Memphis Flyer 01.15.15

Vic e ” P 3 9 t n re e h In “ | a Cafe P36 p a N w e N e h T a ll e n g e P 2 2 | h C s e lu B l a n In t e rn a t io 01.15.15 • 1351ST Issue •

FREE

h c n u B y Brad The

District Attorney Amy Weirich’s prosecutorial tactics come under fire again in a steamy sex-and-murder trial.

WINNING IS . . .

A NIGHT OUT WITH FRIENDS! Jerry Lee Lewis JANUARY 31 | 8:00PM

THE 9TH ANNUAL MLK PEACE & FREEDOM WEEKEND

RIVER PALACE

JAN. 16 & 17 | 8:00PM

ENTERTAINMENT CENTER

BILLY JONES January 16 & 17

TICKETS STARTING AT $40

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT B CONNECTED CLUB & SEARCH FOR SAM’S TOWN TUNICA ON TICKETMASTER.

January 15-21, 2015

DEREK JOSEPH January 23 & 24 KENNY KIDD January 30 & 31

1477 CASINO STRIP RESORTS BLVD | SamsTownTunica.com

2

Must be 21 or older. Don’t Let The Game Get Out Of Hand. Gambling Problem? Call 1.888.777.9696.

16632Fro_TU_MemphisFlyerAD_9.35x12.4

B ruce V anW yngarden Editor

S uSan elliS

Managing Editor JackSon Baker, Michael Finger

Senior Editors

Bianca PhilliPS

Associate Editor chriS Mccoy

Film and TV Editor Joe Boone

Music Editor chriS daViS, louiS gogganS, ToBy SellS,

Staff Writers

chriS ShaW

Music Writer ShoShana cenker

Copy Editor Julie ray

Calendar Editor

chriSToPher MyerS

Advertising Art Director

NEED SUBOXONE?

Bryan rollinS

Graphic Designer doMinique Pere

Graphic Designer

PeneloPe huSTon Baer

Advertising Director

carrie o’guin hoFFMan

Advertising Operations Manager Jerry d. SWiFT

Advertising Director Emeritus lynn SParagoWSki

Sales Coordinator

kelli deWiTT , chiP googe

Senior Account Executives

Max dynerMan, Mark PluMlee

Account Executives

deShaune Mcghee

Classified Advertising Manager Brenda Ford

Classified Sales Administrator classifieds@memphisflyer.com roBBie French

Warehouse and Distribution Manager caleB BraSField, Zack JohnSon, randy roTZ, karen ShelTon, leWiS Taylor, ron Taylor, WilliaM WideMan

Distribution

The MeMPhiS Flyer

is published weekly by Contemporary Media, Inc., 460 Tennessee Street, Memphis, TN 38103 Phone: (901) 521-9000 | Fax: (901) 521-0129 letters@memphisflyer.com www.memphisflyer.com

C ontemporary m edia, i nC. kenneTh neill

Publisher

JeFFrey goldBerg

Director of New Business Development

B ruce V anW yngarden Editorial Director

JenniFer k. oSWalT

Chief Financial Officer Molly WillMoTT

Director of Digital/Operations MaTTheW WriTT

Marketing Manager Jackie SParkS-daVila

Event Manager BriTT erVin

Marketing Consultant aShley haeger

Accounting Coordinator JoSePh carey

IT Director

aShlee Taylor

IT Assistant

MarTin lane

Receptionist

National Newspaper Association

Association of Alternative Newsmedia

OUr 1351st issUe • 01.15.15 • cOver stOry p. 16 last week’s horrific attacks by islamist radicals in France galvanized the world. Within hours of the murders of 12 people at the offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo, “Je Suis charlie” became a worldwide meme. i received calls and emails suggesting that the Flyer should post images of Charlie Hebdo covers in solidarity with our fellow journalists.

Charlie Hebdo covers are racist, misogynistic, homophobic, anti-catholic, anti-Muslim, and anti-Semitic; some are just sophomoric and lewd. Though no one should have died for printing them, i felt no need to republish them. nor would i have republished images from a Westboro Baptist church publication, if some of their members had been murdered by political opponents.

Just because you support someone’s right to say something doesn’t mean you have to repeat their message.

France’s police and military responded admirably to the attacks, quickly tracking down and killing those responsible. in the following week, millions of French citizens, including thousands of Muslims, marched and rallied against islamist terrorism. as France worked through its 9/11-like moment, mourning its dead and rekindling a sense of national unity and pride, we in the u.S. were back to divisive politics as usual. critics railed against the obama administration for not sending either the president himself or a high-ranking official to the march in Paris. administration officials admitted that they made a mistake in not doing so.

Talk-show commandos revved their engines, and the airwaves were quickly filled with recriminations and attacks on the president. overnight, the focus in u.S. political circles turned from fighting terrorism and supporting free speech to lobbing dung at each other. it’s all so stupid and petty and predictable and tiresome.

Four days before the Charlie Hebdo attacks, the islamist terrorist group Boko haram roared into a nigerian village and massacred 2,000 men, women, and children.

Two thousand.

They chased their helpless victims through the bush on motorcycles; they hunted people down in their houses; they slaughtered so many innocents that bodies are still news & opinion scattered on the ground as you read this, 12 leTTerS - 4 days later.

The Fly-By - 6 no one noticed. aT large - 10 oh, there were a few perfunctory PoliTicS - 12 articles. But there were no rallies protesting ediTorial - 14 the unspeakable evil that had been done in VieWPoinT - 15 Cover Story - “The Brady Bunch” the name of allah. World leaders did not

by Toby Sells - 16 journey to abuja to show solidarity with a steppin’ out country that had been hit with one of the We recoMMend - 20 worst terrorist attacks since 9/11. no pundits MuSic - 22 or talk-show politicos raged at the president aFTer dark - 26 for not showing proper support for a country TheaTer - 30 that is being destroyed by islamist terrorists. calendar oF eVenTS - 31 “Je Suis nigeria”? not happening.

Food - 36 We don’t have time to worry about every terrorist attack, after all. Besides, we’re too FilM - 39 busy attacking ourselves.

The ranT - by Ted rall - 47 Bruce VanWyngarden c l a s s i f i e d s - 42 brucev@memphisflyer.com Featuring - The Times crossword puzzle.

Using Modern Pharmacotherapy, we can assist you with your journey towards recovery. See a psychiatrist. You may have dual diagnoses: you’re not only addicted but you might have mental health issues which impact your addiction and quality of life.

SCHEDULE YOUR NEXT APPOINTMENT TODAY!

MARK LUTTRELL, MD 1355 Lynnfield Bldg. B Suite 158 Memphis, 38141 • 901.685.1845 Ext 102

NONJUDGMeNTAL

Free IUDs

CHO CES

Memphis Center for Reproductive Health

1726 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38104 901/274-3550 www.memphischoices.org

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

carrie BeaSley

Senior Art Director

contents

Editorial Intern

justin fox burks

alexandra PuSaTeri

3

What They Said...

Letters and comments from Flyer readers

HOLIDAY SPECIAL FOR NEW PATIENTS

greg cravens

$10 OFF your first visit & FREE SHOT of your choice!

About Bianca Phillips’ story, “New Bill Would Get Wine in Grocery Stores by Summer” …

Liquor stores are wonderful places. When I walk into Joe’s or Kimbrough’s it’s the same feeling I used to get at Happy Hal’s Toy Town.

The availability of booze at Save-Mart or wherever will weed out the schlubs from these sacred places.

Crackoamerican

Offer good through 1.31.15

• Phentermine, Adipex, & others available • B-12, Lipo, & Vitachrom shots • Walk-ins welcome!

• Open Monday Thru Saturday

Barbara Cowles January 15-21, 2015

1660 Bonnie Lane Cordova TN cordovamedical.com

901-761-1622

HobsonRealtors.com

AeriAl ClAsses: All levels & All Ages: TuesdAys: 5:30pm & WednesdAys 6:30pm, sATurdAys Open gym: 8-10Am

AeriAl & CirCus ACrObATiCs series:

JAnuAry 28, FebruAry 4, 18 & 25, $75, 6:30pm

***neW pilATes evening ClAss:

Wednesdays, 5:30pm new StudentS bring thiS ad in for a $5.00 introduction claSS Student rate: $10 for aerial & Pilates

4

Private training available. call 901.278.9022 for more info.

Hanging your hat on the personal service you get from a local liquor store is so funny. By that logic, we should not have grocery stores at all, because the corner convenience store owner can better help us pick out milk, Gatorade, or candy. There is no logical reason at all that any retail business should not be able to sell a legal product, just like the liquor stores that have enjoyed political protection from their cronies for years. The message from the voters is clear.

Dewey About the ongoing discussion about the proposed Fairgrounds TDZ …

I have been a resident of CooperYoung for six years and I’ve been pleased with the developments in the area. The KROC Center has been a huge success. However, regarding the ongoing effort to establish a TDZ in the Fairgrounds, I can confidently say that the majority of the citizens living in the area affected by this development do not agree with Robert Lipscomb’s vision.

The new development will eliminate almost all of the parking used for the Liberty Bowl games. My neighborhood already fills up with cars during games and events. What will happen when more parking is eliminated?

Baseball? Who is asking for so many baseball fields? Why take land that can be accessed by the public 24/7 for many different uses and relegate it to one sport for only part of the year? It ostracizes people living in the area, not to mention the noise we will have to put up with.

Hotel? There are already two perfectly good buildings that used to be hotels within a mile of the area — at Union and McLean and Madison and Cooper. Let’s make these buildings work before building yet another hotel in a primarily residential area.

Shopping? Most people living in 38104 live there because they don’t want to be a part of the big-boxstore culture. This forces a shopping center on people who don’t want it and will lead to a decline in property values (see Wolfchase and Oak Court Mall). Not to mention that the new businesses would compete with those that are already here. We can’t even keep all of the storefronts in Cooper-Young occupied. Let’s focus on that first.

Tearing down the Coliseum and Pipkin building is irresponsible, historically and practically. Both buildings have many years left in them. Before putting a death warrant on these buildings, we need an honest third-party review of what it would cost to keep the buildings.

The most important part of our disagreement with the TDZ plan comes down to the fact that this is public land being sold for private interests. This issue must be addressed with the concerns of all the organizations and citizens involved.

Jordan Danelz About our cover story, “New Year.

New You” ...

How about making 2015 a year of working together - affirming our unity and connectedness - seeing America as the one nation that it is. We are at the very point in time when a 400 year old is dying and another is struggling to be born - a shifting of culture, science, society, and institutions enormously greater than the world has ever experienced.

Ahead, the possibility of regeneration of individuality, liberty, community, and ethics; a harmony with nature, with one another, and with the divine, such as the world has never dreamed.

Ron Lowe

5

news & opinion

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

f

fly-by

ly on the wall

C’mon FranChy Thanks to The Commercial Appeal for covering this tragically underreported story about a pair of neighbors who are always feuding about something.

The latest dustup between Harbor Town resident Kenneth Franch, the inventor of Franch’s Tangy Orange Salad Dressing, and librarian Binford Scuttlebutt occurred shortly after the first of the year when the two men disagreed over when to take down holiday decorations. The typo in the headline is confusing since the Scuttlebutts are actually from Denver and of Flemish extraction.

January 15-21, 2015

BeelzeBus Did you know that simply riding the bus to school can turn your children into gay, flesh-eating minions of the devil? WMC news ever-so-responsibly reports that at least one parent has become concerned that the brake lights on school buses may be sending a secret Satanic message in the form of flashing pentagrams. Some say if you play the WMC report backwards you can hear the sickening voice of Satan, which isn’t nearly as bad as playing it forward and hearing grownups freak out about a damn tail light.

6

#WigsnatCh revisited In November, Fly on the Wall documented a dustup between Justin Timberlake and a Twitter critic who accused J-Tim of being a “bandwagon” Memphis Grizzlies fan. Timberlake’s Twitter response — “Uh ... I’m from Memphis and I’m an owner. #WigSnatch” — has been transformed into a lovely piece of cross stitch work by Memphis artist Carly Crawford.

By Chris Davis. Email him at davis@memphisflyer.com.

Questions, Answers + Attitude

Shelter Screw-Up

Edited by Bianca Phillips

{

C ity r e po rte r

By Bianca Phillips

Memphis Animal Services accidentally kills dog with a guaranteed adopter.

At least six times in the past year, Memphis Animal Services (MAS) has euthanized an animal that had already been claimed for adoption.

This past weekend, animal advocates gathered at Union and Cooper to protest the latest such incident, which occurred in mid-December.

“We want to stop the clerical errors, which is what [MAS administrator] James Rogers calls them. These are not clerical errors. A dog dying that could have been adopted is not a clerical error,” said Jan Courtney of Save Our Shelter (S.O.S.) Memphis, the group that organized Sunday’s protest.

The most recent situation began on December 16th, when Vickie Carter noticed a pit bull mix being attacked by two other dogs in a neighborhood near the animal shelter.

She pulled her car over to break up the dog fight.

“My car door was open, and the dog [that was being attacked] jumped into my car and hopped into the backseat.

So now I have this pit bull in my car, and I didn’t know what to do with him,” Carter said.

She wound up taking him to MAS, assuming that since the dog was in the neighborhood, his owner may check the shelter to find him. She told the intake clerk that she would leave the dog there for the three days that a surrendered animal has to stay, and if no one claimed him, she would

Fatal Attraction {

bianca phillips

the

S.O.S. Memphis protests the shelter’s mistake.

adopt him. The dog’s review date (the day they’re either euthanized or placed up for adoption) was December 20th.

On that day, Carter returned to the shelter, only to be informed that the dog had already been euthanized.

Rogers admitted that the shelter was at fault. He said the continued on page 8

C ity r e po rte r

By Louis Goggans

TV One revisits murder of woman by former MPD officer.

On the morning of September 9, 2008, Casandra Malone watched as reporters announced Memphis’ latest homicide.

An unidentified woman had been found fatally shot inside a blue Chevrolet Impala at an East Memphis gas station.

She never thought the woman would turn out to be her older sister, Phyllis Malone. She did, however, feel uncomfortable about Chancy Jones, the man her sister was dating before her death.

“I only saw him one time,” Casandra said. “When he shook my hand, I felt a cold chill go across my body. I said, ‘Something isn’t right about him.’”

A fatal fling between Jones and Phyllis was profiled in “Law and Murder,” Monday night’s episode of TV One’s docu-series Fatal Attraction. Marathon encore episodes of Fatal Attraction can be viewed Mondays from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m.

The night before her body was found, Phyllis met up with Jones, a three-year veteran of the Memphis Police Department at the time. He arranged for them to meet at a Whitten Road Shell gas station.

According to a court document, an argument ensued between the two about Phyllis’ alleged pregnancy and need for money. Jones wanted her to get an abortion but was reportedly unsure about funding it. Phyllis threatened to tell his wife about their affair.

When Phyllis, 31, said, “Bye, Chancy” and began to leave, Jones (37 at the time) shot her three times with a .38-caliber

revolver, according to the document. A medical examination revealed that shots to the right side of her head and chest killed her. An autopsy revealed she wasn’t pregnant.

During his trial, Jones recanted his initial statement that he shot Chancy Jones Phyllis after she threatened to tell his wife of their extramarital affair. Instead, he said he shot her after she threatened to run him over and revved her engine.

“According to the crime scene and the direction of the bullets, there wasn’t much verification for that story,” said state prosecutor Missy Branham.

Following the murder, Jones reportedly took Phyllis’ cell phone and threw it into the Mississippi River, along with his revolver.

The next day, he reported to work and was later questioned by investigators. During the interrogation, he admitted to murdering Phyllis and was arrested.

In 2010, Jones was convicted of second-degree murder continued on page 8

Resolve to feel better in 2015.

What are you waiting for? Feel better today! your friendly neighborhood wellness center.

Clinic Hours: Monday-Friday 7am-6pm | Saturday-Sunday 10am-2pm

testosterone replacement therapy | IV hydratIon therapy B-12 InjectIons | sInus cocktaIl InjectIons | IV VItamIn therapy

news & opinion

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

14 N. McLean Blvd. (at Madison) 901.509.2738 atlasmenshealth.com

7

Q&A}

Q&A with Derrick King, Star of WGN’s Wrestling With Death

In the late ’90s, when Memphian Derrick King, aka Mr. Personalities, was taking on Jerry “The King” Lawler and other pro-wrestling legends on local TV, he never dreamed he’d end up working in a funeral home in rural Arkansas.

But that’s what happened after King married into the Latham family of Osceola, Arkansas. The Lathams run Mid-Southern Championship Wrestling in the Northeast Arkansas town, and they also happen to run Wilson Funeral Home. The family, including King, are the stars of a new WGN reality show, Wrestling With Death, which offers a glimpse into the family of “morticians by day, wrestlers by night.”

King still wrestles — in Osceola, Memphis, and Newbern, Tennessee — but now he spends most days greeting customers in the funeral home (and occasionally digging graves and embalming bodies). King took a few minutes to talk about his wrestling career and what this season of Wrestling With Death has in store.

— Bianca Phillips Flyer: How did you get involved in MeMpHis wrestling?

Derrick King: I started at the age of 16. I used to work at Piggly Wiggly in Memphis. One of the wrestlers came in who used to wrestle on Memphis TV. I recognized who he was and I asked him how to get into it. He had a school in Dixie, Arkansas. So I drove over there every Sunday morning and trained for three months.

And the next thing you know, I’m a pro wrestler. wHat was tHe Most MeMorable MoMent in your wrestling career?

I grew up watching Memphis wrestling. And getting the opportunity to wrestle Jerry Lawler or being with Dave Brown or being promoted by Randy Hales of Power Pro Wrestling, that was a big deal. Those kinds of things don’t happen to people overnight. My dream was to be a wrestler and to actually live out my dream and be [wrestling] on Channel 5, where I grew up watching it. Life could have been over the next week, and I could say, I got to do everything I wanted to do.

did you realize wHen you Married into tHe faMily tHat you’d working for tHe faMily business?

No, absolutely not. I just thought I was going to be a wrestler forever. But when I got married, I realized that wrestling wasn’t going to pay every bill for my wife’s lifestyle. I had to do something, and working in the funeral home was flexible around my wrestling career. But once I was in, I was hooked. You end up doing all kinds of things you’d never thought you’d do. on tHe first episode, you said tHat you don’t like being dirty and you don’t like deatH. Has tHis job Helped you open up to tHings tHat Make you uncoMfortable?

wHy did you go by Mr. personalities?

It has opened my eyes to a lot of things. I would have never thought I’d be in a funeral home for as long as I’ve been in one. Of course, digging graves, that kind of hard work and manual labor was something I never did before. They put me to the test to break me into this family. I grew up a little bit.

wHen did you Meet tHe latHaM faMily, tHe funeral HoMe owner/wrestling faMily on Wrestling With Death?

I would say watch every episode because there’s something crazy in every one.

It’s all real. Everything that happens to me, and I can only speak for myself, is for real. I know people watch reality TV and think that it’s scripted. But this is real life happening.

“Shelter” continued from page 6

“Fatal” continued from page 6

I used to dress up as different wrestlers, like Jeff Jarrett, Jerry Lawler, and Shawn Michael. I’d come out and imitate these guys and eventually have to wrestle them dressed like them.

technician on duty that day failed to input Carter’s request to adopt. He said a fact-finding hearing will be held and necessary disciplinary action will be taken.

“Steps are in place to ensure this does not happen. The technician failed to follow those steps,” Rogers said in an emailed statement.

Such clerical errors are nothing new, according to records kept by members of S.O.S. Memphis. Back in February, a dog named Josie had a card on her cage that showed she had an adopter, yet her name was not taken off the euthanasia list, and she was mistakenly put to sleep.

“I had a personal experience with this,” Courtney said. “I emailed MAS about a dog on May 23rd, two days after the dog had been picked up [as a stray]. I specified that someone was interested in this dog. But on the dog’s review date, I emailed MAS to see if I could pick up the dog. I received an email back that the dog had already been euthanized, and they claimed they did not receive my original email.”

In August, a rescuer expressed intent to adopt a 2-month-old puppy, but like in Carter’s case, no record of that was made and the puppy was killed. The same thing happened with a 4-month-old puppy in October. In September, a rescuer’s intent to adopt a German shepherd was recorded, but the dog was euthanized anyway.

Carter said she would have never taken the dog she picked up in December to MAS had she known that the shelter had a history of clerical errors.

“This was my first experience with MAS. I had no idea about the horror stories that go on there. Now I’m learning that the same thing has happened over and 8 over and over,” Carter said. “Now I’m going to start doing everything I can to get things changed there. Not every animal can be saved, but they can at least try.”

January 15-21, 2015

I wrestled for the Lathams in Osceola when I first started wrestling in 1995 or 1996. I met their daughter, Jamie, who is now my wife, and we had an on and off relationship for years. And four or five years ago, we started dating again. We got married a year ago in November.

can you say anytHing about wHat’s coMing up on tHe sHow?

and sentenced to 24 years in prison without parole.

Branham pushed for a first-degree murder charge but was unsuccessful in proving Jones acted out of premeditation.

“He set up this meeting, and he went there to talk to her armed with a weapon,” Branham said. “And he seemed to have had her blocked in to where she couldn’t go anywhere. To me, that was premeditation. I do think he did knowingly and intentionally kill her to get rid of a potential scandal against him and his family.”

Jones, a father and husband, met Phyllis during a response to a domestic dispute call in July 2008.

The two exchanged numbers and developed an intimate friendship before things turned fatal.

Phyllis was a mother of five. Her sister, Samantha, said her absence has had a profound impact on her children and family.

Samantha said she still misses the way Phyllis made her laugh.

“She was so funny,” Samantha reminisced. “I loved my sister. When you take somebody like that with five children and sisters and brothers and a father and mother that loved her, too. … She was a good person. She had a good heart. She loved her family.”

“I do think [Chancy Jones] did knowingly and intentionally kill [Phyllis Malone] to get rid of a potential scandal against him and his family.” — Missy Branham

Fix a Flat {

s potli g ht

By Toby Sells

Bike repair station at Farm Road and Mullins Station

hopeful symbolism in the stations.

“It’s a permanent fixture,” Butcher said. “The things are anchored to the ground. They aren’t going anywhere.”

Bike repair stations have popped up in cities and college campuses across the country in recent years. Leaders have embraced bicycling culture and hope to engrain it in the overall transportation mix of their communities.

Stations similar to those in Shelby Farms Park are now in place in cities from New Haven, Connecticut, to Salem, Oregon. They’re also on college campuses from Rutgers to

Texas Tech. Repair stations are already in place in North Little Rock along the Arkansas River Trail and close to the Big Dam Bridge.

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

Four new bicycle repair stations are now ready for cyclists around Shelby Farms Park, further evidence of the city’s deepening investment in bike infrastructure.

The stations are about five feet tall and feature a bike pump, a hands-free bicycle mount, and the tools required for basic repairs. Not a bike mechanic?

Get out your smartphone and scan a QR code on the side of the station for step-by-step instructions. The stations are all free to use.

The repair stations are located at the Shelby Farms Greenline trailhead (at Farm and Mullins Station), the Tour De Wolf trailhead, the Germantown Greenway trailhead, (close to the corner of Wolf River Boulevard and Germantown Parkway), and at the Wolf River pedestrian bridge (near Shady Grove and Humphreys).

Each of the Dero Fixit stations retail at $800 on the Dero website.

The Shelby Farms project was funded mainly through a partnership between Shelby Farms Conservancy and Conway Services, a Memphis air-conditioning and plumbing company. The company’s owner, John Conway, said in a statement that his involvement was to simply make “our city be a healthier and more pleasant place to live.”

Though the stations aren’t a multimillion-dollar blockbuster project, they are part of a larger, fundamental change in the way Memphis leaders are thinking about transportation.

Miles of bike lanes are now striped throughout the city. The Harahan Bridge project will carry cyclists and pedestrians across the Mississippi River next year. The long-awaited Mid-South Regional Greenprint plan proposes 500 miles of new greenways to connect Shelby, DeSoto, Crittenden, and Fayette counties.

“We want to do anything we can to encourage pedestrian access to [Shelby Farms Park],” said Cameron Mann, manager of corporate development and communications for Shelby Farms Conservancy. “Prior to the [Shelby Farms Greenline], the only access was with a motorized vehicle. So, the Greenline was a game-changer for us.”

Mann said the conservancy began working on the project about a year ago. The planning process included interviews with leaders in the bicycling community, like those with bike stores, repair shops, and bicycle clubs. They all wanted repair stations, Mann said, for a more assuring ride in case their chain fell off or tire went flat.

Clark Butcher, owner of Midtown’s Victory Bicycle Studio, said he sees

news & opinion

toby sells

Shelby Farms bike repair stations will get cyclists back on the road.

9

NATIO NAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUS E U M

King Day 2015 MARCHIN

Flawed Justice

G TO FREEDOM VOTE

VOTE

VOTE

at l a r g e B y L e s S m i t h

Our legal system caters to the rich and powerful and provides loopholes for young offenders.

VOTE

VOTE

MONDAY, JANUARY 19 8:00am – 6:00pm $5 Special Admission #KingDay2015

Bring canned good donations for Mid-South Food Bank for reduced admission of $3. Donate to Lifeblood mobile and receive free admission for up to four people.

MAIN STAGE PERFORMANCES: African dance/drums, gospel, jazz, spoken word, dramatic skit CHILDREN ACTIVITIES – 10:00AM TO 2:00PM: Arts and crafts, storytelling, birthday cake decoration OTHER: social media prize giveaways, food vendors, live radio

450 Mulberry | Memphis, TN 38103

civilrightsmuseum.org SPONSORS

THE SLOMO AND CINDY SILVIAN FOUNDATION

January 15-21, 2015

YOUR PARK NEEDS YOU!

GIVE BY JANUARY 31, 2015 TO HELP SHELBY FARMS PARK CONSERVANCY UNLOCK A $1M GIFT! GIVE TODAY:

www.shelbyfarmspark.org/capital-campaign 10

®

My parents wanted me to become a lawyer.

While lawyering is a noble profession, covering court cases and observing the inequities of the criminal justice system as a reporter is as close as I want to be to fulfilling my parents’ wishes. It doesn’t take a genius to realize our justice system is inherently flawed. It caters to the rich and powerful. It demeans and stereotypes those of color who also happen to compose the lowest rungs on our socio-economic ladder. It also provides loopholes for a growing youthful criminal element to take full advantage of.

Let’s start with those who have the money to delay and prolong their eventual day in court. The latest example is Memphis businessman Mark Giannini.

He was originally charged with raping a woman hired to clean his mansion.

