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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE

finding our footing BUILDING A PROFESSIONAL DANCE COMMUNITY IN CHATTANOOGA

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE VOLUME 15, ISSUE 44 • NOVEMBER 1, 2018

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Finding Our Footing Just over a year ago, our State of the Arts: Dance cover story explored ways Chattanooga dancers are innovating through cross-genre collaboration. This year, we focus on steps we need to take to sustain dance as a professional art in the city.

HOSPITALITY MEETS ART

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LET'S ALL MISBEHAVE

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The new Edwin Hotel knocked me back a bit.

It’s breathtaking, more beautiful than many museums that I’ve visited around the world.

Chattanooga’s cultural renaissance is a remarkable thing, at least I tend to remark upon it regularly. It might not be so recognizable or remarkable to younger generations.

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GOING GALLERY HOPPING

As the nickname Scenic City suggests, Chattanooga’s natural and architectural beauty inspires artists of all tricks and trades.

MICHAEL MYERS IS BACK

2018’s Halloween sequel is a success on many fronts. In general, the Halloween franchise has been increasingly convoluted and complicated, each film recreating and adding to the mythology of Michael Myers.

21 MUSIC REVIEWS

25 JONESIN' CROSSWORD

14 ARTS CALENDAR

23 NEW IN THEATERS

25 THE COMIX

18 MUSIC CALENDAR

24 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

28 SUSHI & BISCUITS

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CITY LIFE · BETWEEN THE BRIDGES

Hospitality Meets Local Art The Edwin Hotel melds art and hospitality in a beautiful whole

By Alex Curry Pulse City Editor

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The whole concept is sensorially driven. The artistry doesn’t stop with the handcrafted pieces decorating the walls.”

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HE NEW EDWIN HOTEL KNOCKED ME BACK A BIT. IT’S breathtaking, more beautiful than many museums that I’ve visited around the world. The lobby acts as just that, a mastery of curation featuring what very well may be the largest public display of Chattanooga-produced art on the planet.

It emits a welcoming vibe of comfort and charm. The hotel is spotlessly clean and immaculately furnished.

Chattanooga has long been a city immersed in the arts. The new addition

by Marriot’s Autograph Collection highlights this thriving artistic culture and celebrates the local artists that make it possible. Dozens of the city’s creators have pieces in The Edwin’s collection.

The location, smartly rooted at the beginning of Chattanooga’s famous Walnut Street Bridge, provides guests with immediate access to the city’s promenade. The hotel looks as if it belongs right where it is, like the city itself picked up hammer and nail and built

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it of its own accord. It is personified in locality and purpose. Boutique and elegant, it screams hospitality.

“The hotel should only be able to exist here, it should be exactly like nothing else,” offers the new locations General Manager Greg Bradly as he shows me around. He can’t hide his excitement about what The Edwin has to offer. Every detail is considered, from the subtle to the gargantuan.

“It’s meant to be a place to unwind and reconnect. Our goal is to be just as desirable as a place for locals to staycation.” The whole concept is sensorially driven. The artistry doesn’t stop with the hand-crafted pieces decorating the

walls. Fragrances, music, lighting, all integral and intentionally controlled to provide subtle nuances of geniality.

The hotel offers a full-service restaurant headed by Executive Chef Kevin Korman. Whitebird is an ode to Appalachian seasonal dining. Open for all three meals, the restaurant would easily stand alone as a successful and progressive undertaking. In addition, Provisions offers fresh, immensely creative and dynamic takes on café offerings. Whiskey Thief, the hotel’s rooftop bar, is worth a whole write-up on its own.

The hotel rooms themselves proudly live up to the standard evident across the rest of the campus. Elegantly curated rooms leave no stone unturned.

Turn down service and other special treatments have raised the bar for Chattanooga’s luxury accommodation world.

Every turn in the hotel unveils a new treasure. A beautiful piece of artwork, a previously unnoticed detail, a new song that brings back an old memory.

Of everything here, a stunning installation in the lobby captured my attention the most. A beautiful 3-dimensional piece of artwork named “Onward Murmuration” flows across the lobby wall with cool comforting colors.

A collection of vibrant butterflies, in the shape of the Tennessee Valley, stopped me in my tracks. The piece, designed exclusively for the new hotel by artist Matthew Dutton, drives home the mission of The Edwin. It alone stands as rationalization to visit the new space.

Hospitality in its truest and most honest form stands proud and tall, integrity glaring brightly.

Kites, Sculpture & Fun

Cons ider This w ith Dr. Rick

Flyin’ very high with Sculptures in the Sky

“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” —Thomas Merton

I think I can count on one hand how many times I’ve flown a kite.

People, myself included, assume the activity is one for childhood past time. But considering the history behind kite flying and its offshoot sports, myself and others might want to pay attention to what’s blowing our way this weekend.

At Sculpture Field this Saturday, November 3rd, kites of all shapes, colors, and sizes are taking to the skies over the 33-acre park. From 12 to 6 p.m. anyone and everyone’s invited to this free event that’s

brought to us by River City Kites and Chattanooga Presents Rive Rocks.

On display will be unbelievably large twenty-foot kites, which are anchored to the ground. I imagine if someone detached them, they’d be in for a wild and long ride. There will also be Rokkaku battle kites, and a team duel between Chattanooga firefighters, police officers, and volunteers. Yes, you read that right. Fighting. With. Kites.

Rokkaku (pronounced rokecock-coo) dates back to feudal Japan. Original kites of this hexagon

design were painted with the faces of famous, or infamous, samurai, but fighting with these type of kites stems from western societies.

If you want to get an idea of what these aerial attacks look like go to YouTube and search rokkaku kite battles: all kites are released at once, and they knock each other out until only one remains flying.

Food trucks and live music will also be in attendance to the park, which is located at 1800 Polk St. For more information, visit sculpturefields.org. — Allan Duggar

We humans love for lots of reasons, and in lots of ways. We throw the word “love” around pretty casually, as in, I love that color.

I love pizza. I love that song.

In its deepest form, love between humans is a feeling that embraces all of who we are—mind, body and spirit. It can be confusing and overwhelming, it can make the air fresher, the sky bluer. All at the same time.

It can bring out our inner romantic…it can bring out the best in us.

When we love another, we find ourselves reflected in that other person. We identify with them. That’s the easy part. However, can you encourage your loved one to be exactly who they are as they change and grow? Can you support them when they are your mirror, and when they’re not?

— Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D.

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Make Santa Your Holiday Companion!

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COLUMN · SHRINK RAP

“Homo For The Holidays” The good doctor presents his updated annual holiday missive

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Dr. Rick

Pulse columnist

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Every family has someone who’s ‘different.’

Every single family. Read that again: Every. Single.

Family. You may not know who for sure, but you have your suspicions.”

Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist, author, minister, and educator in private practice in Chattanooga. Contact him at DrRPH.com, visit his wellness center at WellNestChattanooga.com

F YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO loves spending intimate, quality holiday time with your family, sitting around the Thanksgiving table or Christmas tree with siblings, in-laws, aunts, uncles and assorted others, raise your drumstick high! Count your blessings because you may well be among the fortunate minority.

One of my best friends in California comes from just such a loving family.

Sure there’s the occasional affair or divorce scandal. Or a young male cousin eschews the family business for a life in the theatre. But through ups and downs they form a very loving (and fun-loving) clan. Outsiders are welcome at their holiday tables, and there’s always a gift under the tree with my name on it.

But I don’t hear of too many stories like theirs, because I don’t think a lot of families genuinely get along so well.

Too many unresolved issues and unspoken rivalries. Prickly histories. Big pink elephants in the middle of the room that no one talks about. Let’s face it: the term “dysfunctional family” is a redundancy.

Why is this? Several reasons: There’s no such thing as perfect parenting. Adult children screw up. Addictions happen.

Illness, loss and death take their psychological toll. And the human condition is such that it’s easier to maintain the status quo than it is to rock the boat in an attempt to create healthy change.

Old habits die hard with us humans, and while it may be better to forgive, it’s hard to forget.

If you’re the black sheep of your family with, for instance, political, spiritual, sexual, or other leanings that diverge from the “accepted” rules—some spo-

ken and some not—then you probably know how it feels to be the outsider.

Sure, maybe as a kid you had great fun spending summers playing volleyball and croquet in Grandmother’s back yard. But now maybe you’re the one they roll their eyes over. Maybe you’re the one who married out of your race or religion. Or maybe you’re the one who’s gay or lesbian, transgender or queer.

