the private, semi-secret group of wealthy prominent executives formed in 2018, who meet to collectively move the city and state policies in certain directions. That still exists in a slightly different capacity, as it has gone through a name change and continues to morph. They’re not even that subtle about it. And that’s just a reminder of one of our somehow lesser political problems. Louisville has a tremendous gap in equity and opportunity; barring a miracle, the city is once again going to shatter its homicide record; people’s daily lives and pocket books are still drained from a lingering pandemic; the school system is caught in perpetual turmoil. We have an inept mayor’s ofﬁce, a volatile police department that’s walking on thin ice with the Justice Department, one Senator who dives into conspiracy theories, another who gets off on killing any sort of progress, and a solid, but retiring, Congressman whose recent announcement opens the door to an unpredictable election cycle. The good news is that a lot of important seats are up for election in 2022, which is an opportunity for fresh ideas and dynamic leadership. The gravity of the upcoming elections in this town can’t be understated. Putting the right people in the right positions — while not a magic remedy for the city’s heavily-layered problems — could enable Louisville to better create stability, if not prosperity, for everyone.Thequestionable aspect is whether Louisville will capitalize on this opportunity, or just continue to run the same course over and over again. In 2022, Mayor Greg Fischer’s ofﬁce and John Yarmuth’s Congressional seat will see new faces, as the former is term limited and the latter is calling it a career. Whoever wins those races will have an enormous impact on the city.

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They learn how fear is sometimes utilized as the catalyst for the crime of rape as well as what the law says about the facilitation of drugs and alcohol for the purpose of sexual assault.The athletic department also intends to begin Green Dot Bystander intervention training for their members, working with half of the athletes in December and the other half in the late spring. The University adopted Green Dot as a part of their Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) grant last year. The Green Dot training adds yet another layer to the athlete’s leadership profile. As with the Title IX training, all new incoming student athletes will receive Green Dot training at their entry point in the university.Thestudent reaction to these workshops indicates the positive influence the gameplan is having with its audience. Of the consent workshop his team recently completed, sophomore tennis player Michael Wright said, “Our workshop helped a lot of guys on the team understand sexual assault and realize that it is not to be taken lightly.”

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4 LEOWEEKLY.COM // OCTOBER 27, 2021 VIEWS TITLE IX GUY TOXIC

MASCULINITY, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN COLLEGE ATHLETICS AND HOW TO STOP IT

By James Wilkerson | leo@leoweekly.com IN MY TEDx Talk, I discuss how toxic masculinity in collegiate organizations leads to behavior such as sexual assault. Whether it is a head football coach covering up allegations made against his future Heismanwinning quarterback or the purchase of escorts to serve as a way to entice basketball recruits, athletic programs across the country have long struggled with issues of sexual misconduct.But,several organizations and initiatives are working to prevent future cases. Willamette University’s Healthy Masculinity Program and Michigan State’s Spartan’s Against Violence initiative are extremely important when setting examples for Hereothers.in Kentuckiana, Indiana University Southeast’s Athletic Department is creating a blueprint of healthy social sexual education for its student athletes. As athletic director Joe Glover states, “We have a responsibility to help our student athletes become better people and this plan does just that.” IUS — where I work as the director of Staff Diversity and Equity and the Deputy Title IX Coordinator — has an athletics department made up of three men’s teams, four women’s teams and three coed sports programs, including cheerleading, pep band and club bass ﬁshing. The teams compete in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), which has a program dedicated to developing positive values in

game plan weaves right into these principles, according to Weaver. “If you are showing respect, you won’t be sexually assaulting someone. If you are being responsible, then you will report assault when you see it. So, this plan runs parallel to the values we are looking to encourage.”Thegame plan at IUS starts with all their teams receiving Title IX training. The training informs the athletes about the university’s sexual misconduct policy and helps them sort through different misconduct deﬁnitions, such as the difference between sexual harassment and sexual discrimination. The athletes are then made aware of the different on and off campus resources available to them, such as the university counseling center and the Center for Women and Families, one of the university’s closest community partners. From there, the male athletes engage in a workshop that deconstructs sexual consent.

Despite the positive reaction to the initial workshops, Glover stressed the importance of making sure the conversation resumes once the lecture is over. “The conversation has to continue in team meetings, on our social media, with our fans and with the local community,” he said. “That’s how we improve our culture.”

• James J. Wilkerson, J.D., is the director of Staff Diversity and Equity and the Deputy Title IX Coordinator at IU Southeast. James J. Wilkerson.

They also learn that men can be victims of sexual assault, as well. In a recent workshop with the men’s tennis team, the aductoftostudentsshopticipatefemale“hazing.”washockeyasexualatcollectivelyathletescringedstoriestoldoftheassaultofjuniorCanadianplayer,whichpassedoffasMeanwhile,theathletespar-inawork-designedtohelpputanamethedifferenttypessexualmiscon-thathappensoncollegecampus.

The men learn the different types of consent, how consent can be withdrawn at any time after it has been given, and the role alcohol plays in nonconsensual sex.

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Another “down-the-road” part of the game plan is to utilize student athlete ambassadors to share the lessons of healthy social sexual practices with local high school athletes to prime them for their future roles as college athletes. Weaver has faith in the positive inﬂuence her athletes are capable of, stating, “College athletics is about so much more than playing a sport. Our athletes have the potential to be leaders in the world. This gameplan helps them achieve just that.”

October7,2021–January2,2022 This exhibition examines the artwork that has shaped our collective imagination of the supernatural and paranormal and asks why America is haunted.

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This exhibition is organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Art and has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Terra Foundation for American Art, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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6 LEOWEEKLY.COM // OCTOBER 27, 2021 VIEWS WEST OF PEOPLENINTH IN THEIR OWN WORDS

By Walt and Shae Smith | leo@leoweekly.com

September 7, 2021

“The happiest moment of my life was when I realized that I was here with a purpose. Being blind is kind of hard. You can tell I’m blind, right? Being blind makes you think, ‘What are you here for? What can you do for anybody else in the world?’ When I figured out that I had a purpose in life, that was the happiest moment of my life. There was definitely a struggle in finding my purpose. There’s a purpose for being blind. I got surgery that was supposed to make my eyes see better but it didn’t work out like that and it made it worse. I’ve been blind for about 20 years, but being blind, I’ve learned a lot about life, in general. Being blind doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t see. It just means that you see things differently.Mostpeople see things right in front of their eyes. I see things differently. Instead of seeing with my eyes, I see with sound. I make a picture of what’s going on in my mind versus what’s outside of my mind. You get a picture of what you see and I get a picture of what I hear. I make it up in my mind based on what I hear. It can be good or bad at times but if all the lights went out in the whole world, I’d still be able to see what’s going on.

Being blind is like you’re in the darkness and when you’re in the darkness with nobody else, it’s kind of hard for you. The hardest thing for me was being alone in the darkness. People are not meant to be alone but with other people. I realize that just because I’m by myself, it doesn’t mean I’m by myself. There are people ﬁghting the same battle and the progress they make beneﬁts me, so I’m not by myself. Not only that, I got God and that’s an invisible part of reality that nobody’s really seeing. It’s easier for a blind person to see God. I almost had no choice but to be spiritual because I am blind. Part of faith is depending on things that you can’t see but knowing that there’s some type of result, even though you can’t see it — that’s what it is. Being spiritual is everyday life. It’s not abnormal for me but everyday life. Don’t let what people judge you by be the result of your whole life. There’s only one person that can stop you from being successful and that’s your own self. So if you really want to see the truth in what you want to be in life, look inside yourself. Take some time to get to know yourself. That’s the best advice I can give anybody in the world.”

Before going into foster care, my brother and I was out here living on our own for a long time. We had a three-story house to ourselves when I was 14. One day my mom came and the police came up in there and told us that she had to go to jail. We didn’t know what was going on. They said that she went to jail for some dude that she wasn’t trying to snitch on. She had to go to jail for almost 12 years, and I lost everything. I was so mad. Now, I just stay to myself. I got dogs and I put my life into them. I have like six dogs and I just keep going and I’m waiting on my son to come. I hope I get a good start and do the right shit for my son. I didn’t have my father. My father’s in prison, so I have to try to do this without having an example.”

• West of Ninth began as a Louisville photography blog, westofninth.com, by two Russell residents, Walt and Shae Smith. With a love for their community, Walt and Shae see the value and potential of all nine neighborhoods that make West Louisville. Armed with a Nikon DSLR, a recorder and the ability to never meet a stranger, their goal is to shed light on the attributes that make West of Ninth the greatest. | PHOTOS BY WALT AND SHAE SMITH. Keavonte.

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KEAVONTE, SHAWNEE September 16, 2021 “I’ve been here for about four years. I went to school at Valley and switched over to PRP — that’s where I graduated from. I’m not from here. I came here from Illinois and just came down here. My mom came down here for rehab after she was released from prison. I was in foster care and all that. Now, I have a baby on the way and I’m doing good. I got a little job and I’m taking care of these dogs and getting ready to have some puppies. I’m trying to live life and stay out of the way from all of this stuff. Yesterday, I heard that someone got shot a couple of blocks from here and I had to hurry up and get home. I heard the shots and I had to get from over there.

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The sentencing of Kentuckians involved in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot has started. Hooray! Except… we’re disappointed by the punishments so far. Or, lack thereof. So far, three Kentuckians have been sentenced. The rst was given 45 days in jail. The other two won’t be spending any time in the clink, although they did receive ve years of probation. We thought, when these traitors were arrested, that they were getting what they deserved; That they would see actual consequences for their part in an attempt to overthrow U.S. democracy. Instead, we’re seeing minor punishments. Our hope is that a select few of the rioters will see big-time charges. There is a Kentucky businessman who was seen pulling on a police o cer’s leg as he was being pummeled by the crowd, who is facing more stringent charges.

