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VIEWS EDITOR’S NOTE JUST LEGALIZE IT, ALREADY

THE Kentucky Chamber of Commerce recently announced it supports de-felonizing drug possession during the upcoming legislative session. Cool, I’m down with that. Several Republicans and many Democrats are also down with that. Same goes for legalizing marijuana. Certainly, there is some divide over medical or recreational but here’s what I think… Why pretend that legalizing it for medical purposes will stop recreational use or somehow prevent it? A wide range of people use cannabis, from grandmothers to the adult children of these same lawmakers. Hell, truth be told, some of those lawmakers are somewhere toking up on the weekend and voting against it for whatever unknown or antiquated reason.I’m surprised our large industries like Churchill Downs or any of the many adult beverage companies have not made a stronger push for the state to do more to just make this herb — with its many health and wellness benefits — readily available. For these companies, their bottom lines would grow. What is the hold up? Fucking Alabama and Missippi have legal medical. So here’s Kentucky, behind the curve once again.It’s just so frustrating and I’m really wondering what it might take for these “lawmakers” to just flip the switch and to stop stringing this issue along. The financial positives for the state alone should make all Kentuckians question the motives of these lawmakers who continue to delay on this topic. Yes, there are bills that come up, but how many times have we seen these bills come and go with no action? Will it take smokers in Kentucky to blatantly break the rickety old rules by smoking in the streets and clearing the White Castles of their sliders to finally just get a real bit of traction on this issue?

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• By Erica Rucker | leo@leoweekly.com

Jason Nemes, R-Louisville, is once again building a bill to legalize medical marijuana that he’ll introduce when the General Assembly returns in January. How it’s currently written, according to reporting in the Courier Journal, would make it a strict and limited bill that would keep the treatments restricted to only four medical needs — chronic pain, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and nausea.

Last year, a similar bill from Nemes easily passed through the House, but was not considered in the Senate. The Democratic minority supported it, but Republican in-fighting is holding up Howprogress.these morons keep winning seats is beyond me. I’d like a real list of the reasons why the legalization of marijuana hasn’t happened yet. When I read the news about the machinations surrounding any and every marijuana bill, I envision the shuffling of old men who won’t see the future somehow making plans for that future where the rest of us have to make sense of their bullshit. I’m not sure where I have to go with this, I just want to reiterate that the continued lag for Kentucky to do something moderately “of the modern era” is tiresome. Marijuana has been proven time and time again to have beneficial effects on many illnesses. Those incarcerated for marijuana crimes are taking up space that could house real criminals — that is, if the carceral state is your bag. A lot of people could get their lives back if we took away the penalty for marijuana and other drug possession charges. And, overall, not legalizing marijuana is just dumb. There is no other way to say it. It’s ignoring that this is a state that is desperate for resources and And Why? Religion? I doubt that. Kids? Were any of these people ever young? I’m not advocating for young people to take up marijuana, at all. I’m just saying, we have to be honest and stop pretending that many kids haven’t tried it. Most of us did when we were kids. So prevention could be more effective in a legal and regulated system, I’d think. There really is little else to say. Kentucky lawmakers, just legalize it already.

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Nov. 3, 2020 - March 8, 2021: No one is in contact with me. I assume that some decision-maker at the County Attorney’s ofﬁce has wisely decided to quietly dispose of all these ridiculous cases against peaceful protesters. I am wrong.

April 26, 2021: The Department of Justice announces an investigation into the practices of the Louisville Metro Police Department, including the mass arrests of protesters during Breonna Taylor Summer. By this time, prosecutors in metropolitan areas around the country, including Chicago, Portland, Philadelphia and Minneapolis, have announced that they will not pursue thousands of peaceful protester cases, choosing instead to focus on serious felonies.

March 9, 2021: An unseen phantom force schedules my client to appear in court. No one informs my client or me of this date. At that time, most court appearances were happening via Zoom. Because we didn’t log in to the right website to say “not guilty” at the right time, the court issues a bench warrant for my client’s “failure to appear.” This means that any contact with law enforcement will likely land her in jail until her next court date, whenever that is.

June 9, 2021: I ﬁle a discovery motion asking for anything related to my client’s case, including the way in which cops were instructed to handle protesters. Handsome Lawyer and I tell prosecutors we will object to any trial dates that happen before the DOJ wraps up its investigation.

Sept. 9, 2021: Because my client cares about bad things happening to good people, she has already made plans to do volunteer work with a hurricane relief organization in the South. A jury trial also carries a risk (however slight) of jail time, and will at least cost her another workday, so she decides to take the deal and pleads guilty. She is a convicted criminal for the next two months.

March 22, 2021: I ﬁnd out about the existence of the bench warrant from my client, who ﬁnds out from another protester who also “failed to appear.” I call my friend, a well-connected, well-known, and Handsome Lawyer, who is representing another protester involved in the same incident. Same thing: Bench warrant. I gather the pieces of my exploded head and spend 15 minutes of my life drafting an order getting rid of said bench warrant. I tell my client, who is rightfully a little freaked out, to stay away from anything in a uniform. I don’t need to tell her that, but it makes me feel better.

Nov. 2, 2021: Louisville legal legend Ted Shouse takes the ﬁrst protester case to trial. The court clears its docket for the day. A few dozen people show up for jury duty. A jury is selected. The two sides give their opening statements. Then all the charges are dismissed because prosecutors failed to disclose evidence.

April 29, 2021: Eight months after her arrest, my client has her ﬁrst court date. She pleads not guilty. I receive photos of my client standing around with some furniture in the street. The furniture is painted with slogans like “HOMES MATTER” and “EVICT RACISM.” Despite this heinous crime, no one suffered anything more than the inconvenience of having to drive an extra block.

March 30, 2021: The order setting aside the bench warrant is ﬁnally signed by the judge. A new court date is set. The prosecutor tells me: “I or one of the other protest prosecutors will review any body camera footage of the date of [client’s] arrest and determine an appropriate offer.” I reﬂect on the implications of the need for more than one “protest prosecutor.”

Jan. 1, 1975: Propelled by the national mania of the drug war, and the corresponding push to criminalize every imaginable human action, the Kentucky General Assembly enacts KRS 525.140, which can land someone in jail for 90 days if they “obstruct a highway.”

Oct. 29, 2020: I email a prosecutor at the County Attorney’s office who refers me to another prosecutor who then refers me to yet another prosecutor. I diplomatically ask, “What’s with this 2 a.m. court date?” I receive no response of any substance. Nov. 2, 2020 at 5:50 a.m: I receive a response of substance. “The 2 a.m. docket time is a place holder for the clerks office to have our office review the case. I assure you that there was not a 2 a.m. docket held this morning. We are reviewing all protestor and curfew related cases. I will review this one and be in contact with you.”

6 LEOWEEKLY.COM // NOVEMBER 17, 2021 VIEWS THE MIDWESTERNIST THE ABRIDGED STORY OF ONE PROTESTER’S PROSECUTION

Aug. 8, 2020: During Breonna Taylor Summer, my friend becomes my client after she is arrested under that 1975 law. She is a blue-haired, tattooed, middle-aged mom, stylist and photographer who has never been in trouble before. The cop says she was “building a barricade” at 6th and Jefferson. She is held with other protesters, taken to jail, booked and released. According to the electronic records system, my client’s ﬁrst court date is set for Nov. 2 at 2 a.m. “That can’t be right,” I think. “Court doesn’t happen at 2 a.m.”

By Dan Canon | leo@leoweekly.com

Nov. 9, 2021: My client’s case is ﬁnally dismissed. I get to tell people, “They dropped the charges” and sound like a badass TV lawyer. In the near future, my client’s charges will be expunged, allowing us to indulge in the weird ﬁction that all the above-described events never happened.

Today: Hundreds of cases like my client’s inconsequential misdemeanor, several of which will go to trial, are still mopping up the meager resources available to Jefferson County’s courts. These charges, brought by an observably corrupt police department to punish anyone peacefully protesting the shooting of an innocent woman in her home, could all be dismissed today if the County Attorney would say so. He won’t. After more than a year of this clog in Louisville’s criminal justice toilet, it may ﬁnally be time to ask: Why not? Dan Canon is a civil rights lawyer and law professor. His book “Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class” is available for preorder wherever you get your books.

Aug. 30, 2021: It has now been more than a year since my client was arrested. No one has answered my discovery motion. I learn of several other protester cases that were dismissed. I contact the County Attorney to ask both: “Where’s the stuff you owe me?” and “Why not just dismiss this one, too?” In response, the prosecutor informs me for the ﬁrst time of a “standard offer” to people like my client. It goes like this: Plead guilty, do 20 hours of volunteer work, then unplead guilty and the charges will be dismissed. I think about saying, “This is a stupid waste of everyone’s time, because if you’re going to dismiss a case just dismiss it, don’t make people wade through a creek of bullshit just to save face.” I do not say that.

March 23, 2021: I ponder the fact that religious fanatics who regularly harass people at the Louisville abortion clinic do not get bench warrants, even when they fail to appear for court multiple times. I get a little drunk and yell at Handsome Lawyer about how terrible everything is. He listens patiently to my inebriated rant and goes back to doing Handsome Lawyer stuff.

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The rst trial for a person arrested at the Breonna Taylor protests ended in a dismissal because the county attorney’s o ce failed to turn over evidence. Even before the dismissal, the defense presented a video showing an o cer saying he was putting together a “generic narrative” for other o cers to use when citing people at a 2020 NuLu protest. As of the beginning of this month, the county attorney’s o ce had 200 protest cases left to resolve. We suspect other cases might have similar holes, and we hope that the county attorney’s o ce decides to drop more.

LMPD did not immediately respond to a question about when the force stopped using the slides. LMPD also did not respond to questions on whether the course was still offered and if so, whether the goals listed on the 2020 curriculum remained the same.

