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A LITTLE MORE than eight months ago, I endorsed Kentucky state Sen. Morgan McGarvey’s candidacy for Congress. While I normally avoid endorsements in primaries, I wanted to make sure that our nominee would be able to retain the only seat in the Kentucky federal delegation held by a Democrat. I was confident McGarvey could do that.
The rest is history; McGarvey is a few weeks from taking the seat in the U.S. House of Representatives that I have been honored to hold for the past 16 years. I strongly support his candidacy, and I look forward to calling him my congressman.
Obviously, I have a significant stake in that race, both personal and professional. But this year is very different. I believe I have a personal and professional stake in every race on the ballot across the country, and so does everyone who is reading this or not.
In the summer of 2019, I addressed the Louisville Downtown Rotary Club. My speech was about the issues I considered the most important for our society to have a viable future. But before I got to the meat of the speech, I said, “If you don’t think that we face the greatest threat to American democracy in our history, you’re not paying attention.” I believe that threat has only grown in the last three years, to the extent that this year’s elections — federal, state and local — may well determine whether our 246-year experiment as a government of, by and for the people comes to an end.
At least 300 Republican candidates for various offices still publicly say they do not believe Joe Biden was legitimately elected President of the United States. In more than half the states, policies have been proposed or enacted that will make voting more dif-
ficult, especially for minority voters. Many states are rolling back women’s rights to their bodily autonomy. School boards across the country are censoring books certain parents don’t like, and they, along with state legislatures, are regulating what teachers may say about our country’s racial history and other topics.
Conveniently, the vast majority, if not all, of these efforts are coming from Republicans. Indeed, the once respectable GOP — a party I once claimed — has become the antidemocracy, anti-freedom party, and it needs to be repudiated forcefully.
Of course, I have Republican friends, both in and out of Congress. I know most of them believe in democracy. They know our elections are run fairly and honestly. They know that the most vociferous election deniers are wrong. They know, for example, that Critical Race Theory is not taught in elementary and high schools around the
country. They know that Donald Trump is a pathological liar and a narcissistic sociopath. They are essentially good people.
Yet they accept the lies, the bigotry, the disinformation, and everything else that threatens our democracy, and it truly saddens me. I wish they would think about their legacies.
I am not politically naïve enough to think that we Kentuckians who care about our democracy will deal a stunning defeat to Republican candidates in our Commonwealth this year. But we can strike a blow by turning out in massive numbers on Nov. 8, and help defeat Republicans at every level, or at least scare the hell out of them. We can reject the two constitutional amendments, neither of which would serve any interests except partisan ones. We can show, by helping to defeat Amendment 2 — which would pave the way for a total ban on abortions rights in Kentucky — that Republican
cynics have miscalculated, as they did in Kansas, the popularity of their policies.
Finally, we can start, on Nov. 9, a yearround effort to protect our democracy by re-electing Gov. Andy Beshear next year and working toward reclaiming the Kentucky General Assembly in 2024.
It is an indication of what is at stake that we can honestly say this is not about Democratic or Republican agendas. This is truly about making sure that, as Lincoln said at Gettysburg, our nation “…and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” •
John Yarmuth is currently the representative for Kentucky’s 3rd District in U.S. Congress. In Oct. 2021, Yarmuth announced that he would not be seeking reelection for his seat. He is also the founder of LEO Weekly.
AS WE HEAD into the final weeks of the general election cycle, it is so important to ask ourselves: Are we really ready to move Louisville and Jefferson County forward? Many people I talk to are not happy with the nine choices they have on their ballot as candidates to be the next mayor of Louisville Metro.
Every day, I have to tell my family and loved ones that it would be impossible to win a county-wide write-in because of how it is set up, restrictions and the amount of work and resources it would take to cover so much ground in so little time. Team Shameka continues to be amazing and knows that NOT voting is not an option or good strategy. There’s too much on the line and it is a danger to our health to not participate in democracy.
We’ve seen too many heart-wrenching deaths in our jail recently. As other cities have experienced, building a new jail does not deal with the internal toxic work culture
or stop people from dying while in custody. Our next mayor must be willing to improve the jail conditions for those incarcerated and the staff. The new administration has to be fully invested into listening, taking action and the evaluation of the proposed reforms. The next mayor cannot play the blame game or just say every city is dealing with this issue; he or she must also encourage judges and prosecutors to de-carcerate and get those jail numbers reduced to under a half of what they are today.
We’ve watched as our homeless population has continued to grow. The next mayor has to give ongoing support to projects and initiatives that eradicate, prevent and reduce our housing crisis.
Our city is splintered and we’re all too aware of the deep divisions, trauma and pain that exists with too many Louisvillians. It’s time for a change. It’s time to elect a mayor who is focused on the pressing issues with our public transportation, lack of
climate change actions, youth engagement in decision making, growing homeless population, public safety resources that deal with the root causes of racism and poverty and, most of all, the disappointment across Jefferson County from the failures of the merger 20 years ago.
It is past time for a change, and directly impacted leadership is the way to go. The time is now. It seems mayorships were set up for very rich white businessmen to continue to develop and keep the rich richer, especially those who put them in office. Louisville is still a mayor-strong city with the potential to set a precedent across our beautiful state that cultivates growth, diversity, quality of life, faith and innovation. We need a people’s mayor who actually cares.
We need a mayor who understands the issues facing our city and county, and who has fresh ideas about how to solve them. We need a leader who isn’t afraid to take risks and who will work tirelessly to make Louisville and Jefferson County a better place for all of us. Nepotism, elitism, classism and gutting programs and services have not made us a more compassionate Louisville. We need better appointments to offices and boards that are actually skilled, diverse and/ or immersed in the fields they seek. Our wages don’t match the real estate. Failed
policies and empty promises have created more working poor, house poor and the working homeless. The lack of services continues to lead the race to the bottom. Those tasked with Louisville Metro and other service-based positions to help us survive and thrive are not making the best wages to care for their own homes, needs and families without public assistance.
Let’s elect a mayor who will lead us forward in the right direction that benefits all of us, not just a few of us. We deserve better and we get there together.
Vote for real change on Nov. 8. Please remember: Staying home is not an option. •
Shameka Parrish-Wright finished second in Louisville’s Democratic Party mayoral primary this year. She is currently the state director of VOCAL-KY, a “movement of lowincome people dedicated to ending the AIDS epidemic, the war on drugs, mass incarceration and homelessness.”
Not since Ethan the Dog has a story inspired and united Kentuckians as much as the runaway cows of Cherokee Park. As of Oct. 24, one bovine was reportedly still on the run. We can only assume the cow is living its best life, enjoying all the natural and man-made wonders the Highlands has to o er. Sightings are meant to be reported to 911, but we ain’t snitching.
In a story LEO broke, a former LMPD o cer used his law enforcement access to powerful datacombing software to assist him in a scheme that involved hacking sexually explicit photos and videos from women’s Snapchat accounts. On Oct. 19, he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. No, this story was not the same story as the one about an LMPD o cer who was hit with a state-level revenge porn charge in October for sending a photo of a woman’s breasts to 19 people in a group chat. It’s hard to keep track sometimes...
ROSE: COAL MINER AT UK SCRIMMAGE
TWO FORMER Louisville police officers who repeatedly assaulted civilians by throwing beverages at them from unmarked police vehicles were sentenced to federal prison on Oct. 19, with one receiving ten times the sentence of the other for his additional role in a scheme where he used police technology to help him hack and extort women with stolen sexually explicit material.
Overriding requests from both federal prosecutors and defense attorneys for lighter punishments, U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Beaton sentenced Curt Flynn to three months in prison and Bryan Wilson to two and a
half years. Both former Louisville Metro Police Department officers were also sentenced to three years of supervised release following their prison time as well as 120 hours of community service. Prosecutors had requested Flynn receive parole time while Wilson receive two years in prison in return for their guilty pleas and cooperation.
According to court records, Wilson used his law enforcement access to Accurint — a powerful data-combing software police agencies use to aid in investigations — to identify women to hack. He then would work with a hacker to extract sexually explicit
photos and videos from their Snapchat accounts before contacting them to threaten to release the sensitive material to their families, friends and employers if he did not receive more.
One of Wilson’s victims who spoke in court at the Oct. 19 sentencing said Wilson’s relentless harassment of her over the course of months led her to contemplate ending her life as Wilson’s actions “flipped my life upside down.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney David Weiser said Wilson’s victims were “strangers on the internet he pursued as if they were prey.”
Both Wilson and Flynn spoke before the court to apologize for
Not many people at LEO have much of an opinion on the UofL / UK everlasting sports war, but it’s always nice to see a touching moment at a game. Earlier this month, a photo of a man attending a UK men’s basketball scrimmage — fresh o of a coal mining shift and still in work clothes — went viral. It drew that viral national attention because UK Coach John Calipari tweeted the photo on his account that read: “My family’s American dream started in a Clarksburg, WV coal mine, so this picture hits home. From what I’ve been told, after his shift, he raced to be with his son & watch our team. Don’t know who this is, but I have tickets for him & his family at Rupp to be treated as VIPs!!”
ROSE: KEEP UP THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT
2020’s election saw record turnout in both Kentucky and the country. Part of that was the accessibility of mail-in ballots and early voting as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. And part of that was voters energized to get Donald Trump out of o ce (and, we have to admit, those trying to keep him in o ce). Democracy is precious. Get out and vote.
their actions.
Flynn’s attorney L. Scott Miller said the drink throwing incidents Flynn and Wilson were involved in were a “high school, juvenile prank” that his client did not understand to be a crime. And in asking Judge Beaton for leniency, Flynn’s wife characterized the incidents as “a childish prank on his peers.”
In at least half a dozen videos shown by prosecutors in the courtroom, officers in vehicles could be seen throwing large take-out drinks — either the entire container or their contents — at people on the side of the road.
In one video, officers pulled up to a woman, shouted “how about a drink?” and chucked a beverage at her. In another, officers threw a beverage at a pedestrian while driving at a high rate of speed before a voice could be heard saying “dude just fell down.” Many of the videos feature uproarious laughter. One featured Flynn upset with himself for missing his throw. All of the videos, which prosecutors said were recorded on cell phones, appeared to have been shot at night.
Both men were members of the now-disbanded 9th Mobile Division — an LMPD unit that was responsible for going after crime, drugs and guns in Louisville’s Black-majority West End.
“The worst part of this case is these were some of the best of the best detectives in LMPD,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie Zimdahl, who termed the 9th Mobile Division “elite.”
LMPD has said Wilson left the department in July 2020 and Flynn resigned in June of this year.
Zimdahl said the prosecution had collected 40 videos of misconduct in their investigation, but that those 40 videos “by no means capture the entirety of the conspiracy” as officers did not record or save recordings of everything they did.
Some examples of misconduct investigators came across— such as deliberately driving through a puddle to splash civilians — did not rise to the level of the drink-throwing incidents, Zimdahl said.