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The most recent COVID statistics are promising. Cases and hospitalizations are dipping in Kentucky at a rapid pace. And, a vaccine for kids ages 5-11 is on the cusp of approval. Of course, that doesn’t mean we’ve vanquished the disease. Dr. SaraBeth Hartlage with the Louisville health department told the Courier Journal that another surge is still possible. But, for those of us who are vaccinated, life looks pretty good right now.

WHEN news broke that U.S. Congressman John Yarmuth, who has represented Louisville in the House of Representatives for the last decade and a half, would be retiring and not seeking reelection at the end of his current term, it created an instant political scramble, highlighting the major political vacuum that had suddenly formed. Yarmuth, who is the chair of the House Budget Committee and the founder of LEO Weekly, has won eight elections in a row, looking virtually untouchable during several cycles. But, the Oct. 12 announcement opened the door for a new Democrat to take over the left-leaning district. It also might embolden Republicans to attempt a serious move on the seat, or for the GOP supermajority in the state’s General Assembly to use their looming redistricting ability to slice up Louisville to advance their odds. There’s a lot of question marks surrounding the race, and still months until the 2022 election cycle gets completely underway, but it’s already shaping up to have some twists and turns. On the surface level though, we currently have two front-running Democrats: state Rep. Attica Scott, a progressive candidate with an activist background, and Kentucky’s Senate Minority Floor Leader Morgan McGarvey, a liberal with a prowess for bi-partisan dealmaking.

Morgan McGarvey and Attica Scott.

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ABSURD: LET THE REDNECKS RAVE Last June, the Redneck Rave in Edmonson County, Kentucky, did not go well to say the least. There were reports of someone getting their throat slit, another person choking their partner and a man who was impaled by a log. This, of course, led to widespread ridicule about the event, which considers itself to be the “world’s craziest and wildest country party.”

RACE IS FORMING AFTER REP. JOHN YARMUTH’S RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT

AN INSURRECTION

At the time of Yarmuth’s announcement, state Rep. Attica Scott had already been in the race, having announced her campaign in July. Scott, who is also a well-known activist, defeated a 34-year incumbent in 2016 to become the ﬁrst Black woman elected to the Kentucky General Assembly this century. Her campaign page lists her priorities as racial justice, health justice, environmental justice, employment justice, marijuana justice, student loan justice and ballot justice. She was extremely active and visible during the protests that followed the police killing of Breonna Taylor. “I said this when launching our campaign for Congress, no political seat belongs to any family member, front-runner, or legacy, and the people of Louisville deserve someone who will best ﬁght for their needs in Washington,” she said on the day of Yarmuth’s retirement. “This is the people’s seat, and I am honored by the thousands of people who believe that another world is possible and who supported our campaign early on when

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Almost directly after Congressman Yarmuth dropped a video on social media with the announcement, the early framework of a primary rapidly accelerated. Less than 10 minutes after Yarmuth’s video, McGarvey announced that he would be running. “With the news that our outstanding Congressman John Yarmuth is retiring, I’m excited to announce my bid for US Congress in #KY03!” he tweeted. McGarvey, who has been in the state Senate since 2013, said that his experience and track record would translate well to national politics. “I’ve fought the hard ﬁghts versus the Trump/Bevin Republicans in Frankfort, so we don’t look like Texas yet,” McGarvey said. “But, I’ve done it while building coalitions to get some big things done — I’ve passed laws to help preserve marriage equality, to protect victims of human trafﬁcking, to promote equity, to shape some criminal justice reform, I’ve even helped move the ball forward on some progressive energy policies.”

Unsurprisingly, too, the Edmonson County police decided to bump up their presence when they realized the festival would be coming back to town on Oct. 14. But, it actually went OK — at least by LEO’s standards. There was some impaired driving, which is never good, but the only other thing police cited people for was drugs and minor tra c violations. In other words, sounds like a fun party.

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8 LEOWEEKLY.COM // OCTOBER 27, 2021 NEWS & ANALYSIS HOW LOUISVILLE’S CONGRESSIONAL

THORN: BRACE YOURSELVES, ABORTION LAWS ARE COMING We fear that the Kentucky legislature has become even more emboldened to introduce anti-abortion legislation in the wake of the Texas law, which essentially banned most abortions in the Lone Star State. We got the rst taste of it last week, when Rep. Nancy Tate, R-Brandenburg announced her plans to introduce what’s being called an anti-abortion omnibus bill, including provisions that would make it more di cult for minors with unsupportive parents to get an abortion. So far, no one has introduced a bill mirroring the Texas law but it seems like an inevitability, with Sen. Whitney Wester eld saying to Kentucky Today that the legislature “could consider adopting some of the Texas language when we return to Frankfort next session.”

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Kentucky GOP Chair Marc Brown said in a statement: “Chairman Yarmuth’s announcement shows Democrats realize their chances of maintaining control of the U.S. House of Representatives are slim to none. We look forward to doing our part to helping retire Nancy Pelosi as the hours

With the upcoming election cycle for Congress being a midterm — which can be volatile for a party holding a signiﬁcant amount of national power — the Republicans could also feel emboldened by the retirement announcement.

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NEWS & ANALYSIS we launched in July.” Al Cross, a longtime Kentucky political writer and commentator, said that Scott has an uphill battle because McGarvey, who leans toward a more moderate belief system, has an edge in a city like Louisville.“Louisville is a left-of-center town, but it’s not a very liberal town,” said Cross, who is also the director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky. “And it seems to be that McGarvey is pretty much in the mainstream of political life there. And it would be a big upset for him to lose the primary.”

People like Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and businessman Gill Holland have ruled out campaigning, while a few other state General Assembly Democrats, including Rep. Josie Raymond, are toying with the idea. “I’m considering running to represent Louisville in Congress, and succeed the incomparable Rep. John Yarmuth, because I’m laser-focused on supporting and strengthening families and creating comingthattoalmostathat’sandpre-k.workersupabortioninmyandneighborslengesandlivingstatementRaymondopportunity,”saidinatoLEO.“I’mthechildcareworkforcechal-somanyofourarefacingameagertoexpandworktoendpovertyAmerica,protectrights,andliftkids,women,andwithuniversalIlovethisplacethesepeople.”Beingadistrictablueislandinseaofred,there’scertainlygoingbemoreDemocratsannounceinthemonths.

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In the hours that followed announcement,ingcalledthespokenpublication.betweenbeenMediaLEOelse,justthatheardtoultimatelyningwasCourierWeeklywhoson,Yarmuth’sCongressmanvideo,hisAaronYarmuth—usedtoownLEO—toldtheJournalthathe“considering”run-fortheseat,buthedecidednotentertherace.OveratLEO,wemurmuringsAaronmightrun,likeeveryonebutsincehesoldinJunetoEuclidGroup,there’slimitedcontacthimandthePersonally,Ihadn’twithhimsincetransition,butIhimthemorn-afterhisfather’sandhetold me, during the news whirlwind, that “the amount of time connected to the phone and trying to walk my son, while also talking with reporters, it kind of clouded my lens for my enthusiasm for that part of the job, but I always knew that was the case. One of the old cliches about how little Congress works, while funny, I know first hand that couldn’t be further from the truth, because it really is a seven-day-a-week job, and I know how hard my dad worked andIncampaigned.”awrittenstatement that he posted to Twitter on Oct. 21, Aaron officially announced he wasn’t going to run. “If a time comes when I believe — as my dad did 15 years ago — that my service is needed in public office, I will be ready to offer it, and I will work hard to convince the people of Louisville that I am the right person for the job,” he wrote. “However, I don’t believe that is the case, today, which is why I don’t intend to run for Congress in 2022.”

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NEWS & ANALYSIS speaker in Yarmuth2022.”hasdismissed that perspective, doubling down on that he’s retiring to spend more time with his family. And no Republican has seriously stepped up yet.Republican State Rep. Jason Nemes encouraged his colleague State Sen. Julie Raque Adams to enter the race on Twitter, but Adams told Spectrum News that she wanted to stay on the state level. At this time, the more concerning factor for Democrats might be redistricting. Although, that is currently unpredictable, as well. There was talk circulating a few months ago that the GOP were working to break up Louisville into multiple districts, instead of the city being surrounded by the clean circle that currently is the 3rd District, but Mitch McConnell and other Republican leaders were wary of the idea, warning it might lead to court battles and be a burden on area business.“After theRep.somevillewouldthesortmentdelayedwonderedthis,”licansprospectbeganannouncedbutathatapparentlyMcConnellquashedidea,therewasn’tlotofnoiseaboutit,thenwhenYarmuthhe’sout,wetohearagainthethatRepub-mighttrytodoCrosssaid.“IhaveifYarmuthhisannounce-untilhegotsomeofassurancesfromdelegationthattheynotallowLouis-tobecutup.”Cross’intuitionhasmerit—whenYarmuthlandedatMuhammedAliInternational

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Airport the day after his retirement announcement, he told a press core that he thinks that the 3rd District will stay in tact. “I’ve heard from my Republican colleagues in the House, all of whom I have a good relationships with, and they have been very honest with me, that they decided not to do that — that the numbers are such that the 3rd District has to pick up a few voters, maybe four precincts or something, but that they are not going to make any other changes to the district, and that’s kind of been verified by the leadership in the Kentucky General Assembly as well — they said they’re not going to split Louisville up,” Yarmuth said.From McGarvey’s vantage point — a minority leadership position in the Assembly — he said he doesn’t think that any potential maps have been drawn by Republicans yet, but he said he’s been working toward maintaining reasonable districts.“This is not a new fight,” McGarvey said. “Redistricting has been looming for a couple of years now. And I’ve been leading the fight to make sure we have fair maps.”

There was talk circulating a few months ago that the GOP were working to break up

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A CONVERSATION ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE IN LOUISVILLE CITY. A TEACHER TO TALK ABOUT IT.

