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BRUCE VANWYNGARDEN Editor SUSAN ELLIS Managing Editor JACKSON BAKER, MICHAEL FINGER Senior Editors TOBY SELLS Associate Editor CHRIS MCCOY Film and TV Editor ALEX GREENE Music Editor CHRIS DAVIS, MICHAEL DONAHUE MAYA SMITH, JOSHUA CANNON Staff Writers JESSE DAVIS Copy Editor JULIE RAY Calendar Editor

OUR 1544TH ISSUE 09.27.18 As a journalist, my first instinct is always to wait for all the facts to emerge before passing judgment on incidents such as the one that occurred last week, where Memphis police officers shot and critically wounded Martavious Banks after a routine traffic stop. But this officer shooting does not look good. Cops don’t turn off their body and dash cameras unless they’re trying to hide something. If officers are following protocal and doing the right thing, they want the evidence to validate their actions. The officers — still not identified as of this writing, a week later — were relieved of duty and the TBI was called in to investigate the incident.

In the immediate aftermath, angry relatives and friends of the victim were joined by other protesters and took to the streets, chanting “F—k the police!” among other epithets. Some protesters lay on the pavement and got arrested.

Emotions ran high. Video coverage of the event was widely available from several local news outlets.

The following day, Commercial Appeal 9:01 columnist Ryan Poe stirred the pot, though he may not have intended to: “Standing on the parkway in the clammy Memphis heat, the protest felt familiar,” he wrote. “The faces were mostly the same. After well-known activist Keedran Franklin and Shelby County Young Democrats Human Rights Coalition chairwoman Theryn C. Bond yelled in officers’ faces, officers barricaded the parkway and closed Airways. Activists and officers dutifully took up their positions on either side of the barricades. They’d done this before.”

Poe’s column drew heat the following day from the likes of Wendi C. Thomas, Rev. Earle Fisher, and others who pointed out that Poe lacked standing to second-guess the protestors since, as a white person, he’d never had to experience the kind of incident Banks’ family, friends, and supporters were dealing with. Poe held his ground, tweeting: “There’s too much hate and too few solutions at some of the recent protests in Memphis. It’s time to put anger to work.”

Martavious Banks I get where Thomas, Fisher, and the others were coming from. I’m a white guy, with all the attendant privilege that comes with that in America today, so I can’t viscerally understand the rage and frustration of Banks’ family and supporters, and I wouldn’t criticize it. The protesters were angry because this incident seemed to be following the usual pattern: The cops involved weren’t identified. The case was being investigated by the TBI — essentially other law enforcement officers — and no information was being released to the public.

Two years ago in Memphis, Darrius Stewart suffered a similar fate at a seemingly routine police stop. Three years before that, Steven Askew was shot 22 times in the back in his own car when awakened by two Memphis police officers who claimed they saw Askew reach for a gun. I was personally acquainted with the Askew family, and I witnessed the rage, the frustration, and the tears — and the saddest funeral I’ve ever attended. Those cops got away with murder, in my opinion. The city paid a settlement to the family, but it’s little solace when your son is taken from you.

So, I don’t blame relatives, friends, and local activists for expressing their rage.

These protests aren’t meant to shape national policy; they’re meant to show the MPD and city leaders that people are woke, and that their actions in handling this case had better be aboveboard.

But protesting is situational, which may be what Poe was trying to get at.

If, for example, Colin Kaepernick had started screaming “F—k the police” when the national anthem began playing instead of kneeling, do you think his movement would have gotten anywhere? Do you think athletes all around the country would have followed his lead? Do you think that Nike would have lent its corporate clout to his movement?

Kaepernick’s aim wasn’t to indict a N E WS & O P I N I O N particular police department; it was THE FLY-BY - 4 to raise awareness of the issue on a NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 national scale. Taking a knee was POLITICS - 7 simple, powerful, and effective.

EDITORIAL - 8 The truth is, Kaepernick and the SPORTS - 11 Memphis activists who hit the streets COVER - “BEST OF MEMPHIS” - 12 WE RECOMMEND - 60 last week are after the same goal: MUSIC - 62 stopping the shootings of young black AFTER DARK - 64 men by police. One protest was local CALENDAR - 66 and targeted at MPD; the other is SPIRITS - 71 national and targeted at all of us. We FILM - 72 should pay attention to both.

C L AS S I F I E D S - 76 Bruce VanWyngarden LAST WORD - 79 brucev@memphisflyer.com

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H O G CALL In Tennessee politics, where you never can get to the top without racing all the way to the bottom first, nobody can outrun Andy Holt, the pig farmer and “unapologetic conservative” state representative.

Holt loves PWNING liberals by giving away AR-15 rifles at his campaign events where he raises money to “beat Democrats,” and defend the “values of faith, family, freedom, and firearms.”

Holt gave another AR-15 away this past weekend at “State Rep. Andy Holt’s 3rd Annual Hogfest & Turkey Shoot,” an event he promoted with this lighthearted meme about North Carolina flood victims.

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M I S S I S S I P P I G O D DAM N Ed Meek posted a racist comment on Twitter last week and has since asked that his name be removed from the University of Mississippi’s School of Journalism. The J-school’s namesake tweeted a photo of two African-American women, worried about declining property values, and made a plea to “protect the values we hold dear that have made Oxford and Ole Miss known nationally.”

DAM M IT, GAN N ETT The Commercial Appeal, catching a bad habit from area TV stations, has taken to tweeting about news from other markets like it was our very own. Here’s one about the mayor banning Nike products from booster clubs. That would be Mayor Ben Zahn of Kenner, Louisiana.

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Shooting, River, & Guns Tensions flare after MPD shooting, cleaning the river, and we cuddle up to the gun lobby.

POLICE SHOOTING Three Memphis Police Department (MPD) officers are on leave after they were involved in the shooting of 25-year-old Martavious Banks last week. Banks remains in critical condition at Regional One Health.

Officers pulled Banks over because they said his car was uninsured. As he attempted to flee, an officer shot Banks in the back.

MPD Director Michael Rallings said the officer who shot Banks did not have his body camera on but other officers did.

MPD is conducting an internal investigation on Clockwise from top right: Purple Haze, gun lobby, Downtown alleys, mail theft, any violations of the body Roadie, Martavious Banks, trash in the Mississippi River. camera policy during the event. waste in the river by 20 percent by 2020.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland called the violation of The mayors announced the goal last week, during the the policy “disturbing, unacceptable, and inexcusable,” and annual meeting of the Mississippi River Cities & Towns assured he would “get to the bottom of this.”

Initiative (MRCTI), a group of 85 mayors from cities on the The names of the three officers have not been released river from Minnesota to Louisiana. to the public. But some activists said last week the officers should be immediately indicted on attempted first degree GUN LOBBY FRIENDLY murder charges.

Memphis officials teamed up last week with the National Six protesters were arrested last week after shutting down Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the official lobby group the street near where Banks was shot. for gun manufacturers, retailers, and more.

NSSF; the city of Memphis; Memphis Police Department; ROADIE ON THE ROAD the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives A new type of delivery service has arrived in Memphis.

(ATF); and more locally launched the “Don’t Lie for the Roadie is an “on-the-way delivery service” that lets Other Guy” campaign, an effort to prevent legal gun people send goods by way of drivers who are already going customers from buying guns for those who can’t legally have in a certain direction. Users can use the Roadie app or them. website to post the item they want delivered, provide a pickup location, make a payment, and then be directed to MAIL THEFT a driver.

Eleven former FedEx employees and two former contractors were indicted on federal charges last week for stealing mail LIQUOR LOSS they believed contained cash.

The Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) yanked Purple Haze’s liquor license on the same day owners of ALLEY ART the nightclub said they were closing to “evaluate best practices.” The Downtown Memphis Commission is looking for artists A statement from the state agency last week said the to install “interesting and high-quality” art projects in a decision came after a review of incidents at the club over the series of alleys Downtown. last two years, “including the sales of narcotics within the The group is looking for sculptures, artistic lighting, establishment, multiple assaults, and the recent shooting.” murals, video projections, and interactive and kinetic pieces.

Artists can apply online by Monday, October 8th.

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The female population in the Shelby County Jail has grown by about 50 percent over the last three-and-a-half years, according to the latest jail figures.

In January, the jail had 201 female inmates. By August 2018, the jail had a daily female population of 299. Over those many months, the population has never been higher than 300 or lower than 194.

Anthony Buckner, the interim Public Information Officer for the newly elected Sheriff Floyd Bonner, said the issue is complex. The jail houses many detained by different law enforcement agencies across the county. But maybe the biggest problem, he said, was the length of time it takes to conclude felony cases, particularly after an indictment.

Josh Spickler, executive director of Just City, said the increase is “remarkable.”

“It led me to question what we’re doing that impacts women so differently,” Spickler said. “I don’t necessarily have an answer.”

But Spickler guessed that it may have something to do with the fact that women typically earn less than men and have less access to wealth than men do.

Spickler said incarcerating a woman is “much, much worse” in Memphis because of the domino effect it has on the community. Women are typically the primary caregivers here and typically the breadwinner.

“The domino effect of this on families, and children, and homes is much more destructive than if this was

happening to men, because the primary role that women play in children’s lives,” Spickler said.

Buckner said Sheriff Bonner “is greatly concerned about the increase” and is now working on a plan to fix it.

“We obtained a grant and are receiving assistance to develop a case management system to address [the length of stay issue],” Buckner said. “We are working with the judiciary, prosecutors, defense counsel, pretrial services, specialty courts, and many others on issues such as increasing the use of misdemeanor citations in lieu of arrest, bond amounts, increasing the use of monitors, and accelerating the appointment of counsel.”

Across America, about 96,000 women were in local jails like the Shelby County Jail last year. Of those, 58,000 had not been convicted of a crime. They sat waiting on court dates or could not buy their ways out of jail on a bond.

The Prison Policy Initiative said poverty was, indeed, the likeliest indicator of why women face pre-trial incarceration.

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Female inmate numbers are expanding at the Shelby County Jail.

“Women who could not make bail had an annual median income of just $11,071,” according to the report.

“And among those women, black women had a median annual income of only $9,083.

“When the typical $10,000 bail amounts to a full year’s income, it’s no wonder that women are stuck in jail awaiting trial.”

Spickler said when people sit in jail not because they’re a danger or they’re a flight risk, they only sit there because of poverty.

“They cannot buy their way out of that jail,” he said.

“That is a really, really, dumb — for lack of a better word — use of our jail.”

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If Not Herenton, Who? Many potential challengers to Mayor Strickland are shying away from a 2019 race; others are looking to 2023.

The current mayor has not declared for reelection, but no one seriously doubts his intentions to run again.

Two other local figures with acknowledged interest in the mayoralty are, almost by definition, future-tense in their ambitions. They would be Van Turner, chairman of the Shelby County Commission, and uber-activist Tami Sawyer, a newly installed member of the commission.

Turner, who at 43 has the right balance of seasoning and relative youth to make a race, acknowledged to the Flyer that a mayoral run has crossed his mind, but says his candidacy is more likely to occur in 2023, when he will have concluded his permitted two terms on the commission.

At the moment, he is still classified as a Strickland supporter and, as head of Memphis Greenspace, which purchased and removed the city’s downtown Confederate monuments, is an effective partner of the mayor.

Sawyer, who, as Turner notes, “has a great following among millenials,” is also apparently looking down the road to 2023, when the mayor’s race will seemingly be wide open.

Meanwhile, for Herenton and whoever else might be thinking about running in 2019, Strickland’s camp is floating a recent poll showing the incumbent mayor’s favorable rating among whites to be 66 percent, and that among African Americans to be 68 percent.

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challengers are Memphis Police Association president Mike Williams, a 2015 candidate who has indicated he will run again, and a relative unknown named Lemichael Wilson.

Others who have received at least tangential mention as possible mayoral contenders in 2010 include Harold Collins, director of community engagement for the Memphis-Shelby County Crime Commission; City Councilman Martavius Jones; and the Rev. Keith Norman, a prominent clergyman with numerous civic and political connections, including the past chairmanship of the Shelby County Democratic Party.

Collins, however, has just accepted an appointment by county Mayor Lee Harris to become Director of Re-entry for Shelby County government. Jones seems satisfied to explore the potential of his council career, and Norman would presumably have to vacate a well-paid position with Baptist Hospital to make a run.

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It would seem to be a fact that former Mayor Willie Herenton, who headed city government from his election in 1991 as Memphis’ first elected black chief executive until his retirement in 2009, amid a fifth term, will make another try for the office in 2019.

Earlier this month, Herenton, who first announced he was considering another mayoral race in the wake of the MLK commemorations of April 4th, made things semi-official with a formal statement of candidacy on Facebook. The venue was modish for a political figure of Herenton’s vintage, who made a point of saying, in his online announcement, that “age is just a number, and I am physically fit, mentally sharp, and quite healthy.”

Still, circumstances beyond those of age would not seem exactly propitious for the former mayor, who just learned that three of his remaining four charter schools will be forced to close, having landed on the Priority List of schools unable to meet state standards for two years running. Two other Herentonoperated schools were closed earlier, and the net result of it all would seem a crippling omen for the onetime city school superintendent’s desire to rekindle his educationist’s vocation.

The school closures give a sense of irony to the statement, “My record of achievement speaks for itself,” Herenton made in his announcement remarks. Indeed, Herenton had much to boast of from his 17 years of ascendancy in government, although much of the positive aura attaching to his tenure had dissipated toward the end of his mayoralty, and a run for Congress in 2010 against incumbent 9th District U.S. Representative Steve Cohen ended disastrously.

Aside from other factors, that loss, in which Herenton’s share of the vote was only 20 percent, owed much to Herenton’s painfully obvious lack of resources, and it is difficult to see where his money would come from in a challenge to Mayor Jim Strickland, who is sure to be well-funded.

(The current mayor has not yet declared for reelection, but no one seriously doubts his intentions to run again.)

The chief effect of a Herenton candidacy — should it come to pass — would be to inhibit the likelihood of another serious opponent to Strickland’s reelection. As of now, the only known

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We have said all this before, but if there is one maxim regarding the process of communication worth trusting, it is that nothing benefits a message like repetition. This is as valid about falsehoods as it is about truths. Witness only the role of rote in the command psychology of ruling entities, whether fictional, as in George Orwell’s classic dystopian epic, 1984, or in reality, as in “Make America Great Again.”

It helps to repeat positive messages, too, and, while the Flyer has, from its beginning, held to a policy of nonendorsement of candidates at election time, we have made no secret of our attitude toward public policies that we deem of crucial importance to our readership.

