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OUR 1539TH ISSUE 08.23.18 So the pedophile ring wasn’t in a Washington, D.C., pizza parlor basement. It was in a Catholic church. Shocker.

It’s always hard to write about the Catholic Church’s ongoing and ever-resurfacing problems with priests who molest young people in their charge. I have many good friends who are Catholic, and I would never disparage their religious beliefs nor doubt their commitment to living a good and moral life.

That said, this issue of sexually inappropriate behavior by Catholic priests never really goes away. It’s been with the church for centuries — a simmering, permanent crisis that boils into public consciousness with metronomic regularity.

In recent months, Catholic authorities have launched investigations into sexual misconduct in parishes in Philadelphia, Boston, Nebraska, Washington, D.C., Australia — and has accepted the resignations of six South American bishops. All of these troubling stories are bad enough, but the grand jury report released last week in Pennsylvania takes the church’s recurring scandal to revolting new depths.

The 900-page report reveals that, over the course of 70 years, 300 “predator priests” in six Pennsylvania dioceses molested, abused, and raped more than 1,000 children. That’s 1,000 children. In one state.

The report details how church leaders and bishops covered up the crimes, concealing them from the children’s parents and law-enforcement authorities, and routinely transferring them to unsuspecting parishes where they could re-enact their crimes. One section of the report describes a ring of pedophile priests who marked their child victims with the sign of the crucifix.

This is horror movie stuff. And amplifying the horror is the fact that we know pedophilia causes life-long psychological trauma to its victims — and creates more pedophiles, and more victims. It is, literally, a vicious cycle of pain, anger, and guilt.

Only two priests of the 300 cited in the grand jury report suffered consequences for their actions. The rest either died, the statute of limitations expired, or they were allowed to quietly resign or retire. It’s outPope rageous, but it’s not surprising. It’s been the church’s Francis response to these things for centuries: Keep it quiet and hope it goes away.

But it won’t; it’s sex-abuser Whack-A-Mole. The church can’t keep up, and it’s too big to change its basic operating structure.

In essence, the Catholic church is an international organization worth billions of dollars — in real estate holdings and with a steady income stream of contributions from its parishioners around the globe. Its hierarchal structure is similar to that of a huge, multinational corporation. For want of a better term, the church’s principal “employees” are its priests, nuns, bishops, and cardinals. When those higher up the corporate food-chain — the bishops, primarily — cover up the sins of their underlings, it creates a corporate culture of permissiveness, an understanding that criminal behavior will be tolerated in order to spare the organization’s reputation. And too often, the bishops themselves have participated in the deviant behavior.

The current Catholic leader, Pope Francis, has been a breath of fresh air, for the most part, and seems to recognize that there are significant flaws in the very structure of his church that interfere with its proscribed goal: to encourage adherents to live a life based upon the teachings of Jesus Christ. But that’s hard to do when some of your employees are doing the devil’s work — creating hell for thousands of young people — and when their bosses are letting them get away with it.

The pope issued a scathing statement this week, condemning the “crime” of priestly sexual abuse and its cover-up. He asked for forgiveness from the victims and urged Catholics to get involved to help abolish the pattern of abuse and cover-up.

“With shame and repentance,” he wrote, “we acknowledge as an ecclesial N E WS & O P I N I O N community that we were not where we THE FLY-BY - 4 should have been, that we did not act in POLITICS - 7 a timely manner, realizing the magnitude EDITORIAL - 8 VIEWPOINT - 9 and the gravity of the damage done to so COVER - “TOXIC BATTLES” many lives. We showed no care for the

BY ALEX GREENE - 10 little ones; we abandoned them.”

WE RECOMMEND - 14 Strong words. I’d like to believe they will MUSIC - 16 lead to change, but I’m not optimistic. As AFTER DARK - 18 long as the church requires its priests and BEST OF MEMPHIS BALLOT - 20 nuns to remain celibate, it will continue to CALENDAR - 21 BOOKS - 29 create — and sustain — a culture of sexual FOOD NEWS - 30 repression. Enforced celibacy doesn’t take NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 31 people closer to God. It makes people SPIRITS - 33 more susceptible to guilt and temptation FILM - 34 — and deviance of the ugliest kind.

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f ly on the wall { CRIMINAL RECORD I Raymond Preslar told a security guard at the Cordova Superlo last week that he couldn’t breathe and needed emergency help from 911.

According to WREG’s report, “When first responders got there, he admitted he just wanted a cigarette.”

Preslar, described as having a history of 911 misuse, was summarily arrested.

August 23-29, 2018

DAMMIT, GANNETT The Gannett-owned Commercial Appeal socked it to grieving Aretha Franklin fans this week. The paper said the soul queen’s South Memphis birth-home was in Orange Mound.

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CRIMINAL RECORD II Following an extended (get it?) period of relative quiet on the stolen hair front, Memphis weave thieves are back with a vengeance.

According to various reports, hair-burglars broke into Beauty Zone Wigs last week and made off with $20,000-worth of weaves in less than four minutes.

TCBLASPHEMY! During a show at Graceland last week, the crowd gasped audibly when one of Darlene Love’s back up singers introduced “The Letter” — a hit for Memphis’ Alex Chilton and The Boxtops — as a Joe Cocker song.

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

Questions, Answers + Attitude Edited by Toby Sells

W E E K T H AT W A S

By Flyer staff

Sports Betting, History Vote, & REI Tunica opens the books, state funds threatened, and the outdoor co-op comes to Memphis.

WANNA DRIVE A TROLLEY? The Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) is looking for new trolley operators. You have to be at least 21, have a high school diploma or GED, and a Class A or B commercial driver’s license. The position pays $9 an hour during training, increasing to $18.39 post-training.

SPORTS BETTING BEGINS Sports betting began in Tunica last week. “The Book at Horseshoe Tunica” opened Monday with a ceremony, and sports betting also went live at Gold Strike Casino. Mississippi is the fourth state to open sports betting since a federal ban on it was struck down earlier this year.

CONVENTION CENTER (clockwise from top left) camping; historic overlay status on hold; cyclist swerved PLANS upon; convention center plans; Dead Poets argument; sports betting opens; trolleys.

The city’s new convention center hotel is now planned for the city-owned plaza directly to the point, à la Robin Williams’ character in Dead Poets Society. east of Memphis City Hall, city officials said last week.

An appeals court ordered a new trial for Baxter. Corman Plans originally renovated the long-vacant 100 North is no longer with the Shelby County DA’s office.

Main building for the center. But Townhouse Management Co. and Loews Hotel & Co., the partners in the venture, said HISTORIC VOTE TABLED last week that building a new center on Civic Plaza was the The Memphis City Council tabled a vote on historic overlay best option. districts last week after it received a “threatening” letter from the Tennessee Historic Preservation Office.

SCHOOL SECURITY REVIEW An official from the office said the rules were inconsistent State officials said last week that a statewide assessment with state law and that by passing it, the council could of the security of Tennessee schools was nearly complete compromise the city’s standing with state funding programs, and that $35 million in grant funds were available to help putting hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake. schools “address vulnerabilities and risks.”

Governor Bill Haslam said that 1,796 schools, or 99 REI TO OPEN percent of the state’s public schools, had been reviewed.

REI is set to open here Friday in the Ridgeway Trace Center at The remaining 1 percent will be reviewed by the end of the Poplar and I-240. The 23,000 square-foot store will open in the month, he said. space that once housed Sports Authority.

DEAD POETS SOCIETY ARGUMENT A convicted rapist got a new trial last week in part because the Shelby County prosecutor handling the case made part of his closing argument standing on the courtroom desk, to mimic a scene from Dead Poets Society.

Maurice Baxter was sentenced to 58 years in prison in 2016 for the 2012 rape of a 64-year-old woman. During his trial, then-Assistant District Attorney Joshua Corman asked the jury to “see things from a different perspective” and stood on the courtroom table before him to drive home his

CYCLISTS SWERVED UPON A new video surfaced last week of an SUV swerving into a group of Memphis-area cyclists. Cyclist Wes Hale posted the video to YouTube, noting that the SUV drove “less than two feet from my rear tire.”

The driver passes the group of about eight cyclists quickly, edging closer to them with every foot. At the end of the video, the driver swerves dangerously close to a cyclist in a pink jersey.

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Arguments began Monday in a trial to determine whether or not the city of Memphis violated activists’ First Amendment rights with a system of surveillance that included extensive monitoring of social media.

U.S. District Judge Jon McCalla will, ultimately, decide whether or not city leaders violated a 1978 consent decree entered in Kendrick v. Chandler.

The order was meant to stop the city from gathering intelligence and surveillance on people engaged in protected free speech activities. Specifically, the decree prohibits political, covert, and electronic surveillance, as well as harassment and intimidation.

Opening arguments on Monday focused on whether or not the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee (ACLU-TN) — as it exists today — was the plaintiff in the 1976 complaint involving Chan Kendrick, an ACLU official at the time.

Lawyers for the city argued that the ACLU-TN was not a party in the Kendrick complaint, and therefore did not have standing in the present case. They presented close to 20 historical memos to prove that today’s version of ACLU-TN didn’t exist in 1978 and questioned Hedy Weinberg, current executive director of ACLU-TN. With that, Buckner Wellford, one of the attorneys representing the city, asked the judge to rule on the ACLU-TN’s standing, a move that could have ended the trial. But McCalla said that’s an issue that should

be thoroughly considered before making a decision.

“This is a really important issue to the case,” McCalla said. “It’s more important to get it right than to get it fast.”

Should the judge decide the ACLU has standing, Thomas Castelli, counsel for the ACLU-TN said the other key issues to be decided are: • Whether the city is in contempt of the 1978 consent decree by learning about protests through social media.

• Whether the city infiltrated activist groups for the purpose of political intelligence.

• Whether photos of protesters were taken for the purposes of political intelligence.

• Whether the city contacted protest organizers to chill their first amendment rights.

• Whether the city made the process for obtaining permits for protest harder than for other events.

Castelli said most of plaintiff ’s evidence will be from a time period between spring 2016 and 2017, when protests occurred at the Memphis Zoo, Valero Memphis Refinery, the Hernando de Soto bridge, and Graceland.

Wellford said his team will aim to reveal the motivations of the Memphis Police Department (MPD) and prove there was no ill-intent or attempts to stymie First Amendment rights. He said MPD’s main motivation for monitoring activists has been to

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MPD Director Michael Rallings during the bridge protest. ensure public safety.

“July 2016 was probably the most tumultuous month in Memphis since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in modern times,” Castelli said, citing the bridge protest, the police shooting of Darrius Stewart, and other incidents that had occurred around the country.

The threats were “real and tangible,” Castelli said.

McCalla told Castelli that no one disagrees with those facts, but that “they aren’t central issues to the case.”

“Public safety is important, but we can’t lose sight of why we are here,” McCalla said. “The case is about whether or not the city complied with the consent decree.”

As of press time Tuesday, court was still in session.

The second witness, MPD Sgt. Timothy Reynolds, had returned to the stand. Reynolds was instrumental in creating the undercover social media account of “Bob Smith,” which was used to monitor the moves of activists.

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Ferguson, 36, has had the longest on-air career of the three. He began his radio broadcast career at 13 and progressed through stints on various Memphis stations to become a regular presence on TV as well, via Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox Business, CNN, and CNN Headline News. An inveterate conservative, he is the author of the 2004 book, It’s My America, Too. Mudd is an author of two books: Inside the Hunt for Al Qa’ida and The Head Game: High Efficiency Analytic Decision-Making and the Art of Solving Complex Problems Quickly. The first of these reflects Mudd’s lengthy career at the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served, post-9/11, as second-in-command of counter-terrorism analysis. The second title is more in keeping with Mudd’s

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(left to right) Ben Ferguson, Philip Mudd, and Steve Mulroy

day job as director of enterprise risk at SouthernSun Asset Management in Memphis.

Mudd is a consistent presence at CNN, where he is called upon to discuss the ramifications of spycraft, foreign policy, or any crisis of consequence within the Beltway. It helps that he once served as deputy director of the FBI’s National Security Branch under one Robert Mueller.

Then there’s Mulroy, the University of Memphis law professor who ran for Shelby County mayor in 2014 and served two terms as county commissioner. Like the others, Mulroy doesn’t just talk, he writes. He is the author of a plethora of scholarly articles on the law. His recently completed first book, Rethinking U.S. Election Law, is shortly to be published.

Mulroy appears frequently on local television; nationally, he divides his time between MSNBC, the news network whose liberal attitude toward politics most closely parallels Mulroy’s own, and Fox News. Ironically, Mulroy is probably called upon more often by Fox to discuss matters of law and politics.

“It usually makes little difference,” says Mulroy, explaining that he is generally asked not to advocate but merely to supply a competent analysis of legal issues.

He no doubt speaks for his fellow talking heads when he discusses both the excitement and the perils of being summoned to a local broadcast studio, there to be interrogated remotely about important issues before audiences numbering in the millions — often without much advance coaching as to the direction of the questioning.

On MSNBC, recently, Mulroy was asked to explain the background and legal import of the arrest of Maria Valeryevna Butina, a Russian national accused of spying. Butina had just been nabbed, and the details of her work were as yet undisclosed. Mulroy, caught cold by the question, managed to do a creditable job of reading between the lines, but the moment was typical of the high-wire act a TV talking head can sometimes encounter.

Still, Mulroy says, “I like it because it provides a national profile for the University.” And? “Sure, it’s personally gratifying.”

NEWS & OPINION

Most political junkies spend a lot of time watching talk-show television — the Sunday-morning network shows on the major networks, but also the regular feeds from the cable news stations: CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News.

Memphians watching those latter networks may occasionally experience a twinge of deja vu. It is axiomatic, of course, that people you see regularly on television become as familiar to you as your own neighbors. That’s certainly true of the on-air personalities of local television stations. It can be true as well of the aforementioned national television broadcasts, where the face you see on TV may actually be that of a neighbor.

In fact, it is probably impossible for an inveterate channel-surfer of cable news stations to avoid seeing locally resident talking heads Ben Ferguson, Philip Mudd, and Steve Mulroy.

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Memphis Guccifer?

As we go to press, the ACLU’s lawsuit has begun against the city of Memphis for allegedly breaking a 1978 consent decree forbidding it to engage in “political intelligence” against local activists.

Scratch “allegedly.” The presiding jurist, U.S. District Judge Jon McCalla, has already declared the city to be in violation of the decree, but has allowed the lawsuit to go forward to determine the legal standing of the ACLU as a plaintiff organization, to assess the need for sanctions, and presumably for other undisclosed reasons.

Surely one of those reasons is the simple one, of exposure — notaby, of the undercover methods used by the Memphis Police Department, especially of its disingenuously named “homeland security” unit.

Except for the president and his diehard base, most Americans are at least somewhat familiar with the now-verified activities of Russian hackers and provocateurs during the presidential campaign of 2016, and of their unscrupulous exploitation of social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to misdirect and agitate and stir up controversy — as well as simply to confuse and entrap people involved in perfectly legal political activity.

