Louisville, Not Kentucky

Happy Halloween week!

Although Linda is a Halloween Grinch, we talk about a good number of Halloween events happening this week in episode 32. If you haven’t been to the Jack O’Lantern Spectacular (mentioned in episode 31) we recommend it. There’s also the Frazier Museum’s “An Evening with Poe,” Theatre 502’s “The Stranger and Ludlow Quinn,” and the Back Door’s Halloween Contest ($1000 grand prize! That would get you so many Back Door drinks).

On Friday, November 1st, Billy Goat Strut Revue and Small Time Napolean provide another opportunity to put on a costume with their “Saints, Sinners, and Swing” event at New Vintage. You could also check out the First Friday Trolley Hop — be sure to stop by Haymarket Whiskey Bar if you’re interested in meeting Michter’s Master Distiller.

We’re also looking forward to:

-Hello Neighbor: Day of Dignity at the Muhammad Ali Center on November 10th

-Louisville Visual Art Association’s first Open Studio Weekend on November 9th and 10th

Finally, Melissa’s recommendation for this week is the Chromebook. Linda has finally watched most of Scandal.

If you’d like to share a recommendation with us, please tweet us at @Lounotky or visit us on Facebook. And, if you like flash mobs and our theme song, here’s the Derby Festival flash mob Melissa mentioned.

We recorded episode 31 live on Bardstown Road at CycLouvia. In between talking about how excited we are for tiki drinks and thousands of pumpkins, we said hi to all our friends who stopped by (we only kept a few of them in the episode).

In addition to future CycLouvias, this episode, we’re really looking forward to the opening of El Camino (the tiki drinks), the Louisville Jack O’Lantern Spectacular (the oodles of pumpkins), and Project Improv’s “We Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts.” Other events we’re excited about include:

- the Louisville Photo Biennial, through the month of October

- the Moth at Headliners on October 29th

Melissa lets us know she’s discovered kale and welcomes your kale recipes. Linda is getting into the Marketplace Money podcast and welcomes you to not make fun of her for it. After seeing Frank X Walker speak, she’s also looking forward to reading some of his work. Finally, if you missed it, Jaison Gardiner’s interview with “The Book of Matt” author Stephen Jimenez is on this week’s episode of Strange Fruit.

Thanks to everyone who said hello to us in the street, especially Shea Van Hoy, Jessica Denson, Charlotte Glaab and JJ DiUbaldi. 

This 30th episode of “Louisville, Not Kentucky” WAS made in America, we promise. Due to more travels, we recorded much earlier than usual.

In this episode, Melissa gives us her impressions from her trip to Houston, Linda’s one-time hometown. We also congratulate podcast-guest Will Russell on the opening of his Rolling Roadside Attraction. Need other ideas for Kentucky-themed gifts? Check out this new Kickstarter project — a fleur de lis for your keys?

We look forward to Halloween season in Louisville (and maybe a first-time visit to Hillcrest for Linda). Through October, the midnight movies at Baxter  are Halloween-y. Other events we’re looking forward to include:

- the Tap ‘n’ Run on October 12th

- the Louisville Cocktail Competition on October 13th

-and in the not-so-near future, John Prine will be at the Brown Theatre on December 13th and 14th

In our excitement over past and upcoming travels, we totally forgot to talk about recommendations. So if you’ve got a recommendation for us (book, movie, podcast, event, app, cat litter), please let us know via Twitter or Facebook.