THERE’S BEEN A HISTORIC NUMBER OF HOMICIDES IN OUR

The loss of life is devastating, but there are other costs as well: According to the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform, homicides in Louisville cost taxpayers more than $150 million last year. Amid the unprecedented level of bloodshed in Louisville, in mid-October LEO Weekly organized a panel of local high school students and recent graduates to talk about the violence occurring around them, their lives, hope and whether things can get better.The young people were selected by Eddie Woods and Nyree Clayton, both of whom also attended the panel and shared their thoughts. Woods is the CEO of No More Red Dots, an organization that takes a hands-on approach to interrupting cycles of violence by talking to those involved. Clayton, Kentucky’s 2019 elementary school teacher of the year, is the founder of the nonprofit Hip Hop Into Learning (HH2L). They were joined by Monique Williams, the director of the city’s Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods, which is leading the city government’s violence-prevention efforts. The office views violence as a public healthHere’sissue.what they had to say: ON WHAT IS DRIVING VIOLENCE IN LOUISVILLE DaVonn Pitney, 15, duPont Manual High School: One thing that I want to say I definitely feel like has heavily affected not only the way that people are acting, but mental health and violence, is the pandemic. I feel like ever since COVID hit, people didn’t know how to react. I remember at the beginning of COVID, it was when like the whole Breonna Taylor thing was going on and I feel like during that time a lot of people were losing their lives and it was just like a purge moment. So I feel like COVID is something that definitely affected the gun violence in our community. Jeriah McMillian, 15, W.E.B. DuBois Academy: I feel like Blacks not getting their “forty acres and a mule” is a problem for gun violence. Because if you think about it, whites have more income than Blacks

By Josh Wood | jwood@leoweekly.com

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VIOLENCE in Louisville is surging. As of Oct. 25, there have been 161 homicides reported this year, which means that Louisville will almost certainly break last year’s all-time high of 173 not long after you read these words. Last year’s 173 was 81 more than 2019, and nearly 60 more than the previous record set in 2016. Of this year’s homicide victims, roughly three-quarters are Black. A third haven’t made it to 25. Twenty-one haven’t made it to 18. Almost all the killings are shootings.

LEO ARRANGED A PANEL OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND RECENT GRADS,

LEOWEEKLY.COM // OCTOBER 27, 2021 13 and if we all get our forty acres and a mule, that will kill the difference between Black income and white income.

If this happened to you, I got you.” They haven’t heard that before. They never heard somebody genuinely have unconditional love for them like that. Even though it might not be unconditional, it feels unconditional. When you never really have love in the first place, that first hint of love is what you’re going to run toward to because it feels nice, it feels good to finally have people that care about you. ON THE IMPACT OF COVID Michael Robinson, 20, graduated from Iroquois High School: Needs are not being met. COVID hit, a lot of people lost their jobs. Times are changing and there are no solutions being provided at all. And if they are, they’re not long-lasting solutions. There’s no building being put in place to help them with their mental health or for when everybody lost their jobs to COVID, no more jobs were being provided. They — they being the people of power in the city — assume that DoorDash, UberEats, that’s a big thing for providing jobs, but that’s not it. Especially for people who lost a job but don’t have a car. That is a main part of this problem. Monique Williams: Where you have issues already, the pandemic just put issues on top of issues. When you think about what the pandemic did, it shut everything down. From the perspective of youth violence, you took away some of the things that we consider protective factors against violence for young people: You closed schools, you had people isolated in their homes — some people’s homes aren’t safe spaces, they didn’t have that safe caring adult, they didn’t have that support, they didn’t have community centers open, they didn’t have activities

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: NYREE CLAYTON, JERIAH MCMILLIAN, DAVONN PITNEY, MONIQUE WILLIAMS, MELIAH GRIFFIN-STONE, MICHAEL ROBINSON, TE’ANDRE BLINCOE THOMPSON, EDDIE WOODS AND KESHAWN JOHNSON | ALL PHOTOS BY KATHRYN HARRINGTON

Keshawn Johnson, 14, Central High School: One thing that’s causing a lot of gun violence is the lack of generational wealth. I say this because a lot of people’s needs aren’t being met. So like robberies and gun violence and all of this is they’re killing people to get their needs met, for them to get other people’s money that people work hard for. They didn’t grow up with a silver spoon. But in the Black community it’s hard to go ﬁnd a high-paying job. When you try to go get a high-paying job, they judge you off of your appearance. Once they see your hair and it’s not like what they call “professional” they automatically don’t want to give you the job. Now that we got the CROWN Act passed it’s somewhat easier for us Black people to get a high paying job. I feel like that will break some of the gun violence because we will have more wealth in the Black community. [Signed into law in July of this year, Louisville’s CROWN Act bans discrimination against people based on their natural hair or hairstyle.]

Meliah Grifﬁn-Stone, 18, graduated from Iroquois High School: We never think about the fact that due to some Black men in the community not really having a Black father ﬁgure in their life and have a place that they call home, but don’t feel like home due to the problems there, they run to the streets to cope with their issues. We need to think about the fact that they run to the streets strictly because that’s who feels like family. The streets and these gangs give them a place to feel like they can be theirselves and to feel like “Oh, if you do this, I got you.

ON THE POLICE Meliah: Cops doing what cops do, that’s not the issue. When there’s a robbery and they come, that’s no issue. When they help us, that’s no issue. But when they do stuff that’s wrong and they don’t get the justice for it and then get mad at us for raising up and speaking up about it? That’s where we draw the line. We’re not going to let y’all come and disturb our community and get away with it. We’re not going to let y’all use y’all power and abuse it and get away with it.

SAFE AND HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS DIRECTOR MONIQUE WILLIAMS LISTENS TO MELIAH GRIFFIN-STONE

14 LEOWEEKLY.COM // OCTOBER 27, 2021 to do with the time that they had. So you had protective factors that were closed, so we created barriers there. On top of that, you add the economic piece to it where essentially people with lower socio-economic status, with the positions that were closing within that population, now in survival mode. So you had people who were, by any means necessary, doing what they needed to do to survive. So you increase that survival population. Which is why we started seeing violence spread out into places we don’t generally see it. Because, at this point, it’s by any means necessary. So we have an economic crisis on top of a health crisis on top of the mental health issues that were pervasive because of COVID. Eddie Woods: One thing that a lot of folks who don’t actually do very much hands-on with shooters didn’t pay attention to is shooters didn’t go by any CDC rules or none of that. Their whole thing was that targets weren’t available because the clubs were closed. Targets weren’t available because the community centers were closed. But they were still inside making the noise that you make when you’ve got social media as your backdrop. You can basically do what you need to do to incite people. Not only were people buying guns, but they were not putting guns in protected areas. So folks are breaking into cars and getting guns, they’re into houses and getting guns, they’re taking guns from individuals on the streets who had guns and didn’t even know the ﬁrst thing about how to use them.

“A lot of kids that I grew up with when I was younger used to say, “I want to be a fıreman, I want to be a police offıcer.” And I looked at them and the part of me that was supposed to be like “Oh yeah, you know you should” felt weird. I never knew why until I got older.”

Te’Andre Blincoe Thompson, 20, pursuing a career in music production: A lot of kids that I grew up with when I was younger used to say, “I want to be a ﬁreman, I want to be a police ofﬁcer.” And I looked at them and the part of me that was supposed to be like “Oh yeah, you know you should” felt weird. I never knew why until I got older. Because from what I’d seen of the

LEOWEEKLY.COM // OCTOBER 27, 2021 15 police, I never got the good side of a cop — never did. A lot of people didn’t know this, but the first Black cops weren’t even allowed to arrest white people. The way we use the word “cops” is as if they’re their own minority group. As if they’re their own people. These are people who have chosen to take a job. That “blue lives matter” — throw that in the garbage. There are no such things as Blue lives. If that was the case, Sonic would be a cop. Eddie: It is not going to be a police fixed issue. Police cannot, on any level, fix the gun violence problem. It’s a community issue. Until the community takes ownership of the problem and everybody else understands the magnitude of it… because most people think it’s something you can fix the way you would fix at a Boy Scout meeting, set up a Kumbaya, let’s have a barbecue. This is way deeper than anybody’s conversation. You got people right now planning the next move, the next drill all of that. They’re planning all of that right this minute while we sitting here talking. This is way more than we can fix in a hurry. But we got to keep trying.

DaVonn: I feel like a lot of Black people self-invalidate their mental health because society sees our skin color as a weapon. So stereotypes like “Oh you’re violent, you’re this and this and that.” So with people telling you “oh, all Black people are angry. All of these people act a certain way.” Eventually, after hearing it for so long, hearing it your entire life, the stereotypes that you are hearing they sort of seep in. And you feel like, “Since people already see me this way, I’m just going to continue to feed into the stereotype.” Keshawn: A lot of us hold a lot of stuff in and we just become numb to a whole lot of stuff. I have friends right now, talking about they want to kill themselves. And just holding this in for so long until they couldn’t hold it in anymore. There’s people that tend to kill people just because of everything that’s going on in their household. Tend to go do anything, just because of stuff that’s going on in their house. They hold stuff in so much that they became numb to it. So they just don’t care about themselves or anything around them. So they just do anything. I feel like if there were more mentors we can calm the murder rate down. Because when you live in a neighborhood and all you see is gun violence and gangs and drugs and different things like that — all the negative — there’s nobody talking to you about the positive, EDDIE WOODS OF NO MORE RED DOTS SPEAKS AT THE PANEL. “A lot of us hold a lot of stuff in and we just become numb to a whole lot of stuff. I have friends right now, talking about they want to kill themselves. And just holding this in for so long until they couldn’t hold it in anymore.”

ON MENTAL HEALTH

“A lot of us don’t get the opportunities that we are looking for. We don’t even get introduced to said opportunities to even think they exist. So a lot of us, all we know is projects, get up, eat and go back to sleep.”

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ON HOPE Eddie: One of the things we have not done a good job of — and they are pointing it out to us right now — we are not doing a very good job of building a sense of hope for them. They’re not tuned into the fact that there’s ofthemWeheredevelopedchancesopportunitiessomeandthatarebeingaswesitanddiscussthis.gottaincludeinthebuildingthehope.