Last week, the Courier Journal revealed that two ocers who were once members of the Ku Klux Klan were still working in the Je erson County Sheri ’s O ce. Sheri John Aubrey told the paper in a statement that he was disappointed by the revelation. But, truth is, the CJ had already reported that one of the o cers, Gary Fischer, was a former KKK member… back in 1986. Aubrey could have done something about this long ago. And, there has been a pattern of underwhelming reaction to racism for the sheri , having ordered a di erent o cer to take a one-hour sensitivity course after saying the n-word. And Aubrey wants be reelected? Nah.

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SPONTANEOUS. Fatalistic. Emotional.Those are the qualities attributed to Hispanic people in materials used in a Louisville Metro Police Department recruit basic training class that aimed to have students be able to “identify aspects of Hispanic/Latino culture that may pose hazards to lawInenforcement.”aslideshowobtained by LEO Weekly, those characteristics are contrasted with what the training materials say are cultural traits of members of the “American Middle Class,” which include: “Rely on selves and institutions,” “Believe more in self-determination, less in fate,” “Hiding emotions is encouraged” and “Adhere more often to LMPDschedules.”provided a 39-page slideshow in response to LEO’s open records request for materials used in a one-hour course titled “Law Enforcement Spanish: Basics of Hispanic/Latino Culture & Officer Safety” that was listed on the training academy’s 2020 Accordingcurriculum.toanoutline in the curriculum, at the end of the course, recruits would be able to “identify various aspects of Hispanic/Latino culture and how they differ from Mainstream USA” in addition to being able to identify the potential “hazards” posed by aspects of the culture. Randy Shrewsberry, a former police officer who is the founder and executive director of The Institute for Criminal Justice Training Reform, found the premise of the course, as well as its title, troubling. “Frankly, painting one culture, or a subset of a culture, as inherently more violent, or posing unique threats, than another is simply racist,” said Shrewsberry. “I think the danger is that when you have singled out one culture as having unique threats, then any interaction the police may have with this group is going to be approached differently, which unfortunately would likely mean more aggressively.”Inawritten statement to LEO Weekly, an LMPD spokesperson said: “The LMPD Training Academy is currently amidst curriculum refinement. The referenced slides were removed and we continue to evaluate all of our training to ensure we are in line with national standards and best practices in law enforcement training.”

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Two slides used in an LMPD training course titled “Law Enforcement Spanish: Basics of Hispanic/Latino Culture & O cer Safety”

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8 LEOWEEKLY.COM // NOVEMBER 17, 2021 NEWS & ANALYSIS LMPD TRAINING COURSE WARNED OF ‘HAZARDS’ THAT LATINX CULTURE COULD POSE

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The majority of American Rescue Plan funds that Metro Council approved last week, $89 million, is going to a ordable housing. That’s something to celebrate, especially when the city could have pulled its usual trick of directing the majority of its money to policing. The department still received millions, to be sure, but mostly for reforms. And, violence deterrence programs got a signi cant funding boost, too.

“SOMETHING LIKE THIS...IT COULD LEAD TO SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY NEEDLESSLY LOSING THEIR LIFE.”

Xavier Perez, a professor of criminology at Chicago’s DePaul University whose research focuses on the Latinx community and who has studied the impact of police training on ofﬁcer behavior and community relations, said the training materials “other-ized” members of the community while playing on stereotypes and presenting them as a threat.“This reminds me of some very problematic training that we used to see in the ‘80s and the ‘90s,” he said. “In many ways, it’s kind of sad to see it still being used today, because it sensationalizes the groups, it plays on stereotypes.”

A description of the course in the 2020 recruit basic training curriculum.

tor of Louisville’s La Casita Center, a grassroots non-proﬁt serving the Latinx community, called the training materials “offensive” and potentially dangerous.

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The end result of the slides comparIn a written statement to LEO Weekly, an LMPD spokesperson said: “The LMPD Training Academy is currently amidst curriculum refınement. The referenced slides were removed and we continue to evaluate all of our training to ensure we are in line with national standards and best practices in law enforcement training.”

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“This kind of one size fits all rhetoric causes separations of us [vs] them, discrimination and a misunderstanding of people’s realities,” she said. “Latinx families and individuals, coming from 24 different countries and with countless different experiences, should not be painted with a brush of ‘standard’ values and preparedbetter-deservescommunityThebehaviors.whole officers todisservice—diversityofknowledgewithequipleaderswhosethemthethisitisathese officers as well if they are tionsassump-taughtthatlead to confusion and possibly dangerous conflict in the line of duty. We are all worthy to be treated as individuals, not as a stereotype.” The slides comparing and contrasting Hispanic and American middle class culture were followed by a series of slides with titles that included “Machismo,” “Jesús Malverde & La Santa Muerte,” “Proxemics & Conversational Manner,” “Concept of Time,” “Motherhood,” and “Attitudes About Law Enforcement.” All but one of the 10 slides included a title and photo but no additional text. Other experts on policing found the training troubling as well. “I don’t know if it’s telling them not to trust, but I think it’s telling them to be at a heightened sense of awareness: That you need to be ready any time you go into the Latinx community, because they can be spontaneous, because they can be fatalistic,” said Edwardo Portillos, chair of the University of Colorado Colorado Spring’s Sociology Department, whose research has focused in part on relations between police departments and Latinx communities. And priming officers for such heightened awareness could be

materials have been a source of controversy in Kentucky recently.Lastyear, student journalists at duPont Manual High School’s Manual RedEye uncovered that a training slideshow used by the Kentucky State Police quoted Adolph Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” and urged troopers to be “ruthless killers.”

Earlier this month, WDRB reported that former Department of Criminal Justice Training employees had called training slides produced by the department to teach about human trafﬁcking “racist and derogatory” in their portrayals of Black Mónicapeople.Negrón, director for Hispanic, Latinx and Indigenous Initiatives at UofL, said she found the course goal of identifying cultural aspects that may pose hazards to law enforcement “unsettling.”

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Mónica Negrón, director for Hispanic, Latinx and Indigenous Initiatives at the University of Louisville, said she found the course goal of identifying cultural aspects that may pose hazards to law

The use of the word “spontaneous” referring to Hispanic people in the slideshow, he said, told ofﬁcers “you kind of have to be mindful of them. It creates them as a threat.”

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The LMPD spokesperson said training had been designed by “a retired Spanishspeaking LMPD sergeant and current Hispanic female ofﬁcer with input and

Omar Salinas-Chacón, affiliate equity officer for the ACLU of Kentucky’s board of directors, was born in El Salvador and a DACA recipient. To him, the training materials were unsurprising. “It only takes two eyes to see how police treat people of color differently as opposed to white people,” he said. When his family first first moved to the US, “it was very apparent to us that because we were from a different race, we were treated differently by police. Unfortunately, this material just confirms to me what we already knew in the community.”

10 LEOWEEKLY.COM // NOVEMBER 17, 2021 NEWS & ANALYSIS ing Hispanic culture with that of the “American Middle Class,” he added, was the feeling that one group — the “middle class” — were upstanding citizens who believed in law and order while the other group, Hispanic people, might not be.

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there were a total of 29 Hispanic ofﬁcers making up 2.8% of the force. Jefferson County is 7.5% Hispanic according to data from the 2020 census.

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She also questioned why the dividing line was between the middle class and Hispanic people when there are so many Hispanic and Latinx people in the middle class.“If they’re making the comparison, I feel like they’re also making the assumption that Hispanic and Latinx individuals are all immigrants, not citizens nor Americans, and also assuming that they fall in a lower class,” she said. “One shouldn’t assume that because someone is a part of a certain race and looks a certain way that it automatically classiﬁes them as holding a different socioeconomic status.”

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BRINGING AUDIENCES BACK TO THE ARTS

THE ANSWER ISN’T SIMPLE By Erica Rucker | leo@leoweekly.com

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Assistant Concertmaster Julia Noone, left, rehearses with the Louisville Orchestra and Sam Bush at Old Forester’s Paristown Hall in November 2020.

PHOTO BY CAROLYN BROWN

THE STRUGGLE to fill seats and encourage patrons to return to the theaters, halls and other venues continues. Some stages have found ways for innovation, and others are just trying to keep their heads above water. The problem feels unique, because the pandemic is the first of its kind in more than 100 years, and modern performance and entertainment spaces had no preparation for the devastation that the last two years has brought to their audiences — and, ultimately, to their budgets. To add to the problem, there is no clear-cut answer to their dilemma, and no end in sight. There is a confluence of factors surrounding the issue, but The Louisville Orchestra is seeing a strong age divide in who will come to the shows and when. “You’ve got the basic story, the younger people are coming back more quickly than older audiences,” said Michelle Winters, director of marketing for the Orchestra. “I think there’s, you know, higher levels of concern about the possible damage that COVID can do to them and their health. What we are doing at the Kentucky Performing Arts is we are following the Kentucky Center guidelines, and we’re doing this in all of our venues, even the remote venues where we play in neighborhoods a lot outside of the Kentucky Center… smaller locations.” For the orchestra, this divide is an important one because their budgets are heavily dependent upon their patrons feeling safe enough to come back to the venues for performances. While Orchestra concerts are popular across age groups, classical music is certainly more popular to a more mature crowd and that crowd has statistically more risk should they become infected with COVID.

Comedian, actor and educator Keith McGill has played on many local stages and is finding the thirst to reenter the live performance world vibrant: “For me, since the first time comedy clubs and bars opened, albeit to a limited capacity, people have been having a great time,” said McGill in an email. “I was finding that if someone was coming to a comedy show, it was on purpose. Because of that, they paid more attention, and gave more love. Then once it looked like the worst was Wax Fang at Headliners Music Hall. | NIK VECHERY.

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“We have both the vaccination check and ID check,” said Winters. “And, also, if someone chooses not to vaccinate, we ask for a negative test. If someone forgets a card or forgets proof, we do have available testing at the door for antigen testing and that’s the rapid test. So, we do have that available in some quantities. It’s not gonna work for everybody who comes to the door because they’re pretty expensive, but we are ﬁnding ways to provide those at the Orchestra’s expense, basically and offering them, also for kids, especially.”

