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LAST CALL!

Amid confusion at the polls, voters have one final chance to set a new course.

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October 25-31, 2018

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OUR 1548TH ISSUE 10.25.18 Sometimes, it’s hard to tell the difference between incompetence (or, to be generous, mistakes) and intentionally deceptive behavior.

Take the recent brouhahas regarding the Shelby County ballot, for example. It’s possible to believe that no one at the Election Commission bothered to test the “enlarge type” function on the voting machines, so they were as surprised as the rest of us when some voters discovered that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Karl Dean’s name was bounced to the second page of the ballot. That would be a mistake, at best.

If the commission did test the “enlarge type” function, saw that Dean’s name got bumped, and thought, “Meh, no big deal,” despite the fact that state law mandates that the minority party’s candidate be listed second on the ballot, well, that would be incompetence, at best. At worst, it would reflect a conscious decision to tilt the scales to Republican candidate Bill Lee, whose name remained atop the ballot no matter the type size.

Hard to tell. Though it’s pretty difficult to imagine any sentient election officials thinking such a glitch would go unnoticed and/or uncontested.

Similarly, if you were generous, you could make the case that the three referenda on the ballot for Memphis voters are just worded clumsily. Clumsy verbiage is a mistake.

Intentionally confusing language is not, and after trying without success to wrap my brain around the syntax of these fool things, I think it’s pretty clear that the ordinances were intentionally written by the city council and its attorney to confuse voters. They are Rodney attempting to extend term limits from two Dangerfield terms to three terms, but they don’t have the courage to ask for it honestly. They are attempting to repeal Instant Runoff Voting before it’s even been implemented. Needless to say, all three proposed ordinances should be handily rejected. This is done by voting “Against,” despite the fact that the Election Commission’s sample ballot instructed voters that their options would be to vote “No” or “Yes.” Just another simple mistake, one can assume. Or not.

Of course, sometimes it’s really easy to tell when someone’s being deceptive, as in the case of President Trump, who makes blatant lying a central element of his persona. It’s not even news anymore. Here’s a recent example: The president said initially that the Saudi arms deal would provide 40,000 jobs. This week, in citing the number of jobs that would be lost if the Saudi deal got cancelled (because of the inconvenient assassination of a journalist), the president claimed it would be 500,000 jobs. The next day, it became 600,000 jobs. The following day, at a rally, Trump claimed a million jobs would be lost.

In 2017, the entire defense-contracting industry in the U.S. employed 375,000 people. The million-jobs claim is utter and complete horse puckey. But here’s the thing: Trump doesn’t care. And that’s because no one in his base or his party holds him accountable. For Trump, lying and exaggeration are features, not a bug.

As I watched clips from Trump’s traveling roadshows this week, I had a revelation: He’s the Garrison Keillor of the deplorables, weaving tales and fables and jokes tailored to their predispositions and fears. Scary Home Companion.

If he says there are Middle Eastern terrorists in the Honduran caravan, his people cheer. He doesn’t have to prove it; he just has to say it. If he says Brett Kavanaugh graduated at the top of his class at Yale, no one will fact-check him, at least no one he cares about. The Diane Feinstein imitations, the one-liners, the nicknames, the comic shrugs, and facial contortions — it’s all part of President Dangerfield’s schtick. It’s meta bloviation — beyond truth — and without parallel in our presidential history.

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N OT M E M P H I S PSA: Please remember if you see a local TV news station sharing an outrageous story on social media, the story might not have happened here.

WMC recently tweeted, “School District Fires Cook After He Serves Kangaroo Meat to Students.” This would certainly be a noteworthy event had it happened in Memphis.

But nope. Potter, Nebraska.

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STO N E D? Have local ballot controversies left you wondering if Memphis-area leadership has rocks in its head?

Maybe the Shelby County Election Commission’s Voting Rocks program is for you.

The program is designed to …

Well, it’s hard to say what the program was designed to do.

But colorful stones painted with pro-voting messages have been hidden all over Memphis.

“If you find a rock, email us a picture of yourself with the rock you found. We will send you a sports bag,” the commission’s website says.

LI STE D! Memphis made a Halloweenseason list compiled by Mentalfloss. com. Out of 11 “Terrifying Urban Legends That Turned Out to Be True,” Memphis landed a respectable number 6 position. This honor is due to a 2010 incident when guests of a Budget Inn discovered they’d been sleeping above the body of missing person Sony Millbrook, whose corpse had been stuffed under the bed.

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Lime, Election, & Licenses Scooters come and go, voting drama, & a win for drivers.

LI M E-A- G O N E-A? Lime scooters arrived with little fanfare (or notice, apparently) on the streets of Memphis last week and, then, city officials told the company to remove them.

City officials said the company did not get permission from anyone here to put the scooters on the street. If Lime didn’t remove the scooters, officials said, “we are prepared to remove them.”

And that’s just what they did. City crews began loading up Lime’s scooters Monday morning. At the same time, company officials said they were picking up their scooters as a show of faith that they could work out a deal with the city.

“We’re really going to just Clockwise from top left, Lime, Dean, Memphis Zoo, Phillips, Boyd have to see how the process goes,” said a city official when asked if Lime would return The answers to these questions were published in a here. “They’ve not demonstrated that they are willing to play sample ballot as “yes” and “no.” But election officials here by the rules so far.” claimed last week that the answers were changed by state election officials to read “for” and “against,” to align with WH E R E’S D EAN? state law.

As early voting began last week, some voters found that When asked if she thought the change was confusing, when they opted to “enlarge type” on polling machines in Shelby County Election Administrator Linda Phillips said Shelby County, gubernatorial candidate Karl Dean’s name it wasn’t. She told the Flyer she just hadn’t had the time to got pushed from the top of the first page of gubernatorial change the sample ballot. candidates to the second page of candidates, after the many independents also running for the seat.

Z O O R AI S ES P R I C ES Shelby County Election Commission officials explained Memphis Zoo officials announced last week that beginning last week that the official order of the listing of candidates’ on January 1, 2019, individual ticket prices will increase by names comes from the state. That Dean’s name got kicked $3, from $15 to $18. Annual memberships will rise, too. to a second page, they said, is simply a characteristic of Ticket prices have not gone up since 2010, officials said, machines here. and thanks to more visitors, more animals, and more exhibElection officials later told Commercial Appeal columits, a price increase was “inevitable.” nist Ryan Poe that voters should just not enlarge the type and said they were offering magnifying glasses for any who R E VO K I N G LI C E N S E R U LES needed one.

A federal court awarded a win last week to attorneys fighting to stop state policies of taking drivers licenses from the poor.

WO R D SALAD: R E F E R E N DA E D ITI O N The court ordered state officials to stop taking drivers Critics said the wording of three referendums on Memphis licenses from those who can’t pay their debt on traffic fees ballots are “bad grammar at best and an undermining of and fines and to reinstate licenses taken solely because of American democracy at worst,” but Memphis City Council inability to pay. chairman Berlin Boyd explained last week they were written Fuller versions of these stories and more local news can be to be “as clear as possible.” found on The News Blog at memphisflyer.com.

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After the polls opened last week for early voting, voters in Memphis noticed a few issues with the ballot, including a change in wording for three questions from the sample to the actual ballot.

Carlos Ochoa, the media coordinator for the group Save Instant Runoff Voting Memphis said changing the responses to three Memphis City Council-created referenda from “yes” and “no” to “for” and “against” adds to the already confusing nature of the questions.

Ochoa said it’s bad for democracy. — Maya Smith Memphis Flyer: How would you describe the three referendum ballot questions?

Carlos Ochoa: The ballot questions are written in such a way that people don’t know what they’re voting on. The council is either trying to intentionally confuse people or are just so out of touch with the average Memphian that they can’t write ballot language in a way that everybody can understand. Either way, I’m really reluctant to vote “yes” on the referendums. It’s fine to have referendums, but we can at least have ballot language that makes sense to the public.

MF: Thoughts on “yes” and “no” on the sample ballot changing to “for” and “against” on the real thing?

CO: When was the last time you heard someone answer a “shall” question with for and against?

It doesn’t make any sense from a grammatical

standpoint … I was at the polls today and talked to people on both sides of the aisle of the issue. Most come out saying “that was really confusing; I’m not sure what I just voted on.”

MF: Who does Save IRV hold accountable for the confusing language?

CO: It’s really the fault of the Shelby County Election Commission, the city council, and to some degree, the people of Memphis for not holding the council accountable for drafting intelligible referendum questions.

MF: What are the broader implications of all of this?

CO: I don’t know how it’s all going to play out, but I suspect that it’s not going to be very good for democracy. People might feel like they aren’t capable of participating in these decisions because they can’t understand the questions. Just vote “against.”