But, after securing the legal services of “dream team” attorneys Steve Farese and Leslie Ballin and posting more than a $100,000 bond, no one told him he couldn’t leave town. Finally, a Shelby County Grand Jury indicted him on not just on the two counts of rape, but four additional counts of aggravated rape involving other women. Giannini was arrested in Florida.

We can assume he thought it necessary to take a vacation respite from his alleged hedonistic lifestyle. If it had been any of us of lesser means, we would have been buried so deep in jail after the initial charges, we’d have to have a new zip code. Some day, after years of jurisdictional motions, Giannini will presumably have to face the women he allegedly violated.

One of the most disturbing “justice” trends in Shelby County continues to be how the system fails to effectively deal with youthful offenders. My Fox-13 colleague Matt Gerien recently exposed the existence of a document called the Detention Assessment Tool (DAT). It is a points-based system available to Memphis Police officers to be used in regards to the arrests of juvenile offenders. Every officer has access to a juvenile offender’s score, which can determine whether, after an arrest, they will face juvenile detention or simply be allowed to walk away. Points are accrued based on the severity of their offenses and their past

record. Nineteen or more and you’re headed for the slammer.

Here’s the scary part. The juvenile offenders and their gang leaders know all about this as well. By keeping up with their own score, they can be sent out like little criminal guided missiles to commit crimes with the knowledge their DAT score can put them back on the streets the next day, if they’re picked up. Needless to say, it’s provided plenty of frustration for the Memphis Police Department and prosecutors.

One of my personal peeves is the ease by which repeat offenders can hire high-priced attorneys to represent them. Don’t get me wrong; I understand everybody who faces pending criminal charges is allowed to seek the best legal representation possible. Just ask Mr. Giannini. However, the case of Robert Sanders and how he managed to also secure the retainer to hire noted defense attorney Ballin is baffling.

Sanders is facing 25 counts of attempted first-degree murder in the wake of a New Year’s Eve shooting that began when he allegedly got in an argument inside a nightclub. Police say Sanders got in his car and then followed a bus-load of people to I-240 where he opened fire, wounding five people. Two of the victims remain in critical condition. The 32-year-old Sanders had previously been arrested twice on charges of cocaine and gun possession. So, why wasn’t he behind bars already? Where did he get the money to hire one of the best attorneys in town to represent him in court?

Now with a $5 million bond, will he pull another monetary rabbit out of the hat to get himself back on the streets?

Shelby County Criminal Court judges have the ability to ask where the source of bond money comes from, but apparently that doesn’t extend to what and how the accused paid their attorneys.

It’s these legal shenanigans that erode the credibility of — and faith in — our justice system. We handcuff police in their ability to make valid arrests. We allow habitual offenders to use their ill-gotten gains to grease their paths to freedom when they come before the bar of justice. We allow those with means to delay and divert cases, giving the public the impression they are above the law.

Sorry, Mom and Pop. Being a lawyer just wasn’t for me.

Les Smith is a reporter for WHBQ Fox-13.

BMW Certified Pre-Owned Elite

bmwusa.com/cpo 1-800-334-4BMW

START 2015 ON A FISCAL HIGH.

ROADSHOW BMW 405 N. Germantown Parkway, Cordova, TN 38018 901.365.2584 | roadshowbmw.com *0.9% APR financing on all model year 2014 BMW Certified Pre-Owned Elite vehicles. A one-payment $500 credit available on model year 2014 Certified Pre-Owned Elite BMW X1, X3, 3 Series and 5 Series. BMW FS will reimburse up to $500 per monthly payment due, and customer will be billed for payment in excess of $500 per month. Credit available on APR, lease or when financed through BMW Select Program through BMW Financial Services. A one-payment $1,000 credit available for model year 2014 Certified Pre-Owned Elite BMW 7 Series. BMW FS will reimburse up to $1,000 per monthly payment due, and customer will be billed for payment in excess of $1,000 per month. Credit available on APR, lease or when financed through BMW Select Program through BMW Financial Services. APR and credit offer valid through 3/2/15. All credits offset purchase price. Rates available from participating BMW centers to eligible, qualified customers with excellent credit history who meet BMW Financial Services credit requirements. Visit your authorized BMW center for important details.

1 For more details on the BMW Certified Pre-Owned Elite warranty, visit cpo.bmwusa.com. ©2015 BMW of North America, LLC. The BMW name, model names and logo are registered trademarks.

news & opinion

A lower-cost BMW that has lower mileage and an up to 5-year/75,000-mile warranty1?

This isn’t just a sign that it’s time to own the performance vehicle of your dreams. This is a wake-up call.

Visit your local BMW dealer for the BMW Certified Pre-Owned Elite Sales Event.

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

0.9% APR PLUS A ONE-PAYMENT CREDIT ON MOST 2014 CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED ELITE MODELS.*

11

politics By Jackson Baker

Happy New Year! (We Hope) Politics, which was on something of a holiday break, is on the front burner again in Memphis, Nashville, and Washington, D.C. As the second week of the New Year began, the aura of the holidays finally began to fade, and politics per se moved into high gear, locally, statewide, and nationally.

In Memphis, the city council stumbled over an early deadline that left a majority of applicants ineligible for a council vacancy, including a putative favorite, then recovered its balance with a fresh interpretation of the city charter by attorney Allan Wade that gave all seven hopefuls more time to complete their petitions.

In Nashville, the 2015 General Assembly convened to take on such key issues as health care, educational standards, changes in taxation, and legislation designed to exploit the constitutional changes effected by the state’s voters in the November 2014 election. In the cases of educational standards and “Insure Tennessee,” Governor Bill Haslam’s proposal for Medicaid expansion, the trick will be to back into the essential structures of Common Core and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), respectively, with improvised Tennessee-specific substitutes.

Nationally, Tennessee’s two Republican U.S. Senators, Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, attained new levels of influence as a consequence of the GOP’s capturing a majority in the Senate. Alexander became chairman of

the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and Corker ascended to the chairmanship of the Foreign Relations Committee.

Alexander, who is behind legislation to revise the Bush-era “No Child Left Behind” act, is widely regarded as a possible liaison between Republicans and Democrats in the highly fractionated Senate. Corker indicated, in a conference call with Tennessee reporters last week, that he intends to bring a new activist focus to what he regards as a drift in the Obama administration’s foreign policy.

For that, he has been touted by columnist George Will as potentially “the senator who matters most in 2015,” though Corker has drawn more attention of late for his proposals Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander

M 3D OV IE

SEE IT IN 3D AT THE P!NK PALACE!

January 15-21, 2015

NOW SHOWING!

12

to raise the federal gasoline tax.

• The city council imbroglio and subsequent fix stemmed from the revelation late last week that only former Councilmember Barbara Swearengen Holt Ware and local Democratic Party Chairman Bryan Carson had met what appeared to be the council’s deadline for filing a petition bearing 25 valid signatures of voters in District 7.

That would have meant that five others — including former interim Councilman Berlin Boyd, regarded in some circles as the favorite — could not vie for the right to succeed Lee Harris, now a state senator, in the vacated District 7 seat. Most of the five, including Boyd, were credited with 23 or 24 valid signatures — one or two short of the total needed — though all five had met the filing deadline of noon, last Thursday.

The situation was repaired with a hastily issued opinion from council attorney Allan Wade, who interpreted the city charter as giving additional flexibility on the deadline for submitting valid voter signatures. The new deadline was established by Wade as being Thursday, January 15th — a date that would seem to give the other candidates enough leeway to qualify.

Of the five, Boyd and Curtis Byrd Jr. had already submitted 23 signatures deemed valid by the Shelby County Election Commission (whose chairman, Robert Meyers,

politics

• The council does not lack for quipsters. Councilman Kemp Conrad, who was the host for a massively well-attended holiday party over the break, responded to someone’s suggestion that he might consult city planning czar Robert Lipscomb for help in building a parking garage to accommodate excess traffic. “A TDZ!” Conrad proposed.

• It would appear that the forthcoming session of the General Assembly in Nashville will not lack for controversy. The formal convening of the legislature, at noon on Tuesday, was preceded by a 10 a.m. “Women’s March on Nashville,” whose participants included another new state senator from Memphis, former Tennessee Regulatory Authority member Sara Kyle, who was elected in November to succeed her husband, Jim Kyle, now a Shelby County chancellor.

it would assist with the remaining financial obligation after the two-year period.

Haslam has made a special appeal to the General Assembly’s Democratic minority to help him pass enabling legislation for Insure Tennessee. A bill spearheaded by Kelsey and other opponents of Medicaid expansion to require legislative approval of any administration plan under the ACA was passed in the last General Assembly.

And, though Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey has expressed a degree of open-mindedness, Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris of Collierville and several other GOP members seem reluctant to endorse Insure Tennessee.

The sentiment of six GOP legislators from Shelby County who addressed the Republican Women of Purpose group at Southwind TPC last week varied from lukewarm to defiantly opposed to the governor’s plan.

State Representative Curry Todd prophesied “a lot of blood-letting” in the special session regarding the plan; Kelsey insisted Republicans needed to “shrink the size of government, not … expand the size of government,” and cast doubt as to whether the federal government would or the state Hospital Association could pay its pledged share in two years’ time. State Representative Jim Coley lamented the plan’s “dependence on the federal government” and said he “hope[d] to persuade the governor this is not the most appropriate plan.”

State Representative Steve McManus said it might not be so easy to opt out of the plan after two years as Haslam suggests. He contends that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services might withhold Medicaid funds entirely as retribution. “It’s like Hotel California,” he said, meaning that once you check into the plan, you can never leave.

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

• At a farewell dinner last week for Harris, who was recently elected by his party colleagues in the Senate to be Democratic leader there, the new state senator got off a memorable quip: “Within this month, I’ll be drawing three government checks — from the city council, from the state Senate, and from the University of Memphis Law School.

That proves I’m a Democrat!”

The rally was called to address several matters, including health, wage, and poverty issues, but a central concern of it was to counter a proliferation of bills in the legislature to impose new restrictions on abortion in the wake of the narrow passage of Amendment 1 by state voters in November.

Tennessee Right to Life, an organization that supports the proposed restrictions, indicated in advance that it had plans for a counter-demonstration.

Besides the abortion measures, other expected controversies include a renewed fight over proposed Common Core standards and efforts by several Republicans, including state Senator Brian Kelsey of Germantown, to abolish the Hall Income Tax in the face of resistance from Governor Haslam, who considers the potential loss to state revenues to be prohibitive.

But the major battle will take place in a session within the session. Haslam has called a special session, to begin on February 2nd, dealing with his “Insure Tennessee” proposal for accepting Medicaid expansion funds under the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare).

The governor’s plan, which apparently is assured of a waiver from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provides for a two-track structure in which persons eligible under poverty-level guidelines could either accept vouchers to purchase private health insurance plans or come under TennCare, the state’s version of Medicaid, through acceptance of modest co-pays and premiums.

Funding could amount to as much as $2 billion annually, with the federal government absorbing the full costs for two years and 90 percent of them after that period.

The state Hospital Association, which has been lobbying tirelessly for the Medicaid expansion funds, has indicated

news & opinion

had noted that it was the council, not the commission, which had applied the signature requirement for regular elections to the instance of filling vacancies). Audrey Jones and David Pool had 24, and Charles Leslie had 15.

The council will choose a successor to Harris from among the ultimately eligible candidates next Tuesday, January 20th.

13 13

E D ITO R IAL

Support “Insure Tennessee” No one can say that we were lax in urging Governor Bill Haslam to find some way to come to terms with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Tennessee, with its large lowerincome population and a financially threatened hospital We are proud to welcome ServiceMaster to the Memphis Open family.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

MEMPHIS OPEN PRESENTED BY SERVICEMASTER

FEBRUARY 7--15, 2015 RACQUET CLUB OF MEMPHIS

MEMPHISOPEN.COM 855-307-1981

January 15-21, 2015

Players and schedule subject to change. ©2015 USTA. Photos ©Getty Images.

14

network, needs to take advantage of the billion or so federal dollars that come annually with Medicaid expansion.

Had the Governor made his peace early on with the ACA (or Obamacare, as Republicans prefer to call it), he might have been able to get his plan across in quick order and relatively uncomplicated fashion. He chose to procrastinate, however, possibly to keep the restive Tea Party component in the Republican-dominated legislature at bay. He proclaimed the existence of something called “The Tennessee Plan,” which, he said, was in the process of creation and which, when complete, would form the basis of a waiver request with the Department of Health and Human Services.

We would later learn that there was — at that time — no such plan, not even much of a skeleton for it. And meanwhile the GOP majority, goaded on by determined ultra-conservative foes of Medicaid expansion (and perhaps even of Medicaid itself) like Germantown state Senator Brian Kelsey, took advantage of the delay to pass legislation that requires approval by both houses of the General Assembly for any state involvement whatsoever with the ACA. Haslam, it seemed, had put himself — and the state, especially its working poor and its medical providers — in a box from which there was no escape.

Well, who is to say that the age of miracles has passed? The governor, at length, did come up with a plan called “Tennessee Promise,” with a two-track modus operandi that would allow participants either to accept vouchers

for use with private insurors or to come within TennCare (Tennessee’s version of Medicaid) with an obligation to make modest co-pays and premium payments. It seemed a genuine compromise between the ideology of the marketplace and governmental intervention to meet an obvious social need.

And Haslam’s plan possesses a “failsafe” provision that allows for automatic discontinuation of the state’s program in case of default by either the federal government, which promises to provide 90 percent of funding after the first two (fully paid) years or the Tennessee Hospital Association, which has pledged to take care of the remaining 10 percent.

This last provision should have invalidated the oft-expressed doubts by critics of Medicaid expansion in Tennessee that the state would veer into ultimate insolvency by committing itself to the federal funding, but it hasn’t.

The critics have merely shifted ground a bit, crying rhetorical crocodile tears and claiming that either the feds or the Hospital Association or both will weasel out in two years’ time and leave the impoverished masses once again without coverage.

To call this claim “disingenuous” is to give it too much credit. The population on which this bogus concern is lavished is without coverage now. Even in the critics’ implausible scenario, something now is far better than nothing, ever.

All sophistries aside, Haslam’s plan is entitled to full and bipartisan support in the February 2nd special session. We urge its passage, the sooner the better.

C O m m E n TA R y b y D a n z i g e r

VIEWPOINT By Jeffrey Lichtenstein

A Living Wage it; and that the University of Memphis needed to do better.

The campaign kicked off with a campus speak-out to shine a light on U of M’s wage policies. More than 75 percent of workers in facilities services made less than the cost of living; scores of custodial employees were paid less than $8 an hour, even after years of service. Two U of M custodians in the union, Emma Davis and Thelma Rimmer, shared the story of their personal struggles trying live on poverty wages.

The next year Davis, Rimmer, and I, and 1,500 other working people from Tennessee went to Nashville to meet with legislators and rally for living wages. Later that day, 50 workers took over the legislative chamber where senators were voting on anti-worker bills, and seven of us were arrested in an act of civil disobedience. We returned to the capital every year after that and continued to rally on campus.

Last year, we were joined by fast-food workers, and the national movement for $15 and a union. We continued to organize, write articles, hold demonstrations, and send postcards, petitions, and letters to the governor, the legislature, and to the president of the University of Memphis.

We need to build a fair economy, united in the idea that everyone deserves a job that keeps them out of poverty.

And then, almost suddenly, U of M made its announcement: Base pay would rise to $10.10. Despite an adverse political climate, we won. Our lessons — organize, connect to national politics, and apply pressure to a leader with executive authority — will need to be applied elsewhere. Even $10.10 is still below the cost of living, and the raise excludes part-time employees, adjuncts, and subcontracted workers.

And there are still tens of thousands of low-wage workers making less with other employers in Memphis.

We need to pressure more employers to raise pay and force the city to require that companies receiving tax breaks commit to pay their workers fairly. And ultimately, we need to build a fair economy, united in the idea that everyone deserves a job that keeps them out of poverty, rather than in it.

Jeffrey Lichtenstein is a long-time member of Workers Interfaith Network.

WIN FREE PIZZA FOR A YEAR from ALDO’S Pizza Pies!

AT HALFTIME OF THE

THE BIG GAME MUST BE 21 TO SIGN UP.

RULES & SUCH ALREADY A MEMBER OF BEER LEAGUE? Good news! YOU'RE ENTERED TO WIN! NOT DRAFTED TO THE LEAGUE YET?

NO WORRIES, JOIN OUR BEER LEAGUE BETWEEN Now AND Big Game Sunday AND YOU'RE ENTERED TO WIN TOO!

DRAWING WILL TAKE PLACE AT HALFTIME ON THE BIG GAME SUNDAY! Must be present to win!

WINNER RECEIVES ONE 18'' SPECIALTY PIZZA PER WEEK FOR A YEAR (DINE-IN OR CARRY-OUT ONLY).

Benefits LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP $1 OFF ALL DRAFTS, EXCEPT AT HAPPY HOUR (MON-FRIDAY 3PM-7PM) RECEIVE YOUR VERY OWN STAINLESS STEEL 64OZ. GROWLER UPON BEER LEAGUE COMPLETION, FILLED WITH THE BEER OF YOUR CHOICE*

100 S. MAIN ST. DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS 901-5-777 - PIE ( 743 ) ALDOSPIZZAPIES@GMAIL.COM

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

Memphis has the second-highest unemployment rate among large metro areas, and the highest poverty rate of cities with less than one million people.

Nearly half of all children here live in poverty, and average wages are 11 percent under the national mean. In this bleak setting, efforts to raise wages are particularly important. So it was a significant victory last week when the University of Memphis affirmed plans to raise employees’ base pay to $10.10.

Nationally, economists have raised concerns that income inequality and low wages pose serious threats to economic growth. Some cities have responded to these concerns, and to growing public pressure, by hiking minimum wages significantly. Those that have are seeing some of the fastest job growth in the country.

Not so in the Volunteer State. In 2012, Tennessee’s legislature passed a bill barring local government from raising minimum wages or setting any number of community-benefit employment standards. The law preempted efforts to raise Memphis’ minimum wage. It also overruled a 2006 Memphis city ordinance, which required that city employees and workers at city contractors, be paid a living wage — a level that meets the cost of living. In 2014, ballot initiatives to raise state minimum wages passed in four red states, but Tennessee was not one of them. Governor Haslam has stood firm by an economic policy that has given our state the highest rate of minimum wage jobs in the country.

It is in this hostile political environment that the University of Memphis, bowing to protracted pressure from a grass roots movement, raised base pay to $10.10. The increase affects about 130 workers and establishes a pay floor 40 percent above the federal minimum wage. The new policy is a bump for Memphis’ economy and a testament to what committed grassroots organizing can accomplish.

Four years ago, three groups came together to launch a living-wage campaign at the University of Memphis.

United Campus Workers is a union of higher-education workers. Progressive Student Alliance is a group of active and concerned students. Workers Interfaith Network (WIN) is a faith and labor community organization that led the broad effort in 2006 to gain a city living-wage ordinance. The three united around the idea that a job should keep you out of poverty, not in

JOIN ALDO’S BEER LEAGUE TODAY!

news & opinion

The University of Memphis’ decision to raise its minimum wage is a good first step, but there is more work to be done.

15

Cover Story by Toby Sells

h c n u B y d Bra The

District Attorney Amy Weirich’s prosecutorial tactics come under fire again in a steamy sex-and-murder trial.

January 15-21, 2015

T

16

he two attorneys met, as they’d agreed. They sat side by side and hefted the two large, accordion file folders onto the desk before them and began pulling out stacks of documents. It was not the showy legal work of television dramas; it was the inescapable tedium of reviewing the state’s evidence in a murder trial that had ended five years before.

The work dragged on. Nothing surprised them, until something did.

Here’s how Doug Carriker, a prosecutor in the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office, remembered the discovery in a court hearing last year.

“A: On the outside of the manila envelope, about — just a standard size, maybe four inch by four inch yellow sticky pad note and it had language … something to the likes of ‘not turned over’ or ‘do not turn over to defense,’ and it had initials at the bottom and a date of, I want to say 2005 or so.

Q: Do you recall what the initials were?

A: ‘A’ — it was ‘A’ something, whatever Miss Weirich’s middle name is. A, something, W.” Carriker and defense attorney Taylor Eskridge had met to review all of the evidence Amy Weirich (now the Shelby County District Attorney General) and her team used in 2005 to convict former middle school principal Vern Braswell of killing his wife.

Eskridge testified that the words on the sticky note were written boldly with some kind of broad-tipped marker. The words shocked Eskridge and abruptly stopped the attorneys’ work session. Here’s how she remembered that moment of discovery: “…As we were going through, we were like, he was like ‘What’s this?’ And I was like shocked. …(The envelope) was closed with a seal that I recall. …What caught our attention was that it had some kind of note that made it clear that the defense couldn’t see it. … I think it said ‘do not show defense’ or something like that. But it was something that caught both of our attention.”

Prosecutors choose the evidence they hand over to criminal defense attorneys. But federal law (called the Brady Rule) mandates prosecutors hand over any evidence that could help prove the innocence of the accused (called exculpatory evidence). The statements from Carriker and Eskridge — two attorneys who once plotted the other’s defeat in a high-profile murder trial — both point to a possible violation of this law.

But it is not the first time Weirich’s office has come under fire for Brady violations. Two past murder cases are scheduled to be heard again in court this year in retrials that were won in part because of Brady violations. In fact, the issue was raised again just this week as Weirich recused herself Monday from the new trial for Noura Jackson, who was convicted of killing her mother.

The discovery of the envelope back in 2011 is still rippling through the decadeold murder case. Braswell is now an inmate at the West Tennessee State Penitentiary, but he’s back in court with a new attorney

(above) Vern Braswell, Noura Jackson, and Michael Rimmer; (opposite) DA Amy Weirich

and a set of new claims that he hopes will win him another trial.

That discovery was at the core of the controversy for Weirich that boiled over right before the Thanksgiving holiday, when Weirich was ordered to take the stand before Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan. Weirich said she made all required evidence available to Braswell’s attorneys. And as for that manila envelope with the bombshell sticky note: “If there were such an envelope and there were such a notation, no, I don’t recall doing that and that was not and is not my practice,” Weirich said in her testimony.

If Weirich did write those words, it’s possible she violated Braswell’s constitutional rights and broke one of the most basic rules governing prosecutors, which could in turn cost taxpayers thousands of dollars for a new trial. If the original manila envelope and the

A TREND EMERGES

At the very least, the alleged statement on that sticky note raised again a troubling charge: that Weirich and some of her top attorneys have hidden evidence in big murder cases. At least two murder cases are set to be reheard this year because either Weirich or an attorney from her office kept evidence from defense attorneys.

JUSTIN FOX BURKS

• Noura Jackson was convicted of stabbing her mother at least 50 times in 2005. A new trial was ordered for her in August because the Tennessee Supreme Court said Weirich did not give Jackson’s attorney a key witness statement and committed other violations during the trial.

Andrew Hammack was a friend of Jackson’s. She named him as a possible suspect in the murder of her mother, and the police suspected him, too.

Hammack told police Jackson called and texted him from her house the night her mother was murdered. His testimony put Jackson at the scene of the crime on the night of the crime.

He later recanted his statement, telling police he was high on ecstasy on the night of the murder and that he didn’t even have his phone that night.

Weirich did not give the recanted statement to Jackson’s attorneys.

In a unanimous opinion from the Supreme Court, Justice Cornelia Clark wrote that it was “difficult to overstate the importance of this portion of Mr. Hammack’s statement” because Jackson’s attorneys could have used it to question the police investigation and “to argue that Mr. Hammack himself was a plausible suspect.”

Jackson’s new trial was also granted because of Weirich’s blustery closing argument. In it, she turned to Jackson and dramatically implored the defendant to “just tell us where you were (on the night of the murder).” Jackson had decided not to testify in her defense and her attorneys said Weirich’s imperative statement directly to

Jackson violated her right not to testify.

• Michael Rimmer was convicted in two trials (in 1998 and 2004) of killing a hotel clerk whose body has never been found.

He was granted a new trial in December 2013 because Thomas Henderson, a highplaced, veteran attorney in the Shelby County District Attorney’s office, did not give relevant evidence to Rimmer’s defense attorneys.

For this, the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Office of Professional Responsibility ordered a public censure of Henderson.

The censure was a “public rebuke and a warning to the attorney, but does not affect the attorney’s ability to practice law,” according to a news release issued from the office at the time. Henderson also had to pay the court costs associated with the censure, which totaled $1,745.07.

Henderson argued the state’s case on both of Rimmer’s trials. Weirich pulled him from the new trial after the censure.

She called this a “punishment” and a “huge step, and it was a tough conversation to have.” She ordered no other discipline.

• Now comes the case of Vern Braswell, who claims he didn’t murder his wife, Sheila Braswell, in 2004. He says they had rough sex the night she died, and he choked her until she passed out. But he claims she liked it that way, that the couple had a kinky sex life, and on the night of her death she asked for a “fixie,” their term for a round of erotic asphyxiation.

But Braswell has a history of choking women as a hostile act, according to testimony recorded in court papers. He also had been seeing another woman right up until the time of his wife’s death.

Divorce papers were found in Sheila’s purse after her death, and she had sought an order of protection from her husband.

On the night of her death, Braswell says he and his wife were in the couple’s jacuzzi. They got intimate and moved to their bedroom “as a result of inadequate lubrication” in the jacuzzi. They got out of the bath and into the bedroom and had sex, sex that included a “fixie.”

Afterward, Sheila complained of cramps in her abdomen and got back into the couple’s jacuzzi.

Vern said he went to bed, where he waited for a show called Erotic Confessions to come on. He said he fell asleep at about 1:30 a.m. When he woke at about 3:40 a.m., Sheila was not in bed.

Vern Braswell claimed she was in the bathtub with the jacuzzi jets still running.

She showed no signs of life, her face and head were submerged in the water. He said he tried to remove her from the tub but couldn’t. He said he called 911, then a police friend of his, and then other family and friends to try to get help.

Three courts have ruled on the facts in the case. Braswell was convicted and lost two appeals. It may be unlikely that another court would hear those details and continued on page 18

kevin don't bluff

IF...

• you want to help people because they need help, not because you want to convert them to your religion….

• you trust that science, religion and the arts can get along together just fine, thank you….

• you believe we don’t have to think alike to love alike….

...then you owe it to yourself to visit one Sunday morning.

Kevin Lipe on the Memphis Grizzlies before, during, and after the game. @FlyerGrizBlog memphisflyer.com/blogs/BeyondTheArc

churchoftheriver.org

On Channel 3 Drive off Riverside near the I-55 bridge

cover story m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

sticky note are ever found, they could help set free a convicted killer. And it might fundamentally change the public’s opinion of an elected official who just won reelection by a landslide.

