Mar 27 Arts and Culture REVIEW: ‘we, the invisibles,’ Shines Light On Service Workers, But Focus Is Elusive The play incorporates modern themes like the current #MeToo and immigrant rights movement to tell the stories of the workers and patrons of a fictitious New York City hotel. By Elizabeth Kramer Mar 27 Arts and Culture REVIEW: 'we, the invisibles,' Shines Light On Service Workers Elizabeth Kramer
Mar 26 Arts and Culture REVIEW: ‘You Across From Me’ Is Somewhat Uneven — But Undeniably Entertaining "You Across From Me" is built around people meeting from two sides of a question, often, but not always, from across a dinner table. By Keith Waits Mar 26 Arts and Culture REVIEW: 'You Across From Me' Is Somewhat Uneven — But Entertaining Keith Waits
Mar 25 Arts and Culture Terrifying Bombings Leave Cracks In Austin’s Facade Of Cool Over the past three weeks, Austin watched in horror as a methodical madman detonated one shrapnel bomb after another in this seeming laid-back oasis. An unemployed 23-year-old loner killed two people and injured four others, before blowing himself up early the morning of March 21 as police closed in. As an army of federal investigators […] By John Burnett, NPR Mar 25 Arts and Culture Terrifying Bombings Leave Cracks In Austin's Facade Of Cool John Burnett, NPR
Mar 23 Arts and Culture Journalist That Revealed ‘Panama Papers’ Will Be In Louisville Monday The revelation of documents in 2016 that became known as the Panama Papers revealed just how widespread the use of offshore bank accounts is to illegally avoid taxes. By Bill Burton Mar 23 Arts and Culture Journalist That Revealed 'Panama Papers' Will Be In Louisville Monday Bill Burton
Mar 23 Arts and Culture After 135 Years, Famed Illusionist’s Legacy Reappears In Cave Hill On Thursday afternoon at Cave Hill Cemetery, a small crowd gathered to celebrate the life of Thomas Tobin, an illusionist who has been dead for 135 years. By Ashlie Stevens Mar 23 Arts and Culture After 135 Years, Famed Illusionist's Legacy Reappears In Cave Hill Ashlie Stevens
Mar 21 Arts and Culture The Party Payoff: Speed Museum’s ‘After Hours’ Results In More, Younger Members Cultural institutions have struggled for years to attract younger visitors. But now museums all across the country, including the Speed, have a solution: throw a party. By Ashlie Stevens Mar 21 Arts and Culture Speed Museum's 'After Hours' Results In More, Younger Members Ashlie Stevens
Mar 20 Arts and Culture Book Chronicles Life Of Cabbage Patch Settlement Founder Louisville's Cabbage Patch Settlement House has been helping at risk youth and their families for over a century. But its founder is not all that well known. By Bill Burton Mar 20 Arts and Culture Book Chronicles Life Of Cabbage Patch Settlement Founder Bill Burton
Mar 20 Arts and Culture Joan Shelley Will Release New EP To Benefit Kentucky Waterways Shelley recorded the EP, comprised of 6 cover songs, with Louisville musicians to raise awareness for the organization, and the work they do. By Ashlie Stevens Mar 20 Arts and Culture Joan Shelley Will Release New EP To Benefit Kentucky Waterways Ashlie Stevens
Mar 19 Arts and Culture REVIEW: You May Not Love ‘Evocation To Visible Appearance,’ But It Makes You Think The Humana Festival's "Evocation to Visible Appearance" by Mark Schultz and directed by Les Waters is certain to polarize audiences. By Keith Waits Mar 19 Arts and Culture REVIEW: 'Evocation To Visible Appearance' Makes You Think Keith Waits
Mar 17 Arts and Culture Review: Poignant ‘God Said This’ Points Us To Look For What’s Unsaid In Daily Life The story is about a family fulfilling a schedule to be at the hospital bedside of the family matriarch, as she undergoes chemotherapy for an aggressive cancer. By Elizabeth Kramer Mar 17 Arts and Culture ‘God Said This’ Points Us To Look For What's Unsaid In Daily Life Elizabeth Kramer
Mar 15 Arts and Culture Louisville Writer Leesa Cross-Smith’s Debut Novel Is Filled With Music With its lyrical prose, Leesa Cross-Smith’s book “Whiskey and Ribbons," doesn’t just read like music; it’s organized like a composition. A fugue, specifically. By Ashlie Stevens Mar 15 Arts and Culture Writer Leesa Cross-Smith's Debut Novel Is Filled With Music Ashlie Stevens
Mar 15 Arts and Culture REVIEW: Broadway In Louisville’s ‘School of Rock’ Doesn’t Make The Grade “School of Rock," running through Sunday in Louisville, doesn’t live up to some of the raves that the Broadway version earned when it opened three years ago. By Elizabeth Kramer Mar 15 Arts and Culture REVIEW: 'School of Rock' Doesn't Make The Grade Elizabeth Kramer
Mar 14 Arts and Culture Stage One Names Idris Goodwin As New Producing Artistic Director Goodwin will be the first person of color to hold the role of Stage One Family Theater's producing artistic director. He officially starts on August 1. By Ashlie Stevens Mar 14 Arts and Culture Stage One Names Idris Goodwin As New Producing Artistic Director Ashlie Stevens
Mar 13 Arts and Culture Review: ‘Do You Feel Anger’ Is A Smart Look At Empathy How can one have empathy if one does not even know about or understand his or her own feelings? And, without such empathy, how can one even be able to comprehend reality? By Elizabeth Kramer Mar 13 Arts and Culture Review: 'Do You Feel Anger' Is A Smart Look At Empathy Elizabeth Kramer