Prosecutors also said that Flynn and Wilson used their status as police officers to obtain the drinks they threw at people for free from local businesses.
Asked whether charges were coming on others involved in the incidents commonly known as “Slushygate,” Zimdahl said she believed “other individuals will be subject to other remedies,” but said she could not comment on whether charges were coming or if they would face other discipline. LMPD has said it is investigating the extent to which other officers may have been involved. Federal prosecutors have said others were involved and that Flynn and Wilson shared videos of their attacks with fellow officers.
“These horrible incidents are something I did and not who I am,” said Flynn ahead of his sentencing, adding that he’s dedicated his “entire life” to public service and had won “countless” officer of the month awards. Flynn’s wife highlighted his long career on the police force and in the military, saying he always looked to inspire hope in those he had arrested and provide an example of a positive male role model during their drives to the jail.
In Wilson’s hearing, which began shortly after Flynn’s, there was little additional mention of Slushygate as attention turned to his hacking and extortion of women.
Before sentencing, the court heard from a woman in her 20s who said she was harassed by Wilson for months on end, with him texting her every day. The woman, a school teacher, said Wilson threatened to send videos of her to her employer, prompting her to tell her principal.
“My career had just started and I felt like it was already ending because of Bryan,” she said.
At times, she contemplated suicide.
“What would have happened if he had not been caught? Would I be here?” she asked.
Later, she added that the events would leave her looking over her shoulder for the rest of her life.
Like other victims listed in court records, the woman remained anonymous.
Accurint, the law enforcement tool prosecutors say Wilson used to help
target victims, can provide detailed information about a person, including their phone numbers, relatives, associates, employers as well as social media profiles associated with their email accounts. It is advertised to law enforcement agencies as a technology that can help investigators “discover non-obvious connections between people that might not otherwise be known.”
planned to send your pictures to your parents, brother, grandparents, sisters, friends, facebook, pornhub, employer, etc but I would gladly keep all of this between you and I (and tell you who sent them to me) if you promise to leave me out of the drama and show me a few more pics that way we can both benefit.”
Prosecutors said he regularly called the women he was trying to extort “sluts,” “whores” and “bitches” in his messages to them.
Turning to address the victim who spoke in the courtroom, Wilson issued an apology, saying the damage he did “cannot be changed with words” and adding that “the person that I was was not the person I was raised to be.”
Wilson’s attorney, Brian Butler, said Wilson was an officer who had been abused as a child and, following his 2018 separation with his wife, turned to alcohol and pornography, a slippery slope that eventually led him to the hacking scheme. He described Wilson as being “one of the most active narcotics officers” in Louisville before he left LMPD, adding that he had an “exemplary” record apart from the incidents that brought him to the courtroom.
In a statement, LMPD said: “Ofc. Wilson resigned from LMPD in July 2020 and at that time his departmental IT access was terminated. However, his Accurint account was still accessible, even though all other access had been disconnected. Upon discovering this, LMPD immediately disabled the Accurint access. A review was performed, and procedures have been put in place to ensure all access is suspended once a member separates from LMPD.”
According to a sentencing memorandum filed earlier in October, in one text exchange with a woman whose sexually explicit material he had obtained, Wilson wrote: “I had
In addition to his prison and probation time, Wilson is also sentenced to community service and, when released, will have his computer use monitored.
“This is a really sad case. Bryan’s a good person. He made a lot of great arrests for this community. But he made some mistakes. He took absolute and complete ownership for those mistakes. It’s a hard case,” said Butler after the sentencing. •
ON NOV. 8, Louisville will choose a new mayor.
Of the leading candidates, one option is Craig Greenberg, the Democratic nominee and former 21c Museum Hotels CEO, who survived an assassination attempt in his Butchertown campaign office in February.
The other is Republican Bill Dieruf, the current mayor of Jeffersontown, who says he will be a non-partisan “Mayor for Everybody” while bringing needed change to Louisville.
Both candidates say public safety is their number one priority and both candidates have promised to bolster the ranks of the Louisville Metro Police Department.
Dieruf has sought to paint Greenberg as an extension of outgoing Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer’s administration, calling his opponent Fischer’s “hand-
picked successor.” Meanwhile, Greenberg has pushed Kentucky’s abortion ban to the forefront, running a campaign ad that warns that Dieruf is “backed by extremists” and could use Louisville police to arrest women and doctors under Kentucky’s abortion ban.
Ahead of the Nov. 8 election, LEO Weekly took a look at where both candidates stand on critical issues facing Louisville residents.
The day the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Greenberg pledged that LMPD would “not be the enforcement arm” of Kentucky’s near-total ban on abortions that went into place following the landmark decision.
Under Kentucky’s abortion ban, healthcare providers who perform abortions or provide abortion medications can be charged with a Class D felony, which is punishable by up to five years in prison. Abortions are only allowed to prevent the death or serious, permanent injury to a life-sustaining organ of a pregnant person. There are no exceptions for rape, incest or age. Greenberg reaffirmed his position during an Oct. 12 debate hosted by the Louisville Forum, saying, “I will tell LMPD not to arrest women or doctors if they are charged with violating Kentucky’s extreme abortion ban. That is the one area where I will be very clear to LMPD.”
According to Kentucky’s abortion ban law, people who perform abortions or provide abortion medication — not the person who gets an abortion — are subject to criminal penalties.
“This is where we disagree: the mayor has no power over abortion bill, whether it’s on a federal level or on a state level. And a mayor should never, ever tell his police to stand down,” he said at the Oct. 12 debate. “Telling your police to stand down, that’s scary. That means he’s going to tell one person to arrest this guy, but not arrest this person. That’s scary.”
During the debate, Greenberg pointed out that despite state laws making marijuana illegal, Louisville police do not prioritize marijuana possession charges as a result of a Metro Council ordinance, giving some leeway for cities to make decisions on the enforcement of controversial state laws.
Since the end of last November, 12 people in the custody of the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections have died — a steep increase in deaths for a
deaths has lead to calls for reform, but it has also lead to calls for a new jail, with proponents like LMDC Director Jerry Collins saying that the current facility is outdated and has design flaws that create safety issues that cannot be completely overcome.
At an Oct. 7 forum in Newburg hosted by the organization VOCAL-KY, candidates were asked if they would support the building of a new jail.
“I don’t think that [a new jail] should be a priority of Metro Government right now, we have a lot of other, more pressing issues to deal with,” said Greenberg.
Dieruf said while a new jail might not be the answer, the current jail needs to be improved as it is unsafe for the people incarcerated there.
“It may not be a matter of a new jail, but we need to reformulate what the jail looks like. Because right now it’s unsafe, it’s unkept and it’s not humane, the way we’re having people go into jail and sit there all the
ing reducing the jail’s population and by focusing on programs for people who are incarcerated.
“The very first thing we need to do is stop putting people in jail who have a drug addiction or behavior problems,” said Dieruf at the VOCAL-KY forum. “And put the people in jail that are the hardened criminals and get them off the streets. But help the people that have a drug and behavior problem before they go into jail.”
At that forum, Greenberg blamed people being held on low-level charges for how overcrowded the jail is.
“When you look at our overcrowded jail, over half the individuals in jail today are there on charges with bail of less than $1,000, yet over half of our murders in this community are not even solved. Something is not right there,” said Greenberg, adding that incarcerated people needed to remain connected with assistance services once they were out of jail.
More than three years after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered downtown, the area has still not fully recovered. Businesses have closed. Offices are empty. That big city, bustling feeling on the sidewalks is gone. It’s always easy to park.
Both candidates say they will work to revitalize downtown and adapt it for post-COVID realities.
In the Oct. 12 Louisville Forum debate, Dieruf said downtown Louisville’s emptiness was in part caused by people being too afraid to go there.
“People don’t want to be here [downtown] if they don’t feel safe. There’s a reality of safety and there’s a perception of safety, and the next mayor has to have both of them to where people feel safe coming downtown,” he said.
In a WLKY debate, Dieruf added that he wanted a more visible police presence downtown to make people feel safer.
During the Oct. 12 Louisville Forum debate he also said Louisville needed to “reimagine what downtowns are like” by creating spaces where people can work
and live in the same place.
Greenberg, who has leaned on his developer roots and experience in revitalizing urban areas, has said downtown needs to be kept safe and clean while improvements are made to bring in more residents.
“Downtown Louisville should be the most vibrant, safe, energetic, authentic, clean and green neighborhood in all of Louisville,” he said during the WLKY debate. “That’s key that we have the heart of our city thriving. So as mayor, we must achieve all of those goals.”
Speaking to LEO ahead of May’s mayoral primary, Greenberg said downtown needed thousands more people living there and that the city needed to “address the realities of the post-pandemic world, which might have fewer people working on office buildings.” He also took aim at the prevalence of surface parking lots downtown, saying that they can be repurposed for residential units, green spaces and amenities that serve people living downtown.
At the Oct. 12 Louisville Forum debate, the candidates also sparred over how to stop violence in Louisville, which saw a record-breaking number of homicides in back-to-back years in 2020 and 2021.
Greenberg has said the number of firearms on the streets of Louisville has driven violence — and that he in part blames Louisville’s compliance with a state law for those guns.
Under Kentucky law, firearms confiscated by police cannot be destroyed and must instead be auctioned off by the Kentucky State Police. According to reporting by the Courier Journal last year, over the span of six years, there were 31 incidents in Louisville where a gun auctioned off by Kentucky State Police was later tied to a criminal case. The paper also reported it found 12 examples where the same firearm was auctioned off more than once.
Starting on the first day of his administration, Greenberg said, guns would be rendered inoperable before being turned over to the state police to comply with state law.
Greenberg also says the city needs to address the root causes of poverty and invest in mental health resources to reduce violence while also pursuing law enforcement strategies like Group Violence Intervention and community policing.
Dieruf views drugs as the cause of Louisville’s violence and says that by getting “cartel leaders” and “gang leaders” off the street, Louisville will be safer.
“When we start talking about guns, the problem is guns aren’t the solution. It’s the person committing the crime that we have to go after,” he said. “He wants to go after the gun, I want to arrest the cartel leaders and the gang leaders and get them off the street. So the difference is, I want to get the drugs and the cartel leaders and the gang leaders who are affecting our kids off the street. He wants to drill holes in guns and send them to Frankfort.”
The candidates are also divided over the controversial West End tax increment financing district, or TIF. The program, which was included in legislation passed by lawmakers in Frankfort in 2021, directs 80% of new tax revenue in the West End above current tax revenue to the West End Opportunity Partnership for reinvestment in the area.
Proponents say it will funnel money, development and opportunities into a poverty-stricken part of the city; Opponents say it will result in gentrification and price out people living in the Black-majority West End.
Dieruf has been critical of the TIF, portraying it as a program that could allow outsiders to determine the future of the West End.
“I would say I would go back to Frankfort and adjust it to where the people in the community have a true voice, not a token voice, to where they actually should be the ones to decide how the funding should be spent in the future in their community,” Dieruf said at the Louisville Forum’s mayoral debate in October, adding that the TIF had been “pushed in” by Greenberg and that “people don’t like it.”