Well, Guccifer 2.0 and his Russian comrades had nothing on ol’ “Bob Smith” of Memphis, who until just a month or so ago, when, pre-trial, he packed up his social media accounts, could disorient and dissemble with the best of them online.

As ACLU lawyer Mandy Strickland Floyd revealed with her patient questioning of Smith (or the man who pretended to be Smith, Sgt. Timothy Reynolds of the MPD), he not only dabbled in the black arts of online spy-craft, he did so often by pretending to be a “person of color,” sympathetic with the declared aims of

whatever left-of-center activist group he was targeting. Or right-of-center, to be fair.

Beginning his career as a lawenforcement troll in 2008, “Smith” was an equal-opportunity deceiver. He could, if circumstances seemed to warrant it, ingratiate himself by insinuating sympathy for the desecrated fame of Nathan Bedford Forrest in an early stage of the local statue controversy, morphing into an advocate for statue removal as he Facebook-friended Take ’Em Down activists like Paul Garner and newly elected County Commissioner Tami Sawyer and followed the likes of Thaddeus Matthews, or by posing as a Bernie man as he heaped abuse in late 2015 on “Killary,” or by complaining in a public post about the cost of entitlements as he nosed under the tent of Tea Partiers.

Reynolds and his cohorts in and out of law enforcement conducted ample surveillance as well, infiltrating and otherwise keeping tabs on activist groups of all kinds — from Save the Greensward to a North Memphis Voter Registration meeting to anything connected with Black Lives Matter.

The time of the bridge seizure in midJuly 2016 was a busy time for the homeland security unit and other MPD adjuncts, all of whom saw a threat necessitating keeping close watch over bodies of people, whether large or small, whether meeting in public or on private property.

Judge McCalla will have to decide the proper adjudication for all this official vigilance. We don’t envy him, but routine police surveillance of lawabiding civil activists is a bridge that shouldn’t be crossed.

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VIEWPOINT By Robby Grant

ENTERTAINMENT

Change the Station

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WEVL-FM has long been a great community asset, but it’s time to consider making some changes.

There’s no greater music city than Memphis, but I can’t say that WEVL is taking the same initiative, growing and reaching out to new listeners.

We joined with three current board members to form the Development Exploratory Committee. We put a number of interesting ideas on the table and were making good progress toward a plan to present to the board. But then the board abruptly dissolved our committee with no explanation.

It was then that we realized the board was not as open to change as we were.

I’m disappointed we didn’t get the chance to make any lasting change with our committee. We had no intention of commercializing or making it slick. We simply want more of the good that’s there — diverse programming that reflects the community and is fun to listen to.

Memphis deserves community radio that reflects its standing as one of the world’s greatest music cities. I encourage WEVL programmers and listeners alike to reach out to WEVL and ask its leadership to move the station forward.

If you’d like to learn more, please visit friendsofWEVL.org.

Robby Grant is a musician and works on technology in Memphis.

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• Increase diversity in both programming and leadership. Memphis is more than 60 percent African American, but there is only one programmer and board member of color (the wonderful Joyce Cobb).

Bring some younger members into the family (what’s the average age?).

• Add programming! In 1993, there were 82 volunteer DJs. Twenty five years later that number has dropped to around 40 — with a lot of resulting repetition in the schedule due to encore and syndicated shows.

• Promote more local music and musicians. Share show listings, book more in-studio performances, broadcast live from local venues.

For the record, over the last six months, a small group of WEVL fans attempted to work directly with the board to make some of the changes mentioned above.

That effort included me, Amanda Dent (WEVL programmer for more than 10 years), and Les Edwards (former WEVL board president with a love for the station).

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As a lifelong Memphian, I’ve grown up listening to our community radio station, WEVL (89.9FM).

As a musician, playing here most of my life, it’s been a great resource for me, artistically and professionally, as well as a source of pride. (They played one of my first recordings, a lo-fi acoustic version of “Fight for Your Right to Party” when I was in 7th grade — a personal milestone). I’ve also performed and guest DJed at the station a number of times, and I will always be thankful for WEVL’s support over the years.

Yet the rapid growth of streaming has made it easier to find the excellent community radio stations in other cities — WWOZ New Orleans, WFMU New York, and, recently, WXNA Nashville. These stations are fearless in their programming — trying new DJs, shows, and formats, all while promoting the heritage of these great music cities.

There’s no greater music city than Memphis, but I can’t say that WEVL is taking the same initiative, growing and reaching out to new listeners hungry for Memphis’ sound. While I’ve been lucky to grow up on WEVL, lately WEVL has grown old on me.

It’s always been a point of civic pride that Memphis had a community radio station, while Nashville didn’t. But that changed in 2016 when some Vanderbiltradio expats from the university’s station created WXNA Nashville. In just two years, WXNA has: • Recruited more than 90 programmers, with no repeated or syndicated shows; • Launched a website that instantly archives every show for listening later; • Fostered engagement with and involvement from the community; • Promoted and broadcast local music; • Hosted community events featuring WXNA DJs. WXNA is an excellent community radio station — and I’m a regular listener.

But I’m not here to promote them. I’m writing because WEVL is at a crossroads.

And as listener attention is pulled in so many directions, WEVL needs to turn back to its community and re-engage to survive. I’m here to ask the following of WEVL and the listening community: • Create a strategic plan — soon. Within the next nine months, form a plan that offers a vision of the future to the community WEVL serves.

• Increase the size of the WEVL board (there are currently six open seats that could be filled) and bring the Memphis community into conversation with

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The Justice Project: Injustice is a problem in Memphis — in its housing, its wealth-gap, its food deserts, its justice system, its education system. In 2018, the Flyer is taking a hard look at these issues in a series of cover stories we’re calling The Justice Project. The stories will focus on examining injustice in its many forms here and exploring what, Justice if anything, is being done — or can be Project done — to remedy the problems.

(opposite page) Frank Johnson and Doris Bradshaw in front of the Memphis Depot, where a local nonprofit recently attempted to grow vegetables … until the two warned them of the site’s contamination.

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DEPOT MADNESS In Memphis, as it happened, the new environmental justice struggle was taken

(above) The former site of the Velsicol plant, closed in 2012 and still undergoing cleanup; (below) Whitney Achievement Elementary School in Frayser, and the adjacent land that was slated to become an 80 foot landfill for Memphis Wrecking Company.

up almost immediately. It was fueled in 1992 by the EPA’s designation of the Department of Defense Depot on Airways Boulevard as a Superfund site — a tag reserved for the most heavily polluted locations in the country. The 632-acre area

had been the military’s go-to dumping ground for all manner of chemical weapons and other toxic materials since the 1940s. But the EPA’s targeting of the depot as a priority for remediation and cleanup was the beginning, not the end,

of community activism there. And it’s indicative of how the environmental justice movement as a whole has progressed in the Bluff City. continued on page 12

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ore than 30 years ago, the seemingly race-neutral world of ecological activism was redefined by a new category of oppression: environmental racism. The fact that hazardous refineries, incinerators, landfills, and toxic factories tended to be located not only in poor neighborhoods, but in poor minority neighborhoods was surprising to exactly no one. But simply naming the phenomenon had a clarifying effect. It captured the unprecedented alliances between civil rights, religious, and environmental groups that were springing up in places like majority African-American Warren County, North Carolina, where residents protested a toxic landfill in 1982.

A wide-ranging study by the U.S. General Accounting Office further exposed the racism that informed the siting of such toxic areas throughout the United States. And in 1990, sociologist Robert Bullard’s Dumping in Dixie further clarified the argument: Environmental racism was real.

Three decades on, how has our understanding of the phenomenon evolved here in Memphis, where poverty and racial discrimination have always gone hand in hand? Locating toxic dumps in the South was always a case of environmental racism writ large, and Memphis has borne its share of it. In fact, in terms of resistance and civil rights, the sanitation workers’ strike of 1968, with the many environmental and health concerns it raised, is seen by many as the founding battle against environmental racism.

By the 1990s, redubbed as the Environmental Justice (EJ) movement, activism around the topic gained steam.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formed an Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ). President Clinton signed Executive Order 12898 in 1994, which explicitly tied the work of the EPA to civil rights law. Today, despite the Trump administration’s attempts to hobble the EPA and the OEJ, that executive order still stands, and the work of many dedicated career EPA professionals goes on. At least, for now.

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Doris Bradshaw has spent nearly all her life near the Defense Depot, and she still lives on Mallory Avenue, nearby, where her grandmother lived for decades before her.

“In 1994, there was a letter that came to everybody in this area,” she recalls.

“My grandmother, she practically had a farm here. She was eating off her land in the back. We don’t do that anymore.”

The letter, and official recognition of the dangers posed by the depot, was unexpectedly relevant to her grandmother when, only a few months later, Bradshaw says, “We found out she had cancer.”

Her grandmother’s subsequent death spurred her into a pursuit of activism that has continued to this day, much of it fueled by her personal experiences with family and neighbors battling cancer and other ailments. Despite the federal actions to mitigate the depot’s contamination, locals’ interactions with the EPA and other agencies have been marked by a disconnect between official reassurances on one hand and the deaths of loved ones all around them on the other.

The measured tones of agency reports bear little relation to the life and death experiences of community members in the depot’s backyard.

“I got this book from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), who had done an assessment of our community,” Bradshaw says. “It said, ‘these drainage ditches may be contaminated.’ Everything was ‘may be,’ ‘could be.’ I asked them, when they were digging the bombs up, how it would affect our community. ‘Oh, y’all will be okay,’ they said. ‘If something happens, put wet towels around your door, and cut off your air conditioning.’”

Bradshaw and Frank Johnson, another native of the neighborhood, aren’t buying those reassurances. They rattle off the many ways their friends and family have died.

Johnson says, “My mother developed an agressive brain cancer in 1998. My oldest sister is recovering from the same brain cancer now. And as soon as my middle sister moved back here a couple years ago, her doctor told her, ‘You’ve got some aggressive tumors in your uterus.’

They had to take everything out. This was last year. My neighbor, Jasmine, same age as me, they took the same tumors out of her four years ago. My neighbors, the Taylors, twin daughters, one of the twins developed this rare bone cancer. Next house, the Smiths: four different types of cancer. And this is just on my street.”

The Department of Defense followed through on the cleanup mandated in the 1990s. Heated rods were buried in the ground to encourage chemicals to off-gas; caches of mustard gas bombs were dug up and hauled away; buildings were demolished. Now it is the Memphis Depot Industrial Park, and it hosts a large 12 Barnhart facility. Earlier this year, a real estate partnership bought the land for

$50 million. On the surface, all is well, it would seem. The residents’ experiences are merely anecdotal — difficult for any governmental agency to address, except with more studies. As Bradshaw describes it: “They say, ‘well, have you done a study?’ No! The study is already done! Look at all the people that are dead! Our life is the study.”

And so Bradshaw, now 63, soldiers on, an activist with a cause that gets harder to define. The depot site was closed in 1997 and declared “Ready for Anticipated Use” in 2010. But with decades worth of toxins lodged in nearby residents’ bodies, deaths and infirmities may go on.

Even so, Bradshaw feels she has accomplished much. “I feel good about the education of people. I don’t have to go tell people, ‘Now, don’t put no garden out there.’ I don’t have to tell them, ‘Don’t let your children go play in the ditches.’ They finally got it. Some of them had to wait until something happened to them before they believed it, but they did get it. We’re getting there, but we’re still not where we’re supposed to be.”

still educating people about the dangers of that, but also how unsustainable all landfills are, period.”

Landfills brought environmental racism to the national news this spring, when the EPA rejected claims by residents of Uniontown, Alabama (90 percent African-American) that the siting of a landfill near their town was a violation of the Civil Rights Act. Scott Banbury, who works with the Tennessee chapter of the Sierra Club, points out that “Uniontown is where they sent all of the coal ash that had to be removed from the Clinch River after the Kingston Coal Ash Disaster. That’s going to be a huge issue here in Memphis, because the Tennessee Valley Authority wants to dig up their coal ash ponds here and haul them to a landfill somewhere — either the South Shelby Landfill or the North Shelby Landfill.”

Look for disputes over that in the future. But while the toxicity of coal ash dust from such sites is undisputed, landfills of a different provenance have already figured heavily in local news this year.

In January, environmental justice

Marquita Bradshaw HAD YOUR FILL OF LANDFILLS? In one sense, Bradshaw’s activism created a living legacy: her daughter Marquita, who grew up in the depot’s shadow. As she began her college years in the early 2000s, Marquita founded the group Youth Terminating Pollution, cutting her teeth on campaigns to raise awareness about the depot’s legacy. “The pollutants were impacting the reproductive systems of teenagers. You had 13-year-olds with ovarian cancer and 17-year-olds with prostate cancer,” she says. “The rate of reproductive cancers around the depot area was outpacing the national average.

And that’s when I really got involved.”

That experience left her well-versed in the scientific and legal jargon one needs to mount a successful resistance to environmental threats. And lately, that’s come in handy with an issue that’s old hat to environmental justice warriors: landfills.

As Marquita Bradshaw explains, “The depot was a landfill. It was a chemical and biological warfare landfill. We’re

activists from Frayser brought the proposed expansion of a construction and demolition landfill to a grinding halt. As community organizer and Girls, Inc. CEO Lisa Moore describes it: “The Memphis Wrecking Company (MWC) had purchased over 30 acres, but in order to do what they wanted — the landfill — it had to be rezoned. We fought the rezoning, so they could not expand their landfill operations on a property adjacent to an elementary school and across the street from the Girls, Inc. Youth Farm.”

Unlike MWC’s previous landfill, the new one would have been 80 feet in elevation. Despite claims that construction and demolition waste was not toxic, citizens were resolute in their resistance to having the landfill built near a school.

The struggle was years in the making.

“It never really made it all the way through the Land Use Control Board for the first two and a half years,” says Moore.

“They’d get 100 percent pushback from the obligatory public meetings, from

community members that would show up in force, and they’d pull their application.

Then they’d try to ‘incentivize’ us to come on their side. Girls, Inc. was sent a donation, so I sent it back. Whitfield Elementary School was promised field trips for everyone. They declined that.

Others received little ‘Gee, we can help you with this’ types of incentives. And everyone declined.”

Though MWC contributes heavily to the election funds of seven city council members, councilman Martavius Jones, though not from Frayser, took up the citizens’ cause. Lacking approval by the Land Use Control Board, the city council voted unanimously against it as well.

Moves by MWC to put the landfill in Hickory Hill were immediately resisted by citizens there, who received support from the Frayser activists. In any case, it became a moot point when the city council declared a six-month moratorium on all landfill proposals.

With that moratorium now passed, landfill fights are heating up once again.

Last Tuesday, the city council agenda included consideration of a proposal

by Blaylock & Brown Construction of Collierville to establish two of its own construction and demolition landfills, one near the Wolf River on Shelby Oaks, and one on Holmes Road, near Longstreet United Methodist Church. The latter, however, was near the residence of one Marquita Bradshaw.

Longstreet Methodist’s Pastor Tondala Hayward brought Bradshaw on board for the fight, and she brought her activist savvy to the table.