MF: Why is saving IRV important?

CO: There are a lot of reasons why saving IRV is important, but at the end of the day, we already voted on the issue. Personally, I believe it’s just a power grab by the council. The council just wants to have a redo instead of implementing IRV and making it better by ironing out all of the kinks. We haven’t even given IRV a chance.

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Save IRV works to defeat election referenda.

Carlos Ochoa, Save Instant Runoff Voting MF: What benefit could implementing IRV have for Memphis?

CO: Hopefully, we see an increase in voter participation rate and city council candidates that are more diverse and have stronger ideas about the way to go about changing policy in Memphis.

There’s a lot of crises going on, but we only have a few political solutions at our disposal. If we have IRV, then we’d have more voices and more choices.

Right now we need as many potential solutions as we can possibly get our hands on.

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POLITICS By Jackson Baker

Looking Local The November ballot includes other choices besides the big marquee races.

State Senate, District 31 (Germantown): Incumbent Republican Brian Kelsey, a lawyer, has rarely been tested on his home ground, where anti-crime and lowtax rhetoric usually keep him safe. He may win again, but he faces an unusual challenge from his Democratic opponent, political newcomer Gabby Salinas, a progressive whose backstory as a three-time cancer survivor fuels her campaign for Medicaid expansion.

A Kelsey mail-out piece depicting him as “one of us” drew criticism from Democrats who regarded it as a dog-whistle reference to the fact that Salinas is a native Bolivian. Salinas, who is now on the verge of becoming a scientific researcher herself, emigrated to Memphis along with her entire family during her childhood so that she could receive medical treatment at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

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State House of Representatives, District 83 (Cordova, Germantown): Republican incumbent Mark White, who works as a conflict manager and facilitator, is in

State House of Representatives, District 95 (Germantown, Collierville): First-term incumbent Republican Kevin Vaughan, a real-estate developer, hopes to defend the seat he won in a special election to replace the GOP’s Mark Lovell, who, accused of sexual harassment, resigned under pressure after turning out incidentprone Republican veteran Curry Todd in 2016. Vaughan’s Democratic opponent is Sanjeev Memula, a staff attorney at the Public Defender’s Office and another new face.

State House of Representatives, District 96 (East Memphis, Germantown): Democratic incumbent Dwayne Thompson, a retired human resources professional, took advantage of overconfidence of then-GOP incumbent Steve McManusin and, by dint of diligent door-knocking and significant financial aid from the state Democratic Party, won this seat in an upset in 2016. Though the area’s demographics continue to shift toward working-class and minority voters, Republicans are working hard to regain the seat and are backing Scott McCormick, continued on page 8 District 96 State Rep Dwayne Thompson addressing supporters last week

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Contested Legislative Races State Senate, District 29 (Millington, Memphis): Democrat Raumesh Akbari, who made a name for herself as a member of the state House, is favored over Republican Tom Stephens, a low-profile Republican in this traditionally Democratic area.

many ways a typical GOP conservative, but he gives extremism a wide berth and, if reelected, stands to become chair of his body’s education committee. He is opposed by first-time candidate and Democratic activist Danielle Schonbaum, whose father was employed at St. Jude and whose personal background as a CPA and workforce specialist stand her in good stead for legislative duty.

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remain to be decided:

In addition to the well-watched races for senator and governor and the key referendum measures on the ballot for Memphis voters, a number of key local contests

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State House of Representatives, District 97 (Bartlett, Memphis): Retired Memphis schoolteacher Jim Coley, the longtime Republican incumbent, has seemingly regained his equilibrium after a marital separation, followed by a debilitating illness, and is getting handsome backing for his reelection campaign from the state Republican Party, which is deluging district mailboxes with flyers documenting educational and other legislation accomplished by the relatively moderate representative. Coley is opposed by progressive Democrat Allan Creasy, a Midtown bartender and a vigorous campaigner, who hopes to duplicate Thompson’s success of two years ago in capturing a suburban GOP seat.

State House of Representatives, District 99 (Northeast Shelby County): This seat was long a dependably safe enclave for veteran Republican Ron Lollar, whose unexpected death after the party primary this year resulted in an ad hoc GOP selection process for a successor, from which onetime state senator and outgoing county Register Tom Leatherwood emerged as the party nominee. Leatherwood’s Democratic opponent is David Cambron, project manager for a local computer company and one of his party’s most indefatigable activists. As the president of the Germantown Democratic Club, Cambron became the de facto chief recruiter for other local Democratic candidates this year and is largely responsible for the fact that Democrats, unlike Republicans, are competing in every legislative district. At a time when no one else seemed eager to take on the formidable Lollar, Cambron filled the breach himself.

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Though no one seriously expects suspenseful returns on election night, the two U.S. House of Representatives seats directly affecting Shelby County are both being contested.

In House District 9, encompassing most of Memphis and parts of Millington and outer Shelby County, Democrat Steve Cohen, the incumbent since his first election in 2006, should have an easy time of it with the never-say-die Republican perennial Charlotte Bergman. Leo Awgowhat, more a performance artist than a candidate, is also on the ballot as an independent.

In House District 8, which includes parts of northern and eastern Shelby County in its West Tennessee expanse, first-term incumbent Republican David Kustoff faces off against Democrat Erika Stotts Pearson, who has a background as an educator and civil activist, and independent James Hart.

Suburban Races Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Lakeland, and Millington are all holding municipal elections this year, and, in at least two of those cities — Lakeland and Germantown — the contests involve serious local schisms.

In Lakeland, a slate headed by current Mayor Wyatt Bunker is opposed by one led by FedEx administrator Mike Cunningham. The main issue seems to be that of Bunker’s plans for Lakeland to build its own high school, a venture seen as unnecessary and unduly risky by his opposition. The situation is somewhat similar in Germantown, where Mayor Mike Palazzolo, an exponent of what he calls Smart Growth, embedded in a 20-year development plan, seeks a second term. He is opposed by Alderman John Barzizza, who expresses concerns about retaining the bedroom suburb’s residential identity.

(More about these contests next week, as space allows.)

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LAST CALL!

October 25-31, 2018

Glitches as Usual To the victor belong the spoils, goes the saying, and in electoral terms in Tennessee, that means that, in contested partisan races, the name of the “governing party’s” candidate goes first on the ballot. Inasmuch as the governing state party these days is indisputably the Republicans, that means that the first name listed on the gubernatorial portion of the November 6th ballot is GOP nominee Bill Lee. The second name on the ballot is supposed to be the candidate of the minority party. In the case of the gubernatorial race, that would be Democrat Karl Dean — followed by a list of independent candidates.

That being the case, there were probably very few people going to one of Shelby County’s 27 early voting locations who expected to find Dean’s name bumped to the second page of the ballot, at the other end of a lengthy sandwich made up of the names of 26 independent candidates. But that was exactly the case for those voters who chose to “enlarge type” on the voting machines.

While state law may have ordained that Lee, as the representative of the majority party, should be listed first, there was apparently no reason for jamming the names of independent candidates between his name and Dean’s other than the whim of state Election Coordinator Mark Goins, the Republican appointee who is the ultimate authority on how ballots should be arranged for Tennessee elections.

Election officials claimed that the 10 unusual placement of Dean’s name via “enlarge type” magnification was

due to built-in insufficiencies of the machinery in use — an explanation that is of little consequence to local activists who have campaigned for years for the elimination of the election machines used in local elections and their replacement by newer machines equipped with the capacity to make simultaneous paper records to facilitate accuracy in vote-checking.

Whether by caprice or conspiracy or simple coincidence, the election ending

And in this case, suspicion is strong that the confusion is intentional.

One is a referendum on City Ordinance #5676, which would prohibit someone from election as mayor or council member “if any such person has served at any time more than three (3) consecutive four-year terms, except that service by persons elected or appointed to fill an unexpired four-year term shall not be counted as full four-year term.” All clear?

Election officials facing off with the media. on the official election day of November 6th will have been marked by several other instances of presumably avoidable confusion.

Examples abound: Three referenda of some importance to the future of Memphis (whose registered voters are the only ones entitled to vote on them) are worded like something translated loosely from oral sources in Uzbekistan.

The language would seem to be imposing a three-terms limit requirement. And it does, except that it conveniently omits that a two-termlimits requirement has already been passed by voters.

To be clear to voters, the ordinance should have specified that what it does is extend the current limitation by another four-year term.

Hmmm. Anyone care to guess why the incumbent council members voted unanimously in favor of such misleading language?

Moreover, another problem with the referendum as worded in the ballot was pointed out by the most lengthily-tenured of all Memphis chief executives, Willie Herenton, who served from 1991 until his retirement in 2009 and was elected five times.