Every family has someone who’s “different.” Every single family. Read that again: Every. Single. Family. You may not know who for sure, but you have your suspicions. Scurry around the limbs of your family tree for a closer look, sweep aside your denial. They are there.

And you know, for an unaccepted or closeted gay person the holidays can be an exercise in prolonged agony. Fielding endless questions from Aunt Helen about when you’re going to find a nice girl (lesbians read: nice boy) to settle down with. Enduring Uncle Hank’s homophobic jokes and cringing as your loved ones laugh.

Sometimes you just can’t believe you come from these people. You’re from gay Pluto and they’re from Mars-aphobia and you’re a galaxy away from seeing eye to eye on anything. So you drink more spiked punch, scarf down more tryptophan, and numb-out, silently counting the minutes till you’ve served your sentence.

Know anyone for whom this may be true? Someone you love and care about perhaps? Could you unknowingly be putting your son or daughter, niece or nephew through this? Because frankly, a surprising number of families do. One thing that has become very clear to me

since moving to the South is the tremendous struggle over “the gay thing.”

LGBTQ folks are working toward understanding from their loved ones, and loved ones are struggling to reconcile those feelings with the beliefs they are taught from the pulpit. Sometimes this takes the form of intelligent, thoughtful conversation, and sometimes it’s a train wreck.

No easy answers, but there are questions for you to ask yourself: Are you an accepting person? A loving person?

Someone open to opening your envelope a bit? Someone who can wrestle with what is okay with you, even in the face of many around you who disagree?

It might mean the world to your gay child. It may help keep them alive.

Yes, times are indeed changing, both politically and spiritually, and I see more and more acceptance, especially for and among young people who, with enough love, learn to accept themselves—and develop healthy self-esteem—at earlier ages. Nevertheless, for too many, this is not the case. Which is why the suicide rate for teens even suspected of being LGBTQ is over a third higher than the national average.

This holiday season, consider this: Be aware of how your words and deeds affect others. Come from a place of compassion with every opportunity. Be thankful for those you love, and let them know it—often and without hesitation.

Break bread, pass the yams, and raise a glass in honor of each and every person at your table, without prejudice.

Till next time, I leave you with an inspirational Native American saying: “The Creator never made anyone different without giving them something special.”

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COVER STORY

Finding Our Footing Building a professional dance community in Chattanooga

Photo: courtesy Chattanooga Ballet

By Jenn Webster Pulse contributor

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We’re not to the point where more than a few people can focus primarily on dance the way a programmer focuses primarily on coding—because she’s paid to do so.”

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UST OVER A YEAR AGO, OUR STATE OF THE ARTS: Dance cover story explored ways Chattanooga dancers are innovating through cross-genre collaboration. This year, we focus on steps we need to take to sustain dance as a professional art in the city.

A few weeks ago I had a chat with Julia Sanford, ex-officio board member of Ballet Tennessee. She started dancing with Ballet Tennessee when her daughter was a little girl, was a member of the company for several years, and has been involved in some fashion ever since.

Sanford was just back from a trip to Seattle where, she says, she could easily find a serious, open adult intermediate ballet class every morning of the week. In fact, she says, she had

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three different studios to choose from.

“Toronto’s the same way,” she says.

“Chattanooga has come a long way in building the diversity and seriousness of our dance community, but we don’t have a professional-level company, which I would love to see.”

As Sanford notes, dancers do return home to Chattanooga, or migrate here, to dance. But except for a handful of combination teaching/dancing posts, all our dancers seem to be hustling—as event coordinators, land-

lords, writers, fitness coaches, massage therapists, and more. We’re not to the point where more than a few people can focus primarily on dance the way a programmer focuses primarily on coding—because she’s paid to do so.

As Holli Hutson, director/founder of The Mary Holliday Dance Ensemble, observes, “Many don’t think about compensating dancers…I am currently working on a project with a non-profit where we received complimentary tickets for their season in place of payment. It’s a step in the right direction, but I believe part of the struggle is educating the community.”

Typical of many dancers, Hutson is a gypsy teacher, instructing students

at Chattanooga Ballet, Siskin Fitness Center and Chattanooga State’s professional actor training program. Her teaching work supports her career as a dancer. Yet there’s a continuous effort across multiple organizations to find funding to allow dance to continue, and to give our dancers what chances we can afford to improve themselves.

“The ‘ask’ is harder for dance,” Sanford says. “People in Chattanooga are very generous, but they give to the arts less than they do to programs for women and children, the ‘heart strings’ causes.”

Sanford identifies two steps to growing professional dance in Chattanooga: cultivating an audience through diverse, approachable projects, and developing civic pride around a big, single dance organization that people identify with the city (much as Chattanoogans identify with the Chattanooga Football Club).

FINDING DANCE, ATTRACTING DANCERS Let’s start with an analogy. People come listen to music because it’s human to like music—not for all humans, but a lot of them. It’s the same with visual art: not everyone likes the “Mona Lisa”. But throw in Picasso, Norman Rockwell, anime, On Our Backs, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Maus, Ashley Hamilton, Wendy and Richard Pini, and velvet Elvis paintings—sooner or later you’ll find something someone very much enjoys looking at!

As more forms of dance and higher levels of excellence find their way into a location, people will discover something that speaks to them—whether a virtuoso classical performance, a sexy bit of honkytonk swivel, a flash mob, or a thoughtful exploration of a philosophical or political theme.

On the other hand, in a reciprocal fashion, the nearer a location comes to creating a professional dance community, the more likely dancers will

see companies from other cities so we can be inspired and moved by them; so that people here can continue to learn from those experiences.”

STEPPING OUT OF THE HUSTLE: BUILDING DANCE SPACES

Photo: Abigail Lee Haynes for Chattanooga Ballet

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Creating a professional community begins with a two-step process: creating/attracting an audience, and creating/attracting artists.”

move to that community, and the more beauty will be created for the citizens to enjoy.

So creating a professional community begins with a two-step process: creating/attracting an audience, and creating/attracting artists.

Andrew Parker, now in his third season as artistic director of Chattanooga Ballet, feels optimistic about this process, while admitting that we still have a long way to go.

“Chattanooga is a wonderful, vibrant place,” he says. “Part of the reason I moved here is that I saw lots of arts lovers and potential for growth and development in terms of artists and performances and collaborations—across the arts, as well as in

dance.”

Noting collaborative work between such groups as Ballet Tennessee and The Pop-Up Project, as well as collaborations Chattanooga Ballet has participated in with civic organizations such as Erlanger Hospital, Parker recognizes both in-town cross pollination and out-of-town influence as means for building dance audiences in Chattanooga.

“There is potential for people to work together and to engage an excited, intellectual and spirited dance audience,” he says. “We had the Patten series [at UTC] but that’s no longer in existence. One of our challenges is to fill that gap of outside companies. Our students and our community need to

Then there’s the money. A professional does excellent work because he or she devotes sustained time to pursuing excellence, and that time can either be paid time or it can represent an opportunity cost to the artist, hours in which she is passively losing money (because she’s not at work) or actively losing money (because she’s renting practice space or incurring other expenses). The greater the opportunity cost, the less time the artist can devote to pursuing excellence. Good dance, even when unpaid, is not a hobby.

Creating the economics to sustain dance has partly to do with finding affordable spaces. Ann Law, founder and executive director at Barking Legs Theater, came to Chattanooga after a career of hustle that included teaching, jazz and disco choreography, waiting tables—much of it “not my chosen work,” she says. Part of the need for hustle was drumming up money to rent space and make her own avant-garde dances. In Chattanooga, she saw a niche for a small theater that could house boundary-pushing dance and music.

“What does Chattanooga not have?” she says, describing her thought process back in 1992. “We have the Tivoli, Memorial Auditorium…but not a venue able to support risky, innovative performance for small audiences. If we can buy the building, we can run a non-profit out of it. If we had to pay rent, we couldn’t afford to take the risks that would make Chattanooga a richer place.”

