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OUR 1394TH ISSUE 11.12.2015 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR What’s the matter with Missouri? How did my home state — and my alma mater, the University of Missouri — seemingly become this year’s Mississippi, the preeminent battleground for the civil rights movement in this country? It helps to remember that Missouri, like Tennessee, has two major cities where most of the state’s African Americans live, and vast small-town, rural expanses where the residents are mostly white, mostly conservative. An Ozark farmer from Salem and a black lawyer from St. Louis are both Missourians, but they don’t have much more than that in common. Except they both probably root for the Mizzou Tigers. The university has lately become a petri dish of sorts, where the cultures — rural and white, urban and black — collide. Black students, who make up seven percent of Mizzou’s student body, have reported numerous racial incidents in recent weeks: whites driving by black students and shouting the n-word; a swastika painted on a dorm in feces; and an incident where university President Tim Wolfe’s car bumped a protester during the homecoming parade and drove off without stopping. In response, the student who was struck by the car started a hunger strike, vowing not to eat until Wolfe resigned. The faculty upped the ante, with nine deans signing a letter urging that Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin also needed to resign, blaming him for creating a “toxic environment through threat, fear, and intimidation.” But the coup de grâce happened last Saturday night, when the Mizzou football team, which is 69 percent black, announced they would not play or practice again until Wolfe resigned. Less than 48 hours later he was gone. A day after that, Loftin also announced his resignation. Funny how that works. Let’s be honest, does anyone think that a student’s hunger strike, followed by demands from black students would have forced a resignation of the university president? Nope. How about if you throw in a supportive faculty and a growing number of white students? Maybe, but doubtful. How about if you toss in the football team refusing to play or practice until the president resigns? Bingo. College football is big business, especially SEC football. Forfeiting a game means losing millions of dollars. It means the national media will descend onto your campus, bringing more bad PR. It means recruiting will be hurt, as black athletes perceive that the campus is hostile to African Americans. It means your football team will suck. Which means the stands won’t be full and your team won’t be on television as much. Which means your business, er, your grove of academe, will suffer financially. Famed sociologist, Harry Edwards (who’s from East St. Louis, by the way), author of The Revolt of the Black AthN E WS & O P I N I O N lete, once noted that American football LETTERS - 4 games, “look like Ghana on the field and THE TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE - 4 Sweden in the stands.” University adminTHE FLY-BY - 6 istrators have fostered and nurtured a POLITICS - 12 EDITORIAL - 14 system where their schools are inextricaVIEWPOINT - 15 bly tied — socially and economically — COVER STORY - “THE DARK SIDE” to the success of their football progams, BY TOBY SELLS - 16 which to a large degree are built through STE P P I N’ O UT the labor of African-American athletes. WE RECOMMEND - 20 Up until now, they’ve held all the MUSIC - 22 power, or least they thought they did. AFTER DARK - 26 CALENDAR OF EVENTS - 31 But as events at the University of MisFOOD - 38 souri demonstrated this week, the game FILM - 40 is changing. THE LAST WORD - 47 Bruce VanWyngarden C LAS S I F I E D S - 43 brucev@memphisflyer.com

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A young career criminal,who has two out-of-state outstanding warrants, assaulted a law enforcement officer with handcuffs while wrestling on the ground, which resulted in the officer shooting said criminal in self-defense. And now it’s time for Al Not-So Sharpton to come to Memphis and profit from the naive and the stupid? Or is it Jesse Jackson’s turn to fly in and line his pockets? Or maybe, just maybe, it’s time for Obama to metaphorically adopt another “son”? Nightcrawler

About Kevin Lipe’s post, “Warriors Hand Grizzlies the Worst Loss in Franchise History” … Chris Wallace shouldn’t be allowed to GM this team after this season. He’s 5responsible for 6 all this 7 oldness 8 on9the 10 team. The Grizz need a fresh vision for the future. 15 Dave Joerger hasn’t been the coach he was18said to be — a guy who could renovate the offense and develop young players — but I’m not a fan of sacking 21 coaches who consistently win 50-plus games a season. I think it’s the GM’s fault. 24 the 25 We don’t have the personnel to play kind of offense that is needed, and the team keeps adding old players, which 29 makes it difficult to develop young players. Iggy 31 32 33

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HE’S BACK! Or he was back anyway. According to Commercial Appeal party reporter Michael Donahue, Liza Minnelli ex-turned-Memphisphilanthropist-turned-U.K. reality TV star David Gest returned to the Bluff City recently and hosted a fancy dinner on Beale for “music luminaries and other friends.” Hoping to escape his post-Liza celebrityhood, Gest moved to Memphis in 2004 where he soon erected pictures of himself on billboards and made headlines buying chicken dinners for homeless people on Christmas. A few years later, Gest left for the U.K., where he fascinated British tabloid reporters with stories about his Memphis maid Vaginica Semen, who we’re pretty sure doesn’t exist. Gest later claimed that Semen became a dermatologist and went into business with his cousin Dildoa Pratt.

PULLING OUR LEGS According to a mistaken report in the Palm Beach Post, 53-year-old Memphian Donna Hastings had a bone to pick with her roofing contractor Dan McGuiness. She confronted Mr. McGuiness in a Bartlett sports bar and demanded a refund. When no money was forthcoming, Hastings grabbed McGuiness’ prosthetic leg and started twisting it until it came off, throwing the startled man off balance and off the barstool, injuring his hip. Everything about this story is true except for the name of the victim. Dan McGuiness is the name of the pub where the legpulling occurred. Hastings was charged with felony vandalism.

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Grand juries meet in secret, their proceedings are not recorded, and jurors are sworn to secrecy. A secret group got secret information about a very public matter. They formed a secret opinion, which was made public, but all of their other secrets will remain secret. Public officials herald this secrecy, noting that it shows the system works. The shooting death of Darrius Stewart remains a mystery to most in Memphis. Few know what really happened. But members of a Memphis grand jury know. This secret group recently heard secret details of Stewart’s shooting death by Memphis Police officer Connor Schilling. Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich very publicly asked the grand jury to indict Schilling on charges of voluntary manslaughter — the intentional

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killing of another under adequate provocation or “in the heat of passion” — and of firing his weapon during a “dangerous felony.” The grand jury indictment would have given Weirich permission to put Schilling on public trial for the charges. But in an instance that experts call “rare,” the grand jury denied the D.A.’s request altogether, apparently unconvinced that Schilling had done anything wrong. That was that for Schilling, as far as the Shelby County criminal justice system is concerned. This left many in Memphis scratching their heads. Weirich must have known it would. She spent a chunk of a news conference last week explaining the basics of the grand jury system to reporters and handed out a fact

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Civilian Law Enforcement Review Board now outfitted to look into alleged police misconduct. Right around the same time last week that Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich was announcing that a Memphis Police officer would not be criminally charged for shooting an unarmed black man, the Memphis City Council was taking up a vote on how much power a civilian board would have to investigate complaints of police misconduct. While Connor Schilling, the officer who shot Darrius Stewart, got off without state charges, the council voted in favor of giving the Civilian Law Enforcement Review Board (CLERB) more teeth to investigate complaints. CLERB, which has been in place since 1994 but inactive since 2011, investigates complaints of force, verbal abuse, harassment, arrest, illegal search or entry, intimidation, improper firearm use, or other issues with police. Perhaps the biggest change for CLERB came in giving the board indirect subpoena power. The board was previously unable to require that police officers involved in a case appear before the board. They also could not require the city to hand over documents pertaining to a case. But the up-to-date CLERB ordinance gives the board the ability to subpoena officers and documents through a Memphis City Council liaison. Originally, when citizen group Memphis United began proposing the city give CLERB more power, they’d asked for the council to give the board the ability to directly subpoena officers and documents without going through a liaison. But council attorney Allan Wade said such a change would require a citywide referendum. “What we have instead is the next best thing,” said Paul Garner, organizer for Memphis United. “The council will subpoena requested documents and records on behalf of the review board. If that’s the closest thing we can get without a referendum, we’ll take that over them not being able to issue subpoenas.” The Rev. Ralph White of Bloomfield Full Gospel Baptist Church has served as the chair of CLERB since before it be-

came inactive in 2011, and he said the subpoena power makes CLERB’s job much easier. “[Before], we were not able to have contact or dialogue with the police officers who had been charged with offenses, so it was a little difficult for us to adequately represent those complaints,” White said. The CLERB ordinance also allows for the hiring of an investigator and an administrator to oversee investigations into alleged police misconduct. Since CLERB is an all-volunteer board, its previous incarnation was unable to put enough time into investigations. “The board members often have other responsibilities beyond the board, so having a dedicated staff is critical,” Garner said.

“We’re not just there to get the police. Most police are men and women who love our community, and some of them might be bad apples.” — Ralph White CLERB works somewhat like an appeals board, White said. First, a complainant must file a report with the Memphis Police Department’s Internal Affairs division. Internal Affairs has 45 days to complete the their investigation, another new addition to the CLERB ordinance. Previously, Internal Affairs cases could take much longer to complete. “If the complainant isn’t satisfied [with Internal Affairs], they can come to us. We can take the information they have and allow our investigator to go through and make his or her decision and compare that to what’s already out there,” White said. Once CLERB reaches a conclusion, the board can make a recommendation for a disciplinary action to the police director, but it’s up to the director whether or not the action

But her statement isn’t enough to convince some in Memphis. Josh Spickler, the executive director of Just City, a group advocating for criminal justice reform in Memphis, said it is rare that such a case wouldn’t get an

will be enforced. The CLERB ordinance passed in council with a 9-2 vote, with only councilmen Reid Hedgepeth and Kemp Conrad voting against it. Conrad said he didn’t have a problem with the idea of CLERB, but he felt that the group pushing for the changes — Memphis United — was anti-police. Memphis United has organized peaceful protests against police violence and supports the Black Lives Matter movement. “I and others were concerned that the CLERB board allowed these openly anti-police people to hijack the whole communications process,” Conrad said. “What if those people have influence or end up on the [CLERB] board?” But White said it’s never been the goal of CLERB to “bash police officers.” He said, in some cases where the board finds proof of police misconduct, they’ll suggest more training or a desk position over termination. “The majority of the time, when we have investigated cases [on the old board], the citizens were found at fault. Often, things happen because citizens were ignorant of the law,” White said. “We’re going to educate citizens on what their rights are and what rights they do not have. “Many times, when [police] are doing their jobs, they don’t know if a traffic stop will be their last action on this earth. We’re not just there to get the police. Most police are men and women who love our community, and some of them might be bad apples, just like you’ve got in every occupation.”

by prosecutors, though Weirich has said case officers, not prosecutors in her office, work with grand juries. No judge oversees the proceedings, and lawyers for those under investigation play no role in the hearings, according to the ABA, “meaning that the grand jury makes its findings without hearing both sides of the case.” “Today some legal observers fear that grand juries have become simply a tool of prosecutors and that grand jurors have lost their independence,” reads an ABA statement. Spickler said the Shelby County grand jury system indicts a “disproportionately high percentage” of AfricanAmerican men and that “99.9 percent” of the people grand juries do indict here are not police officers. “It’s just too much,” he said. “It’s just too much to accept that the grand jury system worked [in the Stewart case].”

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The release of these prisoners, a fraction of the 46,000 eligible for resentencing, follows a period of increased national scrutiny of the “mandatory minimum” penalties implemented during the war on drugs, policies that have come under criticism for unfairly targeting minorities. Though Couch, who has worked with former state and federal inmates for 34 years, is supportive of the adjustment of federal drug penalties (“I think that there has been a disparity [in sentencing] all along, especially when it comes to powder and crack cocaine,” Couch said), he notes that the release of an increased number of offenders may strain Shelby County’s network of reentry and treatment programs. These programs are funded by state and federal grants, such as the $61 million allocated to Tennessee in 2015 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. “There is a rising need for resources,” Couch said. “I haven’t seen the trickledown of federal dollars to the community-based organizations for the resources that are required to address the needs of this population.” For felons, the margin of error while on supervised release is very small.