Te’Andre: A lot of us don’t get the opportunities that we are looking for. We don’t even get introduced to said opportunities to even think they exist.Nobody wakes up and goes, “You know what, those big old buildings downtown? I wonder what they’re for.” Nobody thinks about that. They’re always worried about, “That’s where all the white people are, we just going to leave that alone.” There’s money over there. There’s opportunity over there. If you wanted all the things that you literally shooting, killing, stealing for, you can get it in a faster time by just helping somebody out.

about growing up and being a real man.

Michael: Gun violence is getting out of control. I’m not going to say it’s going to decrease anytime soon — I do not see a short-term solution coming up anytime soon. Long term? Hopefully. If there’s more programs being introduced like No More Red Dots, then possibly, but that all depends on the people who are controlling Louisville and pass laws and stuff like that. So as a community we need to come together. Jeriah: I want to leave leaveoption,toville.getthatonlyathatWhentoIoftoup,becauseLouisville,megrowingIalwayswantedseedifferentpartstheworld.Andalwayswantedbeazoologist.IresearchedIwantedtobezoologist,there’safewthingscouldhelpmethereinLouis-SothenIhadthinkofanotherwhichwastoeventhoughI don’t want to leave because of my family. In order for me to reach my full potential of my future career, I have to leave. A lot of kids now can’t say that for themselves. A lot of kids nowadays, when they’re growing up they know exactly what they want to be. But in their other mindset they’re growing up around all these other things, like shooting and killing. When they’re growing up they’re like “I want to be an NBA player or an NFL player” or they want to be a scientist. But all these other things are going around and they’re hearing that it’s cool to be a gangbanger. It gets to the point where they forget their dreams.

CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT KESHAWN JOHNSON MAKES A POINT DURING THE PANEL.

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Keshawn: Over the summer [of 2020] I protested. I led marches, did many different speeches from my own poems and stuff. As you can see, there was laws passed because of us coming together and protesting and doing marches. But once we stopped, there hasn’t been too much heard about Black Lives Matter, there hasn’t been too much heard about different laws being passed because of Black Lives Matter. When you try to come together for a short period of time and you don’t keep going, that’s not going to keep getting pushed. Once you come together you gotta stay together, you gotta keep pushing what you want to get pushed. Monique: I would definitely say the office [Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods] underfundedwasbefore as it relates to trying to achieve what it was meant to achieve. So you have the city agency in charge of alternative public safety strategies for your entire city with a very small budget. And I’ll say even with the budget increase of this year, it was very helpful with us being able to establish the infrastructure from which we can facilitate the work that needs to be done. Is there such a thing ever as enough money? I don’t necessarily know. I think as a city, we have yet to shift our paradigm to understand truly what the causes of violence are. And so I think a lot of people in decision making, power positions are still of the traditional mindset that law enforcement is going to be the thing that gets us to where we need to be. And we have to help people understand and see that there are alternatives to law enforcement. Law enforcement is necessary for what they do, but when you talk about prevention, we’re way down the pipeline from where we could be with all of the opportunity that there is to intervene before law enforcement is even needed. So helping people truly understand violence as a public health issue, understanding social and weofimpactdeterminantsstructuralthattheoutcomeviolence.Themorehaveacity-wide paradigm shift, I think the more you will see support for the efforts that are geared towards violence prevention. Eddie: It’s a sad flash in the pan is what it is. I’ve been in cities that are getting eighteen, twelve times what we’re getting — to TE’ANDRE BLINCOE THOMPSON DOCUMENTS THE PANEL.

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ON WHAT GETS TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS

Meliah: They didn’t tell us about the lives of African American people unless they were slaves. They didn’t tell us about the positive stuff that we was doing unless it was Rosa Parks or Malcolm X. They’re telling us these repetitive names and they want us to be like, “Okay, let’s ﬁgure this out on our own.”

Keshawn: If I was talking to a councilman or a state representative, I would want to say: I feel like if you grew up in the suburbs, please don’t try to put yourself in the shoes of somebody who grew up in the hood, because you could never fully relate to what they went through.

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LEOWEEKLY.COM // OCTOBER 27, 2021 19 do less. They’re not even as good at it as we are. They’re not even coming together with the people that they need to come together. But somebody threw money at it and that’s supposed to fix it. And it hasn’t happened in that way yet. I’ve got to really compliment Monique’s leadership with the Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods. She refuses to take less-than. And that’s our solution: We gotta fix it and we gotta fix it where it’ll have some longevity.

Jeriah: If I had to talk to a state representative, my message to him would be: If you live in a gated community, don’t act like you know what’s going on in the hood. Meliah: Don’t tell me how I am supposed to feel about a situation. Don’t tell me how I’m angry about a situation just because you wouldn’t be angry about it. Because you don’t have a reason to. Just educate yourself.

Jeriah: There’s a lot of information that they cut off from African American students when we’re in our social studies class. There’s a lot of things they will keep away from us that we really need to know. I didn’t even know Claudette Colvin was actually the ﬁrst person to sit in the front of the bus. I recently just learned about how it actually happened and that’s something that I feel like more students should know about. I feel like if I didn’t go to the school I’m at now, I wouldn’t have learned any of that.

THE GUN VIOLENCE PANEL AT LEO WEEKLY’S PORTLAND OFFICE ON OCT. 18.

MESSAGES FOR LOUISVILLE AND ELECTED OFFICIALS

DaVonn: I did not know what Juneteenth was until like two years ago. Which is crazy. Like, it’s so much stuff, like my own history, that’s like stripped away from us when we step into a school building. And I feel like incorporating critical race theory and talking more about Black students and our history and where we descend from could be something that could be really productive.

Nyree Clayton: I’m an educator. I would say one thing I believe that people don’t see is — and some of the changes that need to occur — is just how we deal with the population of our Black children, especially in schools. Schools are traditional. They are very based in white culture. And as African Americans, that’s not how we learn. We are community-based. We set up to commune. And that’s another reason why COVID was so hard on many of our African American students — because they were left to their computers. And as much as people say we need technology, we learn that technology is not what is going to save us. It is us communing. It is us being one and being together. That is one of the things that I believe that as we talk about ending violence, one of the aspects needs to be, how do we come together?

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This famously haunted institution, once a hospital for tuberculosis patients, is known as one of the most paranormal buildings in America. (It’s even been on “Ghost Hunters” twice!) Ghosts-inresidence include a nurse who committed suicide, a little boy who likes to play with a rubber ball and many victims of disease. (Interestingly, Domine said he has been on several visits here, both during the day and overnight, but he’s never encountered a spirit. As he puts it, “People think I’m a ghost hunter. I’m not –– I’m a ghost story hunter.” He has, however, seen his tourmates’ photos of the Sanatorium that showed dozens of white orbs ﬂoating around. Spooky!)

LOCATION: THE STEPS OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, 1305 S. THIRD ST. This sad love story –– set in a pandemic, incidentally –– goes like this: a young woman who was betrothed to an elderly distilling magnate was in love with a young soldier, according to Domine. She’d sneak out of her aunt and uncle’s house to “rendezvous” with him on the church steps every night (...uh…) until the fateful night when he didn’t show up. She paced back and forth

Another friendly ghost: no, not Casper, but “Avery,” who allegedly lives at The Pink Palace, a mansion in Old Louisville that used to be a gentlemen’s club and casino. This tall, strapping Southern gentleman allegedly appears to warn residents of imminent dangers: a kitchen fire, an attempted burglary, an unseen trip hazard. Picture a helpful Colonel Sanders. Domine’s book “Phantoms of Old Louisville” talks about Jenny Dickerson, a grad student at UofL several decades ago, who claims to have been the first to see Avery. When he first appeared to her as she was cooking soup, she “sort of sensed” intuitively that his name was Avery. Decades later, though, she discovered a news article that named the previous owner of the property –– who was indeed named Mr. Avery, according to Domine’s book.

By Carolyn Brown | cbrown@leoweekly.com

LOCATION: PETERSON-DUMESNIL HOUSE, 301 S. PETERSON AVE. Wiser and Domine both told me that they’ve never heard of an unfriendly local ghost; in fact, Wiser told me, this maternal haunt is one of the nicest. Carrie Peterson Lindenberger died about a month after giving birth to triplet boys, all of whom died at birth. She now apparently haunts –– in a good way –– the Crescent Hill neighborhood near the Peterson-Dumesnil House. When a child is lost, she will guide them to the steps of the house and tell them that their mother will be there shortly to bring them home.

THIS is the time of year when we share tales of ghosts and goblins and Halloween haunts. Louisville, as it happens, is a particularly haunted city, according to two local experts in ghost lore, author David Domine and architect/historian Steve Wiser. Here are eight of the most eerie local tales. Disclaimer: we’re not saying that any of these stories indicate that ghosts are real –– even Domine and Wiser are both admitted skeptics –– but the stories are spooky. Ghost hunt at your own risk.

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LOCATION: 4301 E. PAGES LANE

LOCATION: 1473 ST. JAMES COURT

THE GHOSTS OF WAVERLY HILLS SANATORIUM

THE LADY IN WHITE, CARRIE LINDENBERGER

THE LADY OF THE STAIRS

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LOCATION: POPE LICK PARK, 4002 S. POPE LICK ROAD

THE WITCHES’ TREE

This malicious half-man, half-goat allegedly lives underneath a railroad trestle at Pope Lick Park. His legacy lives on at Legend at Pope Lick Haunted Woods, part of Ultimate Halloween Fest, where an actor portraying him scares thrill-seeking visitors. (The Fest moves to Paristown next weekend, but at its Floyds Fork location earlier this month, the gift shop was full of postcards, T-shirts, DVDs, and other memorabilia promoting the Goat Man. They even sold boxes of peanut fudge called “Goat Man Poop.”) Still, some people take their thrill-seeking to extremes. There’s a sign up around the trestle that warns visitors that it is part of an active railroad and that they absolutely should not climb or trespass on it. Several people have died doing so.