Earlier this year, Greenberg told LEO that he was consulted by legislators drafting the TIF legislation but did not write the legislation, as some of his critics have alleged.
In a September mayoral forum in the West End, Dieruf warned that left unfixed, the TIF could see outof-towners “coming in, taking your property, taking advantage of you, raising rents to where you can’t afford to stay in the areas that you love so much.”
Greenberg maintains that the TIF has the poten-
tial to be transformative for the West End, but needs changes.
At the Louisville Forum debate in October, he said the TIF has the “potential to really invest hundreds of millions of dollars in a part of our community that has been overlooked for our entire lifetime.”
However, he said he wanted to ensure that control of the West End Opportunity Partnership board be in the hands of residents, that property tax refunds be turned into a credit for low-income residents who can’t afford tax increases and that the city crack down on negligent landlords.
According to the a 2019 housing needs assessment, Louisville was lacking 30,000 housing units for lowincome residents. Both Dieruf and Greenberg have said they would increase affordable housing.
At the VOCAL-KY forum in October, Dieruf said the city needed to look towards long-term solutions for affordable housing that ultimately lead to home ownership and increasing generational wealth. He said he is in favor of using $100 million in federal American Rescue Plan COVID relief funds to build more affordable housing and that the city could look to rent-to-own models to help low-income tenants afford down payments on homes.
On top of that, Dieruf said there should be a safety net for low-income people who may be able to afford housing payments, but not necessarily a costly repair emergency in their home.
“Once you have the person in the house, we have to make it to where they can stay in the house for the future. And many times people don’t think about that. But what happens if the person is having a hard time making the payments, they’re getting government assistance and the water heater goes out?” he said. “We have to include a warranty so that the people who get the affordable housing don’t get the bump in the road where they lose the house in the future because of the sharks out there.”
Greenberg has made affordable housing a cornerstone of his campaign, saying he plans on building 15,000 affordable housing units if elected. He also wants to prioritize the redevelopment of vacant lots and abandoned buildings and focus increasing home ownership in communities that were historically redlined.
At the VOCAL-KY forum in October, he said on top of adding more housing units, there must be accountability that affordable housing is good quality housing.
“In addition to just being affordable, we also need to make sure it’s quality,” Greenberg said. “So whether homes are being rented to people in lower income brackets from negligent, out-of-state landlords or whether that’s the city ourself that owns these housing units, they must be maintained to high qualities.”
While both Dieruf and Greenberg have promised to strengthen LMPD as part of their plan to make public safety their top priority, the next mayor will also inherit a police force that continues to have a strained relationship with the community following the 2020 police killing of Breonna Taylor and repeated highprofile incidents of police misconduct. The winner will also inherit a police force that will, under their administration, likely be facing a federal consent decree.
In his public safety plan, Greenberg calls for LMPD to be turned into the “best trained, trusted and transparent police force in America.”
A significant part of rebuilding trust with the community, he says, is transparency, which he has viewed as lacking in the Fischer administration. When incidents involving police occur, he has said his administration would respond quickly.
“I think part of improving trust between the community and the police, the community and the government is transparency, accountability and acting in as close to real time as possible. Being prompt,” he told LEO in an interview in August. He added that includes releasing body camera footage and facts about incidents involving police “with a sense of urgency.”
Likewise, Dieruf says his administration would be transparent about incidents involving LMPD officers. And while LMPD investigations into potential officer misconduct can sometimes drag on for well over a year, Dieruf says such issues are handled right away in J-Town and will not be delayed if he becomes Louisville’s mayor.
“As a mayor that has a police force right now, when situations occur, they’re rectified right away,” he told LEO in August. “They’re also very transparent when we talk to the press. When we have a situation here, we not only are transparent to the press, but we bring in whoever [was affected], we sit down and talk to them.” •
CHARLES BOOKER has become one the brightest stars in Kentucky politics over the past few election cycles, radiating charisma and preaching unity, but he once again finds himself a heavy underdog in a U.S. Senate race, this time against incumbent Rand Paul. A win for Booker — a progressive Democrat running in a statewide election against a candidate with deep pockets and sweeping name recognition — would be seismic politically, likely changing the way future political hopefuls campaign in the Commonwealth. It would also be an extremely costly loss for Republicans in what’s expected to be a razor-close finish to determine which party establishes U.S. Senate control after the Nov. 8. midterms.
A win for Paul would be business as usual.
Before the votes come flowing in, we caught up with Booker for a conversation about his current bus tour, Rand Paul’s campaign ads and why he chooses to run for Senate instead of a seat that’s more Louisville-focused and Democrat-friendly.
The 38-year-old former state representative was fired up and confident as Election Day nears.
LEO: YOU’RE CURRENTLY ON A THREE-WEEK BUS TOUR ALL ACROSS KENTUCKY. WHAT HAVE YOU COLLECTIVELY BEEN HEARING AS THE MAIN ISSUES FROM CONSTITUENTS WHEN YOU’RE ON THE ROAD — FROM ALL OVER? AND IF ELECTED TO SENATE, HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES?
Charles Booker: Well, of course, during this tour, but even before in the last couple of years, I’ve been really working across Kentucky. And the concerns have been pretty constant — being able to afford to survive, to put food on the table, to afford your medication. But one of the glaring issues that is just jumping out and also substantiating why this race is so powerful: people are tired of the division. They’re tired of the chaos and the dysfunction, they’re tired of the attacks on democracy. And they’re really just tired of the political status quo, and they want things to change, they want to get to a place where everyone can live a good life… and, you know, we can rest assured that democracy will be protected and that our communities will be safe, and so that is really at the heart of my work. Anyway, which is why I’m proud to be Kentucky’s nominee for the United States Senate. I say that because Rand Paul doesn’t represent Kentucky. We’re empowering citizen lobbyists, training folks to do that type of work. We’re focused on opening regional offices again, so that we’ll have more connectivity and be able to build with the people of Kentucky. And, one of the first orders of business for me is protecting the right to vote and breaking down those barriers to the ballot box, so that the people of Kentucky can be heard. And so I’m committed to that fight, certainly protecting human rights and the rights of women and those who become pregnant. The efforts to ban abortion is really, honestly, a lot of people from all political walks of life will realize that that is inhumane.
THAT’S SUPER INTERESTING, ABOUT PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE DIVISION AND WANTING TO FEEL UNIFIED. OBVIOUSLY, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE’VE HAD A HIGH POLITICAL TEMPERATURE. AND, A LOT OF POLITICIANS, ESPECIALLY ON THE RIGHT WING, LIKE TRUMP, HAVE SENT OUT VERY DIVISIVE MESSAGING. DO YOU THINK THAT WE WE NEED POLITICIANS TO HAVE A TONE SHIFT IN TERMS OF HOW THEY PRESENT THEIR MESSAGE, HOW THEY PRESENT THEIR VISION? I ALWAYS THOUGHT ELECTIONS ARE EITHER RAN ON HOPE OR FEAR. COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT POLITICAL TONE?
Yeah, honestly, that last point that you raise is... I agree, I believe that, too. I think that this campaign, my race against Rand Paul, is really the epitome of hope, which is what we’re lifting up — hope, humanity, love, standing as family, versus division and fear and chaos and conspiracy theories. And look, even folks who voted for Trump, many of them are now organizing on my campaign. They’re just worn out, they’re tired of all the mess and all the fighting. People just want things to get better, in their homes and in their com-
munities. And in a lot of ways, Donald Trump spoke to that, he was exploiting it, but he was calling out that the system is broken. And it’s the same thing that Bernie Sanders did, and, in a lot of ways, you can see how a lot of the folks that voted for Trump voted for Bernie Sanders. And then they voted for Rand Paul thinking that he was going to fight the system and then they realized he was bullshitting.
And so… I don’t know if you have to edit that out.
Feel free, feel free. But no, I do believe that assuming the power of love and going to communities that have been ignored for a long time — urban and rural the same. I’m just saying, ‘Look, I’m here to listen to you, I love you, I’m fighting for you. Even if we don’t agree on everything.’ Kentucky needs this, but the country needs this. And that’s why this victory will be a shining light on November 8th, for the country and the world.
ALONG THE SAME SORT OF LINES — HOW POLITICIANS PRESENT THEMSELVES TO THE PUBLIC AND HOW THAT MATTERS — I WOULD SAY PROBABLY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THE
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BIGGEST THING THAT RAND PAUL MIGHT BE KNOWN FOR IS GOING AT DR. FAUCI AS HARD AS HE DID DURING COVID. IT ALMOST BECAME LIKE A PUBLIC SPECTACLE. LIKE A GAME. A SCREAMING MATCH. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OUT OF THAT?
You know, quite honestly, it was disturbing. You know, it almost seemed like it was a fantasy of Rand Paul to, you know, to mock and demean and just blatantly disrespect and to lie on a very proven, renowned immunologist, someone who is actually certified, someone who has proven to be a professional. And, you know, one of the things that really smacked me in the face and a lot of folks across Kentucky is that it was clear he didn’t... he doesn’t care about us. He doesn’t care about the Commonwealth. It was all political theater, and look, while he was fighting and bickering and having pillow fights with Dr. Fauci, he was voting against relief during COVID. He voted against disaster relief. He’s voted against health benefits for veterans. He’s voting against the things that we need. And people are tired of it, man. You know, look, I don’t really care how he feels about Dr. Fauci. He can, you know, draw cartoon pictures about him all day if he wants, but he does not need to represent Kentucky in the U.S. Senate because we have real needs. And we need change right now. So I’m going to replace him, so that we get the leadership that we deserve.
RAND ALSO DIDN’T DEBATE YOU, ALTHOUGH YOU CALLED FOR IT. DO YOU THINK THAT’S A DISSERVICE TO THE PUBLIC?
It wasn’t a slight to me at all. I don’t need to debate him to beat him. His record is clear. And you know, as soon as he opens his mouth, it is abundantly clear why the people of Kentucky need to replace him. Yeah, avoiding the debate stage on a neutral setting, where neither candidate decides the terms — KET, that’s a very seasoned and proven venue for the entire Commonwealth — it really was a slap in the face to the people of Kentucky, it was a middle finger to the people of Kentucky... since he said that he doesn’t believe he needs to be held accountable to our families. But, you know, as sad as that is, it’s not surprising. He has been hiding from Kentucky for years, he said he’s only going to run two terms. He’s running a third term because he’s been a hypocrite the whole way. And I’m running the campaign that is focused on the people of Kentucky and our ability to stand as family, but I’m also calling them out. And he doesn’t want to face the heat. You know, he’s been lying on me and saying that we’re
condoning violence, which is just such a gross, really ridiculous attack that he should retract and apologize for. But he’s doing everything he can to try to hide himself from people to see through him. And the people of Kentucky are fired up. We’re going to make history on November 8th, and there really is nothing he can do about it.