17

The Brady Bunch continued from page 17 come up with a different verdict. But his lawyers do have some new facts and a new angle. They want to prove that Braswell and his wife did, indeed, have a kinky sex life and that choking was a part of that. It’s a defense that his former attorney, Javier “Jay” Bailey, crafted but didn’t initially like, he said in hearings in November.

Bailey said he feared there would be a “creep factor” for a jury “thinking of a second grader’s principal choking a woman he’s having sex with.” But now, years after the original conviction, his attorneys are trying to prove exactly that.

Braswell’s new attorneys say prosecutors had an unfair advantage in the original 2005 trial. They did not release statements from potential witnesses in the case that could have proved Vern and Sheila Braswell had a kinky sex life. And then there’s that one big unknown: the evidence in that manila envelope that the two opposing attorneys say they saw.

A NAtioNAl Problem?

January 15-21, 2015

Shelby County is hardly alone when it comes to cases of prosecutorial misconduct, especially Brady violations (hiding exculpatory evidence from defense attorneys).

The University of Michigan Law School’s National Registry of Exonerations said in a 2013 report that 43 percent of wrongful convictions in 2012 were

18

attributable to prosecutorial misconduct, including Brady violations, charging a suspect with too many offenses, pressuring witnesses not to testify, relying on fraudulent forensics experts, making improper or misleading statements to the jury, and more.

“The overwhelming majority of lawyers who choose to become prosecutors are ethical,” said a 2013 white paper by the Maryland-based Center for Prosecutor Integrity (CPI). “But powerful incentives — political ambitions, media pressures, and a culture of prosecutorial infallibility — can serve to induce prosecutors to act unethically.”

Wrongful convictions were once less common. But with the advent of postconviction DNA analysis in the 1980s, many convictions were overturned.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Chicago Tribune brought prosecutorial misconduct to the national stage with separate highprofile investigative reports in the 1990s.

The national audience on the issue grew wider in 2007 when the North Carolina State Bar disbarred a district attorney there for “dishonesty, fraud, deceit, and misrepresentation” in the widely televised Duke University lacrosse case. This is all according to CPI’s white paper called, “Epidemic of Prosecutor Misconduct.”

When a case goes to a retrial due to the misconduct of government prosecutors,

the cost of government goes up. The Center for Prosecution Integrity’s study did not put a dollar amount on the cost of retrials, nation-wide. But a 2008 investigation by The Dallas Morning News put the cost to Texas taxpayers at $8.6 million from 20012008. In Illinois, wrongful convictions on violent crimes from 1989 to 2010 cost taxpayers $214 million and imprisoned innocent people for a total of 926 years, according to a joint investigation by the Illinois-based nonprofit watchdog group, Better Government Association, and the Center on Wrongful Convictions.

Brady violations returned to the national spotlight in a 2002 federal case against a Spokane man who made ricin, a deadly poison.

Kenneth Olsen was convicted by a federal jury of knowingly developing the biological agent for use as a weapon, according to the lawsuit. Olsen appealed for a new trial because while he admitted he made the poison, he said he didn’t intend to use it as a weapon.

Whether he did or didn’t hinged on the work of Washington State Police Forensic Scientist Arnold Melnikoff. But his work had been sloppy in the past, and at the time of the appeal, an investigation of the scientist had been conducted.

The U.S. Assistant District Attorney prosecuting Olsen’s case downplayed the investigation in “scope, status, and gravity.” The investigation was over, but the prosecutor told Olsen’s attorney it was

ongoing, and “there is nothing further you should know about.” The investigation was, in fact, damning and Melnikoff was fired.

A federal judge requested that the case be reheard. A vote was taken by the panel of judges in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and Olsen did not win a retrial. Chief Judge Alex Kozinski wrote a scathing dissent of the decision, declaring “there is an epidemic of Brady violations abroad in the land.” “[The decision] will send a clear signal to prosecutors that, when a case is close, it’s best to hide evidence helpful to the defense, as there will be a fair chance reviewing courts will look the other way, as happened here,” Kozinski wrote in December 2013.

“A robust and rigorously enforced Brady rule is imperative, because all the incentives prosecutors confront encourage them not to discover or disclose exculpatory evidence. This creates a serious moral hazard for those prosecutors who are more interested in winning a conviction than serving justice.”

Who Prosecutes the Prosecutors?

In Tennessee, the very short answer to that question is the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Board of Professional Responsibility, which was created by the court in 1976 to supervise the ethical conduct of attorneys practicing in the state.

The board is comprised of nine appointed attorneys and three appointed

lay members. It now includes Memphians Margaret Craddock, former director of the Memphis Inter-Faith Association, and Odell Horton Jr., a partner at Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs.

The board also publishes ethics opinions, hosts an ethics hotline, runs a consumer assistance program, and more. But its main focus is disciplinary enforcement of attorneys.

In fiscal 2013, the board oversaw 21,142 active attorneys in the state.

It received 1,474 complaints about attorneys and saw 79 formal cases filed.

Anyone can file a complaint on an attorney, says Sandy Garrett, the board’s

prosecutorial misconduct infringed on the constitutional rights of defendants.

Fewer than 50 public sanctions were imposed on those prosecutors.

“Professional discipline is rare, and violations seldom give rise to liability for money damages,” wrote Ninth Circuit Court Chief Judge Kozinski in his 2013 dissent on the Olsen ruling. “Criminal liability for causing an innocent man to lose decades of his life behind bars is practically unheard of.”

Kozinski pointed to a 2013 case in Texas in which former prosecutor, Ken Anderson, suppressed evidence in a trial and sent an innocent man to prison for 25 years. Texas settled civil and criminal charges against the attorney by having him forfeit his law license, serve up to 10 days in jail, pay a $500 fine, and perform 500 hours of community service.

THE NEXT STEP

It’s unclear what — if anything — will happen to Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich in light of the latest allegation of Brady violations against her office.

One thing’s for sure, though, that original manila envelope and its potential bombshell sticky note are long gone.

Carriker, the prosecutor who originally discovered the evidence, said he and Eskridge didn’t open the envelope that day back in 2011. He wanted permission from his superiors first.

Make a resolution to get more for your money.

The envelope went back into the state’s file. Carriker was assigned to another unit and never saw the envelope again. Neither did attorneys for Braswell. But they want it now and will likely use its absence in their case for a new trial.

“I don’t know what’s in that envelope and that envelope is gone,” said Braswell's new attorney, Lauren Fuchs, in court last year. “It disappeared. It’s no longer in the file. I’ve asked for it.

They’ve looked for it. It’s gone.”

Another envelope and sticky note showed up in the Braswell hearings last year, but Carriker said the envelope wasn’t the same and Eskridge said the note didn’t read like the one she remembered.

The new sticky note reads: “I am NOT giving these items in discovery.

8-22-05 APW.” Then there’s a later notation on the note that reads: “126-05 (Investigator Jencks’ statements) of witnesses who testified were turned over at the appropriate time.”

Whether or not the new envelope and sticky note are the originals, Judge Skahan deemed them important enough last year to be entered into evidence. In making sure that the new evidence stayed put, she called for a court officer — not either of the opposing attorneys — to make copies of it. New court dates in the Braswell case are scheduled for March and April.

Forget the weight loss. This year, choose to have your money work harder for you. Open a Magna Bank® Prime Checking account. It’s unlike other banks’ accounts that require a minimum balance to earn interest. That being said, it’s probably best to have as much money in the account as you can to take advantage of the rate.

In addition to the account earning you money, it also saves you money: • • • • •

No monthly service charge ATM usage fees refunded up to $15 Free mobile banking with mobile deposit Free online banking with Bill Pay Free Magna Bank Visa® debit card

Open an account online or at a branch and see how rewarding banking can be.

On balances up to with Prime Checking

Download our free Magna Bank Mobile app and bank anywhere.

*To qualify, you must use your Magna Bank Visa® debit card to perform 6 signature transactions per monthly qualification cycle, and you must perform at least one of the following: direct deposit / direct withdrawal, or a bill payment, or a mobile deposit per qualification cycle.

Annual Percentage Yields (APYs) are accurate as of 01/01/2015. If all activity requirements are met, interest rates are 1.24% on average collected balances up to $250,000 and 0.05% on average collected balances greater than $250,000. The resulting APY will range from 1.25% APY (assuming a $250,000 average collected balance) to 1.05% APY (assuming a $300,000 average collected balance). Monthly qualification cycle is the period beginning three (3) business days prior to the current statement cycle and lasts until three (3) business days prior to the close of the current statement cycle. Transactions must be posted, not pending. All statements are provided electronically online. Opening deposit is $100. Rates are subject to change without notice. Fees may reduce earnings. Limit two (2) Prime Checking accounts per household.

ATM Usage Fees refunded are: Up to four (4) out-of-network Magna Bank usage fees (service charges) plus up to $15 fees (surcharges) assessed by other ATM owners.

If requirements are not met, the interest rate earned on your entire balance is 0.05% APY and your ATM charges for that month will not be refunded.

cover story m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

JUSTIN FOX BURKS

Attorney Lauren Fuchs

chief disciplinary counsel. But, she says, about a third of the complaints come from other lawyers and judges, “because they have a duty to report misconduct.”

Should the board decide a complaint merits the status of actual misconduct, a trial is held, similar to that of a civilian court case, with discovery, witnesses, evidence, proof, and even subpoenas.

After the trial, the board can dismiss the case or sentence the accused attorney to punishments ranging from a public censure (which Henderson received last year) to disbarment.

District attorneys are governed by the same rules as other attorneys, Garrett says, and are also bound by a set of special rules including mandates on probable cause and disclosing exculpatory evidence to defense attorneys.

“District attorneys have a tremendous amount of discretion, which is what we try and explain to folks again and again and again,” Garrett says. “Which is not to say they should be engaging in misconduct, but we get a lot of complaints about charging decisions, about whether or not a district attorney is ‘picking on somebody,’ or vice versa, that they are not charging somebody that somebody else thinks should be charged.”

Sanctions against prosecutors are relatively rare. The Center for Prosecutor Integrity says that between 1970 and 2003 there were 2,102 cases in which

19

steppin’ out

We R e c o m m e n d : C u l t u r e , N e w s + R e v i e w s

Beer Science American theoretical physicist Richard Feynman once declared that all of life is fermentation and made a strong assertion that the entire universe is reflected in a single adult beverage. So when you drink a beer, you’re not just enjoying a uniquely refreshing experiment in evolution that pits various souring bacteria against one another in a process designed to convert malted grain and yeast into liquid happiness, you’re tasting the universe. Or something like that.

Beer fans with an interest in human social behavior and the brewing process may want to visit the Pink Palace’s “Science of Beer” event, which has been brought back by popular demand. There will be plenty of beers to taste, many of which have been crafted locally by both commercial brewers and homebrewers. Experts will also be on hand to introduce visitors to the wonders of hops, malt, and yeast, and talk about the science behind the flavors. Craftier patrons can make their own beer koozies and pretzel necklaces.

JOZSEF SZASZ-FABIAN | DREAMSTIME.COM

By Chris Davis

JUSTIN FOX BURKS

“THE SCIENCE OF BEER” AT THE PINK PALACE. FRIDAY, JANUARY 16TH, 6-9:30 P.M., $30 FOR MUSEUM MEMBERS, $35 FOR NON-MEMBERS, AND $15 FOR DESIGNATED DRIVERS. ALL TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE FROM THE MUSEUM. WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG

Checking out Napa Café’s new look and menu items Food, p. 36

January 15-21, 2015

We Live Here at TheatreWorks Theater, p. 30

20

THURSDAY January 15

FRIDAY January 16

“Suffering and Soul-Making” Evergreen Presbyterian Church, 6 p.m.

Scott Samuelson delivers a lecture on the value of a liberal arts education, based on a philosophy of self-reflection. Part of Rhodes College’s Communities in Conversation series.

Te Amo, Argentina Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s, 8 p.m., $30 A performance of Argentine music and dance by cellist Antonio Lysy and tango dancers Miriam Larici and Leonardo Barrionuevo.

Hansel & Gretel Germantown Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m., $33-$74 Opera Memphis presents Humperdinck’s version of the classic fairytale about two children who get lost in the woods. Encore performance Saturday, January 17.

The Black Jacket Symphony Minglewood Hall, 8 p.m., $25-$30 The Black Jacket Symphony performs Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon.

SATURDAY January 17 I Have a DreamFest Weekend The 1524 (1524 Madison), 7-11 p.m., $10 Three days of concerts dedicated to promoting unity. Performers include Memphis Mayhem, Fat Daddy and Friends, DJ Wyzlyfe, Paige Brown, Chris Hill, and others.

Bad Jews Circuit Playhouse, 8 p.m., $22 A comedy about the “holy and the holier than thou,” following a family and their judgments on certain members’ mates.

Pancakes & Booze Hi-Tone, 8 p.m.-2 a.m., $5 An underground art show featuring free pancakes and, yep, booze.

The show includes local emerging musicians and artists, plus body painting. For more information, go to pancakesandbooze.com.

Cat Coffin with Mummy, From Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 26–30, 664–332 b.c.e., Wood, gesso, linen, Brooklyn Museum; Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1942E

TW EEK EN D LAS

Memphis Plays Itself

By Chris Davis

Exhibition Sponsor

Mrs. Honey Scheidt

Hoodoo Love by Katori Hall opens this week on the Hattiloo Theatre’s Katori Hall stage. That has a nice ring to it.

“The thing I’m most excited about is that this is a Katori Hall play,” says Hoodoo Love director Brooke Sarden. “And this is Memphis. And she has this fantastic way of telling stories that are incredibly detailed and imaginative about people you know.”

Hall, the Memphis-born, internationally acclaimed artist for whom the Hattiloo’s 44-seat second stage is named, is best known for her plays The Mountaintop, a historical fiction about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the last night of his life, and Hurt Village, an urban fable about love, death, and the last days of a notorious Memphis housing project. Hoodoo Love is a much earlier work that started out as a college project and was eventually presented by New York’s Cherry Lane Theatre in 2007.

Like Hall’s better known plays, Hoodoo Love is set in Memphis. Toulou, a would-be chanteuse has run away from a tragic family circumstance in Mississippi looking for a better, or at least a more poetic, life. She finds work as a wash woman, begins to establish herself as a singer, and enlists the aid of Candy Lady, a conjure woman, in order to secure the love of a traveling musician named Ace. It’s the 1930s. The Depression is raging. Life can be brutal.

Hall wrote a clutch of original blues for Hoodoo Love, which Sarden describes as being more of a “play with music” than a musical.

“We’ve tried to keep everything as authentic as possible,” she says. “So it’s less like a musical and more like something you might find in the right neighborhoods in Memphis, if you just walk up on the front porch.”

2015 King Day Celebration National Civil Rights Museum, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., $5, or $3 with donation of a food item, or free with blood donation Annual MLK Day event with music by the Stax Music Academy and the Overton High School Jazz Quartet.

Recordings of King will be played as well.

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

Memphis Flyer 20 Under 30 Party High Cotton Brewing Co., 6-8 p.m.

Meet the subjects of this year’s annual “20 Under 30” cover story.

arts & entertainment

Ignite the Dream Children’s Museum of Memphis, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

An event in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. featuring a neonlight puppet show, crafts, and cupcakes.

TM

Talk by Nigel Strudwick Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 2-3 p.m.

A talk on ancient Memphis and its huge necropolis Saqqara by Egyptologist Nigel Strudwick.

BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG

wednesday January 21

FREE FOR STUDENTS + BROOKS MEMBERS / INCLUDED WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION.

monday January 19

Most citizens of Memphis know that our city gets its name from the ancient capital of Egypt. But how much do they know about ancient Memphis and its huge necropolis, Saqqara? It seems fitting to close the exhibition with a look at the ancient sites, which also conveniently have produced thousands or millions of the mummified types of animals which are on display.

sunday January 18

DR. NIGEL STRUDWICK, EGYPTOLOGIST, UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS

Joaquin Phoenix in Inherent Vice Film, p. 39

TALK SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2 PM

"Hoodoo Love" at tHe HattiLoo tHeatre January 15tH-February 15tH. HattiLoo.org

21

M u s i c f e at u r e B y J . D . R e a g e r

Turn It Up Loud James Godwin on his new record Bad to Be Here.

January 15-21, 2015

Memphis Flyer: You recorded a lot of the band’s debut EP, Lovers & Ghosts, on your own. . . how did the band come together?

James Godwin: The first EP was made around the time that the New Mary Jane was winding down. I was recording at home on 4-tracks, just tinkering with different things. Some of it we cut over at Dave Shouse’s (the New Mary Jane/Grifters guitarist) house.

The first time I ever played the song “Astronaut” [from Lovers & Ghosts] was actually at a New Mary Jane gig. I really botched it and knocked the mic stand over on accident. As far as putting the band together, John Argroves was already involved because he played drums on some of the EP. [Guitarist] Luke White and I had been hanging [out] a lot playing darts and smoking cigarettes, and we eventually got together to learn the songs from the first EP as a three-piece. We immediately realized that we needed a fourth member to play the bass. At the second rehearsal, Luke brought David Johnson in, and we’ve had the same lineup since.

Has having a band to collaborate with changed your sound or approach to songwriting?

22 I don’t think that it’s affected the way

I write songs, really. I typically write songs from start to finish in my head before I even try to play it. Working with the guys has really brought the songs to life. Luke, Dave, and John are all insanely talented.

James and the Ultrasounds

When did you and the band start working on the songs for Bad to Be Here?

I started doing demos for these tunes around the end of 2013. I had most of the songs written before we recorded anything. Some of them we were already playing live, and some of them the guys hadn’t heard before we recorded them in the studio. I didn’t work much besides touring at that time, so I had months of free time to write and do demos.

bearded teddy bear and a really smart musician. He also played the hell out of a Wurlitzer on a few tunes.

How did Mark become involved in the project?

He saw us play a show one night. The next day he contacted me about his idea to be involved and to take a stab at producing a band and putting a record together for us. A few days later he had it all set up, and we were in the studio.

Where did you record it?

We recorded it at Curry Weber’s place, Superman Ranch. Curry has a really nice space there and gets good sounds out of his room. It’s tucked away and not many people know it’s there.

There are no windows and time can really get away from you. As with any recording experience, some days went smoothly, and others we were pulling our hair out.

This is the first time I’ve recorded a batch of tunes with a band. Before then, it was usually just me fiddling around. It was a learning experience, for sure.

You should’ve seen the look on everyone’s face when I pitched them the idea for a song called “Party Dracula.”

Bad to Be Here sounds a bit cleaner/ more produced than the EP - was that your intent?

I think it’s just the difference between working with 4-tracks and whatever you have lying around versus going into a studio with professional equipment and people who know how to operate it. I’ve always been a fan of lo-fi stuff, but Mark wanted me to believe that I’m a better singer than I think I am. That led to the vocals being cleaned up and less fuzzy than the vocals on the first EP. I don’t mind the clean vocals. It’s like, there it is. That’s what my voice sounds like, nothing to hide behind. It did take some getting used to at first. On the next one, I’d like mix it up a little more, maybe bring the 4-track into the studio and piss everybody off.

You’ve spent a good deal of time as a back-up player for lots of different folks. What did those experiences teach you about songwriting?

I’ve learned a lot over the years. One thing that really benefitted me came from touring with John Paul Keith.

Riding in a van with him for as long as I did, each day was like a music history lesson. He showed me so much old stuff that I had never heard before.

Are there ever times you miss being a side-man?

I just love playing music. I love to play the bass, especially with such talented people that I’ve been fortunate enough to play with over the years. But I won’t lie and say I don’t enjoy being able to

What was it like working with Mark Edgar Stuart as a producer? How did he contribute to the project?

Working with Mark was great. Mark is a wonderful person, and he was really enthusiastic from the start. He kind of acted as a coach and referee. When we’d get frustrated about something, or something wasn’t coming out right, he’d help us get our focus back and get us to nail it. If we were butting heads or something, he’d get us all back on the same page. He’d also help me get through those moments where I lose confidence in something. He’s a big,

DAN BALL

M

emphis musician James Godwin has long been known as the skilled bass player behind such well-known local rock acts as Streetside Symphony, the New Mary Jane, Jack Oblivian, and John Paul Keith and the 1-4-5s. However, in recent years, Godwin has been busy fronting his own fine project, James and the Ultrasounds. This week the band is releasing its first full-length recording, Bad to Be Here, on local imprint Madjack Records, and celebrating that release with a show this Saturday at the Young Avenue Deli. Godwin spoke to the Flyer earlier this week about the new record, putting together the band, and much more.

turn my guitar up as loud as I want and go for it. It took a long time for me to be able to front a band. For the longest time, I was terrified to sing in front of people. Every time that I do it now is like a small victory for me.

How did you develop a relationship with Madjack Records?

Through Mark Stuart, who pitched the idea of them putting the new record out while we were making it. He set up the initial meeting with Ronny Russell, and he and I really hit it off. Ronny and Madjack have been really enthusiastic and very helpful. I think it’s really cool that they put this record out, because they’ve never really released anything like this before. I always thought it was kind of funny that the original working title for the record was Kill Americana. I remember Mark telling me about pitching to Madjack and thinking maybe I should come up with a different title.

How do you feel about Bad to Be Here now that it is out?

I think it has some really strong stuff on it. There were some ideas that I wish would’ve worked out and made the cut, but that’s just how it goes. I tend to be pretty self-critical. I usually go through periods where I hate everything I do, then I come back later and listen and think, “I’ve heard worse.”

There are always things you wish you could’ve nailed a bit better, or parts on songs that you work up after the record is finished - I think you’ve just got to roll with it.

It’s really good when played at the appropriate rock-and-roll volume. I want people to listen to this thing as loud as possible. It’s a rock-and-roll record. It’s got some zits on it. It’s got soul. I ain’t writing ballads over here.

Turn it up loud and drink beer.

James and the Ultrasounds will perform Saturday, January 17th, at the Young Avenue Deli with special guests Mark Edgar Stuart and the Maitre D’s. Showtime is 9:30 p.m., admission is $10. Copies of Bad to Be Here will be available.

DOWNLOAD FROM THE APP STORE Search: Flyer or text FLYER to 77498 to download now!

arts & entertainment

Do you ? s i h p m e Do M

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

Our city’s most comprehensive calendar, now in the palm of your hand!

23

MERCEDES-BENZ OF MEMPHIS

PRE-OWNED

l o c a l b e at B y J o e B o o n e

EVENT

Blues Planet

The world beats a path to the International Blues Challenge.

CLA250 COUPE 14 CLA250C, 22133....WAS $39,170

NOW $37,231

14 CLA250C, 22107....WAS $36,800

NOW $34,950

14 CLA250C, 22061....WAS $35,220

NOW $33,620

C250 COUPE 15 C250C, 22077....... WAS $47,560

NOW $43,550

15 C250C, 22094........WAS $43,720

NOW $39,964

C250

14 C250, P2387L....WAS $33,999

CLS550 COUPE 14 CLS550 C, 22001....WAS $80,150

NOW $29,999

NOW $72,840

5389 POPLAR 1-888-356-7636 Mercedesmemphis.com

January 15-21, 2015

Krakow to Memphis: 8328 km Puchowski tunes a steel string acoustic guitar down a step, which adds some chunkier bass and slappier fret noise. He also has an affinity for the Dobro, a steel guitar invented by the Dopyera Brothers in L.A. in the 1920s. The name Dobro is a portmanteau of Dopyera Brothers and also means “goodness” in Slavik languages. Puchowski renders a dark goodness from it with a brass slide. Two Timer has a song called “Ginger Chicks.”

Ballet Memphis

FEB. 13 | 2015 4:00-6:30 p.m.

To see audition requirements, go to MemphisFashionWeek.org/models.

24

Marking its 31st year, the International Blues Challenge gets underway Tuesday.

The yearly global blues showdown brings wailers and stompers from all over this earth to revel in the music that W.C. Handy codified here and which ran rampant over 20th century popular culture in the form of jazz and rock-and-roll. We are always thrilled to hear the accents and see the bands, solo acts, and youth acts who flood downtown in hopes of taking the big win back home.

Things get rollin’ and tumblin’ on the evening of Tuesday, January 20th with an international showcase. The quarter finals are Wednesday and Thursday, and the semi finals are on Friday and Saturday.

The acts perform throughout the Beale Street Historic District in anticipation of the finals at the Orpheum Theatre on Saturday, January 24th.

They call it an international affair for a reason. No one can enter this contest directly. Contestants must be sponsored by their local affiliate of the Blues Foundation. Once they have conquered the homeland, acts trek to the Bluff City to see who’s got the gutbucket goods. Let’s have a look at some of the far-flung entrants.

Since our Memphis In May Festival has chosen to honor Poland as its partner for 2015, we should introduce you to our Polish guests. The affiliate in Poland is the Association of Blues & Rock ’70, which sends us Romek Puchowski in the solo-duo category and Two Timer in the band competition.

Photo & Styling: Well Worn Co. | Hair: Pavo Salon | Model: Shelby Priest (AMAX) | Wardrobe: Maggie Louise Bridal | Jewelry: Brave Design (Spruce)

MFW-0003 MFW Ad 4.575x6.1 Flyer FINAL.indd 1

Manila to Memphis: 13,580 km The Glass Cherry Breakers are literally in it for the long haul. Their sound speaks to a love of Ann Peebles and Chicagostyle band work. They know about the dynamics curve of turning a song from a whisper-like ember into a run-downthe-street-with-a-can-of-gasoline act of musical arson. It’s interesting to see what styles, techniques, and signifiers make the trip around the globe and into music lovers’ hearts. But we live in the flat, global environment. The Phillipine Blues Society has a dog in this race.

12/15/14 10:16 AM

But don’t count out the Blues Asia Network, a society representing groups from Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, and other Asian countries. The Brat Pack is another act making the trek from Manila. Find their Soundcloud page and listen to “Brattitude,” described as “the signature song of our band, heavily arranged with exciting breaks, and energetic build ups!” Lord, I feel so unnecessary. The Brat Pack has a jumpy, piano-driven sound that could move a room in any hemisphere.

Jerusalem to Memphis: 10,628 km After the Ori Naftaly Band made their home in Memphis following a semi-final run a few years back, the Israel Blues Society is back with two acts. Papa Blues is a tight band that keeps things moving. Mean Machine will play in the solo-duo section.

Oslo to Memphis: 7,232 km The Markus Lovdal Band conquered the Norsk Blues Union to get here. So look out for them. They have a jazzinfluenced sound that lets the vocalist do the work. There’s a little Gregg Allman.

There’s a little Harry Connick Jr. too.

This is a versatile band that could adapt to the competition. So save some of your wagering budget for them. There are not many blues guitarists named Bjørn Ulvik Blix Lein. This is your chance.