The result was Contemporary Performing Arts of Chattanooga (CoPAC), which has promoted artistic exploration and education for the past quar-

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COVER STORY ter of a century. Barking Legs—which celebrates its silver anniversary this weekend with a virtuoso curated program and party—was first in a series of dedicated homes for performance innovation, allowing dancers and other creators to make and present art on a reasonable budget, with the backing of groups such as CoPAC. One up-and-coming player in the dance space game is SPOT Venue, directed by proprietress Sarah Yvonne Chappell. In addition to running Ballet Esprit out of SPOT, Chappell makes the location a performance space for collaborative work. Like Law, Chappell had been a gypsy teacher and dancer for a number of years. In founding a space for movement arts, she’s creating a stable base that can sustain a dynamic series of collaborations.

“Through my ten years dancing in Chattanooga, the dance community has [increasingly] worked together in collaboration to foster healthy grounds for creatives to produce,” she says.

“Instead of segregating our studios and companies, the community is striving to work synergistically through workshops, choreographic projects and events that support one another…

SPOT carries a role in this. We support dancers by offering space for the everyday work of curation and production, for everyday artists and the entirety of the community.”

to do as a city to move the needle a little more toward having a professional dance community? The answer is simple: value and compensate for the process, not just the performance.

FIND SOME DANCE

Photo: Abigail Lee Haynes for Chattanooga Ballet

LOWERING OPPORTUNITY COSTS Despite owning Barking Legs, Law still has to hustle—to obtain grant money and private donations to keep her work and that of her collaborators in front of an audience. She’s proud to offer her performers honorariums commensurate with their work. Other producers are doing the same. The Pop-Up Project pays their team of collaborators, as do many other organizers in the area.

“It is Pop-Up’s mission to generate fair wage opportunities for dancers,” says Jules Downum, co-artistic director of The Pop-Up Project. “And so, when approached for a commission, or when writing a proposal, we submit itemized budgets that reflect time for choreog-

raphy as well as the dancers’ time in rehearsal. I will say, we are fighting an uphill battle in Chattanooga. We have not always been able to get an amount that reflects the process, but we are working on it.”

Not everyone can always pay dancers for every opportunity. One artistic director I spoke to discussed raising money for an honorarium for an outof-town dancer and being unable, after numerous calls, to collect funds for a couple of other, local professionals the same piece. She spoke openly of her sadness at the limitations that confronted her. Yet, almost always, producers and company directors and choreographers are making the effort to pay dancers at least enough to cover their opportunity costs for performing.

So to summarize: what do we need

Want to see some local dancers moving, on the big stage or maybe close enough to see the sweat glisten?

The best way you can create a city where you see varied, collaborative, excellent dance whenever you like is… to come see the excellent dancers here right now!

• Let’s Misbehave! Celebrating 25 Years of Barking Legs Theater—November 1–3 at 8:30 p.m. (Hint: Monica Alicia Ellison and Cherokee AaronEllison are back in town!)

• The Nutcracker with Chattanooga Ballet, Tivoli Theatre—December 8 & 9 at 2 p.m., December 8 at 7:30 p.m.

• The Nutcracker with Ballet Tennessee, UTC Fine Arts Center—December 14 @ 8 p.m.; December 15 @ 2:30 p.m.

Jenn Webster is a dancer and technical writer by trade who has also written for marketing, educational, and consumer publications. She’s an Army veteran and a member of WEAVE: A Conceptual Dance Company.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Let's Go Gallery Hopping Hit the roads for great art deals this Saturday

The Bard Comes To Covenant If you had one chance to get revenge on someone that did wrong by you, would you take it?

Take a few seconds before you answer that question. Most of the time my first response would be yes, but when I think about it, things get more complex.

Would I even feel better afterwards? What would it cost? Enter stage right, the magician Prospero.

Beginning this Thursday, the Department of Theatre at Covenant College will have its opening performance of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. The story revolves around Prospero (Peter Upton) and his daughter Miranda (Elaine George).

After Prospero loses his title as the Duke of Milan, they are both left for dead on a deserted island. He must now use magic, in the form of conjuring a tempest, in order to seek out his revenge on those who betrayed him.

The Tempest is known for being the most musically oriented production ever written

by Shakespeare. This particular production will have original music performed and written by John Reeder, with numerous vocalists and performances from violist Xaris Emmet.

William Shakespeare’s The Tempest will have its grand premiere on Thursday at 8 p.m. The show is located in the Sanderson Hall Auditorium at Covenant College and there will be additional showings on Friday and Saturday at the same time and place.

Ticket prices are 10 dollars for adults and 7 dollars for the kids. For more information on The Tempest, check out covenant.edu/ theatre. — Allan Duggar

Photo courtesy Miki Boni

By Olivia Haynes Pulse contributor

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The Gallery Hop has become a highly anticipated collective effort of artists, studios, and galleries to enhance the public art experience.”

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S THE NICKNAME SCENIC CITY SUGGESTS, CHATtanooga’s natural and architectural beauty inspires artists of all tricks and trades.

Chattanooga houses a vivacious local art community, spanning modern interpretative arts, photography, sculpture and pottery, as well as good old representations of our beloved walking bridge.

Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke even began a “Visual Arts Appreciation Week” in 2014, which now culminates in the annual city-wide Gallery Hop to encourage Chattanooga residents to experience the art created right here in their own backyard.

This year, the Gallery Hop will take place this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. or 7 p.m., depending on the

gallery or studio.

Originally conceived by Association for Visual Arts (AVA) a decade ago, the Gallery Hop has become a highly anticipated collective effort of artists, studios, and galleries to enhance the public art experience which Chattanooga works to build.

The Gallery Hop provides visitors with a unique opportunity to interact with artists in their own spaces, as well as to participate in hands-on events and take advantage of artist’s sales that they might not have otherwise been aware of.

In the past, the event has featured

both indoor and outdoor experiences, including demonstrations from artists and musical performances by local bands—expanding the reach of the Gallery Hop from visual art into both audible and edible art.

Word on the street has it that some galleries (including but not limited to In-Town Gallery on Frazier Ave.) will have catered snacks from local eateries like Bela Lisboa, making this event an even bigger treat for those of us who believe in the art of a good snack.

As one of the participating artists, painter and muralist Miki Boni looks forward to inviting the public into her studio, talking about her process, answering questions, and even giving visitors the opportunity to win an art prize.

Boni has participated in the yearly art crawl for the past decade, watching it “evolve as a cooperative of artists and galleries who work together to open their doors” to the public.

This year, fans of Boni’s work (like her captivating “Nyx, Goddess of the Night” mural on McCallie) can expect to see more of her exciting and colorful style, as she displays her study of birds of prey in her “Raptors” series.

In addition to viewing and purchasing her art, visitors can also enter to win a poster from her “Figments” series. Miki Boni’s work will be featured both in her own studio on Southside,

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The Hop reaches all the way from North Shore to Southside, clustering around Main Street but branching in all directions.” as well as at In-Town gallery in Northshore.

While some of the participating galleries are often open to the public like iGNIS (where you and your family can blow your own glass) or the Hart Gallery, other galleries that are typically appointment only or reserved for private eyes will be opening their doors to the average Jane, John, and Joe to wander in and explore.

Tempus Gallery even has the Gallery Hop hours printed on their window for the event, and will be housing works from artists like Shadow May, a sculpturist and instructor at Scenic City Clay Arts.

Beyond May’s ceramics, the collection also includes swirling glass pieces

by Kerrick Johnson, abstract botanicals by Anna Carll, and a collection of other media by John Petrey, Peggy Petrey, and Amber Droste.

The Hop reaches all the way from North Shore to Southside, clustering around Main Street but branching in all directions.

The farthest gallery from central

downtown is Gannon Art Center on Brainerd Rd., but don’t let that little extra distance keep you from visiting not only their art gallery (which houses pieces like namesake Dorothy Gannon’s abstract paintings as well as work from other painters and media), but also their custom framing business for all the wonderful pieces you pick up (or win!) throughout the duration of the Hop. For an added bit of joy for all ages, the Sculpture Fields will be hosting a high-flying event called Sculptures in the Sky at noon in conjunction with the Gallery Hop, in which 33 acres of sky will fill with kites of all shapes and sizes (but especially massive kites).

While there will be an abundance of giant, beautiful art kites, Sculptures in the Sky will also feature Rokkaku battle kites for those of you who prefer to watch kites fight rather than float.

Whether you get your art fix from pottery, stained glass, painting or abstract drawing, there is something exciting waiting for you and your loved ones at the 2018 Gallery Hop.

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Carlos Valencia Comedy Tour

Salsa on the Southside Dance Social

“A Wrinkle in Time”

Sharp-tongued and hilarious.

Intelligent and profane.

Silly and provocative.