LET’S UNPACK THOSE ATTACKS IN THE ADS A BIT. HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND? [EDITOR’S NOTE: SEN. PAUL RELEASED AN AD A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT CLAIMED THE BOOKER CAMPAIGN “HAS REPEATEDLY EMBRACED PEOPLE WHO CELEBRATE AND GLORIFY VIOLENT ATTACKS AGAINST SENATOR PAUL.” THE AD ENDS BY SAYING “CHARLES BOOKER DOESN’T BELIEVE IN CIVIL DISCOURSE, ONLY VIOLENCE.”]
Well, you know what, my only real response is: The people of Kentucky are tired of the political games, man. Look, I don’t have to lie on Rand Paul. My campaign is not built on tearing him down or anyone down. We’ve had enough of that, you know, and the fact that he is making these ads to blow dogwhistles and to try to weaponize racism. And every time he talks about defunding, is he’s esstentially saying, ‘Look at the color of Charles’s skin, ignore his record.’ I’ve worked with men and women in uniform. I’ve built coalitions to address violence as a public health crisis focused on the social determinants of health. I’ll sit on the front line, to make sure that we help keep our community safe. I’ve done it in a bipartisan way. You know, he’s not really focused on the issues. He doesn’t care about keeping up communities safe, or addressing violence. He just wants to sow hate and fear. And it really is despicable. It’s beneath the office of the U.S. Senate. And he really should resign, but, you know, we’ll just beat him, and make sure that he’s not there to keep hurting the people of Kentucky.
Well, you know, to be honest with you, I don’t really have to make a pitch. You know, the people of Kentucky have been pissed off, and have been frustrated and are really tired. And honestly, you’re gonna be hard-pressed to find anyone that actually likes Rand Paul. Basically, all we’re doing is showing up to say, ‘Look, I’m here to fight for you, regardless of what your party is — you’re my family.’ If you’re tired of
being ranked at the bottom of damn near everything, if you believe our families need more money in their pocket, and quality healthcare and medicine, if you believe you turn on the faucet and water should be clean, and internet shouldn’t be crap, if you believe our communities should be safe. And you know, that’s really our message. This is for the regular people that get counted out. And this is about love. And, you know, I’m proud most about what we’re inspiring in young people, and independents, and Republicans and Democrats who have been disenchanted. A lot of people are getting involved in this campaign to be organizers and are volunteering, who have never done it before. And, you know, we’re really just wrapping our arms around them, and showing up. When the floods hit, they saw us on the ground. They still see us on the ground. The same when the tornado came. And this is what family does. And, you know, we’re just telling that story. It’s been Kentucky’s story the whole time. Rand Paul has just been ignoring it. And so, I’m proud of us. I’m proud of Kentucky, and we’re gonna win this race.
OBVIOUSLY, FOR DEMOCRATS, ESPECIALLY PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS, WINNING A STATEWIDE RACE, LIKE A SENATE RACE, HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN AN UPHILL BATTLE. I’D IMAGINE IT GOES TOWARD YOUR GOAL OF UNITY, BUT WHY HAVE YOU BEEN RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATE WHERE THE WHOLE STATE VOTES, INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE MAYOR OF LOUISVILLE WITH GREG FISCHER ON HIS LAST TERM, OR JOHN YARMUTH’S CONGRESSIONAL SEAT THAT HE’S RETIRING FROM? WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE SENATE THAT’S MAGNETIC TO YOU?
Well, you know, ultimately, my life’s work — I believe this is part of my ministry — is bringing people together. And in order for us to realize justice and healing in my neighborhood in Louisville, but also across Kentucky, we need leaders at the statewide level that will raise the standard against hate and division. And we can’t ignore that work. You know, ignoring it is how we got January 6th. And I’ve had the privilege of working across the Commonwealth of Kentucky, serving in the state legislature and seeing how Washington is screwing us on purpose. And, to be quite honest, man, I fell in love with the Commonwealth. I was the director of Fish & Wildlife, I’ve been from corner to corner [of Kentucky] throughout my career, and I realized that change is possible. Even though a lot of folks in politics have given up on it. I’m not giving up on it. And, this
is a love story for my hood. But it’s a love story for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. And again, man, this is just what family does. I’m proud I get to do this. I’m proud to be the first Black Kentuckian to be a major party nominee for U.S. Senate. And I’m proud to take down and soundly defeat Rand Paul in about 18 days.
I ALWAYS LIKE WHEN POLITICIANS SHARE A VERY PERSONAL INTERACTION WITH SOMEONE THEY MET ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. DO YOU HAVE ONE OF THOSE STORIES, FROM THIS PAST WEEK, WHEN YOU’VE BEEN SORT OF RAMPING UP — AN INTERESTING PERSON THAT YOU MET THAT MIGHT HAVE SORT OF INSPIRED YOU IN A WAY?
You know, I do. It’s actually a woman who was in hospice. Her name is Beverly. And we were sending out messages to encourage folks who have a plan to vote, you know, asking for support, of course. And Miss Beverly responded to our text and said, ‘Well, I’m in hospice, but I’ve already voted absentee. And I voted for Charles Booker.’ And so I reached out to her to thank her and tell her I was praying for her. And her response was, ‘Well Charles, this will likely be my last vote. But I’m so grateful I get to make it for you.’ She encouraged me. She told me to stay steady. And to finish the race. She didn’t complain about her issue. She encouraged me. And, to me, that’s what Kentuckians do. We show love to one another. Even when we’re facing hard times, so that definitely... like, it’s choking me up now thinking about it. But that’s why I feel proud to do this. •
IT’S EASY to get overwhelmed about voting. Sure, you did some research, and you have candidates that you like, or maybe you even volunteered or organized for one or more political hopefuls. But to have knowledge about every candidate in every race — that takes some time. To address that, Louisville Public Media and its news station WFPL have made a one-stop guide to every race that will be on your ballot. Head over to wfpl. org and click the “2022 Voter Guide” at the top, right-hand corner, and it will bring you into a portal where you can enter your home address to get a small breakdown on every candidate who will be on your ballot on Nov. 8.
WFPL News Director Rebecca (Bec) Feldhaus Adams took some time out of her day to speak with LEO about it. She said it was a massive, staff-wide project that had a goal of preparing and inspiring people to vote.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Feldhaus Adams: Yeah, I think one of the things that gets in the way of elections is the sheer number of candidates, and in a midterm election where voters across the state and in Louisville are going to be seeing Metro Council members, are going to be seeing lots of judges, are going to be seeing mayoral candidates, Senate races, House races, Congress races — it just gets overwhelming. Of course, we’re doing really good election coverage that we hope people will read and consume. But we also wanted there to be one place where someone could go and have an informed view of what they will see on their ballot, because even when you go to the County Clerk’s Office, you have to wait a certain amount of time to get your ballot. And so we wanted to get that out as soon as we could, as soon as we could reasonably put this all together and
LEO: SO THE VOTER GUIDE IS A CONVENIENT, EFFECTIVE ENTRY POINT INTO THE ELECTION THAT’S PERSONALIZABLE BY LOCATION. I FEEL LIKE IT’S REALLY ACCESSIBLE AND INFORMATIVE. CAN YOU TALK
Lynn Family Stadium | 350 Adams St. | lynnfamilystadium.com | $10-$15 | 6-10 p.m.
Lynn Family Stadium is hosting a Halloween Balloon Glow and trick-or-treat, with ten hotair balloons on the eld and trick-or-treating stations at each balloon. The family fun zone will have vendors, in atables, live musical performances and seasonal foods with refreshments. Guests are encouraged to dress up, and there will also be a balloon set up in front of the stadium for commemorative family photos. Candy bags will be provided, and kids under 2 get in for free. —Ethan
Hi-Wire Brewing | 642 Baxter Ave. | hiwirebrewing.com/events | Free | Sign-ups start at 6 p.m., competition at 7:30 p.m.
HAIRNot many people still rock mullets in this day and age, which means a competition like this might be easier to win if you sport a “Kentucky waterfall” — but there’s only one way to nd out! The winner will get Mountain Water swag and a $35 gift card. —
Carolyn Brown
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Paristown Arts and Entertainment District | 731 Brent St. | Search Facebook |
$5-$10 | Noon-9 p.m.
After a two-year hiatus, The Halloween Parade & Festival returns to the Paristown arts and entertainment district. The parade is free to all, but the festival is $5 in advance and $10 the day of. Inside the festival you’ll nd plenty of food and drink at the new Village Market Food Hall, a pumpkin pie eating contest, vendors and live performances by Blues Brothers, Soul Circus, Freddy & the Cruegers and much, much more. —Ethan
SmithShawnee and Cherokee Parks | 4501 W. Broadway/745 Cochran Hill Rd. | Search Facebook | Free | 2:30 p.m.
It just isn’t fall without a hayride, and this year, you don’t have to travel far for one. The Olmsted Parks Conservancy is hosting two days of guided hayrides in Shawnee Park (Oct. 29) and Cherokee Park (Oct. 30). There will also be live music, food and various kids activities at both locations while you wait for your turn on the rides. —
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Halloween Bierhalle
German American Club | 1840 Lincoln Ave. | Search Facebook | No cover | 6-10 p.m.
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If you’re looking for authentic German beer and food over Halloween weekend, there’s no better spot than the German American Club. For their Halloween Bierhalle, there will be a German dinner from 6-8 p.m., with beer served until 10 p.m. in a great and welcoming atmosphere. —Scott
Recker
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‘Groundhog Archeology’ By PatrickTREASURE
Patrick Donley has a groundhog to thank for helping him uncover the objects that he fashioned into art. Phyllis, as “she” become known, was busy as a beaver (sorry) under his studio. Soon, Donley was joining Phyllis in excavating and eventually photographing their historical nds. He now believes his studio in Germantown was the former site of a storage company housing late 19th and early 20th century items.—Jo Anne Triplett
PYRO Gallery | 1006 E. Washington St. | pyrogallery.com | Free
“To thread one’s way is de ned as: to thread or move through a passage or in-between obstacles,” Artist Debra Lott says of her latest show of works.
History and contemporary lives are interwoven in Lott’s latest series. Lott, who specializes in feminist and sociallyconscious gurative paintings, is showing viewers how past “values and beliefs are often obstacles that have impacted our identity,” she says. “The paintings juxtapose modern women and symbols of their ancestors’ traditions, values and beliefs.” Also showing are works by Rachel Gibbs, Shayne Hull, James Russell
May and LaNia Roberts.—Jo Anne Triplett
SUNDAY, OCT. 30
Butcher Cabin Books | 990 Barret Ave. | tinyurl.com/3tbmc3hk | Free | 7 p.m.
