In a city such as Louisville, where fun is seemingly around every corner, waiting to jump out and surprise you with a wine spritzer and an invitation to a puppy fashion show, it may seem hard to find a place where one can go to sulk. “Surely,” you may think to yourself, “in a city so entertaining, not having fun must be a privilege, a thing only available to the ridiculously wealthy.“ Not so, my friend. There are plenty of places to go in Louisville where not-fun can be readily had for absolutely nothing! The following is a list of the places you can...

The controversy over the Ohio River Bridges Project that has been burning since the development was made public in 2002 has finally reached a point of long-sought compromise. During a surprise press conference held early this morning, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced that he was “delighted that the long struggle over the bridges project has finally come to an end” before presenting reporters with “an elegant solution to the debate: The Waterfront Park Ferry.” The Waterfront Park Ferry is to take the place of the previously proposed Downtown...

I like to drink, ladies and gentlemen. There’s nothing quite like sitting down with a few friends for a beer or two or eight at the end of the day. Unfortunately, the comedy paychecks roll in few and far between, so that prevents me from drinking at classy establishments, the kind with fancy specialty cocktails, glitzy dancefloors, and a high-end clientele, all gussied-up for a night on the town. The solution to this? The Dive Bar. That bastion of American hope and freedom where the drinks are cheap, the people down to earth, and the bathrooms...

Falling but mere miles due East of Louisville’s bustling Downtown district, there lies a mystical land, full of ancient mystery and many a wondrous spectacle. Its name comes quick to the tongues of the young, those starved for adventure: “NuLu,” a word whispered on the wind. Few have returned from this far-off realm, but those that have tell tales of the glories it holds, deep within its whirling sands. Consisting of the Phoenix Hill, East Market, and Butchertown neighborhoods, NuLu is short for “New Louisville,” a rebranding of this area...

Wednesday afternoon at three, I get a text message from my friend Alex. It reads: “Tappin’ tonight?” I respond: “Fuck Yes.” The Highlands Taproom is like my “Cheers,” - if Cheers was a dive bar that featured drunken karaoke, surreptitious joint smoking, and a Wednesday night open-mic night led by Eddie and the FuckMunkys, a band that has songs almost exclusively about jerkin’ off and/or bangin’ filthy chicks. So basically, it’s exactly like Cheers. Drink nos. 1-3 I had these drinks at home. I’m poor, people, what do you...

St. Francis, an Italian Catholic friar and preacher, is one of the most venerated religious figures in history. He is known as the patron saint of animals, the environment, and it is customary for Catholic and Anglican churches to hold ceremonies blessing animals on his feast day of October 4th. But the local Louisville church on Bardstown Road bearing a similar platitude was not built upon his teachings. We hit the streets recently to find Tyler Jackson explaining the unknown origins of this branch of Christianity and how a chapter got rooted in our fine...