John McNamara Ed FringE PicturEs

VISIT MERCEDES-BENZ OF MEMPHIS TODAY. DON’T MISS OUT ON THESE LIMITED TIME SAVINGS!

Melbourne to Memphis: 15,150 km John McNamara has a real voice that has a natural grit to it. There is no clownish accent. (Judges, please penalize bad “southern” accents.) His acoustic work is true accompaniment: His playing dances behind the lyric like a trickster. Somewhere between Jason Isbell and Harlan T. Bobo, McNamara is a song stylist. You can’t separate the blues from what he does. But he’s not hidebound to form. He may lose points for some notion of “authenticity,” but he’s really good.

The International Blues Challenge: Tuesday-Saturday, January 20th-24th, www.blues.org

Our city’s most comprehensive calendar, now in the palm of your hand!

THE BEST ENTERTAINMENT IN TUNICA

G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE February 15

MIKE TYSON: THE UNDISPUTED TRUTH TOUR March 6

THE BLACK JACKET SYMPHONY Performing Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon”

FRIDAY, 1/16 • 7PM

FUTURE

FRIDAY, 1/23 • 7PM

V3FIGHTS SATURDAY, 1/24 • 6PM

MOON TAXI w/The Lonely Biscuits & Firekid

AARON LEWIS

JOSH TURNER

March 8

March 13

w/Frank Foster

FRIDAY, 1/30 • 8PM ON SALE THIS WEEK:

DIE ANTWOORD WEDNESDAY, 3/18 • 8PM

Tickets available online at Ticketmaster.com, at the Horseshoe Casino Gift Shop or by calling 1-800-745-3000.

THE WAR ON DRUGS

SATURDAY, 4/4 • 8PM

LUCERO FAMILY PICNIC DOWNLOAD FROM THE APP STORE Search: Flyer or text FLYER to 77498 to download now!

w/North Mississippi Allstars

WEDNESDAY, 4/18

Must be 21 years or older to gamble or attend events. Know When To Stop Before You Start.® Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-522-4700. ©2015, Caesars License Company, LLC. All rights reserved.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Do you Do Memphis?

JOSH ABBOTT BAND

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

FRIDAY, 1/30 • 8PM

*ALL TIMES LISTED ARE DOOR TIMES

25

T H E WA R P A N D T H E WE F T OT H E R L A N D S S AT U R DAY, JA N UA RY 1 7 T H

D E D R I C C L AR K AN D TH E S O C I AL AN I M ALS H U EY’S M I DTOWN S U N DAY JAN UARY 18TH

TH E J U M PI N CH I CH IS L AFAYET T E’ S M U S I C R O O M M O N DAY, JAN UARY 1 9 T H

After Dark: Live Music Schedule January 15 - 21 Flynn’s Restaurant and Bar 159 BEALE

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

Alfred’s 197 BEALE - 525-3711

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

Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE STREET - 529-0007

Brad Birkedahl Sunday, Jan. 18, 6 p.m.; Memphis Music Monday third Monday of every month, 6-9 p.m.; International Blues Challenge Wednesday, Jan. 21, 5 p.m.

Itta Bena 145 BEALE - 578-3031

Susan Marshall Fridays, Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.

B.B. King’s Blues Club 147 BEALE - 524-KING

B.B. King All Stars Thursdays, 7 p.m., Fridays-Saturdays, 9 p.m., and Mondays, 7:30 p.m.; The Will Tucker Band Fridays, Saturdays, 5 p.m. and Wednesday, Jan. 21, 12:30 p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturday, Jan. 17, 12:30 p.m. and Sundays, 2 p.m.; Preston Shannon Sundays, 7 p.m.; Doc Fangaz Trio Monday, Jan. 19, 12:30 p.m.; Memphis Jones Mondays, 5 p.m.; Blake Ryan Trio Tuesdays, 5 p.m.; King Beez Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.

Jerry Lee Lewis Cafe & Honky Tonk 310 BEALE - 654-5171

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.

King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE - 521-1851

David Bowen Thursday, Jan. 15, 5:30-9:30 p.m. and Fridays, Saturdays, 6:3010:30 p.m.

Blue Note Bar & Grill 341-345 BEALE - 577-1089

January 15-21, 2015

Queen Ann & the Memphis Blues Masters Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

King’s Palace Cafe’s Tap Room 168 BEALE - 576-2220

Don Valentine Thursday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m.-midnight and Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Crush Friday, Jan. 16, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Delta Project Saturday, Jan. 17, 8 p.m.-midnight; Cowboy Neil Sundays, Mondays, 8 p.m.midnight; Sonny Mack and the Mack 2 Band Sundays, Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Wet Willie’s 209 BEALE - 578-5650

Chris Gavin Thursday, Jan. 15, 7-11 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Blues Band Friday, Jan. 16, 7-11 p.m.; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.; Roxi Love Sunday, Jan. 18, 7-11 p.m.; Eric Hughes Jam Sessions (during The International Blues Challenge) Wednesday, Jan. 21, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe 182 BEALE - 528-0150

Vince Johnson and the Boogie Blues Band Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 15-17, 8 p.m.-midnight; Memphis Blues Society Jam Sundays, 7-11 p.m.

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

Memphis Bluesmaster Thursday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m.midnight; Plantation All Stars Fridays, Saturdays, 3-7 p.m.; McDaniel Band Saturday, Jan. 17, 8 p.m.-midnight and Tuesday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m.midnight; The Dr. “Feel Good” Potts Band Sundays, Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE - 522-9596

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

414 South Main 414 S. MAIN

“The $1 Jump Off ” featuring live hip-hop and R&B Saturdays, 8 p.m.

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

Live Music ThursdaysSaturdays, 10 p.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON - 572-1813

Double J’s Smokehouse & Saloon 124 E. G.E. PATTERSON 335-0251

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

Grawemeyer’s 520 S. MAIN - 526-6751

Brennan Villines Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.; John Lane Williamson Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. and Sundays, 5-9 p.m.; Eddie Harrison Fridays, 6 p.m.; Evan Farris Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 4:3010 p.m. and Sundays, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Wally Wright Wednesdays, 6 p.m.

The Green Beetle 325 S. MAIN - 527-7337

Andrew Cabigao Saturday, Jan. 17, 8-11 p.m.

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND - 527-2700

Eddie Harrison and the Short Kuts Sunday, Jan. 18, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Live Music Fridays.

Brinson’s 341 MADISON - 524-0104

Melting Pot: Artist Showcase Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.; Reggae Sundays featuring Ras Empress and more Sundays, 7 p.m.-midnight.

Kudzu’s 603 MONROE - 525-4924

Rhythm Hounds Friday, Jan. 16; Jagged Row, Lucas Carpenter Saturday, Jan. 17; Open Mic Mondays; Blues Jam Tuesdays.

Memphis Sounds Lounge 22 N. THIRD - 590-4049

Grown Folk’s Music 7:30 p.m.

Onix Restaurant & Jazz Lounge 412 S. MAIN - 552-4609

Smooth R&B Thursdays, Fridays, 8:30 p.m.; Jazz Fridays, Saturdays, 8:30-11:30 p.m.

The Orpheum 203 S. MAIN - 525-3000

International Blues Challenge: RJ Howson Tuesday-Wednesday, Jan. 20-21, 8 p.m.

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

Live pianist Thursdays, 5:308:30 p.m., Fridays-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 & Jazz Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.

Purple Haze Nightclub 140 LT. GEORGE W. LEE 577-1139

DJ Dance Music ongoing, 10 p.m.; Neo Soul Saturdays featuring Tamara Jones Monger, Carmen, Pat Register, and more Third Saturday of every month, 7-10:30 p.m.

Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN - 523-0020

Dance and Salsa Night Fridays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Saturday Salsa Night Saturdays, 8:30 p.m.-3 a.m.

THIRTEENTH ANNUAL

MLK, JR. DAY GAME PRESENTED BY

26

GRIZZLIES VS. MAVERICKS MONDAY, JANUARY 19 · 4PM

MONSTER JAM FEBRUARY 13 & 14

WWE PRESENTS FAST LANE PPV SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22

WINTER JAM SUNDAY, MARCH 22

Honoring Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe, Chauncey Billups, & Jason Collins. PEPSI FAMILY PLAN! Get 4 tickets, 4 hot dogs, & 4 Pepsi drinks, starting at $58.

The most exciting family motorsports entertainment and the biggest performers on four wheels.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Feel the thrill of the first ever fast lane pay-per-view event on the road to Wrestlemaina 31.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Skillet heads the all-star line-up of nine bands on the history-making tour’s stop at FedExForum.

SUGGESTED DONATION OF $10 AT THE DOOR!

FEDEXFORUM.COM GET TICKETS AT THE FEDEXFORUM BOX OFFICE OR TICKETMASTER LOCATIONS, ONLINE AT TICKETMASTER.COM, BY CALLING 1.800.745.3000 WHAFF_150108_Flyer.indd 1

@FedExForum

FedExForum

+FedExForum

@fedexforum 1/9/15 9:35 AM

The Silly Goose

Celtic Crossing

Hi-Tone

100 Peabody Place 435-6915

903 S. cooPer - 274-5151

412-414 n. cleveland 278-tone

Jeff Crosslin Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

St. Peter Catholic Church 190 adaMS - 527-8282

Piano Dedicatory Recital and Concert Sunday, Jan. 18, 4 p.m.

Bluezday Thursday hosted

by Abdul Wahid Mostafa Thursdays; Cowboy Bob’s Roundup Mondays.

Least of These, A Moment Shy, What We Do In Secret, Eleutheria, and Forsake your Nets Thursday, Jan. 15, 6 p.m.; Strahan and The Good Neighbors Friday, Jan. 16, 9:15-11:45 p.m.; Jason da Hater Sunday, Jan. 18, 9-11:45 p.m.; Open Mic Comedy Night Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Vice with Knocked Loose and Reserving Dirtnaps Wednesday, Jan. 21, 7 p.m.; Blesser with Zulu Wave and Wilted Wednesday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m.

The Cove

House of Mtenzi

Cooper Walker Place 1015 S. cooPer 303-990-3999

2559 broad - 730-0719

The 1524 1524 MadiSon - 218-1453

I Have a DreamFest Weekend 2015 Friday-Sunday, Jan. 1618, 7-11 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. cooPer - 272-0830

Natural Child at the BuCCaNeer One of Nashville’s best garage bands makes a stop at the Buccaneer this Friday, alongside locals the Sheiks and Aquarian Blood. Natural Child have been cruising around the United States for around five years now, winning over audiences with their blend of classic rock and garage rock.

Most of Natural Child’s early material covered the very important topic of partying hard. There’s “Crack Mountain” - a song about doing crack with your friends, “Makin It” - a ballad about being a general lowlife destined for failure, and countless other songs about beer, weed, and whiskey.

But just like the late nights that Natural Child sing about, the good times have to end sometime. With each new release (mostly on Burger Records) Natural Child appear to be getting more mature, or maybe they’ve just run out of drugs to sing about. 2012’s For the Love of the Game saw Natural Child venturing into Rolling Stones and Creedence Clearwater Revival territory, a direction that was fully realized on another album that came out that year, Hard in Heaven. And if Natural Child were flirting with “Moonlight Mile”-era Rolling Stones on those albums, 2014’s Dancin’ with Wolves saw the band go into full-on blues rock mode.

It’s been interesting to watch Natural Child’s sound evolve over the years, but securing a following is one thing they’ve had down since dayone. The band has toured with the Black Lips, conquered Europe, and played countless festivals in the U.S. and overseas. If you’re a fan of classic rock or garage rock, and you happened to have missed Natural Child’s past appearances in Memphis, the Buccaneer is where you should plan on being Friday night. Aquarian Blood and the Sheiks open the show.

— Chris Shaw Natural Child, the Sheiks, and Aquarian Blood at the Buccaneer on Friday, January 16th, at 9 p.m.

The Memphis Dawls Saturday, Jan. 17.

Bhan Thai 1324 Peabody - 272-1538

Two Peace Saturdays, 710:30 p.m.; Loveland Duren Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

Blue Monkey 2012 MadiSon - 272-blUe

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.-midnight; Zigadoo Moneyclips Friday, Jan. 16, 10 p.m.; Raymond’s Last Day Saturday, Jan. 17, 10 p.m.

Boscos Squared 2120 MadiSon - 432-2222

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

The Buccaneer 1368 Monroe - 278-0909

Natural Child, the Sheiks, and Aquarian Blood Friday, Jan. 16, 9 p.m.; Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; Richard James and Dave Cousar Tuesdays, 11 p.m.

2119

613 UniverSity - 274-3740

First Tuesdays at 4 Concert Series: Music of Samuel Barber featuring Rhodes College music faculty Tuesdays, 4 p.m.

First Congregational Church 1000 S. cooPer - 278-6786

PRIZM Ensemble presents “Summer Music in January” Tuesday, Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m.;

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MadiSon - 207-5097

Reba Russell Trio Thursday, Jan. 15, 6 p.m.; Susan Marshall Band Thursday, Jan. 15, 9 p.m.; Will Graves Friday, Jan. 16, 6 p.m.; John Paul Keith Friday, Jan. 16, 9:30 p.m.; Memphis Bluegrass All-Stars Saturday, Jan. 17, 11 a.m.; Singa Bromfield Saturday, Jan. 17, 6 p.m.; American Fiction Saturday, Jan. 17, 9:30 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sunday, Jan. 18, 11 a.m.; Bluff City Backsliders Sunday, Jan. 18, 4 p.m.; Ross Rice Band Sunday, Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m.; The Jumpin Chi Chi’s Monday, Jan. 19, 7 p.m.; Barbara Blue CD Release Party Tuesday, Jan. 20, 7 p.m.; Young Petty Thieves Wednesday, Jan. 21, 7 p.m.

Lindenwood Christian Church 2400 Union - 458-8506

The Underground: Rally Friday, Jan. 16, 7-9 p.m.

continued on page 28

OF

SQUARE

MADISON

MEMPHIS,

Evergreen Presbyterian Church

Dedric Clark and the Social Animals Sunday, Jan. 18, 47 p.m.; The Chaulkies Sunday, Jan. 18, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Live Music Fridays.

HEART

OVERTON

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MadiSon - 726-4372

Camy’s

THE PERFECT DUET THE

Dru’s Place 1474 MadiSon - 275-8082

1289 MadiSon

The Soul Experience Friday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m.

3 S. barkSdale - 725-1667

SHRIMP & GRITS

IN

Jazz with Jeremy & Ed Thursdays, 9 p.m.; Mister Adams Friday, Jan. 16, 10 p.m.; Martini Madness Saturdays, 5-8 p.m.; Bluff City Backsliders Saturday, Jan. 17, 10 p.m.; Open Jam Sundays, 6 p.m.; Open Mic with Justin White Mondays, 6-10 p.m.; Juke Joint Blues Jam Tuesday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

TN

AV E N U E 38104

W W W. L A FAY E T T E S M U S I C R O O M . C O M

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

Spindini 383 S. Main - 578-2767

Chris Johnson Thursdays, 10 p.m.; DJ Tree Fridays, 10 p.m.; DJ Eggroll Saturdays, 10 p.m.; The Reel McCoy Sundays, 11 a.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 5 p.m.; The Candy Company Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

arts & entertainment

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

27

After DArk: Live Music scheDuLe JAnuAry 15 - 21 continued from page 27

Otherlands Coffee Bar 641 s. Cooper - 278-4994

The Midtown Crossing Grill 394 Watkins - 443-0502

Karaoke Thursdays, 8 p.m. Sazerac first and third Fridays, 8 p.m.

Jeff Drzycimski, Jack Moran Friday, Jan. 16, 811 p.m.; The Warp and The Weft, Rob Jungklas, and Jacob Zachary Saturday, Jan. 17, 8-11 p.m.

1555 Madison - 866-609-1744

School of Rock Germantown presents “The Grease and Grime Show” Friday, Jan. 16, 7 p.m.; The Black Jacket Symphony performing Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon Friday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m.; Sinister: Snow Goth Night Saturday, Jan. 17, 8 p.m.

948 s. Cooper - 552-7122

Davy Ray Bennett Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Davy Ray Bennett Wednesdays, Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

Wild Bill’s

P&H Cafe 1532 Madison - 726-0906

Minglewood Hall

Strano Sicilian Kitchen

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Open Mic with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

1580 Vollintine - 207-3975

Soul Survivors Fridays-Sundays, 10 p.m.-3 a.m.; The Soul Connection Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.

The Phoenix

Young Avenue Deli

1015 s. Cooper - 338-5223

2119 Young - 278-0034

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

James and the Ultrasounds Saturdays, Jan. 17.

University of Memphis Juicy Jim’s Pizzeria 551 s. HigHland - 435-6243

L.G.B.T. Sunset Sundays Sundays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.; “Toke Up Tuesdays” Open Mic & Hookah Nite Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Wet Wednesdays Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

East Memphis Booksellers Bistro tHe Booksellers at laurelWood, 387 perkinds extd. - 374-0881

Michelle and Jeremy Saturday, Jan. 17.

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

WAITING TO ENTERTAIN YOU

60 n. perkins ext. - 537-1483

Te Amo, Argentina Friday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m.

Dan McGuinness Pub 4698 spottsWood - 761-3711

Open Mic Night with Frankie Hollie Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; 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 Thursdays, Mondays-Wednesdays, 5-9:30 p.m.; Larry Cunningham Fridays, Saturdays, 6-10 p.m.

Huey’s Poplar 4872 poplar - 682-7729

The King Beez Sunday, Jan. 18, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Mortimer’s 590 n. perkins - 761-9321

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

T.J. Mulligan’s 1817 kirBY - 755-2481

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

The Windjammer Restaurant 786 e. BrookHaVen CirCle - 683-9044

Karaoke ongoing.

Poplar/I-240 Neil’s Music Room

January 15-21, 2015

5727 QuinCe - 682-2300

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVISITED

The Thrill at Neil’s featuring Jack Rowell and Triplthret Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Circus Saturday, Jan. 17, 9 p.m.; Eddie Harrison and Debbie Jamison Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Owen Brennan’s

FEBRUARY 14

tHe regalia, 6150 poplar - 761-0990

R O O M PAC K AG ES AVAIL AB LE

Summer/Berclair

FO R TI CKE TS CALL 1. 888.747.7 7 1 1 O R VI SIT G O LDSTR I KE . CO M

6439 suMMer - 356-2324

Lannie McMillan Jazz Trio Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Maria’s Restaurant Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

The Other Place Bar & Grill 4148 Wales - 373-0155

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

28

© 2015 MGM Resorts International®. Gambling Problem? Call 1.888.777.9696

23977_GS_MemphisFlyers_Entertainment_CCR_6.975x9.25.indd 1

1/6/15 9:46 AM

After Dark: Live Music Schedule January 15 - 21 Cordova

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova

Mesquite Chop House

Fitz Casino & Hotel

8071 trinity - 756-4480

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill

The Lineup Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

3165 ForESt hiLL-irEnE 249-5661

711 Lucky Ln., tunicA, MS 800-766-5825

847 ExocEt - 624-9060

Frayser/Millington

Old Whitten Tavern 2800 whittEn - 379-1965

Haystack Bar & Grill

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar

6560 hwy 51 n. - 872-0567

9087 PoPLAr - 755-0092

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

926 E. McLEMorE - 946-2535

“Live in Studio A” Tuesdays, 2-4 p.m.

Whitehaven/ Airport

Live Music on the patio Thursdays-Saturdays, 710 p.m.; Half Step Down Fridays, 7-10 p.m.

Out with the Old!

BeRatus 1482 E. ShELby Dr. - 922-8839

Laidback Mondays featuring Live Music and Karaoke Mondays, 7 p.m.

Club Superior

Live Entertainment Thursdays-Sundays, Wednesdays, 6 p.m.

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill 6565 townE cEntEr, SouthAvEn, MS - 662-536-2200

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

Ground Zero ZEro bLuES ALLEy, cLArkSDALE, MS - 662-621-9009

Sweet Tea Jubilee Friday, Jan. 16, 9 p.m.; Kingfish Saturday, Jan. 17, 9 p.m.; David Dunavent and the Evol Love Band Wednesday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m.

Hollywood Casino

1459 ELviS PrESLEy - 503-5544

Old School and Blues Fridays, 7 p.m.; Hottest Track Show with various artists Sundays, 6 p.m.

1150 cASino StriP rESort, tunicA, MS - 662-357-7700

Hawaiian Isle Bar and Grill

Horseshoe Casino Tunica

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

In with the New Car!

1542 ELviS PrESLEy - 569-3217

Happy Hour with live DJ Thursdays, MondaysWednesdays, 4-6 p.m.

Marlowe’s Ribs & Restaurant 4381 ELviS PrESLEy - 332-4159

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

2014 Jetta S

34

Winchester/ Hickory Hill

MPG/EPA/HWY

179

Maria’s Cantinna 6717 AirwAyS bLvD, SouthAvEn, MS - 662-772-5926

$

Full Effect Saturday, Jan. 17, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Arlington/Eads/ Oakland Rizzi’s/Paradiso Pub

GOSSETT VOLKSWAGEN GERMANTOWN

7420 WINCHESTER ROAD • 901.388.8989 • GOSSETTVWG.COM

per mo lease

36 mon lease-12Kmls-.20excess mls-$0 due@signing EM432905-MSRP $17985-res $9532.05 Includes all incentives and dealer coupon Excludes T,T&L,WAC, dealer stock only-PF $498.75 Offer ends 1/21/2015

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 Performing Arts and Conference Center 3663 APPLinG - 385-6440

The Bouffants Saturday, Jan. 17, 8 p.m.

Hadley’s Pub 2779 whittEn - 266-5006

Twin Soul Duo Thursday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m.-midnight; Almost Famous Friday, Jan. 16, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Swingin’ Leroy Saturday, Jan. 17, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; The Nuttin’ Fancy Band Sunday, Jan. 18, 5:30-9:30 p.m.; Chris Gavin Unplugged Wednesday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m.-midnight; Bob Boccia Unplugged Wednesday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m.midnight.

RockHouse Live

Huey’s Cordova

5709 rALEiGh-LAGrAnGE 386-7222

1771 n. GErMAntown Pkwy.

754-3885

Karaoke Thursdays, 8 p.m.midnight; 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.

2 Mule Plow Sunday, Jan. 18, 4-7 p.m.; Jeffrey and The Pacemakers Sunday, Jan. 18, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Loose Goose Bar & Grill 8014 cLub cEntEr - 343-0860

DJ Tree Saturdays.

Germantown Performing Arts Center 1801 ExEtEr - 751-7500

Hansel & Gretel Thursday, Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m.

Huey’s Southwind 7825 winchEStEr - 624-8911

SkiMo’s

The Fabulous Steelers Sunday, Jan. 18, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

1166 n. houSton LEvEE, SuitE 107 - 756-5055

Huey’s Germantown

Collierville

Live Music Fridays, 8:30-11:30 p.m.

Huey’s Collierville

T.J. Mulligan’s 64

2130 w. PoPLAr - 854-4455

2821 n. houSton LEvEE 377-9997

Gary Escoe’s Atomic Dance Machine Sunday, Jan. 18, 8-11:30 p.m.

Germantown

Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

Ghost Town Blues Band Sunday, Jan. 18, 8 p.m.midnight.

Main Street Pizza 1800 MAin, SouthAvEn, MS 662-253-8451

Gary Wayne and the Mainstreet Band Saturdays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

Tunica Roadhouse 1107 cASino cEntEr DrivE, tunicA, MS - 662-363-4900

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

Wadford’s Grill & Bar 474 church, SouthAvEn, MS - 662-510-5861

662DJ, Karaoke/Open Mic Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Grill

4396 rALEiGh-LAGrAnGE 372-3556

1686 MAin, SouthAvEn, MS 662-470-6549

Live Music Thursdays, 7 p.m.; Karaoke Fridays, Saturdays, Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

The Crossing Bar & Grill 7281 hAckS croSS, oLivE brAnch, MS - 662-893-6242

Ice Bar & Grill

Dan McGuinness

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

Huey’s Southaven 7090 MALco, SouthAvEn, MS 662-349-7097

Raleigh

Karaoke with Buddha Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight; Acoustic Show Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.

4202 hAckS croSS - 757-1423

In Legends Stage Bar: Live Entertainment Nightly ongoing.

North Mississippi/ Tunica

The Dantones Sunday, Jan. 18, 8-11:30 p.m.

7677 FArMinGton - 318-3034

38664 cASino cEntEr, tunicA, MS - 800-357-5600

3964 GooDMAn, SouthAvEn, MS - 662-890-7611

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

Mugs Pub Karaoke Fridays, Saturdays, 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 Southland Park Gaming & Racing 1550 n. inGrAM, wESt MEMPhiS, Ar - 800-467-6182

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.

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

Stax Museum of American Soul Music

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

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

arts & entertainment

South Memphis

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.

29

t h e at e r B y C h r i s D a v i s

House Warming

We Live Here is a well-made play about race and real estate.

We Live Here

We Live Here, a co-winner of Playhouse on the Square’s NewWorks@TheWorks playwriting competition, isn’t a great play.

It’s not very original either, owing much to Lorraine Hansberry’s groundbreaking 1959 drama, A Raisin in the Sun, and to Clybourne Park, Bruce Norris’ deliberate and provocative 2010 sequel. It’s a good play, though, with the potential to become an even better play, and it’s a great example of how a regional theater can develop new work that appeals universally while serving a unique audience. Unlike Raisin and Clybourne, which are both set in Chicago neighborhoods, Harold Ellis Clark’s play is set in Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans.

Although it is not specifically about cultural shifts and displacement following Hurricane Katrina, that is the context, and a diverse collection of Southern voices makes We Live Here different enough, more immediate and familiar.

The play begins with a potentially lifethreatening situation that’s too current

and committed cast of professionals that includes Jerry Rogers, Michael J. Vails, Karin Barile, Gabriel Corry, Michael Corry, and Claire Kolheim, who’s probably best known for her work in musicals like The Color Purple, but who’s acting chops are every bit as powerful as her voice.

Actor Curtis C., a former Playhouse on the Square company member, returns to Memphis to play an effective but controversial civil rights activist with a taste for good beer.

We Live Here never fully overcomes its own conceits. Situations are contrived, outcomes seem more aspirational than actual, and the dialogue can bog down in portentous information drops. But the play’s architecture is sturdy and hopefully it will have a life beyond TheatreWorks.

Playhouse on the Square produces Mountain View, its second NewWorks play, at TheatreWorks in July.

We Live Here at TheatreWorks through January 25th

and recognizable. Anybody who follows the news knows it could escalate quickly and go terribly and tragically wrong.

We’re introduced to Calvin Chaisson, an angry African-American male who’s duct-taped a white teenager to a chair and who isn’t being 100 percent compliant with the nice police man who’s been dispatched to deal with the situation.