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In the first week of November, Tennessee saw the return of 150 federal drug offenders who were released from prison with shortened sentences, following action by the U.S. Sentencing Commission to reduce penalties for nonviolent drug offenders. The former inmates, who are among 6,112 released nationally at the beginning of the month, are now on supervised release and will begin the often rocky search for jobs, housing, and stability. “The majority of this particular population that is coming out of prison, they are going to lack a high school education,” said Donnie Couch, the CEO of D.C. Counseling and Consulting, a Hickory Hill-based drug and alcohol treatment center that works with the criminal justice population. Couch works with men and women on referrals from state and federal prisons, attorneys, and word-of-mouth. “These people are going to lack marketable job skills and parenting skills,” Couch said. “They are going to be unemployed. They are going to have substance abuse issues as well as mental health issues, and the majority of them are going to be homeless.”

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There are folds of Memphis that remain untouched by the resurgence of commerce and the arts that the heart of the city has been enjoying as of late. These neighborhoods, specifically the communities of North and South Memphis, occupied primarily by black residents, are overwhelmingly impoverished and underserved in education and employment. The lack of resources to combat socioeconomic woes prompted Brandon Shaw, Lawrence Crozier, and Derick Shaw to create 901 Evolution, an organization dedicated to empowering Memphis’ black youth by assisting them in the physical and educational needs that often go unmet. “It’s a vicious cycle we’re trying to break, this cycle of not having adequate resources,” Brandon Shaw said. Every Saturday, Brandon and nine other mentors gather between 20 and 30 youth. Time together is divided between tutoring, community service projects, and learning trade skills. The aim is to enrich their lives by placing a strong emphasis on the importance of supporting one another and building community. “We wanted to not only feed them for free or take them out on field trips, but we wanted to fill in on all the needs that they’re not getting in school, or in some cases that they’re not getting at home,” Brandon said. According to Brandon, larger, more well-known metro nonprofits do not necessarily reach the communities of North and South Memphis. Additionally, these neighborhoods have been plagued by a slate of school closings, so their mentees are likely to have experienced multiple school transfers, with repeated losses of reliable nutrition and academic support. These combining factors have left 901 with a rapidly expanding roster. Recently, 901 filed for a 501(c)3 nonprofit status. Brandon hopes this will financially assist the program, which is currently funded straight from the mentors’ pockets. Karen Spencer-Mcgee is a long-time Memphis resident who sends her 15-yearold son, Robert, to 901’s mentors every Saturday. She asserts her son’s trajectory has changed because of 901’s efforts. “Just from them taking him every Saturday, it has really opened his eyes,” Mcgee said. “It gives him time to slow down, to see things they wouldn’t normally see in South Memphis.” Mcgee adds that one of the most crucial benefits her son receives is coaching on how to safely turn away recruitment attempts by local gangs. Brandon confirms that 901 is “committed to gang intervention, because it means keeping them out of jail or being killed at an early age”. “Having those boys redirect his brain and his heart … it has really helped him,” Mcgee said.

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As early voting ends this Friday and the final runoff election date of November 19th, next Thursday, beckons, most attention has been focused on two of the five district city council runoffs: District 5 (Midtown, East Memphis) between newcomer Worth Morgan and youthful activist Dan Springer, and the District 7 race (North Memphis, Frayser) between interim incumbent Berlin Boyd and challenger Anthony Anderson. District 5 lies astride the Poplar corridor power nexus and is also the bailiwick of current Councilman and Mayor-elect Jim Strickland. Both Morgan and Springer are Republicans, though Springer, who has worked for both Senator Bob Corker and County Mayor Mark Luttrell, won the formal endorsement of the Shelby County Republican Party during the regular election process, in which seven candidates overall vied for the seat. Morgan, who led by far in fundraising, with receipts of more than $200,000 to Springer’s $60,000 or so, had the support of the city’s business elite. Now, both he and Springer have solicited support from the camps of losing candidates. A meet-and-greet for Morgan last week hosted by fifth-place finisher Charles “Chooch” Pickard, drew a diverse group including avowed Democrats, African Americans, and members of the city’s gay community. Springer, for his part, has actively pitched across party lines as well and has won the formal support of Democrat Mary Wilder, among others. Overall, Springer leads in formal endorsements of various kinds. Morgan finished ahead on October 8th, however, with 32 percent of the vote to Springer’s 23 percent. At a forum last week at the Hooks Central Library for candidates in Districts 4, 5, and 7, Morgan and Springer differed only moderately on issues, though Morgan, who has seemed more at ease in debate formats, gave answers that were both more glib and more expansive. He spoke of having transcended several difficult illnesses as evidence of his resolve, while Springer emphasized his experience. At the same forum, Boyd, too, stressed his existing connections and

boasted of having brought $3.6 million into District 7. Anderson, a clergyman who is the entrepreneur behind the Memphis Business Academy charterschool network, countered with a figure of $8 million allegedly invested in MBA and with references to his numerous community involvements. Both advocated revenue solutions involving assessments of nonresidents who work in Memphis, in the form of sticker fees (Boyd) or payroll taxes (Anderson). Both approaches would seem to require approval by the Tennessee General Assembly. The two differed most obviously on crime, which Boyd saw as a looming danger and Anderson saw as having diminished. In the regular general election, Boyd had 26 percent of the total vote, and Anderson had 24 percent. (Go to Politics Beat Blog at memphisflyer.com for more on these races and the three other Council runoffs: Frank Colvett Jr. vs. Rachel Knox in District 3; Patrice Robinson vs. Keith Williams in District 3; and Jamita Swearengen vs. Doris DeBerry-Bradshaw in District 4.)

In a memo ... Roland wrote, “We must act as a body to protect our legislative duty to the people of Shelby County.” The power struggle between the Shelby County Commission and the administration of county Mayor Mark Luttrell moved toward another showdown on Monday with the mayor’s veto of a recent commission resolution appointing former Commissioner Julian Bolton as its independent counsel. Commission chair Terry Roland’s public response was in a memo to his fellow commissioners, in which he wrote that he had in mind to call a special commission meeting for Thursday. “We must act as a body to protect our legislative duty to the people of Shelby County, Tennessee,” the memo concluded. Roland had previously indicated privately that County Attorney Ross Dyer, who has resisted the independent-counsel idea on grounds that the County Charter does not allow it, might be confronted with a choice between altering his view and facing a possible ouster move from the commission. That could come with a vote to reconsider his hiring.

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Even so, November 11th engendered a sense of uplift during its annual observances, though its mission as “the war to end wars” was obliterated by the even bloodier renewal of struggle 20 years later that caused the conflicts to be known thenceforth as World Wars One and Two. That fact, and perhaps the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 and other continuing conflicts worldwide, persuaded Congress to rename the holiday Veterans Day. Still, that concluding phrase of President Wilson’s proclamation, raising the hope of “peace and justice in the councils of the nations,” continues to resonate as a feature of the holiday. And, in that sense, it was more than appropriate that, on the very eve of this week’s commemoration, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to Washington on a mission of reconciliation with President Barack Obama. The intent was to smooth over the jarring discord between the two leaders over the recent agreement reached by Obama and various European leaders with Iran, intended to keep the latter country free of nuclear weapons but regarded by the Israeli leader as too soft. Obama and Netanyahu formally pledged their continued search for peace in the Middle East through a two-state solution in Palestine. Maybe that’s more rhetoric than reality, but it keeps hope alive, the same hope Wilson sought to express in his formulation of reasons for the holiday.

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Areas with strong and growing economies attract more people than they lose. Back in 1988, however, then Councilman Michael Hooks wanted lawyer Allan Wade to advise the council, and Dick Hackett, mayor at the time, merely acquiesced in the arrangement. After voters rejected proposed charter amendments allowing council members to hire council employees and ratify city contracts, Hackett, who had opposed the measures, notified Wade he no longer would be paid for advising the council. After Willie Herenton became mayor in 1991, he did not reappoint the assistant city attorney who had continued advising the council, but he allowed Wade to work for the council. To resolve a clash over the anomaly that occurred in 1997, the council worked out an ad hoc agreement with the mayor that placed the council staff hirings and attorney appointment on a more formal, but still provisional, basis. The practice, which was at the discretion of the mayor, remained unchanged under A C Wharton. Even as the County Commission, engaged in a power struggle with County Mayor Mark Luttrell, strives to install its own version of an Allan Wade, a parallel and so far unstated question is: Will Strickland allow the council to continue with an independent counsel, or will he move to make changes? Jimmie Covington is a veteran reporter who has been writing about census data and demographic issues since the mid-1980s.

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Increasing Memphis’ population through growth rather than annexation is a major goal of incoming mayor Jim Strickland. However, it is unrealistic to think that the city’s population will increase during Strickland’s term or terms in office. If it does, it will be something that has occurred in only a few decades since 1900. And it would come in the face of strong demographic trends over the last 50 years, and soon after a decade, 2000-2010, in which Memphis experienced probably the largest losses of residents to outward movement in its history. Elected officials generally are positive in their public statements, but a more important question is: Do they at least seem to have any real understanding of the situations around them? The 2010 Census figures showed that for the first time in history, Memphis’ population declined in a decade in which the city carried out a major annexation. Between 2000 and 2010, the city took in territory with 40,000 residents. Also, vital statistics records show that Memphis had at least 30,000 to 40,000 more resident births than resident deaths. That’s a net loss of 70,000 to 80,000 or more residents to out-migration over the 10 years. The census counts for Memphis show: 2000 Census-650,100; 2010 Census-646,889. Just looking at these numbers might leave the mistaken impression that Memphis had only a small loss. Elected officials barely took notice of the census results. Comments from both city and county officials did not indicate that they grasped the meaning of the census results and the extent of the population shifts. So far this decade, census estimates show more people are moving away from the entire nine-county metro area than are moving in. Areas with strong and growing economies attract more people than they lose. Areas with weak or slowgrowing economies lose more people than they gain. Memphis has a long history of growing on its edges and then increasing its population through annexations. Population grew substantially in the Frayser and Whitehaven areas in the 1950s and 1960s. Frayser was annexed in the late 1950s and Whitehaven at the end of 1969. In an interview several years ago, I asked a veteran city planning educator if he expected population to increase in Memphis. He said he thought it would in “islands” but indicated he didn’t see growth overall. Some of the “islands” were downtown, Midtown, Cooper-Young, the Poplar corridor, and maybe one or two

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Leaves litter the lawn, crockpots crowd the counter, and it’s pumpkin spice as far as the eye can see. All of this can only mean one thing: The fall beers are here! Beers change with the seasons, a fact many Memphians know thanks to the city’s maturing beer scene. Shandies, pilsners, and light lagers are great for the summer heat, but beer lovers bundle up when the mercury falls, layering on full-bodied beers — stouts, porters, and brown ales. “When it’s 100 degrees in Memphis, nobody really wants a hearty stout,” High Cotton Brewing’s Nikko Carlson says. “Fall gets us transitioning to a darker style of beer: a little more body, a little more residual sweetness.” To help guide you through what’s on tap and in stores this fall, I once again assembled The Memphis Flyer editorial team: Chris McCoy [CM], Chris Shaw [CS], Alexandra Pusateri [AP], Bianca Phillips [BP], Micaela Watts [MW], and, Flyer editor Bruce VanWyngarden [BV]. This intrepid squad gathered once again at Central BBQ’s downtown location and tasted more than 16 beers. This year I also recruited some local experts to taste with us and give us their takes on the season’s bounty. Mike Erskine [ME], Mike Brown [MB], and Richard Heath [RH] all have years of experience brewing beers, judging beers, tasting beers, and, of course, just drinking beers. High Cotton’s Carlson played spirit 16 guide, explaining the various styles and

MEMPHIS MADE BREWING COMPANY:

Hundo IPA Hops are flowers, and this floral IPA makes the most of their flavor and aroma. One of the best IPAs I’ve had in a while. — CM Memphis Made IPAs are different to me than most other IPAs on the market. There is a lot more malt-forward flavor, and the 100-percent Centennial hops offer a nice hint of pine, but not overly bitter. — MB The Flyer staff hard at work

fielding any questions we had about beers, flavors, the brewing process, and more. Everyone found something they really liked, and a few they didn’t. But that’s how you learn. It’s time to try new things and embrace beer’s dark side. — Toby Sells WISEACRE BREWING COMPANY:

Neon Brown I’m not a huge brown ale fan, but I love this beer. Nice malty body, balanced with a hop finish. — MB The aroma imparts some hops, while notes of coffee and chocolate tend to come through in the flavor. The finish is

an assertive bitterness. I guess I prefer the more balanced English brown over the American counterpart, but that doesn’t make this a bad beer. — RH Pretty similar to Newcastle, except maybe with a stronger bite. Really good local version of a brown ale. The aftertaste doesn’t linger, so very drinkable. — CS These days, many craft breweries are approaching their brown ales like their pales, pumping them with more and more hops. With its Neon Brown, Wiseacre sticks to a more traditional American brown model, with chocolate and caramel flavors and mild hop notes. — ME

The aroma is slightly more earthy that some of the more common American IPAs, making me think almost of an English IPA. There is a solid, supporting malt backbone with just a hint of some caramel. The hops provide a nice bitterness in the finish. — RH A great IPA, and probably one of my favorite Memphis Made beers that I’ve had. Is this on tap anywhere? It should be. — CS Memphis Made has experimented a lot with IPAs, with varying degrees of hoppiness. Hundo is easily one of the brewery’s best. Hundo’s Centennial hops gives it shades of Bell’s TwoHearted Ale, nicely balanced by dark Munich malts. — ME Cheery, zippy, palate-friendly. Nice color. Easy to drink. — BV

This thick, oily, black beer would go well with a cigar around the firepit on a cool fall evening. Big and bold, it has a roasty aroma and flavor with hints of coffee finished off with a dry bitterness. — RH

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Island Wheat Fantastic and refreshing mango aroma with a great balanced, light body and hop finish. I would drink more of this in the summer than the fall, but look forward to sampling again. — MB

Almost tastes like fruit punch compared to what we’ve been drinking. Pretty good. I wouldn’t drink a six pack of this, but it’s great after a fall work day when the temperature hasn’t dropped yet. — CS Take a whiff, and your nose will be filled with pineapple and mango. Sip it, and the fruity hop flavors take center stage in this nice American wheat. — ME This is the beer I’d drink after mowing my lawn — on Christmas Eve. — BV MEMPHIS MADE BREWING COMPANY:

Fireside Classic amber. Dig it. — MB This amber-colored beer has a bready, slightly sweet malt flavor with a subdued hop bitterness leading into a medium finish that makes for a very pleasant, easy drinking beer. — RH Probably not a beer you’d drink in the dead of winter, but it’s perfect for fall. — CS Malty grossness. — AP Pretty sad they had to drop the Ninja from the name, but the beer is still the same delicious amber beer I fell in love with last season. Drinkability that’s dangerous. — BP I could drink this by the fireside any night. This is a nice, mellow amber. — ME Accessible, tasty, reminiscent of the Wiseacre Oktoberfest. — BV

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Java Jane Coffee Porter The Wiseacre Gotta Get Up To Get Down proved that mixing two seemingly different flavors—coffee and beer—can work great in the right hands. This is another worthy entry in the coffee-stout race. — CM Big coffee aroma backed up with a wellrounded flavor. Being a porter, the body is a

Fall Festbier This combination has lots of hops and leaves a weird aftertaste on the back of the tongue. Unbalanced. — BV Kendrea Collins touch lighter than most other coffee beers, which are often stouts. Fantastic. This was hands down my favorite. — MB Strong coffee taste and smell. A porter can seem intimidating, but the coffee base for the beer is approachable and kind to even uncultured palates. — AP The nose alone on this coffee porter would be enough to wake you up. The coffee flavors are intense, the dark malts help provide some balance, and the porter finishes with a nice sweetness. — ME I’m not feeling this coffee stout as much as the other ones. The coffee overpowers all other notes, except for some stubborn malts that keep hanging around even though they’ve been told by the coffee to go the fuck home three times now. — MW If Starbucks were smart, they’d jump on this for the drive-through. — BV A perfect breakfast beer! There is a heavy aroma and taste of fresh-brewed black coffee along with just enough roasty malt and hop bitterness. And, at only 4.2 percent ABV, you can have a second! — RH

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It has a very sweet smell, and tastes kind of like candy before the hops kick in. Smells like you walked into a candy store but has a pretty strong bite. I didn’t think I liked rye IPAs, but this one is great. — CS Definitely a far more balanced IPA than the norm. There is a spiciness that could ease non-IPA fans into embracing it. It’s definitely a starter IPA. The malt definitely comes through in the taste. — AP This is my idea of a perfect IPA. The right amount of hops. Not too floral. I could drink a growler of this. Right now. — BP This is also a hoppy beer for folks who don’t like hops. Somehow, I’m tasting flowers and butter all at the same time, which blows my mind. There is a lingering aftertaste, but I ain’t mad at it. — MW

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Midnight Magic Without the extreme heavy mouth-feel of a big stout, this beer is tasty, but it seems rather neutered, like a dark beer for people who are afraid of dark beers. — CM

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The flavor doesn’t back up the aroma. Light, roasty, and very little body. — MB

Starting with a pleasant aroma, this beer is tight all around. It comes on strong, then cleans itself out, leaving virtually no aftertaste. I’m not an IPA fan, but this is delicious. — CM

One of my favorite local fall beers. It has a slight pine flavor and a toastiness that reminds me of a campfire. I look forward to this one every year. It’s dark without being heavy. Nothing against heavy stouts and porters (love those!), but Midnight Magic is a lighter beer, so I can drink five or six (or 10, don’t judge). — BP

Doesn’t have the big aroma I expect out of IPAs, especially after being told it was double dry-hopped, but this is a solid, balanced beer. The malt sits forward with a light hint of the rye. — MB This seasonal release takes the spicy, peppery notes of rye and adds them to a balanced IPA. Very drinkable. Not as heavily hopped as some IPAs out there, this allows for the rye, along with sweet caramel and bread-like flavors of the malt, to come through. The finish is crisp and dry with a lingering hop bitterness. — RH

The hops arms race continues unabated, creating lip-puckering concoctions that seem like they’re only drinkable on a dare. While this beer does have a strong hoppy flavor, it’s actually pleasantly integrated into the overall taste profile. It’ll wake you up, but not smack you in the face. — CM I love hoppy beer, so this drinks smooth to me. I don’t get the malt sweetness I was expecting in a fall beer, but instead get blasted by the great piney aroma and a finish that is nice and bitter. — MB This “Hoptoberfest” is billed as a combination of Oktoberfest and IPA, and, somehow, it works! You are first met with the aroma of pine and citrus, with the piney, resiney hop character dominating the taste as well. The malt backbone, while not dominant like in a true Oktoberfest, does support the hops quite well. — RH Smells like an IPA, tastes like an IPA, meaning I like it immediately. Excellent beer with a piney and citrusy taste. The first one I could drink more than one of. If you like bitter IPAs, you’ll love this. — CS Hoppy as fuck. Tastes like a goddamn flower. Somebody get this out of my mouth. — BP A blend of an Oktoberfest and an IPA, it’s the IPA half that truly shines. The malt flavors are scant. The beer has a strong piney nose, followed by a surprising hop bitterness for a fall beer. — ME This beer is the game-changer in our tasting. It has a super-floral, citrusy nose. It’s definitely hoppy, but delightfully so. Brewed with hops that can win over hophaters like myself. It’s balanced, flavorful, and kinda naughty. Basically, this beer is a woman I’d like to date. — MW

The name has changed and the recipe’s been tweaked, but Midnight Magic remains a solid black ale. — ME

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This beer is roasty with a medium body. I’d classify it as a “Stout Jr.” Coffee-esque and smooth. If you’ve ever wondered what it would feel like to lick a velvet painting (just me?), try this beer. — MW

If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all. Flavor just falls flat. Oops, I still said it. — MB

Drinkable even for a lighter beer fan. — BV

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Copper-colored, slightly sweet caramel notes up front, and a light hop bitterness. Just slightly too sweet for my palate. — RH A crisp, strong fall beer, slightly sweet, with a light brown color. Seems like it could be a session lager (does that exist?), and maybe a good beer to tailgate with before a November football game. — CS The beer had an off-putting sour taste at first, but then something magical happened, and it took on a yeasty flavor. It’s like sourdough bread is baking inside of my freakin’ mouth right now. I like it, but liking it makes me feel kinda dirty. Probably ’cause it’s from Nashville. — BP Yazoo’s seasonal offering lacks the malt punch you’d expect from a fall beer. It goes down smooth, but it’s almost bland. — ME Flashy like a Nudie suit. Reminds me of the CMA awards. — BV

WISEACRE:

Oktoberfest: Gemutlichkeit A nice malt-forward, smooth body with a light hop finish. This well-balanced beer has become my favorite of the Oktoberfest beers in our market. — MB This local version has an ample bready malt flavor with a slightly assertive hop bitterness that leaves a taste in your mouth that makes you want to come back for more. — RH Smells sour but has a smooth finish. There are a lot of different flavors going on, but it didn’t overwhelm my palate. A pretty standard Oktoberfest, however the aftertaste was slightly watered down. — CS Good solid Oktoberfest. Creamy-ish. Slight hoppy aftertaste. Tastes like how fall smells. This beer is definitely my favorite Oktoberfest this year. — BP This crisp, malty märzen is full of flavor and perfect for the cooler days ahead. A standout. — ME Smooth, nutty, with a vague sweetness and a medium body. If it wasn’t considered a “problem,” I’d enjoy this beer with breakfast on bleak fall days. — MW

NEW BELGIUM BREWING COMPANY (FORT COLLINS, COLORADO):

Ben & Jerry’s Salted Caramel Brownie Brown Ale If you’re gonna make a gimmick beer, make it good. This one is not. — MB

With a name like that, coming from NB and B&J, this one has to be good, right? Wrong. I have no idea what their thought process was here, but this overly sweet, slightly salty mess should never have ended up in a glass. — RH Doesn’t really taste like ice cream or a brownie, but the caramel comes through. And it’s delicious. — BP I expected a more compelling beer with a name like that. It’s malty and sweet and not very good. — ME I’m super let down by this beer, considering the affection I have for both New Belgium and Ben & Jerry’s. Fail. — MW

TALLGRASS BREWING COMPANY (MANHATTAN, KANSAS):

Buffalo Sweat Now this is how you make a stout. I love this big, chewy beer from its rich head to its swirly dregs. Very complex in taste, yet not so overwhelming as to make you want to stop after just one. It’s perfect. — CM A great example of an oatmeal cream stout. Roasty, yet sweet and creamy. — MB Tastes like pouring coffee on mash potatoes and then drinking it through a straw. — CS I was happy to see Tallgrass enter the Memphis market this year. Their Buffalo Sweat — try not to think about the name too much — is one of the better oatmeal cream stouts I’ve tried. — ME I shall call this “The Invisible Beer” because I’m not entirely sure I just swallowed anything. Don’t shout “stout” if you can’t back it up. — MW Tastes just like Buffalo Sweat. Mission accomplished! — BV

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There are many unsettling moments in Stanley Nelson’s documentary The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, but nothing is more revealing than a brief clip of J. Edgar Hoover. When asked what he thinks about the concept of justice, the seminal FBI director answers, as plainly as you please, “Justice is merely incidental to law and order.” If there’s a simple answer to the question, “What went wrong in America in the 20th century,” that may very well be it. Vanguard is incomplete and clumsy in places. Panther co-founder Bobby Seale’s reflections are conspicuously missing and former Panther leader Elaine Brown’s stinging criticisms of the film ring true. Brown thinks Nelson overemphasizes the role played by charismatic author and activist Eldridge Cleaver, while underemphasizing the vision and guidance of Panther founder Huey Newton. She says Stanley misses important historical context and only hints at the scope of the Panthers’ community-building and Hoover’s mission to destroy and discredit the movement before it could produce “a black messiah.” But after Trayvon and Ferguson and Steven Askew and Darrius Stewart, when #Blacklivesmatter is reflexively countered with #Bluelivesmatter, a vast public reconsideration of the Panthers feels necessary, and Vanguard of the Revolution is an effective primer, more than capable of getting that conversation rolling. The more historical correction it invites, the better. Using archival footage and extensive interviews with numerous former Panthers including Brown, Vanguard lifts mid-20th-century American racism out of its usual Southern context to show a people under duress and a nation ripe for the Panthers’ revolutionary ideas. Touching on ideas as diverse and current as open-carry laws and food insecurity, it shows how efforts to protect and organize black citizens in the 1970s were effectively spun as terroristic and anti-American, and how law enforcement responded to the rhetoric, with no-knock commando teams and murder squads. ON LOCATION: MEMPHIS PRESENTS “THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION” AT MALCO’S STUDIO ON THE SQUARE. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, 6:30 P.M. FREE.