The demand for vaccinations by attendees, performers and venues is strong, but some are also wary of enacting protocols which are too stringent. The balance can be delicate.Billy Hardison, founder of local promotion agency Production Simple, said the balance often is the difference between whether they are able to book a show or not.

“There are artists that are going to travel from one venue to another that don’t require protocols. Then there’s other artists that are going to travel from one venue to another that do,” said Hardison. “Then there’s artists that cross all demographics that are going to be a mix of those. Travis Tritt, as an example, some places in the country his shows are going on as planned and others he canceled.”Trittisn’t an anomaly. His audience falls on the conservative side of the spectrum and are less likely to support the safety protocols at venues. So, for Tritt, the decision is likely directly related to his bottom line perhaps more than his personal politics. Hardison understands the predicament that artists like Tritt fall into, even if he disagrees.“Youknow, in his defense, although I do not agree with his position, personally, this total lack of consistency means that certain on-the-spot compromises have to be made.” Hardison says. “He’s got mouths to feed. So do I, so I made decisions for the longer term about what’s safe for my employees or for the tours, and for my own family.”

Headliners Music Hall and Old Forester’s Paristown Hall — which Production Simple books music at — requires proof of vaccine or a negative test. “I’m not saying any one idea is right, and the other one’s wrong,” said Hardison. “But our thinking is, at least for the majority of the acts that we book, we’re looking for ways to make the tours feel comfortable about staying on the road. And, this ecosystem right now is... It’s a connection to one set of venues versus a connection with another.”Thatconnection to venues can often fall along the lines of safety protocols which have been politicized in a way that has put the relevance and science often out of the discussion to embittered and narrow-scoped discussions about “freedom.”

“She’s actually doing pretty well. You know, the struggles were pretty much last year,” said Kohorst. “Uh, of course there wasn’t any product being released and the COVID scare was pretty fresh. So people were really scared to go out. Once the vaccination came through and, you know, people started feeling more safe to go out, then, also, products are coming back.” That studios are releasing ﬁlms in theaters again, instead of only releasing directto-TV services like Amazon or Netﬂix, is a boon for local theaters. “Last week we opened ‘Halloween Kills,’ which did really well. I think last year, to this day, I don’t even remember what we were playing, you know, like getting ‘Tenet.’ It was like the only big release, and I think that came out in September. I don’t even know if October had a big release last year.”

During the height of the pandemic, Apex offered some unique options for locals who wanted to see movies. Their rental services were one of the ways they found income during the period of time when many theaters were struggling to get anyone in their seats.“Yeah. We did a very cheap rental,” said Kohorst. “Very early on we just tried to like, keep our name out there. So we would run curbside during the weekends where people could pick up theater popcorn. You know, we ended up donating like half our perishables to the Ronald McDonald house. During that time when we weren’t out there and then when we reopened what we did to kind of survive in that period of time was we would play pretty much whatever we could.”

This innovation gave those who wanted a theater experience the chance to do this as safely as possible. The story isn’t the same across Apex properties. At Village 8, the theater is struggling to find its place as a former second run theater. In a world with streaming services, audiences aren’t flocking to the theater, even with the cheap prices. So the theater recently started showing new films.

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The reopening process is a tricky one and one that researchers are also interested in understanding. The WolfBrown Audience Outlook Monitor has been sending surveys to venues willing to question their audiences upon their reopening or after having been open for a bit. The questionnaire is sent at regular intervals to the participants and is offered to individual organizations as well. The survey gages the feelings of the audience about reopening and returning to live in-person events. In total, 660 organizations are participating with 24 research partners. The groups have so far gathered over 625,000 responses. Some things are clear. People strongly sup-

Senior Manager of Apex Entertainment, LLC Matt Kohorst spoke with LEO about how the audiences have rebounded at the Highland’s Baxter Avenue Theatres.

“The rentals were a huge thing, he continued. “We had so many of those, we have like ﬁve, six rentals a week, cause they were at like $150 to $200 to rent the theater.”

Somewhat different than the typical performance space, movie theaters seem to be seeing the return of audiences.

Matt Kohorst, Senior Manager of Apex Entertainment, LLC. |

14 LEOWEEKLY.COM // NOVEMBER 17, 2021 over (pre-Delta) crowds picked up and have stayed pretty good, especially with more people getting vaccinated and more people demanding attendees be vaccinated.”

WHAT RESEARCHTHE SAYS

THE WAY BACK So how do venues get people in the doors and back to live performances? On top of that, how do venues navigate the political implications of safety recommendations provided by the top medical experts in the country?There is no single answer. There are no easy solutions. Politically, COVID is poised to remain a hot button issue, with some places in the world having to cancel or postpone elections and in America, the issue of COVID continuing to drive a wedge between its citizens. Despite this, the shows must go on. Financially and for the social health of the performing arts ecosystem, live performance is essential.TheLouisville Orchestra has taken some extreme measures including studying how the air that comes from a flute or horn travels within the performance space. “We did a smoke test at Kentucky Center, out in the audience chamber, and the air goes straight up,” said Winters, describing how the air filtration at Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts works. “So it just pulls it, but onstage, it kind of floats to the back of the hall across the stage itself, and then lifts up in toward the air filtration system. So, we’ve had to work with that in order to make it safer for the musicians on stage. The audience is really safe in terms of the air in Kentucky Center.” To help this, they’ve added fans in strategically positioned ways to encourage and direct the airflow to help keep their musicians safe. Billy Hardison and Production Simple have also decided to take a strong stance, citing the need to protect themselves, their families and to run their private business in the way they see fit. “Whether you believe in this virus or not, if you have a job in this universe and you test positive at work, whether you believe in it or not, what’s going to happen? You’re going to get sent home,” said Hardison. “Well, we are so busy right now. And a lot of that workload is dealing with things that, up until 2020, had nothing to do with our previous job descriptions, and none of us could really afford to work from home. So whether you believe it or not, none of us can afford to be sent home because we tested positive and in a disease that we may or may not believe in. The fact is that I happen to 110% believe in it.” Because venue operators and show promoters can’t afford to work from home or to continue to lose revenue to closures and shut downs, the compromise is that they work very hard to keep their venue, performers and concertgoers safe. He understands that the audience values the money they spend differently. So if a fan spends more money, that fan is more likely to show up to the venue to see a show despite protocols and the city’s COVID status. “One thing people that you would think are scared of the virus and aren’t showing up, because of that fear, even though they have a ticket. That’s also weighted by their desire to see this artist and how much money it is,” Hardison explained. “If you bought a $10 ticket and you’re an indie rock fan, and the hottest indie rock band’s playing at Zanzabar and you got a $10 ticket. “It’s like man, I spent $10, it’s not worth taking the risk. But, if you are the same fan and you bought a Phoebe Bridgers ticket for $69.50, that same fan will go into the same place because they spent more money.”

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The League of Chicago Theaters found that 96% of those that responded to the survey are vaccinated and strongly support measures such as masking and required vaccinations. Support for in-person events was stronger for outdoor events than those held indoors but all indications are that people are ready to see live performances again.

port mitigation protocols such as masking and vaccine requirements. However, according to the Oct. 18 report by the WolfBrown group, masking is beginning to lose popularity. Many people are ready to participate, if not already participating, in live events. Despite the desire to return to live performance, the dip in attendance is expected to continue through the next year as COVID continues to experience surges.

Big and small, the audience question remains a conundrum. Even with the studies being conducted into audience conﬁdence and what it would take to bring them back to the theater, nothing is clear. No single answer has emerged, no quick ﬁx or BandAid. The thing that is certain is the uncertainty and that venues need our support and we need to see live performance.

“I just did my ﬁrst theater show since the pandemic last week, and attendance was ok, but we were back to COVID protocols,” said McGill. “I will say that the performances I attended were at the capacity they could have safely. I feel like more folks would have been there had they been allowed to be. People miss live performance right now.” McGill is correct in his assessment, there is the desire and the hunger amongst audiences, but the path to a resolution seems long. •

The New York Times recently published a story about how a

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“Before, it was so easy for me,” she said. “I would say, ‘I need this and that,’ I’d go to the vendor’s web page and go click, click, click. Now I have to spend more time. What was a simple task before is not any longer. It’s always something.”Andit’smore than just ships idling in far-away canals or stuck shoreside loaded with products that aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Labor shortages are wreaking havoc as well, making the situation worse. Some industries ﬁnd themselves lacking production resources of all types.

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Businesses like Pregame Coffee“Whendowntown.thatship was stuck in the Suez Canal, all my mocha tea was on that ship,” Pregame owner Rob Arnold told LEO Weekly. “I couldn’t get mocha tea for a month. It’s hitting us hard.” For Lorena Casas-Ostos, owner of MexA Tacos, which has locations downtown and in St. Matthews, supply chain issues have become an ongoing headache. She’s had difﬁculty ordering simple items such as plates and soft drink cups from her online vendor Webstaurant Store. For example, the regular cups she had been using became unavailable, and the lids she already had wouldn’t ﬁt the replacement cups — so, she also had to purchase new lids.

THE EVER GIVEN, a 1,300-foot-long container ship, made headlines in March when it became stuck in the Suez Canal, halting passage for weeks for other ships and essentially stopping an estimated $9.6 billion worth of trade. (It was an event signiﬁcant enough that it now has its own Wikipedia entry.)Such international stories seem far removed from most of us. But it’s worth taking a look at speciﬁcally how the ongoing supply chain crisis brought about by the seemingly never-ending Covid-19 pandemic affects small, local businesses — places like the record store on the corner or the boutique pet store down the street.

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And one might be surprised by just how many different industries can be affected by supply shortages.