LOCATION: ST. FRANCES OF ROME CHURCH, 2119 PAYNE ST.

When Steve Wiser was doing research for a book on St. Frances of Rome Church, his old church, he spoke to parishioners who reported seeing the ghost of a woman that they assumed at ﬁrst was St. Frances herself. Wiser believes, though, that the woman was actually Sister Francesca, a nun who taught at the school before dying in a plane crash in West Virginia in 1968. “Ever since that day, numerous parishioners of St. Frances of Rome have seen her pushing a broom around inside the school,” said Wiser.” “I’ve not seen her, but I’ve talked to her parishioners who are normal people like you and I who swear on the Bible they’ve seen her there.” Even though Wiser’s never seen the ghost himself, he did take photos of the church during one Midnight Mass at Christmas. He couldn’t use the photos, though –– they were full of white orbs.

THE GHOST OF SISTER FRANCESCA

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Speaking of witches: more than 100 years ago, there was a coven of witches who used to conduct rituals and other witchy business around a tall, straight maple tree where the gnarled Witches’ Tree now stands today, according to Domine. But in 1889, the city cut it down to turn it into a decidedly non-witchy maypole for a May Day celebration. “As the tree came crashing to the ground, the witches went shrieking out of town to the West End, where there was still forest back then,” said Domine. “Before they left, though, the head witch turned around and she cursed the city. And her ﬁnal words were: ‘Beware, Louisville, beware –– 11th month.’” Eleven months later, on March 27, 1890, a big tornado struck the town and over 100 people died. A bolt of lightning allegedly shot out from the tornado onto the spot where the old tree had been, and the gnarled tree that currently stands in Central Park grew from its stump. Today, people decorate the tree with necklaces and charms as offerings for the witches.

THE WITCHES’ CASTLE LOCATION: UPPER RIVER ROAD IN UTICA, INDIANA

until dawn and went home heartbroken, thinking he’d abandoned her. Little did she know, though, that he’d caught a fatal case of Spanish ﬂu. She died not long after –– also of Spanish ﬂu, though likely heartbreak as well. The legend says that on some nights, you can see the ghost of a woman on the steps, waiting for her true love to return there.

This small grafﬁti-covered stone structure near the Lewis and Clark Bridge is real, but the mystery comes from its supposedly spooky origins.

LEO digital editor Danielle Grady reported on the history of this building for The News and Tribune in 2017. Local paranormal investigator Jenny Stewart, who is also a medium, told Grady that she had used paranormal investigation equipment to decode messages from spirits at the “castle,” where local legend says a group of witches used to live. She once saw the ﬁgure of a woman who reached her hand out to Stewart; her now-husband saw a “six-foot-tall shadow person.” Still, Melissa Roach, who used to own the property, says the building was never haunted –– it was simply a sacred private chapel that has since been desecrated. The Witches’ Castle was involved in a modern day tragedy, however. A group of teenagers took 12-year-old Shanda Sharer there as a stop on the night they murdered her in 1992.

LOCATION: THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PARK AVENUE AND SIXTH STREET, ACROSS FROM CENTRAL PARK

THE GOAT MAN, OR THE POPE LICK MONSTER

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grapples with the past while looking into the abyss of the dark thoughts that are always swirling, “Goodbye Jimmy Reed” navigates a nostalgic mineﬁeld, while the 16-minute “Murder Most Foul” captures the magical moment when the old-timer barﬂy who talks in poetics remembers the feeling and temperature of a monumental piece of history in a way textbooks can’t.Even though Rough And Rowdy Ways is an hourlong personal examination, Dylan remains shrouded in mystery — a 21st-century enigma in his line of work. Like always, his evocative and striking songs are crushing and imaginative. But this time, he opens the door a little bit more than usual, letting us see pieces of himself that usually get buried. He’s heard what we’ve said about him, and he shoots back a few reactions and a little insight. But it’s just a glimpse, and then he’s gone — as it should be.

MUSIC half-century-long societal quest to understand Dylan’s personal life and personality with a very layered: It’s complicated. He “fights blood feuds” and “eats fast foods.” He “has no apologies to make.” He’s “a man of contradictions” and “many moods.” It’s also a song of love and heartbreak. It’s sharp, somewhat serious, a little tongue-in-cheek and it enthrallingly dances circles around a nuanced question.It’speak Dylan. The following track, “False Prophet,” is a bluesy shuffle that seems to vaguely address another lifetime, when a sect of people in the ‘60s strangely treated him like a borderline messiah. He’s reminding you of the obvious, that he doesn’t have the answers, that he’s just like the rest of us — messy, searching, reflective, bitter, opinionated, volatile and sometimes slightly proud of it. He was always just really good at measuring and expressing it. At this point, Dylan has numerouslived musical lives and has had more concealnodeath,obsessedofequaltheytotheyrigidarewordsvoice.grizzledold80-year-workhigh-qualitysomeloungeAmerica’slate-careeroflongevitysongwritingthananyhispeers,buthischapterasmorbidsingerisseriouslyforthewithaHismorethanusedbe,butcarryanamountweight.He’swithandthere’sattempttoremotelyit.“BlackRider”

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MUSIC MOLLY O’MALLEY - ‘YOU SO GOOD’

By Tyrel Kessinger | leo@leoweekly.com MOLLY O’MALLEY’S presence in the musical community has risen respectably in the past few years, but, with her latest song, she’s poised to really ﬂex her muscles. In preparation for the release of her new album, Goodwill Toy, she’s released “You Look So Good,” a soft yet rough-hewn pop song that, while quite the departure from her debut work, brilliantly showcases O’Malley’s talent as songwriter.

“You Look So Good” is a gauzy newwave ballad that would have been right at home in the late-80s indie scene. O’Malley, who played every instrument but bass, has infused her pop ballad with a thick sense of airy melancholy complete with sad, hazy guitar riffs, bouncy electronic drums and a heavy dose of shoegaze. Cherried on top of this lo-fi dreamscape is the melodic thoughtfulness of O’Malley’s lush whisper-song.“Itriedtocreate a soundscape that felt like you were floating in a different realm. I think the choice of guitar tones emulates a lot of dream-pop and shoegaze influences, which I think fits the song perfectly because feeling secure for once feels like a dream. I guess the vibe of living in a dreamstate, at least in a good way, is what inspired the tones and timbre choices. It came together one day in my living room after reflecting on how my life has changed over the past fewGreatyears.”art is often made via great emotion, and O’Malley proves the truth of that in “You Looks So Good.” This time, instead of writing a song about how bad everything is, she found herself with the urge to make a song celebrating good things.

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• Cover of Molly O’Malley’s album, “Goodwill Toy.”

“This song is really about ﬁnally seeing a future with someone and feeling secure in the outcome of that future,” she said. “I feel like in so many of my interpersonal relationships in the past, there wasn’t really a future there to be seen. I guess you could say it’s also about security, about feeling comfortable and at ease. I wanted to include themes like security, comfort and love. The [sic] philosophy of the song is probably along the lines of, ‘Hey, it’s ﬁnally gonna be okay, so don’t freak out so much about it anymore, okay?’” O’Malley said, laughing. “If that can be considered a philosophy.”

“It’s nice to sing about the things that make me happy for a change,” O’Malley said. “And, with this song, I just had a lot of emotions swelling inside of me that needed to be processed out loud. I think it’s easier for me to write about sad things and things that have hurt me because it’s more familiar to me. This song was unfamiliar territory for me, and I think that’s part of the reason I felt like I needed to put this one out in the world. I hope people take that warm, fuzzy feeling away after listening to this song, even though I know that sounds super corny — I still think it’s a wonderful thing.”

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The menu is really two bills of fare: lunch, which largely mirrors the sandwiches, soups and salads that made its Cheddar Box sibling famous, and an extensive breakfast menu that’s available throughout the day. The lunch menu includes a dozen sandwiches, priced over a narrow $11 to $13

I WOULDN’T guess it comes as a major surprise to disclose that I’m a huge fan of world food. Follow my foodie trail and you’ll usually find me checking out another Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, Mexican, Venezuelan, African or other delicious immigrantcuisine meal. That goes double during these pandemic-remnant times when simple economics have me looking for good, cheap But,eats. sometimes I’ve just got to have a good old-fashioned American repast like my mother used to make. Or maybe a little better. Sorry, Mom! So it was this week when I happily eased into a comfy booth at Cheddar Box Too. In case you’ve forgotten, that “Too” signifies that this is the sit-down-and-dine sibling of Cheddar Box, a deli and specialty-food shop, which sits just a few feet across a parking lot from this free-standing building. The original Cheddar Box has turned out delicious homemade soups, sandwiches and desserts to go since 1979. Cheddar Box Too opened about 34 years later, in 2012, after owner Nancy Tarrant finally gave in to a constant, years-long chorus of pleas to open a restaurant.CheddarBox Too is a great place for breakfast and lunch, its Facebook page declares, and I agree. It’s open from 8 a.m.2:30 p.m., seven days a week, in the attractive white building that previously housed Digs garden shop, and before that, the original home of the St. Matthews branch of Paul’s Fruit Market, which now occupies a larger space nearby. I like the mood inside, where a huge painted mural depicts the Louisville scene, the riverfront and Belle of Louisville, and an homage to Muhammad Ali. On the front of the building, a row of square windows the length of the long, narrow room gives a hint of old-time diner feel.

The cheeseburger was one of the largest I’ve ever seen, and also one of the best. The fries alongside are exceptional, too.

PHOTOS BY ROBIN GARR.

RECOMMENDED SIMPLE, DELICIOUS AMERICAN FARE AT CHEDDAR BOX TOO By Robin Garr | leo@leoweekly.com Egg salad might sound boring, but Cheddar Box Too makes it exceptionally well, a creamy, appetizing mix of eggs and mustard with a tangy taste of sweet relish on simple wheat bread.