Honest and off-kilter.

8 p.m.

First Draft Theater 1800 Rossville Ave. improvchattanooga.com

Grab your friends, come learn some salsa steps, and dance the night away to your favorite Latin jams.

8:30 p.m.

Songbirds South 41 Station St. events.songbirds.rocks

A mix of sci-fi with a dash of Stranger Things, it all comes together in this delightfully seasonal and timely theatrical offering.

2:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. theatrecentre.com

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR THURSDAY11.1 Vision + Verse: Lady J and Erika Roberts 6 p.m.

The Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.com Lance Montalto 7:30 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Carlos Valencia Comedy Tour 8 p.m.

First Draft Theater 1800 Rossville Ave. (423) 843-1775 improvchattanooga.com Let’s Misbehave-25th Anniversary Celebration 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” 8 p.m.

Covenant College 14049 Scenic Hwy. (706) 419-1051 covenant.edu Alcoholics Not Anonymous Comedy Open Mic 8 p.m.

Barley Taproom 235 E. MLK Blvd.

(423) 682-8200 chattanoogabarley.com Country Line Dancing Class 8 p.m.

Westbound Bar 24 Station St. (423) 498-3069 westboundbar.com

FRIDAY11.2 Food Truck Friday’s: Muse of Fire 11:30 a.m.

Miller Park 928 Market St. millerparkplaza.com Out On 8th 5 p.m.

West Village

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Glass Street LIVE!

802 Pine St. (423) 424-1831 westvillagechattanooga.com 44th Annual Holiday Show 5 p.m.

In-Town Gallery 26 Frazier Ave. (423) 267-9214 intowngallery.com Open Studio Night 5:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Workspace 302 W. 6th St. (423) 822-5750 chattanoogaworkspace.com The Floor Is Yours 7:30 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org Lance Montalto 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Improv “Movie” Night: Halloween Double Feature!

8 p.m.

First Draft Theater 1800 Rossville Ave. (423) 843-1775 improvchattanooga.com Let’s Misbehave-25th Anniversary Celebration 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org

William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” 8 p.m.

Covenant College 14049 Scenic Hwy. (706) 419-1051 covenant.edu Salsa on the Southside Dance Social 8:30 p.m.

Songbirds South 41 Station St. (423) 531-2473 events.songbirds.rocks Ruby Falls Lantern Tours 8:30 p.m.

Ruby Falls 1720 S. Scenic Hwy. (423) 821-2544 rubyfalls.com Improv Showdown 10 p.m.

First Draft Theater 1800 Rossville Ave. (423) 843-1775 improvchattanooga.com

SATURDAY11.3 Nickels for Nepal Benefit Pancake Breakfast 7:30 a.m.

Applebee’s Northgate Mall 356 Northgate Mall Dr. (423) 875-8353 applebees.com Superhero Sprint 8 a.m.

Tennessee River Park 4301 Amnicola Hwy.

(423) 842-6265 chattanoogatrackclub.org Stuffing Strut 5K 8:30 a.m.

Chester Frost Park 2277 Gold Point Cir. N. stuffingstrut.com 10th Annual Gallery Hop 11 a.m.

The Arts Building 301 E. 11th St. (423) 596-2358 Glass Street LIVE! Annual Block Party 11 a.m.

Corner of Dodson Ave. and Glass St. (423) 402-0565 glasshousecollective.org Sculptures in the Sky Noon Sculpture Fields 1800 Polk St. (423) 266-7288 sculpturefields.org Red Wolf Feeding and Talk Noon Reflection Riding Arboretum 400 Garden Rd. (423) 821-1160 reflectionriding.org Get Free. Stay Free. Set Free: A Musical Discussion 1 p.m.

The Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.com “A Wrinkle in Time” 2:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org

Fearless Abstract

TUESDAY11.6

(423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com Autumn in West Village 6 p.m.

West Village 802 Pine St. westvillagechattanooga.com Lance Montalto 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com 1920’s Prohibition Speakeasy 7:30 p.m.

Archway on Glass 2523 Glass St. (423) 827-6981 Your Stories 8 p.m.

First Draft Theater 1800 Rossville Ave. (423) 843-1775 improvchattanooga.com Let’s Misbehave-25th Anniversary Celebration 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” 8 p.m.

Covenant College 14049 Scenic Hwy. (706) 419-1051 covenant.edu Whose Line Chattanooga 10 p.m.

First Draft Theater

1800 Rossville Ave. (423) 843-1775 improvchattanooga.com

SUNDAY11.4 Chattanooga Market 10 a.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1826 Carter St. (423) 648-2496 publicmarkets.us St. Matthew’s Shelter Open House 1 p.m.

Second Presbyterian Church 700 Pine St. secondpreschattanooga.org Free Fiddle School 2 p.m.

Fiddlers Anonymous 2248 Dayton Blvd.

(423) 994-7497 “A Wrinkle in Time” 2:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com Yelp’s Flavors of Fall 3 p.m.

Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center 400 Garden Rd. (423) 821-1160 reflectionriding.org Sunday Slashers Film Series: "Descent Into The Maelstrom" 7 p.m.

The Palace Theater

818 Georgia Ave. (423) 803-6578 chattpalace.com Lance Montalto 7:30 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com

Wake Up & Run 6 a.m.

Fleet Feet Sports 307 Manufacturers Rd. (423) 771-7996 fleetfeetchattanooga.com Fall Burlap Wreath Making 6 p.m.

Chattanooga Workspace 302 W. 6th St. (423) 413-8978 chattanoogaworkspace.com Tuesday Night Chess Club 6 p.m.

Downtown Library 1001 Broad St. (423) 643-7700 chattilibrary.com Paths to Pints along the Riverwalk 6:30 p.m.

The Tap House 3800 St. Elmo Ave. taphousechatt.com

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WEDNESDAY11.7

Fearless Abstract 10 a.m.

Hart Gallery 10 E. Main St. (423) 413-8978 hartgallerytn.com Autumn Belly Dance Session 5:45 p.m.

Movement Arts Collective 3813 Dayton Blvd.

(423) 401-8115 movementartscollective.com Joggers & Lagers 6 p.m.

Chattanooga Brewing Co. 1804 Chestnut St. chattabrew.com Upcycling: Men’s Shirt into Blouse 6 p.m.

Chattanooga Workspace 302 W. 6th St. (423) 413-8978 chattanoogaworkspace.com First Monday Improv Comedy 7: 30 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave.

Middle Eastern Dance 10:30 a.m.

Jewish Cultural Center 5461 North Terrace (423) 493-0270 jewishchattanooga.com Main Street Market 4 p.m.

522 W. Main St. mainstfarmersmarket.com James and the Giant Peach Jr. 4 p.m.

Chattanooga Christian School 3354 Charger Dr. (423) 265-6411 ccsk12.com Naughty Knights Chess Meetup 7:30 p.m.

The Bitter Alibi 825 Houston St. (423) 362-5070 thebitteralibi.com Map these locations on chattanoogapulse.com. Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to: calendar@chattanoogapulse.com CHATTANOOGAPULSE.COM • NOVEMBER 1, 2018 • THE PULSE • 15

THE MUSIC SCENE

Let's All Misbehave Come celebrate 25 years of Barking Legs

Radio Birdman Takes Flight Radio Birdman may just be the greatest band you've never heard of. Australia's pioneers of the underground music scene changed lives with their absolute commitment to their art and do-it-yourself attitude—and their influence is still felt today.

This Sunday at The Palace Theater on Georgia Ave., the Sunday Slasher Film Series presents Descent into the Maelstrom, the true story of Radio Birdman, from their original formation to the present.

Like the band itself, it’s an independent production, made from outside the industry.

It shows what the band meant to the fans, and how they changed Australia, by inspiring a golden age of indie music from Cold Chisel to Midnight Oil. Descent into the Maelstrom features interviews with all surviving members of the band and doesn’t shy away from the internal conflict which sometimes fueled the band’s performances.

It’s already been called the greatest Australian music documentary ever made and is crammed full of Radio Birdman music and rare archival footage and photos, some not seen for over 40 years.

Only a handful of theaters across the country are showing the film, which gives Chattanooga music lovers a near unique chance to learn about one of the most influential bands ever to come from Down Under. Tickets are $7 and the film screens beginning at 7 p.m. — Michael Thomas

By Marc T. Michael Pulse Music Editor

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[Cole] Porter’s music will be reimagined through the lenses of hip hop, jazz, dance, spoken word and drag,”

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HATTANOOGA’S CULTURAL RENAISSANCE IS A remarkable thing, at least I tend to remark upon it regularly. It might not be so recognizable or remarkable to younger generations of artists, musicians, and other performers who have no context for where it was versus where it is (and where it’s headed.)