“I was like, look, don’t meet with these people alone,” she says. “We should all go together as a community to see what they’re talking about. And that way you maintain your credibility and you’ll have witnesses. The church members were strongly against the landfill, because kids worship and play there. And it’s also just a viable community. Why would you want a landfill in the middle of the city?”

Local resistance was cinched when the church activists made a surprise visit to Blaylock & Brown’s existing landfill in Collierville. “You could actually see what was considered non-destructible waste,” recalls Bradshaw. “It was textiles, it was plastic, it was foam, it was different kinds of particle board, and pretty much anything that they couldn’t sell off. There was a stream close by, and that’s when a lot of lightbulbs went off and we went ‘Hey, our site has wetlands, too.’ This stuff, even with it being crushed up really, really tiny, is toxic. It’s not good for the natural water filtration process, the way streams and wetlands all connect together and recharge the aquifers. It was just unacceptable.”

Seeing that opposition was imminent, last week, the city council postponed the question of approving Blaylock & Brown’s application until August 28th.

And, as she has been since her days living near the Defense Depot, Marquita Bradshaw is ready.

BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME Landfills and dumps can be the most obvious assaults on a community, as a stretch of open land becomes a veritable ground zero for pollutants. Industrial sites, like those left behind by local corporations such as Firestone or Velsicol, do the same with their legacy of brownfields. But lately, as the environmental justice movement evolves, it’s taking on new, more subtle fronts, as well.

Take the current work, just launching, to address the issue of substandard housing in Memphis. It’s telling that the Healthy Homes Partnership originated with Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and a mutual concern for children’s health.

As grant development coordinator Cathy Marcinko recalls, “We had an asthma program, and right from the very start we knew that housing was a factor, so we wanted to work with the county and city healthy homes programs.”

As Banbury notes, “The biggest environmental justice issue now is substandard housing. Mold or old plumbing that is exposing [residents] to lead, or other things like termites or beetles chewing on wood and other precursors to asthma. Memphis consistently is either number one or number two as an asthma capital in the country. And then homes that need weatherization lead to outrageous energy burdens in low-income communities.”

Marcinko adds: “The National Center

for Healthy Housing ranks metro areas in terms of the health of their housing.

And the Memphis metro area is dead last, out of 40 or 50 cities. That’s the kernel of the environmental justice issue: People don’t have a choice. They can’t choose better housing to live in because there’s not enough affordable quality housing, and yet what they’re living in is making them sick, in many cases. Or poisoning their children in the most serious of cases.

That’s the tragedy of it.”

In response, Marcinko helped spearhead a new approach: “Le Bonheur secured the original funding, and then the city made a commitment of funding as well, a three-year commitment of funding from the Department of

Housing & Community Development, under Paul Young,” she says. “And then we also received assistance from United Way.” And a nonprofit known as Green & Healthy Homes Initiative, with nationwide experience on the issue, offered services.

One aspect of the program, still in its early stages, is to take a more holistic approach to subpar housing. Marcinko explains: “We’re trying to get programs to work together on individual housing units, where the family or the occupants are eligible for multiple programs. For example, you may have a senior who has an older home, and there’s a grandchild, living in the home who’s been leadpoisoned. So the family might qualify for

the lead-hazard prevention program for the child, but there also may need to be weatherization done in the home. And the senior may be eligible for weatherization assistance through MLGW or some other program. So there are ways you can blend that funding together. We’re working on trying to find out how to do that. It’s easier said than done.”

Many of the points of struggle for environmental justice are no-brainers, and that continues to serve in recruiting new activists. As Marquita Bradshaw says, “Why would you want a landfill in the middle of the city?” But why would you put a military waste depot in a residential area, for that matter? Why wouldn’t you coordinate all the services available to make homes healthier in multiple ways?

The answers seem obvious, but, as always, it’s easier said than done.

Marquita Bradshaw says the holistic approach is really at the heart of the movement today. “Environmental justice is what a person needs to interact with the physical environment, the political environment, the health-care environment, and the educational environment — to be an individual, so they can thrive. These things are intertwined. Because a whole person needs housing, a whole person needs access to food, environmental integrity, and health. It is a human-rights movement. Environmental justice is human rights.”

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The Bluff City Liars, a long-form improv comedy troupe in Memphis, plan to take their funny business online. No, that’s not a recycled lead from 1994, it’s a birth announcement. With WWW Dot Dot Dot, the Liars will take cues from both their audience and the internet, spinning improvisational comedy out of panel discussion.

Benny Frederick wants everybody to know he’s only a spokesman. WWW Dot Dot Dot was a team effort.

Frederick, the stand-up comic and host who used to work under the stage name Benny Elbows, says he and his fellow Liars have been developing their new internet-inspired concept for months. “We’re going to be creating hopefully humorous scenes based on the internet,” he says. “Specifically sites we’re all familiar with. Things like Google searches or Instagram hashtags.

“I’m really hoping somebody gives us an OKCupid profile to inspire us,” Frederick adds.

Dating profiles are an endless source of comedy, as anybody who scrolls through their funnier friends’ social media feeds already know. But if nobody swipes right, the Liars are also prepared to work with the most fundamental element of internet-based comedy: the Google search.

“We ask the audience to give us three random words and we’ll put that into Google and look at the results,” Frederick says. “If something inspires, we go into the scene and act it out on the spot.”

WWW Dot Dot Dot won’t be available on the internet. To play along, you have to attend. “This is all in front of a live audience. We will not be broadcasting, although that’s an interesting idea,” Frederick says. “Maybe in the future.”

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FRIDAY August 24

It’s a Plant Party Memphis Botanic Garden, 6 p.m., $40 Guests will build a terrarium to take home. Snacks available from Fratelli’s. It’s BYOB.

Harlan T. Bobo Old Dominick, 6:30 p.m., $20 The Pure Memphis Music series returns with this concert by Harlan T. Bobo, known for emotionally raw music.

Taste of Gallery Crosstown Concourse, 6:30 p.m., $150 Dinner presented by Chef David Krog with wine and art by local artists on sale.

August Butcher Dinner 409 S. Main, 6-9 p.m., $75 A five-course dinner hosted by Salt/ Soy and City Block Salumeria with cocktails from Civil Pour.

2001: A Space Odyssey Malco Paradiso, 7 p.m.

Screening on the IMAX of this Stanley Kubrick space classic.

Newsies Theatre Memphis, 8 p.m., $35 Based on the Disney film about a crew of orphans and runaways who distribute the newspaper in New York City in 1899.

Junk Circuit Playhouse, 8 p.m.

Play about the junk bond kings of the 1980s.

“It’s Not Personal” Ross Gallery, Christian Brothers University, 5:30 p.m.

Opening reception for this exhibition of multi-media work

by Katie Hargrave examining the American identity. Also opening is “Earth Ruminations,” work by Gustavo Plascencia.

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By Chris Davis Memphis’ theater community comes together every year on the last Sunday in August to salute the best of the previous season, honor lifetime achievement, and remember lost colleagues. The Ostranders are both a traditional awards show, honoring the finest examples of local community and college theater, and an enormous family reunion. It’s also an opportunity for theater fans to see all their favorite performers in one place and sample musical performances from all the nominated shows.

This season’s nominees for best musical are Theatre Memphis’ productions of The Drowsy Chaperone, Shrek, and Falsettos, pitted against Playhouse on the Square’s productions of Fun Home, Once, and Dreamgirls. It was an exceptional year for musical theater in Memphis, and regardless of who goes home with the Ostrander, this year’s winner will almost certainly be the audience.

The nominations for best production of a play are more inclusive, with one nod going to All Saints in the Old Colony, a world premiere produced by Playhouse on the Square as part of its POTS@TheWorks series. Other nominees include New Moon’s Eurydice, Ruined at Hattiloo, and A Perfect Arrangement at Circuit Playhouse.

Tony Isbell is this year’s Eugart Yerian honoree for lifetime achievement in Memphis theater. Isbell is an award-winning actor, director, and producer. He’s worked onstage or behind the scenes on most of Memphis’ main stages, and with many of its indie companies. Working with friend and fellow performer Adam Remsen, Isbell co-founded Quark Theatre Company to produce theater he’s described as being, “small and essential.” Quark was conceived in 2016, following what was to be a one-off performance of Krapp’s Last Tape at TheatreSouth. The company has since staged notable productions of Blackbird, Years to the Day, and The Nether.

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Booksigning by Roquita Coleman-Williams Novel, 2 p.m.

Roquita Coleman-Williams signs her collaborative book, Storealities, which includes the important mettle-testing moments for a variety of women.

SUNDAY August 26 Puppypalooza Crosstown Concourse Plaza, 8 a.m.-noon Dog-centric event with jazz, training demos, popsicles (for both humans and puppies), and more.

Black Panther Scavenger Hunt Pink Palace Museum, 2 p.m.

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Jazz-A-Fire Brinsons Downtown (341 Madison), 4 p.m.

This jazz series pays tribute to local jazz legends this month, including Dr. Herman Green. Today’s performances will feature Jamille “Jam” Hunter and Prime Cut Trio.

South Pacific Malco Paradiso, 2 p.m.

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ne of the distinguishing characteristics of Memphis music is that it takes wildly divergent influences and boils them down into something new. That’s also a concise description of Impala.

The instrumental band was first formed by then-Pezz bassist Scott Bomar and his high school buddy, drummer Jeff Goggins, around 1989.

Though he emerged from Antenna-era punk, Bomar’s interest in a wider music world had been sparked when he heard the Compulsive Gamblers mine preBritish Invasion rock and soul, as well as Angelo Badalamenti’s atmospheric soundtrack work on Twin Peaks.

But Bomar says Impala really got rolling when guitarist John Stivers joined the band. “I love playing in Impala. I’m as much of a fan of the band as I am a band member. It’s such a huge part of my life, and my career. If it wasn’t for Impala, I wouldn’t have a career in music. I don’t know what I would have been doing, but it wouldn’t be music. … But Impala is about the genius of John Stivers. He never ceases to amaze me. His playing and his writing is so effortless. It’s like it comes to him so naturally.

He’s a brilliant musician, a brilliant guitarist, and a brilliant writer. We tap into probably a thousandth of his talent to do what we do.”

In the early 1990s, Stivers’ lyrical, precise picking fit with Bomar and Goggin’s kinetic rhythm section and what Bomar calls Justin Thompson’s “old honky tonk, rock-and-roll sax sound” to create something that was almost but not quite surf music. Their 1994 debut album El Rancho Reverbo was released at the beginning of the Pulp Fiction-inspired surf revival, and Impala was lumped in with bands like Man…or Astro Man? and Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet.

But Impala’s ambitions were always bigger than surf. Even their earliest recordings stray into Peter Gunn-style crime jazz and MGs-style soul. They always seemed to be scoring an unseen film noir, equally at home covering Henry Mancini or Dick Dale.

After four albums, including the Teenage Tupelo soundtrack, and countless singles, Impala went on hiatus

in 1999. Bomar went on to found Electrophonic Recording and form the Bo-Keys, an acclaimed soul band in which Stivers briefly played. In 2005, Impala reunited for some new shows, with former Neighborhood Texture Jam and Afghan Whigs drummer Paul Buchignani taking over on the skins, and released their retrospective album Night Full of Sirens the next year. Now, they have their first full album of new material in more than a decade, In the Late Hours. “This is a record that was literally 20 years in the making,” says Bomar.

Most of the songs on In the Late Hours have been around for a while, says Stivers. “I had bits and pieces that I thought would never get used, and we put them together to make cohesive songs. … When we were recording, I was wondering, ‘How is all this going to fit together?’ But once we got through, and got it all mixed, and came up with a sequence, it sounded like a record!”

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The 10 songs were cut at Electrophonic on a vintage analog Skully tape machine. “That’s the same machine Stax Records had,” Bomar says. “We recorded some of these songs last year, digitally. The digital just never hit the mark. We went back and re-recorded on tape, and it made such a big difference. This band was intended to be analog.”

Stivers says the recording sessions, which were engineered by Adam Hill, were challenging. “I wanted some more polished songs, over the top with lots of horns. But we still wanted it to sound like Impala. There’s hardly any overdubs.

It’s on an 8-track, so there’s no room for overdubs. When you hear it, that’s what it sounded like when we were playing. If it sounds polished, that means we were able to pull off a good performance.”

Impala celebrates the release of In the Late Hours with a party at Bar DKDC on Saturday, August 25th.

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Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE 522-9596

Dueling Pianos Thursdays, Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-3 a.m., and Sundays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Candace Mache Jazz Trio Friday, Aug. 24, 7 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 25, 7 p.m.; Chic Jones Friday, Aug. 24, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Baunie and Soul Saturday, Aug. 25, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

182 BEALE 528-0150

159 BEALE

Chris Gales Solo Acoustic Show Mondays-Saturdays, noon-4 p.m.; Eric Hughes solo/acoustic Thursdays, 5-8 p.m.; Karaoke Mondays-Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.

Pam and Terry Fridays, Saturdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Eric Hughes Band Friday, Aug. 24, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 25, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Monday, Aug. 27, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Sunday, Aug. 26, 7-11 p.m.; Fuzzy Tuesday, Aug. 28, 8 p.m.midnight; Vince Johnson and Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall

King’s Palace Cafe David Bowen Thursdays, 5:309:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m., and Sundays, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

182 BEALE 528-0150

Memphis Bluesmasters Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.midnight; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars FridaysSundays, 4-8 p.m.; Fuzzy Friday, Aug. 24, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Myra Hall

Earnestine & Hazel’s

The Silly Goose

531 S. MAIN 523-9754

100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

Amber Rae Dunn Hosts: Earnestine & Hazel’s Open Mic Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium 130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

Songwriters with Roland and Friends Mondays, 7-10 p.m.

The Rusty Pieces Sunday, Aug. 26, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

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

The Vault

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

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

Purple Haze Nightclub

Brass Door Irish Pub

DJ Dance Music MondaysSundays, 10 p.m.

Live Music Fridays; Carma Karaoke with Carla Worth Saturdays, 9-11 p.m.

Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY

Karaoke Night Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Shufflegrit Friday, Aug. 24, 9 p.m.; Short in the Sleeve Friday, Aug. 24, 9 p.m.-midnight; Jack Rowell and Triplethret Saturday, Aug. 25, 9 p.m.; Bobbie Stacks and Friends Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Loveland Duren Friday, Aug. 24, 7 p.m.; Carson and Brewer Saturday, Aug. 25, 7 p.m.

124 GE PATTERSON

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.

152 MADISON 572-1813

Sleep Out Louie’s 150 PEABODY PL SUITE 111 ENTRANCE ON, S 2ND ST

Huey’s Downtown

Belle Tavern 117 BARBORO ALLEY 249-6580

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Jon Roniger & the Good For Nothin’ Band Sunday, Aug. 26, 8-11:30 p.m.

168 BEALE 576-2220

Rum Boogie Cafe

King Jerry Lawler’s Hall of Fame Bar & Grille

162 BEALE 521-1851

162 BEALE 521-1851

140 LT. GEORGE W. LEE 577-1139

Heath and Bobbie Thursdays, 7 p.m.; Short in the Sleeve Friday, Aug. 24, 8 p.m.; Rev Neil Down Saturday, Aug. 25, 8 p.m.

