Tickets and season subscriptions to Pandora Productions fifth show season celebrating queerness, relationships, and love are now live. Gil Reyes, producing artistic director for Pandora audiences are in for a fun and meaningful season. The stellar “MONSTER 2024-2025” themed season presented itself naturally and organically. “We had our calendar slots set before the selection of […]
By Leah Bomar Crucial Conversations: A Panel Discussion and Forum on LGBTQ+ Suicide Awareness and Prevention brought community leaders and mental healthcare experts together on March 23, 2023, at Story Louisville to assess the problem and the risks within the Louisville Community. Problems highlighted in Kentucky include high suicide rates, too many people without health […]
There’s a new neighborhood art space in town and the locals are loving it. Highview Arts Center launched its inaugural season with “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)” directed by Kieth McGill. Starring Derrick Ledbetter, Clarity Hagan, and Jay Padilla-Haytera, the cast of three performs this modern day twist on all the classics packing […]
Fairen Kia Harris (she/her/hers) sits at a booth in the Old Louisville Coffee Co-op, surrounded by unsuspecting customers who might not immediately know they are in the presence of a powerhouse. She looks unsuspecting in glasses and what she deems her ‘teacher dress’… a long red sundress, arms out, braless, long blonde dreadlocks with rainbow accents […]
Story Louisville has long been a local hub of inspiration, innovation, and possibility. Story’s Wild Beta Accelerator Program is now poised to connect and invest in even more startups led by minority women after receiving a $270,000 investment from JPMorgan Chase. The investment into Wild will focus on empowering Black and Latinx femme-identifying founders to create, […]
Kaitlin Keane (she/her) is celebrating the anniversary of her local Louisville, Kentucky photography business by hosting the third Annual KKP Boudoir Pool Party Saturday, July 9 at 7:15 p.m. The 18+ only event is Kentuckiana’s most inclusive and body positive pool party where all genders and body types are invited to don a sexy suit […]
Larah Helayne’s (they/them) sophomore release Good Riddance is a stirring compilation of banjo pop songs heavy with pain and healing. The follow up to their teenage debut Roots, written as a love letter to Appalachia, debuts live Saturday, June 11 at Steam Engine Room in Irvine, Kentucky. The EP release show featuring the single State Line […]
Future Ancestors 502 is asking you to meet them at the intersection of justice, love and compassion. Run, march, walk or dance forward at the ‘Race for Justice’ on June 18th, 2022. Participants are encouraged to embark on a creative path through Louisville. The unique race route highlights historical sites that show the city’s progress […]
If you’re from Kentucky, you recognize those curtains. The same intricate lace patterns that hung over the window in your Grandma’s front room or the kitchen window where she cooked the kind of comfort food you can only get in one place… home. Fashion designer and Project Runway alum Gunnar Deatherage, whose videos have almost 48 […]
Registration is now open for the third annual Pride Run Lexington! The race takes place on October 8, 2022 along the scenic trails of Coldstream Park. Participants are encouraged to run, walk, skip, or stroll across the chip timed finish line. The race features three gender categories including Male, Female, and Non-Binary. There are also 13 […]
If you’ve always been curious about what a nomadic lifestyle looks like, here’s your chance to be about that van life for a weekend. Queers in the Country: A community centric meet-up for LGBTQ+ nomads is coming to Richmond, Kentucky April 22-25, 2022. Bring your van for the weekend or just visit for a […]
A local production of The Normal Heart brings the critically acclaimed “searing,” “passionate” and “controversial” play to Lexington, making its debut at the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center April 1-10, 2022. Produced by ActOut Theatre Group, who’s mission is to promote thought provoking LGBTQ+ themed theatre in and around Central Kentucky, the semi-autobiographical play written […]