They can’t be faulted for that. For the folks who’ve been around long enough to remember what it was like in the early nineties, though, the transformation is conspicuous and heartening.

None of that would be true, however, were it not for the early pioneers, the entrepreneurs and artists who threw their hat in the ring early on. There were lean

times and precious few managed to survive those, but the ones that did laid the foundation upon which everything that followed is built.

Barking Legs Theater is one of those, a cornerstone of the performing arts scene for a quarter century.

That’s why CoPac (Contemporary Performing Arts of Chattanooga) is announcing

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A pillar of the artistic community since 1993, Barking Legs has consistently provided a quality venue for local and regional acts, and more than a few internationally touring performers.” an upcoming three-day celebration of twenty-five years of Barking Legs Theater.

Billed as “Let’s Misbehave,” the event will run from November 1st to the 3rd and features the music of American composer and songwriter Cole Porter, as interpreted by a host of local and regional performers.

A partial listing of scheduled performers includes Floami Fly, Tanqueray Harper, Chattanooga Fire Cabaret, Juicy St. Claire, Marcus Ellsworth, Cherokee Ellison, Monica Alicia Ellison, Beth Markham Herring, Terrance Wright, Kyle Dagnan, Ann Law, and the Nancy Westmoreland Group.

Porter’s music will be reimagined through the

lenses of hip hop, jazz, dance, spoken word and drag, bringing a fresh coat of contemporary accessibility to the timeless classics.

Food and cocktails will be available and admission ranges from $20 general admission at the door to a $150 VIP experience that includes reserved parking, an artist meet and greet and a complimentary bottle of wine from the cellars of Bruce Kaplan.

A pillar of the artistic community since 1993, Barking Legs has consistently provided a quality venue for local and regional acts, and more than a few internationally touring performers (including the great Irish singer/songwriter Tommy

Sands.)

Moreover, Barking Legs has hosted a wide range of artistic programs, workshops and conferences, establishing itself as a focal point of southeastern performing arts.

All of this, and more, is tucked away at 1307 Dodds Avenue in a deceptively humble building and it is through the perseverance of CoPac, the artists, and listeners and supporters throughout the community that has made it all possible.

Come celebrate twentyfive years of the finest art and culture in the region at Barking Legs Theater.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit barkinglegs.org and become part of the grand tradition.

“All Out Of Funk Fest” At The Stone Cup Café

Stone Cup Café on Frazier Avenue is at it again with another seasonally themed party as they present their Fall “All Out Of Funk Fest”, next Friday, November 9th from 7 p.m. until the wee hours of the morning.

The 21+ party promises campfires, s’mores, hot cocoa, coffee and funky tunes as the venue plays hosts to performances by Killakeys, Rob Baus, Dr.B and the Ease, and The River Funk Band as well as a “Silent

Disco Dance Party” upstairs.

A crisp Autumn evening on Frazier avenue is just about as Chattanooga as it gets and Stone Cup is leading the way with a night of intense music and traditional cool weather fare.

More details are upcoming and tickets, a measly ten bucks for the evening, are available now through Eventbrite.

Don’t say we didn’t give you advance notice to clear your calendar. — MTM

THU11.1

FRI11.2

SAT11.3

Scenic City Sound

Junior Brown

Taco Mouth, Waterfall Wash, Do you like Bugs

Go back in time and dance to the Big Band sounds of the '60s and '70s and classic jazz standards.

7 p.m.

Chattanooga State Humanities Theatre 4501 Amnicola Hwy. chattanoogastate.edu

A unique and entertaining combination of singing, songwriting, and instrumental skills that has entertained for decades.

7 p.m.

Songbirds North 35 Station St. songbirds.rocks

It’s Taco Mouth’s Album Release Party! Come and hear the new album, plus maybe some surprises.

9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com

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LIVE MUSIC CALENDAR

Ballroom Thieves

THURSDAY11.1 James Crumble Trio 6 p.m.

St. John’s Meeting Place 1278 Market St. stjohnsrestaurant.com Courtney Holder 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com John Carroll 6:30 p.m.

Westin Dorato Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Toby Hewitt 7 p.m.

Backstage Bar 29 Station St. backstagechattanooga.com Open Mic Night 7 p.m.

Moccasin Bend Brewing Co. 3210 Broad St. bendbrewingbeer.com Scenic City Sound 7 p.m.

Chattanooga State Humanities Theatre 4501 Amnicola Hwy. chattanoogastate.edu Let’s Misbehave-25th Anniversary Celebration 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org Ballroom Thieves featuring

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Odetta Hartman 8 p.m.

Songbirds South 41 Station St. songbirds.rocks El Bandito, Edward and Jane, The Collection 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com

FRIDAY11.2 Amber Fults 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Ryan Oyer 6:30 p.m.

Westin Dorato Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Gary Clark Jr. 7 p.m.

The Signal 1810 Chestnut St. thesignaltn.com Junior Brown 7 p.m.

Songbirds North 35 Station St. songbirds.rocks Jordan Hallquist 7 p.m.

Reflection Riding Center 400 Garden Rd. reflectionriding.org Jason Lyles

7 p.m.

The Tap House 3800 St. Elmo Ave. taphousechatt.com Let’s Misbehave-25th Anniversary Celebration 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org Courtney Holder 8 p.m.

Barley Taphouse 235 E. MLK Blvd. chattanoogabarley.com Gino Fanelli 8:30 p.m.

Puckett’s Restaurant 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com Jupiter Coyote 9 p.m.

Songbirds South 41 Station St. songbirds.rocks Tryezz 9 p.m.

Tremont Tavern 1203 Hixson Pike tremonttavern.com Universal Sigh 9 p.m.

HiFi Clyde’s 122 W. Main St. hificlydeschattanooga.com Futurebirds, Neighbor Lady 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Throttle 21

10 p.m.

Bud’s Sports Bar 5751 Brainerd Rd. budssportsbar.com

SATURDAY11.3 Evensong: I Cantori 5:30 p.m.

Collegedale Church of Seventh-day Adventists 4829 College Dr. E. collegedalechurch.com Jonathan Wimpee 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Preston Ruffing 6:30 p.m.

Westin Dorato Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Daniel Boling 7 p.m.

Charles & Myrtle’s Coffeehouse 105 McBrien Rd. christunity.org Forever Bluegrass 7 p.m.

Westbound Bar 24 Station St. westboundbar.com Three Star Revival 7 p.m.

Songbirds North 35 Station St. songbirds.rocks The Music of Harry Potter

Three Star Revival 7:30 p.m.

Tivoli Theater 709 Broad St. tivolichattanooga.com David Cross 8 p.m.

Walker Theatre 399 McCallie Ave. tivolichattanooga.com Lacing, Prayer Circle, Holy Gallows 8 p.m.

Barley Taphouse 235 E. MLK Blvd. chattanoogabarley.com Let’s Misbehave 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org Charley Woods 8:30 p.m.

Puckett’s Restaurant 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com Sullivan Band 9 p.m.

HiFi Clyde’s 122 W. Main St. hificlydeschattanooga.com Taco Mouth, Waterfall Wash, Do you like Bugs 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Throttle 21 10 p.m.

Bud’s Sports Bar 5751 Brainerd Rd. budssportsbar.com

SUNDAY11.4 Heart Hunters 11 a.m.

Flying Squirrel Bar 55 Johnson St. flyingsquirrelbar.com Carl Pemberton 11 a.m.

Westin Chattanooga 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Mountain View Bluegrass 11 a.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1826 Carter St. publicmarkets.us Resurrection Mary 1:30 p.m.

Flying Squirrel Bar 55 Johnson St. flyingsquirrelbar.com Lou Wamp and the Bluetastics 1 p.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1826 Carter St. publicmarkets.us Lone Mountain Band 2:30 p.m First Tennessee Pavilion 1826 Carter St. publicmarkets.us Mid-South Symphonic Band 3 p.m.

Volkswagen Conference Center 8001 Volkswagen Dr. midsouthsymphonicband.com Open Mic with Jeff Daniels 6 p.m.