South Main Ghost River Brewing 827 S. MAIN 278-0087

Happy Heard IPA Release Party Friday, Aug. 24, 4-11 p.m.

Loflin Yard 7 W. CAROLINA

Electric Church Sundays, 2-4 p.m.

Old Dominick Distillery 305 S. FRONT

Regina’s 60 N. MAIN

Open Mic Night Saturdays, 4-7 p.m.; Richard Wilson’s Original Blues, Gospel, and Jazz Sundays, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020

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

Pure Memphis Music Series presents Harlan T. Bobo Thursday, Aug. 23, 6:30-9 p.m.

Spindini 383 S. MAIN 578-2767

Candace Mache Jazz Trio Friday, Aug. 24, 7 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 25, 7 p.m.

August 23-29, 2018

Hi-Jivers Thursday, Aug. 23, 8 p.m., Friday, Aug. 24, 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 25, 9:30 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, 5 p.m. and Saturdays, 5 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Thursdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Saturdays, 12:30 p.m. and Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Bran-

200 BEALE 527-2687

Saturday, Aug. 25, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Cowboy Neil Sunday, Aug. 26, 8 p.m.-midnight and Wednesday, Aug. 29, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Tuesday, Aug. 28, 8 p.m.midnight.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule August 23 - 29

Bar DKDC 964 COOPER 272-0830

James and the Ultrasounds None of the Above Release Show Friday, Aug. 24, 10 p.m.

Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

Huey’s Midtown

Midtown Crossing Grill

Wild Bill’s

1927 MADISON 726-4372

394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

The Chaulkies Sunday, Aug. 26, 4-7 p.m.; Big Al & the Heavyweights Sunday, Aug. 26, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Indian Pass Raw Bar Memphis 2059 MADISON 207-7397

Paul Taylor Jazz Quartet Thursdays, 7-10 p.m.; Bruce Barham Blues Kings Friday, Aug. 24, 6:30-11 p.m.; Papa Tops Saturday, Aug. 25, 7:30-10:30 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Josh Cosby

Natalie James and the Professor Saturdays, Sundays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; “The Happening” Open Songwriter Showcase Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

P&H Cafe

Juke Joint All Stars Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; The Wild Bill’s Band with Tony Chapman, Charles Cason, and Miss Joyce Henderson Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.; Memphis Blues Society Juke Jam Sundays, 4 p.m.

1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Pezz CD Release Show Saturday, Aug. 25; Open Mic Music Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

East Memphis East of Wangs 6069 PARK 763-0676

Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Owen Brennan’s

Lee Gardner Fridays, 6:30-9 p.m.; Randal Toma, Solo Guitar Tuesdays, 5:30-8 p.m.; Eddie Harrison Wednesdays, 6:30-9 p.m.

THE REGALIA, 6150 POPLAR 761-0990

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House

Summer/Berclair

551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

Intimate Piano Lounge featuring Charlotte Hurt Mondays-

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

Cheffie’s Cafe 483 HIGH POINT TERRACE 202-4157

959 S. COOPER 343-0103

Songwriter Night hosted by Leigh Ann Wilmot and Dave “The Rave” Saturdays, 5-8 p.m.

Canvas

477 HIGH POINT TERRACE 452-9203

Cafe Ole The Rusty Pieces Friday, Aug. 24, 7-11 p.m.

High Point Pub Pubapalooza with Stereo Joe Every other Wednesday, 8-11 p.m.

1737 MADISON 443-5232

Karaoke Thursdays, 9:30 p.m.; Kyle Pruzina Live Mondays, 10 p.m.-midnight.

Maria’s Restaurant 6439 SUMMER 356-2324

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Candy Company Mondays.

Whitehaven/ Airport

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

Jazz with Ed Finney, Deb Swiney, and David Collins Thursday, Aug. 23, 8 p.m.; Wayde Peck Friday, Aug. 24, 6 p.m.; Lickety Grit Friday, Aug. 24, 9 p.m.; Ms. Hope & the Soul Scrimmage Saturday, Aug. 25, 10 p.m.; David Collins Frog Squad Sunday, Aug. 26, 6 p.m.; Richard Wilson Sunday, Aug. 26, 6 p.m.; Timmy & the Jazz Monday, Aug. 27, 6 p.m.; Ben Minden-Birkenmaier Wednesday, Aug. 29, 5:30 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.; Karaoke with DJ Eggroll Wednesday, Aug. 29, 9 p.m.

Marlowe’s Ribs & Restaurant 4381 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-4159

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

Rock-n-Roll Cafe 3855 ELVIS PRESLEY 398-6528

Elvis Tribute featuring Michael Cullipher Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Live Entertainment Mondays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Karaoke hosted by DJ Maddy Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Craft Republic 5101 SANDERLIN AVE. SUITE 100

Vintage Saturday, Aug. 25, 8 p.m.

Arlington/Eads/ Oakland/Lakeland

Growlers

6230 GREENLEE 592-0344

Crosstown Jazz Series Saturday, Aug. 25, 6:30 p.m.

Rizzi’s/Paradiso Pub

1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Dopethrone with Crud and Hellthrasher Friday, Aug. 24, 9 p.m.; You Were the Last Good Thing About This Part of Town Saturday, Aug. 25, 7 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

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

Oh, Jeremiah, Bailey Bigger Thursday, Aug. 23, 8 p.m.; Idontknowjeffery Friday, Aug. 24, 9 p.m.; The Kickback Saturday, Aug. 25, 9 p.m.; Heart of Memphis Ent. Sunday, Aug. 26, 6 p.m.; Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes Monday, Aug. 27, 8 p.m.; Reverent, The Pop Ritual, Robert Traxler Monday, Aug. 27, 9 p.m.; A Sunday Fire, Indeed, We Digress, St. John Tuesday, Aug. 28, 8 p.m.; Vincas, Pressed, Native Blood Wednesday, Aug. 29, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 26, 12-3 p.m.

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

David Kurtz Thursday, Aug. 23, 6 p.m.; True Villains Thursday, Aug. 23, 9 p.m.; Memphis Soul Remedy Friday, Aug. 24, 6:30 p.m.; Almost Elton John Friday, Aug. 24, 10 p.m.; Frankie Hollie & the Noise Saturday, Aug. 25, 2 p.m.; Shaun Abbott Saturday, Aug. 25, 6:30 p.m.; Led Zep Tribute Saturday, Aug. 25, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Reba Russell Sunday, Aug. 26, 4 p.m.; Jay Jones Band Sunday, Aug. 26, 8 p.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Monday, Aug. 27, 6 p.m.; Young Petty Thieves Tuesday, Aug. 28, 5:30 p.m.; Emily Chambers Tuesday, Aug. 28, 8 p.m.; 3RD Man Wednesday, Aug. 29, 5:30 p.m.; Tony Manard Wednesday, Aug. 29, 8 p.m.

The Phoenix

Thursdays, 5-9:30 p.m.; Larry Cunningham Fridays, Saturdays, 6-10 p.m.

1015 S. COOPER 338-5223

The Phoenix Blues Jam Tuesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Railgarten 2160 CENTRAL

FreeWorld Friday, Aug. 24, 8 p.m.; Real Memphis Wrestling Saturday, Aug. 25, 7 p.m.; Susan Marshall, McKenna Bray, Jana Misener & Mark E. Stuart Sunday, Aug. 26, noon.

University of Memphis The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

The Settlers Sunday, Aug. 26, 4-7 p.m.; L.A.P.D. Sunday, Aug. 26, 8-11:30 p.m.

DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Mustache Saturday, Aug. 25; Bluegrass Brunch with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.

590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

1665 S. GERMANTOWN RD.

Oasis Hookah Lounge & Cafe

Poplar/I-240

Senses Nightclub

Live Music with DJ ALXANDR Fridays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Live Music with Coldway Saturdays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

Riveroaks Presbyterian Church Matthew Smith & Indelible Grace Saturday, Aug. 25, 7-8:30 p.m.

2866 POPLAR 249-3739

Unique Saturday Saturdays, 10 p.m.-3 a.m.

663 S. HIGHLAND 729-6960

Mortimer’s Van Duren Solo Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Neil’s Music Room

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

Bartlett Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Furious George Friday, Aug. 24, 9 p.m.; The Superfive Friday, Aug. 24, 9 p.m.; Full Circle Saturday, Aug. 25, 9 p.m.; Shotgun Billy Sunday, Aug. 26, 5:30 p.m.; Charlie and Juno All Star Experience Wednesday, Aug. 29, 8 p.m.

Old Whitten Tavern 2465 WHITTEN 379-1965

Live Music Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Eric Lewis and Friends Thursday, Aug. 23, 7-11 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Natchez Saturday, Aug. 25, 8 p.m.; Patty Harper and Faultline Sunday, Aug. 26, 4-8 p.m.; Debbie

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N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule August 23 - 29 continued from page 19 Shelby Forest General Store 7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Steak Night with Tony Butler and the Shelby Forest Pioneers Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

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

Vintage Sunday, Aug. 26, 8-11:30 p.m.

Cordova Huey’s Cordova 1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 318-3030

Possum Daddy Karaoke Wednesdays, 6-10 p.m. and Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.

Toni Green’s Palace 4212 HWY 51 N

Toni Green’s Palace MondaysSundays, 7 p.m.; Live DJ Thursdays, Fridays, 7 p.m.

Germantown Huey’s Southwind

Horseshoe Casino & Hotel AT CASINO CENTER, SOUTH OF MEMPHIS, NEAR TUNICA, MS 1-800-303-SHOE

Mannie Fresh Friday, Aug. 24.

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

The Bar Misfits Sunday, Aug. 26, 8-11:30 p.m.

7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

Raleigh

Huey’s Germantown

2951 CELA 382-1576

Memphis All Stars Sunday, Aug. 26, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Marcella & Her Lovers Sunday, Aug. 26, 8-11:30 p.m.

Stage Stop Blues Jam hosted by Brad Webb Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.; Open Mic Night and Steak Night Tuesdays, 6 p.m.-midnight.

North Mississippi/ Tunica

West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova

Dan McGuinness

8071 TRINITY 756-4480

3964 GOODMAN, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-7611

EACC Fine Arts Center Gallery

VooDoo Fix Sunday, Aug. 26, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

Frayser/Millington Huey’s Millington 8570 US 51 N.

The Heart Memphis Band Sunday, Aug. 26, 6-9 p.m.

Pop’s Bar & Grill

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

Fitz Tunica Casino & Hotel 711 LUCKY LN., ROBINSONVILLE, MS 662-363-5825

The Charlie Daniels Band Saturday, Aug. 25.

6365 NAVY 872-0353

Possum Daddy or DJ Turtle Thursdays, 5-9 p.m.; CeCee Fridays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.;

EAST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 1700 NEWCASTLE, FORREST CITY, AR

Ronnie Milsap Saturday, Aug. 25, 7:30 p.m.

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

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

August 23-29, 2018

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To pre-quality for this study, your child must: • Be 3 to 10 years of age • Have been diagnosed with nearsightedness All study-related visits, tests, and drugs will be provided at no cost. In addition, up to $200 per year will be provided for glasses or contact lenses.

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CALENDAR of EVENTS:

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.

AUGUST 23 - 29

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Circuit Playhouse

Junk, financier Robert Merkin will stop at nothing to take over an iconic manufacturing company, changing the rules as he goes. Story that shows us how money became the only thing that matters. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $25-$40. Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.

Through Sept. 9.

51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

CHO CES

Hattiloo Theatre

Mahalia, featuring spirituals made famous by Mahalia Jackson. A joyous celebration of the life and music of the world’s greatest gospel singer: www. hattiloo.org. $22-$35. Thurs., Fri., 7:30 p.m., Sat., 2 & 7:30 p.m., and Sun., 3 p.m. Through Aug. 26.

Memphis Center for Reproductive Health

1726 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38104 901.274.3550 MemphisChoices.org

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

Playhouse 51

Playhouse on the Square

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, tells the story of Monty Navarro, the black sheep of the D’Ysquith family. When he finds out he is ninth in line to inherit a dukedom, he decides to eliminate the other eight heirs standing in his way. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $25$40. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m. Through Sept. 2.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Theatre Memphis

Newsies, set in New York City in 1899 and follows Jack Kelly and his fellow orphans and runaways who distribute newspapers to the public to survive. www.theatrememphis. org. $35. Fri., Aug. 24, 2 & 8 p.m.

Disney’s Newsies, www.theatrememphis.org. Aug. 24-Sept. 16.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

ARTI ST R EC E PT I O N S

Memphis College of Art

Opening reception for “Horn Island 34,” exhibition of works by MCA students, faculty, and alumni resulting from annual trip to Horn Island, a barrier island off the coast of Pascagoula, Mississippi. mca. edu. Sat., Aug. 25, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Ross Gallery

Artist reception for “Earth Ruminations,” exhibition of images and objects drawn directly from the environment, made using traditional, alternative, and hybrid photographic processes

by Gustavo Plascencia. www.cbu.

edu/gallery. Free. Fri., Aug. 24, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Artist reception for “It’s not personal,” exhibition of multimedia works elevating stories from popular culture, those hidden in the archives, and everyday conversations from passersby and participants by Katie Hargrave. www.cbu.edu/gallery. Fri., Aug. 24, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

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

OTH E R A R T HA P P E N I N G S

Blue Star Museums Program

Free admission to Pink Palace Family of Museums for the nation’s active-duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. Visit website for more information.

Through Sept. 3.

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

Call for Artists: Beale Street Art Crawl Email full name, phone number, and images of your work with descriptions of art and process, social links, and website if applicable to bealestreetartcrawl@ gmail.com. Through Sept. 15.

Casting Demonstration Saturdays, Sundays, 3 p.m.

METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380), WWW.METALMUSEUM.ORG.

Gallery Talk

Museum staff speak on topics including current exhibitions and works from the permanent collection. Meet in the lobby of the main building before the talk begins. Free. Saturdays, Sundays, 2-2:30 p.m.

METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380), WWW.METALMUSEUM.ORG.

Jazz-A-Fire

Performances and bring your own instrument to join. $12. Last Sunday of every month, 4-7 p.m.

BRINSON’S, 341 MADISON (524-0104), WWW.MEMPHISBLACKARTSALLIANCE.ORG.

Looking Inward: Mindfully Looking at Art

Program, led by Stephen Black, delves into the restorative powers of art and meditation to help participants quiet the mind, observe art, and let go of mental clutter to experience art in new ways. Free. Fourth Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.

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

Paint Nite

BYOB painting party. Grab your friends and your favorite bottle of wine and let your creativity flow. $35. 28th of every month, 6-7:30 p.m. Through Oct. 31.

THE CANVAS OF SOUTHAVEN, 1765 MAIN (662-269-5511), WWW.THECANVAS662.COM.

Submissions Open for MCA 68th Annual Holiday Bazaar & Fund-raiser.

Visit website for more information. Through Oct. 1.

WWW.MCA.EDU.