We have, for example, deplored the apparently organized reluctance of three Memphis City Council members, elected to other positions in Shelby County government on August 2nd, to resign their council seats so as to permit their constituents, via a call for special election, to have a direct voice in their replacement. The train has left the station on that one — thanks to inaction from the newly installed Probate Court clerk Bill Morrison, Juvenile Court clerk Janis Fullilove, and Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. — leaving it to the other 10 members of the council, not the electorate, to choose their successors.

Actually, in one case there may be a silver lining of sorts. The chairman of the Shelby County Commission, Van Turner, has hit upon the expedient of asking Commissioner/Councilman Ford to serve as a kind of liaison between the two bodies for the next several weeks, and Ford, whose abilities we do not doubt, has apparently tackled the obligation with some industry and in good faith,

helping to arrange agreed-upon solutions to issues of joint city/county jurisdiction.

In any case, the matter is beyond our control.

We can be somewhat more pro-active about three issues on the November 6th ballot, advising that, if enacted, they would fill a void somewhere between the mischievous and the venal. We refer to three referenda before city voters — one being a re-vote on the process called Ranked Choice Voting (alternately: Instant Runoff Voting); another eliminating runoff voting altogether; and a third, establishing term limits for the council and mayor at three four-year terms, in lieu of the current two-term limit.

All three, we think, either fail to advance the public interest, refute the public will, or are designed to be incumbent-friendly in a way that discourages free choice by the electorate.

Or all of the above. The people have already voted, and by resounding margins, to establish Ranked Choice Voting (which eliminates the need for runoffs but allows for a rational and fair way to designate election winners in such cases), and the County Election Administrator has already set up the machinery for RCV in the 2019 city election. And a previous referendum limiting council members to two terms passed handily; the proposed referendum would actually expand council terms.

A “no” vote on all three referenda is the only way to affirm the freely offered judgment of the electorate, already rendered.

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part by treating their Memphis fan base like they were big-league. Star players — most notably Hall of Fame-bound defensive lineman Reggie White — made public appearances, shook hands, and provided moments of connection long before selfies were a thing.

And it showed on game day. More than 50,000 fans packed the Liberty Bowl for a sweltering June 1984 game against the Birmingham Stallions. (My dad and I were among them.) Memphis lost the game, but there was nothing minor-league about the experience. We left the stadium that day feeling like we’d witnessed the birth of a new regional rivalry, and that the ’Boats would be back.

The zany behavior — often blended with outstanding football — fuels Pearlman’s storytelling. But there’s a shadow figure throughout the tale. The USFL died a quick death in large part because a direct challenge to the NFL crashed mightily.

The man leading the attempt to 1) move the USFL to a fall schedule and 2) merge certain franchises with the established league?

One Donald J. Trump.

(In a coincidence best appreciated by Robert Mueller, Pearlman’s book was released on the same day Bob Woodward’s Fear: Trump in the White House hit shelves nationwide.) The upstart league actually won an antitrust lawsuit filed against the NFL, but was rewarded precisely one dollar in damages. As the future president might have put it, “So much winning.” The NFL’s commissioner at the time, Pete Rozelle, as quoted in the book: “Mr. Trump, as long as I or my heirs are involved in the NFL, you will never be a franchise owner in the league.”

Pearlman has written books on more mainstream football subjects: Walter Payton, Brett Favre, the 1990s Dallas Cowboys. But Football for a Buck is a time capsule on as distinctive a three-year life as any minor-league American sports entity has seen. And that’s the catch: The USFL may have been a minor league, but it was operated with major-league balls. Did it fail? When measured for posterity, it did indeed. But in generating memories for those of us who witnessed the colorful stumbles? The stories live on. And we finally have the book to prove it.

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inor-league sports get a bad rap.

And Memphis has been a part of some ugly marriages with “professional” football: the WFL, the CFL, and the XFL to name three. But the United States Football League — home to the Memphis Showboats for two buzzworthy seasons in the 1980s — was an exception. And Jeff Pearlman has brought the magic to life with his book, Football for a Buck (released earlier this month by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).

There was a time when football teams called themselves Gamblers, Invaders, Gunslingers, and yes, Showboats. When two-point conversions and end zone celebrations were encouraged. When Burt f*****g Reynolds rode to midfield as part of the Tampa Bay Bandits ownership group. This was the USFL. Pearlman’s book is part history lesson, capturing the brilliantly mad idea of a spring football league that placed teams not just in NFL cities, but had them play in the very stadiums NFL teams called home.

But the enterprise seemed to survive on duct tape and barbed wire. One team hired a blind equipment manager. One hired 24-hour security for a coach whose life had been threatened by a player he chose to cut.

During the league’s first offseason, the Chicago and Arizona franchises were traded for each other.

But the USFL grabbed those who paid close attention. Herschel Walker was the first big name to take a lavish contract and snub the NFL, but Steve Young and Jim Kelly followed, pumping up TV ratings and giving the new league glitz beyond its scantily clad cheerleaders. Who cared about baseball in April when the reigning Heisman Trophy winner was cutting his professional teeth in the Big Apple?

“The Showboats were a model USFL franchise.”

Memphis was among six cities that gained expansion franchises for the 1984 season. Under owner Billy Dunavant, general manager Steve Ehrhart (since 1994, the executive director of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl), and wacky coach Pepper Rodgers, the Showboats got much of minor-league football right, in

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Friends, we’ve gathered today to say, Yes! Yes to not just the good things about Memphis, but the BEST things about Memphis. The things that make you the happiest to live here. The best taco and the best vet and the best local band. Yes! The art in this issue was designed by Memphis Flyer Graphic Designer Jeremiah Matthews to bring to mind video games — of the ’80s zam! pop! wow! sort. Did you know in the Ms. Pac-Man game, the ghosts can go into the center square? We’ve seen it with our own two eyes. We were always the type of player who ate all the pills leaving us vulnerable to the ghosts. But you can go into that square if you’re really good. If you’re the BEST. Shall we drop the quarter in the slot? Let’s all play. Let’s all get into that square. Game Over? No, it’s Game On. Yes! A few things to note about this issue. We got the biggest number of voters ever this year. We thank you, as the Best of Memphis wouldn’t be so good — actually, the BEST — without you. A lot of people worked on this issue. It was written by Jackson Baker, Julia Baker, Olivia Bates, Samuel X. Cicci, Shara Clark, Chris Davis, Jesse Davis, Michael Donahue, Susan Ellis, Michael Finger, Alex Greene, Chris McCoy, Toby Sells, Maya Smith, Jon Sparks, and Bruce VanWyngarden. It was designed by Carrie Beasley, with images by Justin Fox Burks.

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Huey’s dominates these categories because of their consistency. They are a port in this burger, hangover, late-night, service, bar food storm.

BEST BARBECUE BOM 1. Central BBQ 2. The Bar-B-Q Shop 3. Germantown Commissary

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1. Central BBQ 2. The Rendezvous 3. The Bar-B-Q Shop With its new location on Poplar, Central BBQ is winning more and more fans. Whether you’re eating their succulent ribs or their generous portions of pork or chicken or just dining on their homemade chips, you know you’re eating the real thing.

1. The Beauty Shop 2. Owen Brennan’s 3. The Majestic Grille The definition of “chilling” is eating brunch at The Beauty Shop. The food is fabulous, and the peoplewatching is terrific. The vibe is hip and cool — just like its chef/owner Karen Carrier.

BEST BLOODY MARY 1. Bayou Bar & Grill 2. The Beauty Shop 3. The Majestic Grille Flyer readers voted Bayou Bar & Grill’s Bloody Mary as best so it has to be that perfect combination of tomato juice, booze, and other accoutrements to jump start your day.

BEST BREAKFAST 1. Brother Juniper’s 2. Bryant’s Breakfast 3. Sunrise Memphis Nothing is more relaxing than eating breakfast at Brother Juniper’s. You know you’re going to get a tasty, big meal. And it doesn’t have to just be bacon and eggs.

BEST CHEF 1. Kelly English, Restaurant Iris, The Second Line 2. Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman, Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen, Hog & Hominy, Gray Canary, Catherine & Mary’s 3. Josh Steiner, Strano by Chef Josh

BEST CAJUN/ CREOLE 1. The Second Line 2. Bayou Bar & Grill 3. Mardi Gras Memphis

BEST FINE DINING 1. Restaurant Iris 2. Folk’s Folly Prime Cut Shoppe 3. Flight Restaurant & Wine Bar

BEST CHINESE 1. Mulan Asian Bistro 2. A-Tan 3. Mosa Asian Bistro Tasty Asian fare? Our readers voted Mulan Asian Bistro, which offers delicious cuisine in Cooper-Young and in East Memphis.

BEST COFFEE ROASTER 1. French Truck Coffee 2. Ugly Mug 3. J Brooks French Truck Coffee is a great addition to the Crosstown family of shops and restaurants.

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Dine in or sit out at a sidewalk table and enjoy the passing trolleys (and scooters) with your main squeeze.

BEST DESSERT SHOP 1. Muddy’s Bake Shop 2. Frost Bake Shop 3. Two Girls and a Whip

BEST BAKERY 1. Muddy’s Bake Shop 2. Frost Bake Shop 3. La Baguette Muddy’s Bake Shop has been sweetening the lives of Memphians for several years now. Muddy’s devotees swear by the shop’s cupcakes, red velvet cake, and longtime favorite, oatmeal cream pie.

Loflin Yard has quickly become a South Main institution. With its generous lawn, familyfriendly performance stages, excellent craft cocktails, and the Gayoso Bayou running through it all, dogs like it, too.

BEST DONUT SHOP BOM 1. Gibson’s Donuts 2. Howard’s Donuts 3. The Dapper Donut Gibson’s is the Huey’s of Memphis donut shops, standing invincibly atop our Best Donuts category year after year. Try the bacon-glazed donut. It’s so good it will make you slap your pappy.

BEST ETHIOPIAN 1. Blue Nile Ethiopian Kitchen 2. Evelyn & Olive 3. Abyssinia Nestled on Madison Avenue in Midtown, Blue Nile has gained a great reputation for its excellent vegetarian fare, as well as traditional favorites, including steaks, chicken, and eight different varieties of kebabs.

3. Belly Acres Bounty on Broad, now one of that burgeoning street’s established anchors, serves delicious farm-to-table food on family-style platters — as well as small plates.

Specialties include chicken-fried quail and braised pork shank.

BEST FOOD TRUCK 1. Say Cheese 2. Sushi Jimmi 3. Fuel Cafe Here’s a great idea: Get you a food truck and drive around Memphis serving the most delicious, savory grilled cheese sandwiches in town. That’s what Say Cheese did, and, boy, are our readers happy about it.

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1. The Arcade Restaurant 2. Four Way Restaurant 3. Regina’s Cajun Restaurant The city’s oldest cafe is a brand-new winner in this category. Go for the neon and the old-school vibe. Stay for the biscuits, gravy, and endless cups of amazing coffee — all of it served up by the nicest servers in town.

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BEST FRIED CHICKEN BOM 1. Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken 2. Jack Pirtle’s Chicken 3. Uncle Lou’s Fried Chicken From a humble chicken joint in Mason, Tennessee, Gus’s Fried Chicken moved on to Front Street Downtown and took over Memphis.

And now Gus’s is taking over the country, with new locations all over the U.S. They’re doing something right.

BEST FROZEN TREAT SHOP 1. Jerry’s Sno Cones 2. La Michoacana 3. MemPops Memphians don’t mind Jerry’s off-the-beatentrack locations in

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In fact, that’s part of its charm. Just follow the crowds to one of the city’s most unique treat shops. Sno cones are only the tip of the iceberg.

BEST HIBACHI 1. Nagasaki Inn 2. Osaka 3. A-Tan Nagasaki Inn is a new winner in this category, which is great. But over the decades, thousands have already voted with their feet to make Nagasaki a beloved Japanese oasis on Summer.

BEST HOT WINGS 1. Ching’s Hot Wings 2. Central BBQ 3. Dirty Crow Inn Eating wings at Ching’s

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BEST INDIAN 1. India Palace 2. Golden India 3. Bombay House Palace is right. The massive space, high ceilings, curved archways, and animal murals of India Palace give it regal appeal. It’s a fitting throne room for the food. Yes to the palak paneer, lamb meatballs, and tandoori chicken, and don’t skip the amazing condiment bar.

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1. Railgarten 2. Huey’s 3. Belly Acres Friend to both kids and kids-at-heart, Railgarten is a Memphis mecca for fun-havers. Hard to find a sunny Saturday afternoon without kids having a blast there.

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Within months of opening its Cordova taproom last year, Meddlesome’s 201 Hoplar won the Memphis Flyer’s 2018 Beer Bracket Challenge. Our voters have, again, put the firsttime category winners at the top of the heap (and by a landslide).

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BEST LOCAL COFFEEHOUSE 1. Otherlands Coffee Bar 2. Ugly Mug 3. Cafe Eclectic Midtown is Otherlands.

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Get coffee, natch. But breakfast and lunch shouldn’t be missed. Pro tip: happy-hour beers are $1.50-$2. You’re welcome.

BEST LUNCH 1. Elwood’s Shack 2. Huey’s 3. Soul Fish Cafe Thousands have found religion in the Lowe’s parking lot, and left as Elwood’s evangelicals.

Thanks to its pimento cheese biscuit, or brisket, or wings, or trout taco, or ribs, or … not to get preachy, but you should go.

BEST MARGARITA 1. Molly’s La Casita 2. Las Delicias 3. Babalu Tapas & Tacos You can’t miss the peach-colored adobe on Madison. And you don’t want to. Molly’s La Casita has been a Midtown mainstay for 35 years.

The food and atmosphere keep folks coming back for years, but it’s the margarita that brings ’em through the door.

Don’t miss $6 margs on Mondays!

BEST MIDDLE EASTERN BOM 1. Casablanca 2. Grecian Gourmet Taverna 3. Petra Cafe Vegans may wish to try the Jerusalem salad.

Non-vegans may wish to try the Jerusalem salad with a side of lamb. When it comes to Middle Eastern classics like hummus, falafel, kebabs, couscous, and shawarma, Casablanca has you covered like baba ganoush on a pita wrap.

BEST NEW RESTAURANT 1. Gray Canary — tie — Liquor Store 2. Sunrise Memphis 3. Maciel’s Highland It’s so Memphis to be split down the middle on our favorite new restaurant.

Are we Gray Canary dapper, visiting the raw bar, while sampling an array of small plates and artisanal cocktails?