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HIRING NO-SHOWSAND Arnold hasn’t tried hard to hire new staff for his coffee shop so far this autumn, but even if he did, it would be a challenge. He said from February to June he aggressively sought to hire new staff, and during that stretch, 22 eesprospectivedifferentemploy-failedtoeven show up for a ﬁrst interview. No phone call, no apology, just ghosting.“Iplaced an ad, and they would reply to it, we would correspond by email, an appointment would be set, and they would never come,” he said. His theory is that they were using the appointments to show they were actively seeking work to satisfy

Kelly Estep, co-owner of publishershaveareissuesBookstore,Carmichael’ssaidtheshehasfacedmulti-layered.Forstarters,manylargeU.S.printinghousesclosedinrecentlyyears,somostmajorareprintingbooksinChina.

‘IT’S NOT JUST CHINA’ But this type of staffing shortage isn’t confined to local consumer-facing businesses. Often, supplies will arrive to the U.S. and there isn’t enough workforce to move the products forward, starting with getting it unloaded and then properly inspected for domestic distribution. And then even when it finally gets to a truck to start toward its destination, the aforementioned truck driver shortage can hold things Carmichael’s Bookstore is buying more books at a time now in order to make up for supply chain issues.

Phillips believes a big part of the problem now is that the interruption the pandemic forced upon everyone’s lives is that it gave

shopsassyfoxconsign.comfashionforwardwithoutspendingafortune Chenoweth unemployment benefits requirements, and that they never intended to accept a job. Casas-Ostos has faced similar challenges. While she has enough staff for the moment to operate, she wishes she could hire at least one more person. But that person hasn’t materialized.“Ireallyneed to hire some more people and I haven’t been able to,” she said. “I’m not getting people interested, and if they are interested, they want to work from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and that’s it.” Joe Phillips is the owner of Pints & Union, a Europeanstyle pub in New Albany, and he has built a consistent permanent staff by offering benefits, flexibility and theproblemaCovid-19.thefacedhe$15makinginsalariescompetitive—“Noonemykitchenislessthananhournow,”said.Buthehashiringissuesinpast,evenbeforePhillipsbelievesbigpartofthenowisthatinterruptionthepandemic forced upon everyone’s lives is that it gave burned-out hospitality and retail workers a chance to stop and reconsider their paths. Many of them, Phillips believes, took the time to get online certifications in other fields or to start their own businesses from home.

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Jennifer Rubenstein, director of the Louisville Independent Business Alliance, said she hears from member businesses about stafﬁng issues on a regular basis, including from“GettingArnold.somebody to show up to an interview is a victory in itself,” she said. “Even before the pandemic, that seemed to be a No. 1 thing folks were looking for, those soft skills. A lot of places will train you; they just need somebody who’s serious about coming to work and who’s reliable. And it’s not just restaurant and retail workers, it’s skilled positions as well.” She said she has been in touch with Jefferson Community and Technical College about pairing students with potential employers locally. She also has started a youth advisory board for LIBA, and there are discussions about launching a job fair to help small businesses ﬁnd new workers.

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Roger Baylor is the beer program director for Pints & Union, and he said at one point a shipment of Pilsner Urquell beer, a staple at Pints & Union, arrived on the East Coast. Some of it was moved forward, but much of it sat there for a long period of time. Beer, of course, has a limited shelf life, Baylor said, and thanks to a control system failure, much of that shipment had to be discarded due to spoilage.

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to cash ﬂow and storage“Normally,considerations.inour industry we’ve gotten used to what we call ‘just-in-time’ inventory,” Estep said. “If you go into the Bardstown Road store, we have stacks of things. We have books in the business ofﬁce, stacked on the shelves.”

For his part, Arnold is employing a similar strategy as much as he can. He buys many of his supplies at Barista Pro Shop, which has a warehouse in Louisville. Facing down a shortage of cups, he pulled up to the warehouse one day and saw workers actively unloading a truck — ﬁlled with cups.“I said, ‘Hold everything – I’m going to buy about a thousand dollars worth of cups right now,’” he said. “I placed the order in the parking lot.” And the same might go for Christmas shoppers this year. If your local businesses are getting ahead of the game, that’s probably a sign we all should follow suit. As Christmas grows nearer, starting with the annual Black Friday shopping frenzy, shipping for online orders could get very tricky.Shop locally, shop early and you might have a leg up, according to Pinch Spice Market’s Thomas McGee. He said many of his customers started much,pinglocalso.”willexpectingthatFedExthesameWe’reingaheadsaid.yourratherdayadvisesintheywithinhasousearlierThanksgivingpurchasingspicesthaninprevi-years.Ashestillsomespicesstuckfarawaylands,noideawhenmightarrivehisinventory,hebuyingholi-suppliessoonerthanlater.“Bestrategicinordering,”he“Wearewayoutinourmessag-toourcustomers.gettingthemessagefromPostalService,andUPS,theyarealreadydelaysandcontinuetodoOfcourse,buyingwillmeanship-won’tmatterasatleastonthe business-to-consumer end. One thing’s for sure: Given these ongoing challenges, with no relief in sight, local businesses need the support. •

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The Louisville Orchestra is collaborating with the Louisville library system on a kid-friendly concert series. | PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA. ‘Love You Puppy’ by Lena Wolek. Stoneware.

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THURSDAY, NOV. 18

SATURDAY, NOV. 20

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GAG! Trans Day of Remembrance

LOCALS Annual Holiday Pottery Sale

—Erica Rucker

It seems COVID can’t keep good things down. This longtime pottery sale (over 40 years!) is back, just in time for your Christmas shopping.

SATURDAY, NOV. 20

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24 Houndmouth w/Ona Old Forester’s Paristown Hall | 724 Brent St. | kentuckyperformingarts.org | $30$60 | 8 p.m. New Albany’s native alt-folksters are on tour and debuting their newest album, Good For You, which celebrates and reminisces about good times in the Midwest. (Check out our interview with guitarist/vocalist Matt Myers at leoweekly.com.) Catch the group with the band Ona at Paristown Hall just before Thanksgiving. —Carolyn Brown

Trans Day of Remembrance is set to remember the trans community members that murderedwerebecause of transphobia. The event will also celebrate the trans activists that keep pushing forward. This is a night of music, poetry, drinks, drag and community. DJ Syimone will be playing music, and there will be performances by Jade Jolie, Lyra So Naughty, Ivory Sin, Julius Sincere, Miss Ellania and Zsa Zsa Gabortion, as well as poetry from Alexander Griggs and Adrian Silbernagel. —LEO

Once Upon An Orchestra

The LOCALS professional ceramicists group will have functional and sculptural clay items for sale in the building formerly known as The Clifton Center. In case you have a ceramicist or two whose work you love, the participating artists are Alex Adams, Amy Elswick, Daniel Evans, Wayne Ferguson, Suzy Hatcher, Mike Imes, Lisa Kurtz, Laura George Lynch, JD Schall and Lena Wolek. By the way, if you really like this event, LOCALS has another one in the summer. Face masks are required. —Jo Anne Triplett POTTERY

Holy Trinity Clifton Campus | 2117 Payne St. | See Facebook | Free | 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

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The Louisville Orchestra and the Louisville Free Public Library have teamed up for a new, free concert series. The “Once Upon an Orchestra” shows combine musicmaking and storytelling to introduce young children to the world of an orchestra. Louisville Orchestra musicians will play in small ensembles, while telling stories that will help the young ones be engaged and happy. Each 30 minute interactive concert is followed by a 30 minute activity that allows the children to build a musical instrument from recycled material. The shows started last week and run through this April. There will be another one on Saturday, Nov. 20 at the Newburg library.

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22 LEOWEEKLY.COM // NOVEMBER 17, 2021 STAFF PICKS WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24 3rd Annual T. Hanks Giving theMerryWeather | 1101 Lydia St. | Search Facebook | No cover | 5 p.m. – 2 a.m. Yep, it’s exactly what it sounds like: a celebration in honor of Tom Hanks. They’ll have a collection of Tom Hanks movies playing all evening, drink specials, a Tom Hanks-themed popup courtesy of Good Belly and Tom Hanks trivia hosted by ShellShock. Even if the rest of your Thanksgiving holiday sucks, at least you can say you got the opportunity to be T.Hankful. —Carolyn Brown AMERICA’S DAD FRIDAY, NOV. 26 Light Up Louisville 2021 Je erson Square Park | 301 S. 6th St. | Search Facebook | Free | 5 p.m. Downtown Louisville is once again throwing a holiday party, featuring the Lots Of Lights Parade, food and drink vendors, crafts for sale, children’s activities and even an appearance from the elusive Santa Claus. —LEO TIS THE SEASON

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‘The Brasserie Waiter’ by Keith Auerbach. Archival inkjet print.

‘French Café Culture: Nostalgia And Anticipation’

PYRO Gallery | 1006 E. Washington St. | pyrogallery.com | Free Keith Auerbach and Amira Karaoud have done some of our pandemic daydreaming for us. By remembering past vacations and looking forward to future travels, the photographers are visually displaying what had previously only been in our minds. And by focusing on a subset of French culture, they quickly take the viewer to a location that’s only a sigh away. Auerbach said he had “fond memories of chalkboard menus, cappuccino and croissants, people-watching, and the comforting hum of conversation around me.” Substitute hot chocolate for cappuccino and I’m right at that café too. There is an artist talk on Saturday, Nov. 20 from 12-1 p.m. Part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.—Jo Anne Triplett

LEOWEEKLY.COM // NOVEMBER 17, 2021 23 KYOPERA. org | 502-584-4500 Holiday Celebration Holiday spirits glow in a program featuring winter vignettes from operas and other popular holiday favorites. Featuring the Kentucky Opera chorus and soloists in full costume, this delightfully staged fromincludespresentationselections Hansel and Gretel, Carmen, King Arthur and a grand singalong finale of traditional carols. A perfect family outing just in time for the holidays! THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2021 7:30 pm | Brown Theatre KENTUCKY OPERA CHORUS AND SOLOISTS BUY NOW TO JOIN THE TICKETSCELEBRATION!FROM$47 DIG AN INVESTIGATIVE PODCAST FROM THE PEABODY AWARD-WINNING KENTUCKY CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING KyDIG.org Subscribe now. Louisville was once considered a model city for policing reform. What happened? SEASON 2 STAFF PICKS SATURDAY, NOV. 27-DEC. 19 The Flea O�f Market’s Holiday Bazaar Logan Street Market | 1001 Logan St. | the eao market.org | No cover | 10 a.m.-8 p.m. You didn’t think the Flea O Market would disappear during the holiday season, did you? You’ve got to nd unique, locally made and scrounged gifts to shower your fam with somehow. The Flea O ’s holiday bazaar returns, this time at a new venue: Logan Street Market. For four weekends starting after Thanksgiving, there will be vendors, food and snacks, craft beer and cocktails and entertainment for everyone to enjoy.