ONGOI NG ART

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

“Consuming Passions II: A Collection of Images,” exhibition

showcasing sports paraphernalia, Japanese prints, automobile art, posters and material culture from World War I and World War II, and pop-culture-related artifacts. www.memphis.edu. Through Oct. 6.

“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).

Art Village Gallery

“Somnium (Daydreams),” exhibition of 10 medium- to large-scale figurative paintings on reverse canvas by Mario Henrique. www.artvillagegallery.com.

Through Aug. 31.

410 S. MAIN (521-0782).

ANF Architects

“Art Conversations,” exhibition of paintings by Catherine Vaughn. www.anfa.com. Through Sept. 6.

1500 UNION (278-6868).

Austin’s Barber & Stylist Shop

“Don’t Put Out My Fire: RL Boyce,” exhibition of photos and films featuring RL Boyce in the late 1980s by Yancey Allison.

Through Sept. 4.

219 NORTH MAIN (662-526-0371).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

“Chinese Symbols in Art,” ancient Chinese pottery and bronze. www. belzmuseum.org. Ongoing.

119 S. MAIN, IN THE PEMBROKE SQUARE BUILDING (523-ARTS).

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

“Varied Lands: New Works

by Martha Kelly,” www. buckmanartscenter.com. Through Sept. 10.

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

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Joe Turner.

Join us on August 23, 11:30am to 1pm 409 S. Main Street.

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

8077 WILKINSVILLE (872-7170).

“It’s not personal”

by Katie Hargrave at Ross Gallery, through September 19th

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God’s Favorite, comedy and contemporary version of the story of Job featuring pious, Godfearing, Long Island businessman Joe Benjamin and his family. www.playhouse51.com. $12. Sun., 2 p.m., and Fri., Sat., 7:30 p.m.

Through Aug. 26.

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Christian Brothers University

Yida Photography Exhibit, exhibition of 313 photographs examining the crisis in Sudan through the lives of those who have escaped. Part of a collection of 4,535 photos taken in Yida Refugee Camp by Operation Broken Silence. www.cbu. edu/gallery. Aug. 27-30, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.

650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3335).

Crosstown Concourse

“Number: Presents Art of the South 2018,” exhibition of works by artists from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and other Southern states. www. crosstownarts.org. Through Sept. 2.

FocalPoint Art Show, exhibition of new work

by Jason Miller, Robert Fairchild, Zoe Nadel, La’Donna Roberts, and Lester Jones inside FocalPoint.

Through Nov. 30.

“Tunnel Vision,” exhibition of collaborative installation

by Frances Berry and Jenny Fine. www.crosstownarts.org.

Through Sept. 2.

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“In the Garden,” exhibition of over 400,000 photographic objects dating back to the inception of photography as a medium. The collection explores garden imagery and humans cultivating the land. www.dixon.org. Through Sept. 20.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

Eclectic Eye

“Through My Lens,” exhibition of high-resolution digital images that capture the beauty of nature in urban culture by Sabrina Turner www.eclectic-eye.com.

Through Sept. 19.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Edge Gallery

Folk Artists, exhibition of work by Debra Edge, John Sadowski, Nancy White, Bill Brookshire, and other folk artists. Ongoing.

509 S. MAIN (647-9242).

FireHouse Community Arts Center

“In Living Color: The Butterfly Effect,” exhibition of work by Yin and Young Soul Artistry. www.mbaafirehouse. org. Through Oct. 20.

Mosal Morszart, exhibition of works by Black Arts Alliance artist. www. memphisblackartsalliance. org. Ongoing.

N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY.

985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

David Lusk Gallery

“French County/Farmhouse,” exhibition of paintings

by Rose Sitton. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Through Aug. 31.

“Daily Art,” e-exhibition featuring 31 artists for 31 days. Visit website to see, discuss, and purchase art from daily featured artist. www.davidluskgallery.com.

Through Aug. 31.

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

Fratelli’s

750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Graceland

“Hillbilly Rock,” exhibition featuring items from The Marty Stuart Collection.

Opening reception for “Horn Island 34” at Memphis College of Art, Saturday, August 25th www.graceland.com.

Ongoing.

3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322).

Jack Robinson Photography Gallery

“Eco Prints,” exhibition of prints on paper. Framed prints are $150, unframed $60. www.robinsoneditions. com. Through Aug. 31.

44 HULING (576-0708).

Java Cabana

“New Beginning,” exhibition of paintings by Tonya Pearce Through Aug. 31.

2170 YOUNG (272-7210).

Jay Etkin Gallery

“Female Form,” exhibition of work exploring the way the female body is glorified, fractured, obfuscated, multiplied, and rebuilt through the artist’s gaze. www.jayetkingallery.com.

Through Aug. 31.

David Hall, exhibition of watercolor works on paper. www.jayetkingallery.com.

Ongoing.

942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“Shake, Rattle, and Roll,” exhibition of all things Elvis by contemporary Southern artists celebrating Elvis Week. www.lrossgallery.com.

Through Aug. 31.

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Leadership Memphis

“Trolley Night: Music, Messages, and Movements,” exhibition in partnership with The Withers Collection Museum & Gallery. Through Aug. 31.

365 S. MAIN ST. (278-0016).

CALENDAR: AUGUST 23 - 29

639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Memphis Botanic Garden

“The Hidden: Looking Isn’t Always Seeing,” exhibition of works by Leslie Ponder. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Through Aug. 29.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“Arts of Global Africa,” exhibition of historic and contemporary works in a range of different media presenting an expansive vision of Africa’s artistry. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through June 21, 2021.

“About Face,” exhibition located in the Education Gallery highlighting the different ways artists interpret the connection between emotion and expression. www. brooksmuseum.org. Ongoing.

“Drawing Memory: Essence of Memphis,” exhibition of works inspired by nsibidi, a sacred means of communication among male secret societies in southeastern Nigeria by Victor Ekpuk. www.brooksmuseum. org. Ongoing.

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Memphis College of Art

“Horn Island 34,” exhibition of works by MCA students, faculty, and alumni resulting from annual trip to Horn Island, a barrier island off the coast of Pascagoula, Mississippi. mca.edu. Through Oct. 5, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Memphis Jewish Community Center’s Shainberg Gallery

“Awakened by the Storm,” exhibition of paintings by Sarah Megan Jenkins. www. jccmemphis.org. Through Aug. 30.

National Civil Rights Museum

“I AM A CHILD,” exhibition of photographs to shed light on the immigrant family separation at the U.S.Mexican border. More than 30 black-and-white images of protesting children sending. www.civilrightsmuseum.org.

Through Dec. 31.

450 MULBERRY (521-9699).

Playhouse on the Square “Larger Than Life,” exhibition of larger-than-life charcoal drawings of larger than life celebrities by Lucien Scott Croy. Through Sept. 9.

6560 POPLAR (761-0810).

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Metal Museum

Ross Gallery

“Forge,” exhibition of work by 15 international metal artists whose practice has been identified as having a significant impact in the field of blacksmithing. www. metalmuseum.org. Through Sept. 16.

“Tributaries: Venetia DaleNext After the First in Order, Place and Time,” exhibition of installations that refocus attention on overlooked support objects secondary to the items they hold up, contain, or aid. Appreciated as individual creations when removed from context and made in pewter. www. metalmuseum.org. Through Sept. 9.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

“Earth Ruminations,” exhibition of images and objects drawn directly from the environment, made using traditional, alternative, and hybrid photographic processes

by Gustavo Plascencia. www. cbu.edu/gallery. Through Sept. 19.

“It’s not personal,” exhibition of multi-media works elevating stories from popular culture, those hidden in the archives, and everyday conversations from passersby and participants by Katie Hargrave. www.cbu.edu/ gallery. Through Sept. 19.

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

Slavehaven Underground Railroad Museum “Images of Africa Before & After the Middle Passage,” exhibition of photography

by Jeff and Shaakira Edison.

Ongoing.

826 N. SECOND (527-3427).

St. George’s Episcopal Church

“Local Color,” exhibition of colorful portraits of people and animals by Meredith Wilson, Maggie Russell, and Melanie Anderson. (7547282), www.stgchurch.org.

Through Aug. 26.

2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (7547282).

Talbot Heirs

Debra Edge Art. Ongoing.

99 S. SECOND (527-9772).

TOPS Gallery

“Screen Door,” exhibition of work by Ann Craven, Dana Frankfort, EJ Hauser, and Margaux Ogden. www. topsgallery.com. Through Sept. 8.

400 S. FRONT.

Village Frame & Art

“20th Century Memphis Photographs,” exhibition of work by Charlie Ivey and Virginia Schoenster, Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

wkno.org. Through Aug. 29.

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

PO ET RY /S PO K E N WO R D

Woman’s Exchange Art Gallery

Epiphany Lutheran Church

Eighth Annual Woman’s Exchange Art Gallery Open House, exhibition of approximately 100 local and regional artists’ work in all media. (541-331-0077), www. womans-exchange.com.

Through Aug. 24.

88 RACINE (327-5681).

C O M E DY

Memphis Made Brewing Company

Bits on the Table, a weekly comedy workshop by The Comma Comedians. www. memphismadebrewing.com.

Free. Mondays, 5-7 p.m.

768 S. COOPER (207-5343).

TheatreWorks

WWW Dot Dot Dot: Improv Based on the Internet, unique comedy show where audience suggestions, such as Google searches, Instagram hashtags, and Tweets used to inspire scenes made up on the spot.

Proceeds benefit local rescue dogs. $10. Fri.-Sat., Aug. 2425. 7:30-10 p.m.

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

Centering Prayer, opportunity for silent contemplation, followed by inspirational poetry and readings. www. epiphanylu.org. Sundays, 5 p.m., and Wednesdays, noon.

7887 POPLAR (861-6227).

B O O KS I G N I N G S

Booksigning by Roquita Coleman-Williams

Author discusses and signs Storealities. Sat., Aug. 25, 2 p.m.

NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (9225526), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.

LECT U R E /S P EA K E R

“Reptiles and Amphibians of the Mid-South”

Herpetologist, Dr. Shannon McGee paddles the Wolf River and photographs the snakes and turtles found there. Benefits environmental education programming. Free for members, $5 nonmembers.

Mon., Aug. 27, 6:30 p.m.

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

540 S. MENDENHALL (767-8882).

WKNO Studio

2018 MGAL Member Showcase and Sale, www.

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“Love of Art” and “Memphis,” exhibition of work by Nikki Gardner and Debra Edge by appointment only. Ongoing.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Marshall Arts Gallery

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Ongoing.

TO U R S

ELMWOOD CEMETERY, 824 S. DUDLEY (774-3212), WWW. ELMWOODCEMETERY.ORG.

Bite-Sized Tours

Order lunch from Park & Cherry, and then Dixon staff members and docents will lead a quick tour of their favorite works of art or plants in the garden. Your lunch will be waiting for you after tour.

Thurs., 11:45 a.m.

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

City Tasting Tours

Savor tastings at five eateries, interact with chefs and managers, and sample local flavors while strolling down Main Street and enjoying new art installations and historic landmarks. WednesdaysSaturdays, 1:30 p.m.

WWW.CITYTASTINGTOURS.COM.

Cutting Garden Tours

Garden docents will focus on the cutting garden each week on Saturday morning. Meet in the Catmur Foyer to see the large urn design and start tour.

Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon.

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

Elmwood Driving History Tour

Purchase a paper map, audio CD, or download to phone then visit over 60 stops throughout Elmwood in the comfort of your car. $5-$10.

F EST IVA LS

Stonefest 2018

A celebration of the rebirth of South Memphis. Enjoy music from Will Graves and Soul, Zakeya Stewart, and others.

Experience food from some of the best food truck vendors in Memphis Free. Sat., Aug. 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Graceland Excursions Trips: Musical Landmarks of the Mississippi Delta

Take a detour down the backroads and explore the deep roots of blues culture and history. $119. Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

THE STONE CDC, 917 S. WELLINGTON (774-3564).

GUEST HOUSE AT GRACELAND, 3600 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322), WWW.GRACELAND.COM.

Graceland Excursions Trips: Tupelo, Mississippi — Birthplace of Elvis Presley

Experience the rural setting of Elvis’ upbringing and see where it all began in the tworoom house where he was born, the church he attended in his youth and artifacts from his modest beginnings. $99.

Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

GUEST HOUSE AT GRACELAND, 3600 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322), WWW.GRACELAND.COM.

Haunted Memphis Bus Tour

Guides will share the dark history of Memphis including murders, hauntings, and interesting history. $25.

Wednesdays-Saturdays, 7:30-9 p.m. Through Sept. 1.

THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), WWW. HISTORICALHAUNTSMEMPHIS.COM.

S PO R TS / F IT N ES S personal tour. Ongoing.

Haunted Pub Crawl

Informative and humorous walking tour of Downtown Memphis restaurants, bars, and taverns. 21+ Bring ID. $20. Fridays, 7:30-10 p.m.

Through Nov. 30.

THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), WWW. HISTORICALHAUNTSMEMPHIS.COM.

Old Forest Hike

Walking tour of the region’s only urban oldgrowth forest. Last Sunday of every month, 10 a.m.

OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (276-1387).

Yellow Fever Rock & Roll Ghost Tour

See what used to be, Memphis-style, with Mike McCarthy. Call to schedule a

(486-6325), WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ YELLOWROCKGHOST/.

E X PO S/ SA L E S

2nd Annual Georgia Queen Clothing Boutique Trunk Show

Preview Demia Ashley Salon, meet the Marc Nelson designer, and enjoy snacks and refreshments. Thurs., Aug. 23, 6-8 p.m.

MALCO CROSSING, 7050 MALCO CROSSING (281-0989), WWW. GEORGIAQUEENCLOTHING.COM.

Children’s Consignment Sale Items for sale include gently worn children’s clothes, shoes, furniture, toys, sporting gear, books, games and more benefiting mission projects.

Fri., Aug. 24, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. & 5-8 p.m., and Sat., Aug. 25, 8 a.m.-noon.

GERMANTOWN UNITED METHODIST

Newsies at Theatre Memphis, opens Friday, August 24th, through September 16th

29th Annual Dragonfly Sprint Triathlon Includes a ½-mile swim, an 18-mile bike course, and a 4-mile run. Visit website for registration and more information. $70. Sat., Aug. 25, 8 a.m.

CHURCH, 2331 GERMANTOWN ROAD (754-7216), WWW.GUMWCLOTHINGSALE.COM.

SARDIS LAKE RESERVOIR, BATESVILLE, MS, WWW.PREVENTMANAGEMENT.NET.

The Redux: Wedding Resale Event

Body & Soul Yoga

Senior yoga with membership, $15 per year. Fridays, 10-11 a.m.

Newlyweds, former brides, and special event hosts sell their gently used items. $5.

Sat., Aug. 25, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

HOUSTON LEVEE COMMUNITY CENTER, 1801 HOUSTON LEVEE (384-3885), WWW.HLCCMEMPHIS. ORG.

BARTLETT STATION MUNICIPAL CENTER, 5868 STAGE (623-9090), WWW.ITSYOURDAYWEDDINGS.NET.