At a press conference last week, Herenton and his attorney Robert Spence pointed out that the referendum language, as approved by the council, applied to electoral service “at any time after December 31, 2011” — an exemption that would allow Herenton to pursue an announced mayoral race in 2019, whereas the language on the ballot seemingly would not.

In response, Council Chair Berlin Boyd summoned up all his formidable dudgeon to pronounce allegations

by Herenton of fraud and conspiracy to be “fictitious” and dismissed the ballot language as due to a “drafting error” by council attorney Allan Wade. While he and Wade spoke vaguely of there being a possible “remedy” in Herenton’s case, the ballot will continue to read as it reads.

Another referendum, to establish City Ordinance #5669, repeals an amendment approved by the voters in a 2008 referendum that allowed “instant runoff voting,” a process involving the redistribution of runner-up ballots so as to declare majority winners without runoff elections, and would “restore the election procedure existing prior to the 2008 Amendment for all City offices,” while “expressly retaining the 1991

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Amid confusion at the polls, voters have one final chance to set a new course.

federal ruling for persons elected to the Memphis City Council single districts.”

IRV, also known as “Ranked Choice Voting,” is slated to be employed for the first time, unless repealed, in the 2019 city election. Though county Election Administrator Linda Phillips has pronounced the method eminently viable, incumbent council members and council attorney Allan Wade have possibly gone beyond their official wherewithal to oppose it.

During the 2018 legislative session, Wade dispatched city lobbyists to Nashville to lobby for a bill that would ban IRV statewide. More recently, Boyd used his chairman’s recap email to publicly argue for passage of the anti-IRV referendum and the other two.

The 2008 referendum enabling IRV, also known as “Ranked Choice Voting,” is scheduled, unless repealed, to be employed for the 2019 city election. In 2008, the ordinance bore a required “fiscal note” estimating savings for the city of $250,000, to be gained from making costly runoff elections unnecessary.

Presumably, Ordinance #5669 should also carry a fiscal note, in this case specifying a cost to the city for restoring runoffs of at least $250,000, amended for inflation. But no sum is specified, the city finance director having claimed an inability to estimate one.

Should Ordinance #5669 pass, its clause calling for the restoration of runoff elections would clash directly with the language of the third referendum on the ballot, for Ordinance #5677, which would eliminate runoff elections altogether.

Passage of both referenda would occasion legal confusion.

Some measure of confusion also

could result from the fact that the ballot language asks citizens to cast their votes “for” or “against” the three referenda, whereas the language originally approved by the council and incorporated in the Election Commission’s official sample ballot seeks “yes” or “no” votes. This change, like the order of listing of candidates’ names, was apparently mandated by state Election Coordinator Goins.

All of the above by itself is sufficient

they were given paper ballots instead, but election officials stoutly denied that — except in the case of isolated voters arriving at the polls without verifiable credentials. These voters were given “provisional ballots” to be checked against records at the end of the vote-counting process. These ballots are paper, but identifiable by a specific color code.

On top of a mounting propaganda campaign against early voting and what

Bill Lee (left) and Karl Dean behave with “commendable courtesy.” to rattle the equilibrium of voters. But there’s more. Even before voting got under way, the Election Commission had to call a press conference to announce that not all of the voters’ registration applications that were completed by the official deadline had been processed and that some voters, once validated by registration records, would have to have their information channeled into the voting machines when they arrived to vote.

Some early voters reported that

many see as the vote-discouraging effects of a state photo-ID law that requires working-class voters and impoverished citizens to furnish these badges of middle-class identity at the polls, this pattern of miscues suggests that the democratic process has become something of an obstacle course.

On the Cusp of Decision As noted above, the seeds of mystery, doubt, and confusion have been sown a-plenty in the runup to the November

election, the last of several electoral showdowns this year. Not to mention enough boilerplate and talking points and attack ads to exhaust the patience and menace the stability of the voting public.

Yet there is still a sense that this concluding election of 2018 could mark a real difference, perhaps even a decisive shift, in the direction not only of local events but in the developing destinies of the state of Tennessee and of the nation at large. This is evident both in the tenor of the two major statewide races on the ballot — for governor and for U.S. senator — but also in the incidentals of local races and of the three key referenda confronting Memphis voters.

In comparison to the issues on the Memphis ballot, the contests for governor and U.S. senator would seem to be relatively simple matters. The race for governor, between Franklin businessman Bill Lee, the Republican, and former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, the Democrat, has actually hewed fairly closely to the democratic concepts the forefathers may have had in mind. In their public statements, including those made in the course of two debates televised statewide, Lee and Dean have behaved with commendable courtesy and apparent respect toward each other, outlining their views without rancor or mystification.

Lee emphasizes his faith and allows for faith-based approaches, while, in keeping with his professed conservatism, espousing a preference for marketplace solutions. Dean, who stresses his track record as a mayor, has a greater affinity for governmental activism. The chief disagreement between the two is over the efficacy continued on page 12

The Bredesen-Blackburn Senate race could be the decisive one in determining whether the blue wave remains strong. It is no exageration to say the eyes of the nation are upon us.

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(left to right) Phil Bredesen, Democrat; Marsha Blackburn, Republican; Karl Dean, Democrat; Bill Lee, Republican

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of Medicaid expansion, which Dean strongly favors, arguing that the state has been forfeiting $1 billion and a half annually in federal funds under the Affordable Care Act, money that could keep Tennessee’s struggling rural hospitals afloat. Lee counters that participation in the ACA bounty would amount to pouring such funding into a “fundamentally flawed system.”

It is generally acknowledged that Lee, a political newcomer, won his nomination by keeping free of the animosities and name-calling that early GOP gubernatorial frontrunners Diane Black and Randy Boyd hurled at each other. In like manner, Dean and his primary opponent, Democratic House Leader Craig Fitzhugh of Ripley, kept the peace with each other for the most part.

But the general election showdown for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the GOP’s Bob Corker has been a slugfest in which former Governor Phil Bredesen, the Democrat, and 7th District Congressman Marsha Blackburn, the Republican, have thrown nonstop haymakers at each other, and in this case there is no sweetnatured Marlboro Man for grossedout voters to turn to as an alternative.

One of them — either Bredesen or Blackburn — will win in what started out as a neck-and-neck race but has shifted ever so gradually, if the polls can be trusted, in Blackburn’s direction.

Bredesen started out well enough, running on the common-sense notion that he should represent the people of his entire constituency, working across the aisle in Congress as, demonstrably, he did as governor. It may well be that he is a Democrat because in Nashville, perhaps the last remaining outpost of the onetime solid Democratic South, conditions still favor white Democrats running for office.

A case in point that illustrates the real Bredesen: In 2001, the year before Bredesen’s election as governor, then state Senator Marsha Blackburn advocated a Draconian eight percent spending cut across the entire state budget; Bredesen came to power, instituted a nine percent cut and began to radically downsize TennCare, the state health-care program that his wellintentioned Republican predecessor Don Sundquist had tried valiantly to maintain. Even the arch-conservative Blackburn praised him at the time.

So much for the GOP’s current campaign fiction that Bredesen, a former Nashville mayor who came into politics after making a fortune as a health-care entrepreneur, would be the tool of radical tax-and-spend Democratic taskmasters in Congress.

His rhetorical throwing of Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer under the bus or his pubic praise of Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett

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Kavanaugh may have looked like craven cave-ins to Blackburn at the time, but those actions probably were true representations of Bredesen’s mind.

Such criticism as Bredesen makes of the Trump administration, and it is minimal, is directed mainly at presidential gambles that might ultimately jeopardize the business climate, like Trump’s tariff wars.

Even so, the Bredesen-Blackburn race is one of crucial importance to the political balance of power, nationally. If Bredesen’s political stance is only modestly Democratic, Blackburn’s Republicanism is Trumpian brinkmanship to the max.

Largely indifferent to social safety-net measures, she is a zealous advocate of the corporate tax-cut measures favored by congressional Republicans, wants to see Trump’s Great Wall built

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Congressman Marsha Blackburn (top); former Governor Phil Bredesen on the nation’s southern border, and is so much a champion of the profit motive that she, perhaps unwittingly, became the sponsor of a laissez-faire initiative that 60 Minutes highlighted as having opened the door to unregulated proliferation of opioid medications.

As a synecdoche, the BredesenBlackburn Senate race could well be the decisive one in determining whether the Democratic blue wave that flowed so vigorously for most of the year remains strong enough to accomplish the party’s return to power in Congress and its regeneration as a national force.

It is no exaggeration to say that the eyes of the nation are upon us.

(Local political races are dealt with in “Politics,” p. 7.)