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‘The Education Of Desire’ By Sabra L. Crockett KORE Gallery | 942 E. Kentucky St. | koreartgallery.com | Free Artist Sabra Crockett recently painted a series of wildlife portraits focusing on how we humans interact with nature. “It is weighing on me that we are encountering a sixth mass extinction currently, and our excessive over-use of our natural resources is destroying these living masterpieces that we take of granted,” she said. To help drive the point home, most of the animals featured are from the Americas. The exhibition also features wearable art by Edwin Ramirez. Proof of vaccination and masks are required. —Jo Anne Triplett WOLF

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The Moth StorySLAM - ‘Fortune’ Headliners Music Hall | 1386 Lexington Road | headlinerslouisville.com | $15 | 8 p.m. We’d like to tell you a story about a monthly event that used to happen in Louisville. Strangers would gather in a dark theater. Some of them would just be there to watch, others would be waiting to be called upon. Those who were picked would climb on stage and present a ve minute tale, based on a theme. A panel of judges would vote and a winner would be selected. But, one spring, a pandemic came to town, and those who once used to gather in person had to direct their stories to a webcam instead of a live audience... until now. The Moth StorySLAM has returned to Headliners for the rst time since March of 2020. This month’s theme for storytellers is Fortune — any tales about lady luck qualify. Come to watch or to orate. —Danielle Grady STORY TIME ‘Adam Wolf’ by Sabra L. Crockett. Acrylic on canvas.

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“Bad lil b--ch I’m the CEO Watch how you talk to me” In case that seems like a facade, visualize Anna in the studio spitting aggressive vocals, bringing all her emotion and grit to the fore. She’s as authentic as they come.

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From L to R: Vibe Like Ty, Anna B, and Asly Toro | PHOTO BY MESA PISA

WITH visibility brought on by major label artists from this city, coupled with a hotbed of musical talent proliferating wildly, Louisville is positioned to drive the industry for the next decade. Artists are leveling up quickly, producing sounds that appeal to the nation. The origins of this groundswell were sparked in intimate moments at recording studios. ANNA B Louisville native Anna B, 20, didn’t always like her own voice, though everyone else did. A hip-hop artist with a sprinkling of R&B, her sound has just the right amount of gravel to balance out her playful energy. She has grown into conﬁdence quickly, evidenced by lyrics in her as-yet-unreleased track “CEO.”

“The ﬁrst time I was in a studio was at the end of my sophomore year of high school when I was 17,” remembers Anna. “It

THREE LOUISVILLE RECORDING ARTISTS DESCRIBE THOSE FIRST UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES THAT BONDED THEM TO MUSIC MAKING By Sarah Kinbar | leo@leoweekly.com

MUSIC was Midwest Royalty Recording Studio here in Louisville. The walls were covered with silver glitter stripes and black stripes. It was something different. “I went there because a well-known producer, Tay Beats, worked out of there. I was nervous because I didn’t know how I was going to sound, but I was really prepared since I had already been writing to beats. I made three songs in that session. Even though I only paid for an hour, Tay gave me extra time because he wanted to help me out.”Anna’s work ethic has never let down, one of the most significant distinguishing features in artists who make it big. This summer she released a club song, “On Da Floor,” that’s getting good play and serves as a solid foundation for the series of singles she will release in the coming months. “On Da Floor” by Anna B, on all streaming platforms VIBE LIKE TY Born and raised in Louisville, where she claims to have “been gay since I came out the womb,” Vibe Like Ty, 20, is what some would call a stud and gets misgendered on the daily, but she doesn’t mind. “My mom is like, ‘Doesn’t that make you mad?’ but I really don’t care,” she said. Her graciousness on this front is emblematic of her day-in, day-out energy, which radiates like a full, glowing moon. If you’re looking for anger or chaos in her music, you won’t find it. There’s no cussing, no killing. When she vents, she does it so kindly it tickles the ear. The song Ty said defines her best, so far anyway, is “Somebody,” which takes a sweet, sensual tone. The first verse sets up the song by spelling out her desire. “Hold me close I just want to hold somebody I just want to know what it feels like To know somebody”

What follows is a narrative of her ﬁrst, intense love, unvarnished and without ego. The humility she possesses around her art and talent was clear in 8th grade, when she was a student at Western Middle School for the Arts. A teacher, Mr. Michael George, spearheaded the addition of a recording studio on campus, where Ty had her ﬁrst session.

“Mr. George would always try to find ways to incorporate music into the school. The studio was actually built my last year there. It was down a hall by the gym,” recalled Ty. “We would go there after school to record with Mr. George. I didn’t know if… I was just doing it because they told me that I should or if I was, like, blessed.” Turns out she was blessed with the gift. “Somebody” by Vibe Like Ty, on all streaming platforms ASLY TORO Originally from Barinas, Venezuela, Latin pop artist Asly Toro, 28, made Louisville her home in 2013 when she was 19. “I have people here and it’s my safe space,” said Toro. But it was back in her home country where she had her first studio experience. “I was only 5,” Toro said. “I was part of a show like ‘Star Search,’ called ‘Cuanto Vale Show.’ It was 1999. Me and five or six other kids from the show were recording vocals for a Simon Diaz album, the most famous Venezuelan singer. Something that stands out was hearing the orchestral instruments recording in a separate room from where we recorded. The violins. This was the first time that I really got to experience something of that magnitude in real life. It opened my eyes.”Inrecent years, the velvety-voiced Toro has shared producers and engineers with some of the biggest artists out of Louisville, forging relationships that she anticipates will go the distance: “Artists are some of the friendliest and kindest people you are going to meet. The connection of making music together means a lot. It can be the people around them, the managers and other people, that are a problem. My song, ‘No Me Llamas,’ which will be out soon, comes from a place of empowerment, addressing a male-dominated music culture.” “Do not call me Do not dial my number again I have to forget it, I don’t know what to do anymoreIwantto fall in love and disappear I don’t want to listen to anyone because they’reBecausethirstyhe’s thirsty” [Translated from Spanish] “Right now, there are a lot of girls coming out and saying what they think. You know, like don’t mess with me. And I feel very liberated,” said Toro. Asly Toro won Best Latin Female Artist at this year’s Latin Music Awards-Kentucky. • “Escorpion” by Leu-G feat. Asly Toro, on all streaming platforms “No Me Llamas” by Asly Toro, dropping soon

The 2021 Festival of Faiths will examine issues of systemic racism in America and the role of spirituality in healing from the trauma of oppression. Sacred Change: Essential Conversations on Faith and Race seeks to celebrate the unique beauty, power and strength of the Black faith experience while facing the profoundly brutal outcomes of genocide, slavery and “proﬁt at any cost.” Join us Nov. 18-20, 2021, as renowned speakers and artists help us challenge prevailing narratives and explore pathways to truth, repair and hope in framing a future deﬁned by justice. TICKETS & PASSES AVAILABLE

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Link: https://gerrydorsey.bandcamp.com/album/alexs-hot-tub-service

GERRY DORSEY ALEX’S HOT TUB SERVICE

By Syd Bishop | leo@leoweekly.com

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UNDERNEATH With Underneath, singer-songwriter Isaac Fosl-Van Wyke attempts to make sense of the world around him, using folk and traditional styles as the vehicle for his storytelling. The result is an earnest and poignant album that features the tremendous musical talents of Joan Shelley, Nathan Salsburg, Lacey Guthrie and Anna Krippenstapel, among others. That sense of community is the undercurrent of an ambitious album that tackles the dangers of capitalism, climate change and bigotry. When he sings “I don’t know how you’re so proud of this country” on the song “Livin’ in the Graveyard,” it’s as an examination and rebuttal to blind patriotism and the rise of modern nationalism that runs contrary to a unified community; if we aren’t together, we’re apart. Wyke never offers any definitive solution to the problems he tells, nor is the album as bleak as the subject matter would imply. Instead, he humanizes difficult and often overwhelming problems by bringing everyone along. In the world of Underneath, you are invited, welcomed and respected if you, in turn, can find it in yourself to do the same. Search Spotify.

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There is a playfulness to Alex’s Hot Tub Service by Gerry Dorsey beyond just the irreverence of the naming conventions for each song. While stylistically, this is identiﬁable as electronica, that only tells a portion of the story. All too often, the genre is predicated on danceable beats and staccato melody work, most often employing sawtooth synths or sounds that would otherwise cut through the noise. While there are house and techno elements to the music, by and large this skews toward the Warp Records side of electronica, a reimagining of what music — danceable or not — can be. Whereas genre contemporaries like Richard Devine or Venetian Snares offer up hyperkinetic and often moody meditations on synths and drum machines, Dorsey is content to let a groove develop over time, quietly tinkering and evolving his sonic palate slowly. On the fantastically named “Mitch McConnell Can Suck a Fuck,” Dorsey uses whimsy in his composition in a way that parallels pranksterism at it’s ﬁnest: a truth delivered with a wry smile and a gleeful disrespect of expectation.