Soul Market

DeSoto County FCA Golf Scramble

Enjoy vendors with unique products, great food, music, and more. Saturdays, 12-4 p.m.

THE DEN, 656 MARSHALL (773-738-9019.

Winning teams advance to State playoffs. Benefits FCA in Northwest Mississippi.

For more information, visit website. Mon., Aug. 27, 7 a.m.

CHEROKEE VALLEY GOLF CLUB, 6635 CRUMPLER, OLIVE BRANCH, MS, WWW.D2FCA.ORG.

Platelet Donors Needed Platelll

If you are between the ages of 18 and 50 and in good health, you may be eligible to donate platelets for support of important research activities. Eligible donors can donate every two weeks. Donations require about two hours of your time and you will receive $150 in compensation.

Walk-in donations are not accepted.

For more information or to make an appointment contact:

August 23-29, 2018

901-252-3434 info@keybiologics.com www.keybiologics.com

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CALENDAR: AUGUST 23 - 29 11th Annual Forrest Spence 5K

Featuring 5K, food, door prizes, music, one-mile fun run, 100-yard dash, kids’ activity area with bounce houses, slides, face painting, games, and more to benefit The Forrest Spence Fund. Sat., Aug. 25, 8 a.m.

MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW.FORRESTSPENCEFUND.ORG.

Get Right 4 the Night

Get fit and have fun with Kellye Crawford. $10.

Tuesdays, 6:45 p.m.

FIREHOUSE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER, 985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522), WWW.MEMPHISBLACKARTSALLIANCE.ORG.

Guilt Free Ride Along Series

Family-friendly ride along experience.

Free. Sun., Aug. 26, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE (FORMERLY SEARS CROSSTOWN), N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY (602-6856), WWW.GUILTFREEPASTRIES.COM.

KIDS

Fun Fridays

In the Tracks & Trails and Campfire Tales Idea Garden investigate campfire tales in August.

Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon Through Aug. 31.

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

Mini Masters

Parent-child (2-4 years) workshop designed for toddlers to explore shape, texture, color, and other sensory possibilities through art-making.

Free for members, $8 nonmembers. Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.

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

Mudpie Mondays

Use our dishes, spoons, and nature’s decorations to make your own pie creations. Leave them to bake in the sun and overnight they magically disappear.

Mondays, 10 a.m.-noon Through Aug. 31.

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

One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure

Join Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu. Together they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon.

Visit website for more information and show schedule. $8. Ongoing.

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

Small but Mighty Storytime

Recommended for ages 2-5 years. Free.

Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Through Aug. 31.

NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM, 450 MULBERRY (5219699), WWW.CIVILRIGHTSMUSEUM.ORG.

Sprouts

For ages ages 12 – 24 months. Interactive program for toddlers and caregivers to explore the Dixon with all of their senses building social and motor skills while encouraging creative play and having fun. Reservations required. Free for members, $8 nonmembers. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.

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

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Horn Lake High School Alumni Golf Scramble

All golfers receive lunch, beverages, greens fees, cart, range balls, and a participant gift.

Benefits Horn Lake High School Class of 1988 Reunion For more information, call or email hlhsclassof88@yahoo.com. Team of four $400.

Sat., Aug. 25, 7 a.m.-5 p.m.

NORTH CREEK GOLF CLUB, 8770 N. CREEK, SOUTHAVEN, MS (731-225-4682).

Memphis Redbirds

Fri., Aug. 24, 7 p.m., Sat., Aug. 25, 6:30 p.m., Sun., Aug. 26, 2 p.m., and Mon., Aug. 27, 6:30 p.m.

AUTOZONE PARK, THIRD AND UNION (721-6000), WWW. MEMPHISREDBIRDS.COM.

Monthly Meditation Gathering

Daniel LaMontagne invites people to come together to meditate, to discuss mindfulness and spirituality, and to learn more about themselves through this practice. Beginners welcome. Last Sunday of every month, 7-8:30 p.m. Through Dec. 30.

ART BODY SOUL STUDIO, 1024 YATES ( 336-7573), WWW. ARTBODYSOULSTUDIO.COM.

9/11 MEMORIAL EXHIBIT

SEPTEMBER 1-3 • 10AM-6PM DAILY The Fitz is humbled to present a tribute to those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, including the 343 members of the FDNY who made the ultimate sacrifice.

The memorial provides interactive education, including artifacts such as steel beams from the towers, documentary videos, and recordings of first responder radio transmissions.

Interactive guided tours are carried out by actual firefighters who were present at the World Trade Center on 9/11 who provide firsthand accounts of the day and its aftermath.

The memorial is open to all ages. Bring your friends and family. Admission and parking is free.

Our Yoga Downtown Tuesdays, 6 p.m.

MEMPHIS PARK (FOURTH BLUFF), FRONT AND MADISON, WWW.DOWNTOWNMEMPHIS.COM.

Pilates in the Park Wednesdays, 6 p.m.

MEMPHIS PARK (FOURTH BLUFF), FRONT AND MADISON, WWW.DOWNTOWNMEMPHIS.COM.

Sunrise Yoga

Start your morning in Hughes Pavilion with fitness instructor Peggy Reisser. Free for members, $5 nonmembers. Wednesdays, 6:15 a.m.

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

Tai Chi in Health Sciences Park Mondays, 11:45 a.m.

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

HEALTH SCIENCES PARK, CORNER OF MADISON AND DUNLAP, WWW.DOWNTOWNMEMPHIS.COM.

Tragic City Rollers vs. Memphis Roller Derby

Back to School night, and a student or teacher I.D. gets you one dollar off admission. There will be snacks, beer, and merchandise. $10. Sat., Aug. 25, 5-7:30 p.m.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MID-SOUTH FAIRGROUNDS, PIPKIN BUILDING, EAST PARKWAY AT CENTRAL (609-5005).

M E E TI N G S

GFWC Metro Memphis Woman’s Club

Volunteer community service organization for Memphis women. Monthly guest speaker, service project, and other activities. Projects include domestic violence, advocates for children, arts, and more. Free. Fourth Thursday of every month, 6:30-8 p.m.

COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, 3475 CENTRAL, WWW. GFWC.ORG.

Memphis Agricultural Club

Meet in the C Wing of the Expo Building. Lunch provided for $10. Fourth Monday of every month, noon.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (7577777), WWW.AGRICENTER.ORG.

FitzgeraldsTunica.com • 1-662-363-LUCK (5825) • Must be 21 and a Key Rewards member. See Cashier•Players Club for rules. While supplies last. Tax and resort fee not included in listed price. Advance hotel reservations required and subject to availability. $50 credit or debit card is required upon hotel check-in. Arrivals after 6pm must be guaranteed with a credit card.

Management reserves the right to cancel, change and modify the event or promotion. Gaming restricted patrons prohibited. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-522-4700.

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CALENDAR: AUGUST 23 - 29 continued from page 25 Celebrate the finale of the month-long feature of Marvel’s Black Panther.

Activities include themed scavenger hunt, mask making, merchandise for sale from 901 Comics, and more. $12-$15.

Sat., Aug. 25, 2-4 p.m.

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

S P EC IAL EVE N TS

2018 American Humane Hero Dog Awards® Hudson, an 11-year-old Great Pyrenees from Memphis, will be competing against 265 other courageous canines for the nation’s highest honor recognizing Mankind’s best friend. Vote online. Through Sept. 5.

WWW.HERODOGAWARDS.ORG.

3 Lives Blood Drive

Emphasizes the need for minority blood donors and raises awareness of blood disorders. Tues., Aug. 28, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

REMINGTON COLLEGE, 2710 NONCONNAH (389-5302), WWW. REMINGTONCOLLEGE.EDU.

30 Thursdays at the Garden

Guided Meditations

Includes a sitting meditation and a walking meditation designed to increase balance and stability. Visit link to download guided meditations to your mobile device.

Ongoing.

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

30 Thursdays: It’s a Plant Party

Design a tiny landscape in a striking terrarium with your buds while getting expert advice on plant care. BYO drinks. $30 members, $40 nonmembers. Thurs., Aug. 23, 6 p.m.

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

“LeMoyne-Owen College: A Beacon of Hope”

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

Exhibition of a central institution in Memphis since its founding in 1871 as the LeMoyne Normal and Commercial School. Ongoing.

Amtgard

The Barony of Soul’s Crossing live-action role-playing game. From arts and science competitions to battle games and quests, a familyfriendly group with levels of participation for any physical level. Free. Sundays, 1 p.m.

1372 OVERTON PARK, 1372 OVERTON PARK, WWW.FACEBOOK. COM/GROUPS/SOULSCROSSING/.

Cerrito Trivia

Different themes each week.

Free. Thursdays, 8-9 p.m.

MEMPHIS MADE BREWING COMPANY, 768 S. COOPER (2075343), WWW.CERRITOTRIVIA.COM.

“Dugout Canoes: Paddling Through the Americas”

Object-rich and interactive exhibition featuring American dugouts from ancient times to present. $12.75. Through Sept. 14.

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

Comedy by the Bluff City Liars Fri. and Sat. at TheatreWorks MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW. MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Focus Awards 2018

Recognizing LGBT+ persons and allies who are making a significant impact on the LGBT community. Thurs., Aug. 23, 6:30 p.m.

THE ATRIUM AT OVERTON SQUARE, 2105 MADISON (866-1124), WWW. FOCUSMIDSOUTH.COM.

Friday Night Dance Party

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

MEMPHIS PARK (FOURTH BLUFF), FRONT AND MADISON, WWW. THEFOURTHBLUFF.COM.

Maddie’s Fund has given a substantial grant to help offset surgery costs for student pet owners. For more information or to make a surgery appointment, call or visit website. #ThankstoMaddie $20. Ongoing.

From Earth to the Universe

Learn about a journey of celestial discovery, from the theories of the ancient Greek astronomers to today’s grandest telescopes. For more

Grant for Student Pet Owners

SPAY MEMPHIS, 854 GOODMAN (324-3202), WWW.SPAYMEMPHIS. ORG.

“Lisa Marie: Growing Up Presley”

Exhibit includes personal items from childhood and musical career. Explores Lisa the daughter, the mother, her charity work, her career, and how she will carry on her dad’s legacy. Ongoing.

GRACELAND, 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322), WWW.GRACELAND.COM.

Living Awards Benefit

Honors individuals and organizations who exemplify the faith-based, healing mission of Methodist Le

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CirQuest Labs is currently seeking Healthy Adult Volunteers (age 60+) for clinical studies.

You will be paid for your participation (approximately 1 hour).

901-866-1700 or visit www.cirquestlabs.com/study-participants

To find out more call:

420 S. GERMANTOWN PKWY STE 104

CORDOVA, TN 38018

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information and schedule, visit website. Ongoing.

Themed outdoor dance parties featuring illuminated dance floor, food vendors on site, and beer and wine available with a valid ID. Free. Fridays, 6-9 p.m.

August 23-29, 2018

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SCDH utilized approximately $763,651 in Community Development Block Grant funds and $224,881 in HOME funds for the following activities: low-to-moderate income housing rehabilitation and minor home repair; infrastructure/community development improvements to benefit low-to-moderate communities within the Urban County; administrative expenses; and program delivery costs.

Shelby County Department of Housing is proposing an amendment to the Consolidated Plan which will change the PY 18 budgeted amount of CDBG funds for project “Housing Rehabilitation and Minor Home Repair” to $558,944 and project “Administration and Planning” to $242,901. Approximately $114,875 CDBG funds would be transferred from the originally budgeted $673,820 for “Housing Rehabilitation and Minor Home Repair” to be added to the originally budgeted $128,026 for “Administration and Planning”. This amendment is needed to correct a typo/miscalculation in the CDBG budget for the two projects and does not materially change SCDH’s priorities, goals or ability to achieve the goals set out in the Consolidated Plan.

The CAPER, the proposed Citizen Participation Plan, and the proposed amended Consolidated Plan will be available for public review from Tuesday, August 28, 2018 through Thursday, September 27, 2018 at the office of SCDH (1075 Mullins Station Rd., Memphis, TN 38134), the Arlington Public Library, the Collierville Public Library, the Germanton Public Library, the Millington Public Library, and the following branches of the Memphis & Shelby County Public Library: Benjamin L. Hooks and Bartlett. The CAPER, the proposed Citizen Participation Plan, and the proposed amended Consolidated Plan may also be reviewed on the Shelby County website: http://www.shelbycountytn.gov/3103/Reports-and-Plans.

Citizens may review and comment on the proposed Citizen Participation Plan and the proposed amended Consolidated Plan during the public comment period which will run from Tuesday, August 28, 2018 through Thursday, September 27, 2018.

To solicit comments on the CAPER, the proposed Citizen Participation Plan, and the proposed amendment to the Consolidated Plan, SCDH will host a public hearing on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. at the Shelby County Code Enforcement, Training Room, 6465 Mullins Station Road Memphis, TN 38134. Attendees should enter the Code Enforcement Building through the Training Room entrance; upon walking up to the building, attendees will need to follow the signage that leads to the Training Room. Additionally, written comments or suggestions will be accepted through 4:30 p.m. September 27, 2018 and should be directed to Mrs. Sydney Wright at Shelby County Department of Housing, 1075 Mullins Station Road, Memphis, TN 38134. SCDH will respond to all written comments within 15 working days of receipt.

For questions concerning the public hearing, CAPER, proposed Citizen Participation Plan, or proposed Consolidated Plan Amendment, please contact the Department of Housing at 901-222-7600 or TTY at 901- 222-2300.

Those with special needs that plan to attend the public hearing are encouraged to contact SCDH at (901) 222-7600 or TTY at 901- 222-2300 by 4:30 p.m. Thursday September 13, 2018 and we will work to accommodate you.

Para mas información en Español, por favor llame al 901-222-2088.

The Shelby County Department of Housing does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or provision of services. Equal opportunity/equal access provider.

Mark H. Luttrell, Jr. Shelby County Mayor Attest: Scott Walkup, Administrator Department of Housing

SHELBY COUNTY CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATION MEETING REGARDING POTENTIAL HUD FUNDED CONTRACTS AND SECTION 3 CONTRACTOR OPPORTUNITIES Shelby County provides a variety of community development and rehabilitation services throughout Shelby County utilizing U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds which are subject to reporting under Section 3 Contracting Opportunities. These services are carried out under the auspices of federally funded programs such as CDBG-NDR, CDBG, and other grant programs.

As a recipient of HUD funds, Shelby County is currently certifying Section 3 Contractors in order to insure eligible contractors are aware of opportunities to participate in future bidding opportunities under these grant programs.

Interested firms and individuals are strongly encouraged to attend this contractor and Section 3 opportunities meeting at the following location, date, and time: Agricenter International Banquet Room 7777 Walnut Grove Rd, Memphis, TN 38120 Thursday September 13, 2018 10:00 AM C-Entrance For more information, Alfred Garrett (901-636-7105) at the Office of Resilience Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. If you plan to attend the meeting and have special needs, please contact Mr. Garrett no later than 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday September 5, 2018 and we will work to insure your accommodations. TTY Number (901) 222-2301.