S P O R TS B y Fr a n k M u r t a u g h

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“National Baseball Day” could bring America together.

If you’re not a baseball fan, stop the eye-roll.

This holiday is for you, too.

You wonder why kids aren’t wearing Alex Bregman jerseys (outside Houston) or collecting Anthony Rizzo baseball cards (outside Chicago)?

It might have something to do with their recent World Series heroics happening after the kids were in bed.

Among baseball’s eternal charms is its everyday quality, 162 games played by each team over six months. But its showcase — its primary sales tool for the next generation — must be the World Series. Heck, the Fall Classic now has to compete with NBA games.

National Baseball Day is the first answer to baseball’s woes. You say a holiday requires an act of Congress?

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game. Imagine that.

If you’re not a baseball fan, stop the eye-roll. This holiday is for you, too. Take a hike (literally). Grab your rod and reel. See a movie you’ve been meaning to see, and with the right person. Have a picnic lunch. Enjoy a day of leisure, courtesy of the game of baseball.

Television will resist this movement, of course. Those at Fox or TBS or whoever happens to hold the rights to the Fall Classic will rope themselves to the mast of prime-time ad rates.

Instead, they might consider another sporting event that does rather well as a stand-alone happening, begun before prime time, with most families together at home: the Super Bowl.

Savvy ad execs will recognize their audience for National Baseball Day.

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aseball has its problems. For the first time in major-league history, fans saw more strikeouts over the course of a season than base hits. Eight-man bullpens and infield shifts have transformed the game into something that would be vaguely familiar to the likes of Jackie Robinson or Stan Musial. (Ty Cobb would spit, snarl, sharpen his spikes, and take the bunt single every time an opposing infield shifted against him.) Fans aren’t exactly flocking to the new whale-or-whiff culture.

Total attendance in 2018 fell below 70 million for the first time in 15 years.

Baseball needs to rekindle its long love affair with Americans, and it can be done. There’s still no sport that cultivates leisure time like the one that gave us the seventh-inning stretch.

The first significant step Major League Baseball could take toward attracting new fans — and reminding us longtime fans that it still cares — is to provide an extra day of leisure in the form of a holiday: National Baseball Day. Here’s how National Baseball Day would work. On the day Game 1 of the World Series is played — typically a Tuesday — Americans would get to stay home in honor of the sport that gave us Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, and a craving for Cracker Jack. No one plays like we do in the United States.

National Baseball Day would bridge the holiday gap between Labor Day and Thanksgiving while celebrating an act of recreation.

The game would start at 3 p.m.

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By Michael Donahue

“Halloween” was part of the mission statement — in a way — when Spaceface formed.

“Growing up, I just always wanted to be in some sort of a band that allowed you to wear ridiculous stuff,” says singerguitarist Jake Ingalls. “And when we started up the band we always talked about wanting to do a Halloween show.”

They also “like to encourage people to embrace their most ridiculous selves. And I feel like Halloween is the perfect excuse for most people,” he says.

Spaceface will hold its fourth annual Halloween show October 27th at Railgarten. The band includes singer-guitarist Eric Martin, keyboard player Daniel “Big Red” Quinlan, keyboard player Peter Armstrong, and bass player Connor Booth (also of China Gate, who opens the show at Railgarten). This year, Memphis multi-instrumentalist Paul Taylor will be playing drums in Spaceface.

Spaceface goes for a theme each year. “I like to have one cohesive element. The first year, we did not have a theme and it was horrible.” In the past, Scooby Doo and “hair metal” band were themes.

This year, the theme is “Space Force 2020.” Ingalls got the idea when he heard Vice President Mike Pence say the United States needs to open a Space Force — a new branch of the military in space — by 2020, “Once he did that, I knew what we had to be for Halloween.

“We started on our costumes last night. I have patches made in the design of NASA, but the little swath on it is a rainbow, and it says ‘Spaceface.’ We’re wearing white coats like a technician on a spaceship.”

Once again: Spaceship fans should dress up. It is a Halloween celebration, after all, and, Ingalls says, “We like to party. And Halloween’s a party.”

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Marilyn Manson Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m., $42-$77 Get your freak on tonight with this concert by master provocateur Marilyn Manson. A $450 VIP pass includes entry to a meet and greet as well as a pin set.

Dale Watson Old Dominick Distillery, 6:30-9 p.m., $20 How ’bout a bit of honky tonk, Dale Watson-style? Part of the Pure Memphis Music series, with proceeds going tonight to Beale Street Caravan.

Reading by Dolen Perkins-Valdez Rose Theatre, University of Memphis, 7-9 p.m.

A reading by Memphis-born bestselling novelist Dolen PerkinsValdez, best-known for her work, Wench. An interview follows Friday.

Friends Fall Books & Beyond Sale Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 4-7 p.m.

Includes hardbacks, paperbacks, books for kids, cookbooks, cassettes and records, CDs, DVDs, and more for sale. Prices top out at $2.

Booksigning by James Anderson Novel, 6 p.m.

Anderson signs his novel about a boy and a truck and the harsh Route 117 in the dead of winter.

Ballet Memphis Fall Mix Ballet Memphis, 8 p.m., $25 Features a collaboration between Ballet Memphis choreographer Steven McMahon and IMAKEMADBEATS, as well as one between dancer Alia Kache and Julien Baker.

Soul of the City: Elmwood Rises Elmwood Cemetery, 5-8 p.m., $16-$20 Annual popular tour when Elmwood’s favorite residents rise up from their graves for a meet and greet.

“Beyond the Woods” Crosstown Arts (430 Cleveland), 6-8 p.m.

Opening reception for this exhibition of new paintings by Megan Hurdle.

Collage presents Femme

Femme

By Chris Davis

Collage Dance Collective Executive Director Marcellus Harper and Artistic Director Kevin Thomas have been talking for years about how their dance company looks and who they bring in to choreograph new work. “It was very obvious to us that our rep didn’t have a lot of women choreographers,” Harper says. “There really aren’t a whole lot of women choreographing ballet, and when you think of women of color, the group becomes even smaller. As a dance company, we wanted to be intentional about artist selection and to add more women’s voices to the company’s repertoire.”

Collage’s season opener is a result of this ongoing conversation. Femme collects two world premieres, a regional premiere, and a local favorite, all created by female choreographers.

The world premieres Collage is adding to its rep have been developed by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre choreographer Amy Hall Garner and University of Illinois professor and Dance Theatre Harlem alum Endalyn Taylor. Gemma Bond’s contribution to the mix was previously performed at American Ballet Theatre.

Camille Brown’s work will be more familiar to Collage fans. Her dance, “New Second Line,” uses New Orleans-style brass band music and was inspired by events leading up to and after Hurricane Katrina.

“What this program does very well is show off the range of our dancers,” Harper says. “They can go from very romantic, neoclassical work to contemporary work, weaving through different styles with ease.

“We want to reach people who think ballet isn’t for them,” he adds. “We want people who think ballet is stuffy. And also, we want to reach people who love art and can’t get enough.”

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Dia de Muertos Parade & Festival Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

A community celebration in honor of the Day of the Dead. Parade starts at Overton Square and continues to the Brooks.

RiverArtsFest Riverside Drive, between Jefferson and Beale, 10 a.m.

Annual juried arts festival at a new location on Riverside Drive.

Includes live music, art demos, an artists market, art bars, and more.

Haunted Happenings Woodruff-Fontaine House, 6-10 p.m., $30 Visit Woodruff ’s ghosts in the darkened home. Includes live music, food trucks, and dancing.

Flick or Treat Memphis Botanic Garden, 5 p.m., $10 A family-friendly event with screenings of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride. Features kettle corn and beverages for adults. Costumes welcome.

Memphis Parent School Expo Memphis Botanic Garden, 9 a.m.-noon Learn all about various local schools during this expo.

BurgerFest Tiger Lane, noon-6 p.m., $10 A festival dedicated to all things burger. Includes samples.

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How two Le Bonheur pediatricians and a punk pioneer teamed up to start a new Memphis rock record label.

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hy would two doctors want to start a record label? Ask Dennis Black and Robert Wyatt of Black & Wyatt Records, and they’ll tell you it’s because they love Memphis music.

Black is a pediatric gastroenterologist, and Wyatt is a pediatric nephrologist. They met through their work at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and bonded over their love of music, particularly Memphis rock-and-roll.

Wyatt says even though he’s lived and practiced medicine in Memphis since the 1980s, for many years he was unaware of the city’s fertile underground music scene.

“When I had a division to run, a research lab, and a family to raise, I missed out. My lab techs were going to the Antenna Club, but I never did.”

Black grew up in Covington and worked at the town’s radio station, WKBL, in high school, then for Memphis State’s WTGR “Music has kind of been my hobby all along,” he says. “Unfortunately, I can’t really play. But I like hearing live music, and I have a good record collection.”