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Colorful murals highlight our city and Muhammad Ali, one of our favorite sons. Flip the page to the breakfast menu and you’ll ﬁnd 13 options, including just about any diner option. Dishes range in price from $6.50 (for a bowl of oatmeal; a cup is just $4.50), to $13 (for a biscuit and gravy basket, a two-egg basket with spinach and tomato or a Southern Benedict with biscuit and gravy). Another dozen a la carte breakfast items or sides are all under $4.50. A cheeseburger ($13 plus a $2 up-charge for mushrooms) was spectacular. The eight-ounce burger was a full inch thick. Not only was the patty big, it also glistened with droplets of fat and reddish juices; it was exactly medium-rare, as ordered, and boasted a delicious, juicy, beefy ﬂavor. Both halves of the bun were grilled in butter, and the patty was topped with squares of American cheese melting from the heat. The burger sat on a thick tomato slice atop lettuce leaves, along with red onion and snappy pickle rounds. The fries on the side were perfect, too.

42 LEOWEEKLY.COM // OCTOBER 27, 2021 FOOD & DRINK range. The Cheddar Box Hot Brown ($13) and turkey Benedictine and bacon ($12) are particularly famous, even garnering a Food Network mention, but I’ve never been disappointed in anything on the menu. Sandwiches come with your choice of kettle chips, fries, fruit, a small salad or a cup of soup.A half-dozen salads are in the same price range, with a pan-seared salmon salad topping out at $14. Nine house-made dressings are available. A pair of soups — the trademark tomato-artichoke and a soup of the day — are $4 for a cup, $7 for a bowl.

• CHEDDAR BOX TOO 109 Chenoweth Lane cheddarboxtoo.com502-896-1133

Long, square-cut and grease-free, they had a crisp exterior that crunched when you bit in, revealing a smooth, creamy interior. An egg salad sandwich ($11) might seem pedestrian in comparison, but, here again, Cheddar Box Too shines. Two slices of wheat sandwich bread enveloped a large portion of creamy, flavorful egg salad. Finely diced hard-boiled eggs had been mixed with mayo and enough mustard to add tang, with sweet relish blended in to add tart, crisp flavor pops. A “petite” salad (free as a side, $4.50 a la carte) kept up the flawless pace. Spring mix lettuces had been carefully picked over and tossed with juicy halved grape tomatoes and sliced cucumbers, with thin slices of nutty Parmesan cheese. Blue cheese dressing was thick, creamy and loaded with chunks of softCheddarcheese. Box Too offers a single dessert of the day, and chocolate torte ($6) was a great one. It showed contrasting layers of rich, dark cakey interior with a dark ganache topping. A tub of whipped cream came alongside in the to-go box. With cold, fresh iced tea, an excellent lunch for two came to $37.10, plus an $8 tip.

Halloweekend Events Louisville will be alive this Halloweekend. After over a year of almost no parties, the city’s ghouls and goblins are ready to get out there. Here are 11 of the best events you can go to to shake o the heebie-jeebies of 2020 and early 2021.

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‘Barbara Kutis’ by Debra Clem. Oil on dibond.

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Margarita Hop — Luminary Tequila Totes

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Various locations | redpintix.com | $30 | Times vary We weren’t able to gather down by the river for the usual annual Margaritas In The ‘Ville, but we still plan on celebrating all of the businesses that sling delicious versions of the beloved tequila cocktail. So here’s what’s happening instead: a margarita hop, where participants purchase and pick up a tote bag, which includes a passport that grants a margarita sample at each participating bar or restaurant. Then you can vote for your favorite at vote.leoweekly.com. The tote also includes a “Read LEO. Drink Margaritas” glass, gift certi cates and other surprises. Totes can be purchased at redpintix.com and picked up at I Love Tacos, 1534 Bardstown Road. Other participating businesses include The Ainsworth, The Avenue, BoomBozz, Ciao, El Mundo, Four Pegs, Noche and Ramiro’s Cantina.

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FRIDAY, OCT. 29-31

‘Debra Clem: Surface & Illusion’ Carnegie Center of Art & History | 201 E. Spring St., New Albany | carnegiecenter. org | Free In Oscar Wilde’s novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” the portrait in the title reveals the inner life of its sitter. Yet, according to Wilde, “Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not the sitter. It is not he who is revealed by the painter; it is rather the painter who, on the coloured canvas, reveals himself.” If this is correct, then meet Debra Clem. Her skills of representation and technique coexist in her portraits of friends and colleagues (she’s head of painting at IU Southeast). The opening reception is Oct. 28 from 6-8 p.m. If traveling to the Carnegie Center from Oct. 28 through Nov. 3, note the Sherman Minton Bridge’s east-bound lanes will be temporarily closed.

44 LEOWEEKLY.COM // OCTOBER 27, 2021 1126 BARDSTOWN RD. LOUISVILLE, KY 40204 502.632.2444 129 W. MARKET ST. NEW ALBANY, IN 47150 812.725.8600WWW.DRAGONKINGSDAUGHTER.COM THANK YOU LEO READERS FOR VOTING US BEST SUSHI! STAFF PICKS Monster Mash 2021 (Oct. 29) | Waterfront Botanical Gardens | 1435 Frankfort Ave. | Search Facebook | $25 presale, $30 day-of | 7-11 p.m. Party with animal lovers with a costume contest, a DJ, a photo booth, mystery bags — all bene tting The Arrow Fund’s pet rescue e orts.

Literally, A Haunted House (Oct. 29-30) | Culbertson Mansion | 914 E. Main St., New Albany | $15 | 7-11:45 p.m. A haunted house scare experience at a literal haunted house. Halloween Fest (Oct. 29-31) | Paristown | 720 Brent St. | paristown.com/ Halloween activities at Paristown: A “Rocky Horror Picture Show” shadow cast (Friday), a Louisville Crashers show (Saturday) and a “Hocus Pocus” showing (Sunday).”

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The Whirling Tiger, formerly Odeon, is opening with a Halloween bash with the “dopest jams, the freshest beer, the craftiest cocktails, a costume contest,” and more!

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The Raven is celebrating Halloween’s beginnings as Samhain, an ancient festival of the dead, with storytelling, a drum circle and a lighting of the torches.

HELLHOUSE (Oct. 30) | Art Sanctuary | 1433 S. Shelby St. | art-sanctuary.org/events | $20 | 9 p.m. First held under the Second Street Bridge six years ago, HELLHOUSE and its EDM musicians return. Midnights at Baxter Presents: ‘Halloween 2’ (Oct. 30) | Baxter Avenue Theaters Filmworks | baxter8.com | $8-$10 | 11:55 p.m. Chill out but still go out with a midnight screening of “Halloween 2” at one of Louisville’s best theaters. A Saucy Halloween (Oct. 31) | Zanzabar | 2100 S. Preston St. | zanzabarlouisville. com | $10 presale, $15 day-of | 8-11 p.m. A Halloween performance featuring drag queens, burlesque and sideshow performers with tarot card readings on the patio. —Danielle Grady

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Free Kentucky artist Stephen Dorsett may win the prize for creative recycling. He nds trash, then smashes and burns it to use it to make landscape sculptures. After photographing the sculptures through colored notebook binder dividers, he nalizes this unusual process by arranging them in dioramas. “Since I was a child, art was an escape,” said Dorsett. “Creating landscape dioramas still serves the same purpose for me. On the other hand, art is the voice of my conscience. My art makes me want to do better.” Part of the Louisville Photo Biennial. —Jo Anne Triplett THROUGH SEPT. 2022

‘West Of Ninth: Race, Reckoning And Reconciliation’

Sylvan Esso + Lido Pimienta Old Forester’s Paristown Hall | 724 Brent St. | $29.50 | paristown.com/happenings | 8 p.m. Sylvan Esso brings their dreamy, weird synth-pop to Paristown Hall. This band, in uenced by British electronic duo Boards of Canada, o ers us something unique and, likely, this is a show that you should reserve some time for. Opening act Lido Pimienta is the jewel of this billing, and if Sylvan Esso isn’t exactly for you, Lido might be. The way she infuses her indigenous and Colombian roots into her music is absolutely magical. It is guaranteed that your spirit will be transformed after her set and perhaps you’ll need a bit of time to sit with the feelings you’ll surely have.

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SATURDAY, OCT. 30 GAG!- Y2GAY Story Louisville | 900 E. Main St. | redpintix.com | Free | 9 p.m. QueerKY and Story Louisville — along with with Jim Beam and Let’s Mix Entertainment — present a night of retro jams in a Halloween Party and Drag Show. By the name, it seems they are dialing back to the early days of Britney and Christina. There will be performances by Uhstel H. Valentine, Kitty St. Vincent, Ethel Loveless, Champagne and Bang Bang. The dance party portion of the night will have tunes spun by DJ Springbreak. Guess what, vaccines are required, and they are requesting a physical or photo of your vaccination card. It’s a requirement, not a request. Don’t forget it. The party is all-ages, but the bar is only 21 and over. Tickets are limited, so don’t wait too long.

‘Salvaged Landscapes’ By Stephen Dorsett garner narrative contemporary ne art | 642 E. Market St. | garnernarrative.com |

Frazier History Museum | 829 W. Main St. | fraziermuseum.org | Prices vary West of Ninth is a location direction as well as the name of the blog created by Shae and Walt Smith. It highlights stories and photographs from the residents of West Louisville (Shawnee, Portland, Russell, Chickasaw, Parkland, California, Park Hill, Park DuValle and Algonquin). The blog, content from which sometimes runs in LEO Weekly, was the inspiration for the exhibition at the Frazier co-curated by the Smiths. Wall panels begin with information on slavery in Louisville from the 1770s up to the Neighborhood Revitalization of the 1980s-‘90s. Installations include photos of a WWI Black Battalion, murals by local artist Victor Sweatt and the Breonna Taylor Memorial previously on display in Je erson Square in 2020. “Never Meet a Stranger,” additional photographs by the Smiths, is on display at UofL’s Photographic Archives through Dec. 17. Both shows are part of the Louisville Photo Biennial. —Jo Anne Triplett

MUSIC ‘Bonsai Tree’ by StephenPhotograph.Dorsett. ART Murals by Victor Sweatt. COMMUNITY

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—Erica Rucker SATURDAY, OCT. 30 Tailspin Ale Fest: Spooky Edition Bowman Field | 3345 Roger E Schupp St. | tailspinalefest.com | $50-$80 | 3 p.m. Everything’s been turned upside down in the last year and a half, meaning yearly events are often getting shu ed to new seasons. This year, for the rst time, Tailspin Ale Fest will be held on Halloween weekend. Like usual, the event will feature hundreds of the tastiest beers, music and food trucks. There will be a costume contest this year. Something to note: the event has been moved to a new location at Bowman, near the Central American Airways hangar.