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“Words Matter” Crosstown Arts, 6-10 p.m. A collaborative art show with writers pairing up with visual artists, filmmakers, musicians, dancers, etc., to create their works. Benefiting Literacy Mid-South.

A Box of Yellow Stars TheatreWorks, 7:30 p.m., $25 Natalie Parker-Lawrence’s play about a Christian man who marries and divorces 15 Jewish women in order to save them during WWII.

Crafts & Drafts Cleveland Street Flea Market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Huge crafts show with 40-plus artists, plus tons of beer.

Doubt Theatre Memphis, 7:30 p.m., $25 Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in 1960s Bronx about a nun who suspects a beloved priest of sexually abusing a student.

“Family Traditions” Diane’s Art Gift & Home, 6-8:30 p.m. Opening reception for an exhibit of Ken Woodmansee’s new sculptures.

Taste the Flavors Just for Lunch, 6 p.m., $35 All-you-can-eat-and-drink event benefiting the Sickle Cell Foundation of Tennessee. Includes craft beers and food from nine area restaurants.

9th Annual Harvest Party Earnestine & Hazel’s, 7 p.m.-midnight Annual fund-raiser for the Cotton Museum with Soul Burgers and a piano sing-along. Adapt-A-Door Howard Hall, 7 p.m., $50 Old doors are turned into art or furniture or whatever for Memphis Heritage’s popular annual auction.

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Heavy Metal By Susan Ellis Is there anything more awesome than a man in futuristic chain mail, metal rods in each hand, playing a cover of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” with man-made lightning drawn down from a pair of gigantic Tesla coils? The answer you’re looking for is, “No.” And that’s exactly what you can expect to see when America’s Got Talent alums ArcAttack roll into the Orpheum this week to rock out while teaching kids about electrical currents, magnetism, and robot drummers. ArcAttack founder Joe DiPrima likes what he does. “Engineering-type people geek out on solving problems,” he says. “That’s how a lot of these people develop these hobbies. They like to sit down and build these things. For us it’s worked out real well because we build all of the equipment we use onstage except for our guitars.” Most musicians dream up new song lyrics and guitar riffs while driving the van from gig to gig. DiPrima does all that too. He also dreams up more effective power supplies. “We don’t necessarily have a background in theater, so we’re always figuring all that out,” DiPprima says. “What’s really taken off for us are our educational shows. And the kids love it. For starters, they get to leave class to see a cool show. And we’re making lightning onstage, which is something you don’t see very often, so I think we’re reaching a lot of these kids too and getting them interested in science.” ARCATTACK AT THE ORPHEUM THEATRE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH, 6:30 P.M. $15-$30. ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM

David Sanborn Germantown Performing Arts Center, 8 p.m., $38.50 A performance by six-time Grammy-winning saxophonist David Sanborn. Downtown Dining Week Various locations Chew your way through downtown until November 15th. For a full list of participating restaurants and their special Downtown Dining Week menus, go to downtowndiningweek.com.

Scotch Tasting Theatre Memphis, 6:30 p.m., $225 Scotch tastings and discussion of the whisky. Includes very rare single cask malt Scotch and dinner by Erling Jensen. Reservations: 6828323. “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 7-8:30 p.m. Booksigning by Craig Werner and Doug Bradley on their book about the role of music in the Vietnam War.

British Arrow Awards Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 7-8:15 p.m., $9 Screening of the best of the past year’s UK commercials. Booksigning by Letty Cottin Pogrebin Memphis Jewish Community Center, 7:30 p.m., $15 An appearance by Letty Cottin Pogrebin, who discusses her latest novel Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, about a man who promises his mother he will marry a Jew but falls in love with an African American.

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Love — Reel to Real (High Moon Records) Arthur Lee was born in Memphis, so we’re going to go ahead and claim him, even if he did most of his prolific songwriting with Love in Los Angeles. If you’re unfamiliar, Love was one of the best American rock bands of the 1960s, known for their psychedelic rock and politically charged, socially conscious lyrics. Reel to Real was the seventh studio album by Love and features Lee playing with some of the same musicians on the unreleased album Black Beauty. While it is the last studio album by Love, Reel to Real has never been released on CD until now, or at least until November 27th when the CD version is available for purchase. The songs on Reel to Real feature equal parts psych-rock and Stax-oriented soul, and the CD reissue comes with a 32-page booklet that includes an essay by Rolling Stone’s David Fricke. Reel to Real isn’t exactly classic Love, but it is an interesting part of Lee’s discography and perhaps gives the listener a hint as to what the reimagined Love would have sounded like (the one that featured Memphis musicians Jack Oblivian and Alicja Trout) had the band ever recorded. Reel to Real is pretty much a must-have for any fan of Lee and features 13 bonus tracks of alternate mixes and studio rehearsals. Favorite Song: “Which Witch Is Which”

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02.” If I Can Dream is the perfect album for the holidays, with the vinyl version coming as a double LP. Favorite song: “And the Grass Won’t Pay No Mind” Hierophants — Parallax Error (Goner Records) Last year, Goner Records introduced America to Ausmuteants, an Australian synth-punk band that had been gaining steady momentum in Australia and Europe. After releasing two albums for Ausmuteants, Goner seemingly discovered Hierophants, another synth band featuring Ausmuteants’ de facto leader Jake Robertson. Hierophants claim that their music is the aural equivalent of throwing your calculator into the ocean, but that really doesn’t make any sense, so let’s dissect a little bit further. After digesting Parallax Error, I found that I liked the collection of cleverly written synth-pop songs. Unlike the Ausmuteants tracks that sometimes sound like they are going to fall apart at any moment, everything on Parallax Error is calculated, with no room for leftover noise. Mostly Hierophants remind me of a repackaged, Australian version of hardcore-era Devo, with short, twominute songs for the easily distracted modern mind. Favorite Song: “Nothing Neu” Amy G. Starks — Nightime (Socialscenerecords) Recorded all over Memphis at studios of old like BR Toad (best name ever?) and Easley-McCain Recording, Nightime is a collection of old and new Amy G. Starks songs, the singer most known as an integral part of the first Memphis punk band, the Klitz. The title track is a Big Star cover, and Nightime also features Starks covering “Brown Sugar” (Rolling Stones), “Call Me” (Tony Hatch), and “Let’s Make Love” (Aaron Hall), with most of the songs coming from a recording session at Easley-McCain that took place in 1982 and 1983. The Klitz’s mighty cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Brown Sugar” is thrown in for good measure. “Nowhere Near,” the only new song on the album, comes in the form of a collaboration with Kip Uhlhorn of Cloudland Canyon. Ross Johnson, Jim Dickinson, Doug Easley, and Jim Spake are also all over this album, making it a pretty interesting release from a group of musicians and producers who have

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Manateees — Croc N My Pocket (12XU) The Manateees institution has worked with just about every garage rock label specializing in lo-fi hatred, including Total Punk, Goner, Tic Tac Totally, and Ken Rock. Manateees leader Abe White has remained the constant member throughout many personnel changes over the band’s five-year sordid history, but that hasn’t stopped them from growing a major fan base in Memphis and all over the country. Croc N My Pocket features a collection of Jack Oblivian-assisted recordings, and fans of Manateees will recognize songs like “Witch,” “Under the Gun,” and “River of Death” from their live repertoire. Croc N My Pocket is more of what we’ve grown to expect from Manateees and another solid release in a discography that is almost comparable to Jay Reatard’s output, or at least his propensity to work with as many different labels as possible. Favorite Track: “Under the Gun”

Gimp Teeth sat on these recordings for a hell of a long time, but this seven-song collection is finally available for human consumption in the form of a cassette tape and a Bandcamp page. About a year ago, I wrote a feature on how interesting it was that a hardcore band (normally a polarizing genre of music) was unifying factions of the typically clique-oriented underground scene. That sentiment is even more true today, as Gimp Teeth perform with garage bands one week and experimental hip-hop acts the next. While they might be open-minded when it comes to playing shows, their music is still paint-bynumbers hardcore punk, following all the rules that bands like Necros, and Negative Approach laid down before them. Overall, this is a strong first release from Gimp Teeth. Hopefully a single is coming soon. Favorite Track: “Was it You?” Jake Vest — Summer Knowledge (American Grapefruit) Most known as a member of Dream Team, Augustine, Tiger High, and Jump Back Jake, as well as a once-integral part of High/Low Studios in Crosstown, Jake Vest made a respectable name for himself in Memphis before deciding to take his talents to New York. Before leaving, Vest recorded Summer Knowledge, a collection of upbeat, dreamy indie-pop songs that sit somewhere in between Death Cab for Cutie and MGMT. There are attempts at glam guitar leads and Marc Bolan-esque vocals on songs like “The Ocean,” but for the most part, Summer Knowledge sounds like a guitar-oriented pop record made in 2015. That’s not a bad thing, especially considering Vest has never been heralded as a “throwback artist” when examining his bands like Tiger High and Dream Team. Mostly it sounds like Vest is having fun on Summer Knowledge. He sounds like an artist who’s discovered something before leaving his hometown, even on reflective songs like “Weeds in the Woods” and “Forever Chasing.” A “fun” album doesn’t negate a collection of songs’ potential to be mature, and that’s another word I’d use to describe Summer Knowledge, especially the song “Where I Should Have Been,” which honestly goes into some Springsteen, maybe even (dare I say it) U2 territory. What I’m getting at here is that Jake Vest made a coming-of-age album in Memphis with his brother Toby before moving up to the Big Apple, and the result is some of his most honest work to date. Favorite Track: “The Ocean”

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Karaoke Thursdays, TuesdaysWednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Sundays-Mondays, 10 p.m.2 a.m.; Jim Wilson Fridays, Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; DJ J2 Fridays, Saturdays, 9:30 p.m.5 a.m.; The 901 Heavy Hitters Fridays-Sundays, 10 p.m.2 a.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

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The King Beez Thursdays, 5:30 p.m.; B.B. King’s All Stars Thursdays, Fridays, 8 p.m.; Will Tucker Band Fridays, Saturdays, 5 p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Sundays, 5 p.m.; Memphis Jones Sundays, Wednesdays 5:30 p.m.; Doc Fangaz and the Remedy Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m.

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Chris Gales Tuesday-Saturday, noon-8 p.m.; Karaoke ongoing, 8:30 p.m.

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Bad Boy Matt & The Amazing Rhythmatics Tuesdays, Thursdays-Sundays, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.

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Midnite Train from Memphis Friday, Nov. 13, 9-11 p.m.; Mississippi Bigfoot Saturday, Nov. 14, 9-11 p.m.; Memphis Music Monday third Monday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

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Brad Birkedahl Band Thursdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.; The Memphis 3 Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

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Gary Hardy & Memphis 2 ongoing, 5 and 7 p.m.; The Jason James Trio FridaysSundays, 7-11 p.m.; Rockin’ Joey Trites and the Memphis Flash Saturdays, 3-7 p.m., and Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.

David Bowen Thursdays, 5:309:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m., and Sundays, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

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Mack 2 Band MondaysFridays, 2-6 p.m.; Fuzzy Jeffries & the Kings of Memphis Thursdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Nate Dogg and the Fellas Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; McDaniel Band Saturdays, 26 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Sundays, 2-6 p.m., and Mondays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Chic Jones Sundays, Tuesdays, 6:3010:30 p.m.; Sensation Band Wednesdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.