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BEST PIZZA 1. Memphis Pizza Cafe 2. Aldo’s Pizza Pies 3. Broadway Pizza Some people don’t think Canadian bacon and pineapple belong anywhere near a pizza.

Those people haven’t tried Memphis Pizza Cafe’s Hawaiian salad.

The Bluff City loves its namesake pizza place, and with hot, generously appointed pies, calzones, subs, and that salad, what’s not to love?

BEST PLACE FOR PEOPLE WATCHING 1. The Peabody Lobby 2. Beale Street 3. Railgarten The South’s grand hotel earns its reputation over and over again.

The lobby with its busy, floral-topped fountain,

is a nexus where movers meet shakers and old schoolers mingle.

The twice daily duck parade ensures at least a modicum of “only in Memphis” weirdness.

BEST RESTAURANT FOR DESSERT 1. Cheesecake Corner 2. Paulette’s Restaurant 3. The Beauty Shop Keep it simple is a good philosophy. Cheesecake Corner is a cozy, candle-lit hangout that specializes in wine, quiche, and luxuriously smooth cheesecakes.

Try the red velvet. Or the lemon pound. Or the white chocolate raspberry. Oh heck, try them all!

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1. Fino’s 2. Young Avenue Deli 3. Elwood’s Shack The Acquisto sandwich is such an amazing balancing act it should be on The Gong Show. It sounds so simple: ham, mortadella, salami, and provolone. But when you pile it all on Fino’s crusty bread and ladle on the olive dressing, something special happens.

1. Babalu Tapas & Tacos 2. Hog & Hominy 3. Flight Restaurant & Wine Bar Sharing is caring and what better way to show you care than sharing delectable dishes from Babalu — the meatballs and crab cakes and short ribs? Every dish is a treat.

BEST SEAFOOD 1. Soul Fish Cafe 2. Tsunami 3. Half Shell Soul Fish Cafe’s finer diner aesthetic may place grilled and fried catfish center stage. But this new winner in the Best Seafood category also serves blackened salmon, ruby red trout, baskets of crispy shrimp, a terrific

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BEST SUSHI 1. Sekisui 2. Sakura Japanese Restaurant 3. Sekisui Pacific Rim Sekisui’s tantalizing selection of staple and specialty rolls never disappoints. Plus, you can wash it all down with a hot sake flight or plum wine.

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BOM 1. Folk’s Folly Prime Cut Shoppe 2. Buckley’s Grill 3. The Butcher Shop Steakhouse When it comes to steak, getting the right cut can make all the difference.

For Memphis beef connoisseurs, it’s folly to skip out on Folk’s offerings.

BEST TACO 1. Maciel’s 2. Las Delicias 3. Las Tortugas Deli Mexicana If you have a hankering for Mexican, Maciel’s provides all the sabor you need. In the mood for something conventional?

Snag one of their regular chicken, beef, or chorizo tacos. Otherwise, go out on a limb with the “Tinga” spicy chicken fried taco.

BEST THAI 1. Bhan Thai 2. Bangkok Alley 3. Pho Binh Sizzling golden shrimp, satay slathered in peanut sauce, hot and spicy curry: Those are just a few examples of Bhan Thai’s mouthwatering cuisine. Wash it all down with a specialty Thai iced tea on their beautiful patio.

BEST VEGETARIAN 1. Fuel Cafe 2. City Silo Table + Pantry 3. Pho Binh How does mushroom pizza with cashew cream cheese sound? How about delicious olive oil-fried black eyed pea

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falafel bits? Or, for a change of pace, a walnut loaf? Whatever it is, Fuel Cafe’s diverse vegetarian and vegan-friendly menu has enough variety to keep you coming back to try everything.

BEST VIETNAMESE 1. Pho Binh 2. Pho Saigon 3. Lotus — tie — Phuong Long The phrase “Pho Binh” is incomplete without including “buffet” at the end. The Vietnamese restaurant’s star lunch attraction is home to the best lemongrass tofu around and supplemented by a never-ending supply of delectable selections. Their main menu items are nothing to sniff at, either.

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09.29 The Music of Billie Holiday Join us for a tribute to American jazz singer Billie Holiday at Crosstown Arts. Featuring Tamara Jones Monger, Keenan Shotwell, Carl Casperson, Gerard Harris, and James Sexton.

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10.06 Crosstoberfest Celebrate Oktoberfest at Crosstown Brewing Co. with live music, $5 beer, games, face painting, a photo booth, a caricature artist, and more.

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1. Railgarten 2. The Cove 3. Alchemy Memphis In 2018, everybody goes to Railgarten. The primo live music selections and diverse entertainment options (beach volleyball! Ping pong!) have put it on top for the first time. They also make a mean meatloaf.

BEST BARTENDER

Beale Street is Always Open. Serving 11a - 3a every day.

1. Dave Parks, the Cove 2. Allan Creasy, Celtic Crossing 3. Vincent Hale, Dodici at Bari He’s the captain of the pirate-themed bar of your dreams, master of the craft cocktail, and pourer of pints. Tip him,

and everyone else on our list, well.

BEST BEER SELECTION IN A BAR 1. Flying Saucer Draught Emporium 2. Young Avenue Deli 3. Boscos — tie — Lucchesi’s Beer Garden All we’re going to say about the Flying Saucer’s extensive draught selection is this: They have a beer search engine on their website.

BEST COLLEGE HANGOUT 1. RP Tracks 2. Railgarten 3. Newby’s If you go to the University of Memphis, or know someone who goes to the University of Memphis, or know a vegan who likes nachos, you’ve probably been to RP Tracks. It’s one of those places that seems eternal, even when it’s changing with the times.

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BEST AFTER HOURS BEST NIGHTCLUB NIGHT SPOT 1. Paula & Raiford’s

Disco 2. Lafayette’s Music Room 3. B.B. King’s Blues Club The readers have spoken: Paula Raiford is the queen of Memphis nightlife. Raiford’s reign predates the Downtown Memphis revival, making

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1. Paula & Raiford’s Disco 2. Earnestine & Hazel’s 3. Alex’s Tavern

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BEST JUKEBOX 1. Earnestine & Hazel’s 2. Alex’s Tavern 3. Young Avenue Deli

BEST HOLE IN THE WALL 1. Earnestine & Hazel’s 2. Alex’s Tavern 3. The Cove Always a good choice, Earnestine & Hazel’s Soul Burgers, topped with a perfectly simple mix of mustard and caramelized onions, are known as a middle-of-the-night pick-me-up to usher in a second wind. If the night is without live music, no worries. The E&H jukebox is filled with classics to please even the most persnickety patrons. continued on page 32

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BEST NEW BAR 1. Carolina Watershed 2. Atomic Tiki 3. The Gray Canary Carolina Watershed is a cool space, no doubt about it. Set in grain bins with an enclosed garden-like patio out back.

The water features and patio envelope diners in a wave of serenity backed up by an excellent beer selection and menu from chef Andy Knight.

Grand Opening • Friday, September 28 • 11am Join us for food, drinks, cheerleaders, giveaways, and much more. Horn Lake’s Gary Parrish, from ESPN radio and CBSSports.com, will cut the ribbon, and then we will start the weekend long party.

BEST DATE BAR 1. Alchemy Memphis 2. Loflin Yard 3. Lafayette’s Music Room

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1. Alchemy Memphis 2. Bardog Tavern 3. Babalu Tapas & Tacos — tie — The Blue Monkey

BEST CRAFT COCKTAILS 1. Alchemy Memphis 2. Hog & Hominy 3. Dodici at Bari Taking the win in three very important categories, Alchemy hits all the right notes for a night out. With a half-price happy hour and creative cocktails like the Memphis Jam, a concoction of Old Dominick Honeybell, fresh lime, cane sugar, and a hint of local jelly, this Cooper-Young spot is a reader favorite.

BEST GAY BAR 1. Mollie Fontaine Lounge 2. Dru’s Bar 3. The Pumping Station

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BEST KARAOKE 1. P&H Cafe 2. The Blue Monkey 3. Dru’s Bar When Memphians are ready to grab a mic and belt out their favorite tunes, on key or not, their go-to is the beloved P&H Cafe. Don’t stop believin’ — their karaoke game is on point, and we’ll be there to kill it with our best rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

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BEST PLACE TO SHOOT POOL 1. Young Avenue Deli 2. Highpockets 3. The Absinthe Room The game is on at Young Avenue Deli, where the pool tables stay racked and packed. A pocket full of quarters and some geometric strategy line your night up for a straight shot across the green.

Eight ball, corner pocket!

BEST SPORTS BAR 1. Brookhaven Pub & Grill 2. Celtic Crossing 3. Bayou Bar & Grill This neighborhood spot, where everybody knows your name, is loved well beyond its borders. Live music, weekly trivia, and sports on the big screens keep ’em coming in to hang with their favorite friends and bartenders.

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1. Chuckle’s Comedy House 2. P&H Cafe 3. Minglewood Hall Nothing heals the soul like a good, hard laugh. At Chuckle’s, comedy is king and our readers enjoy the venue’s lineup of nationally renowned acts — and resulting guttural laughs. Fun just got funnier at this Cordova gem.

1. Gold Club 2. The Pony 3. Purple Diamond Gentlemen’s Club At Gold Club, the pole and patrons get plenty of attention. Whether stopping by for a strip show or settling in with a private lap dance, when our readers want a little risqué action, this is their happy place.

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LASER SHOWS: 7pm: Fright Light 8pm: Laser Metallica 9pm: Pink Floyd: The Wall

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MOVIES: Oct 5, 8pm: The Bride of Frankenstein Oct 19, 8pm: Creature from the Black Lagoon Oct 26, 8pm: King Kong (1933)

*Museum closes at 5pm and reopens at 6pm Grab at bite at Metro Eats Reservations highly recommended:

BEST CASINO 1. Southland Park Gaming and Racing 2. Horseshoe Tunica Hotel & Casino 3. Gold Strike Casino Resort Here comes Rusty! If it’s gaming you want, it’s gaming you get at Southland. It’s packed with some 2,000 machines, black jack, roulette, and, yep, that great dog track.

BEST COLLEGE GALLERY BOM 1. Memphis College of Art 2. Box Gallery at University of Memphis 3. Lemoyne-Owen College

MCA’s solid exhibitions of work by faculty, students, and alumni — the popular Horn Island show is currently on view through October 5th — reveal the spirit to create art remains. We’ll miss the place.

BEST GALLERY BOM 1. Crosstown Arts 2. David Lusk Gallery 3. Orange Mound Gallery Who knew that an abandoned Sears building could be transformed into such a spectacular art space?

But it’s more than just the architectural environment that makes this our readers’ choice; the curators have scheduled a full calendar

of local, regional, and national shows. Through November: “Wish Book,” landscape photos on fabric by John Pearson.

BEST DOG PARK 1. The Outback at Shelby Farms 2. Overton Bark 3. Tobey Park If you were a dog, wouldn’t you like a huge park, with 100 acres just for you, where you could shed that leash and run along forest trails and splash in lakes and wander through fields and roll in meadows and when you got tired and thirsty, you could find water stations within easy reach? Oh, and did we mention that you could bark at a herd of buffalo? continued on page 36

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BEST PARK

Shelby Farms

September 27-October 3, 2018

1. Shelby Farms 2. Overton Park 3. Memphis Botanic Garden Readers have consistently chosen Shelby Farms as best park. It was nice when it first opened, but major enhancements

have truly made it the place to go when you need to get away from it all.

BEST FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT 1. The Memphis Zoo 2. Levitt Shell 3. Memphis Botanic Garden It started in the early 1900s with a poor bear chained to a tree and is

Elegant

WEDDINGS BREATHTAKING ENGAGEMENTS UNFORGETTABLE RECEPTIONS

now home to some 4,500 animals. If you want up-close encounters with lions, tigers, and bears (oh my!), this is the place to be.

BEST FESTIVAL

Memphis Zoo

1. Cooper-Young Festival 2. Beale Street Music Festival 3. Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest This is one of those events

that offers something for everybody: an incredible variety of food, artists, music, and other forms of entertainment. Can you remember when CooperYoung was just a sleepy neighborhood? We can’t.

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BEST LOCAL BAND 1. Lucero 2. Star & Micey 3. Mighty Souls Brass Band The mighty Lucero are the people’s choice for best band, an impressive feat given the stiff competition. And the accolades are well deserved. Lucero is one of the hardest-working groups around, and their new album, Among the Ghosts, is a strong statement by a band whose

musical muscles have been toned by years of touring, recording, and Annual Block Parties.

For a distinctly Southern blend of country, rock, and growling vocals, Memphians choose Lucero.

BEST LOCAL COMEDIAN 1. Katrina Coleman 2. Hunter Sandlin — tie — Mo Alexander 3. Josh McLane Coleman is the co-creator of the addictive “You Look Like” show, which features the best of often vicious but Katrina Coleman

always hiliarious comedic putdowns. As founder of the Memphis Comedy Festival, she’s also been described, in this very newspaper, as “the person most responsible for assembling the big tent of modern Memphis comedy.” Did we say she was funny? She is indeed.

BEST LOCAL SINGER 1. Joyce Cobb 2. Amy LaVere 3. Marcella Simien Joyce Cobb is Memphis’ Music Ambassador. At concerts, Boscos Jazz Brunch, or her own

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show on WEVL, Joyce’s amazing voice has made her a genuine musical legend.

BEST MOVIE THEATER 1. Malco Ridgeway Cinema Grill 2. Malco Paradiso Cinema Grill and IMAX — tie — Malco Studio on the Square 3. Malco Collierville continued on page 38

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BEST MUSEUM 1. National Civil Rights Museum 2. Pink Palace Museum 3. Stax Museum of American Soul Music The National Civil Rights Museum is the place out-of-towners want to see first. The museum, located in the Lorraine Motel, is living history.

It’s an unforgettable place.

September 27-October 3, 2018

BEST PERFORMING ARTS VENUE 1. The Orpheum 2. Levitt Shell 3. Playhouse on the Square

Ballroom, Latin, Social Dancing.

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BEST LIVE THEATER 1. The Orpheum 2. Playhouse on the Square 3. Hattiloo Theatre — tie — Theatre Memphis With its chandeliers, boxes on either side of the stage, and all the golds and reds, The Orpheum is also the most beautiful theater as well as a great venue for performing arts and live theater. The stage is perfect for touring shows, concerts, and other events. And the list of famous people who’ve performed there — just check out their stars on The Orpheum’s sidewalk.