“About the time $5 Cover came out, I started paying attention to Memphis bands and meeting Memphis musicians,” Wyatt says.

After he got to know several Memphis musicians through the cleaning company, Two Chicks and a Broom (“Valerie June cleaned our house for a fairly long period of time.”), he started hiring bands to play for yard parties at his home in 2012. The Harbert Avenue Porch Show has since attracted Jack Oblivian, the River City Tanlines, Snowglobe, and James and the Ultrasounds, to name a few.

“He’s his own little institution, with the porch shows,” says filmmaker Mike McCarthy, a Memphis punk pioneer whose daughter Hanna Star was also featured in a porch show.

“Mike approached me about wanting to put the Fingers Like Saturn album out,” says Wyatt. Fingers Like Saturn was a band McCarthy formed to feature Cori Dials (now Cori Mattice), a singer and actress he met while working at Sun Studios in 2006.

He saw Mattice sing with her band the Splints. “They were good, but she looked like a Chrissie Hynde/Debbie Harry figure — lost in time, full of charisma.”

McCarthy wrote a bunch of songs and gathered keyboardist Shelby Bryant, sax player Suzi Hendrix, cellist Jonathan Kirk-

scey, and guitarist George Takeda. Then he put guitar wizard Steve Selvidge on drums, which, amazingly, works just fine.

“I introduced Cori to this group of talented eccentrics,” says McCarthy. “She jumped right into it.”

The band recorded at Sun Studios and at Selvidge’s home studio. “I’ve always played in punk bands, but I wanted this band to be a well-produced glam-rock band,” says McCarthy.

Filled with Memphis heavy hitters and held together with Mattice’s powerful alto, the glam influence is palpable, especially in songs like the Bowie-worshipping “Glam Lies.” But, since it’s Memphis, the sounds are more eccentric. “Satin (Pine Box Lullaby)” dabbles in Mexicalia by way of Johnny Cash. “Black Ray of Sunshine,” a ballad about the Black Dahlia, is an early example of the string-arranging skills that have made Kirkscey a sought-after soundtrack composer.

Dennis Black (left) and Robert Wyatt (right)

Before the eponymous record could find a label, Mattice’s career took her out of Memphis, and the band drifted apart. Ten years later, McCarthy played the recordings for Black and Wyatt. “We listened to the recordings, and they were really good!” says Black. “It was just a conspiracy of events that it didn’t get a wide release at the time. If we were going to do it, we decided to make it a really nice record.”

Fingers Like Saturn will reunite at DKDC on October 24th for Black & Wyatt’s first record release party. But the label-mates are already looking forward to their next release: a single by the Heathens, a Memphis high school garage band that recorded at Sun Studios in 1956.

Black and Wyatt plan to continue releasing a mixture of contemporary Memphis acts and lost gems from the 60-year history of Memphis rock.

“We’re not in it to become millionaires,” says Black. “We have our day jobs.

We want to get the music out there.”

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule October 25 - 31 Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711

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, Oct. 27, 1-5 p.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

B.B. King’s Blues Club 143 BEALE 524-KING

The King Beez Thursdays, 5 p.m.; B.B. King’s All Stars Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m. and

Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 31.

Blue Note Bar & Grill

Sean Apple Thursdays, 5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 26, 4-7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27, 4-7 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 28, 5-8 p.m. and Wednesday, Oct. 31, 4-7 p.m.; Brimstone Jones Thursday, Oct. 25, 8 p.m.midnight and Wednesday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m.-midnight; Blues Players Club Thursdays, Sundays, 8-10 p.m.; Super 5 Friday, Oct. 26, 7-11 p.m.; DJ Ron Fridays, 11 p.m.; A.M. Whiskey Saturday, Oct. 27, 7-11 p.m., Monday, Oct. 29, 6-10 p.m. and Tuesday, Oct. 30, 6-10 p.m.; DJ Mad Efx 1st Floor Halloween Party Saturday, Oct. 27, 11 p.m.; DJ Dnyce Club Shadows Halloween Party Saturday, Oct. 27, 11 p.m.

341-345 BEALE 577-1089

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

Blues City Cafe 138 BEALE 526-3637

Ghost Town Blues Band Thursday, Oct. 25, 8 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, 5 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 27, 5 p.m.; Jonathon Ellison Friday, Oct. 26, 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 27, 9:30 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 27, 12:30 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band

Club 152 152 BEALE 544-7011

Handy Bar 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.

King Jerry Lawler’s Hall of Fame Bar & Grille 159 BEALE

Lunch on Beale with Chris Gales Wednesdays-Sundays, 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

9:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m., and Sundays, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

King’s Palace Cafe Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851

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; 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; Delta Project Friday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m.-midnight.

162 BEALE 521-1851

David Bowen Thursdays, 5:30-

New Daisy Theatre 330 BEALE 525-8981

Grind City Homegrown Musicfest Thursday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m.; The Widdler x Pushloop Friday, Oct. 26, 10 p.m.; Hannya Ween Saturday, Oct. 27, 8 p.m.; Slander & Wavedash Tuesday, Oct. 30, 9 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe 182 BEALE 528-0150

Eric Hughes Band Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam and Terry Friday, Oct. 26, 5:30-8:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 27, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; FreeWorld Friday, Oct. 26, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Saturday, Oct. 27, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Memphis Blues Masters Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Ghost Town Blues Band Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight; Vince Johnson and

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Huey’s Downtown

South Main Sounds

The Cove

77 S. SECOND 527-2700

550 S. MAIN 494-6543

2559 BROAD 730-0719

Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Royal Blues Band Sunday, Oct. 28, 8-11:30 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall

Mud Island Amphitheatre

182 BEALE 528-0150

NF - Perception Tour Sunday, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m.

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; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Sundays, 4-8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 26, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Saturday, Oct. 27, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Little Boys Blue Saturday, Oct. 27, 4-8 p.m.; Delta Project Tuesday, Oct. 30, 8 p.m.-midnight.

125 N. FRONT 576-7241

Regina’s 60 N. MAIN

Tim Plunk, Amber Rae Dunn, Vanessa Winter, Jaclyn Monroe and Roderick Duran Friday, Oct. 26, 7 p.m.

Spindini 383 S. MAIN 578-2767

George Sluppick Jazz Trio Friday, Oct. 26, 7 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m.

Open Mic Night Saturdays, 4-7 p.m.; Richard Wilson Sundays, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Jazz with Ed Finney, Deb Swiney, and David Collins Thursday, Oct. 25, 8 p.m.; Wayde Peck Friday, Oct. 26, 6 p.m.; Hope Clayburn & the Soul Scrimmage Saturday, Oct. 27, 9 p.m.; David Collins Frog Squad Sunday, Oct. 28, 6 p.m.; The Tailored Renegades Monday, Oct. 29, 6 p.m.; Richard Wilson Tuesday, Oct. 30, 6 p.m.; Ben Minden-Birkenmaier Wednesday, Oct. 31, 5:30 p.m.; Karaoke with DJ Eggroll Wednesday, Oct. 31, 9 p.m.

Bueno, Bounce House Saturday, Oct. 27, 8 p.m.; The Subteens, Pezz, Dirty Streets, HEELS, Kitty Wompas Saturday, Oct. 27, 8 p.m.; Seize the Day Tour 2018 Blac Rabbit Sunday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m.; The Last Ten Seconds Of Life, Abimael, Defy The Architect, Cheshire Monday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m.; The Collection, Abbye West Pates Tuesday, Oct. 30, 8 p.m.; Seckond Chaynce Tuesday, Oct. 30, 9 p.m.; Idontknowjeffery, Goon Twinn, Black Smurf Wednesday, Oct. 31, 9 p.m.

McNeill Concert Hall at Rhodes College 2000 N. PARKWAY 843-3000

The Sun Ra Arkestra Friday, Oct. 26, 7 p.m.

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

Marilyn Manson Thursday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m.; Nacho La Criatura Friday, Oct. 26, 7 p.m.; Andy Grammer Saturday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Soviet Shiksa, Rye Baby, The Conspiracy Theory Saturday, Oct. 27; Open Mic Music Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

Silky O’Sullivan’s

Railgarten

183 BEALE 522-9596

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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.

Kinks Tribute Thursday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m.; Lucky 7 Brass Band Friday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m.; UCPWS Real Memphis Wrestling Saturday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m.; Spaceface with China Gate Saturday, Oct. 27, 7-11 p.m.; Juanita Stein Sunday, Oct. 28, noon.