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Don Valentine Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Mississippi Bigfoot Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Chic Jones, Blues Express Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Saturdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Vince Johnson and the Boogie Blues Band Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam and Terry Fridays, Saturdays, 5:308:30 p.m.; Memphis Blues Society Jam Sundays, 7-11 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe’s Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

Memphis Bluesmasters Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Plantation Allstars Fridays, Saturdays, 3-7 p.m.; Low Society Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; The Dr. “Feel Good” Potts Band Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; McDaniel Band Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE 522-9596

Barbara Blue ThursdaysFridays, Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m., Saturdays, 5-9 p.m., and Sundays, 4-9 p.m.; Dueling Pianos Thursdays, Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-3 a.m., and Sundays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Wet Willie’s 209 BEALE 578-5650

Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.

New Daisy Theatre 330 BEALE 525-8981

Audien Saturday, Nov. 14, 9 p.m.; Steve Earle and the Dukes Tuesday, Nov. 17, 7 p.m.; Dance Gavin Dance Wednesday, Nov. 18, 6:30 p.m.

Blind Bear Speakeasy 119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435

Live Music ThursdaysSaturdays, 10 p.m.

Live Music Fridays.

Brinson’s 341 MADISON 524-0104

Melting Pot: Artist Showcase Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

Cossitt Library 33 S. FRONT 415-2766

Open Mic: Overton, Stax, & Soulsville Speak on It Friday, Nov. 13, 5-6:30 p.m.

Double J Smokehouse & Saloon 124 E. G.E. PATTERSON 347-2648

Live Music Thursdays, 7-11 p.m., Fridays-Saturdays 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

DJ Dance Music ongoing, 10 p.m.

Riverfront Bar & Grill 251 RIVERSIDE

Local Music Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020

Salsa Night Saturdays, 8:30 p.m.-3 a.m.

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

South Main

The Green Beetle

Spindini

325 S. MAIN 527-7337

383 S. MAIN 578-2767

Live Music Sundays, 8-11 p.m.

Huey’s Downtown

Jeff Crosslin Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Buckles and Boots Sunday, Nov. 15, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Paulette’s RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300

Live Pianist Thursdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 5:30-9 p.m., Sundays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and MondaysWednesdays, 5:30-8 p.m.

The Plexx 380 E.H. CRUMP 744-2225

Old School Blues and Jazz Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Marcella & Her Lovers Friday, Nov. 13, 10:30 p.m.; Jack Oblivian and the Sheiks, DJ Andrew McCalla Saturday, Nov. 14, 10:30 p.m.

Bhan Thai 1324 PEABODY 272-1538

Two Peace Saturdays, 7-10:30 p.m.

Hi-Tone 412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

PRESTON SHANNON AT LAFAYETTE’S Preston Shannon brings his Beale Street Boogaloo to Overton Square this Saturday night when he performs at Lafayette’s Music Room. Born in Olive Branch, Mississippi, Shannon relocated to Memphis at a young age, pursuing music shortly after that. Before gaining a spot in Shirley Brown’s backing band, Shannon worked a day job in between gigs with several blues bands around town. Later, he worked with Willie Mitchell, cranking out the albums Break the Ice, Midnight in Memphis and All in Time with Mitchell at the production helm. Shannon has also appeared on the NBC television show The Voice, and can now be found playing weekly on Beale Street at B.B. King’s Blues Club. With a voice that sits somewhere between Otis Redding and Bobby Womack, Shannon has been dubbed the “King of Beale Street.” With Barbara Blue claiming to be the “Reigning Queen of Beale Street,” there’s really no more room at the top, but I suppose it would be interesting to figure out who the prince and princess are, along with the other members of the Royal Blues Court. Like many professional Memphis musicians, Shannon is booked through the end of the year, but because he almost exclusively plays at B.B. King’s, this performance at Lafayette’s should be one of a kind. Shannon calls his music “deep soul,” and when you get compared to Womack, that seems like an appropriate title. With its powerful blend of Delta soul and Memphis blues, his album Midnight in Memphis was considered one of the best Southern soul albums of the last 25 years. — Chris Shaw Preston Shannon at Lafayette’s Music Room, Saturday, November 14th at 10 p.m. Blue Monkey

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1368 MONROE 278-0909

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight.

Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; Dave Cousar Tuesdays, 11 p.m.

Boscos

Celtic Crossing

2120 MADISON 432-2222

Sunday Brunch with Joyce Cobb Sundays, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

903 S. COOPER 274-5151

DJ Tree Fridays, 10 p.m.; DJ Taz Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Candy Company Mondays.

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Jazz with Ed Finney and Friends Thursdays, 9 p.m.; Radio Ghost Friday, Nov. 13, 10 p.m.; Anne Schorr Wednesdays, 7 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 14, 10 p.m.; Justin White Mondays, 7 p.m.; Richard James Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

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Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

Schatzi + the String Boffin Sunday, Nov. 15, 4-7 p.m.; PT 3 Sunday, Nov. 15, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

Travis Roman Thursday, Nov. 12, 6 p.m.; James and the Ultrasounds Thursday, Nov. 12, 9 p.m.; Loveland/Duren Friday, Nov. 13, 6:30 p.m.; Devil Train Friday, Nov. 13, 10 p.m.; Brian Pounds Saturday, Nov. 14, 6:30 p.m.; Preston Shannon Saturday, Nov. 14, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Jeffrey and the Pacemakers Sunday, Nov. 15, 4 p.m.; Heath and Danny Sunday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m.; Rachel Wise and the Heart Memphis Band Monday, Nov. 16, 8 p.m.; Mason Jar Fireflies Tuesday, Nov. 17, 8 p.m.

Midtown Crossing Grille

Drag Sounds, Hans Condor, Hartle Road Tuesday, Nov. 17.

Otherlands Coffee Bar 641 S. COOPER 278-4994

Peter Hyrka & The Gypsy Hombres Friday, Nov. 13, 8 p.m.; Mike Doughty, Kyle Carmon Saturday, Nov. 14, 8 p.m.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Open Mic Music with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.midnight; Zeke Johnson Wednesday, Nov. 18.

The Phoenix 1015 S. COOPER 338-5223

Bluezday Thurzday Thursdays, 8-11:45 p.m.; Cowboy Bob’s Roundup Mondays, 8-11:45 p.m.

Rhodes College, Tuthill Performance Hall 2000 N. PARKWAY

Rhodes Chamber Music Concert Thursday, Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m.; Paul Bowles, A Musical Friendship Friday, Nov. 13, 4 p.m.; Faculty Concert Series: Sabrina Hu Sunday, Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m.; Faculty Concert Series: John Ross Tuesday, Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m.

Minglewood Hall

Acoustic with Charvey Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

El Toro Loco 2809 KIRBY PKWY. 759-0593

Karaoke and Dance Music with DJ Funn Mondays, 7-10 p.m.

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House 551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

Intimate Piano Lounge featuring Charlotte Hurt Mondays-Thursdays, 5-9:30 p.m.; Larry Cunningham Fridays, Saturdays, 6-10 p.m.

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern 5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

Deering Down Trio Sunday, Nov. 15, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

Van Duren Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Sports Junction

T.J. Mulligan’s 1817 KIRBY 755-2481

Live DJ Fridays.; Live music Saturdays.; Karaoke Wednesdays.

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

Strano Sicilian Kitchen 948 S. COOPER 552-7122

786 E. BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 683-9044

Wild Bill’s

Poplar/I-240

Davy Ray Bennett Sundays, Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m. 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

The Soul Connection Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.

1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

Damien Rice Thursday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m.-12:15 a.m.; The Black Jacket Symphony: The Beatles’ Abbey Road Friday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m.-midnight; Artistik Lounge Featuring Devin Crutcher every third Sunday, 7-11 p.m.

Dan McGuinness Pub 4694 SPOTTSWOOD 761-3711

1911 POPLAR 244-7904

394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

Memphis Ukelele Meetup Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m.

East Memphis

University of Memphis

The Windjammer Restaurant Karaoke ongoing.

East Tapas and Drinks 6069 PARK 767-6002

Carlos & Adam from the Late Greats Thursdays, 7-9 p.m.; Elizabeth Wise Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.

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613 UNIVERSITY 274-3740

Rhodes Orchestra and Wind Ensemble Concert Wednesday, Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m.

Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193

521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900

Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule November 12 - 18 continued from page 25 Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

The Thrill at Neil’s featuring Jack Rowell and Triplethret Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Musicians for Le Bonheur Saturday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 15, 5 p.m.; Gene Nunez and Debbie Jamison Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Old Whitten Tavern 2800 WHITTEN 379-1965

Live Music Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Karaoke with Ricky Mack Mondays, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.; Open Mic with Susie and Bob Salley Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Cordova

Frayser/Millington

Bahama Breeze

Haystack Bar & Grill

2830 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 385-8744

6560 HWY. 51 N. 872-0567

Karaoke Mondays, 8-11 p.m.

Karaoke Nights at The Stack Wednesdays-Fridays, Sundays, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.

Mesquite Chop House 3165 FOREST HILL-IRENE 249-5661

Pam and Terry Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar 9087 POPLAR 755-0092

Live Music on the patio Thursdays-Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.; Half Step Down Fridays, 7-10 p.m.

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern 6565 TOWNE CENTER, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-536-2200

Live Music Thursdays, 5 p.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays.

Hollywood Casino 1150 CASINO STRIP RESORT, TUNICA, MS 662-357-7700

Live Entertainment Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

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Possum Daddy’s Karaoke Saturdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

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In Legends Stage Bar: Live Entertainment Nightly ongoing.

Huey’s Southaven 7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097

JoJo Jeffries and Ronnie Caldwell Sunday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Mesquite Chop House

Maria’s Restaurant

5960 GETWELL, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-2467

6439 SUMMER 356-2324

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

Pam and Terry Thursdays, 7-10 p.m.

The Other Place Bar & Grill 4148 WALES 373-0155

Tunica Roadhouse

Karaoke Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

1107 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 662-363-4900

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

Wadford’s Grill & Bar 474 CHURCH, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-510-5861

Whitehaven/ Airport

Karaoke with DJ Stylez Thursdays, Sundays, 10 p.m.

Arlington/Eads/ Oakland Rizzi’s/Paradiso Pub 6230 GREENLEE 592-0344

Live Music Thursdays, Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.; Karaoke and Dance Music with DJ Funn Fridays, 9 p.m.

Bartlett Bartlett Municipal Center 5868 STAGE

Grif ’s Gifts Live - Welcome to the Stage Mondays-Sundays, 6-7:30 p.m.

Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center 3663 APPLING 385-6440

Emi Sunshine Saturday, Nov. 14, 8-10:30 p.m.

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VOLKSWAGEN GERMANTOWN RockHouse Live 5709 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 386-7222

Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Open Mic Mondays Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Live Music Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Shelby Forest General Store 7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.; Reel McCoy Saturday, Nov. 14, 12-3 p.m.; Crosstown Bluegrass Sunday, Nov. 15, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

Collierville Huey’s Collierville 2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Breeze Cayolle Sunday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m.

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

Raleigh Mugs Pub 4396 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 372-3556

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819 EXOCET 624-9060

Germantown Performing Arts Center

Huey’s Cordova

David Sanborn Saturday, Nov. 14, 8-9:30 p.m.

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m. 1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 754-3885

2 Mule Plow Sunday, Nov. 15, 4-7 p.m.; The Chaulkies Sunday, Nov. 15, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova 8071 TRINITY 756-4480

The Lineup Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

1801 EXETER 751-7500

Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

The Pistol & The Queen Sunday, Nov. 15, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Juno Marrs Sunday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Ice Bar & Grill 4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

Unwind Wednesdays Wednesdays, 6 p.m.-midnight.

North Mississippi/ Tunica

Karaoke Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

Open Mic Blues Jam with Brad Webb Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas

The Crossing Bar & Grill

Southland Park Gaming & Racing

7281 HACKS CROSS, OLIVE BRANCH, MS 662-893-6242

1550 N. INGRAM, WEST MEMPHIS, AR 800-467-6182

Karaoke with Buddha Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Dan McGuinness 3964 GOODMAN, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-7611

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

Fitz Casino & Hotel 711 LUCKY LN., TUNICA, MS 800-766-5825

Live Entertainment Wednesdays-Sundays, 6 p.m.

DJ Crumbz Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Club Night Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Boot Scootin’ Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

The New Backdour Bar & Grill 302 S. AVALON 596-7115

Ms. Ruby Wilson and Friends Sundays, 7 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke with Tim Bachus Mondays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.; DJ Stylez Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

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T H E AT E R B y C h r i s D a v i s

Scream Queen

Adrienne Barbeau comes to the Orpheum in Pippin.