Long Haul Saloon

2536 Cummings Hwy. (423) 822-9775 Danny Gokey 7 p.m.

Tivoli Theater 709 Broad St. tivolichattanooga.com Mathis & Martin 7 p.m.

Backstage Bar 29 Station St. backstagechattanooga.com

MONDAY11.5 Open Air with Jessica Nunn 6 p.m.

The Granfalloon 400 E. Main St. granfalloonchattanooga.com Mike Mcdade 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Monday Nite Big Band 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com CSOYO Symphony & Philharmonic Fall Concert 7:30 p.m.

Ringgold High School Performing Arts Center 29 Tiger Trail chattanoogasymphony.org Percussion Ensemble Concert 7:30 p.m.

Southern Adventist University-

Ackerman Auditorium 4881 Taylor Cir. southern.edu Very Open Mic 8 p.m.

The Well 1800 Rossville Blvd. #8 wellonthesouthside.com

TUESDAY11.6 Live Jam Session w/ Freddy Mc & Friends Noon Granfallon 400 E. Main St. granfalloonchattanooga.com Danimal 6 p.m.

Backstage Bar 29 Station St. backstagechattanooga.com Pete Boubel 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Bill McCallie and In Cahoots 6:30 p.m.

Southern Belle 201 Riverfront Pkwy. chattanoogariverboat.com Open Mic Jam Session 7 p.m.

Crust Pizza 3211 Broad St. crustpizza.com Open Mic with Xll Olympians 8 p.m.

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Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow 235 E. MLK Blvd. chattanoogabarley.com Open Mic with Mike McDade 8 p.m.

Tremont Tavern 1203 Hixson Pike tremonttavern.com Space Jam Music Open Mic 8 p.m.

Barley Taphouse 235 E. MLK Blvd. chattanoogabarley.com John 5 and The Creatures w/ Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow 9 p.m.

Songbirds South 41 Station St. songbirds.rocks Horse Eyed Men 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com

WEDNESDAY11.7 Jesse Jungkurth & The Patron Haints Noon Miller Park E. MLK Blvd. millerparkplaza.com The Other Guys 6 p.m.

SpringHill Suites 495 Riverfront Pkwy. springhillsuites.com Dustin Concannon 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Amber Fults

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6:30 p.m.

Westin Dorato Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Jesse James Jungkurth 7 p.m.

Backstage Bar 29 Station St. backstagechattanooga.com Clark Beckham 7 p.m.

Songbirds North 35 Station St. songbirds.rocks Alan Wyatt Quartet 7 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org Priscilla & Little Rickee 8 p.m.

Las Margaritas 1101 Hixson Pike (423) 756-3332 Lindi Ortega & Dustbowl Revival 9 p.m.

Songbirds South 41 Station St. songbirds.rocks The Widdler 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Prime Cut Trio 9 p.m.

The Palms at Hamilton 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Map these locations on chattanoogapulse. com. Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to: calendar@chattanoogapulse.com

ERNIE PAIK'S RECORD REVIEWS

New Music From The Necks, Knife Knights

The Necks Body (Northern Spy)

T

he Australian trio The Necks—comprised of keyboardist Chris Abrahams, percussionist Tony Buck and bassist Lloyd Swanton—frequently uses a default method, particularly with its live sets.

This method involves starting with a simple improvised motif and walking—not running—with it, gradually allowing mesmerizing rhythms and melodies to evolve over the duration of the piece, which is typically between 45 to 60 minutes long. It’s not quite minimalism, nor jazz, nor classical music.

While some of the group’s studio albums take this approach, lately, the trio has been playing with structures, sometimes allowing more frequent transitions to occur; generally, though, the pieces unfurl with a disciplined patience.

In the world of con artists, there’s something called the “long con,” where a trusting relationship is nurtured with the target—the “mark”— for a significant amount of time before the swindle

takes place. On The Necks’ new album Body—comprised of a single 57-minute track—for about the first 20 minutes, it’s nothing outof-the-ordinary for Necks enthusiasts, with wanderings on piano, drums and upright bass.

However, eventually some acoustic guitar strums emerge; it’s an atypical move, but that’s not the big surprise. The big surprise comes shortly after; like gangbusters, the trio erupts suddenly into a loud, locomotive, minimalist jam largely based around one repeated note, which sounds like it could have been inspired by the German ‘70s bands NEU! or La Düsseldorf.

Buck overdubs frantic electric guitar strumming, while Abrahams’ piano rambles around the section’s one-note center.

Oddly, this section doesn’t really ramp up or build tension—it’s a sort of musical plateau that stays at the same level of intensity for around 15 minutes.

If that phase was the turbulent journey to the underworld, then the closing phase is the strange, nebulous and uncertain incarceration in the underworld, with wind chimes, cymbal rattling and occasional crashes, abstract keyboard sounds and elegiac piano notes.

For a group that’s built a career out of pieces that gradually evolve, the unexpected and abruptly dis-

tinct sonic plateaus of Body set it apart from previous a l b u m s — p a r a d o x i c a l l y, evolving by not evolving.

Knife Knights 1 Time Mirage (Sub Pop)

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t might be possible to listen too hard to an album instead of letting it carry you, like a blade of grass in a brook, down its soundstream.

For this writer, it took several attempts to get into the new album 1 Time Mirage from the boundary-pushing hip-hop outfit Knife Knights, featuring Ishmael Butler and Erik Blood, who have collaborated in Shabazz Palaces; it seemed too directionless and just didn’t click.

However, he gave it one more try, while lying prone and slipping in and out of consciousness, and that time, the album was able to work its magic, slithering under his skin and infiltrating his brain with its woozy, sci-fi musical offering.

As told to Pitchfork in an interview, Butler explained that although his previous band Digable Planets had precise methods and structures, his current philosophy

has changed to allow for looser creativity—perhaps not as sharpened, but more liberated and unpredictable. It’s a case of understanding the rules so that you can break them.

With the reverberating opener “Bionic Chords,” the album jumps right into the murk with swampy bass notes and crawling beats; an interesting contrast appears, between the track’s dark mood and some pop vocal “ooh”s. In some ways, “Drag Race Legend” sounds more like a late ‘70s postpunk song rather than a hip-hop track, with its distorted guitar and internal riot.

Throughout 1 Time Mirage, drum machine beats present themselves as deceptively simple—not too busy but with odd placements, like guiding a gymnast wearing a harness on a bumpy balance beam.

The closing “Mr. President” is a strange beast with shuffling beats and what sounds like a spaceship’s scanning beam wave and a munchkin chorus with pitch-shifted vocals.

Although some newwave-sounding synths are present, the album doesn’t feel retro, and its futuristic experience is perhaps more akin to Philip K. Dick’s drugged-out and desolate sci-fi dystopia of A Scanner Darkly than any shiny, polished-chrome vision, allowing the listener to virtually saunter in a fascinating, disquieting dreamworld haze.

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FILM & TELEVISION

Michael Myers Is Back Can a Halloween reboot actually work?

Oh Mamma Mia! Mamma Mia! Sometimes life has a way of sneaking up on you. One minute you’re grooving out in the theater to the camp classic Mamma Mia! and then the next thing you know a decade has passed you by.

That said, the closest thing we have to a real time machine is the cinema. And now you can relive all your favorite ABBA-infused theatrical moments with the 10th anniversary screening of the story of Donna and the Dynamos.

For those who need a refresher (or somehow never saw the movie before), the film is set on a colorful Greek island, where a young woman Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) about to be married discovers through an old diary of her mother’s that any one of three men could be her father.

She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna (Meryl Streep), who was once the lead singer of Donna and the Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her backup singers, Rosie and Tanya to the wedding.

Not that the plot really matters. The joy of the film is the eclectic cast of characters and groovy ABBA sing-alongs as Sophie and Donna grow in love, family, and friendship.

Come out to East Ridge 18 this Sunday at 1 or 4 p.m. for the anniversary event, which also includes a special featurette, Meryl’s Big Number, never-before-seen on the big screen. — Michael Thomas

By John DeVore Pulse Film Editor

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There’s only so much character development that can happen when an antagonist doesn’t have facial expressions or speak.”

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018’S HALLOWEEN SEQUEL IS A SUCCESS ON many fronts. In general, the Halloween franchise has been increasingly convoluted and complicated, each film recreating and adding to the mythology of Michael Myers.

Myers was the original slasher, the one that led to the creation of Friday the 13th’s Jason and countless other slasher icons. He was the epitome of the silent stalker, the unrelenting force, the immortal, invulnerable murderer.