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BEST PLACE TO SEE LIVE MUSIC 1. Levitt Shell 2. Live at the Garden 3. Lafayette’s Music Room You can sprawl on the ground and even sip some wine or other beverage when you go to a concert at the Levitt Shell. And if you sit too far away, you can watch the action on screens on either side of the stage.

Thanks for your votes, Memphis!

LET’S HANG ON!

FRANKIE VALLI TRIBUTE

OCT 6 / 7:30pm

Crosstown Concourse Suite 280 Memphis, TN 38104 901-507-8030 crosstownarts.org

Frankie Valli sang the sound track of America: BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY, CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU, SHERRY, WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU and more.

AN EVENING WITH GROUCHO STARRING FRANK FERRANTE

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You’ll swear legendary comedian Groucho Marx is alive and well in this evening of hilarity. With all the negativity in the World … treat yourself to an evening of pure fun!

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1. Penny Hardaway 2. Marc Gasol 3. Mike Conley Former Memphis Tiger and NBA star Anfernee Deon “Penny” Hardaway is the new head coach of Tiger basketball at the University of Memphis — and Memphians’ choice for Best Local Athlete. And judging by the explosion of Tigerblue T-shirts sporting a blown-up image of a one-cent coin seen around town after Penny got the head coach position, Memphians are all pretty proud of their Penny.

BEST PODCAST 1. Memphis Type History 2. The Outsiders Podcast — tie — Roundtable of Hooligans — tie — Surf Memphis 3. Dr. Heckle Caitlin Horton and Rebecca Phillips host Memphis Type History, a podcast about the Memphis behind the blues and barbecue everyone knows. The general focus of the show is on distinctive or historic signs, but the enlightening conversations can

include Sputnik Monroe, fault lines, Machine Gun Kelly (the gangster, not the rapper), zines, and the birth of liquorby-the-glass sales in Memphis.

BEST LOCAL RADIO SHOW 1. Drake in the Morning 2. Ron Olson and Karen Perrin 3. Gary Parrish Show

BEST RADIO PERSONALITY 1. Drake Hall 2. Ron Olson 3. Stan Bell Working Memphis wakes up with Drake.

Radio is the media that has long connected and defined Memphis and our intimate bond with music. The undisputed king of the Memphis airwaves is Drake Hall, who follows in the footsteps of Dewey Phillips and Rufus Thomas as immortal Memphis radio personalities.

BEST NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST 1. Geoff Calkins, Daily Memphian 2. Michael Donahue, Memphis Flyer 3. Bruce VanWyngarden, Memphis Flyer

BEST SPORTS RADIO SHOW 1. Geoff Calkins 2. Gary Parrish 3. Chris Vernon Geoff Calkins has his finger on the pulse of Memphis’ sports. He’s the narrator for the Grizzlies’ ups and down, and the highest profile hire at the new Daily Memphian.

BEST RADIO STATION 1. WEVL-FM 89.9 2. 98.1 The Max Maximum Rocks 3. WRVR-FM 104.5 The River WEVL could exist in nowhere else but Memphis. Not only has this city produced some of the world’s greatest musicians, but it also has some of the world’s most intense music geeks.

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1. Joe Birch 2. Kontji Anthony 3. Joyce Peterson — tie — Mearl Purvis 2018 is Joe Birch’s 40th year with WMC-5. The CBU graduate started out as a production assistant, got himself an anchor chair in 1983, and now he’s the face of the most popular newscast in the Mid-South — and, most importantly, the favorite of Memphis Flyer readers.

BEST TV SPORTSCASTER BOM 1. Jarvis Greer 2. Pete Pranica 3. Doc Holliday Jarvis Greer started at WMC the year after Joe Birch. Now, Memphis athletes from the Griz

to the Tigers to high schoolers live to hear him call their name for a great play on his nightly newscasts. Jarvis is as Memphis as it gets.

BEST TV WEATHERPERSON 1. Ron Childers 2. Brittney Bryant 3. Joey Sulipeck When skies darken and the wind gets ominously still, the Bluff City turns to WMC’s Ron Childers to tell us where the tornado’s going to hit. This indefatigable weather man is there to hold our collective hand until the mean old supercell leaves the viewing area. Thanks, Ron!

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1. Sheffield Antiques Mall 2. Palladio Antiques 3. Antique Warehouse In its nearly 80,000 square feet of showroom space, treasure hunters can spend a full day looking for loot at Sheffield Antiques Mall.

From knick-knacks and collectibles to art and outdoor furnishings, the mall’s 300 dealers have reeled in our readers since 1995.

BEST BEER SELECTION (IN A STORE) 1. Madison Avenue Growler Shop/Cash Saver 2. Buster’s Liquors & Wine 3. Joe’s Wines & Liquor — tie —Kroger There’s a reason why 901ers frequently head to Midtown for a beer run. Cash Saver has an unparalleled selection (over 330 brands) of local, national, and international brews, and at great prices to boot!

If you’re in the mood for more volume, the specially curated 30 taps at the Growler Shop provide a fresh option.

BEST BICYCLE SHOP 1. Peddler Bike Shop 2. Outdoors, Inc. 3. Victory Bicycle Studio With so many trailways and routes around Memphis these days, it would be a shame not to take advantage. Peddler Bike Shop keeps all the right wheels spinning, providing the best bike outlet for veterans and new cyclists alike.

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not bear a Memphis without a locally owned bookstore. The space is small, smart, and has books and magazines galore for those who like nothing better than settling in with a good read.

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1. Charlie’s Meat Market 2. Thomas Meat & Seafood Market 3. Superlo Foods Charlie Hogan opened his first butcher shop in 1967, moving to its present location on Summer in 1971. Since then, the Hogan family has offered beef, pork, and chicken products to customers that readers probably know: Huey’s, Earnestine & Hazel’s, Tops Bar-B-Q, and even Jerry’s Sno Cones.

BEST CREATIVE AGENCY BOM 1. Sauce Marketing 2. Archer Malmo 3. Neon Canvas With a name like Sauce, this small firm has blended the best ingredients to garner their first-ever win as Best Creative Agency.

Founded in 2007 by “Sauce Boss” Kim Garmon Hummel, the firm’s tools include brand strategy, market analysis, web design,

and other services for NeuroSource, Mid-South Orthopedic, Fusion Fitness, and other clients.

BEST DAY CARE FOR KIDS 1. Lindenwood Christian Child Care Center 2. Memphis Jewish Community Center 3. Germantown Baptist Church Weekday Preschool — tie — La Petite Academy of Cordova It’s a tough decision when parents are trying to find somebody (or someplace) to take care of their children, but readers obviously think Lindenwood is the next best thing to home.

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BEST FARMERS MARKET 1. Memphis Farmers Market 2. Agricenter Farmers Market 3. Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market When it comes to fresh produce and handmade wares, the Memphis Farmers Market is the place to be. Open every Saturday from April to October in the Central Station Pavilion Downtown, this market is the perfect place for Memphians looking to buy the freshest produce and enjoy delicious foods from more than 70 vendors.

BEST EVENT RENTAL BEST FLORIST VENUE 1. Pugh’s Flowers 1. Memphis Botanic Garden 2. 409 South Main 3. Balinese Ballroom From small to grand and from indoors to outdoors, the Garden can accommodate whatever your event. It’s been the site for some of the city’s grandest fund-raisers and most gorgeous weddings.

2. Holliday Flowers & Events 3. Garden District Quite frankly, we never thought a skunk would be the best logo for a florist. Well, that just shows what we know about noses. Pugh’s Flowers, in business since 1976, has been a reader favorite for years, with four shops in Memphis and landscape companies in Tennessee and Arkansas.

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BEST GARDEN CENTER

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1. Dan West Garden Center 2. Midtown Nursery 3. Urban Earth Garden Center It’s an unassuming place, jammed into a former gas station, but don’t let the humble surroundings fool you. Year after year, Dan West is our reader favorite. Need advice about plants, mulch, watering, shade, insects?

Everyone who works here has a green thumb.

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1. Babcock Gifts 2. Falling into Place 3. The Broom Closet — tie — More than Words Gifts Is there a bride in Memphis who hasn’t listed Babcock Gifts on her wedding registry?

With a seemingly endless selection of fine china, silverware, cookware, pottery, and more, if you can’t find a gift here for the newlyweds, you just aren’t trying.

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1. Whole Foods Market 2. Kroger 3. Sprouts Opened in East Memphis and with another location in Germantown, Whole Foods is dedicated to providing high-quality organic products — including food, household, and health items — to its customers. If you’re looking for a quick way to pick up something healthy and delicious, this is the place.

BEST SPECIALTY FOOD SHOP BOM 1. Dinstuhl’s Fine Candies 2. Cordova International Farmers Market 3. Viet Hoa Dinstuhl’s Fine Candies is a perennial favorite for Memphians with a sweet tooth. And after five generations making cashew crunch, chocolate-covered strawberries, and other delectable desserts all with only the most wholesome ingredients, the folks at Dinstuhl’s know what they’re doing in the candy kitchen.

BEST SHOPPING CENTER 1. Shops of Saddle Creek 2. Carriage Crossing 3. Laurelwood Shopping Center Shops of Saddle Creek offer the savvy shopper a shopping center with class to spare. With Apple Store, Chico’s, American Threads, and Rise Biscuits Donuts all on the premises, the Germantown center has everything from technology to fashion to food all in one spot, offering a whole experience.

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BEST HOME FURNISHINGS 1. IKEA 2. Stash Home 3. The Find by Frugal Home Finds If you want to furnish your home for cheap, you go to IKEA. Whether you’re in the market for a new bed or dining room table, IKEA has it. The massive Swedish store is a maze of furniture, decor, and everything else one might need in their home. The prices are reasonable, and the products never disappoint.

BEST HOTEL BOM 1. The Peabody 2. The River Inn of Harbor Town 3. The Guest House at Graceland Ornate interior, a rooftop with a view of Downtown Memphis, and of course, the world-famous ducks easily make the Peabody Hotel the best hotel in town. Marble floors and columns accented with gold decorate the hotel’s two-story lobby, drawing visitors into its historic grandeur. continued on page 48

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BEST LAW FIRM 1. Nahon, Saharovich, and Trotz 2. Baker Donelson 3. Ballin, Ballin & Fishman NST gets the job done.

The law firm has been around for 30 years, advocating for injured people. The staff is polite, efficient, and eager to help people get the compensation they deserve.

BEST LINGERIE SHOP 1. Coco & Lola’s 2. Trousseau 3. A Fitting Place Coco & Lola’s is bringing sexy back with vintage, contemporary, and exotic lingerie. The shop has lingerie for all occasions, from body suits to bridal whites to corsets. You’ll

find garments made of lace, silk, leather, fur, latex, and fishnet in the homey Midtown shop.

BEST LIQUOR STORE 1. Buster’s Liquors & Wines 2. Joe’s Wines & Liquor 3. Kirby Wines & Liquors They have everything.

That’s what you’ll often hear people say about Busters on Highland. It’s like a mall for alcohol.

Other than having the largest wine selection in Memphis, the spacious store has all kinds of craft beer, spirits, and even some staple mixers.

BEST LOCAL ATHLETIC GOODS STORE

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BOM 1. Outdoors, Inc. 2. Academy Sports + Outdoors — tie — Fleet Feet Sports 3. Breakaway Running If you need a water bottle or some hiking sandals, Outdoors, Inc. is the best place in town to find them. They’ve got all the quality brands outdoorsy people know and love, like Chaco, North Face, and Patagonia. And the friendly staff makes the great Outdoors experience even better.

1. Orion Federal Credit Union 2. First Tennessee Bank 3. Southern Security Federal Credit Union Banking is how it should be at Orion Federal Credit Union — secure and easy. The staff is efficient, knowledgeable, and helpful.

BEST LOCAL FINE JEWELRY STORE 1. Mednikow Jewelers 2. Ed Harris Jewelry 3. Las Savell Jewelry At Mednikow Jewelers, where timeless, elegant diamonds and other precious jewels abound, everything that glitters is gold — or another hand-selected precious metal. Mednikow has a

vast selection of rings, necklaces, watches, and other fine jewelry for every occasion.

BEST LOCAL STORE FOR MEN’S CLOTHING 1. Baer’s Den 2. James Davis Men’s Store 3. Oak Hall A cozy boutique in Laurelwood, Baer’s Den offers the season’s best men’s fashions. They carry high-quality brands like Hugo Boss, Polo, and Citizens of Humanity.

The racks are lined with all the wardrobe essentials, like jeans and button downs.

Thanks Memphis for your votes as Best Local Fine Jewelry Store.

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BEST LOCAL STORE FOR MEN’S SHOES 1. Oak Hall 2. Fleet Feet Sports 3. Outdoors, Inc. Shoes from Oak Hall will make your feet happy. They’ve got the best selection of stylish, comfortable, and quality shoes for men in town.

BEST LOCAL STORE FOR WOMEN’S CLOTHING 1. Paisley Rooster Boutique 2. Baer’s Den 3. Indigo Look smart and shop smart at this store with locations in Collierville and Arlington, although if you just can’t get out continued on page 50

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BEST LOCAL STORE FOR WOMEN’S SHOES 1. Joseph’s 2. Cook & Love 3. Kaufman Shoes Who doesn’t need a Valentino ankle strap for the evening, or a Louboutin glitter sandal, or a Gucci over-the-knee boot? You’d best hike on over to Joseph to treat your feet stylishly right.

BEST MUSIC EQUIPMENT STORE 1. Amro Music Stores 2. Memphis Drum Shop 3. Martin Music The fourth generation

family-owned music store can get you a piccolo or a piano, some music to go with your choice, and service it as well. And if it was good enough for Elvis, B.B. King, and John Mayer, then it should be for you, too.

BEST PET BOARDING/DAY CARE 1. BrownDog Lodge — tie — Camp Bow Wow 2. Dogs Rule Day Care & School 3. Barks and Recreation Luxury pet hotel BrownDog Lodge and pet care experts Camp Bow Wow are where you can feel confident taking your furry loved ones.

They’ll miss you, but they get to socialize with their pals, are well fed, and well taken care of.

BEST PET STORE BOM 1. Hollywood Feed 2. PetSmart 3. House of Mews With half a dozen stores around town (and expanding around the country), this is the place to get your natural, holistic, and American-made pet food and products. And it supports local rescues.

BEST VET 1. Walnut Grove Animal Clinic 2. Utopia Animal Hospital 3. McGehee Clinic for Animals The doctors and staff make your four-legged family members their number one priority.