November 12-18, 2015

drienne Barbeau has done it all. She played Rizzo in the original Broadway cast of Grease. She was Bea Arthur’s daughter in the groundbreaking TV series Maude. Starring roles in films like The Fog, Swamp Thing, and Creepshow made her an icon of the horror genre. She’s also penned a best-selling memoir and a series of fun, funny vampire novels. She’s coming to Memphis’ Orpheum Theatre in the touring company of Broadway’s Pippin.

Memphis Flyer: Did writing come easy? Adrienne Barbeau: If you take a writing class, you’ve got to write. So I started taking homework assignments, just writing little pieces about my life and my career. You know, things I thought people might find interesting or funny or humorous. Like, I’d just finished doing a low-budget horror movie based on a Bram Stoker short story in Russia. It was called Burial of the Rats, and I took it because I wanted to go to Moscow. Well, we Adrienne landed on the day of an Barbeau attempted coup. They fired on parliament, and martial law was declared. That was interesting. I was also supposed to be working with 50 trained rats, but there were only 16, and I think eight of them were dead. The rest had only been trained to eat anything that smelled like fish. So every time I’d do a scene where the rats had to swarm all over me, they took fish eggs and squeezed the juice all over my body. I thought, “Well, somebody might find this interesting.” I wrote about that. I wrote about dating Burt Reynolds and being married to John Carpenter. And after about six months of bringing in homework assignments, the teacher said, “You need to get an agent because this is a memoir.” So I did, and that turned into There Are Worse Things I Could Do. You’re currently playing Berthe, the grandmother of Pippin — the son of Emperor Charlemagne. Her song, “No Time at All,” is all about embracing life and living in the moment.That’s so you. That’s why I took the role. Berthe sings, “Now when the drearies do attack, and a siege of the sad begins, I throw these regal shoulders back, and lift these noble chins.” And then she gets on a trapeze and hangs upside down.

What was it like transitioning from Broadway to TV and a controversial show like Maude? We shot the whole show like it was a play. We didn’t stop once the camera started rolling, and we had a live audience. We did it twice in a day. We did a 5 o’clock show, and we did an 8 o’clock show. After the 5 o’clock show, the writers rewrote jokes that didn’t work or cut whole sequences that went too long. So, while having dinner, we were getting our notes and new pages, and we’d memorize those new pages. If you didn’t have a stage background and you couldn’t memorize and incorporate all those changes, you were screwed. Did you know right away what a big deal Maude was? I knew we had a hit show. I was really proud of it, and it was really funny. But I had no idea about any of the issues that the journalists were going to make me the spokesperson for. Because, up until that time, I grew up in a household where I didn’t even know what political party my parents were registered in. And as far as they were concerned, it’s nobody’s business if they were Democrats or Republicans. If they read the paper, they read it at work, because I don’t remember ever having a newspaper in the house or watching the news or anything. So I was just concentrating on being an actress and getting a job and all of that. Suddenly it was like, “So, how do you feel about the Equal Rights Amendment?” Your horror writing is so playful. You seem to have a real affinity for the genre. Oh, no. In fact, I can count the number of horror films I’ve seen on one hand. I don’t like seeing them. I remember when John [Carpenter] showed me Halloween, and I thought, “Oh my God!” He was black and blue because I kept hitting him sitting next to me. I don’t like being scared. Now, I love doing horror movies. And probably the reason I love doing them is they give me an opportunity. I don’t play victims very easily or very well. I don’t play weak very well. So those roles give me the opportunity to be the strong woman. Pippin at the Orpheum, November 17th- 22nd, $25-$125. For the complete interview with Adrienne Barbeau, visit the Flyer’s theater blog Intermission Impossible at memphisflyer.com.

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November 12 - 18

Call to Artists: “Mi Sur/ My South”

TH EAT E R

McCoy Theatre

A survey of Latino/a artists working in Memphis. See website for more information. Through Dec. 5.

Admissions, racism and hidden prejudice surface when college students lock themselves in the university president’s office to protest tuition hikes. www. rhodes.edu/mccoy. $10. Thurs.Sat., 7:30 p.m., and Sun., Nov. 15, 2 p.m. Through Nov. 15.

CROSSTOWN ARTS, 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW. CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Crafts & Drafts

Curated exhibition and sale of handmade arts and crafts and drafts. Free. Sat., Nov. 14, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000).

New Discovery Christian Church

CLEVELAND STREET FLEA MARKET, 438 CLEVELAND (276-3333), WWW. MEMPHISCRAFTSANDDRAFTS.COM/.

Auditions for Hairspray, for more information, characters, and forms, visit website. www. kudzuplayers.com. Mon.-Tues., Nov. 16-17, 6 p.m.

“Mexicanísimo”

A fusion of classical arts and Aztec rhythms on canvas organized by Yancy Villa-Calvo. Fr.-Sat., Nov. 13-14, 6 p.m.

961 VINSON ROAD.

The Orpheum

Stemmed Glass “Paint & Drank” TheatreWorks

A Box of Yellow Stars, an American Christian man who marries and divorces 15 Jewish women to save them during World War II. (2137566), www.womenstheatrefes-

tivalofmemphis.org. $15-$50. Fridays, Saturdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m., and Sundays, 2-4 p.m. Through Nov. 22. 2085 MONROE (274-7139).

OT H E R A R T H AP P E N I N G S

Call to Artists for 2015 MGAL Winter Exhibition

All active Memphis/Germantown Art League members in good standing are eligible. Entry deadline is Nov. 13, show dates are Nov. 24-Dec. 28. Through Nov. 13.

A R T I ST R E C E PT I O N S

Theatre Memphis

The Annesdale Park Gallery

Doubt, set in the Bronx in 1964, a rigidly conservative nun and principal at a Catholic elementary school believes there has been sexual misconduct between a priest and the school’s only African-American student. www.theatrememphs.org. $25. Sundays, 2 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Through Nov. 21.

“A Sense of Place,” original oil paintings by Rebecca Thompson. www.theannesdaleparkgallery.com. Fri., Nov. 13, 6-8 p.m.

ST. GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (9211767), MGAL.ORG.

2016 Fiction Contest Call for Entries

1290 PEABODY (208-6451).

Box Gallery

See website for more information, rules, and entry format. Through Feb. 1, 2016.

Closing reception for “Dirty Sexy Happiness.” Fri., Nov. 13, 5-7 p.m. 3715 CENTRAL.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

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Short Stories by Jerre Dye, narrative theater adapted from a collection of fiction written by Voices of the South’s Jerre Dye. (726-0800), www.voicesofthesouth.org. $23. Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 4 p.m. Through Nov. 22.

Rebecca Thompson’s “A Sense of Place” at the Annesdale Park Gallery

Ken Woodmansee’s “Family Traditions” opens this Friday.

“Family Traditions,” sculpture by Ken Woodmansee. www. dianesartgifthome.com. Fri., Nov. 13, 6-8 p.m.

Call to Artists for “Secret Artwork in the Medicine Cabinet”

Seeking artwork for exhibitions held the last Friday of every month. $15 submission fee. Ongoing.

1581 OVERTON PARK (276-7515).

WKNO Studio

“Dreamsicle,” work by Lizi Beard-Ward, Melody Haspel, and Susan Younger. www.wkno. org. Sat., Nov. 14, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 1000 S. COOPER (726-0800).

CIRCUITOUS SUCCESSION GALLERY, 500 S. SECOND, WWW.CIRCUITOUSSUCCESSION.COM.

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

Skilled instructors help with simple projects, or make your own creations while tasting wine with the Stemmed Glass. $35. Fri., Nov. 13, 6-9 p.m. PITTER POTTER STUDIO, 845 GERMANTOWN PKWY (949-5999), WWW. STEMMEDGLASS.COM.

“Words Matter”

Art exhibition benefiting Literacy Mid-South. Thurs., Nov. 12, 6-10 p.m. CROSSTOWN ARTS, 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

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Banks House Gallery & Gift Shop DeSoto Arts Council Winter Show, www.desotoarts.com. Ongoing. 564 W. COMMERCE.

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

“Japanese Okimono: Life in Ivory,” carved ivory figures. www.belzmuseum.org. Through Jan. 9, 2016.

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Mythbusters: Jamie & Adam Unleashed, on-stage experiments, audience participation, video, and behind-the-scenes stories. www.orpheum-memphis.com. $35-$125. Sat., Nov. 14, 8 p.m. Pippin, hit musical featuring acrobatics, magical feats, and songs from the composer of Wicked. www.orpheum-memphis.com. $25-$125. Tues., Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m., and Wed., Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m.

CALENDAR: NOVEMBER 12 - 18 continued from page 31 “Chinese Symbols in Art,” ancient Chinese pottery and bronze. www.belzmuseum.org. Ongoing. 119 S. MAIN, IN THE PEMBROKE SQUARE BUILDING (523-ARTS).

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

“People and Places: 19th Century English Drawings and Caricatures and Tennessee Maps,” from the collections of Richard Tanner and Nancy and Orion Miller. www.buckmanartscenter. com. Through Dec. 17. 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).

Cafe Pontotoc

“A Community Collaboration: French Fort,” artifacts and art inspired by the French Fort. Through Dec. 31. “Exploration in Imagination,” mixed-media works by Elayna Scott. Ongoing. 314 S. MAIN (249-7955).

Circuit Playhouse

“Right Brain, Left Brain,” new acrylic paintings by Angi Cooper. www.playhouseonthesquare. org. Through Jan. 3, 2016. 51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

November 12-18, 2015

Clough-Hanson Gallery

Michele Noiset’s “Conceptualizing Dystopia” at POTS

David Lusk Gallery Temporary Location

“Oh Happy Day,” works by Beth Edwards. www.davidluskgallery. com. Through Nov. 24. 64 FLICKER (767-3800).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection,” exhibition of private art collection based in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Through Jan. 3, 2016. Jun Kaneko, contemporary ceramic sculptures. Through Nov. 29. “My Own Places,” Southern landscapes by Martha Kelly. www.dixon.org. Through Jan. 3, 2016. 4339 PARK (761-5250).

Eclectic Eye

“Down by the Riverside,” exhibition by Jill Samuels. www. eclectic-eye.com. Through Jan. 6, 2016. 242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Fratelli’s

“At Cross Purpose,” photography by Erin Jennings. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through Nov. 28. 750 CHERRY (766-9900).

“Marvels and Oddment[s],” exhibition of previously overlooked, rethought, and reskinned objects by Joan Livingstone. www.rhodes.edu. Through Dec. 5.

The Salvation Army Kroc Center

RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3442).

800 E. PARKWAY S. (729-8007).

Melissa Corry, exhibition of paintings, prints, and murals. www.krocmemphis.org. Through Dec. 5.

L Ross Gallery

“Layers: Work Through the Decades,” exhibition for Anton Weiss. www.lrossgallery.com. Through Nov. 28. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Memphis Botanic Garden

“Wilderness Children,” works by Michelle Duckworth. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through Nov. 29. 750 CHERRY (636-4100).

“Wonder, Whimsy, Wild: Folk Art in America,” American folk art from New England and the Midwest 1800-1925. Through Feb. 28, 2016. “60s Cool,” celebrating art and design from the 1960s. Through Jan. 17, 2016. “Cats and Quotes,” exhibition featuring felines. Through Jan. 3, 2016. “Clare Leighton and Thomas W. Nason: Common Threads,” the medium of wood engraving. Through March 13, 2016. “Decorative Arts Trust: 35th Anniversary,” works for the museum’s permanent collection featuring Medieval to Modern, furniture to faïence. Through Jan. 10, 2016. “Ofrendas: Student-made Altars,” exhibition honoring El Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead. Through Nov. 15. “William Eggleston & Ernest C. Withers in Conversation,” exhibition of photographs from 1976-1987. www.brooksmuseum.org. Through Jan. 3, 2016. 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Memphis College of Art “Invisible Girls” and “The Mind’s I,” by Anne Harris. Through Nov. 14.