46 LEOWEEKLY.COM // OCTOBER 27, 2021 FREE ENROLLMENT FEE SAVE $35 Offer expires September 30. New students only. 10505 Meeting Street Prospect, KY 502-873-530740059 Thank you Louisville! Mention the LEO Weekly Readers Choice info@KentuckyArtsAcademy.comSpecial! | www.KentuckyArtsAcademy.com WINNER of the Best Place to Take Music Lessons The best place to take Music Lessons ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT This is our monthly list of arts-funding opportunities. Look back at our past lists on leoweekly.com for opportunities that might still have open deadlines. THE FINE ART OF FINANCING: GRANTS, RESIDENCIES AND OTHER FUNDING FOR ARTISTS By Melissa Chipman THE 2021 GEORGE GARRETT FICTION PRIZE Established in 1998, The George Garrett Fiction Prize highlights one book a year for excellence in a short story collection or novel. The George Garrett Fiction Prize comes with a $1,000 advance, a standard royalty contract and 20 copies of the published book. The judge for 2021 is Selah Saterstrom, author of ﬁve books and the director of Creative Writing at the University of Denver. Submissions open until Nov. 30, $28 fee. Full contest guidelines at www.texasreview.submittable.com/submit/1487/thegeorge-garrett-ﬁction-prize THE HUDSON REVIEW SHORT FICTION CONTEST

Submit your original short ﬁction to The Hudson Review. All genres of ﬁction welcome, but work must be previously unpublished and under 10,000 words. No submission fee. 1st Prize: $500; 2nd Prize: $250; 3rd Prize: $250. Prizewinners will also be published and paid at regular rate. All submissions to the contest will be considered for publication. Submissions open until Nov. 30. More info: https://www. hudsonreview.com/submissions/ KENTUCKY SHAKESPEARE JOBS

The spring tour is Julius Caesar. Rehearsals begin Feb. 14 and the performances are various days and times in May. Rehearsals and performances occur on weekdays during the day and weekends. The Kentucky Shakespeare Festival in Central Park will consist of three full-length Shakespeare plays, to be announced in early November. Rehears-

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Artists with a history of community engagement in their work can apply for this social practice residency in Manchester, New Hampshire. Artists will be housed in a fullyfurnished home, have museum access and receive a $1,000 per week stipend, travel allowance and materials budget. The application invites artists to describe the type of issues they plan to address, the impact their previous projects have had, and their working styles. Examples of potential projects should be included. These residencies can be for a period of 6-12 weeks between mid-Oct. 2022 and mid-March 2023.

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Deadline: Nov. 15. For more information: http://www.integrityaca. org/grantprogram.html

Integrity: Arts & Culture Association (IACA) believes the arts are essential to the health and vitality of communities and the nation. According to their listing, “This is why we decided to do what we can to assist you and why our application process has been made simple. IACA Mini-Grants generally average $250. Funding is intended to assist with such things as: art supplies, recording studio time, exhibits, performances, project related expenses, etc. This is our way of planting seeds that we believe will continue to grow.”

CURRIER MUSEUM ARTIST-INRESIDENCE

PROGRAM Up to four artists are selected for residencies at Bernheim on an annual basis, each rcceives a stipend of $2,500. One residency is always dedicated to a regional artist currently living in Kentucky, or in Clark and Floyd counties of Southern Indiana. One residency is dedicated to an artist whose work addresses environmental issues and climate change. In exchange for comfortable rustic housing, access to studio space, as well as ﬁnancial and staff support for the development of new work, artists will create a site-inspired artwork, temporary installation or project as a donation to the Bernheim Foundation. Recipients are also asked to engage the public with their work and/or process while in residence. Deadline: Dec 15. Learn more: https://bernheim.org/program-and-events/air/ ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

als begin April 26 and performances are May 27-July 24. Please note rehearsals for the summer season are full-time, six days a week. The 2022 spring tour and summer season open auditions will be held Nov. 6 and 8. Technician jobs and paid summer internships are also available. More info: https://kyshakespeare.com/get-involved/employment/

Deadline: Dec. 1, 2021. Learn more: bit.ly/CurrierAIR21

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EARLIER THIS MONTH, the Speed Art Museum’s “Supernatural America” show opened. It’s a perfect complement to the spooky season of Halloween, but don’t let that be your only impression of the show. There is more to looking at the unexplainable than ghosts and spirits. For most, it is how we grapple with and quest for answers. For one, wrestling with the ideas of afterlife onesimmortalityandarethatallpeople ﬁnd themselves in a quandary over at some point in their lives. This show takes us through not only the moments where we confront the supernatural but also the moments where we seek the answers to our questions about how we become connected more fully to that supernatural world. Touring the exhibit with curator, Erika Holmquist-Wall, I was led through the exhibit in sequence that showed a heavily female-centric and well-considered collection of works that told the story of how America has struggled with issues of our faith and existence. It is a “paradigm shift,” as she stated for the museum to host such a show. The show doesn’t focus on a simple theme or a single artist but takes one of life’s big questions and explores it through works that bring the contemporary moment together with that of the past. “It really does ask us to not discount other’s experiences,” says Holmquist-Wall. The show is the largest show the Speed has done with more than 200 pieces of art and ephemera. The show is so big that it takes up two ﬂoors of the museum. It has gathered pieces from around the nation.

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Marvin Cone. American, 1891-1965. Anniversary, 1938. Oil on canvas. 18 x 16 in. framed. Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 82.10. One of the ways the works for the show were chosen was to consider artists who had mentioned having their own supernatural experiences.

Forms,” is a piece that puts our current existence into perspective and direct interaction with all of humanOtherhistory.pieces, like Betye Saar’s “Spirit Catcher” wrestle with the idea that spirits need vessels, whether that is to give them shelter or to keep them under control — she constructs inspired masks and totems to offer spirits places to reside. The show is full of unique female perspectives with a section where female sexuality as power is given room to breathe. It is impossible to consider a show about the supernatural without acknowledging that women have often led the way for pathways between the worlds to be opened through them.Documentation of Carolee Schneemann’s “Interior Scroll” performance hangs alongside other female artists’ spiritual expression brought forth through the female form. In this performance, Schneemann pulls a scroll from her vagina with text from her film, “Kitch’s Last Meal.” The print was then stained with beet juice, coffee and urine. With any knowledge of female magick practices, these items and others like blood or tea are often used in spellmaking. Throughout the show, the viewer is asked to consider the supernatural in ways that seem logical and illogical and is then confronted with their own judgment about what some pieces of the show are saying about the world of the supernatural.Doweagree with it all or find it all beautiful or attractive as art objects? Perhaps not, but that isn’t the point. The point here is that we live in a nation that is, particularly in this moment, trying to understand itself. It isn’t a new idea but it is one that is particularly pressing for the nation to figure out. “Supernatural faithfaithandtopathremindsAmerica,”usofthewe’vetraveledunderstandlivingdying,havingandhavingthatchallengedor destroyed. This show makes us confront what it means for the spirit if we don’t answer to our pasts. The “Supernatural America” show runs from Oct. 8 through Jan. 2. Sundays at the Speed are free so no one should miss a chance to explore this exhibit. Perhaps you will find yourself transformed, disturbed, scared or maybe you will feel a sudden gift of better understanding how the spirit drives us to become greater. •

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Originally organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the show looks at the idea of the supernatural from the 19th century through current times. One of the ways the works for the show were chosen was to consider artists who had mentioned having their own supernatural experiences.

The first floor of the show deals with the land of America as a haunted place in all the ways that might be, including the history of the nation that many Americans continue to find too painful to reconcile. Then the second floor gathers objects and ideas of the “genre,” including aliens, spirits, etc. that speak to the supernatural in a physical form. Many of the works, HolmquistWall says, were created to concrete.esotericofsenseeachtimes,severalworks,tosibilityattraction,thebymadetheencelessensvideosworks.videoquicktendencyworks.tothequestions.”“answerWhileperusingshow,taketimewatchthevideoThereisatowatchsegmentsofandnotentireSkippingthepresentedtheexperi-ofsectionsofshow,whichismoreintenseunderstandingsupernatural,itsacces-andabilitymotivate.ThesespanningideasandofferawayforsectiontomakeandforsometheideasthatseemtobecomeTonyOusler’s“Thought

The show is full of unique female perspectives with a section where female sexuality as power is given room to breathe. It is impossible to consider a show about the pathwayswithoutsupernaturalacknowledg-ingthatwomenhaveoftenledthewayforbetweentheworldstobeopenedthroughthem.

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Follow Venus on Twitter @CuckoldressV and check out her personals site for men and women seeking cuckold relationships at www.venusconnections.com.

It’s not easy to bounce back from a bad threesome that accidentally triggered feelings of jealousy, CCC, but it can be done.

And please—please, please, please—don’t rush into your ﬁrst cuckquean experience just because this particular woman happens to be in town this particular weekend.