Para más información en Español, por favor llame al 901-222-4289.

Shelby County Government, the Office of Resilience, and the Department of Housing are equal opportunity employers and encourage the enrollment and participation of minority and female owned and operated businesses, companies certified as Locally Owned Small Businesses through the Shelby County Equal Opportunity Compliance Office, Section 3 Contractors in all HUD programs.

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Shelby County Department of Housing (SCDH) is preparing its Consolidated Annual Performance Report (CAPER) for the program year that began July 1, 2017 and ended June 30, 2018. The CAPER is required by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to describe CDBG and HOME activities undertaken by SCDH to address housing and community development needs, especially in low- and moderate-income areas of Shelby County, outside the City of Memphis. SCDH is also proposing to amend its Citizen Participation Plan required at 24 CFR 91.105 Citizen participation plan for local governments. Lastly, SCDH is proposing an amendment to the Consolidated Plan which would correct the CDBG budget for two projects; Housing Rehabilitation and Minor Home Repair and Administration and Planning.

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Bonheur Healthcare through their efforts to improve community health, locally and beyond. $150. Thurs., Aug. 23, 6-11 p.m.

THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (525-3000), WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ OSTRANDERAWARDS.

THE PEABODY HOTEL, 149 UNION (516-0502), WWW.MLH.ORG.

“Making Memphis: 200 Years of Community” Community Engagement Be part of the bicentennial exhibit scheduled for March 2019. Show up on community engagement days to be included. For more opportunities and more information, visit website. Fourth Saturday of every month, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Through Aug. 25.

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

Nature at Night

Each Thursday night throughout Daylight Saving Time all 96 acres will be open to members at no cost and to guests with daily fee.

Thursdays, 6 p.m. Through Oct. 18.

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

Ostrander Awards

August 23-29, 2018

Honoring the best in local community and college theater, this annual awards event highlights the very best performances of the 20172018 theater season. Sun.,

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Paw Prints Party

Featuring live and silent auction, open bar, seated dinner, live entertainment, dancing and more benefiting Humane Society of Memphis and Shelby County. $150. Sat., Aug. 25, 6-11 p.m.

MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW. MEMPHISHUMANE.ORG.

Perfect Little Planet

Discover our solar system through a new set of eyes — a family from another star system seeking the perfect vacation spot. Visit website for show schedule. Ongoing.

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

Phantom of the Universe Exploration of dark matter, from the Big Bang to its anticipated discovery at the Large Hadron Collider.

For more information and schedule, visit website.

Ongoing.

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

“Remembering the Dream”

Exhibit of a chronological story of the civil rights

movement covered by the Ernest Withers “I Am A Man” portfolio, including MLK’s involvement in the sanitation workers’ strike. $12.75.

Through Jan. 31, 2019.

$20. Fridays, 6-10 p.m.

BLUFF CITY VIRTUAL REALITY, 1026 N GERMANTOWN PKWY (585-5964).

CAPITAL GRILLE, THE, 6065 POPLAR (683-9291), WWW. THECAPITALGRILLE.COM.

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

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Happy Heard IPA Release Party

Remington College Open House

Celebrating the launch of its newest hands-on training programs in Culinary Skills Essentials, Patient Care Technician, Medical Office Administration, ComputerAided Design and Drafting and Facility Maintenance.

Free. Thurs., Aug. 23, 10 a.m.2 p.m.

REMINGTON COLLEGE, 2710 NONCONNAH (389-5302), WWW. REMINGTONCOLLEGE.EDU.

Seasonal Stargazing

Hop through constellations, learn cool star names, and groove to planetarium space music in this full-dome audiovisual experience. Visit website for show schedule. $8.

Ongoing.

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

Senior Karaoke and Dance Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.

UNDER THE WATER TOWER, 1280 BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE.

VR Gaming Date Night

August Butcher Dinner with Nick Scott, Brad McCarley, and Lee Mitchell

Five-course dinner from Salt|Soy & City Block Salumeria. Wine Pairings from Chris Thorn of PO Press and Cocktails from Nick Manlavi of Civil Pour. $75.

Thurs., Aug. 23, 6-9 p.m.

409 S. MAIN, SOUTH MAIN ARTS DISTRICT (500-6548).

Flight Tour: A Taste of Memphis

Up to 16 people per bike enjoy a flight of local spirits and brew during this twohour pub-crawl with Sprock n’ Roll’s bike bar to Old Dominick Distillery and Ghost River Brewing Tap Room. BYOB, but no glass. tour. $315 - $400. Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 12-8 p.m., and Sundays, 12-5 p.m. Through Dec. 31.

DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS, VARIOUS LOCATIONS (500-7101), WWW. SPROCKNROLLMEMPHIS.COM.

The Generous Pour

Guests are invited to taste and toast the legacy of renowned

winemaker Dan Duckhorn. $28. Through Sept. 2, 10 a.m.10 p.m.

Limited edition IPA in collaboration with REI. Keg will be tapped at 4 p.m. China Gate at 7 p.m. CHOMP food truck. Fri., Aug. 24, 4-11 p.m.

GHOST RIVER BREWING, 827 S. MAIN (278-0087), WWW. GHOSTRIVERBREWING.COM.

Monday Happy Hour: Oysters & Guinness

$1 oysters: raw or char-grilled and $4 pints of Guinness while there are oysters to be shucked. Mondays, 3 p.m.

BRASS DOOR IRISH PUB, 152 MADISON (572-1813).

Taste of Gallery

Six-course tasting with Chef Dave Krog at Church Health Nutrition Hub includes dinner, art on display (and for sale) by local artists, wine pairing, and presentation by Sommelier Chris Thorn. 21+ $150. Fri., Aug. 24, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY, WWW.CROSSTOWNCONCOURSE. COM.

Wok’n in Memphis Brunch Pop Up

Brunch pop-ups featuring American Chinese food plus delicious drinks. $12. Sundays,

11 a.m.-3 p.m.

THE SILLY GOOSE, 100 PEABODY PLACE (206-930-5569), WWW. WOKNINMEMPHIS.COM.

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MALCO PARADISO CINEMA, 584 S. MENDENHALL (682-1754), WWW.MALCO.COM.

America’s Musical Journey

Expedition that follows the beat of America’s trailblazing spirit into inspired creative territory.

Visit website for show schedule.

Through Sept. 3.

CTI 3D GIANT THEATER, IN THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Movie Mania

Movies start at dusk. Bring chairs or blankets. For more information including titles, and activities, visit website. Free.

Fridays, 6 p.m. Through Aug. 31.

CARRIAGE CROSSING, HOUSTON LEVEE & BILL MORRIS PKWY. (854-8240), WWW. SHOPCARRIAGECROSSING.COM/ EVENTS/.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Doors open at 7 p.m. for fun activities in the lobby. $8. Fri., Aug. 24, 8 p.m.

THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (5253000), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM.

BOOK By Jesse Davis

Sounds of Silence doesn’t speak during the day, just turns over her thoughts, trying to dull the edge of her worry about her family. How can she teach her daughter to be strong and independent when she must also teach her to be silent at all costs? How can she teach her son fairness in a country that has chosen to hobble half its population?

That moral dilemma is at the center of Vox. It’s clear that, though the Pure Movement is buttressed by return-to-morals rhetoric, the movement is eroding whatever morality there is left in the country.

Neighbors spy on neighbors, like something out of a Red Scare-era sci-fi flick.

And Jean’s son, Steven, is being steadily seduced by the movement. What worries Jean even more, though, is her daughter Sonia, who hasn’t spoken in days and is proud to be a frontrunner in a Silent Game competition among the girls at her elementary school.

Patrick, Jean’s husband, is little help. He works in government, in D.C., and he’s got his hands full trying to scale back the extremity of new legislation.

Alone in a bubble of silence, Jean thinks back to her undergraduate years, when she would decline her friend Jackie Juarez’s attempts to drag her to protests, when she first gave up her voice by choosing not to use it.

Jackie warned Jean that history has a way of repeating itself — especially when your nose is buried too deeply in your own business to smell change on the wind.

And things may change, for the worse or the better, when President Meyers’ brother and trusted advisor takes a brutal fall while skiing, fracturing his skull and hurting his brain. Jean is offered a chance to get the counter off her wrist — and her daughter’s — if she will finish her work on her aphasia cure. Jean is torn, unsure whether the good she might do Sonia justifies any help she could give to a legitimately evil regime.

With a dash of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and a pinch of Ira Levin’s The Stepford Wives, Vox sits well among the ranks of feminist speculative fiction.

It’s a literary contemplation of an America hijacked by fundamentalists who want to turn back the clock by 60 years. More than anything, Vox is a novel about the price of staying silent.

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ixteen-thousand words.

That’s how many words, on average, most people speak in a day. Sixteenthousand chances to say “I love you,” “I’m sorry,” or “Make your own damn sandwich.”

Language, the ability to express oneself, is agency. So what do we become when language, our most human of characteristics, is taken away?

Such are the questions posed by the linguist and author Christine Dalcher, whose first novel, Vox (Penguin Random House), is set in a near-future America governed by the few for the few. In Vox’s America, women have lost most of their rights. They can’t vote or carry passports, and they can speak no more than 100 words a day. All American women and girls have been fitted with a counter worn around the wrist, not unlike a Fitbit, that keeps track of the words they speak in a day. The counter resets at midnight. And if a woman uses more than her allotted 100 words, the counter administers a small electric shock. If she continues to speak, the shocks intensify.

The new measures were put into play as a part of the “Pure Movement,” a religious movement that advocates a return to a time when the country was “untroubled” by the political and social turmoil of recent years.

That such a reading of history is dramatically flawed doesn’t stop the Pure Movement from gaining followers, primarily from the middle section of the country, mostly from people who feel overlooked and forgotten by an increasingly globalized economy and diversified workforce.

The narrative follows Dr. Jean McClellan, a scientist who was working on a cure for fluent aphasia, a condition leading to the deterioration of the speech centers in the brain. That is, she used to be called “Dr.” and she used to be working on a cure for fluent aphasia. She used to have her own lab. But that was before Reverend Carl Corbin and his Pure Movement began to gain ground. Before Corbin gave his blessing to presidential hopeful Sam Meyers, who won the presidency.

Now Jean spends time at home, trying to occupy a mind used to wrestling with complex chemical equations. Now she

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of Brooklyn in Memphis. But it’s a Brooklyn that no longer exists. He sees it in the breweries and coffee shops, in the logos. He finds the city’s energy exciting.

Another key member is Stacey Greenberg, who will act as managing editor. “She lives and breathes Memphis food,” Ganus says, pointing out that Greenberg is about as an authentic foodie as they come. “Memphians demand authenticity,” he says.

“My vision for the magazine is that it really represents Memphis. All of Memphis,” says Greenberg. “I’ve tried really hard to find a variety of writers and photographers to help us create something special. I reached out to the MABJ [Memphis Association of Black Journalists] and the internet at large to find some new voices, and I’m really excited with who I found. They’re people I’d love to get all in one room someday — until then the

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Petersen, for her part, says giving the keys to Ganus made sense to her. “We had several people who were interested in taking over the magazine, but several were only interested in one or two pieces of the process. There are not-as-fun parts of creating a magazine — selling ads, doing the bookkeeping, delivering hundreds of boxes in July — but they have to be done,” she says. “Bill Ganus really did the legwork to come up with a plan for the entire pro-

cess. And he’s assembled a team of people to share the work and grow things exponentially.”

Part of that growth is upping Edible Memphis’ online game — create a usable website and posting on Instagram and other social media. What was never in consideration, however, was to make Edible Memphis online only. Ganus says that there is no substitute for opening a magazine, turning the pages, and seeing a beautiful spread of food photography. “It works best in paper,” he says.

Another part of the plan is to introduce up to five food festivals to complement Memphis’ lineup of other food festivals.

Edible Memphis will be on a quarterly release schedule, and Halweil imagines profiling local farmers and highlighting locally made products. They will not do restaurant reviews. They will not break news. He defines the editorial approach

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here was one thing Bill Ganus promised himself for 2018: no new projects. But … an opportunity arose that he couldn’t pass up. “I had the chance to tell important stories about connecting people with food systems,” he says. The conduit for those stories was Edible Memphis, which was shut down a year ago by founder Melissa Petersen after 10 years in print.

Ganus, who is partner in such businesses as Flow Cryotherapy and the Rec Room, admits he has no background in media, but he plans to call upon his skills in leveraging and team-building. For the team, he recruited as his editor in chief Brian Halweil of Edible Manhattan and Edible Brooklyn. Halweil will work on Edible Memphis from New York.

“I’m ready to see potential Edible ideas, community-building ideas, in another area,” says Halweil. He sees a bit

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T U R N T H E PA G E lowed them on Instagram and became fans of the Chubby Vegetarian. Amy reached out to them and suggested a collaboration.

PeachDish suggested they veganize their recipe for Fried Green Tomatoes Po’boy with their Cold Oven Sweet Potato Fries.

Burks says what sets PeachDish apart from other meal-kit services is their commitment to use only local produce.

The company also keeps packaging waste to minimum.

Ultimately, Burks says, he’s for anything that gets people in the kitchen and cooking.

The Chubby Vegetarian meal kit will be available September 10th, peachdish.com.

One byline you can expect to see in the new Edible Memphis is that of Justin Fox Burks and Amy Lawrence, aka the Chubby Vegetarian. Burks and Lawrence are the author of two cookbooks. They’ve cooked at the James Beard House and contributed their vegetarian recipes to several local restaurants.

Their latest venture is a partnership with PeachDish, a meal kit delivery service.

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as akin to boosterism. “It will be celebratory and educational, a little bit rah-rah,” he says.

Ganus sees Edible Memphis as an invaluable source to Memphians who care about food. (We all care.) He says, “Edible Memphis will be the go-to local outlet for food and agriculture-related news. I’m committed to doing it well.”

Edible Memphis will relaunch in early November.

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hen you can’t turn on the nightly news without hearing yourself utter, “What fresh hell is this?” it just may be time to go back to the basics and find some common ground on which we can all agree. It’s time for that universal American comfort food of bar-flies, sports fans, soccer moms, and tortured undergraduates alike. I speak, of course, of buffalo wings and beer.

Buffalo wings were invented, so the story goes, in 1964 by one Teressa Belissimo — and who knows how the Republic got that far without them. While the details are fuzzy, they seem to revolve around a college-aged son, Dominic, and the late-night tomfoolery of either his drinking buddies or some hungry Catholics. Accounts vary.

There was a time when I was someone’s college age son, sitting on the Tuscaloosa strip, sweating profusely over a basket of “nuclear” buffalo wings at Wings N’ Things and washing the little buggers down with a frosty Miller Lite. It was the first time I’d ever had buffalo wings, and I remember distinctly a sign that read, “Please clear tables in lieu of tipping.” It was the first time I’d ever seen the word “lieu.” College really is a place to learn.

I’m fairly sure that a steady diet of beer (warding off infection), as well as vinegar-based cayenne pepper sauce (cauterizing my insides) kept me out of the Student Health Center. We could all use some therapeutic sweats to get our heads right.