“Symbiotic Tendencies,” by Nikkila Carroll. www.mca.edu. Through Nov. 14. 1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Memphis College of Art, Nesin Graduate School

“Breaking Narratives,” work by Carrington Lemons, Annie Lynne, Gil Ngolé, Ryan Steed, and Olivia Wall for the Fall 2015 MFA Thesis Exhibition. www. mca.edu. Nov. 16-Dec. 12. 477 S. MAIN.

Metal Museum

“Master Metalsmith: Linda Threadgill.” www.metalmuseum.org. Through Dec. 6. 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Nabers Interiors

“Color Study: Art by Chloe York and Jesse Nabers Alston.” www.nabersinteriors.com. Through Nov. 20. 2665 BROAD (323-2892).

NJ Woods Gallery and Design

“Dog Gone It,” by Debra Edge. Ongoing. 2563 BROAD.

Playhouse on the Square “Conceptualizing Dystopia,” by Michele Noiset. www.mca.edu. Through Jan. 10, 2016. 66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Ross Gallery

“Tacos or Sushi?,” by Annabelle Meacham. www.cbu.edu/gallery. Through Dec. 10. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3000).

CALENDAR: NOVEMBER 12 - 18 Stax Museum of American Soul Music

“Stax: Visions of Soul”, visual art celebrating the iconic Stax catalog. www.staxmuseum. com. Through Dec. 31. 926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

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An Indian Comedian: How Not To Fit In, when you’re born in India and immigrate to the U.S., it can be hard to find a place to fit in. Sat., Nov. 14, 8-9:30 p.m. 2170 YOUNG (272-7210).

“Grace and Space,” by Sue Layman Designs. www.suelaymandesigns.com. Saturdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Through Dec. 5.

Midtown Crossing Grille

125 G.E. PATTERSON (409-7870).

394 N. WATKINS (443-0502).

TOPS Gallery

“The Inside Circle,” by Guy Church. www.topsgallery.com. Through Dec. 5. 400 S. FRONT.

Wings Gallery

“Images of Healing, Images of Hope,” past artists of the year. www.wingscancerfoundation. org. Through Nov. 30. WEST CLINIC, 100 N. HUMPHREYS (322-2984).

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Brooks Milongas

The Argentine Tango Society give lessons and tango demonstrations. Every third Wednesday, Thursday, 6:30 p.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209). BAKER COMMUNITY CENTER, 7942 CHURCH, MILLINGTON, WWW.MILLINGTONTN.GOV.

Sumukh Torgalkar: This Is Not a Tour, presented by Blacksmith Comedy. Sun., Nov. 15, 8 p.m.

P&H Cafe

Open Mic Comedy, Thursdays, 9 p.m. 1532 MADISON (726-0906).

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Church of the Holy Communion

Words3: Bridges, bring a piece constructed from or inspired by text found in a Memphis place, photos if you can, for pieces six minutes or less. www.holycommunion.org. Free. Tues., Nov. 17, 6:30-8 p.m. 4645 WALNUT GROVE (767-6987).

Cossitt Library

Open Mic: Overton, Stax, & Soulsville Speak on It, students display their talents before an open mic. Free. Fri., Nov. 13, 5-6:30 p.m. 33 S. FRONT (415-2766).

Author discusses and signs, Leo: A Ghost Story. Tues., Nov. 17, 6:30 p.m. THE BOOKSELLERS AT LAURELWOOD, 387 PERKINS EXT. (6839801), WWW.THEBOOKSELLERSATLAURELWOOD.COM.

Booksigning by Craig Werner and Doug Bradley

Authors discuss and sign We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War. Wed., Nov. 18, 7-8:30 p.m. STAX MUSEUM OF AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC, 926 E. MCLEMORE (9462535), WWW.STAXMUSEUM.COM.

Booksigning by Jae Henderson

Author discusses and signs Things Every Good Woman Should Know Volume 2: Dear God, Did My Boaz Get Hit by a Bus? Sat., Nov. 14, 11:30 a.m. MCKINLEY’S RESTAURANT, 3279 KIRBY (407-2042).

Booksigning by Nicole Dweck

Author discusses and signs The Debt of Tamar as part of the Jewish Literary and Cultural Arts Festival. $12 members, $15 nonmembers. Thurs., Nov. 12, 7:30-9:30 p.m. MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, 6560 POPLAR (761-0810), WWW.JCCMEMPHIS.ORG.

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Author discusses and signs Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate as part of the Jewish Literary and Cultural Arts Festival. $12 members, $15 nonmembers. Wed., Nov. 18, 7:30-9:30 p.m. MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, 6560 POPLAR (761-0810), WWW.JCCMEMPHIS.ORG.

World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest Judging Seminar

Only opportunity for barbecue enthusiasts to receive training and become qualified to judge at the May contest. $85. Sat., Nov. 14. HOLIDAY INN SELECT DOWNTOWN, 160 UNION AVENUE (525-5491), WWW.MEMPHISINMAY.ORG.

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“Are You HIV Positive, Yet Dream of Having a Family?”

Seminar with lunch provided. For more information and registration, call or email kleopard@memphischoices. org. Wed., Nov. 18, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS, 1900 UNION (355-4981).

Baptist College–CBU Inter-Professional Health Care Case Study Challenge

Students prepare solution(s) to a fictitious outbreak of influenza featuring regional and local experts and scholarly engagement session. Sat., Nov. 14, 9 a.m.-noon.

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Betty Gustafson and the Oath of Allegiance, Naturalization and Citizenship. Free. Wed., Nov. 18, 12-2 p.m. OLIVE BRANCH PUBLIC LIBRARY, 6619 COCKRUM (662-895-4365), WWW.OBGC.LIMEWEBS.COM/.

Shahrazad Ali

Author, speaker, and activist from Hidden Colors 1 and 3 speaks on “A Nation Can Rise No Higher Than Its Woman.” $25. Sat., Nov. 14, 4:30-9 p.m. AFSCME LABOR CENTER, 485 BEALE (864-5008), WWW.MENNEFERPROJECT.COM.

Old Forest Hike

Walking tour of the region’s only urban old-growth forest. Second Saturday of every month, 10 a.m. OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (276-1387).

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MJCC Literary and Cultural Arts Festival

Featuring art exhibits, screenings, conferences, comedy, and more. Some events are priced seperately. For more information and scedule of events, see website. $12-$150 members, $15-$185 nonmemebers. Through Nov. 18. MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, 6560 POPLAR (761-0810), WWW.JCCMEMPHIS.ORG.

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Women & Minority Business Owners Speak Out

Griffin & Strong, P.C., on behalf of the City of Memphis, is inviting minority and women entrepreneurs and business owners to share their experiences, perspectives, and concerns in a public hearing. Mon., Nov. 16, 6-7:30 p.m. BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (901.521.1300).

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ArcAttack

Two custom-engineered handbuilt Tesla coils throw out electrical arcs up to 12 feet long with a sound reminiscent of the early synthesizer. $15-$30. Fri., Nov. 13, 6:30-8:15 p.m. THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (5253000), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS. COM.

Cookies with Cookie Monster

Kids and kids at heart will enjoy cookies, free ice cream with three-bag purchase, and take pictures with Cookie Monster. Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. MAKEDA’S COOKIES DOWNTOWN, 488 S. SECOND (644-4511), WWW. MAKEDASCOOKEIS.COM.

Hunger Games Party

Celebrate the release of Mockingjay, Part 2 with a friendly Hunger Games-themed competition. Pre-register online, for ages 12-18. Fri., Nov. 13, 4-6 p.m. COLLIERVILLE LIBRARY, 91 WALNUT (853-2333), WWW.COLLIERVILLELIBRARY.ORG.

Origami Workshop

Kids ages 10-14 learn basic folds, and how to combine them to make sculptures and designs. Reservations required. $15 members, $20 nonmembers. Sat., Nov. 14, 12-4 p.m. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW. DIXON.ORG.

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Workshops

Increases students’ interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Sat., Nov. 14, 1-3 p.m. KNOWLEDGE TREE, 8195 DEXTER (382-3101), WWW.THEKNOWLEDGETREE.COM.

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The 9th Annual Harvest Party The Earnestine & Hazel’s House Band, famous Soul Burgers, piano singalongs upstairs, and an open bar benefiting Memphis Cotton Museum. $75 members, $100 nonmembers. Sat., Nov. 14, 7 p.m.-midnight.

EARNESTINE & HAZEL’S, 531 S. MAIN (523-9754), WWW.MEMPHISCOTTONMUSEUM.ORG.

CALENDAR Adapt-A-Door

Memphis Heritage’s silent auction of repurposed doors or windows. $35 members, $50 nonmembers. Sat., Nov. 14, 7 p.m. HOWARD HALL, 2282 MADISON, WWW.MEMPHISHERITAGE.ORG.

Alchemy’s 2015 Prom

Flapper attire encouraged for Great Gatsby theme. Featuring DJ Cosmo, photo booth prom pictures, drink and dinner specials, door prizes, and prizes for crowned king and queen. Sat., Nov. 14, 9 p.m. ALCHEMY, 940 S. COOPER (726-4444), WWW.ALCHEMYMEMPHIS.COM.

Annual Holiday Food Drive and Vision Screenings

Donate at least two cans of food to suggest the name of someone in need of a free vision screening. Fridays. Through Nov. 20. THE EYEWEAR GALLERY, 428 PERKINS EXT. (7632020), WWW.EYEWEARGALLERY.COM.

CBU Bell Tower Gala

Tribute to the history of Lasallian education in Memphis benefiting CBU’s academic programs and scholarships. $175. Sat., Nov. 14, 6-9 p.m. MEMPHIS HILTON, 939 RIDGE LAKE (321-3270), WWW.CBU.EDU/GALA.

Curtain Up

Enjoy games, hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, and live entertainment benefiting POTS. $75. Fri., Nov. 13, 7-11 p.m. PLAYHOUSE ON THE SQUARE, 66 S. COOPER (7264656), WWW.PLAYHOUSEONTHESQUARE.ORG.

Grown and Sexy Affair

20th anniversary celebration featuring food, DJ Fred Ross, cash bar, photography, and videographer benefiting Memphis Bears. $15. Fri., Nov. 13, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. BALINESE BALLROOM, 330 N. MAIN (522-1144).

Range USA’s 13th Anniversary

Specials on merchandise, ammunition, and memberships. McGruff and the USMC will man the Toys for Tots donation box. Free lanes, targets, and gun rentals for all. Sat., Nov. 14, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. RANGE USA, INC., 2770 WHITTEN (213-4774), WWW. RANGEUSA.COM.

RHOyalty on the River Scholarship Gala

Featuring live band, cash bar, appetizers, and silent auction. $50. Fri., Nov. 13. MEMPHIS QUEEN III, 45 S. RIVERSIDE (509-1630), WWW.ROYALTYRIVERBALL.COM.

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Sewing into Dreams Fashion Gala

A showcase of fashion, entertainment, dinner, and silent auction benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. $40. Fri., Nov. 13, 5:30 p.m. CLARK OPERA MEMPHIS CENTER, 6745 WOLF RIVER PARKWAY, WWW.SEWINGINTODREAMS.ORG.

USA Dance: Celebrating Our Volunteers

Featuring ballroom-recorded DJ music and dance-mixers. Bring a snack to share; $10 members, $13 nonmembers. Sat., Nov. 14, 7-10 p.m. COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 8350 WALNUT GROVE (662-349-3720 OR 853-1413), USADANCEMEMPHIS.COM.

Women’s Ritual: Celebrating the Crone

Celebrate and honor the Crone. HPS Omma has something unqiue planned for this ritual. Free. Sat., Nov. 14, 7-9 p.m. THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), WWW. THEBROOMCLOSETMEMPHIS.COM.

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Featuring an extensive collection of gifts for the entire family. Free. Sun., Nov. 15, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. TEMPLE ISRAEL, 1376 E. MASSEY (937.2782), WWW. TIMEMPHIS.ORG.

Christmas Open House

Featuring shopping, music, food, and more. A portion of proceeds benefit the Binghampton Christian Academy. Thurs., Nov. 12, 5-7 p.m., Fri., Nov. 13, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sat., Nov. 14, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. PALLADIO INTERNATIONAL ANTIQUE MARKET, 2169 CENTRAL (276-3808), WWW.PALLADIOBLOG.COM.

