by John LaFollette The ‘Ville Voice correspondent For most of the people at LEO Readers’ Choice Awards party, the entertainment had to be, at least, one of the top ten strangest things they’d ever seen.  (I say ‘most’ because it was, after all, a LEO party.) For days I’d heard stories of Chris Lemon the [...]

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by John LaFollette The ‘Ville Voice correspondent This year’s Idea Festival is just barely more than halfway finished, and the presentations so far have been far-reaching, well-attended, and largely topical.  If you haven’t made it down yet—it’s one of Louisville’s most interesting annual events, after all—you’re due for a check-in.  Here’s a redux run-down of [...]

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Well, that was fun. I missed the hair-hanger guy at the LEO Readers Choice Awards last night, but arrived in time to bask in some glory and do the shakey-howdy thing with some nice folks. And got to see Nappy Roots. So here’s some video of Chris Lemon, who amazingly hangs by his hair. [YouTube] [...]

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So maybe I’m going a little overboard on this A.J. Jacobs thing. He’s basically a regular guy who has a way with words, who has a hilarious way of writing about the things that happen in his life. He landed one great job at Entertainment Weekly, then another at Esquire, then came up with a [...]

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Tom Owen’s 7-acre property in Old Louisville is getting an environmental cleanup, thanks to a $600,000 loan from the EPA. “There are still many steps to go to develop the site,” he said. “We still need a major developer to come in to do the development.” The Belknap Crossings property is near the University of [...]

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Governors Steve Beshear and Mitch Daniels have agreed on something — they’ve submitted a request for $120 million in federal funding involving bridges — but not THAT bridge project. One bridge is over in Madison, Ind.  But $25 million would go to resurfacing the Big Four Bridge, which planners hope you’ll be able to ride [...]

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UPDATE: According to Mendel Hertz, owner/manger of the Starks Building, the new Colonnade is actually going into a first-floor spot in the back of the first floor, with 3,340 square feet. The entrance will be inside the building and eventually through the alley. It will open in about 3 months. The space formerly being considered [...]

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Because We Can: So your Bullitt County assistant is calling about being late, again, and blames it on the back-ups on I-65. Now you can check to see how bad it really is out there, in real time. LIVE. But we really hope you have something better to do than watch trucks go by. [Fox41] [...]

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LEO Sits Down With Another Candidate: The best way to learn where Tyler Allen stands on things. Careful, these ideas make sense. [LEO] That’s a Lot of Botany: A non-profit group says it will take $30-$40 million in funding to put a botanical garden on 22 acres at Frankfort and River Road.  [WFPL] First, Read [...]

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Let’s see if we can figure out who’s the craziest in this Karen Sypher saga. The prosecutor in the extortion case, U.S. Attorney John Kuhn, wants the defendant to undergo psychological testing. The government has some secret reason for requesting the testing, which are included in a sealed pleading. The U.S. Attorney’s logic for asking [...]

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