Join the folks at Louisville’s new horror bookstore, Butcher Cabin Books, in welcoming author Clay Macleod Chapman to town. Chapman will read from his new book, “Ghost Eaters,” and have a book signing following the reading. “Ghost Eaters” is the tale of a woman named Erin whose not-so-great boyfriend dies of an overdose, and the only way for her to get closure is taking a drug that allows people to see the dead. Wild times ensue. Don’t miss Chapman at Butcher Cabin Books if you want to know more. —Erica
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Schneider Hall Galleries | Hite Art Institute, UofL | louisville.edu/art | Free
Dario Covi was a beloved art history professor at UofL. To honor his 50+ years at the school (he died in 2021), the university is exhibiting the personal art collection of Dario and his wife Madeline (teacher, writer and former UofL art librarian). It features approximately 50 works by former students, colleagues and wellknown artists such as Mary Spencer Nay. Also included in the show are drawings and prints that Dario created while he was in France during WWII.—Jo Anne
Triplett
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3. Aspen Creek Grill
BEST FINE DINING
1. Volare Italian Ristorante
2. Jack Fry’s
3. Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse
BEST FISH SANDWICH
1. The Fish House
2. Rubbies Southside Grill & Bar
3. The Fishery
BEST FRIED CHICKEN
1. Royals Hot Chicken
2. The Eagle
3. Mellwood Tavern
BEST FOOD TRUCK/CART
1. Bamba Eggroll Co.
2. Good Belly
Hot Buns Food Truck (tied for 2nd)
3. 502cafe FlavaVille Food Truck (tied for 3rd)
BEST GUACAMOLE
1. Guacamole
2. El Mundo
3. Havana Rumba
BEST HOT DOG
1. Lonnie’s Best Taste of Chicago
2. Toasty’s Tavern
3. Derby City Hot Dogs
BEST ICE CREAM/FROZEN YOGURT
1. Louisville Cream
2. Graeter’s Ice Cream
3. The Comfy Cow
BEST INDIAN RESTAURANT
1. Kashmir
2. Shalimar
3. Dakshin
BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT
1. Volare Italian Ristorante
2. Ciao Ristorante
3. bar Vetti
BEST KOREAN RESTAURANT
1. Lee’s Korean Restaurant
2. GOGi 1055 Korean BBQ
3. Sarang
BEST LATE-NIGHT BITE
1. Rubbies Southside Grill & Bar
2. The Back Door
3. Four Pegs
BEST LATIN RESTAURANT
1. Seviche
2. Mayan Cafe
3. Mojito in Havana
BEST LUNCH SPOT
1. Lady Tron’s
2. Rubbies Southside Grill & Bar
3. Four Pegs
BEST MEXICAN RESTAURANT
1. El Mundo
2. El Nopal
3. Guacamole
BEST MIDDLE EASTERN RESTAURANT
1. Safıer Mediterranean Deli
2. The Grape Leaf
3. Shiraz Mediterranean Grill
BEST NEW RESTAURANT
1. North of Bourbon
2. Redbud Dining Room Square Cut Pizza (tied for 2nd)
3. Guacamole- NULU
BEST OUTDOOR DINING
1. Chik’n & Mi
2. Captain’s Quarters
3. River House Restaurant and Raw Bar
BEST PATIO FOR PETS
1. ShopBar
2. Four Pegs
3. Flanagan’s Ale House
BEST PHO
1. Eatz Vietnamese Restaurant
2. Pho Ba Luu
3. Vietnam Kitchen
BEST PIZZA
1. Pizza Lupo
2. BoomBozz
3. The Post
BEST PLACE FOR A ROMANTIC DINNER
1. Volare Italian Ristorante
2. Jack Fry’s
3. Buck’s Restaurant
BEST RAMEN
1. Ramen House
2. Chik’ n & Mi
3. Renshoku Ramen
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1. River House Restaurant & Raw Bar
2. Doc Crow’s
3. Jeff Ruby’s
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1. Naive Kitchen & Bar
2. Pizza Lupo
3. South Seas
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1. Jeff Ruby’s
2. Repeal
3. Proof on Main
BEST RESTAURANT: EAST LOUISVILLE
1. Havana Rumba
The Village Anchor (tied for 1st)
2. Malone’s
3. LouVino
Selena’s at Willow Lake Tavern (tied for 3rd)
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1. Four Pegs
2. North of Bourbon
3. The Post
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1. Volare Italian Ristorante
2. The Irish Rover
3. Time 4 Thai
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1. Jack Fry’s
2. Seviche
3. Ramsi’s Cafe On The World
BEST RESTAURANT: NULU
1. Mayan Cafe
2. bar Vetti
3. La Bodeguita De Mima Cuban Restaurant
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1. Rubbies Southside Grill & Bar
2. Vietnam Kitchen
3. Derby Cafe & Bourbon Bar
BEST RESTAURANT: ST. MATTHEWS
1. District 6
2. Simply Thai
3. Mojito in Havana
BEST RESTAURANT: WEST LOUISVILLE
1. The Table
2. Tha Drippin Crab
3. Indi’s Fast Food Restaurant
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1. Bend and Zen Hot Yoga
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3. YOGAST8
LOCAL SHOPS
BEST ADULT/EROTIC STORE
1. Cirilla’s
BEST TACO
BEST YOGA TEACHER
1. Meredith Conroy - Bend and Zen
2. Gabriella Gaona - The Inner Warrior
3. Lee Schardein
2. Love Boutique
3. Adam & Eve
BEST ANTIQUE STORE
1. Fleur De Flea Vintage Urban Market
BEST TAKE OUT
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1. CycleBar Middletown
2. CycleBar St. Matthews
3. Scheller’s Fitness & Cycling
2. Middletown Peddlers Mall
3. Mellwood Antique Mall
BEST BICYCLE SHOP
1. Parkside Bikes
BEST
BEST DENTIST
1. Davis Dental Center
2. Dr. Sean Music - Elite Smiles of Louisville
3. Dr. Anthony Zangari
BEST DOCTOR
1. Dr. Chet Mays - CaloAesthetics
2. Dr. Bradley Calobrace - CaloAesthetics
3. Dr. Carl Paige - Medical Transformation Center
BEST MASSAGE
1. Sea of Tranquility Massage Therapy
2. Alchemy Massage Therapy
3. Massage On Mellwood
BEST MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER
1. Dillon Espinosa - Derby City
Counseling
2. Compass Counseling and Psychology Services
3. Kevin Snellen
2. Scheller’s Fitness & Cycling
3. On Your Left Cycles
BEST CHOCOLATE/CANDY SHOP
1. Muth’s Candies
2. The Sweet Spot Candy Shoppe and Dundee Candy
3. Schimpf�’s Confectionery
BEST CAR DEALER
1. Neil Huffman Auto Group
2. CTR Used Cars & Service Center
3. CarMax
BEST WOMEN’S CLOTHING BOUTIQUE
1. Kathy’s Shoppe
2. Dot Fox
3. Work the Metal
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1. Him Gentleman’s Boutique
2. Evolve
3. Vintage Banana
BEST GYM/EXERCISE STUDIO
1. barre3
BEST COMIC BOOK SHOP
1. The Great Escape
2. Pop’s Comics & Collectibles
3. The Destination
BEST CONSIGNMENT SHOP
1. Sassy Fox Upscale Consignment
2. Margaret’s Fine Consignments
3. Hey Tiger
BEST VINTAGE CLOTHING STORE
1. Nitty Gritty
2. What The LOU
3. Hey Tiger
BEST FURNITURE STORE
1. Eyedia
2. Fleur De Flea Vintage Urban Market
3. Bliss Home
BEST INSTRUMENT SHOP
1. Doo Wop Shop
2. Mom’s Music
3. Steilberg String Instruments, LLC
BEST JEWELRY STORE
1. Lackadazee
2. Work the Metal
3. Twisted Images
BEST LIQUOR STORE
1. Old Town Wine and Spirits
2. Frankfort Avenue Liquors & Wine
3. The Wine Rack
BEST STORE FOR BOURBON
1. Old Town Wine and Spirits Westport Whiskey & Wine (tied for 1st)
2. The Wine Rack
3. Frankfort Avenue Liquor & Wine
BEST BOOKSTORE
1. Carmichael’s Bookstore
2. Half Price Books
3. The Rosewater
BEST HARDWARE STORE
1. Oscar’s Hardware
2. Keith’s Hardware
3. Brownsboro Hardware & Paint
BEST HEALTH FOOD STORE
1. Rainbow Blossom
2. Whole Foods
3. Trader Joe’s
BEST RECORD STORE
1. Guestroom Records
2. Better Days Records
3. Matt Anthony’s Record Shop
BEST WINE SHOP
1. The Wine Rack
2. Total Wine & More
3. Westport Whiskey & Wine
BEST NEW STORE/BUSINESS
1. The Umbrella Stand
2. Barret Babes
3. Revolutionary Events
BEST OUTDOOR SPORTING GOODS STORE
1. Quest Outdoors
2. Dick’s Sporting Goods
3. Academy Sports + Outdoors
BEST PET SHOP
1. Pet Wants
2. Sandy’s Pet Shop
3. Bourbon City Barkery
BEST SKATE SHOP
1. Home Skateshop
2. Tiny Skate Shop
BEST HEAD SHOP
1. Electric Ladyland
2. PUFF PUFF PASS
3. Natural Mystic
BEST TOBACCO STORE
1. J Shepherd
2. Cox’s Spirit Shoppe and Smoker’s Outlet
3. Nick’s Smoke Shop
BEST PLACE TO BUY A PLANT
1. Forage
2. Mahonia
3. Frank Otte Nursery and Garden Center
BEST PLACE TO BUY A UNIQUE GIFT
1. Work the Metal
2. LOUaBull
3. Revelry Boutique + Gallery
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1. One Love Hemp Dispensary
2. Steel & Leaf LLC
3. Vapor Lab
MEDIA
BEST INSTAGRAM
1. JCP Eats
2. 502 Hemp
3. Teaz Salon
BEST LOCAL BLOG
1. JCP Eats
2. 502 Hemp
3. Write Some Shit - Hannah Drake
BEST LOCAL PODCAST
1. 502 Hemp
2. My Skeptical Sister
3. Where Y’all Really From
BEST LOCAL PUBLICATION
1. LEO Weekly
2. LOUtoday
3. Louisville Business First
BEST LOCAL RADIO PERSONALITY
1. Austin Baker
2. Matt Anthony
3. Terry Meiners
BEST LOCAL RADIO STATION
1. 102 WLRS
2. 91.9 WFPK
3. 89.3 WFPL
BEST LOCAL TV PERSONALITY
1. Dawne Gee
2. Shay McAlister
3. Claudia Coffey Mike Marshall (tied for 3rd)
BEST LOCAL TV STATION
1. WDRB
2. WLKY
3. WHAS
BEST LOCAL WEBSITE
1. Cardinal Sports Zone
2. Card Chronicle
3. WDRB
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3. PG&J’s Dog Park Bar
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1. James Wilkerson
2. Hannah Drake
3. Jeff Nunn
NIGHTLIFE
BEST BAR SCENE
1. Big Bar
2. ShopBar
3. Chill Bar
BEST CLUB DJ
1. DJ Syimone
2. DJ Sam Sneed
3. Matt Anthony
BEST GAY BAR/CLUB
1. Big Bar
2. Play Louisville 3. Chill Bar
BEST HAPPY HOUR
1. The Merryweather
2. Chill Bar
3. Big Bar
BEST NEIGHBORHOOD BAR/PUB
1. The Merryweather
2. ShopBar
3. Rubbies Southside Grill & Bar
BEST NEW BAR/CLUB
1. Frank’s Whiskey Place
2. Rainbow Room (Big Bar)
3. Hauck’s
BEST PLACE TO DANCE
1. Play Louisville
2. Louisville Silent Disco
3. Big Bar
BEST PLACE TO SHOOT POOL
1. Barret Bar & Grill
2. The Fox Den
3. The Back Door
BEST STRIP CLUB
1. Thorobred Lounge
2. Pussycat Lounge
3. PT’s Showclub
PLACES & ATTRACTIONS
BEST APARTMENT COMPLEX
1. AMP Luxury Apartments
2. Germantown Mill Lofts
3. The Ivy Apartment Homes Upton Oxmoor (tied for 3rd place)