Rockhouse Live Midtown

Belle Tavern

2586 POPLAR

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117 BARBORO ALLEY 249-6580

The Rusty Pieces Sunday, Oct. 28, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Tiger Lane

Blues City Pastry Shop & Coffee Bar

MEMPHIS FAIRGROUNDS

153 S. MAIN 576-0010

Burgerfest featuring Sweet Knives Saturday, Oct. 27.

Brass Door Irish Pub

2119 YOUNG 278-0034

Hi-Jivers Thursdays, 8 p.m.

Young Avenue Deli Halloween Bash and Costume Contest with Three Star Revival Saturday, Oct. 27, 10 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 28, 10 p.m.

152 MADISON 572-1813

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

Court Square AT N. MAIN AND COURT

Pop-Up Sunset Jazz featuring Kelley Hurt & Chris Parker with Felix Hernandez Sunday, Oct. 28, 5-7 p.m.

Amro Music Store

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2918 POPLAR 325-6403

Rice Drewry and Three Degrees Thursday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m.; Me and Leah Friday, Oct. 26, 9 p.m.; Chris Johnson Saturday, Oct. 27, 4-7 p.m.; Bluff City Backsliders Trio Saturday, Oct. 27, 9 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

The Rusty Pieces Friday, Oct. 26, 6-9 p.m.; Songwriters with Roland and Friends Mondays, 7-10 p.m.

The Halloran Centre 225 S. MAIN 529-4299

Barrie Cooper and Friends: Benefit Concert for the Memphis Youth Symphony Program Monday, Oct. 29, 6 p.m.

Going to Bat for Habitat Sunday, Oct. 28, 3-4:30 p.m.

Poplar/I-240 Neil’s Music Room Sleep Out Louie’s 150 PEABODY PL SUITE 111 ENTRANCE ON, S. 2ND

Brannon Heath Friday, Oct. 26, 6 p.m.; Wade Pick Saturday, Oct. 27, 6 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

South Main

David Nance Group with Jack Oblivian Thursday, Oct. 25; Model Zero with Static Static Friday, Oct. 26; Ian Svenonius’ Escape-ism Saturday, Oct. 27; Devil Train Monday, Oct. 29; Dave Cousar Tuesday, Oct. 30; Some Sons of Mudboy Wednesday, Oct. 31, 7:30 p.m.

Old Dominick Distillery

Celtic Crossing

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Heath and Bobbie Thursdays, 7 p.m.; Bud Summers Friday, Oct. 26, 8:30 p.m.; Short in the Sleeve Saturday, Oct. 27, 8-11 p.m.

305 S. FRONT

Pure Memphis Music Series presents Dale Watson Thursday, Oct. 25, 6:30-9 p.m.

903 S. COOPER 274-5151

Sunday Brunch with the Larkin & John Sunday, Oct. 28, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Candy Company Mondays.

Growlers

Lafayette’s Music Room

1911 POPLAR 244-7904

2119 MADISON 207-5097

Twiztid Thursday, Oct. 25; Quinlan Conley & the I-90 Blues with Shamefinger, Bryan Mcquaid, HEELS Friday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m.; Conjuring of the Spirits: Summoning Michael Myers Saturday, Oct. 27, 6 p.m.; James Scott Bullard Sunday, Oct. 28, 7 p.m.; Wingtips and Provoker Monday, Oct. 29, 8 p.m.; Hand Grenades Tuesday, Oct. 30, 7 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

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

Tiny Moving Parts, Indeed, We Digress, Good Bueno Friday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m.; Death Valley Girls Friday, Oct. 26, 9 p.m.; Holy Gallows, Staghorn, Good

Brian Dolzani Thursday, Oct. 25, 6 p.m.; Andrew’s 2nd Annual Pink Party featuring Thump Daddy Thursday, Oct. 25, 6:30 p.m.; Mississippi Moonlight Friday, Oct. 26, 6:30 p.m.; Bluff City Bandits Friday, Oct. 26, 10 p.m.; Seth Walker Friday, Oct. 26, 11 p.m.; Frankie Hollie & the Noise Saturday, Oct. 27, 2 p.m.; Madison Blue Band Saturday, Oct. 27, 6:30 p.m.; Twin Soul Saturday, Oct. 27, 10 p.m.; Tom Lonardo Quartet Sunday, Oct. 28, 11 a.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Asleep at the Wheel Sunday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m.; Memphis Soul Remedy Monday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m.; The Faculty Tuesday, Oct. 30, 7 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesday, Oct. 31, 5:30 p.m.; A.M. Whiskey Band Wednesday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m.

5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Eric Lewis and Friends Thursday, Oct. 25; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Natchez Saturday, Oct. 27; Benefit for Wally Wright Sunday, Oct. 28; Debbie Jameson Monday, Oct. 29; Elmo and the Shades Tuesday, Oct. 30; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.

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Blues Jam hosted by Brad Webb Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

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Circuit Playhouse

Little Women: The Broadway Musical, musical version of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel following the adventures of sisters Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy March. www.playhouseonthesquare.org. $25-$45. ThursdaysSaturdays, 8 p.m. Through Oct. 28.

51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

Landers Center Shrek the

Musical, Jr., www.dftonline.org. $10.

Fri.-Sun., 7 p.m., and Sat., Oct. 27, 2 p.m. Through Oct. 28.

4560 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662-280-9120).

ening source: our own humanity. www. tnshakespeare.org. $19-$39. ThursdaysSaturdays, 7 p.m., and Sundays, 3 p.m.

Through Nov. 4.

Lizzie: The Lizzie Borden Musical, an American mythology set to a blistering rock score. www.newmoontheatre.org. $25. Fri., Sat., 8-10 p.m., and Sun., 2-4 p.m. Through Oct. 28.

AT THEATREWORKS, 2085 MONROE (484-3467).

7950 TRINITY (759-0604).

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Theatre Memphis

Dracula, from Bram Stoker’s novel, Adapted by William McNulty.

Professor Van Helsing and his brave comrades hunt to destroy Count Dracula. But the Count is exceedingly resourceful. www.theatrememphis.org. $25. Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m., and Thurs., 7:30 p.m. Through Oct. 28.

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

Art Trolley Tour

Tour the local galleries and shops on South Main. Last Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

SOUTH MAIN HISTORIC ARTS DISTRICT, DOWNTOWN.

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Barrie Cooper and Friends: Benefit Concert for the Memphis Youth Symphony Program

Jack Robinson Photography Gallery

Artist reception for “Things That Happened Along the Way,” exhibition of mixed-media works, Fauxlaroids, and photography by Sue Wille and Lester Sivets. www.robinsoneditions. com. Fri., Oct. 26, 6-9 p.m.

44 HULING (576-0708).

Tennessee Shakespeare Company

Macbeth, in his horrific, poetic tragedy, Shakespeare reveals an evil not in our stars nor gods, but from the most fright-

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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.

South Main Artspace Lofts

Closing reception for “Nasty Women Exhibit Memphis: Still Here. Still Fighting,” exhibition of work by self-

“The Death of Fear” by Sisavanh Phouthavong Houghton and Nelson Gutierrez, at Ross Gallery

Featuring silent auction, light hors d’oeuvres, and pre-show music by members of the MYSP. $40-$80.

Mon., Oct. 29, 6 p.m.

THE HALLORAN CENTRE, 225 S. MAIN (529-4299), WWW.MYSP-MUSIC.ORG.

Casting Demonstration

Saturdays, Sundays, 1:30 p.m.

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CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, N. CLEVELAND AT N. PARKWAY, WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Playing With Fire: Glass Blowing Demo and Auction

Benefiting NORML to help Memphis Smoke the Vote. Sun., Oct. 28, 3:306 p.m.

MIDTOWN CROSSING GRILL, 394 N. WATKINS (305-7070), WWW.NORMLMEMPHIS.ORG.

O N G O I N G ART

Art Village Gallery

“Recuerdos de Cuba/Memories of Cuba,” exhibition of works by native Cuban artist Eduin Fraga. www.artvillagegallery.com. Through Oct. 31.

410 S. MAIN (521-0782).

ANF Architects

The 2018 RiverArtsFest Invitational Exhibit, www.anfa.com. Through Oct. 31.

1500 UNION (278-6868).

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

Oct. 27.

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Crosstown Concourse

FocalPoint Art Show, exhibition of new work by Jason Miller, Robert Fairchild, Zoe Nadel, La’Donna Roberts, and Lester Jones inside FocalPoint. Through Nov. 30.

“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. Through Nov. 25.

Wish Book: “Lay of the Land,” exhibition of large-scale, landscape cyanotypes on fabric photographic works

by John Pearson. www.crosstownarts. org. Through Nov. 25.

N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY.

David Lusk Gallery

“Paper: 45 Years,” exhibition of abstract paintings on paper by Robert Rector. www.davidluskgallery.com.