There’s only so much character development that can happen when an antagonist doesn’t have facial expressions or speak. The sequels filled the blanks with backstory, often ignoring previous plots and events for new ones.

Halloween has a history of rebooting and remaking, sometimes shot for shot, the original 1978 John Carpenter film. And so, this

new film does a lot of good things, things not found in many of the other films.

A better film might have left Michael Myers out entirely for an honest look at the lifetime effects of trauma on the families of Myers victims. Fans would hate it and I doubt anyone would want to watch it, but that would be a great way to subvert expectations and focus on a different kind of horror. Halloween 2018 touches on this, to be sure, and it does so to its credit.

The new film continues to focus on the Strode family, but it ignores all the previous films except for the first. This is a direct sequel to 1978

Carpenter film, meaning that Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) is not Michael’s sister, just the last unfortunate victim of a Halloween Night tragedy.

Since that night, Laurie’s life has never been the same. She lived 40 years dominated by fear, with failed marriages, a lost daughter, and a problem with alcohol. Her paranoia has caused her to barricade herself in her home, on the outskirts of Haddonfield, preparing for Michael Myers to return and finish what he started.

Michael Myers has spent the last 40 years in treatment, silent and waiting. He is being transferred to a new facility on Halloween Night when his bus crashes and he is once more unleashed upon the world.

This is all pretty standard fare, as far as slasher movies are concerned. The film is capably and entertainingly made, peppered with some genuine gore and occasional humor.

The 1978 original was never funny—it didn’t need to be. The last few years have led to the necessity of meta-humor in horror films, sometimes to their detriment.

But the good things in this film outweigh the awkwardness. In particular, John Carpenter has re-

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There is evidence of serious trauma caused by Michael Myers and I would have loved for the film to have spent a little more time on this element.” turned to score the film. The music was essential to creating the original atmosphere and Carpenter’s presence, even in this small way, elevates the action to its former glory.

As I mentioned above, the family elements also work well. There is evidence of serious trauma caused by Michael Myers and I would have loved for the film to have spent a little more time on this element. But then, this is a slasher movie and no one comes for uncomfortable emotion. They come for murdered teenagers.

Early on in 2018’s Halloween sequel, a character notes that the original murders are relatively tame compared to the current state of the world. In 1978, Michael Myers stabbed five teenagers to death before being shot by his psychiatrist. Since then, the US has seen over 200 mass shootings, the worst of which ended in fifty-nine deaths and 851 injuries

from gunfire.

Just this week, there have been 14 assassination attempts on prominent Democrats, a racially motivated slaying in broad daylight at a Kentucky grocery store, and yet another mass shooting, this time at a Pittsburg synagogue, where the assailant shouted “all Jews must die” before killing 11 worshippers and firing on police that arrived at the scene.

Halloween 2018 is right: the evil of Michael Myers has become almost quaint in comparison. The current climate in the United States makes it hard to take a film like this one seriously.

Maybe we’re not supposed to.

Maybe the violence of Michael Myers allows us to compartmentalize the real evil of the world.

Myers has no motivation. He kills indiscriminately becase he can.

He’s evil incarnate. The devil we know. The worse evils are the ones we create.

✴ NEW IN THEATERS ✴

Bohemian Rhapsody A chronicle of the years leading up to Freddie Mercury and Queen's legendary appearance at the Live Aid (1985) concert.

Director: Bryan Singer Stars: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms A young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice.

Directors: Lasse Hallström & Joe Johnston Stars: Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY tice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.”

ROB BREZSNY SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Penetralia” is a word that means the innermost or most private parts, the most secret and mysterious places. It’s derived from the same Latin term that evolved into the word “penetrate.”

You Scorpios are of course the zodiac’s masters of penetralia. More than any other sign, you’re likely to know where the penetralia are, as well as how to get to them and what to do when you get to them. I suspect that this tricky skill will come in extra handy during the coming weeks.

I bet your intimate adeptness with penetralia will bring you power, fun, and knowledge.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian poet Rainer Maria Rilke suggested that we cultivate an alertness for the ever-present possibility of germination and gestation. On a regular basis, he advised, we should send probes down into the darkness, into our unconscious minds, to explore for early signs of awakening.

And when we discover the forces of renewal stirring there in the depths, we should be humble and reverent toward them, understanding that they are as-yet beyond the reach of our ability to understand. We shouldn’t seek to explain and define them at first, but simply devote ourselves to nurturing them. Everything I just said is your top assignment in the coming weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re in a phase of your cycle when your influence is at a peak. People are more receptive than usual to your ideas and more likely to want the same things you do. Given these conditions, I think the best information I can offer you is the following meditation by Capricorn activist Martin Luther King Jr. “Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.

Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and jus-

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian environmentalist Edward Abbey spent much of his life rambling around in the great outdoors. He was an emancipated spirit who regarded the natural world as the only church he needed. In an eruption of ecstatic appreciation, he once testified that “Life is a joyous dance through daffodils beneath cerulean blue skies and then, then what? I forget what happens next.” And yet the truth is, Abbey was more than a wild-hearted Dionysian explorer in the wilderness.

He found the discipline and diligence to write 23 books! I mention this, Aquarius, because now is a perfect time for you to be like the disciplined and diligent and productive version of Abbey.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): For renowned Piscean visual artist Anne Truitt (1921–2004), creating her work was high adventure. She testified that artists like her had “to catapult themselves wholly, without holding back one bit, into a course of action without having any idea where they will end up. They are like riders who gallop into the night, eagerly leaning on their horse’s neck, peering into a blinding rain.” Whether or not you’re an artist, Pisces, I suspect your life in the coming weeks may feel like the process she described. And that’s a good thing! A fun thing! Enjoy your ride.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You have officially arrived at the heart of the most therapeutic phase of your cycle. Congratulations! It’s an excellent time to fix what’s wrong, hurt, or distorted. You will attract more help than you can imagine if you summon an aggressive approach toward finding antidotes and cures. A good way to set the tone for your aggressive determination to feel better is to heed this advice from poet Maya Angelou: “Take a day to heal from the lies you’ve told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): U2’s singer Bono, born under the sign of Taurus, says that all of us suffer from the sense that something’s missing from our lives. We imagine that we lack an essential quality or experience, and its absence makes us feel sad and insufficient. French philosopher Blaise Pascal referred to this emptiness as “a God-shaped hole.” Bono adds that “you can never completely

Homework: What gifts and blessings do you want?

Express your outrageous demands and humble requests.

Freewillastrology.com fill that hole,” but you may find partial fixes through love and sex, creative expression, family, meaningful work, parenting, activism, and spiritual devotion. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I have a strong suspicion that in the coming weeks you will have more power to fill your God-shaped hole than you’ve had in a long time.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Most of our desires are clichés, right? Ready to wear, one size fits all. I doubt if it’s even possible to have an original desire anymore.” So says a character in Gemini author Tobias Wolff’s short story “Sanity.” Your assignment in the coming weeks, Gemini, is to refute and rebel against this notion. The cosmic rhythms will work in your favor to the degree that you cultivate innovative yearnings and unique urges. I hope you’ll make it your goal to have the experiences necessary to stir up an outbreak of original desires.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you’re a typical member of the Cancerian tribe, you’re skilled at responding constructively when things go wrong. Your intelligence rises up hot and strong when you get sick or rejected or burned. But if you’re a classic Crab, you have less savvy in dealing with triumphs. You may sputter when faced with splashy joy, smart praise, or lucky breaks. But everything I just said is meant to be a challenge, not a curse. One of the best reasons to study astrology is to be aware of the potential shortcomings of your sign so you can outwit and overcome them. That’s why I think that eventually you’ll evolve to the point where you won’t be a bit flustered when blessings arrive. And the immediate future will bring you excellent opportunities to upgrade your response to good fortune.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Each of us needs something of an island in her life,” said poet John Keats. “If not an actual island, at least some place, or space in time, in which to be herself, free to cultivate her differences from others.” According to my reading of

the astrological omens, Leo, you’ll be wise to spend extra time on your own island in the next two weeks. Solitude is unlikely to breed unpleasant loneliness, but will instead inspire creative power and evoke inner strength. If you don’t have an island yet, go in search! (P.S.: I translated Keats’ pronouns into the feminine gender.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I’m rooting for you to engage in experimental intimacy, Virgo. I hope you’ll have an affinity for sweet blends and incandescent mixtures and arousing juxtapositions. To get in the right mood for this playful work, you could read love poetry and listen to uplifting songs that potentize your urge to merge.