And now that its big expansion was completed earlier this year, the treatment, amenities, and care are better than ever.

BEST PLACE TO BUY A MOTORCYCLE BOM 1. Bumpus Harley-Davidson 2. Southern Thunder Harley-Davidson 3. Honda-Yamaha of Memphis With five dealerships from here to Lynchburg, Bumpus provides everything Harley lovers need in new and used motorcycles, from service to support and including the most awesomely legit gear.

BEST PLACE TO GET VINTAGE/USED CLOTHING

compliments on your stylish ensemble and only you know it came from Goodwill. That’s good for the ego, great for the budget, and it’s all going to a good cause.

BEST REALTOR 1. Ashley Onsby, MidSouth Residential LLC 2. Todd “Too Tall” Adams, Keller Williams 3. Max Rubenstein, Keller Williams Is it a buyer’s market or a seller’s? Doesn’t really matter since, with years of experience in the real estate industry, Ashley is a go-getter who dedicates herself to moving that property of yours.

1. Goodwill 2. Flashback 3. City Thrift There’s a great satisfaction in getting

BEST RECORD STORE 1. Goner Records 2. Shangri-La Records 3. Dixie Pickers Not every record store hosts its own music festival or its own music label, but Goner Records in Cooper-Young is not your average record store. The little shop is so crammed with limited-edition vinyl, rock memoirs, and used CDs that it’s a wonder they can make room for a drum set when they host their occasional in-store shows. If you respect serious garagerock riffage, go give them a visit. Tell them the Flyer sent you. continued on page 52

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BEST SEX SHOP 1. Christal’s 2. Inz & Outz 3. Romantix For a little something to add some spice between the sheets, Memphians choose Christal’s. And it’s no wonder. The selection is, well, massive, and the staff are friendly. The nighttime is the right time, and Christal’s is the right place — Memphians’ choice for Best Sex Shop.

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1. Anthony “Tony” Max, No Regrets 2. Jordan Epperson, No Regrets — tie — Claire Faulhaber, Underground Art 3. Sarah Workman, Underground Art Anthony “Tony” Max has got skills with an electric needle. He excels at detail work, and he’s on staff at BOM-winning tattoo studio No Regrets.

Maybe it’s time to finally get that shoulder piece you’ve been dreaming of.

BEST TATTOO STUDIO 1. No Regrets 2. Underground Art 3. Trilogy It’s reassuring to see the words “No Regrets” in big, bold letters on the sign

before taking the tattoo leap. And this Midtown studio, Memphians’ choice, employs some of the best artists in town. So there are no worries, no regrets.

Now just go get that sick zombie Elvis tattoo.

BEST TOBACCO SHOP 1. Whatever Shop 2. Tinder Box 3. Havana Mix

BEST VAPE SHOP 1. Whatever Shop 2. Create A Cig 3. VaporWize Highland

BEST ALTERNATIVE SMOKE SHOP 1. Whatever Shop 2. Wizard’s 3. Tater Red’s Lucky Mojos Whatever Shop pulled a hat trick this year, taking first place in Best Tobacco Shop, Best Vape Shop, and Best Alternative Smoke Shop. The shop is always cool and dark and faintly smelling of incense, with something spacedout trickling from the speakers. It’s pretty much the Platonic ideal of a little, tie-dyed smoke shop. But don’t take our word for it; go see for yourself.

BEST NEW CAR DEALERSHIP 1. Wolfchase Honda 2. Principle Toyota 3. Jim Keras Subaru Do you need Clarity in your life? Then head on over to Wolfchase Honda for this hybrid plug-in.

They can set you up in an Accord or Civic or whatever Honda model is your preferred wheels.

Great service, too.

BEST USED CAR DEALERSHIP BOM 1. Collierville Auto Center 2. City Auto 3. Gossett Motor Cars

BEST AUTO REPAIR BOM 1. Collierville Auto Center 2. Steve’s Tire & Auto 3. Barton’s Car Care It should put your mind at ease that the best place to buy used cars just happens to be the best place to repair them, if it comes to that. Collierville Auto Center is our readers’ choice for anything from a tune-up to a complete overhaul.

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BEST BARRE STUDIO 1. Barre None @ Kroc 2. Pure Barre 3. Cardio Barre Barre None reached the highest rung this year as our city’s fave place to stretch, sculpt, and tone their bodies. We like to move it, move it — and flex our our rockin’ bods at Kroc.

BEST CROSSFIT

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1. CrossFit Hit and Run 2. CrossFit 901 3. CrossFit Chickasaw — tie — CrossFit Memphis With an emphasis on sense of community and elite fitness, CrossFit Hit and Run teaches exercise regimens that include

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aerobic exercise, body weight exercises, and Olympic weightlifting and offers nutrition counseling.

BEST DAY SPA 1. Gould’s 2. Pavo Salon Spa 3. The Skin Clinics

BEST PLACE TO GET A FACIAL 1. Gould’s 2. The Skin Clinics 3. Pavo Salon Spa For more than 80 years, Gould’s has been a prime go-to spot to “treat yo’self,” whether

that be for a massage, facial, or other beauty and cosmetic services, so it’s no wonder they continually end up at the top of our BOM lists.

BEST HAIR SALON 1. Pavo Salon Spa 2. Gould’s 3. Rachel’s Salon & Day Spa Pavo Salon Spa prides itself on quality and excellence, and it shows on their clients as they leave the salon singing to themselves, “I feel pretty, oh, so pretty.”

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Thank you, Memphis! When we opened back in August of 2016, we never imagined we would be where we are today, but we It feels good to be voted the best at making you look and feel your best. We are honored. Thank you!

are so thankful. None of this would be www.gouldsalonspa.com

possible without our clients and we are so grateful for the continued support as our business continues to flourish. We cannot wait to see what the future has in store for us here in Memphis.

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BEST PLACE TO GET WAXED

BEST HAIR STYLIST 1. Sarah Coward, Pavo 2. Barbara Barnett Blakey, Dabbles 3. Kristin Watson, Gould’s Pavo hair stylist Sarah Coward comes highly recommended on Yelp, Google, and, once again,

on our BOM list for her level of care and attention to detail.

BEST NAIL SALON 1. Nail Bar & Co. 2. Gloss Nail Bar 3. Diva Nails & Spa Shellac, gel, and vinyl, oh my! Nail Bar & Co. offers

Midtown Yoga

a variety of mani and pedi packages (for both men and women), and they even take groups and parties.

BEST HEALTH/ FITNESS CLUB 1. Salvation Army Kroc Center 2. Germantown Athletic Club 3. YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South The Kroc Center is a

BOM 1. European Wax Center 2. Gould’s — tie — Rachel’s Salon & Day Spa 3. Pavo Salon Spa Hairy situation?

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BEST YOGA STUDIO 1. Midtown Yoga 2. Better Bodies Yoga 3. Delta Groove Yoga Midtown Yoga offers a variety of classes, from Vinyasa to hot and aerial yogas, that help align and heal the body and soul.

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Call me basic AF. But Birds are fun AF. Will they *super official voice* “change the face of Memphis transit?” DKDC. They’re easy, fast, cheap, and a little dangerous (sounds like a pulp novel).

Fight me, bro. I’ll die on this hill, until I bust my ass on one. — Toby Sells

and Tubby Smith. A former All-America at then-Memphis State and first-team All-NBA player with the Orlando Magic in the mid-’90s, Hardaway immediately signed the city’s top two recruits — Cordova High School’s Tyler Harris and Alex Lomax, who helped Hardaway win three state titles at East — and targeted none other than John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats among future Tiger opponents. Can one man — one Penny — fill seats at FedExForum when the likes of South Dakota State visit the Tigers on a December night? We’re convinced the answer is yes. — Frank Murtaugh

THE BEST BOOKEND SLOWEST-BURNING TO 2017 DUMPSTER FIRE When the Confederate It’s been hard to watch Gannett gut The Commercial Appeal and drive our onceproud daily into nearirrelevance. It started with layoffs and continued with a rash of laughablebut-awful typos, and obliteration seems to be Gannett’s end game with jacked-up subscription rates. Memphians see you, Gannett, and we ain’t happy. — TS

BEST HIRE The University of Memphis hired Tiger legend Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway to breathe life into a basketball program that had fallen on hard times in recent years under Josh Pastner

statues were removed from city parks late last year, it was the culmination of monthslong efforts by city officials and local activists.

The statues were symbols of an unsavory past. It was long overdue for them to come down and for Memphis to be propelled out of a past marred by racism and into the modern era.

— Maya Smith

THE BEST GATHERING OF PEOPLE On the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, thousands gathered peacefully Downtown to commemorate the civil

some officials questioning the appropriateness of the mural and calling for its removal. Thankfully, Mayor Strickland vetoed that “mystifying” idea.

— JD

rights leader. It was unlike anything I’d ever seen before in Memphis. People of all different shades stood side by side that day, paying homage to a man who quite literally died to make scenes like that possible. — MS

BEST CLASS PET Many school classrooms have a beloved class pet: perhaps a cute little hamster, or maybe even a lizard? Kirby High School, however, took it to the next level by playing host to a swarm of rats. The school closed for weeks, and the district is preparing to divide the students up between several different schools until the new year. On a serious note, it’s an extreme example of the issues Shelby County public school students have to deal with.

— Samuel X. Cicci

BEST ROBIN WILLIAMS TRIBUTE Dead Poets Society is a cinematic classic featuring a top performance by the late Robin Williams.

During a trial’s closing remarks, Assistant District Attorney Joshua Corman

decided to pay tribute by standing on a desk similar to Williams’ character, John Keating. What seemed to be forgotten amid the dramatic reenactment is that Keating is fired at the end of the film. Coincidentally, Corman’s website now lists him as a “former prosecutor.” — SC

BEST NEW SPORTS TEAM Memphis is about to turn into a soccer city with the introduction of 901 FC. The team will kick off its 2019 season as a member of the United Soccer League, the second tier of professional American soccer. With experienced staff in place and Tim Howard on board as an advisor, Memphis’ soccer contingent can’t wait for the season to kick off.

— SC

BEST DEMONIC DUST-UP The City Council was up in arms over a zombiethemed mural overlooking Lamar by local nonprofit Paint Memphis. The mural, which the council

called “satanic” despite no overt religious motifs, was deemed offensive enough to merit censorship. The only problem? The city scrubbed the wrong mural, painting over other, not-so-undead murals elsewhere. — Jesse Davis

BEST MURAL MELTDOWN, PART TWO Critics of the city’s (now aborted) plan to remove a civil rights-themed mural Downtown called the move “mystifying.”

The mural, which is painted on a garage at the corner of South Main and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, depicts a civil rights timeline with historical figures like Ida B. Wells, but some perceived historical inaccuracy and the inclusion of the phrase “Black Lives Matter” had

BEST REASON TO BE OPTIMISTIC: STUDENT-LED SCHOOL WALK-OUT Okay, so this is a fun issue, all about our favorites in the Bluff City, but if we’re being honest, 2018 had plenty of “worst of” moments on offer, too.

But if there’s any reason to be optimistic, I can’t think of a better one than this: In March, students from around 20 high schools staged a school walk-out in protest of gun violence. Whatever your thoughts on a solution for gun violence, that such a big group of high school students got involved in such a huge way makes us feel pretty hopeful. — JD

BEST REASON TO LISTEN TO MEMPHIS Beale Street Caravan has recorded and broadcast some of the best live performances from Memphis for a while now, but this year, with “I Listen to Memphis,” they’re expanding and evolving.

With performances from Negro Terror and Marcella Simien, the program is all over the map, genrewise, and the addition of a video component puts the project over the edge.

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continued from page 57 the musical diversity of the Bluff City? — JD

BEST CONTRIBUTION TO CIVILIZED LIFE IN MEMPHIS Thanks should go to the Tennessee legislature (a sentence I seldom write) for finally passing a state law allowing alcohol sales on Sunday. No longer do Memphians wake on Sunday morning and think, “Oh crap, I forgot to buy booze yesterday,” which — let’s be honest about it — is a lousy way to wake up on Sunday morning. Now, thanks to the semi-enlightened hicks in Nashville, if you need to pick up a bottle of Maker’s Mark to take to your buddy’s NFL watch party, you just pop over to your local spirits store, Sunday or not. No more Blue Laws blues, praise Jeebus.

— Bruce VanWyngarden

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BEST OIL CHANGE No, I’m not talking about dropping off your Subaru for a lube job.

I’m talking about CBD oil, the hemp-based product that is flying off the shelves of various and sundry shops around town. It’s purportedly good for relieving anxiety, inducing sleep, and easing various aches and pains, and until the day when our legislators see the light and legalize medical marijuana in Tennessee, it’s the next best thing going. It’s even good for your pets. — BV

BEST DOUBLE DIP Memphis City Council members Janis Fullilove, Bill Morrison, and Edmund Ford Jr. each 58 won county offices in the August 2nd election.

They had the option to resign their council seats immediately, thereby giving their council constituents a chance to vote on their replacements. Or, they could continue taking their council salaries for 90 days and also start receiving the salaries from their new county jobs — the ol’ double dip into taxpayer funds.

Which option do you think they took? Hint: It involves two paychecks.

— BV

inventions persist. Take the Mellotron. A curious Rube Goldberg Machine of an instrument, it was developed over 50 years ago to play tapes of real instruments at the touch of an organ key. Because it uses motors, springs, and tape heads, every performance is uniquely tweaked. Packed houses at Crosstown Arts’ Mellotron Variations concerts this spring heard it, especially when a quartet played (probably) more Mellotrons than have ever graced a single stage at one time. — AG

BEST CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH A BEST MAKEOVER ROCK STAR OF A STATELY MIDTOWN HOME A lot of parents take their kids to the Memphis in May Music Festival, hoist them on their shoulders, and let them see the bands work their sonic magic.

Some such parents, taking their kid to a Flaming Lips show, might even expect the wild onstage and offstage spectacles that the band is famous for.

But no parent can guess that when Wayne Coyne launches over the upraised hands of the audience in his giant bubble, he’ll somehow be propelled straight to your child’s head, and (harmlessly) roll right over him. One can only surmise that, at that moment, the Lips won another lifelong fan in Memphis.— Alex Greene

BEST MECHANICALLY POWERED MUSICAL EVENT Since the digital revolution, all sounds have become possible, and, seemingly, unavoidable. A ukulele can be made to sound like an orchestra, a mouse like an elephant.

But amid all this, older

Many live music fans had seen shows at the Memphis Music Mansion before, but few were prepared for the mise-enscène that greeted us at the Harlan T. Bobo show.