Through Nov. 24.

“All of a Piece,” exhibition of paintings by Mary Sims. www.davidluskgallery.com. Through Nov. 17.

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis “Freedom of the Press,” exhibition of posters from progressive print shops, 1960s-1990s throughout the United States and Canada addressing issues ranging from women’s rights to the anti-Apartheid movement. www. memphis.edu/fogelmangalleries/.

Memphis Botanic Garden

“Origami in the Garden,” 24 museum-quality outdoor sculptures depicting origami-inspired works crafted by artists Kevin Box, Te Jui Fu, Beth Johnson, Michael G. LaFosse, and Robert Lang. Through March 24, 2019.

“Falling to Pieces,” exhibition showcasing four approaches to the art of collage by Phyllis Boger, Eileen Cashbaugh, Bonnie Orange, and Kathleen Stern. www.memphisbotanicgarden. com. Through Oct. 31.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Free. Through Nov. 9.

“Here and Now: Printmaking and the Political Present,” exhibition of prints

by Maritza Dávila, Vanessa GonzálezHernández, Nelson Gutierrez, Lawrence Matthews, Carl Moore, Joel Parsons, Jennifer Sargent, and Yancy Villa-Calvo. Through Nov. 9.

3715 CENTRAL.

Fratelli’s

“Finding Center,” exhibition of painted vessels by Alisa Free. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Through Oct. 31.

750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Germantown Performing Arts Center

“A Call to the Wild: Speak to Me of Love,” works by Leanna Hicks. www. gpacweb.com. Through Oct. 30.

1801 EXETER (751-7500).

The Compassion Experience at New Direction Christian Church, Friday, November 2nd Jay Etkin Gallery

“Finds: Part 2,” exhibition of contemporary artworks from the secondary market, African and Latin American Historic Works of Art, Vintage Art, and Folk Art paintings. www.jayetkingallery.com. Through Oct. 31.

942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“Going Day by Day,” paintings by Carl E. Moore. www.lrossgallery.com.

Through Oct. 27.

“Radiance,” oil paintings with a focus on the heavens by Matthew Hasty.

Running concurrently at the gallery will be Carl E. Moore’s show “Going Day to Day.” www.lrossgallery.com. Through

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“Outings Project,” paintings from museum walls onto the streets, creating an opportunity to discover and understand artwork in a new way by French artist Julien de Casabianca. Through Jan. 6, 2019.

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

“A Buck & a Half Apiece,” exhibition of photographs by Ernest Withers.

Through March 20, 2019.

Rotunda Projects: Federico Uribe, exhibition of magical creatures and playful installations from everyday objects.

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

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

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Metal Museum

“Master Metalsmith: Lisa Gralnick,” exhibition of jewelry and sculpture in addition to previous work from the series, “Scene of the Crime.” Shown publicly for the first time and featuring oversized jewelry as sculptural installations. www.metalmuseum.org. $6. Through Jan. 13, 2019.

Booksigning by Steve Bradshaw

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The Memphis Horticulture Society has organized a line-up of national, regional, and local speakers.

Post-conference field trips/tours are offered on October 25 and 28 led by naturalists and horticulturists. $195. Fri.-Sat., Oct. 26-27, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

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The second annual parade begins at Overton Square and winds its way to Brooks Museum for a community celebration with face-painting, music, dance, and more. Free. Sat., Oct. 27, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

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“I AM A CHILD,” exhibition of photographs to shed light on the immigrant family separation at the U.S.-Mexican border. www.civilrightsmuseum.org. Through Dec. 31.

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“Loosies in New York,” exhibition of works by Jamin Carter. www.overtonparkgallery.com.

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“I Can’t Believe It’s Colored Pencil,” exhibition by Memphis District Chapter of the Colored Pencil Society of America. Judged by Kate Lagaly. www. stgeorgesgermantown.org. Through Oct. 29.

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John McIntire, exhibition of sculptures and drawings. www.topsgallery.com. Through Nov. 10.

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

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Members of Artists’ Link, exhibition of works by members of all-volunteer, non-profit organization founded in 1989, for and by visual artists in the Memphis area. www.wkno.org. Through Oct. 29.

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Among those locally sourced dishes is the rotating Local Beef Cut, featuring beef from Claybrook Farms. It comes with a carrot puree, which Thorn declares is “the best thing we put on a plate.”

The Corn Mash is “good old fashioned country food,” a taste of fall with cheek bacon, onion oil, and delicata squash.

The inventive Fruit Rollup features a housemade fruit rollup, walnut brittle, cheese, fruit, and the restaurant’s take on a milano cookie. It serves as a starting course or a dessert course.

The menu also offers black grouper, venison, clams, and duck. But vegetarians can feel welcomed at P.O. Press. “It’s very easy to convert our menu,” Thorn says. “The majority of our menu is produce-based.”

One point of pride for Thorn and Gentry is the bar offerings, what they are calling a “Call to Arms.” The bar is headed up by Mitchell Marable and Nick Manlavi.

The bar menu is divided into three categories: “Hot Off the Press,” cocktails concocted for the restaurant. They include

Like P.O. Press, Raven & Lily took over a defunct restaurant space in Collierville. In this case, it was Brooks Pharm2Fork on the square.

“It was an unexpected opportunity,” says Amy Young, who owns the restaurant with her husband Justin, who is the chef. They decided to jump on it and not look back.

It’s a bright, tidy space, seating about 80, with a picture of a raven on the wall. It reads, “Consider the raven.”

Raven & Lily was born in Oakland, Tennessee, and was celebrated for its innovative dishes. The move to Collierville came in August.

Justin, who worked with Erling Jensen as far back as La Tourelle, calls his food “modern Southern comfort.” He says that the food is accessible and the place is not the sort that has to be saved for a special occasion. “It’s nothing over the top,” he says.

The restaurant serves breakfast on the weekends, and among its offerings for lunch are the Hot Mess burger with cabbage and bacon jam; a chicken patty melt (!); and fried green tomatoes. Dinner includes shrimp & grits; fried chicken; hamburger steak with mushroom gravy; and seafood mac and cheese.

As Justin notes, all these dishes are recognizable. He says he makes everything in-house, except for the ketchup.

The Youngs say the Collierville spot is perfect for them. They like the relaxed vibe of the square. And the 80 seats is a manageable size, good for Justin who considers himself a control freak.

The name Raven & Lily comes from the Bible. “It’s personal to us,” says Amy, explaining, “God takes care of us.”

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“Archetypes” are the classic drinks like the old fashioned, a dry martini, sidecar, and daiquiri. “Thoughtful Revisits” are those drinks you’ve somehow forgotten about like the Rob Roy, Negroni, and Final Word.

Thorn says that while Collierville has plenty of burger and pizza joints, there’s not so many cocktail-wine-and-food-underone-roof places. And so far, folks seem to like it and the press has been good. But, Thorn says they don’t plan to rest on their laurels. “We believe in hospitality first,” he says. “The restaurant is second.”

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fter Brian Thurmond’s restaurant 148 N. Main, near the square in Collierville, closed, P.O. Press Public House and Provisions moved in. They ditched about 50 percent of 148’s stuff, says Chris Thorn, co-founder of the restaurant with chef Jimmy Gentry. The space is now what Thorn calls “refined but relaxed,” with its modern grays, concrete bar top, and high-gloss table tops.

The name is a nod to the building’s past as a post office and the site of the Collierville Herald. They were going to go with some hip one-name concept, but they found that all their ideas were already taken. In any case, the name goes with the restaurant’s philosophy of local is better.

“Collierville was a purposeful choice,” says Thorn, who has lived in Collierville for 25 years. “We serve and support local.” He notes that Collierville is closer to the farms that serve as sources for the restaurant.

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bout 10 years ago, I planted a few bulbs of fennel in my front flower bed. I plopped them in the ground on a whim, and I’ve been reaping the benefits ever since. Not only do I enjoy having fresh fennel leaves — and, when I feel like digging, fennel bulbs and stalks — right outside my front door, but the plant is a natural host for parsleyworms, the caterpillars that become black swallowtail butterflies.

This month, I’ve been harvesting fennel for a variety of cocktails. While the licorice-tasting Mediterranean herb is probably best known to mixologists as the root flavor of absinthe, I prefer to use it to spice up more ordinary spirits.

It adds a nuance that, like the cider cocktails I wrote about a few weeks ago, give a nod to the changing seasons.