Link: https://fearoftalk.bandcamp.com/album/ii-on-love

On the majestic II. on love, artist S. Simkoff, otherwise known as Fear of Talk, makes beautiful noise. The all-too-short EP serves as a gentle, guitar and vocal harmony driven affair with an incredibly low bar of access. Opener “ease up,” recalls the melodic splendor of early Crosby, Stills, and Nash, with the kind of lo-fi (albeit perfect) production of the first Grizzly Bear album. The aforementioned “ease up” explores the challenges of living in the moment, of appreciating what you have now as things never really get easier. On “eliza out back, end of day,” Simkoff admires a character, ostensibly a child, playing, fighting and living life. From his vantage, Simkoff takes in the scope of a wonderfully rendered scene, childhood play and conflict merging in a glorious dance that is both life-affirming and the reminder that every parent has of their own mortality. Every song on “II. on love” shares in this quiet grace, with a composition that relies almost entirely on simple guitar melodies and lush vocal harmonies. This is a remarkable portend of what’s to come.

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The menu-topping C.E.O. burger, an extravaganza of burger with Gruyere, truffle aioli, caramelized onions, and – with an optional $8 upcharge, foie gras – is $25, up only $3 from the 2013 menu. If that’s too rich for you, the menu offers 14 other burger variations, all — except the seafood burger and the veggie burger — made from 100% Black Angus beef. More than two-thirds of them are priced at $15.99, and they come in creative variations that can dress your burger with Spanish, Italian, Mediterranean, Argentinian, Mexican flavors and more. The seafood burger forms its patty with crabmeat, shrimp and lobster; the local burger brings Sherwood Acres grassfed beef and smoked Gouda to the table. They’re both $16.75. A classic American cheeseburger saves you a couple of bucks at $13.99.Mussels are fresh from Prince Edward Island in Canada’s Maritime Provinces, and are available in five preparations including French Meunière, Basque, Greek, curry cream or beer cheese. They’re all priced at $13 for an appetizer portion and $16 for a larger main course. They come with a length of Italian-style bread, and pommes frites bring a $5.50 surcharge. If you go, I strongly recommend that you put mussels or a burger on your must-have list. For the record, though, the menu starts with those signature dishes but does not end with them. Ten appetizers, many of them sufficient to make satisfying small plates in their own right, offer international flavors and are priced from $6 (for a half-order of ground beef and cotija cheese taquitos) to $21 (for an expansive Spanish-Italian charcuterie plate with three meats and three cheeses). Three salads are $12.59 each, and seven sides are $5.50 to $6.75. Four hefty sandwiches are $13.75 (for a mushroom Philly, one of the few vegetarian options) and $15.99 (for a turkey duck melt, short-rib grilled cheese or MBB’s signature grilled chicken). Two entrees round out the list: Fish tacos with tempura-battered cod ($16.99), and New York strip steak ($23.95). A half-dozen indulgent desserts range in price from $6.50 (for a three-scoop selection of homemade ice creams) to $10 (for most of the other selections). A kids’ menu for

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By Robin Garr | leo@leoweekly.com

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EARLY in 2013, when Mussel & Burger Bar opened its first shop in Jeffersontown, I couldn’t help but make fun of this previously unimagined combination. “‘Let’s go get some burgers and mussels,’ said no person ever,” I wrote, chortling. Now, eight and a half years later, Mussel & Burger Bar’s founders have moved on to other ventures, but Mussel & Burger Bar appears to be going strong under new ownership. My recent visit to the J’town operation for lunch with a group of friends satisfied me — it remains just as good as ever.Showing no inclination to tamper with success, management has maintained the menu with little change over the years, and pricing shows only moderate inflation.

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A large bowl of 16 mussels meuniere comes swimming in a herbal, buttery traditional French white-wine sauce, with Italian-style bread to mop it up. | PHOTOS BY ROBIN GARR. CONCEPT NORMAL NOW

LEOWEEKLY.COM // NOVEMBER 17, 2021 31 “We love o ering LEO Weekly at Half Price Books. Alt-weeklies are important in every city and our shoppers love their arts and music coverage.” Tory Herron, Kentucky District Manager. Half BooksPrice Middletown 12003 Shelbyville Rd. 690-8344 St. Matthews 323 Wallace 899-9670Ave. Happy Hour Mon – Thurs | 4:30 – 7pm Call for Reservations www.SimplyThaiKy.com Winning LEO Readers’ Choice Best Thai Restaurant since 2009. FOOD & DRINK those 12 and under offers four choices for $7-$8.Full bar service includes an extensive list of local and artisanal beers and bourbons and whiskeys, and a relatively brief wine list consists of about a dozen mostly affordable options.Thehouse-made meatless burger ($15.99), a fixture on MBB’s menu since the start, is a thoughtfully imagined creation of beets, mushrooms and red quinoa. This yields a thick, pleasantly chewy patty that — in contrast with the increasingly popular Impossible and Beyond burgers — does not seek to emulate beef, instead bringing its own subtle and complex veggie and umami flavors to the bun. The bun, by the way, is a delicious, high-domed brown pretzel bun sprinkled with crunchy salt crystals. A generous spread of mild goat cheese atop the burger plus a black olive aioli and fresh, crisp mixed lettuces build a flavor crescendo that’s completely different from meat, but remarkably good. The veggie burger usually comes with sweet potato fries, but our friendly and attentive server, Jewel, generously substituted elotes callejeros — Mexico Citystyle street corn — for the fries rather than charging me $5.50 for them on the side. A single cob got the standard elotes treatment: smeared with a tasty mix of mayo, chile powder and earthy Mexican cojita cheese. You’re not going to get crisp, juicy kernels with out-of-season corn, but the flavors were so tempting that I didn’t mind at all. Mussels meuniere came in a large white bowl with 16 mussels in the shell. They were fresh and perfect, soft but slightly chewy, with a faint, fresh aroma of the sea elevated by the traditional light sauce, a buttery blend of white wine, herbs and green onions. Soft white Italian-style bread served to mop it up. With exceptionally strong and fresh iced tea ($2.75), the veggie burger and elotes came to $19.86 plus an $8 tip. The mussels, nabbed from a friend’s bowl, were $16 plus tax and tip.

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Mussel & Burger Bar’s house-made veggie burger is an odd but delicious combination of beets, mushrooms and red quinoa, served with goat cheese and aioli on a tall pretzel bun.

WHY RESTAURANT WORKERS HATE DELIVERY APPS

THE BOSS was trying to explain the GrubHub tablet to the front-of-house staff from arm’s length. It’s a clumsy task since pointing eclipsed half the screen. Whenever he fatfingered a button he made up for it by aggressively jabbing the teensy Xs, threatening to tip the tablet on its plastic red mount. I watched the sequence play out from the soda fountain. Cooks didn’t have to learn how to operate the thing. We just had to obey it. I spent the time sipping from my cup, wondering how “Thus Spake Zarathustra” would sound on a kazoo. The restaurant’s new toy was my first encounter with online delivery apps. Or at least my first firsthand encounter. Before then, we’d had a few run-ins with carryout orders under the name “DoorDash.”

The cashier stood still for a moment with her eyes closed, exhaling so that her head tilted back and shoulders dropped. She was probably hours away from a smoke break. But she could pretend. The Dasher trotted through the parking lot without looking up from his phone. He continued the search for his next gig once he got to his car, tossing his bag to the passengerQdoba’sseat. reputation isn’t at risk one way or another, but I’m glad the Dasher at least had the bag. Explaining to third party customers that it’s not the cook’s fault that cold food was delivered is a Herculean task. It didn’t take long for the Dasher to track down a new order. Hopefully, it was a good one. Family carryout dinner-on-payday good. Because no matter how gruff he was, he got stiffed too. DoorDash didn’t actually give that guy anything. So when a delivery falls through, he’s out of any potential tip and the time he invested chasing it. Plus the gas and mileage on his That’scar.the most remarkable thing about delivery apps, they’re conducting businesses by selling food they don’t make, out of kitchens they don’t lease, delivered in vehicles they don’t own, all by people they don’t have to fairly compensate as employees.

After the owner did some snooping, he realized we were already being listed. And with an outdated menu to boot. So what’s a small business to do? Reject orders and risk aggravating the customer behind the veil? The customer might be an out-of-towner at the Marriott, but they could be a ﬁrst-timer that we lose out on converting to a regular. If communication is a two-way street, the clumsy back and forth of talking to new customers is like a road littered with potholes and lacking lane dividers. And adding a digital middleman would be like passing through detours where the signs might be wrong. “No, sir, we don’t have Brussels sprouts,” I once heard a restaurateur explain to a middleman. “No, I cannot get them... because they are out of season.” I couldn’t hear the other side of the conversation, but I knew the sound of a man trying to cover his ass. That middleman was caught between telling a customer how seasonal produce works and simply cancelling an Recently,order.in the face of recent labor shortages, I witnessed the latter. A disheveled Dasher (the title DoorDash appoints to avoid the saying “goon” or the more legally-consequential ”employee”) walked into a Qdoba during the dinner rush. He had no uniform, no hat, no name tag. Just a branded bag dangling from one hand that announced his “I’massociation.hereto pick up an order,” the Dasher announced as he lumbered in. The wall-length line of customers watched as he cut through the lobby, ignoring the line. “Oh, is that for [so-and-so],” the cashier replied. “We’re out of white rice and chicken right now. If they want to wait it might be half an hour.”

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“Did anyone call?” the Dasher replied. The cashier took a surveying glance. Did anyone call? During dinner rush when the phone’s been ringing and people have been coming in and we’re so shorthanded that we don’t have time to make chicken and white rice? “I guess not.”

Well, a sage reader might ask, Why does anyone do business with them? It’d be nice if completely avoiding them was a clear-cut choice. But in a saturated market like food service, being visible is one of the few ways small businesses can compete.Ifthey’re skeptical of ad buys, can’t open five locations, and can’t ride the coattails of corporate reputation, what better way is there to get the attention of someone miles away?These delivery services are a signal boost. Even if the fees eat through margins and become tides of red on balance sheets, they still provide more clarity than traditional ads. So should diners delete the apps and shame them on social media? Not necessarily. But you should definitely change how you use Don’tthem.think of them primarily as an ordering vehicle. Instead, use them as a way to scout for what sounds good and find new places. No more racking your brain for the simultaneous overwhelming number of options and the void of what there actually is nearby.Onceyou’ve settled on something, search for the restaurant’s number online. This is especially important for GrubHub, which has a history of faking websites and phone numbers to net more commissions. After calling in the order comes the hard part: You’ll have to pick it up. I know, the weather’s getting nippy. And the new season of your show just came out. And work was just bleh. But this is how you help sustain localBesides,businesses.itfeels good to be able to get out. To visit a business you love. And I promise that as much as you love them, they love you more.