Designer Charlotte Davis used once-luxurious curtains to transform the spiral staircase into a wall-to-wall, velveteen tableaux. The focal point was the antique grand piano that had lured Bobo into playing there in the first place.

Above the performers hung a crude portrait of “Grandpa Hector,” paterfamilias of the Bobo universe. Flanking the piano was a rather eclectic band, including vibes, pedal steel, noise guitar, and cellist Jonathan Kirkscey in his concert tux. It was the picture of decadence, and an ideal setting for Bobo’s songs of dissolution. — AG

BEST NEW OUTDOORS RECREATION STORE Not too long ago, we lost Sports Authority, and this year, in its place (literally in place of SA’s old storefront at the Ridgeway Trace Center), we have gained REI. If anyone is like me and loves being in the great outdoors, this is a great place to stock up on gear and supplies. They sell products for camping, hiking, kayaking, bicycling, climbing, and more; and what’s more, they offer bicycle repairs and free workshops.

REI is involved with our outdoor conservancies, too. They have donated a combined $20,000 to Wolf River, Overton Park, and Shelby Farms Park. Not too shabby, REI, not too shabby.

— Julia Baker

BEST WAVE Local Democrats not only reconstitute defunct party, but within a year’s time generate a genuine Blue Wave at the polls.

— Jackson Baker

BEST ENTREPRENEUR Memphis entrepreneur Journi D’Khaos Prewitt decided, at age 16, that African-American youth needed to read more, especially about their culture and history. Thus

was born Black Butterfly Beautiful, a monthly subscription box for ages 5 to 19. Each box is based on subscriber age, gender, and the month’s theme, and it contains a book, at least one product from a blackowned business, and other relevant items.

— Jon Sparks https:// blackbutterflybeautiful.com

BEST MAKEOVER If you’re already “Best Chef,” “Best Restaurant” and “Best Fine Dining,” one would think you were at your zenith, but Kelly English closed his Restaurant Iris this year so he could come up with a new look and a new menu. And people love it. A generous-but-cozy bar greets guests as they enter the now darker but more magnificentlooking restaurant.

Food-related paintings, including a portrait of English, grace the walls.

And the food is fabulous.

As English said of the

new menu, “We’ve pulled in more groups of people that are represented around town. There’s a large portion of people who live here that have come here to make our community better and we take notice of that.”

— Michael Donahue

BEST VIEWS FOR AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS If you find yourself asking questions like, “What’s it all mean?” or “Where do I fit in?” don’t go laying all that heavy shit on some unsuspecting friend or stranger at the bar.

Instead, bike the West Memphis trails accessible by way of Big River Crossing. You may not find any answers on the other side, but it’s peaceful there. And, for shifting perspectives, there’s nothing like an unobstructed view of Memphis, hovering on its bluff, like an island in a sea of green.

— Chris Davis

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Positive power

By Chris Davis

Stand-up comics Richard Douglas Jones and Jowa Horn are co-hosting a comedy showcase at the P&H Cafe called Positive Black Role Models.

But when you’ve got Jones, the host of the Black Nerd Power podcast on the telephone, nerd questions get asked. Questions like, “The Joker? Really?

They’re ruining the Joker now? Why doesn’t DC just throw in the towel and start all over again with secondary characters like The Question or maybe Martian Manhunter?”

“Just reboot,” Jones says, confidently shrugging at the comic-book movie franchise’s apparent disregard for continuity. “If the Spider-Man movies have taught us anything, it’s that you can reboot as much as you want and nobody cares.” Spidey’s been on Jones’ mind since the new PlayStation game came out. The ability to “thwip” around Manhattan and web up criminals has threatened to keep him from making proper rounds at the comedy festivals he’s supposed to be working. “I told myself you cannot just sit in your room and play Spider-Man all day,” he says responsibly. That super-ability to rip himself away from a console even when the gaming is awesome is just one of the many things that make Richard Douglas Jones a positive role model.

“In my real life, I would hope I’m a role model to at least one or two people,” Jones says, returning to the theme of his comedy show. “My daughter’s still one right now, so I have to compete with Elmo and Super Grover, and I usually lose.”

The Positive Black Role Models show was the brainchild of comic and producer, Judaea Driscoll. “In her life, at least, Jowa and I have been kind of like mentors,” Jones says.

“Jowa is the good cop. I’m the one who’s like, ‘WTF are you doing?’”

Positive Black Role Models is a showcase for up-and-coming comedian James Powell; queer comedy with Basial Isby; Mason King, who spins funny stories about life as the son of a pastor; and veteran stand-up comic Reggie Junior.

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A Goner girl’s guide to getting down with garage-rock libations.

Spirits, p. 71

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THURSDAY September 27

FRIDAY September 28

Reinventing Power: America’s Renewable Energy Boom Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 6 p.m.

A non-political discussion of new attitudes about sustainable energy sources. Hosted by the Sierra Club.

Southern Junkers Vintage Market Agricenter International, 9 a.m., $10 Includes vintage, recycled, upcycled, and antique items and more. With a Mr. and Miss Vintage contest.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Overton Square, 7 p.m.

A screening of this day-off-school classic starring Matthew Broderick.

Gonerfest 15 Cooper-Young Gazebo, 5 p.m.; Hi-Tone, 8 p.m.

Kick off of this annual indie-rock festival.

“365” Crosstown Concourse, 6 p.m.

Opening reception for this photo-aday series by Valerie Sparks.

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RICHARD DOUGLAS JONES AND JOWA HORN PRESENT POSITIVE BLACK ROLE MODELS AT P&H CAFE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 8 P.M. $5.

From the protest of the officer shooting of Martavious Banks.

The Last Word, p. 79 SATURDAY Septmeber 29 Wicked Ways Haunted House Cumberland Warehouse (160 Cumberland), 7 p.m., $14-$35 Get your scares on. This haunted house bills itself as “disturbing.”

Charles Lloyd and the Marvels Germantown Performing Arts Center, 8 p.m.

A concert celebrating this legend’s 80th birthday.

Unite Memphis: Martin 50 Mud Island Amphitheatre, 11 a.m.

With preaching, dancing, music, and more in honor of MLK50.

Booksigning by Alice Faye Duncan South Main Book Juggler, 3-5 p.m.

Duncan signs Memphis, Martin and the Mountaintop, a children’s book about the sanitation strike and the consequences. Includes a writing workshop and gospel music.

Art + Food Art Village Gallery, 7 p.m., $100 Featuring a Cuban dinner and talk with chef Ana Gonzalez. Held in conjunction with the gallery’s “Memories of Cuba” exhibition.

Steve Martin (left) and Martin Short

Martin & Short

By Chris Davis Is there a more definitive Steve Martin moment than his 1976 appearance on The Gong Show? The recently revived variety show’s original host Chuck Barris stood in a mess of broken glass and spilled milk left behind by a family magic act, clapped hands, and introduced a mysterious character called The Mad Banjo. That’s when the curtains parted and Martin was revealed in his “wild and crazy guy” persona. He was dressed in a frill-front tuxedo and accessorized with an arrow-through-thehead headband, and he played Earl Scruggs’ classic bluegrass instrumental “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” like a champ until Barris interrupted the performance to tell Martin — who was also appearing as a judge on the show — that he wasn’t allowed to be both a contestant and a panelist. Mad drama ensued.

Martin — the serious banjo player, not-so-serious magician, notable playwright, bankable movie star, and able deconstructor of funny things — has always worked at the nexus of slapstick, anti-comedy, total entertainment, and show business satire. This week, 42 years after The Mad Banjo’s big meta-Gong Show moment, Martin is visiting Downtown Memphis with one of the few entertainers who can match his old-school, jack-of-all-trades approach to putting on shows (about putting on shows), Martin Short.

An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Lives arrives at the Orpheum Saturday. It’s a multimedia affair with music, film, impressions, career retrospectives, and even a little audience participation. Martin and Short will make jokes at one another’s expense and tell true Hollywood stories. They will pick and sing with the Grammy-winning bluegrass ensemble, The Steep Canyon Rangers. And if the show runs short by five minutes they’ll probably encore with everybody’s favorite song about contractual obligation, “Five More Minutes to Fill.”

STEVE MARTIN & MARTIN SHORT: AN EVENING YOU WILL FORGET FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES AT THE ORPHEUM THEATRE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 8 P.M. $95-$544, ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM

The Open Book Project Meet and Greet The Haven Memphis (206 GE Patterson), 7:30 p.m.

A meet and greet with this new organization dedicated to serving children of color in the LGBT community.

Paint Memphis 2018 711 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, noon-6 p.m.

Collaborative mural painting.

With music from Outer Ring, Paul Taylor, and others, plus food trucks such as Central BBQ and MemPops.

Voice Power!

Halloran Centre, 10 a.m., $15 A Saturday Series event with Darian Dauchan, who will lead the crowd in beat-boxing, looping, acapella, and more.

Dennis Quaid and the Sharks The Halloran Centre, 7:30 p.m.

The actor performs with his rock band as part of the Kafe Kirk series.

Memphis Japan Festival Memphis Botanic Garden, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., $5 Annual festival exploring Japanese culture.

“Master Metalsmith: Lisa Gralnick” Metal Museum, 4-6 p.m.

Opening reception for “Scene of the Crime,” a retrospective of Lisa Gralnick’s works, which features giant jewelry. Includes a gallery talk.

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The 21st anniversary screening of Mike McCarthy’s Southern psychedelic opus, The Sore Losers.

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Gonerfest 15 Robyn Hitchcock and Lydia Lunch bring fresh vibes to Memphis’ favorite punk party.

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s the always unpredictable Gonerfest has grown over the past 15 years, it has cast its nets ever further afield, spotlighting bands that one doesn’t see at other festivals.

Though we’ll hear plenty of that trademark Goner slam-and-bash (as with Aquarian Blood, NOTS, Negro Terror, the Carbonas, the Neckbones, Ten High, the Oblivians, and others), there’s a true smorgasbord of other styles and sounds (including many beyond category). Landing two major artists as different as Robyn Hitchcock and Lydia Lunch is a major coup for this most DIY of festivals, and yet the contrast between them can’t obscure their shared quality of bucking trends, even punk, since the ’70s. One of them does it through a tenacious and everinventive historical stubbornness; the other through a kind of “musical schizophrenia.”

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Robyn Hitchcock The ascent of Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians in the 1980s, with such albums as Element of Light, marked the ascent of his previous work as well, as college radio junkies went digging through bins to find LPs by his first real group, the Soft Boys, and the solo albums that followed. While the former were full of slashing and chiming guitars, and the latter were more intimate affairs, all his work had the common thread of harking back to the perfect marriage of guitar jangle, harmonies, and songwriting that first peaked in the late ’60s. The genius was in the way Hitchcock’s songs subverted classic rock cliches by embracing surrealism and weirdly pointed lyrics.

Memphis Flyer: When you were starting with the Soft Boys in Cambridge, did it already seem like the ’60s

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were antique? In hindsight, Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd had only started 10 years earlier.

Robyn Hitchcock: It seemed like that kind of music was not there, or accessible. But that was the vein I wanted to work in. I wanted to play 1966-67 music, whatever that was. It wasn’t exactly psychedelic. It’s a bit of a misnomer. I suppose it’s more accurate than saying I was a punk or something industrial. But there was never an exact definition for what it was, and there still isn’t. You could say “It is that which was played by people in 1966-67” — it was when pop became rock. And like all movements, it was unstable.

It existed in transition. It existed really in motion.

If you come see me at Gonerfest, I’ve got three Nashville guys backing me up. It will have that sort of sound, the spangling guitars and the harmonies, which

we had in the Soft Boys. The Soft Boys had more intricate arrangements than my more recent material, but all of it is now absolutely vintage. It’s like an old car, and it has some of the beautiful qualities that old cars have. It may not be that reliable and you can’t travel that far in it, but it should make it to Memphis. And you’ve got the old street cars there, so I’m kind of a complement to that, really. I’m the equivalent of a vintage street car.

Do you feel like an anachronism, being an English psychedelic folk-rocker living in Nashville?

No, it’s very appropriate, because Americana itself is a throwback.

Americana is basically white music before punk happened. Punk is never gonna happen. It’s always 1974. People are playing “Cortez the Killer,” you know? Gram Parsons is still touring.

That’s what East Nashville is. I was even touted as an Americana artist last year, which you would think is a misnomer, but 10 years ago, Americana was altcountry, and 10 years before that it was alternative. As I used to say, if the Beatles had come out in 2004, they’d have been an alt-country act.

Still, the Beatles’ songs may last a long time, because they were so good. Through some freak of nature, they just happened to have three great songwriters, and they made each other greater through competition. It was sort of like an egg with three embryos in it. But sooner or later, there will be no Paul McCartney or Bob Dylan or Rolling Stones.

That generation that were born in the early ’40s will be gone. People like me will be the seniors about to go over the waterfall.

I’m not really, technically rock anymore. Essentially, I’m a folkie. It’s all music that’s written without a click track. But no definition really covers me very much.

So you could say, well, he’s a psychedelic folk singer,

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JASMINE HIRST

Lydia Lunch

Memphis Flyer: Who were your greatest inspirations when you started playing in the 1970s?

Lydia Lunch: They were all writers.

They weren’t musicians necessarily, but writers like Henry Miller and Hubert Selby. The Marquis de Sade, more for his philosophy. His outlandishness was just painting a picture of what goes on behind closed doors in parliament, for instance, or the White House.

You played dissonant noise in the No Wave days, but your debut solo album was very jazzy. What inspired the change?

Well, as a musical schizophrenic, I was always trying to contradict what came before it. There are many sides

Then you quickly moved beyond that big band sound …

But I’m actually back in it now. I came back around to it with an album called Smoke and the Shadows. And I’ve just finished recording an album with Sylvia Black, who is a very diverse musical schizophrenic herself, out of L.A. We’ve almost completed a totally jazz noir album that’ll come out sometime at the end of the year. It’s like swamp rock; I come in and out of it. And jazz noir as well. And also psycho ambient.

And at Gonerfest, you’ll be upping the rock noise quotient again, playing your Retrovirus material.

I’m constantly flipping the script.

What’s interesting about Retrovirus is that it’s chaotic, but somehow there’s a cohesion when you hear it all together.

The band somehow unites the mania into a different beast altogether. That’s what I’ve been focusing on the last few years.

Working with Weasel Walter is great. It’s a fun, maniacal musical mayhem.

Gonerfest 15 runs from Thursday, September 27th to Sunday, September 30th. See www.goner-records.com for the full schedule.