BEST PLACE FOR AN EVENT/PARTY
1. Kentucky Derby Museum
2. Mellwood Art Center
3. The Louisville Palace
BEST FARMERS MARKET
1. Douglass Loop Farmers Market
2. St. Matthews Farmers Market
3. Beechmont Open Air Market
BEST FLEA MARKET
1. Fleur de Flea Vintage Urban Market
2. The Flea Off Market
3. Middletown Peddlers Mall
BEST REUSE OF A HISTORIC BUILDING
1. Angel’s Envy Distillery
2. Lady Tron’s
3. The Bellwether Hotel
BEST PLACE FOR FREE ENTERTAINMENT
1. Waterfront Park
2. Kentucky Shakespeare in the Park
3. Planet of the Tapes
BEST NEIGHBORHOOD
1. The Highlands
BEST PARK
1. Cherokee Park
2. The Parklands of Floyds Fork
3. Iroquois Park
BEST PLACE TO TAKE KIDS IN THE SUMMER
1. The Louisville Zoo
2. Kentucky Kingdom
3. Waterfront Park
BEST PLACE TO SWIM
1. Lakeside Swim Club
2. Trager Family JCC
3. American Turners Pool
BEST PLACE TO PLAY SOCCER
1. Lynn Family Stadium
2. Seneca Park
3. Mockingbird Valley
BEST SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY
1. Masonic Homes Kentucky
2. Shalom Tower Apartments
3. The Grand Plaza Service Apartments
SERVICES
BEST ADVERTISING AGENCY
1. An Agency
2. Honeywick
3. PriceWeber Marketing
BEST LOCAL BANK
1. Republic Bank & Trust Company
2. Stock Yards Bank and Trust
3. Chase Bank
BEST CREDIT UNION
1. L&N Federal Credit Union
2. Park Community Credit Union
3. Commonwealth Credit Union
BEST DRY CLEANER
1. Highland Cleaners
2. Holiday Green Cleaners & Laundry
3. Parrot Cleaners
Nu-Yale Cleaners (tied for 3rd)
BEST GROCERY STORE
1. Kroger
2. Trader Joe’s
3. Paul’s Fruit Market
BEST HOTEL
1. 21c Museum Hotel Louisville
2. Omni
3. Brown Hotel
BEST LAWYER
1. Reczek Chase Law
2. Nicholas Neumann, PLLC - Daugherty, Neumann & Aslam PLLC
3. Mory & Colliersmith, PLLC
BEST LOCAL PET GROOMING
1. Bark Avenue
2. That Dog Groomin’ Guy
3. Pawsitively Dogs Grooming
BEST MECHANIC
1. Matt McCormick
2. Nathanson Auto Repair
Tachyon Performance (tied for 2nd)
3. Probilt
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1. Ashley Murphy- Beyond The Line Studio
2. Jon Cherry
3. T.A. Yero - Two Hearts Media
BEST PR FIRM
1. Debra Locker Group
2. Lemonade PR PriceWeber Marketing (tied for 2nd)
3. C2 Strategic Communications
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1. FTJ Travel by Heather
2. My World Travel
3. Mint Julep Experiences
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1. Bone Dry Roofıng
2. Highland Roo�ıng Company
3. HKC Roo�ıng
BEST PLUMBER
1. BC Plumbing
2. Tom Drexler
3. Tony’s Plumbing
BEST VET CLINIC
1. VCA Fairleigh Animal Hospital
2. Doerr Animal Clinic
3. The Advetcate
BEST DOGGIE DAYCARE
1. Almost Home Boarding and Training
2. Fern Creek Pet Resort
3. The Pet Station Country Club
BEST VIDEOGRAPHER
1. Kyle Gordon - Best Dad Media
2. Louisville Bluegrass Photography
3. James Reid - PriceWeber
BEST INTERIOR DESIGNER
1. Chad Cobb
2. Journey +Jacobs
3. Lee Robinson
Lindsay Edelen
Victor Saho (tied for 3rd)
BEST PLACE TO TAKE MUSIC LESSONS
1. Mom’s Music
2. Heartland Music Together
Scott Carney (tied for 2nd)
3. Guitar Emporium
Louisville Folk School (tied for 3rd)
By Erica Rucker | erucker@leoweekly.com
MY MORNING JACKET has been part of the Louisville landscape for nearly 25 years, since 1998. The band broke nationally a few years later and has learned a lot about being working musicians, burnout and finding ways to stay rooted to what made them who they are. Jim James, singer of My Morning Jacket, talked to LEO about the band, choosing work he wants to do instead of feeling obligated to do everything and why it took so long between albums. The band performs Saturday, Oct. 29, at the KFC Yum Center. It’s a costume party, so come prepared. (Edited for clarity and space.)
LOUISVILLE WAY POSSIBLE.
Jim James: I mean, we’re from here. I was born here. So I guess that’s the most Louisville start to the story, right? We started in like 1998. It’s wild; you never know what’s gonna happen when you start anything, but just the fact that it’s still going is so wild. I was thinking about the first time we ever played in Louisville. It was at Twice Told Coffee House. Did you ever go?
YEP. LOTS.
was lucky enough to find some friends who shared that love of music.
YOU’VE DISCUSSED THE PERILS OF BEING IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS, LIKE BEING OVERWORKED, EXHAUSTED AND ALSO PROTECTING YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. SO HOW HAS COVID CHANGED THE WAY THAT YOU WORK, ONE, AS A WORKING MUSICIAN AND, TWO, AS A CREATIVE PERSON?
good that we’re, like, talking about it with people like you who might write about it. It’s just that the COVID’s been so hard on everybody, but I feel like it’s been especially hard on touring musicians ‘cuz it’s added this new layer of stress to touring. There’s this new thing that can, at any minute, kind of take your whole touring world down.
LEO:
Music was all that ever mattered to me as a kid. And I really feel like music saved my life. I was just trying to make it through life, and music was kind of my guide that held my hand. And, I felt like here in Louisville, I
I mean, I feel like COVID has been a gateway to a lot of really good conversations. A lot of really important conversations that people need to have. I feel like a lot of musicians are starting to have this conversation more and more. And I think that it’s
One thing, like us as band members to each other and to our friends who are touring musicians and stuff, we try to just talk about how nothing’s more important than your health. You know, your physical and your mental health. I think we all need to just communicate more and make mental health something that’s a normal topic for people to talk about, however they may
be feeling — good or bad. It’s so stressful when you have to cancel shows because of COVID. When I had to cancel these Louisville shows because of COVID, it was just so heartbreaking.
YOU’VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE PERILS OF TOURING AFTER COVID WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANIES NOT WANTING TO COVER TOURS ANYMORE. IS THAT STILL SO, AND DO YOU THINK THAT THAT IS PART OF THE REASON THAT TICKET PRICES ALSO HAVE TICKED UP?
Well, touring right now is really difficult. If you think about it, everybody was sidelined during the pandemic. So everybody’s back out there. People don’t have that much money to spend on all these shows. If you have to cancel shows for COVID, it is a huge financial loss. It’s just a giant burden, and there’s no insurance cost to cover that.
YOUR SHOW IS ON OCT. 29, AND IT’S A COSTUME PARTY. DO YOU HAVE YOUR COSTUME?
I’m working on a few details of it, but I’m pretty sure I’ve got it nailed down.
ANY SPOILERS?
No. That’s always one of the best surprises.
DAMN. OK. BACK TO LOUISVILLE. BEING A CITY THAT HAS A VERY DEFINITE DIY AND HOMEGROWN FEEL TO ITS ARTS SCENE AND ITS MUSIC SCENE, HOW DO YOU PRESERVE THAT IN MY MORNING JACKET’S MUSIC?
I feel like we are just part of this place, and this place is so deeply in our spirit and our blood. I mean, I think it kind of comes through for me in a real subconscious kind of elemental way. In a way that I don’t know if I could even put words to it, ‘cuz it’s just part of me no matter where I am. If I’m here or on the road, or wherever I may be, Louisville’s always, like, in my heart and in my blood and in my spirit. So I feel like that’s something that’s shaped me. And, over the years, just all the different, amazing bands and talented people who’ve come from Louisville, who’ve shaped what we do. This place has just such a wild spirit. It’s such a unique place, and it’s a place that a lot of the world doesn’t know that well. It’s got this kind of mysterious thing to it, too. I feel like there’s always been this kind of really mysterious, beautiful quality about Louisville that I feel like you can create without any labels or stamps put on you. It’s not like Louisville’s really known for this or really known for that, it’s kind of freeing in that way. I’ve always enjoyed the mystery of it. I feel like people try to categorize it, but you really can’t.
SO HOW DO YOU GO FROM PERFORMING WITH AN ORCHESTRA TO BENEFITS FOR MEDITATION TO DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT PSYCHEDELICS? HOW DO YOU CHOOSE THE PROJECTS YOU PARTICIPATE IN?
I just try to really respond to how I’m feeling about the thing that comes up. A lot of it comes from some source… I don’t really know what to call that source. It’s like things flow to us. I think depending on what choices we’re making, things are kind of flowing to us.
Opportunities are flowing to us. I think the more in touch you are with your heart, the easier it is to judge between what’s a good opportunity or a bad opportunity or something you may wanna do. A lot of it, too, just comes down to time. I feel like in the past I’ve maybe said yes to too many things when I maybe should have taken some more time to rest. But you can get excited and say yes to a lot of stuff. I ask myself if I feel moved. Do I feel like an emotional response? And then go with that.
tion is like one of the most valuable things that a person can do while they’re here on the earth. I feel like it really is a good way for us to see what kind of things are racing through our mind but, also, what’s beyond the mind and how are we all connected in this really beautiful, really simple way, this way of just a pure life form.