Here are a few lyrical passages to get you warmed up. 1. “Your flesh quivers against mine like moonlight on the sea.” —Julio Cortázar 2. “When she smiles like that she is as beautiful as all my secrets. —Anne Carson 3. “My soul is alight with your infinitude of stars . . . The flowers of your garden blossom in my body.” —Rabindranath Tagore 4. “I can only find you by looking deeper, that’s how love leads us into the world.” —Anne Michaels LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Of course I want you to have more money. I’d love for you to buy experiences that expand your mind, deepen your emotional intelligence, and foster your ability to create inspiring forms of togetherness. My soul would celebrate if you got access to new wealth that enabled you to go in quest of spiritual fun and educational adventures. On the other hand, I wouldn’t be thrilled about you spending extra cash on trivial desires or fancy junk you don’t really need. Here’s why I feel this way: to the extent that you seek more money to pursue your most righteous cravings, you’re likely to get more money.

Rob Brezsny is an aspiring master of curiosity, perpetrator of sacred uproar, and founder of the Beauty and Truth Lab. He brings a literate, myth-savvy perspective to his work. It’s all in the stars.

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“Mark the Ballot”— just do it.

ACROSS 1 Take in or on 6 Speed trap device 11 May follower, sometimes 14 Car wash machine 15 Napoleon’s punishment 16 Bed-In for Peace participant 17 Start of a quote from Larry J. Sabato 20 ___ of iniquity 21 Rust, for instance 22 ___ Stix (powdered candy) 23 “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” e.g.

24 Indigenous Peoples’ Day mo.

26 They’re supposedly thwarted by captchas 29 List that may be laminated 31 ___ in “elephant” 34 “And while ___ the subject ...”

35 Shady political operative 36 “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” band 37 Middle of the quote

41 Pompousness 42 Greek column style 43 Elvis’s middle name, on his birth certificate 44 “Baker Street” instrument 45 Gets a look at 46 Corn husk contents 48 “Uh-huh” 49 Is down with the sickness, maybe 50 “Be kind to animals” org.

53 Braking method in skating that forms a letter shape 55 “Just ___ suspected!”

58 End of the quote 62 Mode or carte preceder 63 Fundamental principle 64 Wheel shafts 65 Animator Avery 66 Where ballots get stuffed 67 “Law & Order” actor Jeremy DOWN 1 Blown away 2 “Take Five” pianist Brubeck

3 Farm team 4 Part of ppm 5 Audition 6 Started anew, as a candle 7 Canceled 8 Dungeons & Dragons equipment 9 Key below X, on some keyboards 10 Camping gear retailer 11 “Both Sides Now” singer Mitchell 12 Alternative to Windows 13 Apt to pry 18 Former partners 19 Vote (for) 23 Not half-baked?

24 Lacking height and depth, for short 25 Sidewalk edge 26 Lyft transactions, e.g.

27 Symbol of resistance?

28 Injection also used for migraines 29 Small versions, sometimes 30 CEO, e.g.

31 Movie crowd member 32 “The Road to Mecca”

playwright Fugard 33 Play fragment 35 “OK, whatever” 38 “___ to vote, sir!” (palindrome mentioned in Weird Al’s “Bob”) 39 Bar Bart barrages with crank calls 40 Thanksgiving side dish 46 Uruguayan uncles 47 27-Down counterparts 48 Talk endlessly 49 Supercollider particles 50 Slight fight 51 Former Minister of Sport of Brazil 52 Cajole 53 Candy bar now sold with “left” and “right” varieties 54 Espadrille, for one 55 Belt-hole makers 56 Bird feeder block 57 ___ facto 59 Study space?

60 Endo’s opposite 61 ___Clean (product once pitched by Billy Mays)

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FOOD & DRINK · SUSHI & BISCUITS

In Search Of Porcine Perfection Our globetrotting chef travels to Bali for babi guling

I Mike McJunkin Pulse columnist

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I stood at the gate of Ibu Oka in Ubud, Bali, the legendary porcine temple and final destination on my pilgrimage to find the best suckling pig on the planet—babi guling.”

Mike McJunkin is a native Chattanoogan who has traveled abroad extensively, trained chefs, and owned and operated restaurants. Join him on Facebook at facebook.com/SushiAndBiscuits

WAS HYPNOTIZED; PARALYZED by the bronze, glistening body spread before me. Beads of moisture rolled across flawlessly browned skin, made perfect by carefully rotating, exposing every inch of skin to the refining fire that burns like the Balinese sun.

Far from the beaches and bikini-clad partiers of Southern Bali, I stood at the gate of Ibu Oka in Ubud, Bali, the legendary porcine temple and final destination on my pilgrimage to find the best suckling pig on the planet—babi guling.

Humans have been turning swine over fire since Paleolithic times, but none are as revered as Balinese babi guling— suckling pig that’s slathered inside and out with an aromatic spice paste before being spit roasted until the meat is unimaginably tender and the skin turns into crunchy, caramelized pig candy that will make you question everything you knew about the porcine arts.

I let out a breathless moan and my face pointed instinctively and reverently toward the heavens with every bite of INGREDIENTS • 1 suckling pig—13-17 lb • 3 tbsp salt • 10 shallots, peeled and sliced • 6 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped • 2 in piece of ginger, peeled and chopped • 15 candlenuts, chopped • 4 in piece of fresh turmeric, peeled and chopped • 2 tbsp coriander seeds, crushed • 2 in piece of galangal, finely chopped • 25-30 bird’s-eye chilies • 10 stalks lemon grass, sliced • 1 tbsp black peppercorns, crushed • 1 tsp dried shrimp paste, roasted • 5 makrut lime leaves, julienned • 2 salam/Indian bay leaves (or substitute curry leaf)

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the babi guling at Ibu Oka. The pork was tender, juicy and imbued with garlic, ginger and turmeric that lingered on the palate.

The second half of my mission was to learn how to approximate this delicacy back in Tennessee. I knew that cooking it over a spit using coffee wood coconut husks would be optimal, but also impractical, so I was excited to learn from a Balinese chef that it is possible to produce respectable babi guling in a home oven, provided you can talk your local butcher/farmer out of a small, suckling pig—preferably under 20lbs.

The best roast pig is made from very young animals because their flesh is extra rich in collage, the connective protein abundant in young animals that have yet to develop strong muscle fibers. When collagen is heated, it turns to gelatin and makes those intoxicatingly sticky juices that lubricate and coat every inch of moist, tender, and delicate flesh.

The thin, delicate skin and musculature of a suckling pig also allows the ar• 2 ½ tbsp chili oil • 6 tbsp turmeric water (recipe below) • Coconut oil for basting DIRECTIONS 1. Scrape or shave the hair off the skin, remove the internal viscera and wash the internal cavity completely.

Season inside and outside with salt.

2. Grate 3 tbsp of fresh turmeric into 2 tbsp water. Squeeze or press mixture to get 6 tbsp turmeric water. Set aside.

3. Combine the remaining ingredients (except the turmeric water) and mix thoroughly. Fill the inside of the suckling pig with this mixture and sew the belly shut with twine.

4. Rub the outside of the pig with turmeric water until the skin begins to turn yellow.

omatic flavors of the bumbu Bali (spice mix) to penetrate far better than with an older pig.

The meat of your finished babi guling should literally fall off the bone and will be incomparably juicy and tender with a mild, sweet flavor. There’s no clean, dignified way to eat suckling pig. To get all of the precious meat off the bones, you just have to dive right in with your fingers. Is there any joy greater than sharing a suckling pig with your friends and family? I submit that there is not.

5. Bake on a spit over a charcoal fire (dried coconut husks are even better) or in a 275°F oven for 2 ½ to 3 ½ hours (depending on size)—the innermost joints should register around 160°F on a thermometer. While cooking, baste regularly with remaining turmeric water and coconut oil.

6. Once your pig’s internal temp hit’s 160°F, wrap the ears with aluminum foil (to prevent burning) and increase the temperature to 500°F. Roast until the skin is crisp all over. The skin should sound hollow and crack when tapped with a wooden spoon.

7. Remove from oven and allow to rest for at least 30 minutes loosely tented with foil. Serve whole and use your fingers to pull the tender, juicy meat right from the bones.

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