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Lydia Lunch This multi-media subversive has been on music fans’ radars at least since the 1978 Brian Eno-curated collection, No New York, which featured Lunch’s band Teenage Jesus & the Jerks. Not long after that, though, she took a stylistic left turn with her jazzy debut LP, Queen of Siam, and ever since she’s followed unexpected muses, while always keeping a taste of the downtown New York performance art scene, and its radical politics, that first nurtured her.

to express. Actually, half of the album is big band jazz, the other is nursery rhymes. I was listening to a lot of cartoon music at the time, and just wanted to do something that was just totally in a different vein. Something kind of noir and sassy. And then, bringing Robert Quine into the mix was just a highlight of my life. My favorite guitar player. He played with Richard Hell and Lou Reed and produced some of Teenage Jesus.

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but what does that mean exactly? And I think it’s hard to sell things if you can’t define them. Is that a banana or an apple? What are these fruits you’re selling me? Do you eat it with a skin, do you cook this, or where does it go? And I think I’m one of those unidentified fruits, you know?

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TAMARA JONES MONGER SINGS BILLIE HOLIDAY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH CROSSTOWN ARTS

LAKE STREET DRIVE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH LEVITT SHELL

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule September 27 - October 3 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.

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Club 152 Alfred’s Gary Hardy & Memphis 2 Thursdays-Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; Karaoke Thursdays, TuesdaysWednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Sundays-Mondays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Mandi Thomas Fridays, Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; The 901 Heavy Hitters Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Flyin’ Ryan Fridays, Saturdays, 2:30 a.m.; The Rusty Pieces Saturday, Sept. 29, 1-5 p.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

B.B. King’s Blues Club

Handy Bar

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

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

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Sean Apple Thursdays, Sundays, 5 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 4 p.m. and Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m.; Live Music Thursdays-Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Blues Players Club Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Bonfire Orchestra Friday, Sept.

28, 7-11 p.m. and Saturday, Sept.

29, 7-11 p.m.; DJ Ron Fridays, 11 p.m.; DJ DNyce Saturdays, 11 p.m.; Brimstone Jones Sunday, Sept. 30, 7-11 p.m.; DJ Mad Efx Sundays, midnight; A.M. Whiskey Trio Mondays, 6-10 p.m.

197 BEALE 525-3711

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.; Brandon Cunning Band Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7

200 BEALE 527-2687

The Amazing Rhythmatics Tuesdays, Thursdays-Sundays, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.

Itta Bena 145 BEALE 578-3031

Nat “King” Kerr Fridays, Saturdays, 9-10 p.m.

Sonny Mack Mondays-Fridays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7 p.m.midnight and Saturdays, Sundays, 2-6 p.m.; Fuzzy Wednesdays, Fridays, 7 p.m.-midnight; James Jones Saturday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m.-midnight; Baunie and Soul Sundays, 7 p.m.-midnight.

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

Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Fuzzy Friday, Sept. 28, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Saturday, Sept. 29, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

New Daisy Theatre 330 BEALE 525-8981

ZOSO: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience Thursday, Sept.

27, 7 p.m.; Big Gay Dance Party Volume 4: Louder and Prouder Friday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m.; Shadow People Saturday, Sept. 29, 10 p.m.

King Jerry Lawler’s Hall of Fame Bar & Grille

Rum Boogie Cafe

159 BEALE

Eric Hughes Band Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam and Terry Friday, Sept. 28, 5:30-8:30 p.m. and Saturday, Sept.

29, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; FreeWorld Friday, Sept. 28, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Saturday, Sept. 29, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Memphis Blues Masters Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Ghost Town Blues Band Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Sybil Thomas Wednesday, Oct. 3, 8 p.m.midnight; Vince Johnson and Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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.

King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE 521-1851

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

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall

Cannon Center for the Performing Arts

182 BEALE 528-0150

MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN TICKETS, 525-1515

Memphis Bluesmasters Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; James Jones Fridays, 4-8 p.m., Sundays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Myra Hall Friday, Sept. 28, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Baunie and Soul Saturday, Sept. 29, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Sundays, 4-8 p.m. and Wednesday, Oct. 3, 8 p.m.midnight; Delta Project Tuesday, Oct. 2, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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.

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and Bernstein Candide Saturday, Sept. 29, 7:30-9 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 30, 2:30-4 p.m.

Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY

Rev Down/The Tinglers Friday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m.; Shufflegrit Saturday, Sept. 29, 8 p.m.; Bobbie Stacks and Friends Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Earnestine & Hazel’s 531 S. MAIN 523-9754

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

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium 130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

Belle Tavern 117 BARBORO ALLEY 249-6580

The Rusty Pieces Sunday, Sept.

30, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

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

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.; The Rusty Pieces Saturday, Sept. 29, 11 p.m.-1 a.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813

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

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

The Halloran Centre 225 S. MAIN 529-4299

Dennis Quaid and the Sharks Saturday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m.

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Soul Shockers Sunday, Sept. 30, 8-11:30 p.m.

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.

Regina’s 60 N. MAIN

Open Mic Night Saturdays, 4-7 p.m.; Richard Wilson 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.

Medical Center Health Sciences Park CORNER OF MADISON AND DUNLAP

IRIS Orchestra - Fall Lunch Concert Series Friday, Sept. 28, noon-1 p.m.

South Main Loflin Yard 7 W. CAROLINA

Electric Church Sundays, 2-4 p.m.

Old Dominick Distillery 305 S. FRONT

Pure Memphis Music Series presents Tia “Songbird” Henderson Thursday, Sept. 27, 6:30-9 p.m.

South Main Sounds 550 S. MAIN 494-6543

Skylar Gregg, Kim Kennedy, and more Friday, Sept. 28, 7 p.m.

Spindini 383 S. MAIN 578-2767

Candace Mache Jazz Trio Friday, Sept. 28, 7-10 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 29, 7-10 p.m.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule September 27 - October 3

Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

Celtic Crossing

Huey’s Poplar

1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

4872 POPLAR 682-7729

Skylar Gregg Thursday, Sept.

27, 6 p.m.; Iron Mike Norton Thursday, Sept. 27, 9 p.m.; The Voodoo Fix Friday, Sept. 28, 6:30 p.m.; Jason Lee McKinney Band Friday, Sept. 28, 10 p.m.; School of Rock Best of Season Show Saturday, Sept. 29, 1 p.m.; St. Jude Moonlighting for the Cure Saturday, Sept. 29, 5 p.m.; Twin Soul Saturday, Sept. 29, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Young Petty Thieves Sunday, Sept. 30, 4 p.m.; Truett Sunday,

Skinny Powers Presents “Phat Sounds” Saturday, Sept. 29, 6:30 p.m.

Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193

GONER FEST 15 Afternoon Blowout! Saturday, Sept. 29, 1 p.m.; Captured! By Robots Tuesday, Oct. 2, 9 p.m.; Orion with the Pop Ritual Wednesday, Oct. 3, 9 p.m.

University of Memphis The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND

DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Gary Parrish and Keith Easterwood Friday, Sept. 28, 6 p.m.; Jacob Needham & the Blue Trees Saturday, Sept. 29, 9 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch with

The Settlers Sunday, Sept. 30, 4-7 p.m.; 5 O’Clock Shadow Sunday, Sept. 30, 8-11:30 p.m.

Memphis Botanic Garden 750 CHERRY 636-4100

Dan+Shay with Michael Ray at Wolf at the Garden Friday, Sept.

28, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Memphis Japan Festival Sunday, Sept. 30, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Summer/Berclair Cheffie’s Cafe 483 HIGH POINT TERRACE 202-4157

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

Whitehaven/ Airport Rock-n-Roll Cafe

903 S. COOPER 274-5151

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

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.

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

Jazz with Ed Finney, Deb Swiney, and David Collins Thursday, Sept. 27, 8 p.m.; 4 2 GO Friday, Sept. 28, 9 p.m.; 432 South Saturday, Sept. 29, 9 p.m.; David Collins Frog Squad Sunday, Sept. 30, 6 p.m.; The Tailored Renegades Monday, Oct. 1, 6 p.m.; Richard Wilson Tuesday, Oct. 2, 6 p.m.; Ben MindenBirkenmaier Wednesday, Oct. 3, 5:30 p.m.; Karaoke with DJ Eggroll Wednesday, Oct. 3, 9 p.m.

Charlie and Juno All Star Band Wednesday, Oct. 3, 8 p.m.

Crosstown Concourse

Collierville

Bartlett Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY

Huey’s Collierville 2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Crosstown Jazz Series: Tamara Jones Monger Saturday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m.

The Heart Memphis Band Sunday, Sept. 30, 8-11:30 p.m.

Growlers

Cordova

1911 POPLAR 244-7904

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova

TOW’RS Saturday, Sept. 29, 8 p.m.; Telekinetic Yeti Sunday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m.; Uada with Panzerfaust, Imperial Triumphant Monday, Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Royal Thunder and Hogan’s Goat with Wine Witch Wednesday, Oct. 3, 8 p.m.

8071 TRINITY 756-4480

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

Frayser/Millington Old Millington Winery 6748 OLD MILLINGTON 873-4114

Tommy and Roy Akers Sunday, Sept. 30.

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

Gonerfest 15 Thursday, Sept. 27, 5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 28, 5 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 29, 5 p.m.; Henry + The Invisibles Monday, Oct. 1, 8 p.m.; Devour the Day, Burn the Witch, HEELS Tuesday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

The Dantones Sunday, Sept. 30, 4-7 p.m.; The Chaulkies Sunday, Sept. 30, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Indian Pass Raw Bar Memphis 2059 MADISON 207-7397

Paul Taylor Jazz Quartet Thursdays, 7-10 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill & Co. Friday, Sept. 28, 7:30-10:30 p.m.; Lucky 7 Saturday, Sept. 29, 7:30-9:30 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill Duo Sunday, Sept. 30, 12-3 p.m.

Java Cabana 2170 YOUNG 272-7210

Diane Cluck and Quartz Prawl Sunday, Sept. 30, 6:30-9 p.m.

Germantown Germantown Performing Arts Center Sept. 30, 8 p.m.; John Paul Keith & Co. Monday, Oct. 1, 6 p.m.; Amber McCain Tuesday, Oct. 2, 5:30 p.m.; Brandon Taylor & Radio Ghost Tuesday, Oct. 2, 8 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesday, Oct. 3, 5:30 p.m.; Memphis Yahoos Wednesday, Oct. 3, 8 p.m.

Levitt Shell OVERTON PARK 272-2722

Lake Street Dive Saturday, Sept. 29, 8-10 p.m.

Midtown Crossing Grill 394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

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 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Positive Black Role Models Comedy Show Saturday, Sept. 29, 8 p.m.; Open Mic Music Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

Railgarten 2160 CENTRAL

Forest Fire Gospel Choir Friday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m.; Short in the Sleeve Saturday, Sept. 29, 6-7 p.m.; Mark Edgar Stuart Album Release Show Sunday, Sept. 30, 4-7 p.m.

The Tower Courtyard at Overton Square 2092 TRIMBLE PLACE MEMPHIS, TN 38104

Acoustic Courtyard Last Thursday of every month, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

1801 EXETER 751-7500

590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

Charles Lloyd & the Marvels 80th Birthday Tour Friday, Sept.

28, 8-10 p.m.; Scarlett Lewis Monday, Oct. 1, 7 p.m.

East of Wangs

Various locations

6069 PARK 763-0676

SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION

North Mississippi/ Tunica

the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.

East Memphis 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.

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

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

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

30 Days of Opera.

Poplar/I-240 Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Phil Brown and the Apaches from Paris Thursday, Sept. 27, 8 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Amber McCain Band Saturday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m.; Pop Tunes Reunion Sunday, Sept.

30, 2 p.m.; Benefit for R.T. Scott Sunday, Sept. 30, 4 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

Royal Blues Band Sunday, Sept. 30, 8-11:30 p.m.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

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

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The Hellcats Sunday, Sept. 30, 6 p.m.

Minglewood Hall

2119 MADISON 207-5097

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Lafayette’s Music Room

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T H E AT E R

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

Artrageous, a masterpiece is created before your eyes in mere moments with vocals, choreography, and audience interaction offering a multi-sensory expedition with inspiration, creativity, and fun. (255-4287), www. buckmanartscenter.com. $35.

Sun., Sept. 30, 7 p.m.

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

The Evergreen Theatre

The Latin Soul in You, experience the music of Mexico, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Cuba, Colombia, Dominican Republic, and Ethiopia. A bilingual and multicultural play, with a lot of Latin flavor. www.cazateatro.org. $20. Fri., Sat., 8 p.m. Through Sept. 29.

September 27-October 3, 2018

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

Art Village Gallery

Artist reception for “Recuerdos de Cuba/Memories of Cuba,” exhibition of works

by Cuban artist Eduin Fraga. www.artvillagegallery.com.

Thurs., Sept. 27, 6-8 p.m.

410 S. MAIN (521-0782).

Crosstown Concourse

Voice Power!, actor/poet/activist Darian Dauchan guides young audiences on a vocal odyssey through rhymes, beat-boxing, live looping, and acapella melodies in search of the power of the voice. www. orpheum-memphis.com. $15.

Sat., Sept. 29, 10 a.m.

Artist reception for “365,” exhibition of photographs as part of photo-a-day series by artist Valerie Sparks. www.crosstownarts. org. Fri., Sept. 28, 6-9 p.m.

Opening reception for “Give a Damn! Music + Activism at Stax Records,” exhibition of artifacts, including Isaac Hayes’ 14-foot-long custom-made office desk, stage clothing worn

by Johnnie Taylor and Isaac Hayes, rare photos and documents, short films, music, and original artwork contributed by Shelby County students. www. crosstownarts.org. Fri., Sept. 28, 6-8 p.m.

225 S. MAIN (529-4299).

N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY.

1705 POPLAR (274-7139).

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Artist reception for “365” by Valerie Sparks at Crossown Concourse, Friday, September 28th

The Halloran Centre

Playhouse on the Square

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a brilliant 15 year-old boy who is ill-equipped to interpret everyday life falls under suspicion for killing his neighbor’s dog. He sets out to identify the culprit and a life-changing journey. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $25-$40. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m. Through Oct. 7.

Metal Museum

Artist reception and gallery talk for “Master Metalsmith: Lisa Gralnick,” exhibition of work by artist esteemed for impact on the metals field, particularly in jewelry and sculpture. Her latest body of work, “Scene of the Crime,” will be shown for the first time. www.metalmuseum. org. Sun., Sept. 30, 4-6 p.m.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

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.