Sure, Chaisson is the justifiably rattled homeowner and the target of a racist threat, and he just caught the unapologetic kid vandalizing his house. But in the middle of the night, in the middle of the suburbs, in the heat of the moment, in an America that’s anything but post-racial, minor details like these don’t always seem to matter much, do they? But nobody gets shot here. Instead, a conversation about football breaks out, and the middle-class white kid is escorted home instead of to jail, with the promise of sterner treatment to come.

From the beginning, Clark tinkers

with traditional cultural stereotyping, flipping scripts and immersing his viewers in a confusing white privileged world where things clearly aren’t fair because everyone’s good people. But this vision of suburbia isn’t all perfect lawns and white picket fences, either. Methamphetamine has ruined lives. The white family unit has become unstable, and belligerent kids with bad values are raised by well-intentioned grandparents who can’t control them. The newly arrived Chaissons are originally from the meaner (by reputation) streets of New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward and have moved to Metarie after winning their dream house in charity raffle. They’re loving, hard-working, family-oriented folks with hardships in the rearview, promise in the future, and a baby on the way.

We Live Here benefits from John Maness’ no nonsense direction and a strong

901-278-8965

TuT-uncommon AnTiques

January 15-21, 2015

421 N. Watkins St Memphis, TN 38104

• Huge selection of jewelry precious and costume, 1850 to 1950 • Retro Furniture • Pottery & Glass • Collectibles & Art We replace stones in costume jewlery.

Wed - Sat 11-5 Sun 12-4 30

CALENDAr of EvENTS: January 15 - 21

Send the date, time, place, cost, info, phone number, a brief description, and photos — two weeks in advance — to calendar@memphisflyer.com or P.O. Box 1738, Memphis, TN 38101.

Due TO SPace liMiTaTiONS, ONgOiNg weekly eveNTS will aPPear iN The Flyer’S ONliNe caleNDar ONly.

David Lusk Gallery

Th eaTe r

“Brothers Keeper,” exhibition of new work by Jerry and Terry Lynn. www. davidluskgallery.com.

Through Jan. 31.

Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center The Bouffants, hair-raising experience with the premier party band of the South. www.bpacc.org. $25. Sat., Jan. 17, 8 p.m.

4540 POPLAR (767-3800).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

3663 APPLING (385-6440).

“Nothing Is For Ever Last,” exhibition of collage works by Lester Julian Merriweather. www.dixon.org. Through March 29.

Circuit Playhouse

Bad Jews, comedy about a “real” Jew with an Israeli boyfriend. Her cousin Liam brings home his shiksa girlfriend and declares ownership of their grandfather’s Chai necklace. www.playhouseonthesquare. org. $22-$35. Jan. 16-Feb. 8.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

Eclectic Eye

“Pathways,” exhibition of paintings by Tom Stem. www.eclectic-eye.com.

Through March 4.

51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Hattiloo Theatre

Playhouse on the Square Call to Artists for “NewWorks@TheWorks” Competition, writers have an opportunity to submit new scripts for competition. For more information, guidelines, and rules, visit website. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $15. Through May 30.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Theatre Memphis

Tintypes, set between the turn of the 20th century and the onset of World War I, this musical journey takes the audience through an exciting and tumultuous period of American history. www. theatrememphis.org. $30.

Thurs.-Sun. Through Jan. 18.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

TheatreWorks

Auditions for Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, men and women of all ages needed. Cold Readings from the script and directed by Hal Harmon. www.theatreworksmemphis. org. Mon., Jan. 19, 6:30 p.m.

We Live Here, a black couple from New Orleans’ Lower 9th ward wins a house in a white neighborhood. They soon begin to worry that their “dream come true” may be too good to be true. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $22-$35. Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.

Through Jan. 25.

“Earthbound Treasures” at the Buckman’s Levy Gallery

oT h e r a r T happe n i ngs

Art After Dark: Meet the Artist

Meet Lester Merriweather, whose exhibition “Nothing Is For Ever Last” is currently on display. Plus, music by the Tom Lonardo Trio and a cash bar. Free with admission.

Thurs., Jan. 15, 6-8 p.m.

“Bof! le Mix!,” exhibition of paintings by Keith Rash. www.wkno.org. Through Jan. 30.

Call to Artists

Artists who have created or contributed in any way to a public art project within the Memphis metro area are invited to submit up to three original studio works (nonpublic art works). Through Jan. 16.

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

Memphis Magazine Fiction Awards Contest

For rules and further details, see website. $10 entry fee per story. Through Feb. 1.

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, WWW.MEMPHISMAGAZINE.COM.

a r Ti s T r ec e p T i o n s

The Artful Flea

Zoro Drum Clinic

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School Opening reception for “Earthbound Treasures,” exhibition of new works

by Tiffany Myers Foss and pottery by Katie Dann. www. buckmanartscenter.com. Fri., Jan. 16, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

The Artful Flea features art, photography, jewelry, and other items in a flea market setting. Third Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

COOPER WALKER PLACE, 1015 S. COOPER (338-5223).

Join Zoro, an internationally renowned rock star, motivational speaker, and author for a drum clinic. Fri., Jan. 16, 7 p.m.

VISIBLE MUSIC COLLEGE, 200 MADISON (381-3939), WWW.VISIBLE.EDU.

DANCE YOUR ASS OFF!

5

cover charge at 8 p m

SOUTHL-47573 Flyer Club Nights qtr pg 1.15.indd 1

“Africa: Art of a Continent,” permanent exhibition of African art from the Martha and Robert Fogelman collection. Ongoing.

142 COMMUNICATION & FINE ARTS BUILDING (678-2224).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

“Chinese Symbols in Art,” exhibition of 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 “Earthbound Treasures,” exhibition of new works

by Tiffany Myers Foss and pottery by Katie Dann. www.buckmanartscenter.com.

Through Feb. 13.

“Incognito,” exhibition of anonymous works by 100 of Memphis’ finest artists. Gala and auction will be held Jan. 30. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Through Jan. 30.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“Soulful Creatures,” exhibition featuring 69 works of Egyptian art related to the ceremonial use of animal mummification and 30 animal mummies. www.brooksmuseum.org.

Through Jan. 18.

“Looking at Women,” exhibition of images of women appearing in a variety of roles: goddess, harlot, mother, or femme fatale. www.brooksmuseum.org.

Through Feb. 22.

“Greetings of Love: Printed Valentines from the Late Victorian Era,” exhibition

800.467.6182 southlandpark.com Players must be 21 years of age or older to game and 18 years of age or older to bet at the racetrack. Player Rewards card and valid ID are required.

Fri -Sat.

NO COVER THURSDAYS! Memphis’ favorite DJ CRUMBZ!

Memphis Botanic Garden

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

continued on page 32

CLUB NIGHTS at $

o n g o i n g arT

60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).

60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).

EE Ladies1F0Rpm until

WKNO STUDIO, 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

This FRIDAY and SATURDAY: AFTER DARK BAND with DJ STYLEZ until 3am!

Management reserves all rights.

Non transferable. Not valid with any other offer. Play responsibly; for help quitting call 800-522-4700.

FLYER 1/15/2015 • SOUTHL-47573

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

Gallery Ten Ninety One

arts & entertainment

Hoodoo Love, Toulou dreams of singing the blues.

Laughed at by her lover, she hexes him with the assistance of Candy Lady. But she doesn’t always get what she wants. Mature audiences only. www.hattiloo.org. $28.

Jan. 15-Feb. 15.

Insta

31 1/13/15 2:25 PM

C a l e n da r: ja n ua ry 1 5 - 2 1

O WORLD C C A B TO SMOKE SHOP THE BEST FOR LESS! Tobacco World Smoke Shop is the newest Head Shop store in the Memphis area.

Stop on in & take advantage of our holiday sales & specials.

Everything in store marked down for the holiday season!

We also carry gift cards for the perfect gift for that loved one of yours.

$40 GIFT CARD WITH THE PURCHASE

OF A PAX BY PLOOM. Check out our large selection of Vaporizers and Hookahs.

With prices so low why shop anywhere else? e

640 S Highland St. Memphis, TN 38111

rn Av

S Highland St

Southe

We also carry: Water Pipes and Glass Hand Pipes · Stash Cans Lighters · Grinders · Pipes Water Pipes · Hookahs Hookah Tobacco · Cigarettes · Rolling Papers · Wraps Stop in today or check our online store for our latest products.

640 S Highland St., Memphis, TN 38111 (901) 440-8588 | info@tobaccoworldsmokeshop.com

Mon-Thu: 10am - 10pm Fri & Sat: 9am - 11pm Sun: 10am - 10pm

tobaccoworldsmokeshop.com

Our youth have a voice Hear what they have to say

continued from page 31 of rare examples with a particular focus on those with colorful chromolithographic printing and lacy die-cut details. www.brooksmuseum. org. Through March 8.

“Discover Me: Exploring Identity Through Art Therapy,” exhibition of the creative exploration and self-discovery by participants in the art therapy access program at South Park Elementary School. www.brooksmuseum.org.

Through March 15.

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Metal Museum

“All That Glitters,” exhibition reflecting the diversity of the museum’s permanent collection divided into three sections showcasing pieces made of gold, silver, and copper. www.metalmuseum. org. Through March 1.

“Tributaries: Susie Ganch,” exhibition of jewelry with suspended precious stones and enameled copper in intricate webs of silver and steel. www.metalmuseum.org.

Through March 1.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Listen to ideas of youth

Painted Planet

from all over Greater Memphis

January 15-21, 2015

Find out how they want to

create real change in the Memphis community Network with youth presenters Enjoy light refreshments following program

Saturday

Jan. 17 4 - 6 PM

BRIDGES Center 477 North Fifth St. Memphis, TN

Register to attend at bridgesusa.org/youthignite.

32

Gallery Artists on View, exhibition by gallery artists.

Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11:45 a.m.-6 p.m.

1015 S. COOPER (725-0054).

Playhouse on the Square

“Episodes,” exhibition of paintings by Mike Coulson. www.playhouseonthesquare. org. Through Feb. 28.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Ross Gallery

“Forge, Cast, Fabricate: Artists from the Metal Museum,” exhibition of works by Metal Museum apprentices and staff.

Through Feb. 12.

“A Tribute to Jan Singer, Glass Artist,” exhibition of glass art by Jan Singer. Through Feb. 12.

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3000).

Bad Jews, a comedy about the holier than thou, at Circuit Playhouse

Battle Royale

$12. Sun., Jan. 18, 3 p.m.

CANNON CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (525-1515).

Brooks Milongas Stax Museum of American Soul Music

“Soul: Memphis’ Original Sound,” exhibition of photography by Thom Gilbert. www.soulsvillefoundation.org.

Through June 13.

926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

Members of the Argentine Tango Society give lessons and tango demonstrations in the rotunda. Included with museum admission. Third Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m.

MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Sue Layman Designs

“Conclusion of Delusion,” exhibition of original oil paintings by Sue Layman Lightman. www.facebook. com/SueLaymanDesigns.

Wednesdays, Saturdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

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

Talbot Heirs

Edge Art, exhibition and private showing of works by Debra Edge. www.talbotheirs. com. Through Jan. 30.

99 S. SECOND (527-9772).

TOPS Gallery

“Voice of the Turtle,” exhibition of work by Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin, Peter Bowman, Jim Buchman, Guy Church, William Eggleston, John Fahey, John McIntire, Johnathan Payne, and Terri Phillips. www.topsgallery. com. Through Feb. 8.

400 S. FRONT.

Opera

Hansel & Gretel

Humperdinck’s retelling of the beloved fairytale is a perfect introduction to opera for audience members of all ages. $33. Thurs., Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m., and Sat., Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m.

GERMANTOWN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 1801 EXETER (751-7500), WWW.OPERAMEMPHIS.ORG.

Dan c e

African Dance For Wellness

Promoting wellness for the mind, body, and soul. $15.

Thursdays, Sundays, 2-4 p.m., and Thursdays, Sundays, 6:30-8 p.m.

AWANATA HEALING ARTS CENTER, 3624 AUSTIN PEAY (570-9080).

c O m e Dy

Cafe Eclectic

The Wiseguys Present: Storytellers Unplugged, combines fast-paced improv, guest storytellers, and scenic improv. $5. Third Saturday of every month, 10:30 p.m.

603 N. MCLEAN (725-1718).

Flirt Nightclub

Trippin on Thursday, hosted

by K-97 Funny Man Prescott.

Thursdays, 6 p.m.

3659 S. MENDENHALL (485-1119).

P&H Cafe

Open Mic Comedy, Thursdays, 9 p.m.

1532 MADISON (726-0906).

pO et ry /S pO k e n WO r D

Brinson’s

Melting Pot: Artist Showcase, open mic night hosted by Darius “Phatmak” Clayton. $5. Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

341 MADISON (524-0104).

The Broom Closet

Open Mic Nite with Rootz, join local artists for an evening of spoken word, creative performances, and music. www. thebroomclosetmemphis. com. $5. Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.

3307 PARK (443-5692).

Church of the Holy Communion

Words3: Road and Rail, readings for writers of all genres and backgrounds. This month’s theme is routes, travel, railroads, etc. Readings must be original and six minutes max. Listeners welcome for donuts and coffee. www. holycommunion.org. Tues., Jan. 20, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

4645 WALNUT GROVE (767-6987).

C a l e n da r: ja n ua ry 1 5 - 2 1 The HUB

LoveSpeaks, Fridays, 11 p.m.-2 a.m.

Live.Seed, Third Saturday of every month, 6-8 p.m.

515 E.H. CRUMP.

Java Cabana

Open Mic Nite. Thursdays, 8-10 p.m.

2170 YOUNG (272-7210).

The Midtown Crossing Grill

Poetry Slam, Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

394 WATKINS (443-0502).

Rumba Room

The Word: Liv Green, Mon., Jan. 19.

303 S. MAIN (523-0020).

L e ct u r e /S p eak e r

Dr. Nigel Strudwick, Egyptologist

Lecture on ancient Memphis and its huge necropolis, Saqqara. Sun., Jan. 18, 2-3 p.m.

MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6200), WWW.BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

Panel Discussion for Hoodoo Love

Remnants of African religion in the black church. Tues., Jan. 20, 6 p.m.

HATTILOO THEATRE, 37 S. COOPER (502-3486), WWW.HATTILOO.ORG.

Personal Reflections On Stylish Living Ronda Rice Carman, noted author and award-winning blogger, will speak on traditional influences that inspire today’s trends. Sat., Jan. 17, 10:30 a.m.

MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209), WWW.BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

Sail Away to Greece Special Reception

Learn how to join Chef José Gutierrez and his wife Colleen on a cruise of the Greek Isles and Adriatic Sea where he’ll give a special cooking demonstration onboard. Tues., Jan. 20, 5:30 p.m.

RIVER OAKS, 5871 POPLAR (683-9305), WWW. RIVEROAKSRESTAURANT.COM.

e x po S/ Sa L e S

Memphis Flea Market

Sat.-Sun., Jan. 17-18, 8 a.m.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (452-2151), WWW.MEMPHISFLEAMARKET.COM.

Mid South Wedding Show and Bridal School Talk with wedding professionals and see the latest in wedding fashions.

Featuring prizes and samples. $15. Sun., Jan. 18, 1-5 p.m.

WHISPERING WOODS HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER, 11200 GOODMAN, OLIVE BRANCH, MS (369-6782), WWW. MIDSOUTHWEDDINGSHOW.COM.

New Business Expo

Showcasing small businesses in the city of Memphis and surrounding areas highlighting unique and entertaining products, onestop shopping, and family fun. Sat., Jan. 17, 10 a.m.7 p.m.

HICKORY RIDGE MALL, 6075 WINCHESTER (896-7818).

The Pink Bride Bridal Show Sun., Jan. 18.

MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (576-1200).

S po r tS / f it n e S S

Battle In The Saddle Barrel race competition.

Fri.-Sun., Jan. 16-18.

TUNICA ARENA & EXPO CENTER, 3873 U.S. HIGHWAY 61 N., TUNICA, MS (662-363-3299), WWW.SAFEHARBOREVENT.COM.

Bellydance Bootcamp

Learn basic bellydance moves with Tia Uphoff in a fun environment and melt away those holiday meals.

Beginners welcome. $15-$25.

Sun., Jan. 18, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

“Episodes,” work

by Mike Coulson at Playhouse on the Square

c o n f e r e n c eS / c o n ve n ti o n S

TN Thespian Conference

Fri.-Sat., Jan. 16-17.

Garden Lecture

by Greg Touliatos

Learn about popular trends in garden centers around the world and in the Mid-South with recommended plants and ideas for improving results in the garden. Fri., Jan. 16, 1:30 p.m.

LUCIUS E. & ELSIE C. BURCH JR. LIBRARY, 501 POPLAR VIEW, (457-2600).

Munch & Learn Lectures

Bring a brown bag lunch; sodas and water will be supplied. Listen to lectures on art by various speakers.

Free for members, $5 nonmembers. Noon-1 p.m.

THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

POPLAR PIKE PLAYHOUSE, GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, 7653 POPLAR PIKE (755-7775), WWW.PPP.ORG.

to u r S

Amaryllis Tours

Garden docents will be available to guide visitors through the amaryllis exhibition and answer questions. Free with admission.

Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon.

THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

Tours at Two

Join a Dixon docent or member of the curatorial staff on a tour of the current exhibitions. Free for members. $5 nonmembers.

Tuesdays, Sundays, 2-3 p.m.

THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

Educational recreation for adults and children of all ages. Third Sunday of every month, 2-4 p.m.

30% OFF 50% OFF OIL PAINT & MEDIUMS

SHELBY FARMS, VISITOR'S CENTER, 500 N. PINE LAKE (767-7275), WWW.SHELBYFARMSPARK.ORG.

Gamblin Oil 37ml Tubes Gamblin Mediums Various Sizes Winsor & Newton Artist Oil

Memphis Raqs Bellydance Open House

Rembrandt Oil 40ml Tubes

Offering free classes in bellydance, fitness, meditation, nutrition, and more. See website for full schedule of events. Sat., Jan. 17, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

STUDIO 708, 708 WEST BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE (605-5520), WWW.MEMPHISBELLYDANCE.COM.

Sunrise Yoga

Yoga class with Peggy Reisser.

Free for members, $5 nonmembers, all levels welcome.

Wednesdays, 6:15-7:15 a.m.

THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

Tai Chi

Newcomers and beginners welcome. Thursdays, 5:30 p.m.

QUAN AM MONASTERY, 3500 GOODLETT (679-4528).

continued on page 34

37ml Tubes

BRUSHES SETS & OPEN STOCK Princeton Brush Winsor & Newton

30% OFF 60% OFF ACRYLIC PAINT & MEDIUMS

STRETCHED CANVAS Art Alternatives

Golden Paint 2 oz. & 5 oz. Tubes Golden Mediums Various Sizes Liquitex Paint 2 oz. Tubes & Jars Liquitex Mediums Various Sizes

Economy Double-Packs Fredrix Red Label & Gallery Wrap Winsor & Newton Deep Canvas

1636 Union Ave Memphis, TN 38104

Open Daily 901-276-6321

www.ArtCenterMemphis.com Sale prices effective through February 24, 2015

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

Family Fun Hike

arts & entertainment

CO-MOTION STUDIO, 416 N. CLEVELAND (316-7733), WWW.CLIENTS.MINDBODYONLINE. COM.

33

C a l e n da r: ja n ua ry 1 5 - 2 1 Kids

Walk in the Park

Children’s Improv Theater Workshop

Meet at the temporary Visitor Center near the Woodland Discovery Playground.

Sundays, 2:30 p.m.

SHELBY FARMS, 500 N. PINE LAKE (767-PARK), WWW.SHELBYFARMSPARK.ORG.

M e eti ngs

Board Game Night

Bring a board game or play one from the library.

Saturdays, 6 p.m.

COMIC CELLAR, 3620-2 AUSTIN PEAY HWY. (382-8623).

Being Spiritual and LGBTQ: Group Conversation

Ongoing discussion group facilitated by a rotating group of local clergy supportive and encouraging of LGBTQ people. Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m.

MEMPHIS GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER, 892 S. COOPER (278-6422), WWW.MGLCC.ORG.

Community Concerns Meeting

Representatives from the city and county law enforcement, code enforcement, and mayor’s offices come to Uptown to address community concerns. Third Tuesday of every month, 1 p.m.

BRIDGES, 477 N. FIFTH ST., WWW.UPTOWNMEMPHIS.ORG.

Dixon Book Club

Thurs., Jan. 15, 6-7:30 p.m.

THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

Meditation and Dharma Talk Featuring chanting (led by the Monk), silent “sitting meditation,” and Dharma talk with Q&A or book discussion. Sundays, 10 a.m., and Fridays, 6 p.m.

QUAN AM MONASTERY, 3500 GOODLETT (362-8070).

Memphis Green Drinks

January 15-21, 2015

Featuring guest speaker David Lewis from the Memphis chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, the organization behind the LEED certification program. Free.

Tues., Jan. 20, 6:30-9 p.m.

BAR DKDC, 964 S. COOPER (272-0830), WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ GROUPS/MEMPHISGREENDRINKS.

Memphis Music Monday

After-work music business networking with performances by Memphis musicians and free appetizers.

Mondays, 6-9 p.m.

HARD ROCK CAFE, 126 BEALE (529-0007), WWW.MEMPHISMUSIC.ORG.

Nashville Songwriter’s Association Intnl, Memphis Chapter

Songwriting education and discussion. Bring a new song to share, any genre. Third Tuesday of every month, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

34

Kindermusik

continued from page 33

OFF THE SQUARE CATERING, 19 S. FLORENCE (615-4307390), WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ NSAIMEMPHISCHAPTER/INFO.

For children ages 7-11. Sat., Jan. 17, 10:30 a.m.

THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

Children’s Tour for “Soulful Creatures”

Exhibition also features an interactive play table of ancient Egypt and an X-ray viewing screen where kids can look at various animal X-rays. $7 adults, $3 children, free for kids under 6.

Through Jan. 18.

MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209), WWW.BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

Chinese New Year Art Contest

Open to Shelby County students in grades K-12.

Learn about the Chinese culture by creating a work of art, depicting a goat and Chinese cultural symbolism.

See website for details.

Through Jan. 23.

BELZ MUSEUM OF ASIAN AND JUDAIC ART, 119 S. MAIN, IN THE PEMBROKE SQUARE BUILDING (523-ARTS), WWW.BELZMUSEUM.ORG.

Grahamwood Elementary Optional Open House

Thurs., Jan. 15, 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., and Tues., Jan. 20, 6 p.m.

GRAHAMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 3950 SUMMER,

Ms. Annette and friends are back again for a fabulous demo session full of singing, dancing, and fun. Thurs., Jan. 15, 11 a.m.

THE BOOKSELLERS AT LAURELWOOD, 387 PERKINS EXT. (683-9801), WWW. THEBOOKSELLERSATLAURELWOOD. COM.

MLK Jr. Holiday Day Camp

Therapeutic recreation activities for children featuring social skills games, sensory room activities, music time, arts and crafts, and academics. $45-$55.

Mon., Jan. 19, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

ABA DEVELOPMENT, 7953 STAGE HILLS (634-8005).

Nature Scene Investigators

For children ages 6-9, answer nature questions and more while being a real nature detective. $150 members, $175 nonmembers. MondaysFridays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW. MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.

Youth Theatre School Winter 2015

Classes for children ages 5-7, 7-11, and 12-17. For more information and registration, visit webiste. $135-$200.

Saturdays. Through Feb. 28.

PLAYHOUSE ON THE SQUARE, 66 S. COOPER (726-4656), WWW. PLAYHOUSEONTHESQUARE.ORG.

s p ec ia l e ve nts

HackNight

Crystal Ball

APRIL WOODS APARTMENTS COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY CENTER, 262 CHELSEA (300-2796), WWW.LEARN43.ME/HACKNIGHT/.

ARENA AT SOUTHAVEN, 7360 HWY. 51, SOUTHAVEN, MS, WWW.CRYSTALBALLGALA.ORG.

After-school program for ages 10+ that jumps headfirst into science, technology, and design. Emphasis on web and game design. Free.

Thursdays, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

“Ignite the Dream”

Celebrate Martin Luther King Day with crafts, decorating squares of hope for the peace quilt, handprints on the “hands of hope” graffiti wall, neon light puppet show, cupcakes, and more. Mon., Jan. 19, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF MEMPHIS, 2525 CENTRAL (320-3170), WWW.CMOM.COM.

Kaleidoscope Club

For ages 5-9, this after-school club is colorful, inspiring, and always in motion. Meant to spark creativity and critical thinking with weekly projects. Wednesdays, 4-5 p.m.

THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

Kids Night Out, Parents Night Off!

Fun-filled night for kids including a movie, popcorn, crafts, group games, jumping, and fun. $20/1st child, $15/ siblings. Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.

ABA DEVELOPMENT, 7953 STAGE HILLS (634-8005), WWW.ABADEVELOPMENT.ORG.

Black-tie optional event featuring dinner, music, dancing, and auctions benefiting the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi. $150. Sat., Jan. 17, 6 p.m.

Ignite Memphis

Listen to the youth of greater Memphis, network with presenters, and enjoy refreshments after the program. Sat., Jan. 17, 4-6 p.m.

BRIDGES, 477 N. FIFTH ST., WWW.BRIDGESUSA.ORG.

Lifeblood honors MLK Day

Receive tickets and other perks to the National Civil Rights Museum for donations. On-site donations accepted at the Museum on Mon., Jan. 19. Through Jan. 19.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, WWW.LIFEBLOOD.ORG.

Mawlid Celebration

Join Memphis Da’wah Association in commemorating the birth of Prophet Muhammad, a time of joy where the Muslims gather and unite remembering the great life and teachings. Free. Sun., Jan. 18, 3-6 p.m.

PLEASANT VIEW SCHOOL, 1888 BARTLETT (380-0122).

Calendar “Pancakes & Booze,” an art show with pancakes at the Hi-Tone

MDL Inc. Stroll-Off

Benefiting Modern Distinctive Ladies, Inc., dedicated to empowering young women and girls to make healthy choices, create social change, and become leaders in their communities. $10-$15.

Sun., Jan. 18, 6-11 p.m.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (452-2151), WWW.MDLINC.ORG.

Memphis Flyer 20 Under 30 Party

Mix, mingle, and drink beer with 20 young Memphians under 30 who are shaping our city’s future. Wed., Jan. 21, 6-8 p.m.

HIGH COTTON BREWING CO., 598 MONROE (896-9977), WWW.MEMPHISFLYER.COM.