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By Jon Larmee | leo@leoweekly.com

The Dasher let out an impatient sigh and clicked about on his phone. He left with a handful of customers in line upset by the chicken and rice announcement.

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CROSS-DRESSING ROMP

By Marty Rosen | leo@leoweekly.com BLACK FRIDAY, Cyber Monday, Festivus, and that other popular holiday are still weeks away, and in normal times I’d be shining my Doc Martens, polishing my bugle, and gearing up for this year’s battles in the war on Christmas.Buttheseare not normal times: it’s been two years since last I heard a shopping mall sound system blaring schlocky, sentimental arrangements of holiday tunes. So at least for the moment, I’m declaring a truce. Until this past weekend, it had also been almost two years since I’d sat in a conventional indoor theater space with a large, happy crowd. I hadn’t realized how much I had missed that. The occasion was Pandora Productions’ premiere of “Scrooge in Rouge: an English Music Hall Christmas Carol” at the Henry Clay theater. Covid protocols were ﬁrmly in place (including mandatory masking and proof of vaccination or testing), but if that had any inhibiting effect on the audience, it wasn’t discernible. It was just plain fun. “Scrooge in Rouge” is a campy romp — basically a quick change, cross-dressing musical within a musical. The idea is that a 19th century music hall was slated to stage an elaborate 20 person production of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” until an outbreak of food poisoning brought down 17 members of the cast. Still, the show must go on — even if at one point the errant emcee announces that the production is “The Travesty A Christmas Carol, by Charles Darwin. “ And so three cast members — plus their accompanying pianist, Alfred DiCappo (played with impeccable musical wit by onstage pianist and musical director Russell Cooper) — boldly set out to play and sing all the parts. It’s a recipe for absurd, shapeshifting, gender-bending humor. But it’s also a great pretext for reviving the corny Tony Smith, Kristy Calman, May O’Nays in “Scrooge in Rouge.”

‘SCROOGE IN ROUGE,’ WAS A CAMPY,

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Tony Smith plays a music hall performer named Charlie Schmaltz, who also plays a slew of characters, including Bob Cratchit (aka Bob Crabcake), Marley’s Ghost, the Ghost of Christmas Past, and Mrs. Fezziwig, who at one point offers Scrooge advice on gift-giving: “A foolish man gives his wife a grand piano. A wise man gives her an upright organ.” And then, of course, there is the great miser Scrooge himself — portrayed by the music hall character Vesta Virile, who

but Kalman is an outrageously funny tour guide on this droll voyage through the past, present, and future. As one expects with Pandora Productions, all the technical aspects of this production are superb, and given the complexities of the quick change action required for the script, it wouldn’t be that much of a stretch to say that technical aspects function as active characters in telling this story: Addie Reinhart (soundVictoria(sounddesigner);Alexnettdesigner);Neesondesigner);AlFord(setphy);Kaysmanager);(stageMolly(choreogra-KarlAndersondesigner);Jesse(lightingSusanToy(costumeRyanBen-(propsdesigner);Cooper(soundCalReedengineer);andCampbellconsultant).Speakingof

characters in the production: it turns out that the three actors on stage are not sufﬁcient in number to cover all the necessary parts…. And so it will happen that at a critical moment in the action someone will be plucked from the audience to play a role. Be ready for anything. Be sure to catch Pandora Productions’ next play, “The Cake,” by Bekah Brunstetter, which opens Jan. 7. Purchase tickets by searching Eventbrite.

At the end of the 19th century, the Gold Rush was coming to a close, leaving the mines dry and colorless.

The creators of Last Podcast on the Left have decided to make a comic book, and it is a wild one!

Issue #2 gives us a bit of back story on Edgar and the entity he’s brought forward. Lots of craziness ensues including blood and cursing. The art on this book is ugly and scratchy in a perfect way to tell the story. The colors blossom on the page though, in a way that keeps it pleasing to the eye. I’m on the edge of my seat to see if these creative guys can keep this story as wild and interesting as its beginning!

This one-year-old Siamese mix is searching for a new best friend. Asia was transferred to the Kentucky Humane Society from an overcrowded Louisiana shelter in light of Hurricane Ida. By transferring adoptable animals like Asia, shelters in Louisiana were able to make room for pets displaced by the storm. But she wasn’t alone! Within the nearly 60 other animals, Asia had her own brood of kittens she was caring for at the time! Unfortunately, this feline family developed a fungal infection called ringworm shortly after arrival. That just meant Asia (nicknamed Mama Bear) and her kittens spent extra time in a loving foster home for treatment! Asia’s foster says she is a very typical Siamese-type cat. She’s vocal, independent, and loves affection on her terms. And that warm seat you just left when you got up to run an errand? It’s hers now. She’s also a fan of playing - if not with her own kittens, then crinkly toys or string! Asia can be a bit easy to become overstimulated and would be best with older children that can give her space when she needs some. But she does appear amicable toward other cats. Asia has met some dogs and meowed a strong message to them that we can’t translate due to Asia’s choice of words. It’s safe to say she is not a fan of canines! Asia is spayed, micro-chipped and up-to-date on her shots. Visit her at the Kentucky Humane Society’s East Campus, 1000 Lyndon Lane, or learn more at www.kyhumane.org/cats. Say hello to this little wiggle worm! Jonas is about a year old and is so happy to meet you! This Australian Cattle Dog mix came to the Kentucky Humane Society from an overcrowded shelter. He’s been a sweetheart to all he has met. At about 45 pounds, he’s kind of a “large medium” and is prone to the happy little wiggle dance herding dogs are known for. Those Shakira hips and docked tail are the funniest combo! Jonas is an intuitive soul and quick to bond with people when given the chance. We think he’d be a great addition to someone in need of a best friend and free snuggles! Jonas does have to meet any potential dog siblings before he is adopted to make sure that they will get along. Due to his jumpy behaviors, any children living with Jonas should be over 10 years of age. It’s always a good idea to bring them to meet him as well! Jonas is neutered, microchipped, and up-to-date on his shots. All this darling boy’s missing is a home! Visit him at the Kentucky Humane Society’s East Campus, 1000 Lyndon Lane, or learn more at www.kyhumane. org/dogs.

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The DC lines of horror books are first rate and “Soul Plumber” doesn’t disappoint. It begins with failed seminary student Edgar Wiggins, now working as a gas station attendant when the “Soul Plumbers” van comes in for a fill up. Seeing who they think is an easy mark, they invite Edgar to a seminar where, for a small fee, you can learn how to build an exorcism machine. Of course, Edgar is inspired but short on the funds it takes to buy the blueprints, so he just steals them. His zeal for the divine keeps him working on the machine even though he has to take shortcuts. Once it’s finished, it works, but maybe not how Edgar expected. He’s captured something, he believes, but is it a demon? So ends issue #1 on that cliff hanger!

By Krystal Moore and Felix Whetsel | leo@leoweekly.com

DC Horror Presents: ‘Soul Plumber’ #1 and #2 Created by Marcus Parks, Henry Zebrowski, Ben Kissel and John McCrea

‘The Rush’ #1 Writer: Si Spurrier Artist: Nathan Gooden

There were communities driven to violence by greed and desperation, tearing families apart. Nettie Bridgers is the mother of one such family, and now she is on the hunt for her son after his father abandoned him in the snowy Yukon Territory.

What strange creatures await Nettie at Brokehoof? And will she ﬁnd the answers she’s looking for?

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“The Rush” #1 opens with Nettie writing a letter to her son, Caleb, describing her journey to Dawson City, where her husband claimed he left him. Along her journey she attempts to get word of her son to no avail — until a deranged man attempts to sneak into her tent one night. With her gun pointed at his nose, he confesses that he knows Caleb and all it takes to ﬁnd him is a two-day journey north to a little place called Brokehoof. When they get there, they ﬁnd a snowy tundra that spring had forgotten — and the snow is littered with unfamiliar tracks. Something is drawing men to these lands. The story is one splattered with blood and Addison Duke’s coloring really highlights this. There will be several pages of muted cool whites and grays, the skin of the characters faces being the only warmth, and then you’ll turn the page and it’ll come alive with bright reds and oranges. The art is just as striking as the story itself.

