Documenting the Louisville Arts Renaissance.
The short of it: I recommend the Shakespeare in the Parking Lot Macbeth because especially after a long, lonely summer, the chance to see live theatre of Kentucky Shakes’ caliber from the safety of your vehicle is absolutely too good to miss out on. A perfect socially-distanced Halloween outing the whole family can participate in … Continue reading Review: Shakespeare! in the Parking Lot
The Louisville Orchestra and Jim James' new collaboration, The Order of Nature, looks at humanity as a whole and its relationship with nature, but it's best understood in the context of specifically Kentuckian music, art, and activism.
Art is a way for the people who make it to communicate with the world - how are you going to answer?
On the street where I spent most of my childhood, past Iroquois Pizza and the old gas station turned ice cream shop that stuck a fortune cookie in your milkshakes turned tiny car sales lot, two different houses burned down. One was an electrical fire at my sister’s friend’s house, and the other one toward … Continue reading South End Stories
the ritual the people of Grover’s Corners practice is always the same: a group of people gather to share food and read Our Town by Thorton Wilder aloud.
When I start talking about the arts renaissance and list cool things I've seen or heard about, the most common reaction is "Wow, I had no idea!" Although there’s so much to do in Louisville when it comes to the arts, a lot of folks might have trouble finding out what those things are. This guide … Continue reading Art Made Easy: How to Find Arts Events
An almost-review of Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and the 2016 Shakespeare in Dance. "I am afraid to know what she thinks of it, because I am afraid to know what she thinks of me."
Dedicated to Sandra Fralin, Jeanne Belfy, Carole C. Birkhead, and all the other women who took on the history of the orchestra in Louisville before me. In a May 2003 interview with iClassics.com, Matthew Walters explained how working with the Smithsonian Folkways collection prepared him to digitize and re-release the Louisville Orchestra’s First Edition recordings: … Continue reading Finding First Editions
Talking with Pizza Lupo owner and Murder by Death frontman Adam Turla about making food and music.
They say you shouldn't meet your heroes. I'm out to meet all of mine.
the Louisville Renaissance Project 