H o l i day EvE n ts

2015 King Day Celebration: Marching to Freedom In the spirit of service, entertainment, and community fellowship, the museum will hold its annual Mid-South Food Bank and Lifeblood drive welcoming visitors for a day of remembrance. $5. Mon., Jan. 19, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM, 450 MULBERRY (521-9699).

MLK Day of Service

Mon., Jan. 19, 9 a.m.-noon.

SHELBY FARMS, 500 N. PINE LAKE (767-PARK), WWW.SHELBYFARMSPARK.ORG.

MLK Peace & Freedom Weekend

Featuring live performances by Ms. Jody, T.K. Soul, Willie Clayton, Ruby Wilson, Bobby Rush, and Sir Charles Jones. $41.25. Fri.-Sat., Jan. 16-17, 8 p.m.

SAM’S TOWN HOTEL & CASINO, 1477 CASINO STRIP RESORTS (662-357-7686), WWW.SAMSTOWNTUNICA.COM.

MLK Prayer Breakfast

Reflection, prayer, and a sense of purpose as LeMoyne-Owen College Memphis Alumni Chapter pays homage to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with keynote speaker Apostle Alton R. Williams. $50. Mon., Jan. 19, 8 a.m.

HOLIDAY INN SELECT, 2240 DEMOCRAT, WWW.LOC.EDU.

Fo o d & d r i n k Ev E n ts

Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market Saturdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 1000 S. COOPER (2786786). www.cycfarmersmarket.org.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, WWW.FEEDINGMEMPHISBOOK.COM.

The Pancakes & Booze Art Show

Featuring 35-plus artists showcasing, pancakes, audio and visual performances, body painting, and art battle. 21+ event. $5. Sat., Jan. 17, 8 p.m.

HI-TONE, 412-414 N. CLEVELAND (278-TONE), WWW.PANCAKESANDBOOZE.COM.

Science of Beer

Taste beers from local professional and home brewers featuring a scientific look at hops, malts, yeasts, and the physics of beer. $30 members, $35 nonmembers, $15 designated drivers. Fri., Jan. 16, 6-9:30 p.m.

MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Fi lm

Art and A Movie

Create art, drink wine, and connect followed by a film screening of Fantastic Mr. Fox. 21+ event. $10 members, $16 nonmembers.

Thurs., Jan. 15, 6-8:30 p.m.

MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6200), WWW.BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

arts & entertainment

Feeding Memphis: A Celebration of the City’s Eclectic Cuisine will be available at all Huey’s locations for purchase. Mon., Jan. 19.

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

Feeding Memphis Day

35 35

FOOD NEWS By John Klyce Minervini

Suddenly Sanderlin

Y

ou may have noticed the new sign at Napa Café. I mean, how could you not? Outsize and glowing-white, it’s practically visible from Walnut Grove.

Well, the sign’s just the tip of the iceberg. Beginning in July, Napa undertook a series of changes that run wide and deep through the heart of the restaurant. They include a new chef, a new menu, and an interior renovation that has yielded a totally new look.

For the past 17 years, Napa has anchored Sanderlin Centre, serving light, seasonal California-inspired fare. The wine list is just as important to Napa’s identity; it strives to introduce Memphians to exciting wine from around the world — while remaining affordable and unpretentious.

“When it comes to European wine,” says managing partner Rusty Prudhon, “people tend to think if they can’t pronounce it, they can’t afford it.

“We want to show them that delicious wine is within reach,” he adds. “We want our wine to spark a conversation.”

Those core concepts remain unchanged, but this new incarnation of Napa is more spacious and better executed, beginning with the bar. Cozy to some, the old bar struck others as claustrophobic and dark, closed in by a half-wall and ceiling drops.

By contrast, the new bar is wide open and well lit, with a rustic, reclaimed hickory bar top. It’s the first thing you see when you walk through the door, and it graciously divides the restaurant into two main dining rooms. There are also a small lounge and a farmer’s table, beautifully illuminated by track lighting.

Maybe my favorite addition is the chef’s table. Tucked into its own, neatly appointed

Newly remodeled Napa Café

room at the back of the restaurant, this L-shaped, reclaimed cedar wood table seats six, perfect for intimate celebrations and wine pairings.

Since coming on in July, chef Ken Lumpkin has kept many of Napa’s greatest hits — don’t worry, the tomato soup with dill and basil ($8) isn’t going anywhere — while introducing a number of new dishes. Despite unpretentious labels, many are ambitious and demonstrate a welcome playfulness.

Take the following dish, labeled simply “Scallops” ($28). It features three seared scallops served between chunks of charred mango (yum) and tiny oxtail dumplings.

The whole thing is served with cumin-scented sweet potato puree and drizzled with umami broth.

“Say goodbye to marshmallows,” says owner Glenda Hastings. “That cumin in the

opening Soon!

SouTherN. iNSpired. CuiSiNe

492 S. Main Memphis, TN 38103 January 15-21, 2015

901.304.6985 |

1720 Poplar at Evergreen 278-1199

Sunday , Jan 18th 2015!

Proudly serving 100% grass fed beef and free range chicken

2102 TRIMBLE PLACE Overton Square • Midtown Hours: Open 11am Daily

36

Thanks Memphis for voting us the Best Indian Restaurant!

Memphis Flyer's 2014 Best of Memphis readers' poll

901.529.7017 WWW.BELLYACRES901.COM

Wedding Show & Bridal School •First 100 Brides will receive a FREE High Quality Custom Print on Glass ($200 value!)

•FREE Wedding Planners • FREE wedding Invitations •FREE Honeymoons •Wedding planning Seminars •Fashion shows •Samples & Food Tasting •Music & Entertainment •Games & Prizes •Find FREE & Discount tickets on our web site! •OVER $20,000.00 in DOOR PRIZES will be given away!

Whispering Oaks Hotel & Conference Center 7300 Hacks Cross Rd. Olive BRanch 1-5PM Jan 18th

www.MidSouthWeddingShow.com

JUSTIN FOX BURKS

Napa Café gets a make over; Rotis Cuisine of India opens.

s u d d e n ly s a n d e r l i n sweet potato — that’s a game changer.”

Of course, it wouldn’t be supper at Napa without a stellar glass of wine. To pair with the scallops, Hastings recommends a bottle of 2013 Adelsheim Pinot Blanc ($40). This brisk, mineralic wine can stand up to the strong flavor of the oxtail, while playing nicely with the sweet potato and the mango.

Napa Café, 5101 Sanderlin (683-0441) napacafe.com Rotis Cuisine of India in Sanderlin Centre, opened in October to exactly zero fanfare, and the restaurant is seldom crowded. But I’m rooting for them, for one simple reason: The food is good. I have eaten there three or four times, and — what can I say? — the zesty appetizers and well-executed curries keep me coming back.

Not to mention, it is the only Indian restaurant in all of East Memphis.

For eight years before moving to Memphis, owner Madhu Ankisetty owned and managed Maharaja, a bustling Indian food restaurant in Oxford, Mississippi. He is from Hyderabad and demonstrates an easy fluency with the sharp, fresh flavors of North India — think coconut, cardamom, and tamarind. At Rotis, he prides himself on cooking every dish to order, as well as offering a wide range of vegan and glutenfree options.

I recommend starting with Paneer Pakora ($7.99). These semi-soft cubes of paneer cheese are battered with chickpeas and deep-fried, yielding a salty, crunchy crust and a warm, creamy filling. As if that weren’t enough, the fancy fried cheese is served with two dipping sauces. The tamarind is good, but the spicy mint is great.

Another don’t-miss-it dish is the Gobi Manchuria ($7.99), lightly fried cauliflower served in a sweet chili sauce. Besides being delicious (and vegan!), it showcases the way that Rotis tailors its spice levels to customer preference. “Medium” was just right for me.

From there, graduate to any of several curries, served family-style in handsome, stainless-steel bowls. In the event of an arctic blast, the butter chicken ($9.99), bathed in a silky tomato gravy, will warm you right up. But save room for the Channa Masala ($9.99), a fragrant and well-balanced dish of chickpeas, tomatoes, and onions.

Rotis Cuisine of India, 5101 Sanderlin (682-3610) rotiscuisineofindia.com

GET ONE 2 PC Dark DINNEr FrEE w/ purchase of one

2pc Dark Dinner & 2 MeD Drinks. with this coupon.

Visit one of our 8 locations today!

Dine in & Drive thru 3571 Lamar Ave • 2520 Mt Moriah Drive Thru / Carry Out 1217 S. Bellevue • 4349 Elvis Presley 811 S Highland • 2484 Jackson Ave 1370 Poplar Ave • 890 Thomas

Facebook.com/Jackpirtles twitter.com/@Jackpirtles1957 write Us: cUstomer2Jackpirtles@ Gmail.com Buses welcome! we accept all Major credit cards

Hungry

Memphis: A Very Tasteful Food Blog

by Susan Ellis

Dishing it out daily at

MemphisFlyer.com

JANUARY SPECIAL $1 off Chicken Margarita Entree through

1 31 15

385 S. Second St. 901.529.9991

6080 Primacy Parkway

   Saturdays and Sundays 11am-6pm.

  b  mon • tue • wed • thu • fri • sat • sun

7935 Winchester

901.683.0000 901.751.5353 Sun - Thur 11-10 Pm Fri-Sat- 11- 3 Am Rafael Ramirez, Owner





for just

$1 off  $10 Mon - Fri

entire bar

3-6PM

2110 Madison Ave Overton Square

Speedy Hot Weiner

w/Pretzel Bun, Fries, & Drink

Daily 11am-2am

21 & Up after 9pm

arts & entertainment

The Best in Authentic Mexican Food

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

901.347.3060 • schweinehaus.com

37

Locality ✴ Guide BARTLETT Abuelo’s Bruno’s Italian Restaurant Coletta’s Colton’s Steakhouse Dixie Cafe El Porton Firebirds Fresh Slices Gridley’s La Playita Mexicana Los Olas Del Pacifica Memphis Mojo Cafe Pig-N-Whistle Saito Steakhouse Sekisui Side Car Cafe Side Porch Steakhouse

ChiCkAsAw gARdEns/ UniV. OF MEMPhis A-Tan Avenue Coffee Bella Caffe Brother Juniper’s Derae Restaurant The Farmer El Porton El Toro Loco Jack Pirtle’s Chicken Just for Lunch La Baguette La Hacienda Los Compadres Lost Pizza Co. Lucchesi's Beer Garden Medallion Newby’s Osaka Penn’s Pete & Sam’s Raffe’s Deli Republic Coffee R.P. Tracks Woman’s Exchange

JOIN US TO CELEBRATE THE

ANNUAL RELEASE OF THE

20 Under 30 Issue!

January 15-21, 2015

Celebrate the 20 young Memphians that are shaping the city’s future ... enjoy some beer and mix and mingle!

sponsored by:

catering provided by:

Wednesday, January 21st, 6pm-8pm

COLLiERViLLE Bangkok Alley Bonefish Grill Booyah’s Cafe Grille Cafe Piazza Ciao Baby!

Corky’s El Mezcal El Porton Fino Villa Firebirds Gus’s Fried Chicken Huey’s Jim’s Place Grille La Hacienda Mary’s German Restaurant Memphis Pizza Cafe Mulan Pig-N-Whistle Sekisui Shanti Steak House Silver Caboose Square Beans Coffee Vinegar Jim’s Whaley’s Pizza Wolf River Cafe CORdOVA Bahama Breeze Bombay House Bonefish Grill Butcher Shop Cafe Fontana Corky’s East End Grill El Mezcal El Porton Flying Saucer Fox & Hound Fresh Slices Friday Tuna Golden Coast Gus’s Fried Chicken Huey’s I Sushi Jim ’N Nick’s Bar-B-Q La Hacienda Pasta Italia Petra Cafe Presentation Room Salty Dog Sekisui Shogun Skimo’s T.J. Mulligan’s Zaytos COVingTOn Marlo’s Down Under

38

598 MONROE ACROSS FROM KUDZU’S

TASTY BEER! YUMMY APPS! GIVEAWAYS! MUSIC! VISIT FACEBOOK.COM/MEMPHISFLYER FOR EVENT DETAILS.

dOwnTOwn Alannah’s Breakfast Kafe Alcenia’s Aldo’s Pizza Pies

Alfred’s The Arcade Automatic Slim’s Bangkok Alley Bardog Tavern B.B. King’s Blues Club Belle Diner Bleu Blind Bear Blue Monkey Blue Plate Cafe Bluefin Blues City Cafe Bon-Ton Cafe The Brass Door Cafe Keough Cafe Pontotoc Capriccio Central BBQ Chez Philippe City Market Cordelia’s Table Coyote Ugly Cozy Corner Dejavu Double J Smokehouse & Saloon Earnestine & Hazel’s Eighty3 Felicia Suzanne’s Ferraro’s Pizzeria & Pub Flight Flying Fish Flying Saucer Frank’s Market & Deli Grawemeyer’s The Green Beetle Gus’s Fried Chicken Happy Mexican Hard Rock Cafe Huey’s Itta Bena Jack Pirtle’s Chicken Jerry Lee Lewis’ Cafe and Honky Tonk King’s Palace Cafe Kooky Canuck Little Tea Shop Local Gastropub Lunchbox Eats The Majestic Marmalade McEwen’s on Monroe Mesquite Chop House Miss Polly’s Mollie Fontaine Lounge Nacho’s New York Pizza Office at Uptown Café Onix Oshi Burger Bar Paulette’s Pearl’s Oyster House Rendezvous Rizzo’s Diner Rum Boogie Cafe Rumba Room Sekisui Silky O’Sullivan’s Silly Goose South of Beale Spaghetti Warehouse Spindini Tamp & Tap Texas de Brazil Tug’s Westy’s Yao’s Downtown China Bistro Zac’s Cafe

EAsT MEMPhis 4 Dumplings Acre Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen Asian Palace Bangkok Alley Belmont Grill The Booksellers Bistro Broadway Pizza Brookhaven Pub & Grill Buckley’s Fine Filet Grill Carrabba’s Italian Grill Casablanca Cheffie’s Café Ciao Bella City East Bagel & Grille Corky’s Dan McGuinness Pub Dixie Cafe El Mezcal El Porton El Toro Loco Erling Jensen Folk’s Folly Foozi Fox & Hound Fratelli’s The Grove Grill Gus’s Fried Chicken Half Shell Happy Mexican

Hog & Hominy Houston’s Huey’s Interim Jack Pirtle’s Chicken Jim’s Place Restaurant & Bar Las Delicias Lisa's Lunchbox Lynchburg Legends Marciano Mayuri Indian Cuisine Mellow Mushroom Memphis Pizza Cafe Mi Pueblo Mortimer’s Mosa Asian Bistro Napa Cafe New Hunan Newk’s Express Café Old Venice One & Only BBQ Patrick’s Porcellino's Prime Time Sports Bar Rafferty’s Rotis Indian Cuisine Sakura Sekisui Pacific Rim Skewer Soul Fish Cafe Sports Bar & Grille Swanky’s Three Little Pigs Tokyo Grill Whole Foods Market gERMAnTOwn Asian Eatery Asian Palace Belmont Grill Chili’s Doc Watson’s Elfo’s Grisanti El Porton Germantown Commissary Las Tortugas Maui Brick Oven Mellow Mushroom Memphis Pizza Cafe Mulan New Asia Newk’s Express Café Petra Cafe Royal Panda Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar Sakura Soul Fish Cafe Swanky’s West Street Diner MEdiCAL CEnTER Arepa & Salsa Evelyn and Olive Kudzu’s Trolley Stop Market MidTOwn 3 Angels on Broad Abyssinia Alchemy Alex’s Al Rayan Bar-B-Q Shop Bar DKDC Bar Louie Bari Ristorante e Enoteca Barksdale Restaurant Bayou Bar & Grill Beauty Shop Beeker’s Belly Acres Bhan Thai Blue Monkey Boscos Squared Bounty on Broad Broadway Pizza The Brushmark Cafe 1912 Cafe Eclectic Cafe Ole Cafe Society Camy’s Celtic Crossing Central BBQ Chiwawa The Cove The Crazy Noodle The Cupboard Dino’s Ecco on Overton Park El Mezcal Evergreen Grill Fino’s from the Hill Frida’s Fuel Cafe Golden India Huey’s Imagine Vegan Cafe India Palace Jack Pirtle’s Chicken

Jasmine Thai Java Cabana Kwik Chek LBOE Le Chardonnay Local Gastropub Memphis Pizza Cafe Midtown Crossing Molly’s La Casita Muddy's Grind House Mulan Murphy’s Old Zinnie’s Otherlands P&H Cafe Peggy’s Healthy Home Cooking Petra Cafe Express Restaurant Iris Robata Ramen & Yakitori Bar Saigon Le Sean’s Cafe The Second Line Sekisui Side Street Grill Slider Inn Soul Fish Cafe Stone Soup Cafe Strano Sicilian Kitchen Sweet Grass Tart Tsunami Young Avenue Deli PARkwAy ViLLAgE/FOX MEAdOws Blue Shoe Bar & Grill Leonard’s Pancho’s POPLAR/i-240 Amerigo Benihana Blue Plate Cafe Brooklyn Bridge Capital Grille Chao Praya Fleming’s Frank Grisanti’s Humdingers Mister B’s Moe’s Southwest Grill Mosa Asian Bistro Owen Brennan’s River Oaks Rock ’n’ Dough Pizza Co. Romano’s Macaroni Grill Salsa Seasons 52 Wang’s Mandarin House RALEigh Asian Palace El Siete Mares Hideaway Restaurant & Club sOUTh MEMPhis Coletta’s Four Way Restaurant Interstate Bar-B-Q Jack Pirtle’s Chicken Uncle Lou’s Southern Kitchen

sUMMER/BERCLAiR Central BBQ The Cottage Edo Elwood’s Shack High Pockets La Paloma Lotus Nagasaki Inn Pancho’s Panda Garden Taqueria La Guadalupana wEsT MEMPhis The Cupboard Pancho’s whiTEhAVEn China Inn Hong Kong Jack Pirtle’s Chicken O’ Taste and See Valle’s Italian Rebel winChEsTER East End Grill Formosa Half Shell Hello Restaurant Hibachi Grill & Sushi Buffet Huey’s Rancho Grande T.J. Mulligan’s

film review By Chris McCoy

Writing History With Lightning Selma is a civil rights story done right.

Y

ers, and Oyelowo ably paints King’s momentary joy in being just one of the guys.

But ultimately, King is alone, even as he locks arms with the throngs of marchers during the epic battle of the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The same tactical genius King displays when choosing to bait Sheriff Jim Clark (Stan Houston) into confrontation by surrounding his courthouse with protestors demanding to register to vote tells him that J. Edgar Hoover (Dylan Baker) will similarly try to isolate him from his closest circle. And yet, Martin is blindsided when Hoover reveals Martin’s marital infidelities to Coretta. DuVernay handles the controversial incident deftly, actually getting laughs from the audience as Martin squirms under Coretta’s gaze. DuVernay paints King as both wholly divine and wholly human; he was a man like you, which means you can rise to his level of greatness if you keep your eyes on the prize.

Beyond Oyelowo, Selma is populated with good performances: Tim Roth’s portrayal of Governor George Wallace cuts to the bone, and Oprah Winfrey’s turn as Annie Lee Cooper is short but indelible. As 82-year-old protestor Cager Lee, Harry G. Sanders shares a heartwrenching scene with Oyelowo as he is called to identify the body of his son, who was slain by police.

Confronted with such an epic story, there’s only so much complexity DuVernay can cram into the movie.

President Lyndon B. Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) is a conflicted figure, torn between his sympathies for the movement and the realities of Washington politics. But Wallace and Sheriff Clark are just mustache-twirling villains. Malcolm X (Nigel Thatch) appears briefly, apparently to give King someone to be jealous of, and is then assassinated offscreen. But these are minor missteps in the narrative minefield the director must traverse. In bringing together the personal, the political, and the historic, DuVernay has crafted a film that will be remembered and studied for years to come.

Selma Now playing Multiple locations

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

her subject’s life: The 1964 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. And, like Harron had Gretchen Mol as Bettie Page, she needed a good actor who also resembled MLK. Choosing veteran English actor David Oyelowo to portray King may have been the smartest move DuVernay made in this production that’s full of smart moves.

Like Spielberg did with Lincoln, DuVernay clearly wants to humanize King and bring his gifts of leadership into sharp relief. The film opens backstage at the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, as Martin and Coretta Scott King (Carmen Ejogo) nervously prepare for his big moment. Later, in a kitchen in Selma, King goofs off with Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) organiz-

arts & entertainment

ou might think making a film about real-life events would be easier than making up a story from whole cloth.

After all, your script is already written for you, and your presumptive audience already knows — and is presumably interested in — your story. But in fact, making a film about historical events adds another layer of complexity to an already difficult art form. What at first look like advantages turn out to be liabilities. If you’re telling a story about the life of a famous person, where do you begin and where do you end? Your subject is famous, so everyone knows what she or he looks like. How do you find someone who looks enough like that famous face, who can act as well?

Movies are carefully controlled flows of information, but real life is big, messy, and totally unconcerned with how many characters it has to introduce to an audience in the first 20 minutes. And audiences who care about your subject will have very strong opinions about how things ought to be, and woe be unto you if your interpretation is different.

The filmic battlefield is littered with failed attempts at historical biographies, which make the list of successes, such as Spike Lee’s Malcolm X, James Mangold’s Walk the Line, and Mary Harron’s The Notorious Bettie Page, all the more remarkable. And to that list of successes we can now add Ava DuVernay’s Selma.

Former publicist turned director DuVernay, who was the first African-American woman to win the Best Director award at the Sundance Film Festival, set the difficulty level at “expert” for her third narrative feature. She wanted to illuminate the character of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., like Lee had with Malcolm X. But to avoid the pitfalls of the epic sweep of Lee’s film, she chose, like Mangold’s Walk the Line, to concentrate on a specific period from

Selma

39

film review

What’s Up, Doc? Joaquin Phoenix mesmerizes in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice.

Like any good noir, Inherent Vice begins with a sexy woman showing up unexpectedly at a private eye’s door and asking for help. In this case, it’s Shasta (Katherine Waterston) asking her ex-boyfriend Doc Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) for help thwarting a plot to commit her current boyfriend,

−

MOVIES

wealthy real estate developer Mickey Wolfmann (Eric Roberts) to an insane asylum. Then things get weird.

Inherent Vice is the first official film adaptation of a novel by Thomas Pynchon, and the material meets the perfect director in Paul Thomas Anderson. Pynchon’s writing is as famously difficult as the writer is reclusive. His best-known work, 1973’s Gravity’s Rainbow, is a postmodern journey across post-war Europe — the mission to find a single German rocket that holds either highly advanced technology or the key to spiritual transcendence, depending on who you ask.

But the plot is itself a red herring, a distraction from the real point of the book, which is Pynchon’s twisty wordplay and crazy quilt of interlocking ideas and associations. Pynchon is the master of leaving just vague enough

SINCE

1915

−

By Chris McCoy

of a trail of breadcrumbs to keep his readers moving forward, grasping for a solution that always seems just out of reach.

In his 2009 novel Inherent Vice, Pynchon uses the framework of the hard-boiled detective novel to create the expectation of story. But instead of the streetwise ladies man Phillip Marlowe, we’re investigating the mystery through the perpetually stoned eyes of Doc Sportello. And so, the story is hazy at best.

There’s always a THEY in Pynchon’s narratives, the mysterious but powerful cabal pulling the strings of history. “If THEY can get you asking the wrong questions, THEY don’t have

Joaquin Phoenix

to worry about answers,” he wrote in Gravity’s Rainbow. In Inherent Vice, THEY take the form of the Golden Fang, which may be a wayward ship, or a tax shelter for dentists, or a murderous Vietnamese drug cartel, or perhaps all of those things at once. Shasta disappears soon after her meeting with Doc and is last seen boarding the Golden Fang, adding urgency to Doc’s search. Or at least as much energy as a guy who is frequently seen with a joint in each hand can muster.

Along the way, Doc encounters his frenemy in the LAPD, Detective “Bigfoot” Bjornsen (Josh Brolin),

Ridgeway Cinema Grill CAFE • IMPORTED BEER & WINE • LUXURY SEATING

January 15-21, 2015

Foxcatcher R American Sniper R Inherent Vice R Wild R Birdman R

FULL MENU • IMPORTED BEER & WINE LUXURY SEATING

Foxcatcher R The Imitation Game PG13 Unbroken PG13 Wild R

IMPORTED BEER & WINE • EXPANDED CONCESSIONS • LUXURY SEATING • ALL DIGITAL CINEMA •

American Sniper R The Wedding Ringer R Blackhat R Paddington PG Spare Parts PG13 Taken 3 PG13 Selma PG13 Woman In Black 2: Angel Of Death

Into the Woods PG Unbroken PG13 Big Eyes PG13 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb PG Annie PG The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (non 3-D) PG13

SATURDAY 1/17 Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow 11:55am WEDNESDAY 1/21 Metropolitan Opera Encore: The Merry Widow 6:30pm

PG13

MALCO THEATRES CORPORATE EVENTS • MEETINGS CHURCH RENTALS • GROUP RATES

The 4Th AnnuAl

MBQ CeO Of The YeAr AwArds Wednesday, 1/28/15, 11am-1pm

hOnOrInG: Jeffrey Webb of Varsity Brands W. Scott Stafford of Evolve Bank and Trust Keri Wright of Universal Asset Management Laurita Jackson of 1Source Office and Facility Supply

EMAIL GROUPSALES@MALCO.COM

VIP MOVIE TICKETS & CONCESSION VOUCHERS

40

5101 Sanderlin Ave., Ste. 104b • Next to Fox & Hound

ORDER ONLINE AT MALCO.COM OR GROUPSALES@MALCO.COM

Tickets are $25 and lunch included. go to mbqmemphis.com or call 901.521.9000 for more information.

prESEnTing SpOnSOr:

film review whose flattop haircut and comically strong jaw renders his head as square as his attitude. Then there is the matter of the missing master of the surf saxophone, Coy Harlingen (Owen Wilson), who may or may not have been murdered at some point. And it goes without saying that investigations into matters this complex will require a number of visits to Doc’s attorney, Sauncho Smilax (Benicio Del Toro), whose speciality is maritime law, but who dabbles in criminal defense. Doc first meets the conspiracy in the guise of Dr. Blatnoyd, the cocainecrazed dentist played with great gusto by Martin Short. And he has time for dalliances with his girl on the side, Deputy District Attorney Penny Kimball, a perpetually disapproving Reese Witherspoon.