So I was at Huey’s the other day, contemplating the right brew to accompany an order of wings. The truth is that it doesn’t really matter, other than a vague instinctual directive to “keep it light.” That can mean anything from

a Michelob Ultra to some crafty IPA — although I’d steer clear of the really hoppy ones until you’ve cleaned your basket. That combo is an awful lot to have going on with one’s taste buds. And in my experience, the hoppy brews tend to get more so as they warm up.

On the other hand, this might not be a problem if you order your wings extra hot, because you’d be quaffing the stuff down double-quick. Borrowing yet another hand, if you suck down three double IPAs with an order of extra-hot buffalo wings, I’d advise rolling the windows down on the way home. (This is the sort of dialectical masturbation a fella gets into with a top-notch college degree.)

Still, I wanted the perfect buffalo wing beer. My eye went to the Wiseacre tap — a great Memphis stand-by — but it wasn’t the Ananda IPA or Tiny Bomb Pilsner, though either would have been winners with a basket of wings. It was Gotta Get up to Get Down — a coffee stout. I just couldn’t convince myself this would be a good idea with wings.

For some reason, the Deepwater Horizon disaster keeps leaping to mind. Don’t get me wrong; it’s a good coffee stout. I was at the lake about a year ago, and (I’m not proud of this) I had it for breakfast, where it really hit the spot. Somebody was frying a mess of eggs and bacon, but that wasn’t for me. I was being alert and heart healthy. We went skiing after this.

The Scottish Ale seems a bit toasty for hot sauces — like trying to fry ribs after you smoke them. Then, of course, there are the classic domestic massproduced pilsners. I’m not a big enough snob to say those would be wrong. Just maybe not perfect.

In the end, I went with a Bell’s Two Hearted Ale out of Kalamazoo. It’s light, but you know its there. There is enough hop to appreciate it without thinking, “My, what a cavalcade of hops!”

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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

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Indie Memphis celebrates 15 years of Morgan Jon Fox’s groundbreaking Blue Citrus Hearts.

because I wanted to go to film school. This film was all that mattered to me. I was 19 at the time.”

Fox returned to his hometown and co-founded the Memphis Digital Co-Op, a collective dedicated to using then-new digital video technology to create films for practically no money. “I was all about seeing someone who looked like a bit of a vagabond and pulling an Andy Warhol. Hey, you want to join our group of misfits and spend the next year making a movie?”

He made a series of experimental films until he found his lead actors, Joshua Laurenzi and Paul Foster. “It felt gutsy. I felt nervous while I was doing it. But it felt very empowering. Because there weren’t films like this being made, and examples of young people who were out. You could feel that it was making a difference. It felt very exciting and invigorating.”

With only his partner Suzi Crashcourse (now known as Elyza Touzeau) for crew, Fox shot for more than a year and a half on his days off from Otherlands. “I knew we did not have the money or the equipment to compete with Hollywood. The only real

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When Fox saw André Téchiné’s 1994 film Wild Reeds, it struck a deep chord. “It was the first movie I had ever seen about people my age coming out on screen,” he recalls. “There were no out kids at my school, that I knew of. There were no role models, like there are now, to look up to. There was no reflection of myself in TV or media. So when I finally saw Wild Reeds, it was the first time I saw somebody who reflected myself onscreen, or anywhere around me.

It spoke so much truth to me in a private moment, that I felt like this was the most powerful thing, that I could sit down and watch this movie by myself and it would give me so much peace. It was like a huge sigh of relief.”

He wrote Blue Citrus Hearts during his freshman year at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. “Then I dropped out,

Joshua Peter Laurenzi and Paul Foster in Morgan Jon Fox’s debut film, Blue Citrus Hearts.

strength we had was story and acting … A tiny crew with a small camera and a boom with a shotgun mic on it really allows for a lot of intimacy. It feels real. Looking back on it, I see scenes that feel rough, but the moments that count work. It feels like you shouldn’t be there.”

The most incredible moment in the filming came on top of the abandoned Tennessee Brewery. As Laurenzi and Foster share their first kiss, a meteor lights up the night sky behind them. It was, Fox says, 100 percent real. “At the exact moment at the climax of the movie when these two characters kiss, a shooting star goes over their heads — and into the little pocket between their heads while they’re kissing! If I had been a little higher, a little lower, a little to the left, I would have missed it completely.”

Later, actor Lee Ann Roberts told Fox that the shooting star was a message from his late mother, telling him she approved of his choices. “Whatever it was, it was the most incredible thing I’ll ever capture onscreen. How do you top that?”

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On Tuesday, August 28th at Studio on the Square, Indie Memphis will host a 15th anniversary screening of Blue Citrus Hearts, with Fox on hand. “I keep thinking about how naive I was about what I could accomplish. A lot of that is just being young, and having nothing to lose.

I was working at Otherlands and living with four friends in a run-down Midtown house. I was biking around Midtown with blue hair. What else are you going to do?

If that’s not the time to be making art with unrealistic expectations, thinking you can conquer the world, then when are you ever going to feel that way?”

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It went on to screen at more than 50 film festivals around the world. Blockbuster Video bought 2,000 copies of the DVD and distributed them nationwide. “I probably got a hundred emails from kids in places like Wisconsin and Ohio saying that they watched this movie, and they were in an unsafe home. They were trying to come out, but they couldn’t come out.

It was the exact reason I wanted to become a filmmaker, and it was the most rewarding and beautiful thing. I would cry every time I got one of those emails.

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One of my favorite shows on local television is Memphis Sounds with George Klein on the Library Station, WYPL Channel 18.

The “Geeker (pronounced jeeker) in Your Speaker” does pretty much what he always has: interview artists and musicians, both famous and non-famous, that figure into this thing we call Memphis music.

The only problem is that for the last several weeks, George has taken a leave of absence because of health reasons. His substitutes, Leon Griffin, Dave Brown, and William Bell, have all been great, but nobody does it like GK. Now in its 12th year, George has interviewed everyone from Isaac Hayes to Justin Timberlake, along with scores of other musicians, while treating disc jockeys from small stations with the same respect reserved for superstars. His encyclopedic knowledge of rock-and-roll and radio give Klein decades of anecdotes to call upon — from being part of the original “Memphis Mafia” to the list of musical giants who Klein has promoted over the years. Always entertaining, Memphis Sounds is dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Memphis music, something that Klein has been squarely in the middle of for his entire professional life.

Klein has been a fixture in Memphis radio and television since he was an assistant to Dewey Phillips on WHBQ back in the 1950s. Dewey may have been the first disc jockey to play an Elvis record, but George was the second. Beginning his radio career in Osceola, Arkansas, George worked several small stations before landing a job in Memphis at powerhouse WMC, which wanted to experiment with this new rock-and-roll thing.

After a year or so, the station’s management told George that this rock-and-roll stuff was just a passing fad and let him go. Fortunately, George’s Humes High School classmate, Elvis Presley, hired him on the spot — beginning with a whirlwind year traveling with The King and culminating with a bit part in Jailhouse Rock and, subsequently, seven other Elvis movies.

The friendship between Klein and Presley has become legendary, from George’s book, Elvis: My Best Man, to his radio program, “George Klein’s Original Elvis Hour,” now in its 34th year. His syndicated, “The GK Show,” on Sirius XM, broadcast from Graceland, is in its 10th year. Priscilla Presley even asked George to accept the award for Elvis’ induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

But this is not about what George did for Elvis; it’s what GK has done for the city of Memphis.

I first became aware of George when he was the afternoon disc jockey on WHBQ. He was a rhyming DJ who spoke “hep talk” and could go on a five-minute rhyming patter without missing a beat.

George enjoys the story of how we met when I was 13. Hitchhiking was forbidden in my family … so, I was standing on the corner with my thumb out when a shiny Cadillac pulled over. It was George. He encouraged me when I told him I had started a little band, and when he found out I was heading for Poplar Tunes Downtown, he drove me the entire way and dropped me off at the front door.

That’s the kind of guy George is — generous to a fault. In 1964, GK’s radio popularity led to his hosting a weekly television show called Talent Party. He brought in the finest artists around to lip-sync their latest hits, but most importantly, GK hosted every ambitious, young garage band in town. If they didn’t have a recording, George sent them to Roland Janes at Sonic Recording to cut songs, which they could then perform on Talent Party.

Being the beneficiary of several of GK’s invitations, I can testify that every time we appeared on Talent Party the bookings flooded in. In essence, GK was responsible for the whole ’60s garage-band scene which ultimately produced some of Memphis’ most notable entertainers. Scores of local musicians owe their start to George’s generosity.

Klein also arranged for the first African American to perform live on local TV. Fats Domino not only sang live, he recorded several songs to be broadcast on future shows.

After George booked Fats, it was no problem for him to get James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and Sam Cooke. Talent Party was on every Saturday afternoon for 12 years.

I recently spoke with artist manager and music entrepreneur Jerry Williams, George’s friend of nearly 70 years. Jerry said the annual George Klein Christmas Charity Show was the longest running charity in Memphis. The first one was held in a wrestling ring at the Mid-South Coliseum. While the grapplers took a breather, GK featured Charlie Rich, The Bill Black Combo, and Ace Cannon.

The next year, the show was moved to the National Guard Armory and then to the Fairgrounds to accommodate the crowds. Major artists donated their talents. Donated items were auctioned with a professional auctioneer, who flew to Memphis at his own expense.

In fact, everyone worked for free — the bands, the promoters, the building owners, and the concessionaires. One hundred percent of the profits went to local charities.

After 42 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars raised, the yearly gala ended, but the event’s “Rainy Day Fund” produced enough revenue to establish the George Klein Broadcasting Scholarship at the University of Memphis. Williams said that he knows of no other person who has dedicated more of his life to the betterment of this city than Klein.

Now it’s time to say thank you. Thank you, George, for convincing Elvis that recording at American Studios was a good idea. Thank you, George, for naming the Guilloteens. Thank you, George, for the nights at Fridays or Alfred’s where you spun records and donated the proceeds. Thank you, George, for being the first to play Johnny Cash on the radio and for introducing the Beatles at their Memphis show.

Thank you, George, for hosting the Memphis Mafia program during Elvis Week every year from 1978 to 2017 and donating the funds to the U of M. Thank you, George, for all the years of entertainment. And thank you, George, for a lifetime of promoting the great music and artists that come from your home town. We love ya’ madly.

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Just Announced: Sat Oct 6 – Young Nudy Fri Nov 9 – Sanctus Real Coming: Fri Aug 30 – Daisyland w/ Rusko Sat Sep 8 Moon Taxi Sun Sep 9 – Matt and Kim Wed Sep 12 – Mat Kearney Mon Sep 17 - An Evening with Todd Rundgren Tue Sep 18 – Daisyland w/ Chromeo Sun Sep 23 – Tamia Thu Sep 27 – Zoso: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience Sun Oct 7 – Eric Johnson Tue Oct 9 The Breeders Sat Oct 13 – Downtown Live! w/ Paul Taylor Thu Oct 18 – Blue October Tue Oct 30 – Daisyland Halloween w/ Slander Fri Nov 2 – 6lack Sun Nov 11 – Daisyland w/ Pauly D Fri Dec 7 – Atmosphere Tue Dec 11 – Ministry

1884 LOUNGE

9/20: Jonathan McReynolds 9/21: Adam Wakefield 10/11: Billy Strings 10/20: The Oh Hellos

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The Treasures In The Ozarks

2018 Arts N Craft Show will be held within the foothills of the beautiful Ozark Mountains beside the famous Spring River in Hardy, AR on September 22-23. Our show features handcrafting artisans only from a variety of art & craft genres. A fabulous show in a gorgeous setting, it’s a perfect weekend getaway! Come join us!! facebook.com/treasuresintheozarks

NEW DAISY THEATRE 330 E Beale St Memphis 901.525.8981 • Advance Tickets at newdaisy.com and Box Office

BOOK REPAIR

Have an old book or bible that needs repair?

Call Art, 2nd Editions Bookstore at 901.483.0478.

Coco & Lola’s

MidTown Lingerie Vixen shout-out!!

www.cocoandlolas.com Finest lace - Coolest place

Antiques & Collectibles

710 S. Cox|901.425.5912|Mon - Sat 11:30 - 7:00

21,000 sq ft. 100 + booths 5855 Summer Ave. (corner of Summer and Sycamore View ) exit 12 off I-40 | 901.213.9343 Mon-Sat 10a-6p | Sun 1p-6p

TUT-UNCOMMON ANTIQUES 421 N. Watkins St. 278-8965

YOUNGAVENUEDELI.COM

50% Off Furniture throughout the month of August 1500 sq. ft. of Vintage & Antique Jewelry. Retro Furniture and Accessories. Original Paintings, Sculpture, Pottery, Art & Antiques. We are the only store in the Mid-South that replaces stones in costume jewelry.

2119 Young Ave • 278-0034

8/22: $3 Pint Night!

8/23: Memphis Trivia League!

8/31-9/1: Opposite Box w/ Zoofunkyou (NO COVER) Kitchen Open Late! Now Delivering All Day! 278-0034 (limited delivery area)

315 Beale St | 901-527-9911

Upcoming Shows:

MEMPHIS MADE BREWING Tap Room Hours:

8/22: Bike Night w/ Rodell McCord, 7p 8/23: Skyelor Anderson, 10p 8/23: Rooftop To The Roof After Party, 10:30p 8/24: Matt Bennett Band, 6:30p 8/24: Dumas Walker, 10p 8/25: Dumas Walker, 10p 8/26: Sin Sundays! Service Industry Night, 5p 8/31: Glow Co., 10p

Mon, Thurs & Fri 4-10 p.m., Sat 1-10 p.m., Sun 1-7 p.m.

768 S. Cooper • 901.207.5343 Free brewery tours Saturday & Sunday at 4 p.m

*TEAM CLEAN*

GONER RECORDS

All natural cleaning for your home • office • studio environment Contact Candace @ 901-262-6610 or teamcleanmemphis@gmail.com

New/ Used LPs, 45s & CDs.

We Buy Records!

2152 Young Ave 901-722-0095

$CASH 4 JUNK CARS$

Non-Operating Cars, No Title Needed.

Fri Aug 24: Freeworld, 8p Sat Aug 25: Real Memphis Wrestling, 7p, Jack Oblivian, 8p Sun Aug 26: Brunch w/Susan Marshall, Mckenna Bray, Jana Misener & Mark E. Stuart, 12p Thur Aug 30: Jake LaBotz, 7p Fri Aug 31: Star & Micey 10 Year Anniversary Show, 6p Sat Sept 1: 901Day with Jim Lauderdale and Steve Selvidge, 8p Sun Sept 2: Brunch w/Loveland Duren Band, 12p, 8Ball & MJG w/Witnesse & CCDE, 7p railgarten.com • 2166 Central Ave • 231-5043

901-691-2687

WE BUY RECORDS 45’S, 78’S, LP’S whatevershops.com

Don’t “give them away” at a yard sale We Pay More Than Anyone Large Quantities No Problem Also Buying Old Windup Phonographs Call Paul 901-435-6668