DO YOU PRACTICE
I do. I did for years. I practice a different kind of meditation now that’s kind of like my own blend of that with some other types of things that I’ve learned. I feel like medita-
It’s just phases of life. I feel like I’ve gone up and down with my own mental health and my own physical health. And, for years and years, My Morning Jacket toured pretty ruthlessly. We just played so many shows and really never said no to anything. And I think after a while, that really burnt me out. So some of that time was me taking a break, but then when I should have been taking a break, I was working on solo projects or doing other things. I’m trying, really trying to learn how to rest better, you know? And listen to my body and listen to my heart. We’ve always loved being a band and we’ve always loved making music, but sometimes the touring cycle and just the whole thing, at least for me, has just gotten too brutal in the past. I had to step away from it for a while. •
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By Robin Garr | LouisvilleHotBytes.com
WHEN Oriental House posted the news of its reopening on social media earlier this month, it made me so happy that I wanted to “like” it twice!
“We just want to thank everybody for the patience, love, and support throughout this journey,” the owners wrote. “This will be our first time opening our dining rooms to the public since the pandemic, so please continue to stay patient with us! Takeout will still be available as well.”
This was huge for me. I’ve been a fan of Chinese cuisine since, well, most of my life. Oriental House was not only one of the city’s longest-standing Chinese spots, it was a favorite stalwart of old-style ChineseAmerican fare since back in the ‘60s. What’s more, under new management in 2006, it became one of the first local eateries to offer Westerners full access to an “authentic” menu in both Chinese and English.
Yes, I was a fan. I went often, and when management shut down indoor dining at the beginning of the pandemic — and stayed closed for the next two and a half years — Louisville’s Asian food options just didn’t
feel the same.
So I’m celebrating, and I hope you will too, the return of Oriental House in bright, pretty, beautifully-renovated, yet utterlyfamiliar quarters.
Naturally I had to go. I skipped opening day to avoid the crowds, but held out for only a couple of days before rushing in. There was a good, but not-overflow crowd for lunch, and service was better than I really had any right to expect so soon in the relaunch of a popular place. And the food?
Oh, yeah! It was good!
The renovated dining room won’t seem unfamiliar to old-timers. The old-school look of Oriental House (like its old-school name) remains unchanged. But it’s all shiny and sparkling, inside and out. The old, dark front entry passage is gone, now built into the building with easy access. Even the exterior, that exuberant Chinese-look building, appears to have been scrubbed and freshly painted. Inside, the floors, tables and chairs are all sturdy and new. The familiar round moon gate between the rooms and the pillars flanking the doors to the kitchen are
bright and fresh, and pretty red-fabric lighting fixtures hang in rows overhead.
The menu appears essentially the same, with well over 200 items, including an 85-item “Authentic Chinese” menu that remains a built-in part of the huge bill of fare. That includes about two dozen dim sum snack dishes available at all business
hours.
While a few fancy dishes can range upward to $29 (for braised sea cucumber and shiitake mushroom), most entrees are in the lower to middle teens, while many dim sum plates are $4.50 - 5.50. Depending on your tastes, you can go fully authentic with something like pig ear or pig stomach (both
$9) or old-school with chow mein, chop suey, lo mein or fried rice ($11-$13), or pretty much any level in between.
Everything we tried was very good, starting with fresh, steaming, and plentiful jasmine tea ($2 for a plentiful hot pot and two porcelain cups).
Egg drop soup is a good test dish for any Chinese restaurant, and Oriental House’s bowl ($4) passed with my “delicious” rating. It was warm and soothing with abundant quick-scrambled egg in a tasty, simple broth.
Another appetizer, vegetable spring rolls ($2.50), was rendered in Chinese as Shanghai rolls (thanks to Google Image Translate). An order included three slender, exceptionally crunchy friedpastry rolls, served sizzling hot. Within, they bore a payload of finely shredded cabbage and a bit of carrot, a whiff of anise and a hint of ginger.
One of our favorite dishes here is a simple but memorable plate of roasted duck with steamed rice. A sizable duck thigh quarter had been coated with hoisin sauce and anise-scented five-spice and roasted to a dark mahogany color, then chopped crosswise into chunks. They were served with a bit of lettuce that had been quickly softened in duck broth, with a generous
scoop of medium-grain white rice. The skin was roasted and firm, not crackling crisp, with a thick layer of juicy fat cloaking rich, succulent, tender dark duck meat. It was a substantial serving, and a startling lunchhour value at just $11.
Another favorite, one of the few meatless dishes on the authentic menu, and a hearty, warming dish for a chilly autumn day, was No. 33, eggplant with garlic sauce ($14). This is Yu-Shiang eggplant, a classic Sichuanese dish made with a spicy-sweet, intensely garlicky sauce whose name literally means “fish fragrant” because it’s said to go well with fish. Or eggplant! Long strips of eggplant were salt-marinated, then stir-fried until very tender and bathed in ample darkbrown Yu-Shiang sauce.
A hearty, delicious Chinese lunch for two came to $35.51, plus an $8.50 tip. •
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A gallery roundup of art shows to see in Louisville this month. Note: This list is a selection of current exhibitions.
Through December
The show focuses on dealing with loss during the pandemic.
21c Louisville
700 W. Main St.
Hours: Mondays-Sundays, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. 21cmuseumhotels.com
Through Nov. 30
Exhibition of still life and action photography.
Arts Alliance of Southern Indiana
820 E. Market St., New Albany, Indiana
Hours: Tuesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Saturdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. sointoart.org
Through Nov. 12
Juried exhibition on personal politics.
Bourne-Schweitzer Gallery
137 E. Main St., New Albany, Indiana
Hours: Thursdays-Fridays, noon-5 p.m.; Saturdays, 1-3 p.m.
bourne-schweitzergallery.com
Nov. 3-Jan. 7
Art by the Vevay, Indiana, resident who died in 2021.
Carnegie Center for Art & History
201 E. Spring St., New Albany, Indiana
Hours: Mondays-Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursdays, noon-8 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. carnegiecenter.org
Through Nov. 19
Artists who were part of the 9th annual Open Studio event.
Cressman Center for Visual Arts, University of Louisville
100 E. Main St.
Hours: Wednesdays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturdays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. louisville.edu/cressman
Nov. 19-through January
Work by Dennis Mader, Cheryl Chapman and Kevin Lippy.
Galerie Hertz
1253 S. Preston St.
Hours: Thursdays-Saturdays, 12-5 p.m.; most Sundays, 12-4 p.m. galeriehertz.com
Through Nov. 12
Glass art, photography and mixed media by Ed Johannemann.
Gallery 104, Arts Association of Oldham County
104 E. Main St., La Grange
Hours: Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. aaooc.org
Through Dec. 31
CJ Fletcher solo exhibition.
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage
1701 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.
Hours: Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. kcaah.org
Through Nov. 6
The 2022 KMAC Triennial exhibition featuring 11 artists with ties to Kentucky.
KMAC Museum
715 W. Main St.
Hours: Wednesdays-Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. kmacmuseum.org
Nov. 5-30
Featuring new drawings by Bob Lockhart and sculptures by Bill Kolok.
KORE Gallery
942 E. Kentucky St.
Hours: Wednesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sundays, 12-4 p.m. koreartgallery.com
Through Dec. 31
A roundup of curiosities from the museum’s archives featuring art, music and pop culture.
Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
800 W. Main St.
Hours: Mondays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fridays-Saturdays, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. sluggermuseum.org
Through Dec. 3
New interdisciplinary visual art by former Louisvillian Vinhay Keo.
Moremen Gallery
710 W. Main St., Suite 201
Hours: Thursdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. moremengallery.com
Through Dec. 31
Work by Kelsey Montague inspired by Muhammad Ali.
Muhammad Ali Center 144 N. 6th St.
Hours: Wednesdays-Sundays, noon-5 p.m. alicenter.org
Through Dec. 16
Posters by the late graphic designer and photographer Julius Friedman.
Photographic Archives
Archives & Special Collections, Ekstrom Library, UofL
Hours: Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. louisville.edu
Nov. 4-27
Trompe l’oeil ceramics by Suzanne Sidebottom, her sister, graphic artist Beth Sharpe and son-in-law, painter Clark Filio.
PYRO Gallery
1006 E. Washington St.
Hours: Fridays-Saturdays, noon-6 p.m.;
Sundays 1-4 p.m. pyrogallery.com
Through Nov. 5
Exhibition of art owned by the late UofL professor Dario Covi and his wife Madeline.
Schneider Hall Galleries, University of Louisville
104 Schneider Hall
Hours: Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. louisville.edu
Through Jan. 22
Exhibition on a master of the Art Nouveau poster.
Through Feb. 26
In honor of Gilliam’s recent death, the museum is showing works by the former Louisvillian.
Through April 30
Retrospective of the late Kentucky artist’s work.
Speed Art Museum
2035 S. Third St.
Hours: Fridays, 1-8 p.m.; SaturdaysSundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. speedmuseum.org
Nov. 4-Dec. 24
Debut solo exhibition by Robyn Gibson.
WheelHouse Art
2650 Frankfort Ave.
Hours: Tuesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. wheelhouse.art
Written and Illustrated by Nick Cagnetti
“Pink Lemonade” started as a series of comic strips starting in 2016. Nick Cagnetti has brought his optimistic hero to a larger format, and you will not be disappointed. She may not know her true identity or where she’s from, but she’s dedicated to bringing good into the world.
With a pastel pink and yellow motorcycle, Pink Lemonade is more concerned with adventuring rather than finding out about her past, which she remembers very little of. She travels from place to place seemingly to run from her past rather than to figure it out. This doesn’t stop Pink Lemonade from unapologetically being herself, even if she may not know a lot about who she is. Pink Lemonade got her name from Pammy, a kid who found her at her lemonade stand. Drinking the pink lemonade gave her some mental clarity, so it was a fitting name.
The world of “Pink Lemonade” is very colorful and fun, and there is never a lack of adventures to be had. If you appreciate pop culture nostalgia, you will appreciate “Pink Lemonade.” The author creates plenty with OJ-Bot, a discontinued cartoon hero which shares the fate of many super hero comics modernized with a dark reboot. If you’re looking for a creative twist to traditional feel-good superhero stories, then “Pink Lemonade” is the book for you.
In the ‘80s, a city was built called Trenchen, billed as “the new San Francisco.” After failure and financial setbacks, the city just became known as the Trench. The Trench is now home to gangs, prostitution, drugs and organized crime.
Issue No. 1 of “Maskerade” introduces us to the various characters and situations in the first book by Kevin Smith’s Secret Stash Press line of comics. First we meet Felicia Dance, internet sensation and TV host/reporter outing sexual predators and other unsavory types on her weekly show. Her company has offered Dwayne, an up-and-coming news producer with excellent journalism qualifications a job, even though he was just fired because he got caught in a compromising situation with the wife of the head of news division, who also happens to be the city’s favorite news anchor.
Oh, and let’s not forget the beautiful 20-something girl who jumps from the top of a high-rise, but when examined has the body of an old woman and merely the face of a 20-something. But wait, there’s more! A nasty crime boss is met by a masked heroine/villain (we can’t really tell yet) who takes an image of his face as a mask, then proceeds to keep him in a cage in an old orphanage.