Hitchcock said that mediocre books make the best movies, because great books have great prose that gets lost when you translate it to the screen. Anderson works around this problem by putting the words of Pynchon’s narrator in the mouth of Joanna Newsom’s Sortilège, a psychic who may or may not be one of Doc’s frequent hallucinations. The director uses each increasingly surreal episode

in Doc’s investigation as a framework to hang a series of indelible images, composed with the help of cinematographer Robert Elswit, who also shot Anderson’s Boogie Nights.

For Anderson, whose There Will Be Blood and The Master were both tightly focused character studies, this is a return to sprawling hangout movies like Boogie Nights and Magnolia.

Phoenix is mesmerizing as Doc, wandering addled through the idyllic, 1970 Southern California landscape in one scene and coolly facing down the FBI in the next. And did I mention this is a comedy? Phoenix is funny as hell when he breaks out into occasional slapstick, as Pynchon’s characters are prone to do.

Inherent Vice is proving to be one of those love it or hate it kind of movies, and its cult is already forming like the Mansonite conspiracies that Bigfoot Bjornsen sees in every gathering of dirty hippies. I’m firmly on the side of loving it, but I know it’s not for everybody. It’s the kind of thing you’ll like if you like that kind of thing.

Inherent Vice Now playing Studio on the Square

The 2015 MeMphis Magazine 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o nawar d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s Maga z i n e F i ct i o nawar d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s Maga z i n e awar d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s Maga z i n e F i ct i o nawar d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s maga z i n e F i ct i o n awar d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s Mag a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awards2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards 2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards2011MeMphisMagaz i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n aw a r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n eFictionawards2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards MagazineFictionawards 2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards 2011MeMp h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c 2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o nawar d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s Maga z i n e F i ct i o nawar d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s Maga z i n e awar d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s Maga z i n e F i ct i o nawar d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s maga z i n e F i ct i o n awar d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s Mag a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awards2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards 2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards2011MeMphisMagaz i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n aw a r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n eFictionawards2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards MagazineFictionawards 2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards 2011MeMp h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2 0 1 1 M e M p h i s M a g a z i n e F i c t i o n awa r d s 2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards2011MeMphisMagazineFictionawards

F i ct i o n

AwA r d s

2011memphisMagazineFictionAwArds

AwA r d s

2011memphis

• $1,000 grand prize • Two $500 honorable Mention prizes* • entry Fee $10 per story

• Deadline: February 1st sponsored by:

Burke’s Book Store The Booksellers at Laurelwood Memphis magazine

For rules and further details, email sadler@memphismagazine.com or go to memphismagazine.com and click Fiction Contest. * honorable mention awarded only if quality of entries warrants.

Former U.S. Representative and dedicated advocate for mental health, Patrick Kennedy will speak on mental health and the stigma that often accompanies it. We can be silent no more.

Thursday, February 5, 2015 8:00 a.m.

Hilton Hotel 939 Ridge Lake Blvd. $40 per person general seating $400 table of 10 $1000 Table Sponsor - includes VIP reception To purchase tickets, visit www.methodisthealth.org/livingwellbreakfast or call 901.516.0500.

arts & entertainment

F i ct i o n

2011memphisMagazineFictionAwArds

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

2011memphis

41 41

help wanted • Real eState

901-575-9400 classifieds@memphisflyer.com Adoption ADOPTING Your newborn, giving forever love, family is our dream. Laura & Eric 800-971-8262. Exp. Pd. ADOPTION Adopting your newborn is our dream.

Secure family and endless love awaits.

Expenses paid. Natasha and Will 800-955-5181

Business opportunities

NOW HIRING CDL-A Drivers in Memphis!BE HOME DAILY! MDS is looking for dry bulk drivers to join us in Memphis. Stable, steady work, home daily and you will have a solid benefits package. In order to be eligible drivers must have 1-year experience required and a good driving/work history. Don't pass up this great opportunity to work with a rewarding company. Call a recruiter today to learn more! 866-546-5157 or schillicorp.com

educAtion

PAID IN ADVANCE!!

Make $1000 a Week Mailing Brochures From Home. Helping home workers since 2001. Genuine Opportunity. No Experience required.

Start Immediately themailinghub.com (AAN CAN)

AIRBRUSH MAKEUP ARTIST Course For: Ads, TV, Film, Fashion.

35% OFF TUITION - SPECIAL $1990 - Train & Build Portfolio.

One Week Course. Details at: AwardMakeupSchool.com818-9802119 (AAN CAN)

drivers/ trAnsportAtion

GenerAl

ACR TRANSPORTATION Charter/SCHOOL Bus Drivers Needed Class A/B Lic w/P&S End - PT/ FTApply in OFC 178 West McLemore AvenueMemphis, TN 38103901-9493616/1270/3522

AFRICA, BRAZIL Work/Study! Change the lives of others while creating a sustainable future. 6, 9, 18 month programs available. Apply today! oneworldcenter.org. 269-591-0518 (AAN CAN)

KROGER - TRUCK DRIVERS Kroger is looking for highly motivated people for Driver Positions. These positions offer local regional work and do not require overnight stays.

We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision & life insurance, as well as outstanding pension & 401k programs.Qualified Drivers:- Be over 21 years of age- Have a Class A CDL and 3 years of verifiable driving experience- Be able to work any shift- Have a clean MVR and be able to pass background check, drug screen, and physical requirementsIf you meet the above requirements, please apply online at kroger.com. At the bottom left hand side of the page, click on jobs/careers. Next, select distribution then choose the Kroger Distribution Center on 5079 Bledsoe in Memphis. You can then begin the application process, selecting driver when it aks for the position for which you are applying.

CONCERT TICKET SALES Room for advancement. Dental, Life, Vision Insurance, Paid Holidays, Vacations and Sick Days. Free tickets to local events. Call (901) 324-4199 to set up interview.

KROGER is looking for highly motivated people experienced in fast-paced production environments for Warehouse Order Positions. Responsible for selecting, stacking and wrapping large quantities of store products in an accurate, fast paced productive and safe manner. Ability to consistently lift.

Candidates must be able to work a flexible schedule within a 24/7 distribution center.Candidates that meet the following requirements are preferred.- 1 or more year(s) of continuous employment- Experience with talk-man headset- Experience with electric pallet-jack- Previous fast-paced production environmentWe offer Excellent Benefits with a Competitive Salary Plus Production Incentive!Please apply on line at kroger.comAt the bottom of the page, click on Careers. Next, select Distribution Center Jobs. Then, select Kroger Distribution Center, 5079 Bledsoe Road, Memphis, TN 38141.

SCREEN PRINTER Needed ASAP!experience a PLUS. Send resume to jbranch@spikner.com or fax it to 901-725-1572.

START-ON-LINE: Seeking seasonal worker.Computer literate, Multi lingual, English, Spanish, French. 901.315.9300, Mid Town area.

Help WAnted $$HELP WANTED$$ Earn Extra income, assembling CD cases. Call our Live Operators NOW! 800-267-3944 Ext 3090. easyworkgreatpay.com (Not Valid in MD) COPELAND SERVICES, L.L.C. Hiring Armed State Licensed Officers/ Unarmed OfficersThree Shifts AvailableSame Day Interview1661 International Place901-258-5872 or 901-818-3187Interview in Professional Attire

SAM’S TOWN HOTEL & Gambling Hall in Tunica, MS is looking for the next Direct Marketing Pro, is it you? We need someone who has excellent organizational skills, knows Direct Mail and Database Marketing, previous Casino Marketing experience preferred. Must have strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to meet deadlines in the fast paced casino environment, proficient in Microsoft Office, CMS and LMS. Must be able to obtain and maintain a MS Gaming Commission Work Permit, pass a prescreening including but not limited to background and drug screen. To apply, log on to boydcareers.com and follow the prompts to Tunica. Boyd Gaming Corp is a drug free workplace and equal opportunity employer. Must be at least 21 to apply.

professionAl/ MAnAGeMent CUSTOMER SERVICE Manager: Oversees implementation of the company's product (telecommunications expense management software).

Coordinates information gathering and exchange of information between new customers and the company's engineering team to create the instance of our application which is configured to the customer's unique specifications. Trains the users during and after implementation.

Serves as the primary company contact for the user regarding future development and any ongoing specific needs the user may encounter. The candidate must possess a Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics or Telecommunications Engineering, plus 2 years of experience in the field of telecommunications expense management, and must have knowledge of OSS and BSS Software, provisioning, and types of telecommunications technologies such as IP, DSL, ISDN, VOIP, Routers and MPLS. Send resumes to Debbie Putnam, Chief Financial Officer, Asentinel, LLC, 6410 Poplar Avenue, Suite 200, Memphis, TN 38119.

• Close to UTHSC • Small Pets welcome • Student discounts • Great views of downtown • Covered parking

• 1 & 2-br high-rise units • 1, 2 & 3-br garden units • 2 and 3-br townhomes

567 Jefferson Ave Phone: (901) 523-8112 567 Jefferson Ave | Memphis, TN 38105-5228 Email: edison@mrgmemphis.com Phone: (901) 523-8112 | Email: edison@mrgmemphis.com

January 15-21, 2015

• • • • • • • •

Historic Central Gardens District Controlled access building Garage parking available Parquet wood flooring 9 foot ceilings 24 hour Fitness and Laundry Centers Private park with picnic and grilling Central heat and air

888-446-4954 Office Hours 9:00 - 6:00 M – F Sat by Appointment Only RESERVE YOUR PLACE TODAY AT THE HISTORIC KIMBROUGH TOWERS

Distribution Warehouse Order Selector environments for

Responsible selecting, stacking and wrapping Warehouse for Order Selector Positions. largeisquantities storemotivated products in an accurate, fa looking forofhighly paced productive and safe manner. people experienced with fast-paced production Responsible for selecting, stacking Ability to stand for for 12+hours.

AbilityOrder to consistently lift. Candidates environments Warehouse Selector and wrapping of center. must be able to work aPositions. flexible schedule within alarge 24/7quantities distribution

KROGER

(This is a Smoke- Free Community)

Equal Housing Opportunity Handicap Accessibility • Language Translations Service Available

UNIQUE COMMUNITY FEATURES INCLUDE:

KROGER Kroger

store products in an accurate, fast paced productive and safe manner.

Ability to consistently lift. Candidates must be able to work flexible Responsible for requirements selecting, stacking wrapping Candidates that meet the following areaand preferred. large quantities of store products in an accurate, fast • 1 orwithin moreayear(s) of continuous employment schedule 24/7 distribution center. paced headset productive and safe manner. Ability to stand • Experience with talk-man for 12+hours.

Ability to consistently lift. Candidates • Experience with electric pallet-jack Candidates that meet the following requirements are preferred. must be able to work a flexible schedule within a 24/7 distribution center.

• Previous fast-paced production environment • 1 or more year(s) of continuous employment Candidates that meet following requirements are preferred.

• Experience with the talk-man headset • 1 or more year(s) of continuous employment We offer Excellent Benefits with a Competitive Salary • Experience with electric pallet-jack • Experience with talk-man headset • Previous fast-paced production environment Plus Production Incentive!

• Experience with electric pallet-jack • Previous fast-paced production environment

Please apply on line at www.kroger.com

We 42

KIMBROUGH TOWERS

is looking for highly motivated looking people experienced is with fast-paced production for highly motivated people environments for Warehouse Order Selector experienced in fast-paced production Positions.

Second PhaSe of cleaborn Pointe at heritage landing wait liSt iS oPening.

For more information, please call (901) 254-7670.

PRESTIGIOUS

Distribution Warehouse Positions Distribution Warehouse Order Selector

Premier retailers, chic eateries, fresh markets & live entertainment venues • Townhouse, garden or high-rise units areto trolley justlineminutes away!

• Adjacent • Located near historic Beale Street and AutoZone Park • BeautifulCall park-like setting today!

Conveniently located: Easy access to premier retailers, chic eateries, fresh markets & live entertainment venues that are just minutes away.

Apply in person at the Cleaborn Pointe at Heritage Landing Leasing office located at 440 South Lauderdale.

Applications will be taken on January 15th-16th, during the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

DIGITAL/PRINT MARKETING Assistant: Contemporary Media, Inc.The locally owned publisher of Memphis magazine, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent and MBQ, is seeking a creative and talented Digital/Print Marketing Assistant.

This position is part of the Digital, Marketing, Distribution, and Event teams of Contemporary Media, Inc. See requirements and submission info at:contemporary-media.com/jobs

www.kimbroughtowers.com

Classic apartment community featuring 1 & 2-bedroom high-rise units; 1, 2 & 3-bedroom garden units, & 2 and 3-bedroom townhomes.

Effective Thursday January 15th and Friday January 16th of 2015, Alco Management, Inc. will be accepting applications for the 2, 3, and 4 bedrooms Public Housing units for Cleaborn Pointe at Heritage Landing phase II.

sAles/MArketinG

172 Kimbrough Place at Union Ave. Memphis, TN 38104

The Edison The Edison

Alco Management, Inc.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU Is in search of Field Leader/ Field Supervisors and Field Representatives in Memphis, TN in the following counties: Fayette, Shelby, and Tipton for the American Housing Survey.

Field Leader/Field Supervisor pay is $15.15 to $24.40 per hour and Field Representatives pay is $12.07 to $18.78 per hour. Please call (866) 563-6499 for more information and how to apply. The Census Bureau is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

At the bottom of the page, click on Careers. Next, select Distribution Center Jobs. Then, selec offer Excellent BenefitsCenter, with a Bledsoe Competitive Salary Kroger Distribution 5079 Road, Memphis, TN 38141.

Plus Production Incentive!

Please apply on line at www.kroger.com

At the bottom of the page, click on Careers. Next, select Distribution Center Jobs. Then, select Kroger Distribution Center, 5079 Bledsoe Road, Memphis, TN 38141.

HELP WANTED • REAL ESTATE CONTEMPORARY MEDIA, INC. (CMi), the locally owned publisher of Memphis magazine, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent and MBQ is seeking a creative and talented Sales Executive. This is an integrated position, selling both print and digital solutions to a variety of businesses in the Memphis area.At CMi, we have created an environment where out-of-the-box thinking is honored and where hard work is rewarded.

We believe you should love coming to work every day. And we believe . you should delight in finding solutions for your customers. The Sales Executive is accountable for prospecting for new business, assessing existing clients ongoing print media, digital media, event and marketing needs and creating solutions to support these.CMi is looking for a strategic, resultsoriented, highly motivated self starter, who has the ability to develop relationships, create and deliver proposals and close business.Preferred Qualifications: Proven track record of generating new business, Outside sales experience, Initiate and foster new business relationships by networking, prospecting and coldcalling, Ability to nurture and grow existing client relationships, Goaloriented, assertive and very wellorganized, Excellent presentation skills, History of consistently exceeding sales goals, Experience participating in and coordinating Marketing initiatives and client events, Media/Publishing Sales a big +. Compensation: Base salary, commensurate with experience, plus commission. Please send resumes to: penelope@ memphisflyer.com No phone calls.

DOWNTOWN LOFT/ CONDO

GENERAL HOMES FOR RENT

109 N. MAIN Downtown Condo w/ Studio. $800/ mo. Call MTC (901) 756-4469

LECO REALTY INC. HOUSES Berclair - Kingsbury 1465 Stacey - 3BR/1BA, C/H&A $595 1352 Isabelle - 3BR/1BA, C/H&A $595 Cordova 8238 Valley Ridge Trail - 4BR/2BA, C/H&A $1095 742 Walnut Woods Cv- 3BR/2BA, appl, C/H&A, garage $1195E. Mphs - Sea Isle 1214 White Station - 3BR/1BA, C/ Heat $655 Fox Meadows 3116 Domar - 3BR/2BA, Denextra rm, C/H&A $875 Frayser 3273 Amselle Circle - 3BR1BA, C/H&A $595 3529 Ladue 3BR/1BA, C/Heat $595 3331 William Tell - 3BR/1BA, C/H&A $650 Parkway Village 2865 Redwing - 4BR/2BA, C/H&A $825U of M Area3760 Park - brick 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $545 585 Loeb - 2BR/2BA, Den, appl, C/H&A $875 Whitehaven1590 Wilson 3BR/1.5BA, C/H&A, Carpet & HW fl $745 Free list @ lecorealty.com or come in, or call 272-9028. 3707 Macon Rd.

2 STORY BUILDING 2,980 sq ft. 3 baths, W/D, courtyard, covered parking, deck/patio. Newly renovated. $2100/mo. 901.481.3767 THE WASHBURN Ideal Location. Stunning Spaces. One of a Kind. 60 S. Main St.Memphis TN. 901.527.0244thewashburn.com

EAST MEMPHIS APT WINCHESTER/MENDENHALL at Cambridge Station Condos 2BR/1BA, stove, C/H&A $525Call 272-9028. Free list @ lecorealty.com.

Leco Realty, Inc.

EAST MEMPHIS HOMES FOR RENT WHITESTATION Close to Park. 3BR/1BA, CH/A, fenced back yard. $800/mo.

901.417.9588

LECO REALTY, INC. FOR RENT - FREE LIST Houses, Duplexes & Apartments. Please visit us on the web @ lecorealty.com or call 901-272-9028

MOBILE HOME 16' x 80' . Good shape except needs carpet, kitchen floor vinyl. $6500/or best offer.

901-598-2149

MIDTOWN APT 150 N.MCLEAN @ POPLAR 2BR/1BA condo, new hdwd, carpet & paint, CH/A, W/D, $650/mo.

(901)412-1021 199 S. MCLEAN 2BR/1BA, $950/mo. Call MTC (901) 756-4469 AUDUBON DOWNS APTS - 2BR Special $575- Beautiful Grounds- 1 & 2 Bedroom Apts- Hardwood Floors- 24 Hour Laundry- Pool & Picnic Area1-866-690-1037 or 901-458-3566Hablamos Espanol 1-888-337-65212639 Central Ave.Makowsky Ringel Greenburg, LLCEHO | mrgmemphis.com CENTRAL GARDENS 2BR/1BA, hdwd floors, ceiling fans, french doors, all appls incl. W/D, 9ft ceil, crown molding, off str pking. $720/mo. Also 1BR, $610/mo.

833-6483.

EVERGREEN HIST. DIST. 1BR Apt or 1BR Duplex $475$595, W/D, remodeled, hardwood floors, pets ok. Great neighbors. $25 cc fee. 452-3945 GALLOWAY GARDENS APTS Clean, safe and updated midtown living.Conveniently located within 2 miles of the zoo, medical district, Rhodes college, college of art and college of optometry-spacious closetscovered parking-safe neighborhood-pet friendly with green space -beautifully landscaped property-security camerasStarting at $700 Ask about our $299 move in special Call 901-272-0404 for more details MADISON/OVERTON SQ Move In Special! 1BR, hdwd flrs, sm. fncd yd, all appls, W/D, DW, sm. pet ok. CC $425/mo. 340-7005 MIDTOWN Mayflower Apts @ 35 N. McleanSpacious 1 & 2 BR, appl, radiator heat, window air, HW floors, $525-$725 + RUBSCall 272-9028.

Free list @ lecorealty.com. Leco Realty, Inc.

Charming New Homes for Rent in the Midtown/Crosstown Area 5 minutes from the Square Great for families or roommates

GALLOWAY GARDENS APARTMENTS Clean, safe and updated midtown living.

Conveniently located within 2 miles of the zoo, medical district, Rhodes college, college of art and college of optometry.

• spacious closets • covered parking • safe neighborhood

• pet friendly with green space • beautifully landscaped property • security cameras

Starting at $700

MIDTOWN APARTMENT Large 1BR, living room, kitchen, CH/A, off-street parking. Close to grocery, restaurant, bus.

901.356.9794 MIDTOWN APARTMNENT 1307 Vinton: 2BR/1BA, $600. Call MTC (901) 756-4469 MIDTOWN APTS FOR RENT Large 1 Br. Midtown Apt.. Off Overton Square. Water incl. on-site mgr. $525.

Huge 3Br. 2 Bth. Apt. Midtown area.

1 mile from Overton Park. Water/gas incl, gated, hardwood floors, CH/A, onsite laundry $695. 2Br. Apt. $525.

Call 901-458-6648

MIDTOWN HOMES FOR RENT MIDTOWN HOME 3572 Watauga: 3BR/1BA, $675/mo.

Call MTC (901) 756-4469

SHARED HOUSING 309 N. MONTGOMERY Rooms for rent, large BRs, nonsmokers. Reasonable rent. Call Walter 428-1979.

4701 Summer Ave • 901.842.0805

HOMES FOR SALE GERMANTOWN CONDO FOR SALE 2-story, 2BA/1.5 BA. Patio, corner unit. Parking. Reasonably priced.

Call 901.356.9794

901-575-9400 classifieds@memphisflyer.com

3BR/2BA • $1295

ALL AREAS ROOMMATES.COM Browse hundreds of online listing with photos and maps.

Find your roommate with a click of the mouse! Visit: http:// Roommates.com (AAN CAN) MIDTOWN ROOMS FOR RENT Central Heat/Air, utls included, furnished. 901.650.4400

APARTMENT

1 or 2 year leases

• MIDTOWN •

• Gated Community • Security Alarms • New Appliances • Energy Efficient • 2 Car Garage

Ask about our $299 move in special Call 901-272-0404 for more details

129 Stonewall

Truck Drivers

2BR 1.5BA • Gated Parking $775/mo. • $400 Deposit

Call 901.239.1332

Distribution Warehouse Order Selector

3707 Macon Rd. • 272.9028 • lecorealty.com Visit us online, call, or office for free list.

3589 Clayphil - 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $565 APARTMENTS Midtown -Mayflower Apts @ 35 N. Mclean Spacious 1 & 2 BR, appl, radiator heat, window air, HW floors, $625 - $725 + RUBS Winchester/Mendenhall @ Cambridge Station Condos 2BR/1BA, stove, C/H&A $525 Sonia Veach c/o Leco Realty, Inc 3707 Macon Rd. Memphis, TN 38122 901.272.9028 Many others to choose from! lecorealty.com

½ off

people experienced with fast-paced production environments for Warehouse Order Selector Positions.

Kroger

Responsible for selecting, stacking and wrapping large quantities of store products in an accurate, fast paced productive and safe manner. Ability to stand for 12+hours. Ability to consistently lift. Candidates must be able to work a flexible schedule within a 24/7 distribution center.

is looking for highly motivated people for Driver that meet thework following are preferred.

Positions. These positionsCandidates offer local regional andrequirements do not require • 1 or more year(s) of continuous employment overnight stays. We offer competitive paytalk-man and a comprehensive benefits • Experience with headset Experience with& electric pallet-jack as well as package, including health, •dental, vision life insurance, • Previous fast-paced production environment outstanding pension & 401k programs.

first 3 months

We offer Excellent Benefits with a Competitive Salary Qualified Drivers: 5x10s & 10x10s Plus Production Incentive!

• Be over 21 years of age Please apply on line at www.kroger.com • Have a Class A CDL and 3Atyears of verifiable driving experience the bottom of the page, click on Careers. Next, select Distribution Center Jobs. Then, select Kroger Distribution Center, 5079 Bledsoe Road, Memphis, TN 38141.

• Be able to work any shift • Have a clean MVR and be able to pass background check, drug screen, and physical requirements If you meet the above requirements, please apply online at www.kroger.com. At the bottom left hand side of the page, click on jobs/careers. Next, select distribution then choose the Kroger Distribution Center on 5079 Bledsoe in Memphis. You can then begin the application process, selecting driver when it aks for the position for which you are applying.

WE Make It Easier 4175 Winchester Road Memphis, TN 38118 901.235.1294 CompassSelfStorage.com

memphisflyer.com

3529 Ladue - 3BR/1BA, C/Heat $595 3331 William Tell - 3BR/1BA, C/H&A $650 Parkway Village 2865 Redwing - 4BR/2BA, C/H&A $825 U of M Area 3760 Park - brick 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $545 585 Loeb - 2BR/2BA, Den, appl, C/H&A $875 Whitehaven 1590 Wilson- 3BR/1.5 BA, C/H&A, Carpet & HW fl $745 DUPLEX U of M 756 Houston Cv. - 2BR/1BA, C/Heat, carpet $525/mo

rentmsh.com

REAL ESTATE

HOUSES Berclair- Kingsbury 1465 Stacey - 3BR/1BA, C/H&A $595 1352 Isabelle 3BR/1BA, C/H&A $595 Cordova 8238 Valley Ridge Trail 4BR/2BA, C/H&A $1095 742 Walnut Woods - 3BR/2BA, appl, C/H&A, garage $1195 E. Mphs - Sea Isle 1214 White Station - 3BR/1BA, C/Heat $ 655 Fox Meadows 3116 Domar - 3BR/2BA, Den extra rm, C/H&A $875 Frayser 3273 Amselle Circle -3BR/1BA, C/H&A $595

KROGER is looking for highly motivated

43

LEGAL NOTICE • REAL ESTATE • SERVICES

901-575-9400 classifieds@memphisflyer.com NICE ROOMS FOR RENT S. Pkwy & Wilson. Utilities and Cable included. Fridge in your room.

Cooking and free laundry privileges.

Some locations w/sec. sys. Starting at $435/mo. + dep. 901.922.9089

DISH TV Starting at $19.99/month (for 12 mos.) SAVE! Regular Price $32.99.

Call Today and Ask About FREE SAME DAY Installation! CALL Now! 888-9921957 (AAN CAN)

ROOM FOR RENT Midtown: Large, private, furnished, microwave, WiFi, fridge, a/c, nice area & bus lines. $120/wk + dep.

725-3892.

FASHION REWIND Online Consignment & Resale.stores. ebay.com/fashionrewind

ROOMS FOR RENT $110/wk, cable, utls & W/D included.

I 40/ Whitten Rd. location. Owner/ Agent 901.461.4758

U OF M AREA DUPLEX U OF M 756 Houston Cv. - 2BR/1BA, C/ Heat, carpet $525/mo3589 Clayphil - 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $565 Call 2729028. Free list @ lecorealty.com.

Leco Realty, Inc.

U OF M HOMES FOR RENT 500 S. PRESCOTT 3BR/2BA, Appliances included. Great neighborhood. $950/mo. 525-2525/ weekends 753-3722

SERVICES ARE YOU IN BIG trouble with the IRS? Stop wage & bank levies, liens & audits, unfiled tax returns, payroll issues, & resolve tax debt FAST. Call 844-753-1317 (AAN CAN)

AUTO

APOGEE SOUND RECORDERS PRO-Tools 9. Up to 96 Tracks!