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While cuck angst can be confusing, CCC, it’s not disqualifying. If your angst is manageable and the rewards are worth the effort—and if your partner can help you manage it in an afﬁrming way—you can get to a place where you want to realize your fantasies. But like, say, bungee jumping, CCC, it’s still gonna be scary. “One minute it can feel great and the next minute it can feel terrifying,” said Venus. “But your partner plays a big role in providing reassurance and support for you during all of this. I know of a wife who wrote a thoughtful letter to her cuckold husband in advance of her ﬁrst encounter with another man. It was for him to read if his cuck angst became overwhelming, and it turned out to be exactly what he needed at that moment. He was able to work through the anxiety and make room for the excitement and thrill of thinking about his wife with another man.” The partner of a cuck has to strike tricky balance. You’re going to need your husband to acknowledge your insecurities and offer reassurances to minimize them, CCC, but you don’t want those insecurities to disappear. For most cucks, eroticized insecurities are at the heart of the cuckolding/cuckqueaning kink—no insecurities, no thrills. And while this can sound like a lot of effort to someone who doesn’t share this kink (or have a kink that requires emotional prep and aftercare), the rewards—the experiences you’ll share, the connections you’ll make, the orgasms you’ll have—can be great. “But be prepared for some ups and downs,” warned Venus, “because cuckolding is truly an emotional rollercoaster.”

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A bad ﬁrst experience with cuckolding— where one person typically wants to be made to feel jealous and/or inadequate— can destroy a relationship. Learning where the line is between “good/bad” feelings (sexy jealousy) and “bad/bad” feelings (unsexy jealousy) takes time and not just good communication, CCC, but excessive communication.

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Q: I’m a 30-year lesbian who listens to your podcast and reads your column religiously. I’m in a long-term monogamous relationship, and I’m very much in love with my girlfriend. I recently told her that I want to explore my kinks and my sexuality and may need an open or at least a monogamish relationship. It looks like she isn’t into that. Perhaps we are sexually incompatible and need to part, but what if I act on my fantasies (swinging, orgies, BDSM) and then find out that I’m not really into any of it? Then I would have given up an otherwise good relationship for nothing. I’ve never tried any of the things I mention, so what if they’re just things I should masturbate about? Mainly, I get very turned on by the thought of being fucked by a group of women wearing strap-ons. Sometimes I feel like I’m on the verge of a life-changing sexual discovery and other times I feel like I just want to stay home with my dog. Where do I go from here? Should I continue just masturbating to these fantasies or do you think that a glorious kinky future awaits Suddenlyme?Thinking Repeatedly About Passionate Orgies Now A: You’re gonna have to make your best guess, STRAPON. If you think staying with your current girlfriend and not acting on these fantasies and never getting to fully explore these fantasies will cause you to resent your girlfriend, and your resentment will become a cancer that eventually kills your relationship—if that’s your best guess—then you should end things with your girlfriend now. But if you wouldn’t be able to enjoy the experience of being pegged by a roomful of hot women because you’re filled with regret about dumping your girlfriend for something so “trivial” as a few easierto-fantasize-about-than-realize sexual fantasies—if that’s your best guess—then make up your mind never to act on these fantasies. (I put “trivial” in quotes because I don’t think there’s anything trivial about sexual fantasies.) But I gotta say… when you think about setting these fantasies aside… it’s not your girlfriend you see yourself cozying up with at home, STRAPON, it’s your dog. Well, I’m here from the kinky future to tell you that you can attend an orgy or BDSM play party and go home to your dog afterwards. So, you can have your orgies and your play parties and your dog too; it’s your girlfriend you may not be able to have. But is it your girlfriend you want? Or is it your dog? If you want it all—your girlfriend, your dog, your adventures—there may still be a way. You say it “looks like” your girlfriend isn’t interested in opening the relationship. Which means she didn’t rule it out. So it’s my turn to venture a guess, STRAPON: I’m thinking your girlfriend might’ve had a different reaction to your request to open your relationship if you had invited her along on these proposed adventures. Instead of saying, “I’d like to have hot sexual experiences involving other people on my own while you wait at home with the dog,” try saying this: “I’d like us to have some hot sexual adventures together—you and me, the two of us, and some hot women who dig us both!” Inviting your girlfriend to run around with you, STRAPON, instead of asking for her permission to run around on her, could get you from “looks like a no” to the kind of qualified yes that can become—with time, patience, and open and honest communication—an enthusiastic yes.

Q: I’m a 33-year-old straight female, been with my husband for ten years, married for six. When we first started dating, I was an extremely jealous person. Fortunately, I got it under control with lots of therapy. But once I did, I started having fantasies about him hooking up with other people. We incorporated these fantasies in the bedroom—as a fantasy—and it was insanely hot. Anyways, I had a baby a year ago. It took some time for my libido to come back, but she is back with a vengeance. I’m horny all the time. I’m so horny that when my husband mentioned that an old friend of his who lives in another city was getting flirty, I immediately encouraged him to see if anything might come of it. With my blessing, he shared with her that I might be a cuckquean. (Sticking with “might” for now, as we’ve never actually done this). She was interested, and the flirting escalated. Now she’s coming to town for work. Having never actually done anything like this, I started to feel unsexy jealousy creeping back in. We decided that he wouldn’t do anything with her, just grab a quick drink. But she asked to have dinner with both of us instead. That changed the math and I agreed to dinner. But I find myself vacillating between titillation and anxiety. Am I there to watch or participate? (I’m bi, so it’s not out of the question.) They’ve already got a rapport going and I’m insecure about feeling left out. I’m writing because I don’t know how to process this cognitive dissonance. One minute I’m so excited about realizing this fantasy that I’m sneaking away to get myself off just thinking about it. The next minute I’m worrying about what will happen if I see him giving her more attention than he gives me. I don’t know how to make sense of what I’m feeling. Am I really a cuckquean if I feel this conflicted? Completely Confused Cuckquean A: When I shared your letter with Venus, the host of the Venus Cuckoldress Podcast, she responded with three words and one exclamation point: “The elusive Cuckoldingcuckquean!”is a loving, consensual, “onesided open relationship,” as Venus likes to describe it, and most self-identified cuckolds are men. It’s rare to encounter a cuckquean in the wild—that is, a woman who gets off on her husband or boyfriend sleeping with other women. I’ve received hundreds of letters over the years from men who wanted to be cuckolds (some gay, most straight or bi), but only a handful of letters from women like you, CCC. You are a rare flower, a black swan, a precious Andgem.what you describe—that feeling of arousal and dread, titillation and anxiety— is so common among wannabe and even practicing cucks that Venus gave it a name (and a whole segment of her podcast): cuck “Thatangst.emotional angst comes with a beautifully complex cuckolding relationship,” said Venus. “To be able to process and overcome damaging jealousy and turn it into something highly erotic is truly an emotional feat. It’s something I admire so much about cuckolds and cuckqueans.”

“Taking things slow is the key to success,” said Venus. “There’s always room to move forward with ﬂirty teasing but having to take steps backwards due to jumping into things too quickly is never easy.”

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54 LEOWEEKLY.COM // OCTOBER 27, 2021 THANK YOU LOUISVILLE www.DebraLockerGroup.comDebra@DebraLockerGroup.comLinkedInandFacebook@DebraLockerGroup #1 BEST PR FIRM 502.452.9244ROAD Our goal at Pawsitively Dogs is to provide the highest quality dog grooming at reasonable prices with great customer service. We offer everything your dog needs to stay happy and healthy. Amanda Amanda@pawsitivelydogsgrooming.comShafer592.644.5423(call/text)@pawsitivelydogsgroomingPawsitively_dogs_grooming ETC. LEGAL CLASSIFIED LISTINGS Over 200 booths at six sites filled with antiques, folk art, food, wines . . . 1-800-968-4578 or www.ferdinandchristkindlmarkt.com Live Glockenspiel, Marionette Theater, Reindeer Reserve, Monastery Tours, Live Entertainment, Organ Grinder, Concert, Shuttle Service between Markt Sites ALL FREE! Ferdinand, indiana At the Junction of I-64 & SR 162parking&admissionFREE November 20 and 21 Open Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., EST Notice is hereby given by Moes Auto Sales 4912 Poplar Level Rd Louisville, Ky 402019 (502)-962-1719. Owner has 14 days to respond in writing to obtain title to the following: 2015 Dodge Journey VIN-3C4PDCAB3FT720005. Owned by Robin Y Mosley or Rondu Mosley 2202 W. Ormsby ,Louisville, Ky 40210. Lienholder Kentuckiana Finance, 4639 Dixie Hwy, Louisville, Ky 40216.

Leo’s Towing & Recovery, 510 E Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202 (502)-727-9503, has intention to obtain title to a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze, black in color VIN#1G1BC5SM7H7270996. Owner: Carol Ellis Birch, Angela Birch Coleman, 6093 Cain Forest Dr., Walkertown, NC 27051. Lien Holder: PNC Bank NA, PO Box 313, Wilmington, OH 45177. Unless owner or lienholder objects in written form within 14 days after the last publication of this notice.

Leo’s Towing & Recovery, 510 E Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202 (502)-727-9503, has intention to obtain title to a 2016 Nissan Versa, gray in color. Owner: Mitchell Paytes, 286 Park Meadow Dr., Batatvia, OH 45103. Lien Holder: Santander Consumer USA, PO Box 961288, Ft. Worth, TX 76161. Unless owner or lienholder objects in written form within 14 days after the last publication of this notice.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to KRS 359.200-359.250 Morningstar Storage, 646 West Hill St, Louisville, KY 40208 502-434-7537 will sell the contents of the storage units listed below at a public auction at storageauctions.com at 1pm on 11/16/2021. This will not be public; this will only be done digitally at storageauctions.com Ti any Forbes Unit 135 Denachea Malone – Unit 207 Shawndrekka Robinson – Unit 225 Te\’zha jones – Unit 326 Gordon Jackson – Unit 348 Anthony Moore – Unit 500 Adam Gray – Unit 525 Justin Collins – Unit 567 Nashae Bryant – Unit 619 Brittany Sistrunk – Unit 677 Shameika Je erys – Unit 714 Christy Williams – Unit 135 Kevintre Bumpous – Unit 778 Aundrea Thomas – Unit 822

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