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LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 5.16 97 Illustration by Rachael Sinclair 3 X 2 Artists as critics 1 1 2 2 3 Tyler Gooch hosts the Great Kentucky Mic-Off Wednesday nights at the Laughing Derby Mo McKnight Howe owns Revelry Boutique Gallery, which will host an opening reception May 4 for "Spotted at the Racetrack," a collection of Kentucky photographs by Bluegrass native Linda Bruckheimer (wife of Hollywood flm and TV producer Jerry Bruckheimer) Listen to the song "For the Ville," by former U of L basketball player Damion Lee. Thoughts? "This is unequivocally better than 'The Super Bowl Shuffe.'" "I'm pro anything representing Louisville and the Cardinals, but I just can't get with the Auto-Tune in the beginning and the faux 'I Got 5 on It' beat. I commend Damion Lee for artistically letting out his frustrations with the season, but he has a way to go before he gets to Bryson Tiller status." Watch the promo for the Shark Tank-inspired DreamFunders. Would you watch this local TV show? "Love the straightforwardness of the name and slogan: 'DreamFunders, where we match the dreamers with the funders.' There doesn't seem to be a ton of diversity within the panel of funders; on Shark Tank, at least they mix it up a little bit by adding a woman, a black man and a Cuban. I'd probably watch it." "I would totally watch this show, although I don't recognize any of the 'sharks.' It shows the entrepreneurial spirit of Louisville, and I'm hoping they can partner with people from IdeaFest and Startup Weekend." Read the frst page of GodPretty in the Tobacco Field, by local author Kim Michele Richardson. Would you continue reading? (First sentence: "As sure as ugly is found in the morning addict waiting to score in the parking lot of a Kentucky Shake King, there is GodPretty in the child who toils in the tobacco feld, her fngers whispering of arthritic days to come.") "The excerpt had a little bit of Mark Twain, in that it is written in the frst person and adopts the natural dialect of the narrator, and it had a little bit of William Shakespeare, in that there are words and passages I do not understand. I'd read a little more to see if I could get used to the writing style." "I'm a city gal, so books like this are hard for me to relate to, but I have found myself wanting to know more about the rest of this fne state and its rich agricultural history as I get older and become more involved in Kentucky Natural Lands Trust. I understand history better through stories and people rather than facts and maps, so this seems like it would be a good insight into a life I know nothing about." Louisville's frst Argentine Tango Festival, May 27-29 at the Gillespie (421 W. Market St.), features teachers from Argentina, live tango bands, DJs and milongas, or dance parties, until 4 a.m. Fast-track beginners' workshops are scheduled all day Friday, and a free class at Fourth Street Live is 6 p.m. May 12. Event organizer Christy Byers, an instructor at Blair's Ballroom in Lyndon, frst discovered tango dancing when she traveled to Buenos Aires 17 years ago. She has been teaching the dance ever since and says she was inspired by a tango event last year in Tucson, Arizona, that drew hundreds of dancers. "It's interesting to see what people in Argentina do every night of the week," she says. "They don't even eat dinner until 10 o'clock at night."