Perfect for CD projects, Singer/ Songwriters, Band Demos. Call or text 901.491.0415. apogeesound@yahoo.com

CASH FOR CARS Any Car/Truck. Running or not! Top dollar paid. We come to you! Call for instant offer: 1-888-420-3808. cash4car.com (AAN CAN)

WELLSPRING ADDICTION Recovery: Suboxone TreatmentCaring Help for Opiate AddictionPrivate, proeffsional settingImmediate openings including pregnant opiate dependent women We offer recovery without judgment. Call us today at 901.443.0212- 3173 Kirby Whitten Rd., Ste. 203,Bartlett. wellspringsrecovery.com

TAXES Personal/Business + Legal work by a CPA-Attorney. Bruce Newman (901) 272-9471. newmandecoster.com

SUBOXONE TREATMENT • Caring Help for Opiate Addiction • Private, professional setting • Immediate openings including pregnant opiate dependent women

A BIT STRESS? Exclusive Ladies Massage. In home therapy. Gift Certificates Available.

Ask for Perry, LMT. 491-6220.

TOM PITMAN, LMT Massage The Way You Like It. Swedish/Deep Tissue - Relaxation, Hot Stones. Credit Cards. Call 7617977. tompitmanmassage.com, tom@tompitmanmassage.com

• NEW DOCTOR • Call us today at 901.443.0212 3173 Kirby Whitten Rd,Ste. 203, Bartlett wellspringsrecovery.com

WILLIAM BREWER Massage Therapist (Health & Wellness offer) 377-6864

• EAST MEMPHIS •

on mclean

Call 901.239.1332 rentmsh.com Call now for your FREE prequalification screening!

Floor to ceilings, wall to wall, every unit has been completely, renovated & remodeled!! NEW floors, new cabinets, new countertops, & new baths ALL NEW frig with ice, gas range, microwave, DW, tile splash backs.. $950 Contact * CAROL COLE Management That Cares Southwest Funding:

Government Loan Specialist

Purchase • FHA/VA Home Loans • FHA 203(k) renovation Purchase or Refi loan - Only 2 years from • HUD homes with only discharge on Ch. 7 bk! $100 down payment - Only 3 years after a filed • Conventional with low foreclosure deed!

MI and only 3% down - No wait on purchase • USDA Rural Development after short sale!

• Down Payment Assit (901) 323-5447 office avail Refinance • FHA Streamline • HARP • Reverse Mtg

(901) 323-9241 fax

www.southwestfunding.com/dnewson

Licensed In

NMLS#71399

AUTO INSURANCE STARTING AT $25/ MONTH! Call 855-977-9537 (AAN CAN)

I’m a 1 yr old ginger and white male Pit mix. I’m very friendly with other dogs and people.

The shelter is full and I need out! Please give me a chance.

I’m neutered, heartworm negative and up to date on all my shots.

SHANGRI-LA RECORDS We Buy/Sell/Trade LPs, 45s, 78s, CDs, DVDs, VHS, Posters, Artwork, Musical & Stereo Equipments, Collectibles, Furniture, Clothes & Much More.

1916 Madison Ave. shangri.com

RECOVERY WITHOUT JUDGMENT

MASSAGE

GET PAID UP TO $700 For complete cars! (Varies on vehicle make, model and year) FREE TOWING! Call Us Direct Today At 901-244-5681

MUSICIAN’S EXCHANGE

THE MIDTOWNER

1 bedroom • 1 Bath Gated Complex • In-ground Pool $775 Per month • $400 deposit

January 15-21, 2015

M.E. STUDIO

STRUGGLING with DRUGS or ALCHOHOL? Addicted to PILLS? Talk to someone who cares. Call The Addiction Hope & Help Line for a free assessment.

800-978-6674

APARTMENT FOR RENT

983 June Road

44

SERVPRO OF MIDTOWN ''Under New Management!''

SERVPRO of Midtown Memphis is now owned and operated by a Midtown Memphian! Call Jay Sheffield for emergency flood and fire restorationyour satisfaction is our company's mission!SERVPRO of Midtown Memphis2766 Broad Avenue, Memphis, TN 38112Tel: (901) 4544975Fax: (901) 454-4999 ''Like It Never Even Happened''

HEALTH

* 901.331.3807 * 901.756.4469 NOTICE OF INTENT TO FIlE rEalTy lawsuIT As County Trustee, I am required by law to publish the following statement:

You are advised that after March 27, 2015, additional penalties and costs will be imposed in consequence of suits to be filed for enforcement of the lien for taxes against real property; until the filing of such suits, taxes may be paid at my office.

DaviD Lenoir SheLby County truStee This notice pertains to delinquent 2013 Shelby County and (if applicable ) Town of Arlington, City of Bartlett, Town of Collierville, City of Germantown, City of Lakeland, City of Memphis and City of Millington Realty taxes only.

TOBY

To adopt me contact Ranise at K_sneed@att.net or call 901-337-3652 (cell) or 870-732-7599 (wk).

IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR MCNAIRY COUNTY, TENNNESSEE ANGELA LLOYD

VS.

SHERRY SURRATT DEFENDANT

PlAINTIFF

Docket No. 9003

ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION Pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 21-1-203 and 21-1-204 and the pleadings in this cause, Defendant Sherry Surratt, (“Defendant”) cannot be served with ordinary process of law because the residence of Defendant is unknown, it cannot be ascertained by diligent inquiry, and the private process server made return of leading process that the Defendant was not to be found after diligently trying to serve her at three (3) separate, possible residences. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that publication of this ORDER shall be made for four (4) consecutive weeks in newspapers published at least weekly in McNairy County and Shelby County, Tennessee, and that Defendant be given notice therein that she is hereby REQUIRED to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint filed in this case within thirty (30) days from the date of the fourth (4th) weekly publication of this Order; and that should the Defendant fail to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint pursuant to this Order, then she shall be deemed to have received actual notice hereof and default may be taken against her. It is further ORDERED that the Clerk & Master shall send a copy of this Order to the Defendant’s last known address of 4360 Tutwiler Avenue, Memphis, TN 38112.

ENTERED this ____ day of July, 2014

TAXES *2015 Tax Change Benefits* Personal/Business + Legal Work By a CPA-Attorney Practicing in Midtown & Memphis Since 1989

(901) 272-9471 1726 Madison Ave

Bruce Newman | newmandecoster.com Midtown Friendly!

PUZZLE PAGE

901-575-9400 classifieds@memphisflyer.com

Life is Good.

Give it a Second Chance

SUBOXONE TREATMENT ?

For addiction to Heroin, Painkillers, Methadone & Opiates.

WE cAN BE Of hElp TO yOU. Private, confidential, in-office treatment Staffed by Certified Physicians Same Day Appointment Available Call or Drop By. free consultation !

Phoenix Recovery Center 5180 Park Ave. Ste., 200 • Memphis, TN 38119 • 901.729.6522 • phoenixrecovery5180park@gmail.com

Where Are You Headed?

888.528.7948 |

Contact us for an estimate...

TODAY!

durhamchar terser vices.com

UnderThe new ManageMent!

New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation

TheMemphis New Syndication Sales Corporation SERVPRO of Midtown isTimes now owned andYork, operated by a 620 York Eighth Avenue, New N.Y. 10018 Eighth Avenue, New 1-800-972-3550 York,flood N.Y. and 10018 Midtown Memphian! Call 620 Jay For Sheffield for emergency fire Information Call: For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 restoration---your satisfaction is our company’s mission!

For Release Wednesday, January 21, 2013 For Release Wednesday, January 21, 2013

33 Pesky 33 Pesky

EditedbybyWill WillShortz Shortz Edited

No.1217 1217 S H U T T L I N G No.

C O R P O R AT E E V E N T S

61 Exclamation 61 Exclamation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 arachnids that’sa a arachnids that’s homophone of 14 15 16 34 Parks in 1955 homophone of 14 15 16 34 Parks in 1955 53-Down news 53-Down tosspot news tosspot 17 18 19 17 18 19 10 Corp. money 38 Wired 10 Corp. money 38 Wired DOWN execs DOWN 20 21 execs 39 Jiggly treat 20 21 39 Jiggly treat Printer 14Subject Subjectofofaa 11 Printer 14 40 Ending for a resolution fig. courtbargain bargain 40 Ending for a 22 23 24 25 26 resolution fig. court 22 23 24 25 26 10-Down Pilot’sabbr. abbr.

10-Down 22 Pilot’s 15Spicy SpicyEastern Eastern 15 27 28 29 43Flavoring Flavoringfor fora a 3 3Tightly Tightly 27 28 29 cuisine 43 cuisine Frenchcordial cordial interlocked French interlocked 16 “Nuts” director 30 31 16 “Nuts” director 31 ManySpanish Spanish 30 44“Body “BodyHeat” Heat” Martin 44 Many 44 Martin Armada ships director Armada ships director 17Hyperbole Hyperbolefor for 3232 33 33 34 3435 3536 3637 37 17 Lawrence Tribalhealer healer Lawrence anarduous arduous 55 Tribal an task “LastDays” Days” 38 38 39 39 45Litotes Litotesfor for task 66 “Last 45 actorHaas Haas beauty actor 20“Two-L” “Two-L”beast beast beauty 20 40 41 42 43 44 40 41 42 43 44 ArticleininLeLe 48Intentionally Intentionally 77 Article 21Writer Writer___ ___ 48 21 Monde Monde mislead Rogers St. 45 46 47 mislead Rogers St. 45 46 47 PrinceWilliam’s William’s Johns Johns 49Like LikeMGM’s MGM’slion lion 8 8Prince 49 48 mil. branch 48 49 49 mil. branch 22Oxymoron Oxymoronfor for 22 Similefor for ___-Caps cautioustravel travel 5050Simile 99 ___-Caps cautious denseness denseness 51 51 52 52 53 53 54 5455 55 (movietheater theater 5050 (movie 27Classic Classictime timetoto 27 candy) 56 Leakes of candy) 56 Leakes of duel duel 5656 57 57 58 58 realityTV TV reality Literally,“I“I 1010Literally, 28Earn, Earn,as asprofit profit 28 believe” believe” Playthe thesiren siren 5959 60 60 61 61 29Maritime Maritimealert alert 5757Play 29 Reporter’s 1111Reporter’s 58 Hairy son of 58 Hairy son of 30 Rive Gauche’s 30 Rive Gauche’s questions, questions, Isaac PUZZLE STU OCKMAN Isaac PUZZLE BYBY STU OCKMAN river river collectively collectively 59Sweetie Sweetie 59 31Nada Nada 31 Ancestorofof London’s Operawith with“Ave “Ave3535Ancestor London’s ______ from shore 52 52 1212Opera 4040 FarFar from shore ScottishGaelic Gaelic 4141 Gardens Maria” Scottish Gardens Maria” 32Squash Squashunits units 60Cheese Cheesechoice choice 32 60 “Got “Got it”it” andManx Manx and Manypound pound 1313Many Eur. erupter 4242 Eur. erupter ANSWERTO TOPREVIOUS PREVIOUSPUZZLE PUZZLE dogs ANSWER dogs Manya aBalkan Balkan 4444 3636 Many French friend French friend Gold standards 53 53 Gold standards native native Lakenear nearReno Reno 4646 King Arthur’s King Arthur’s HH UU NN TT GG LL EE EE AA T T A ADD 1818Lake Top-notch Alice’ssitcom sitcom 3737Top-notch 54 54 Ending with Ending with father ___ father ___ OO RR EE OO EE AA RR T T HH NN A AMME E 1919Alice’s husband husband nanny or or spyspy nanny Pendragon 3838 Red RedRiver Riverdelta delta Pendragon BB AA RR RR YY WWHH I I T T EE S S KK I I NN capital 22 Part of W.M.D. capital 4747 Talks like Don Talks like Don OO LL DD NN AA GG CC AA NN T T E E E E NNS S 22 Part of W.M.D. Corleone Corleone 55 55 Scrabble Precisely,after after 3939Ebenezer’s Ebenezer’s Scrabble WW AA HH RR E E L L A A T T E E 2323Precisely, “to” 5151 Number after a a 10-pointer, ghostly “to” Number after ghostly 10-pointer, RR OO BB I I NN WW I I LL L L I I AAMMS S decimal: Abbr. ex-partner spelled outout decimal: Abbr. ex-partner spelled 24 Least fresh EE DD UU CC EE DD OO OO KK T T A A B B 24 Least fresh 25 Angler with 25 Angler with Annual subscriptions areare available forfor thethe best of Sunday crosswords from AA I I LL EE DD EE GG OO T T I I A A RRA A Annual subscriptions available best of Sunday crosswords from pots pots thethe last 5050 years: 1-888-7-ACROSS. last years: 1-888-7-ACROSS. MM EE LL TT HH I I SS RR OONN I I NN 26 Some bunts, AT&T users: Text NYTX to to 386 to to download puzzles, or visit nytimes.com/ AT&T users: Text NYTX 386 download puzzles, or visit nytimes.com/ MM AA UU RR I I CC EE SS E E NNDD A AK K 26 Some bunts, for mobilexword forfor more information. forshort short mobilexword more information.

CC RR AA DD LL EE RR UU BB Online subscriptions: Today’s puzzle andand more than 2,000 past puzzles, 31 “Hush!”

Online subscriptions: Today’s puzzle more than 2,000 past puzzles, HH AA RR DD TT AA SS KK PP L L AA T T T T E E 31 “Hush!” nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year).

3333Avian mimic Avian mimic AA NN KK AA TT HH EE BB EE E E GG E E E E S S Share tips: nytimes.com/wordplay.

Share tips: nytimes.com/wordplay.

Placetotostop stop I I TT EE MM SS AA PP OO RR OO RR E E S S 3434Place Crosswords forfor young solvers: nytimes.com/learning/xwords. and Crosswords young solvers: nytimes.com/learning/xwords. andtext, text, RR OO TT SS GG I I BB BB GG I I NNOO perhaps perhaps 1 Homey 1 Homey 5 Talks like a 5 Talks like a

SPORTING EVENTS

SUMMER CAMPS

WEDDINGS

Treat the condition- Transform Transform your your life! life!

Are you dependent or addicted to •painkillers •opiates •methadone •heroin?

Opiate dependence exists in all walks of life.

SUBOXONE Introduction, maintenance, Introduction, maintenance, medical withdrawal medical withdrawal &&counseling. counseling.

Private confidential, in-office treatment. Staffed by Staffed by a suboxone certified physician.

(901) more information (901) 276-4895 761-8100 for for more information

FREE SHOW FRIDAY! smaLL Fires featuring Ryan azada, Julien BakeR caLeB sweaZY & reBecca FLaX 5 pm, FridaY, Jan 16th

memphisflyer.com

ACROSS ACROSS

rossword CCrossword

PUZZLE PAGE

SerVPrO of Midtown Memphis 2766 Broad Avenue, Memphis, TN 38112 Tel: (901) 454-4975 Fax: (901) 454-4999

20% oFF everYthing in the store 5-7 pm!

1916 madison ave. www.shangri.com

45

DATING

901-575-9400 classifieds@memphisflyer.com

WARNING HOT GUYS! Memphis

901.888.0888

FREE to listen and reply to ads!

FREE CODE: Memphis Flyer For other local numbers call:

1-888-MegaMates 24/7 Friendly Customer Care 1(888) 634.2628

18+

©2014 PC LLC

www.MegaMatesMen.com

TM

2687

Meet sexy new friends who really get your vibe...

FREE TRIAL

Connect Instantly

901.896.2433 January 15-21, 2015

Get your local number: 1.800.811.1633 .800.811.1633 18+ www.vibeline.com

FREE TRIAL

901.896.2438

WARNING HOT GUYS! Safe & Honest. Trusted & Discreet.

Private, Personal Adult Entertainers 901.527.2460 46

Discreet Chat Guy to Guy uy

A.Aapris/Best Entertainment Agency

Memphis

901.888.0888 FREE to listen and reply to ads!

FREE CODE: Memphis Flyer For other local numbers call: 24/7 Friendly Customer Care 1(888) 634.2628

18+

1-888-MegaMates ©2014 PC LLC

MegaMatesMen.com

2687

TM

t h e r a n t B y Te d R a l l

Terrorism doesn’t scare political cartoonists nearly as

much as editors — and the corporate bean-counters who tell them what to do. The Charlie Hebdo massacre couldn’t have happened here in the United States.

the rant

American newspaper office because no paper in the U.S. employs two, much less five, staff political cartoonists — the number who died Wednesday in Paris. There is no equivalent of Charlie Hebdo, which puts political cartoons front and center, in the States.

When I began drawing political cartoons professionally in the early 1990s, hundreds of my colleagues worked on staff at newspapers, with full salaries and benefits. That was already down from journalism’s mid-century glory days, when there were thousands. Many papers employed two. Shortly after World War II, The New York Times, which today has none, employed four cartoonists on staff. Today there are fewer than 30.

Most American states have zero full-time staff political cartoonists. Many big states — California, New York, Texas, Illinois — have one. No American political magazine, on the left, center, or right, has one.

During recent days, many journalists and editors have spread the “Je Suis Charlie” meme through social media in order to express solidarity with the victims of Charlie Hebdo, political cartoonists (who routinely receive death threats, whether they live in France or the United States), and freedom of expression.

As far as political cartoonists are concerned, editorials pledging solidarity with the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists are empty gestures — corporate slacktivism. Less than 24 hours after the shootings at Charlie Hebdo, the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel fired its long-time, award-winning political cartoonist, Chan Lowe.

Editors love us when we’re dead. While we’re still breathing, they’re laying us off, slashing our rates, stealing our copyrights, and disappearing us from where we used to appear — killing our art form.

American editors and publishers have never been as willing to publish satire, whether in pictures or in words, as their European counterparts. But things have gone from bad to apocalyptic in the past 30 years.

Humor columnists like the late Art Buchwald earned millions syndicating their jokes about politicians and current events to American newspapers through the 1970s and 1980s. Miami Herald humor writer Dave Barry was a rock star through the 1990s, routinely cranking out best-selling books. Then came 9/11.

When I began working as an executive talent scout for the United Media syndicate in 2006, my sales staff informed me that, if Barry had started out then, they wouldn’t have been able to sell him to a single newspaper, magazine, or website — not even if they gave his work to them for free. Barry was still funny, but there was no market for satire anywhere in American media.

That’s even truer today. The youngest working political cartoonist in the United States, Matt Bors, is 31. When people ask me who the next up-and-comer is, I tell them there isn’t one — and there won’t be one any time soon.

Why not? Like any other disaster, media censorship of satire — especially graphic satire — in the U.S. is caused by several contributing factors. Most media outlets are owned by corporations. Publicly traded companies are risk-averse. Executives prefer to publish boring/safe content that won’t generate complaints from advertisers or shareholders, much less force them to hire extra security guards.

Half a century ago, many editors had working-class backgrounds and rose through the ranks from the bottom. Now they’re graduates of pricey university journalism programs that don’t offer scholarships and don’t teach a single class about comics, cartoons, humor, or graphic art. It takes an unusually curious editor to make the effort to educate himself or herself about political cartoons.

Corporate journalism executives view cartoons as frivolous, less serious than “real” commentary like columns or editorials. Unfortunately, some editorial cartoonists make this problem worse by drawing silly gags about current events (as opposed to trenchant attacks on the powers that be) because they’ve seen their blandest work win Pulitzers and coveted spots in the major weekend cartoon “round-ups.” When asked to cut their budget, editors often look at their cartoonist first.

There is still powerful political cartooning online. Ironically, the internet contributes to the death of satire in America by sating the demand for hard-hitting political art. Before the web, if a paper canceled my cartoons they would receive angry letters from my fans. Now my readers find me online — but the internet pays pennies on the print dollar. I’m stubbornly hanging on, but many talented cartoonists, especially the young, won’t work for free.

It’s not that media organizations are broke. Far from it. Many are profitable. American newspapers and magazines employ tens of thousands of writers, they just don’t want anyone writing or drawing anything that questions the status quo, especially not in a form as powerful as political cartooning.

The next time you hear editors pretending to stand up for freedom of expression, ask them if they employ a cartoonist.

Ted Rall’s next book is After We Kill You, We Will Welcome You Back As Honored Guests: Unembedded in Afghanistan.

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

But it’s not because American newspapers have better security. Gunmen could never kill five political cartoonists in an

47

MURPHY’S

Pool Table - Darts - WI-FI - Digital Jukebox 1/16: Capricorn's Birthday Bash w/ Jamison, Whatever Dude, Cat Maxwell, Lazy Affair 1/17: Big O Vac Debut Party 1/18: Two Houses, The Strength's, Banned Anthem 1/19: Good Wolf KITCHEN OPEN LATE, OPEN FOR LUNCH! 1589 Madison - 726-4193 murphysmemphis.com

YOUNGAVENUEDELI.COM 2119 Young Ave - 278-0034

1/17: Meet and Greet w/ Head Brewer of Southern Prohibition Brewing from 4-7pm, James & The Ultrasounds 1/23: Memphis Dawls 1/30: Backup Planet 1/31: UFC 183 Silva vs Diaz Kitchen Open Late! Now Delivering All Day!

HiToneMemphis.com 412-414 N. Cleveland

1/15-Least of These, A Moment Shy, What We Do In Secret, Eleutheria, Forsake your Nets, 1/16- Strahan & The Good Neighbors, 1/17- The Pancakes & Booze Art Show, 1/18- Jason Da Hater, 1/20- Elisa Ambrogio (Magik Markers) w/ Nathan Bowles + Toxie, 1/21-Vice w/ Knocked Loose & Reserving Dirtnaps 7:00pm,Blesser w/ Zulu Wave & Wilted (Big Room) 8:00pm, 1/23- Cities Aviv + Ex-Cult ,1/24- King Tuff, 2/15- Murder By Death

Porcelain Crowns Bridges/Veneers

SPT Dental Smile Clinic. Dr. Brown. Immediate Appointments.

Call 901.744.2225 Near Downtown

GONER RECORDS New/ Used LPs, 45s & CDs. We Buy Records!

2152 Young Ave 901-722-0095

WaterBed Supplies & Sheets Call (901) 496-0492 13th ANNUAL SOUTHERN HOTWING FESTIVAL

April 25th, 2015 $2500 1st place prize money Volunteers needed For info: www.southernhotwingfestival.com

I BUY RECORDS! 901-359-3102

SELL YOUR HOUSE, TODAY! CASH! 273.7007

RENTAL SPACE

250 sq. ft. of East Memphis rental space starting at $35 p/hr. Can be used as a Photography Studio, meetings, etc... and 4 more information please contact Just4u Digital Imaging at 901-205-9515.

$CASH 4 JUNK CARS$

Non-Operating Cars, No Title Needed. 901-691-2687

DIAMOND KUTZ & STYLZ

9080 Millbranch - 901-864-7995 NOW HIRING !!!!! Hairstylist, Barber & Nail Tech!!!!!!

Relaxer Special $40. Ask for: Kim 901.406.4311 Jeff 901.219.0788

TREES FOR SALE: $5 Each.

901.396.0451 BUCCANEER LOUNGE since 1967 1/15: Marcella & Her Lovers 1/16: Sheiks, Natural Child 1/17: Yamill & Troy 4pm, Werewolf 9pm 1/18: Dead Soldiers 1/19: Devil Train 1/20: Dave Cousar

1368 MONROE • 278-0909

3 Angels on Broad Serving gourmet cuisine in a casual setting Dinner Wed-Sat | Lunch Tues-Sat | Sunday Brun ch

2617 Broad Ave. | Twitter @3_AngelsMemphis

MINGLEWOOD HALL 1555 Madison Ave. * 901-312-6058 ON SALE FRIDAY: Die Antwoord [3/18] War on Drugs [4/4] Welcome to Night Vale [4/8] 1/16: Black Jacket Symphony Performs - Dark Side of the Moon1/23: FUTURE w/ Larry Live 1/24: V3Fights - Live MMA 1/30: Moon Taxi w/ Lonely Biscuits & Firekid 2/10: Lotus w/ Kung Fu 2/12: Turnpike Troubadours 2/19: RL Grime (DJ)

1884 LOUNGE

1/16: School of Rock Germatown (Grunge) 1/17: SINISTER - Snow Goth 1/30: Josh Abbott Band 2/7: Wakarua Winter Classic 2/19: Jeff Austin Band (YMSB) w/ Graber Grass MORE EVENTS LISTED AT MINGLEWOODHALL.COM

ROCKHOUSE LIVE MIDTOWN EAT. DRINK. ROCK!

Full Bar and Kitchen! Flat Screens!

New Daily Plate Lunches, Meat & Veggie $5.99, $1 ea. addl. veggie Happy Hour 11AM-7PM Daily Thu & Sun - College Night, $2 drafts, $7 pitchers

RHL MIDTOWN: 2586 Poplar - 901.324.6300

Facebook.com/rockhouselivemidtown Mon - Open Mic, Tues - $2.50 Pints & $5.99 Steaks Wed - Karaoke 1/15: Scott & Vanessa Sudbury 1/17: Losing September 1/18: Elysium w/ Special Guest 1/20: Sykosis 1/22: Moot Davis

SYCAMORE VIEW: 5709 Raleigh Lagrange -901.386.7222 Facebook.com/rockhouselivememphis Mon - Open Mic, Tues - $2.50 Pints Thursday $5.99 Steaks & Karaoke Mon - Open Mic, Tues - $2.50 Pints Thursday $5.99 Steaks & Karaoke 1/16: Grand Theft Audio 1/17: The Super 5 1/18: 5th Kind 1/29: Bridge to Grace w/Southbound Fearing 1/23: Country Line 1/25: Wolf River Rednecks Tickets: rockhouselive.com

THE FIXERS

An Association of Attorneys

Let Us Handle It! 901.761.3045 www.meetthefixers.com

FITNESS KICKBOXING

BURN BETWEEN 800 - 1000 CALORIES PER CLASS No experience necessary.

Beginners welcome!!!

NEW 24,000 Sq. Ft. location!!!

Training on real kickboxing bags. Classes taught by real fighters. Go at your own pace.

High-energy group classes.

Ditch the typical gym routine. Get in shape fast www.memphisbjj.com (901) 590-2492 7859 US Hwy 64 (Stage Rd) Memphis, TN 38133 !!!! Call now to begin your free week !!!!

DACH ORIENTAL IMPORTS Self Defense Supply Martial Arts Supply www.dach.us 4491 Summer 901.685.3224 Tues – Sat 11:00 – 6:00 WHERE SINGLES MEET

Browse & Respond FREE! Straight 901-365-3636 - Gay/Bi 901-888-0888 Use Free Code 3251, 18+

‘Tis the Reason for the FLEAson!

Hop on in to Cleveland Street Flea Market 438 N Cleveland | 901-276-3333 Fri 10-6, Sat 9-6, Sun 12-6

FREE BELLYDANCE & FITNESS CLASSES JAN 17 Studio 708 Open House, 708 Brookhaven Circle

www.MemphisBellydance.com | 901.605.5520