All this makes for a fantastic setup for issue No. 2 of this four-issue limited series. It has quite the pedigree, with comic and movie phenom Kevin Smith and screenwriter Andy McElfresh creating the story paired with a perfect art style by John Sprengelmeyer in the panels. Hopefully, the next three issues will tie all the pieces together for a great story that, who knows, might end up on the big screen one day.
have something where people can say, ‘I, as just somebody who lives in Louisville, can know what’s going to be on my ballot and learn a little bit about the candidates.’ And one of the coolest features is that you can go through, read about them, decide who you want to vote for, and then you can print a cheat sheet to take with you to the polls. And I gotta give a real big shout out to Justin Hicks, who is our data reporter. That was his idea. But I mean, basically, we just wanted this to be really, really user friendly — for a normal person who doesn’t, off the top of their head, know who their circuit judge is.
Yeah, I mean, some candidates, I think, are people who might not really exist online, campaign online, maybe that’s not where their constituents find them. And so there may be a minimum amount of information. In every case that we could, we linked back to something where the candidate is talking about themselves in their own voice. Because of the sheer number of candidates, we could not commit to having an exhaustive biography of each person and all of their endorsements and all of their work history, but we wanted to give kind of a little snapshot, and then let people, if they have a little time and more curiosity, see what the candidates say about themselves in their own words, too.
Yeah. I mean, as it goes in journalism, once you post something, you get some feedback. But overall, it has been really, really positive. People have said how useful it’s been immediately. My dad emailed me to tell me how much he likes it, so that’s always very gratifying, when real people are using this and finding value from it. It’s also been cool to see it kind of pop up in my personal circles, like if people didn’t kind of make the connection that I work here, and this is the place that put it out. They’ll be like, ‘Hey, do you see this?’
IT’S OBVIOUSLY INFORMATIVE, BUT DO YOU ALSO SEE IT AS AN INSPIRATION FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SOME PEOPLE GET OVERWHELMED BY WHERE TO EVEN START. I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST DON’T VOTE BECAUSE THEY DON’T FEEL SUPER INFORMED, OR THEY HALF-VOTE — GO AND VOTE FOR A FEW RACES, AND THEN JUST LEAVE THE REST OF THEIR BALLOT EMPTY. WAS THAT PART OF THIS — INSPIRATION TO SHOW UP?
Yeah, it absolutely was. Because we were thinking about people who are living their lives, you know, carting their kids to school, or sports, or, you know, running errands or caring for somebody else, who has a busy life and doesn’t have time to read a 1200-word article on every single candidate. And don’t get me wrong, we will write those excellent 1200-word articles about them. But we know not everybody’s going to be able to read everything. And so for people who need just something small, but comprehensive to get them inspired, that’s what this is for. And then of course, we will continue to do our in-depth reporting so that people might learn something new about a candidate, and that might influence them to just get out to the polls. But yeah, we want to make this usable. And so, if someone gets to Election Day, and they say, ‘I don’t know, I haven’t really done any research,’ they can kind of look through this [for] five, 15 minutes, get a sense of who they want to vote for. And hopefully, it will be one less barrier to someone casting a vote. •
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Jeffersonville Public Library • 211 E Court Ave
TAJ Louisville • 807 E Market St
Climb Nulu • 1000 E Market St
Come Back Inn • 909 Swan St
Stopline Ba r • 991 Logan St
Logan Street Market • 1001 Logan St
Metro Station Adult Store • 4948 Poplar Level Rd
Liquor Barn - Okolona • 3420 W Fern Valley Rd
ClassAct FCU - Fern Valley • 3620 Fern Valley Rd
Hi-View Discount Liquors & Wines • 7916 Fegenbush Ln
Happy Liquors • 7813 Beulah Church Rd #104
Bungalow Joe’s • 7813 Beulah Church Rd
Republic Bank Bus Stop • 10100 Brookridge Village Blvd
Party Center - Fern Creek • 5623 Bardstown Rd
Street Box @ Piccadilly Squar e • 5318 Bardstown Rd
Jay “Lucky” Food Mart #1 • 5050 Billtown Rd
Cox’s - J-Town • 3920 Ruckriegel Pkwy
Bearno’s Pizza - Taylorsville • 10212 Taylorsville Rd
Louisville Athletic Club - J-Town • 9565 Taylorsville Rd
Cox’s - Patti Ln • 2803 Patti Ln
L.A. Fitness • 4620 Taylorsville Rd
Habitat ReStore - Taylorsville • 4044 Taylorsville Rd
Feeders Supply - Hikes Point • 3079 Breckenridge Ln
Street Box @ Heine Bros • 3965 Taylorsville Rd
Paul’s Fruit Market - Bon Ai r • 3704 Taylorsville Rd
Jewish Community Cente r • 3600 Dutchmans Ln
Street Box @ Marathon Frankfort Ave • 3320 Frankfort Ave
Boone Shell • 2912 Brownsboro Rd
Ntaba Coffee Haus • 2407 Brownsboro Rd
Beverage World • 2332 Brownsboro Rd
Kremer’s Smoke Shopp e • 1839 Brownsboro Rd
Big Al’s Beeritaville • 1743, 1715 Mellwood Ave
Mellwood Arts Center • 1860 Mellwood Ave
KingFish - River Rd Carry Out • 3021 River Rd
Party Mart - Rudy Ln • 4808 Brownsboro Center
Shiraz - Holiday Manor • 2226 Holiday Manor Center #1
Crossroads IGA • 13124 W Highway 42
Party Center - Prospect • 9521 US-42
Captains Quarter’s • 5700 Captains Quarters Rd
Fitness 19 • 2400 Lime Kiln Ln
Bungalow Joe’s • 7813 Beulah Church Rd
Street Box @ Republic Bank Bus Stop • 10100 Brookridge Village Blvd
Party Center - Fern Creek • 5623 Bardstown Rd
Street Box @ Piccadilly Square • 5318 Bardstown Rd
Jay “Lucky” Food Mart #1 • 5050 Billtown Rd
Cox’s - J-Town • 3920 Ruckriegel Pkwy
Bearno’s Pizza - Taylorsville • 10212 Taylorsville Rd
Louisville Athletic Club - J-Town • 9565 Taylorsville Rd
Cox’s - Patti Ln • 2803 Patti Ln
L.A. Fitness • 4620 Taylorsville Rd
Habitat ReStore - Taylorsville • 4044 Taylorsville Rd
Feeders Supply - Hikes Point • 3079 Breckenridge Ln
Street Box @ Heine Bros • 3965 Taylorsville Rd
Paul’s Fruit Market - Bon Air • 3704 Taylorsville Rd
There is more to this week’s Savage Love. To read the entire column, go to Savage.Love.
Q: Can someone be both homosexual and asexual? I can’t wrap my brain around this one.
A: Sure, a person can be asexual while also being homosexual… because asexuality is a spectrum, and that spectrum is broad and vast and includes people who experience sexual attraction and sometimes choose to act on their sexual attraction. Basically, some asexual guys want boyfriends but don’t wanna fuck ‘em at all, other asexual guys want boyfriends but don’t wanna fuck ‘em much. It’s really not that confusing… unless you happen to be dating a guy who either doesn’t know he’s asexual or knows it and hasn’t told you, in which case you’re likely to be as confused as you are frustrated.
Q: I’m a recently divorced 53-year-old bi-curious woman living on the East Coast. I was with my ex for most of my life and he never mentioned this, but since I have begun dating, each new partner has told me how tight I am. You would think this was a good thing! I recently began dating a man who says he loves how tight I am. However, he also says it is making him come quickly. His marriage recently ended too, so he hasn’t had a lot of sexual experience either. So, I don’t know if he just comes quickly or if it’s because of me. Do you have any suggestions?
A: Maybe it’s you—maybe it’s that you’re tight (which most men regard as a good thing)—or maybe he’s a premature ejaculator and he’d rather blame you than admit to it. Either way, don’t let him stick his dick in you until after he’s made you come at least once.
Q: Why do all the gay guys in my age group—guys I like—not want me? And why do only a few men above my age group—guys I also like—want me?
A: It’s a mystery—a mystery best pondered sitting on the dick of an older guy who wanted you and got you.
Q: Any tips for safe sex during threesomes? Thinking about having a MFF threesome!
A: There’s no such thing as safe sex, there’s only safer sex. To be completely safe, skip the threesome, stay home, and take a nice, long, relaxing bath instead. Or not. According to the CDC, every year a quarter of a million people wind up in the emergency room after a fall in the bathroom and thousands more never make it to the ER because they DIED naked, wet, and alone after falling out of their tubs. Meanwhile, fewer than 50,000 people are diagnosed with primary and secondary syphilis annually. So, you’re probably safer at that threesome—provided you don’t shower before or after it. Or ever again. (Full disclosure: Almost 700,000 people got gonorrhea in 2020 and 1.5 million people got chlamydia.) As for making the sex safer, get tested, share your STI statuses, and use condoms. (Condoms, when correctly used, will protect you from syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, HIV, and pregnancy.) Basically, follow the same risk-reduction strategies you would follow for a twosome—with one addition: if M wants to fuck both Fs, he needs to change condoms each time he swaps holes. And to make your threesome emotionally safer, all three of you should be clear about what you do and don’t want, and everyone should agree—out loud—that if someone feels left out, unsafe, or uncomfortable, they can call a timeout without the other two pouting about it.
Q: Newly non-monogamous and dating after 16 years of monogamy. How to lighten the “let down” feeling when a date I’ve been looking forward to is over and I have to go back to my “regular” life?
A: Your marriage, aka your “regular” life, will fall apart if fun (going out, doing
things, having adventures) is reserved for dates and stress (paying bills, doing chores, raising kids) is reserved for your spouse. New-relationship-energy-infused dates are effortless fun (usually), whereas keeping things fun with a spouse requires thought, effort, and MDMA.
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REPOSSESSION SALE
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OCTOBER 28TH, 2022
2012 FORD FUSION 3FAHP0HA7CR213517
DIXIE AUTO SALES (502) 384-7766 (NEXT TO ZIP’S CAR WASH) 7779 DIXIE HWY. LOUISVILLE, KY 40258
AT&T Mobility, LLC is proposing to modify an existing wireless telecommunications facility on a 160-foot tall building located at 2140 Bonnycastle Avenue, Louisville, Je erson County, Kentucky (N38° 13' 57.6", W85° 42' 2.9") at an approximate overall height of 160 feet above ground level. AT&T Mobility, LLC, invites comments from any interested party on the impact the tower may have on any districts, sites, buildings, structures or objects signi cant in American history, archaeology, engineering or culture that are listed or determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Comments may be sent to Environmental Corporation of America, ATTN: Annamarie Howell, 1375 Union Hill Industrial Court, Suite A, Alpharetta, GA 30004 or via email to publicnotice@eca-usa.com. Ms. Howell can be reached at (770) 667-2040 x 405 during normal business hours. Comments must be received within 30 days of the date of this notice. 22-003893 HJF
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November 19 and 20
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