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LEOWEEKLY.COM // NOVEMBER 17, 2021 37 ETC. ‘CLUE’: THE MOVIE The New York Times Magazine Crossword BY BRANDON KOPPY / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ No. 1017 ACROSS 1 Syllables when you forget the words 4 The universe has an estimated 1,082 of them 9 ‘‘A mouse!’’ 12 Beyoncé chart-topper ‘‘Single ____ (Put a Ring on It)’’ 18 Simile center 19 ____ Lawrence College 20 Magazine co-founded in 1945 by Hélène Gordon Lazareff 22 Similar-sounding phrase, such as ‘‘I scream’’ for ‘‘ice cream’’ 23 Field of Dreams 26 Guys and Dolls 27 Lucrative and undemanding 28 Ingredient in a McDonald’s McFlurry 29 Seasonal winds 31 Fictional brand of rocket-powered roller skates 32 ‘‘Cross my heart!’’ 35 Fam girl 36 Sounds of doubt 38 Star Trek 40 Woodworker’s tool 42 Some tourist spots in San Francisco 43 Tax pro, for short 45 Ancient work that describes the sacred tree Yggdrasil 46 Trendy home gym purchase 50 Top Gun 55 Baseball family name much seen in crosswords 56 Jerkface 59 Tightly affixed 60 Parrot’s sound 61 Insurance department 63 ‘‘____ for me, thanks’’ 64 Big no-nos 66 Letters From Iwo Jima 67 The Imitation Game 69 The Fifth Element 73 Perfectly comfortable 75 1930s migrant to California 76 Spirits 77 Sesh on Reddit 80 Speed reader? 81 Gave, as gossip 83 Trimmed parts of green beans 84 A Man for All Seasons 87 Matricidal figure of Greek myth 89 Golden-rule word 90 Spanish ‘‘Listen!’’ 91 Dostoyevsky’s Prince Myshkin, so the book title declares 93 Cause for switching positions 97 Scent of a Woman 104 ‘‘____ you decent?’’ 105 ____ Toy Barn (‘‘Toy Story 2’’ locale) 106 Small things that you pluck 107 Breakout band for Harry Styles and Zayn Malik, familiarly 108 Overlie 111 Mad magazine cartoonist Drucker 112 Get the juices flowing? 113 Wayne’s World 114 Space Jam 118 Gene variant 119 Denominator in the velocity formula 120 Beam for train tracks 121 Fragrant ring 122 Candy with the slogan ‘‘Not sorry’’ 123 Skosh 124 Main artery 125 Panic button, of a sort DOWN 1 Pet that should come with a lint roller? 2 Given that 3 Exasperated parent’s retort 4 Flue-like 5 Confucian philosophy 6 Singer Rita 7 ‘‘Floating terror’’ of the sea 8 Many social media users 9 Donkey with a pinned-on tail 10 Two in a million? 11 ‘‘The Kiss’’ painter 12 Successfully uses a password 13 Melodious 14 Place to develop one’s chops 15 Innate 16 Part of a makeup test? 17 Texting tech, briefly 21 ‘‘____ es!’’ (‘‘That’s right!’’: Sp.) 24 ‘‘Clueless’’ protagonist 25 Accept eagerly, with ‘‘at’’ 30 Org. with an annual Codebreaker Challenge 32 Double-crossed and half-baked 33 Embarrassing public episode 34 Restless desire 37 Luxurious 39 Product for one who wonders, ‘‘Am I expecting?’’ 40 Increased into something much more valuable 41 Spy novelist Deighton 44 Weave off the shoulder? 46 Get ready for vacation 47 Civil rights activist Baker 48 It may be forgiven 49 Mystic’s board 50 4x World Series winner Martinez 51 [more info below] 52 Ice cream containers 53 ____ compensation (subject of modern debate) 54 Spanish marinade 57 Drawer of shorts, e.g. 58 Cutthroat mentality 62 Cardinal’s hat, in Britain 65 Tender areas 67 Pop in the fridge 68 Hershey’s chocolate-and-toffee bar 70 Diatribe 71 Quaint sign word 72 Noun-making suffix 74 Fumble for words 76 Dodos 77 City that replaced Lagos as Nigeria’s capital 78 Cameo 79 Predatory insect living in woodpiles 82 French fabric 85 Caramel or hot fudge, basically 86 Euphemistic exclamation 88 Ike’s domain in W.W.II 91 Reason the physicist stayed in bed? 92 ‘‘The Shape of Water’’ director 94 Natasha ____, Boris’s partner against Rocky and Bullwinkle 95 Some water-park rides 96 Olympics symbol for Madrid’s country 98 Sang along when you forgot the words 99 Ingredient in healing gel 100 Latte art medium 101 Arch support 102 Bill killers 103 Utopian 106 Like a birthday cake, pre-party 109 ‘‘____ All That’’ (1999 film) 110 Frequently, quaintly 112 Lugosi of horror films 113 Fish with an elongated jaw 115 Singer Sumac 116 Describe in a negative way 117 Toke LASATOMSEEKLADIES ASASARAHELLEORONYM PSYCHOANALYSISGIJOES CUSHYOREOMONSOONS ACMEISWEARITSISEHS THEREDCARPETPANELSAW EDDAPIERSCPA PELOTONTSHIRTCANNON ALOUMEANIEGLUEDAWK CLAIMSNONETABOOS KANJISIMONSAYSBORON ATHOMEOKIEMORALE AMARADARTOLDTOENDS BINGEWATCHERORESTES OYEIDIOTUNTO JOBOFFERCHANELNOFIVE AREALSUKULELESONED RESTUPONMORTBASTE GOTHAMFLYMETOTHEMOON ALLELETIMEIRAILLEI 123REESESTADAORTAESC 184567891011121314151617 2319202122 27242526 31282930 38323334353637 394041 4647484942434445 555051525354 615657585960 666263646573676869707172777879747576 8480818283 8985868788 93909192 104949596979899100101102103 108109105106107 113110111112 118114115116117 122119120121 123124125

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Q: I dated someone recently for a few weeks and had sex, it was unprotected, and I found out immediately after that he had herpes. I was annoyed because I

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Q: I have a fun little labeling question. I’m a non-binary person who was assigned male at birth (AMAB). I gravitate towards femininity in life and in love. My question is about the inclusiveness of the label “lesbian.” Is this a label only for women? Or is it inclusive of everyone who is feminine and is attracted to femininity? My goal is to label myself appropriately without infringing on others. All Loves Labeled Inclusively

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A: As labels go, ALLI, “lesbian” seems pretty darn binary to me. Now, the meaning of any given word evolves and changes over time, of course, and meaning follows use. But lesbian currently means—and is currently used to mean and will most likely continue to mean—a woman who is exclusively attracted to other women romantically and sexually*. So frankly, ALLI, I’m confused about why someone who’s your brand of non-binary (AMAB, femme and into femmes) would even want to identify as a lesbian. Since you’re neither a woman nor a man, ALLI, why would you want to use such a gendered label? (Why you might feel entitled to use it is another subject, one I’ll leave that for commenters to Thatdiscuss.)said,no one can stop you from using the term lesbian to describe yourself. You know how they say in anti-anti-cancel-culture discourse that there’s no such thing as cancel culture, only powercopsthereorasnoALLI,ability?account-Well,there’ssuchthinggatekeepinggatekeepers;arenoidentityouttherewiththetomakearrests or issue fines. There are only people who might find your shit annoying. In the case of your specific shit, ALLI, some lesbians are gonna find it annoying— extremely annoying—but annoyed lesbians can’t prevent you from self-identifying as a lesbian any more than annoyed Slate writers can prevent Louis C.K. from selling out stadiums. No one can cancel him, no one can gatekeep you. Q: I’ve been flirting with this guy from my class. He’s four years older and seems very into drugs and certain subcultures, but he also maintains an active social media persona. We’re planning on going out, but I already know that he would fit into an unhealthy pattern of mine: guys who aren’t sure what they want and are reluctant to make commitments. Do I just enjoy the sex that could occur? Or do I steer clear to protect myself? Should I Fuck This Intriguing New Guy? A: Depends. After identifying this unhealthy pattern—your propensity for getting attached to guys who aren’t sure what they want and/or can’t commit— have you been able to enjoy sex without allowing yourself to get attached to guys withissues?commitmentIftheanswerisyes,SIFT-ING,ifyou can trust yourself not to catch feelings for someone, then go ahead and fuck this guy. But if the answer is no—if you can’t fuck a guy without catching feelings— then don’t fuck this Zoomingguy. way out—and this is not a comment on your situation, SIFTING, or your dating history—but sometimes we tell ourselves a man has “commitment issues” when he just doesn’t want to commit to us. And sometimes we tell ourselves a woman “doesn’t know what she wants” when she just doesn’t want us. And that’s fine. We’re just protecting our own egos. But if we believe that shit without reservation—if we buy our own hype—we’ll be devastated when the ex who couldn’t commit to us because “he doesn’t know what he wants” suddenly knows what he wants. And it’s someone else.

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Don't sit there bored and alone just GRAB THAT THING and join www.X2CFone.com for Phone play. FREE samples fun play so join now. ADULThad condoms next to the bed. But I also felt partly responsible since we didn’t have a discussion first. He wound up having a breakout a few days later. We continued dating and used condoms after that until one night when I was high on edibles, and he didn’t use a condom. This was after he asked me earlier if I felt comfy going without condoms again and I explicitly requested condoms. We aren’t together now, but it feels really fucked up. He seemed like the nicestWhatperson.TheFuckThatWas A: What that was, WTFWT, was fucked up. And that guy wasn’t nice. There’s not a lot you can do about it now besides learning from the experience. First, don’t drop hints. Don’t put condoms on the nightstand and hope the other person takes the hint and uses a condom. Tell the other person the condoms are there to be used and that if there isn’t one on his dick, his dick isn’t getting anywhere near your hole/holes—and if his dick gets near your hole without a condom on it, or if the condom should magically disappear after his dick is in your hole, you’ll be filing a police report. And second, don’t make requests, explicit or otherwise. From here on out, WTFWT, make demands. Unambiguous, unequivocal demands. And go get tested. Q: Cis, married, straight man here. You’re my gay crush. Given the chance, how would you seduce me? I’ve never had man-sex before, because I really like pussy and the way women feel, but I think I could do it for you. You’ve always been my celeb “man-pass.” How can we get this started? I’m just a straight guy writing to a gay guy, asking him to fuck him. Lusting After Dan A: Straight guys who make passes at gay men assume we’re all going think, “OMG, this is my one chance to sleep with a real man!” In reality, LAD, what most gay men are thinking when a straight guy hits on us is, “Jesus Christ, this dude is gonna shit all over my dick.” Now, that thought doesn’t stop some gay men from sleeping with straightidentified guys who are bi or gay and closeted, LAD, nor does it stop some gay men from sleeping with the rare but-situationally-het-straighteroflexible guy with a very specific crush on one of us. But it’s always annoying when a straight guy assumes his straightness is an aphrodisiac that drives gay men wild and asks questions like, “Given the chance, how would you seduce me?” That framing assumes I would try, or would want to try, if I had the chance. So, you could say, I’m just a gay guy responding to a straight guy, asking him to get over *himself.Ashout out to all the asexual lesbians, who are attracted to other romanticallywomenbut not sexually, and to all the aromantic lesbians, who are attracted to other women sexually but not romantically. I see you and your pride flags, I am familiar with your anime avatars, and I affirm the validity of your lesbianism.

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