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

2018 RiverArtsFest Poster Launch

Unframed 2018 RiverArtsFest posters designed by Maysey Craddock will be available for $35 after unveiled. Fri., Sept.

28, 6:30-9 p.m.

SOUTH MAIN MARKET, 409 S. MAIN, WWW.RIVERARTSMEMPHIS.ORG.

Art + Food: Cuban Exhibition Dinner & Dialogue with Chef Ana Gonzalez The art on the walls and the food on the plate are both shared and created with the intent to open your mind to the edible and visual culture. $100. Sat., Sept. 29, 7 p.m.

ART VILLAGE GALLERY, 410 S. MAIN (521-0782), WWW.ARTVILLAGEGALLERY.COM.

Community Day: “Outings Project”

Celebrate the new Brooks Outside exhibition. Artist Julien de Casabianca will complete an installation on the museum’s façade. Talk in the Dorothy K. Hohenberg Auditorium. Fri., Sept. 28, 5-7 p.m.

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

“From Art Heists to Street Art: Hidden Histories Revealed in the Most Unlikely of Places”

French artist Julien de Casabianca takes portraits on the walls of museums and pastes them onto public buildings.

Free. Fri., Sept. 28, 7 p.m.

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

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

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Paint Memphis: One-Day Paint Fest

Over 100 artists paint Memphis at 711 Doctor Martin Luther King Avenue. Featuring vendors, food trucks, beer. Sat., Sept. 29, 12-6 p.m.

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The Orpheum

Steve Martin & Martin Short, legendary actors and comedians team up for a very special night of live comedy and music with special guests The Steep Canyon Rangers. www. orpheum-memphis.com. $95. Sat., Sept. 29, 8 p.m.

203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

P & H Cafe

Positive Black Role Models: A Comedy Show, Midtown comedy favorites Richard Douglas Jones and Jowa Horn host a stand-up show featuring comedians James Powell, Basial, Reggie Junior, and Mason King. $5. Sat., Sept. 29, 8-10 p.m.

1532 MADISON AVE, MEMPHIS, TN 38104.

B O O KS I G N I N G S

Booksigning by Alice Faye Duncan

Author discusses and signs Memphis, Martin and the Mountaintop. Featuring a writing workshop and live gospel music. Sat., Sept. 29, 3-5 p.m.

SOUTH MAIN BOOK JUGGLER, 548 S. MAIN (249-5370), SOUTHMAINBOOKJUGGLER.COM.

F E ST IVA LS

Bluff City Hotwing Festival

Featuring live entertainment, food, games, vendors, and fun for the entire family benefiting scholarships for students in the Jubilee Catholic Schools Network. Sat., Sept. 29, 12-6 p.m.

MEMPHIS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, 61 N. MCLEAN (2761221), WWW.JUBILEESCHOOLS.ORG.

Memphis Japan Festival

Family-friendly, hands-on experience of Japanese culture. Adults $5. Children 2-12 $2.50. Memphis Botanic Garden members and children under 2 free. Sun., Sept. 30, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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

Memphis Pride Fest and Parade

Full day of entertainment, music, food, drink, education, and celebration. Sat., Sept. 29, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

TOM LEE PARK, OFF RIVERSIDE DR., WWW.MIDSOUTHPRIDE.ORG.

Mid-South Fair Through Sept. 30.

LANDERS CENTER (DESOTO CIVIC CENTER), 4560 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662-280-9120), WWW.MIDSOUTHFAIR.COM.

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Second Annual Our Stories Matter: Laps-for-Literacy

Black Children’s Books and Authors will host two-mile walk benefiting inaugural Our Stories Matter Black Children’s Books and Authors Festival in June 2019. $10-$25. Sat., Sept. 29, 9-11 a.m.

AUDUBON PARK, OFF PARK AVENUE (674-9375), BCBOOKSANDAUTHORS.COM.

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Jam for Justice

Great local bands for a good cause featuring Grace Askew, Marcella Simien, John Paul Keith, The Low Country Nationals, and others.Donations accepted in any amount benefiting the CLC. Sat., Sept. 29.

RAILGARTEN, 2160 CENTRAL.

Unite Memphis: Martin 50

Multi-ethnic music celebration commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination. Featuring multiple genres of music. dancing, and spoken words. Free. Sat., Sept. 29, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

MUD ISLAND AMPHITHEATRE, 125 N. FRONT (744-1643), WWW.UNITEMEMPHISMARTIN50.COM.

H O LI DAY EVE NTS

Wicked Ways Haunted House

$14-$35. Fri., Sept. 28, 7 p.m., and Sat., Sept. 29, 7 p.m.

CUMBERLAND WAREHOUSE, 160 CUMBERLAND, WWW.WICKEDWAYSHAUNTEDHOUSE.COM.

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Whiskey and Women

September 27-October 3, 2018

Join Jan Coleman and learn about the spirited rise of women in the whiskey industry in Tennessee from the 1800s through today featuring historic cocktails and light hors d’oeuvres.

Men welcome. 21+ $20. Sun., Sept. 30, 4 p.m.

MALLORY-NEELY HOUSE MUSEUM, 652 ADAMS, WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

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Hispanic Film Festival

Celebrate the Hispanic Heritage Month. All movies will be shown in Spanish with English subtitles. Free. Tues., Oct. 2, 6-8 p.m.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, UNIVERSITY CENTER (678-2507), WWW.MEMPHIS.EDU.

Reinventing Power: America’s Renewable Energy Boom

Discusses new attitudes toward power and energy (non-political). Shows people whose lives have become better due to sustainable energy and jobs have not been lost. Hosted by Sierra Club. Free.

Thurs., Sept. 27, 6-7:30 p.m.

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2700).

The Sentence

Draws from hundreds of hours of footage to tell the story of Cindy Shank, a woman who received a 15-year mandatory sentence for conspiracy charges related to crimes committed by her deceased ex-boyfriend . Sat., Sept. 29, 3 p.m.

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Unfortunately, there are no open container provisions in Cooper-Young, so when the opening ceremonies begin in the gazebo on Thursday night, I’ll be a teetotaler. Or, if I get a wild hair, I’ll brown-bag a tall beer. Tecate, bought from the corner store, is a likely contender.

Even if garage rock means nothing to you, the crowd-watching during the Friday afternoon show at Memphis Made Brewing at 768 S. Cooper is sublime. This year, the brewery’s tap room will be serving a timehonored favorite: a cream ale dubbed Gönerbraü, which has 4.5 percent ABV. It’ll be a smooth component to the musical line-up at Memphis Made, which includes bands from Austin, New Orleans, and Chicago.

After a late night at the Hi-Tone on Friday — where I hope to stick to water after pre-gaming with a round of cocktails — I’ll be ready for white wine (I’m no snob — the Barefoot Pinot Grigio, listed on the menu at $4.50 a glass, suits me just fine) or a beer at Murphy’s on Saturday. The music, slated Ex-Cult for indoor and outdoor stages, starts at noon and runs until 7 p.m., with the party moving back to the Hi-Tone at 8 p.m.

My strategy includes sunglasses, plenty of shade, and a few healthy meals that will cushion whatever I decide to imbibe.

No matter which musical genre floats your boat, when attending festivals, moderation is key. Getting so wasted that you forget all the fun — or wind up acting like a total jackass — is an issue, but so is dehydration. Water is especially crucial if you’re dancing, walking, or staking out your spot on the front row. Add in some Gatorade to replenish your electrolytes. Pace yourself. And for heaven’s sake, don’t drink and drive.

At concerts, I hate standing in line at the bar, so when I do buy drinks, I tend to purchase them two at a time.

Sometimes I drink them both; more than likely, at Gonerfest, I’ll run into a friend from halfway across the world and share. That kind of camaraderie is what the weekend is all about — and, along with the stellar music, it’s what keeps me attending year after year.

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It was former Memphis Flyer music editor/Ex-Cult frontman Chris Shaw who stated that “if treating your body like a trashcan while thrashing around to high-energy bands is your idea of a good time, then consider Gonerfest the shit-head Olympics.” Shaw coined the phrase for a Vice article, in which he chronicled Ty Segall baptizing the Hi-Tone audience with four bottles of champagne, amongst other liquorfueled hijinks. As he sagely noted, Memphis’ relatively lax drinking laws lure garage-rock boozehounds like moths to a flame. Seriously — I’ve clinked beer bottles and red Solo cups with people from Australia, New Zealand, all corners of Europe, and

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McCarthy had been in the middle of the Memphis punk and garage scenes since his band Distemper played the first all-ages show at the Antenna club in 1986. In the mid-’90s, the MCA grad had a feature film under his belt about growing up punk in Mississippi. His next film would be bigger, stranger, and much more ambitious: a sci-fi, horror, burlesque, comic book fantasia about rockabilly S&M aliens who come to Earth to murder exactly 13 hippies.

The director populated his cast with glamorous weirdos from the burgeoning garage-rock scene centered around The Oblivians. Jack Oblivian, who had once told McCarthy he wanted to be in a porno, became Blackie,

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Californian Kerine Elkins, who plays leather-bound alien psychopath Hermaphrodite, got McCarthy’s number from a flyer in an ally behind Hollywood Book and Poster and ended up with a starring role. Texan D’Lana Tunnel had starred in McCarthy’s Teenage Tupelo. “Jack gave her one of my business cards. She called me from Sun Studios the next day. She sounded like Betty Boop over the phone.

I asked her if she would like to play my mother in a film.

She said sure. Then I asked if she would have a problem with nudity.”

Guitar Wolf flew in from Japan “to drive into the deepest, darkest forests of Mississippi, where the blues was born, and spend four days making this movie out of nothing more than a handshake. That continues to amaze me.”

It was as punk behind the scenes as it was in front of the camera. They stole beer from the set of The People vs. Larry Flynt and descended on Tupelo like glam-rock aliens. McCarthy says his motto was “Don’t ask permission, shoot until they make you stop, then

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deny everything … We had every form of security guard, policeman, sheriff, and other law enforcement messing with us during the entire shoot in Mississippi and in Memphis … You should make a movie just to find out what you can accomplish through promises, manipulation, coercion, and, yes, payment if necessary.”

The film plays like a ’50s teenage exploitation flick designed with a comic artist’s keen visual composition.

“The 1990s were a big garage sale of the 20th century,” says McCarthy. “You could throw anything into the mix and come out of it with some style.”

The Sore Losers became a cult hit for McCarthy. “The movie has screened all around the world. It’s gotten me to Europe and back a couple of times.”

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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy continued from page 72 Gilbert Halpern scanned 10,000 feet of film, getting color and nuance from cinematographer Darin Ipema’s 16 MM photography, while sound designer Sean Faust has created a 5.1 mix. The restored version will open and close this year’s Gonerfest, on Wednesday, September 26th and Sunday, September 30th at Studio on the Square. A new vinyl release of the kicking rock soundtrack is available at Goner Records, with a Blu-Ray to arrive later this winter.

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THE LAST WORD by Maya Smith

Hold Your Fire!

When will police officers and their trigger-happy fingers stop terrorizing the public? What will it take to change the way law enforcement uses lethal force on people who are not a threat to their lives?

According to a Washington Post database, 723 individuals have been shot and killed by a police officer so far in 2018.

Though circumstances vary in each case and some victims may have been armed or actively threatening officers’ lives, 723 is still a large number. The Post also reports that for the fourth year in a row, the country is on track to hit 1,000 fatal police shootings nationwide.

Let’s take the most recent local example of this misuse of power — last week’s shooting of 25-year-old Martavious Banks. Though Banks is alive at this writing, no less of an injustice was committed, if as has been reported, the man was shot in the back by police officers while he fled.

The situation, as tragic as it is, is exacerbated by the fact that there may be no video footage of the shooting. As reported last week, the three officers involved turned their body cameras off (or never had them on) before pursuing and subsequently shooting Banks in the back multiple times. Without that footage, it will be difficult if not impossible for Banks’ side of the story to be told. Typically — without evidence to counter their testimony — whatever police officers say is taken at face value. That could mean there might be no realtime evidence of the incident — and no justice for Banks, who is currently in a hospital fighting for his life.

And even if it’s determined that the officers had probable cause to shoot Banks, the officers shouldn’t get a pass for turning off their body cameras. The department’s policy to turn cameras on whenever interacting with the public is in place for a reason: Officers need to be held accountable for their actions. Officers aren’t above the law, although it sure seems that way sometimes in this country.

In addition to the fact that there’s no body or dash cam footage of the incident, there’s a lot more in question regarding what happened to Banks. The most obvious, or what should be the most obvious question, is: Why was it that a man was shot while running away from the police? What kind of training instructs someone to use deadly force on someone who is not in the process of causing harm? What possible provocation could there be? We don’t know and we may never find out.

The officers allege Banks had a gun and that one was found in the area, but his friends and family dispute that. Witnesses said Banks wasn’t actively trying to hurt anyone when he was running away. Shooting Banks when apparently no one’s life was in danger (except his, of course) was unnecessary, not to mention dangerous to the public.

Banks is a person. He’s got a family and a life that’s worth something. Did the officers not realize that when they riddled his back with bullets?

Banks was initially pulled over by the officers because his car wasn’t insured. Think about that for a minute. Essentially, a man was shot over a lack of car insurance. And now he’s recovering from injuries he should have never sustained. He’s barely alive because he fled a traffic stop. We live in a country where an everyday, routine traffic stop could be deadly. That’s crazy, sad, and honestly, quite scary.

Some people will argue that “if you just do what you’re told, you won’t get hurt.” That’s bullshit. Philando Castile, Terence Crutcher, Alton Sterling, and Eric Garner all compiled, yet they died.

I don’t doubt that police officers have a tough job and have to make critical, life-and-death decisions in a matter of seconds. That really can’t be disputed. I also don’t doubt that officers get scared in some situations. They’re people, so of course they do.

Nevertheless, with great power comes great responsibility. When a person decides to be a police officer, they know what they’re going to be up against. They know their safety will be compromised at times.

It’s a part of the job. But they’re trained for these tense situations and should be able to handle them without immediately reaching for a weapon. They’re supposed to be able to talk people down, not shoot them down.

In those critical moments, is fear trumping training? It shouldn’t. It simply can’t. Law enforcement officials nationwide have to assess the way officers respond to potential threats and how readily officers rely on using deadly force to deescalate a mild situation. People shouldn’t keep dying at the very hands of those who are charged to protect us.

Maya Smith is a Flyer staff writer.

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