Holiday Gift Show

Local artisans showcasing their holiday crafts benefiting A Step Ahead Foundation. Sat., Nov. 14, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Taste the Flavors

Join The Sickle Cell Foundation of Tennessee for a craft beer and food pairing. $35. Sat., Nov. 14, 6-9 p.m. JUST FOR LUNCH, 3092 POPLAR (605-9754).

19th Annual Maria Montessori School Silent Auction and International Food Tasting

Auction tables close at 8:30 p.m. Music and festivities begin at 9 p.m. $35. Sat., Nov. 14, 6 p.m. AMURICA WORLD HEADQUARTERS, 410 CLEVELAND (5273444).

Wine Down at the Dixon

Wine, art, live music, and light hors d’oeuvres. $25 members, $35 nonmembers. Fri., Nov. 13, 6-8 p.m. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

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Close encounters with humpback whales. Through Nov. 13. CTI 3D GIANT THEATER, IN THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Experience a year in the life of dinosaurs. $9. Through March 4, 2016. CTI 3D GIANT THEATER, IN THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

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Jellyfish Eyes

Foreign film about Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. $9. Sat., Nov. 14, 2-3:45 p.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6200), BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

Living In the Age of Airplanes

Experience the age of flight and its impact upon commerce and culture. $9. Through Nov. 13. CTI 3D GIANT THEATER, IN THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Absent Friends present the cult classic with a live shadowcast and costume contest. $10. Second Friday of every month, 11:30 p.m. THE EVERGREEN THEATRE, 1705 POPLAR (274-7139).

Short Films: British Arrows Awards

Featuring the best of the UK’s advertising ingenuity selected by top ad execs across the globe. $9. Wed., Nov. 18, 7-8:45 p.m.

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’ll admit: When I heard about Crazy Italians, I was un pò preoccupato (a little worried). A fast-casual restaurant from the country that invented Slow Food? And in the suburbs, no less, in a strip mall next to Party City? It calls to mind a passage from Dante’s Inferno: “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” Against the odds, it’s pretty tasty. In the first place, owners Giampaolo Ongaro and Daniele Zucca are Italian, from Bergamo and Sardinia, respectively. They were project managers at Internet companies, and they’ve never been to culinary school. But they learned the basics at grandma’s elbow, and that culinary prowess is on display. Take the spaghetti alla carbonara ($9.99). “It’s an easy way to tell if a place is good,” Ongaro confides. “If you go one second too long, it’s scrambled eggs.” While Ongaro talks, Zucca pulls the noodles out of the boiling water and drops

cheap. All sauces are made from scratch at the beginning of the night; all noodles are parboiled. So when you order a dish, it only takes a few minutes to land on the table in front of you. It’s fast, but they’re not really cutting any corners. The ingredients are fresh, the preparations are on point, and the portions are generous. I’ll pause while we all breathe a collective sigh of relief. Crazy Italians, 1250 N. Germantown Parkway, 347-2449 facebook.com/CrazyItalians

them into the frying pan, where the bacon has started to sizzle. He adds cheese, eggs, and a bit of pasta water. Zucca skates on and off the gas burner, bringing the carbonara to just the right consistency. When it has thickened to liquid gold, he sweeps it into a bowl and dusts it with parmesan and cracked pepper. Zucca’s carbonara doesn’t disappoint. It’s creamy and ethereal, with the heft of good bacon and the piquancy of topshelf parmesan. Those of us with Italian grandmothers already know this food, but the rest of you owe it to yourselves to try it. Also recommended: the lasagna with meat sauce ($12.99) and the tiramisu ($4.99). I don’t praise desserts lightly, but this is heaven. The question remains: How do you make Italian food fast? For Ongaro and Zucca, the answer is simple: stick to pasta and appetizers. If you’re looking for risotto al tartufo, you won’t find it here. But there really is something to be said for quick and

Some restaurants are born like Athena: full-formed from the forehead of Zeus. Others, like Maximo’s on Broad, take their time to emerge. It opened five years ago as 3 Angels Diner. Last year it was bought by new owners, and last month it finally came into its own, with a new name and a new look. Try it, and you’ll suspect it was worth the wait. “We loved 3 Angels, but it wasn’t our

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arah Gavron’s new film Suffragette looks and feels like a fresh hunk of Oscar bait. Now, you might be wondering what exactly “Oscar bait” is. Although noted author and peerless Academy Awards handicapper Mark Harris hates the term and wishes it would go away, Oscar bait is real, but it is seldom spectacular. You’ve seen Oscar bait before. Perhaps you’ve even enjoyed some of it. Maybe you’re an Argo kind of gal; me, I’m partial to animalcentric heart-tuggers like Spielberg’s War Horse. Wikipedia defines movies like these as “Lavishly produced, epic-length period dramas, often set against tragic historical events such as the Holocaust,” that “often contend for the technical Oscars such as cinematography, makeup and hairstyling, costume design, or production design … The cast may well include actors with previous awards or nominations, a trait that may also be shared by the director or writer.” I might also add that movies like these typify a strain of safe, gradegrubbing, color-between-the-lines moviemaking that’s engineered for mature adults uninterested in or unresponsive to important aesthetic qualities like vulgarity, coarseness, economy, and wit. They also arrive on schedule every autumn. Once the leaves start to turn and the superhero franchises go into hibernation, these simple, proper, “sophisticated” films start showing up in theaters like fashionably late guests trying to classup a kegger. At first glance, Suffragette fits the Oscar bait description. At 106 minutes, though, it’s merely a normallength period drama that’s set in 1912 England. The tragic historical event that drives its story and galvanizes its characters is, thankfully, not World War I; it’s the women’s suffrage movement, a time when many brave women exhibited surprising courage and resilience but were met with patronizing indifference and/or brute force. Yet in a few key ways, Suffragette struggles against its prestige-picture corset. The production design is shrewd and economical but unspectacular, the cinematography

serves up the same gruel-like gray found in any movie about the miseries of early 20th-century factory work, and the makeup, hairstyling, and costume design, while impressive at times, probably isn’t ostentatious enough to garner awards. Nevertheless, there’s a trio of Emmy or Oscarnominated actors (Carey Mulligan, Brendan Gleeson, and Helena Bonham Carter) knocking heads here, and about midway through the film one multiple-Oscar winner shows up to bless the proceedings. Suffragette’s weird, bellicose sentimentality is also atypical for Oscar bait. It feels like a byproduct of Gavron and screenwriter Abi Morgan’s attempts to identify and harness the numerous energies — domestic, political, paternal, spiritual — that powered the movement they depict. Unfortunately, such energies often dissipate when set against Alexandre Desplat’s insufferable, obvious orchestral score. To its partial credit, though, Suffragette is a messy, distracted film that, like its laundressturned-activist heroine Maud Watts (Mulligan), isn’t sure what exactly it wants to be. It begins as a lively, idea-heavy drama about the validity of violent revolution, narrows its focus to document the social cost of one woman’s gradual political awakening, and plays around at being a cat-andmouse detective story for a scene or two before reinventing itself as a gauzy, delicately colored reenactment of a shocking historical accident that had a monumental impact on both the English suffrage movement and suffrage efforts from around the world.

Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter in Suffragette The performances are fine: Mulligan is her usual incredulous, sobbing self; Gleeson assays a half-decent portrait of disgruntled middle-aged compromise; Bonham Carter is tiny and fierce; and rugged types like Anne-Marie Duff shine for a scene or two. But not everyone is watchable. Emmeline Pankhurst, the rabble-rousing ringleader of the English suffrage movement, is played by none other than Meryl Streep. Streep appears for a single scene, but when she delivers her fiery, inspirational balcony speech, she looks like Mary Poppins and sounds like Glinda the Good Witch. Plus, there’s so much crosscutting between Parkhurst’s speech and the British government’s attempts to nab her that what could have been a fun, hammy, Orson Wellesian drop-in is over before it lands. Such eccentric timing exemplifies Suffragette’s hyperventilating, windsprint-sense of pacing. One minute the camera is darting through crowds at high speeds, barely recording moments of triumph by the women or moments of violence by the police in charge; the next minute it slows way down for close-ups of tear-stained faces, newspaper photographs, and feet. So is Suffragette Oscar bait or not? More than likely, it’s not enough of anything to matter much. Suffragette Opens Sunday Multiple locations

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Jamie & Adam Unleashed! The MythBusters farewell tour lands at the Orpheum.

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TH E LAST WO R D by Tim Sampson

That Sinkhole Feeling

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If I had any hair, right now it would be dyed, fried, and flipped to the side, because if I had a brain left, it would feel that way. I blame it all on Arby’s, ISIS, guns, Jeb Bush, Marie Osmond, and, more than anyone or anything, IHOP. Yes, IHOP. I should have known I was close to snapping when I heard the headline on the news. Well, I take that back. It was when I not only heard the headline on the news but also heard a headline that it was one of five trending news stories I “needed” to follow. It was something like, “IHOP Parking Lot Collapses in Mississippi.” And I just spit coffee all over myself laughing. See? Snapping. I didn’t even care at that moment if anyone had been injured. It was just the thought of a bunch of people having just polished off their jelly-filled, bacon-covered, cheesy pancake with sprinkles towers and all leaving at once, putting such pressure on the parking lot that it just freaking caved in. And look: I’m not making fun of people with some extra poundage, because I have plenty of that myself. But come on. An IHOP parking lot in Mississippi caving in? I’m sorry, but I really don’t think that’s a story anyone needs to follow, unless it’s a sign of a sinkhole epidemic, and what the hell can you do about that? Sinkholes. There’s another one for my list of why my brain is dyed, fried, and flipped to the side. They just happen. Giant pieces of the earth just cave in with no warning. This is why I don’t drive on bridges or interstate highways. Well, there are more reasons for that malady, but you still never know when a sinkhole is going to open up and swallow everything around it. Wouldn’t it be something if a sinkhole … ? I’m not sure what to write here. Does a sinkhole open up, or is the sinkhole what’s there after the ground gives way? See? You’re starting to worry, aren’t you? Anyway, what if a sinkhole does whatever it does during one of the Republican presidential debates? Not that I want any of those lovely people to get physically harmed in any way, which I really don’t. But what if they were all standing there at their microphones lined up like little ducks and whining about the big ol’ mean media, and all of a sudden they just vanished? Donald Trump’s hair (talked about dyed, fried, and flipped to the side!) might fly up in the air, Ben Carson would say the same thing happened to him at West Point, Marco Rubio could expense it, and no one would even notice Jeb Bush was gone. Ack. Never mind. They are too easy a target. They just need to go away and have their debates in private where they can just answer each other’s questions. It’s embarrassing. So I am really snapping. I’m trying my best to laugh to keep from crying right now. I’m serious. It’s kind of hard to laugh, though (other than about IHOP’s sinkhole), if you watch the news with any regularity. In about a five-minute span the other day, there were stories about American soldiers being gunned down in Jordan, a judge in Austin, Texas, being gunned down in her driveway, and in a small town in Louisiana two off-duty police officers allegedly shot a 6-year-old child five times while he was in his father’s pickup truck, and killed him. A 6-year-old child. Let me repeat that, a 6-year-old child. Shot five times. During the same five-minute span, there was also a news teaser about an upcoming story designed to teach people how to correctly kill another person if that person invades your home. There was a video of a woman who was seemingly having a calm conversation with a man in the Middle East, and, right in the middle of it, she pulled out a huge knife and lunged at him and stabbed him. Is this what we’ve come to? Is this IT? I try not to get too philosophical because it hurts what’s left of my brain too much, but I’m about halfway convinced that this world is on its last legs. I don’t believe in all that stuff about heaven and hell and the second coming and floods and turning into pillars of salt, but I am really starting to wonder if we are going to just self-destruct. Okay. Enough of that. It was hard enough to get out of bed after all that, and the last thing I need, personally, is to fixate on it. I tend to fixate on things such as how frightened I am of Marie Osmond or how insane I’m going to end up if I see one more Arby’s “We have the meats” commercial, or how, after all these centuries, the Middle East is still such a hotbed of violence. I could fixate on those things all day and never get an answer. I think I’ll just go to IHOP and sit around in the parking lot. Maybe I’ll drop in for some pancakes.

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