As we’ve hovered between summer and fall, with the October temperatures swinging from the mid-90s down to the upper 40s this week, I’ve made the most of Mother Nature’s mood swings by mixing up a drink called the Thistle in the Kiss, which I found on Food & Wine’s website. The cocktail, which originated in a Chicago restaurant, combines one-anda-half ounces vodka, three-quarters of an ounce fresh lime juice, three-quarters of an ounce of fennel syrup (made by steeping fennel bulbs in hot water, then discarding the herb and adding sugar to create simple syrup), and half an ounce of Suze.

Shake the ingredients and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass and garnish with a few basil leaves. The fennel-basil combo makes it the perfect goodbyesummer-hello-autumn cocktail. I found a similar drink, the Fennel Lemon Crunch, on Organic Authority — just use lemon juice instead of lime, and, if it’s one of those warmer fall days, add a few slices of cucumber.

I haven’t tried this yet, but you can also make your own vodka apertifs by infusing vodka with a blend of fennel leaves and seeds. Combine 16 ounces of your favorite vodka with a quarter cup of chopped fennel leaves and a tablespoon of fennel seeds, then seal in an airtight container and store it in a cool, dark place for six days. Strain the vodka, then mix it with 12 ounces of simple syrup

and store it in the refrigerator. Serve the concoction in shot glasses.

Speaking of apertifs, I have combined fennel fronds with Campari to great effect. Cure, a cocktail bar located in the Uptown neighborhood of New Orleans, sold me on their blend of Campari, sparkling wine, and muddled lemon and fennel during a Big Easy visit a few years ago. I just became reacquainted with the recipe when I found it online. It’s a medicinal-tasting drink, which is my favorite kind of cocktail. It’s made to be sipped, not slugged, so proceed with care.

Cappelletti, Campari’s less expensive cousin, is a favorite liquor at my house, so I was thrilled to discover the recipe for the Marathon Afternoon on HGTV.com. The cocktail actually hails from Chai Pani, a hipster Indian restaurant in Atlanta, but is rooted in Marathon, Greece — the site where the outnumbered Athenian army beat back the Persians back in 490 BC. In ancient Greek, the name Marathon actually means “a place full of fennels” — and Marathon was so-called because of the riot of fennel plants that grew in the area.

Anyway, back to the drink: First, make a fennel simple syrup, using fronds, stems, and two teaspoons of fennel seeds.

Steep the herbs and seeds in water, then add an equal amount of sugar, stir until dissolved, let sit for five minutes, then strain. Combine half an ounce syrup with one ounce Cappelletti and one ounce fresh lemon juice, then top with soda, a tiny pinch of salt, and a fennel frond.

And at the Splendid Table, I found Maggie Hoffman’s quite-splendid-indeed recipe for the Gin Rocket. To make this thirst-quenching, herbaceous drink, use a vegetable peeler (or a mandoline if you’re stone-cold sober) to thinly slice a quarter cup of fennel bulb. Place the fennel slices in a cocktail shaker, and add a quarter cup arugula leaves, a pinch of fennel fronds, three-quarters ounce fresh lime juice, and three-quarters ounce plain simple syrup. Muddle, then add two ounces of gin and ice, and shake with vigor. Strain the drink into a chilled coupe glass (a champagne glass or even a lowball will do), then garnish with a lime wheel, an arugula leaf, or a fennel frond — or, if you feel particularly bountiful, use all three.

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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

Sundance’s Last Ride Robert Redford retires at the top of his game in The Old Man & the Gun.

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t’s always hard to know when to quit. We as a society put all the emphasis on the skills it takes to be successful and climb the ladder in your chosen field, but understanding when you’ve reached the point of diminishing returns is equally important. You frequently see it in sports, from Jerry Rice limping through his 20th season to Michael Jordon’s stint with the Washington Wizards. Overstaying your welcome happens all the time in the arts, too, as was driven home to me recently when, seized by Halloween spirit, I suffered through Abbot and Costello Meet the Mummy. Oy. The trick is to go out, if not at the top of your game, at least when your chops are still sharp. One guy who was able to do just that was Forrest Tucker.

If they gave out Crime Academy Awards, Tucker would surely get a lifetime achievement trophy.

Between his 15th birthday and his death in 2004 at age 83, Tucker robbed more than $4 million from banks. Of course, they do give a lifetime achievement award for crime: Life in prison. But that was no deterrent to Tucker, who claimed to have escaped from prison “18 times successfully and

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12 times unsuccessfully.” San Quinten, Alcatraz, Folsom — name a famous clink and Tucker probably busted out of it. The final time he was arrested at age 79, he was four banks deep into a crime spree as the “Gentleman Bandit,” so I think it’s safe to say that Tucker “retired” while his game was still tight.

Robert Redford is a national treasure. His list of awards stemming from his film career is so long, it has its own independent Wikipedia page. In the late ’70s, Redford was the first chairman of the Sundance Film Festival, named after Redford’s character in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. When Time magazine recently put him on their list of the most powerful people in the world, they called him the father of independent film.

Since it was the role of an unrepentant bank robber that propelled Redford to superstardom, it’s fitting that the 82-year-old Redford decided to hang up his filmmaking spurs portraying Forrest Tucker. The Old Man & the Gun is based on a 2003 New Yorker article by writer David Grann detailing Tucker’s exploits. It’s written for the screen and directed by David Lowery, whose breakthrough

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Lowery, who had the unenviable task of directing someone who has both a Best Director and Best Picture Oscar, is at the top of his game. The Old Man & the Gun is about endings, but it is much more playful and hopeful than Lowery’s emotionally devastating A Ghost Story. Lowery brings on his regular collaborator Casey Affleck as John Hunt, Tucker’s police detective nemesis. Much of Redford’s portrayal of Tucker is defined by this relationship.

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Redford, clearly having a ball, has that old, mischievous twinkle in his eye from The Sting. When he calms a nervous bank teller mid-robbery by saying “You’re doing great,” you’ll wish he would be there to encourage you when your life hits a tough spot. The spirit behind his effortless, inspired performance is best summed up when Tucker says to his lawyer, “I guess when you find something you love, you keep at it.”

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The rest of the cast is uniformly incredible. I envision Redford, who has a producer credit, picking up the phone one morning to ask Sissy Spacek if she would like to be his love interest. Who in their right mind is going to say no to that? Lowery gives Spacek more room to maneuver than she’s had in years, so she and Redford absolutely crackle together in scene after scene. Rounding out Tucker’s Over the Hill Gang are, amazingly enough, Tom Waits and Danny Glover. Lowery gives Waits a

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THE LAST WORD by Maya Smith

XPO’sed A recent New York Times article shed light on the discrimination and abuse being carried out against women workers in a Memphis warehouse. At one of XPO Logistics’ warehouses here, there have been reports of “chronic pregnancy discrimination” leading to several miscarriages, the article revealed.

This is the same company’s warehouse where multiple complaints of sexual harassment and poor working conditions in extreme heat have been filed, as I reported in the Flyer earlier this month.

Workers said that working long hours in the non-air-conditioned warehouse led to dehydration, dizziness, and even fainting. On one occasion, an employee experienced cardiac arrest and, as a result, died on the job. Facebook posts at the time suggested the supervisor did not allow CPR to be administered and then insisted that the other employees continue working as their coworker’s lifeless body lay at their feet.

So, continuing with the company’s tendency to value the bottom line over the health, safety, and sanity of its employees, the Times reported on how pregnant women are worked beyond their physical abilities, endangering their health and the health of their babies.

Refusing to lighten the workload for expecting mothers, XPO Logistics has been requiring them to stand on their feet, lift heavy boxes, and work 12-hour shifts with what appears to be no permission for relief from management. One worker cited in the article, who suffered from a miscarriage while on the job, said she asked her supervisor to relieve her from lifting large boxes several times, but he refused each time. She subsequently fainted one day while at work and lost her unborn baby.

Even with doctors’ notes recommending lighter workloads and shorter shifts, the supervisors ignored the potential dangers to the expecting mothers and their babies, making them push through with required manual labor. That’s inhumane and irresponsible. It should be illegal.

I’m really confused as to how this company is able to get away with what seems like clear human rights violations in its warehouse operation. According to A Better Balance (ABB) — a national legal nonprofit fighting to give American workers the time and flexibility they need to care for themselves and their families without risking their economic security — discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace is not uncommon in the United States, especially in lowwage jobs.

However, ABB said there are various local, state, and federal laws that are meant to protect expecting mothers, as well as to give certain workers who experience or are at risk of miscarriage the right to time off to receive reasonable accommodations following a miscarriage, and to be free from discrimination by their employers because they have miscarried.

Under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which was passed 40 years ago this month, if an employee is temporarily unable to perform her job due to pregnancy, “the employer must treat her the same as any other temporarily disabled employee; for example, by providing light duty, modified tasks, alternative assignments, disability leave, or leave without pay.”

Despite the law, nearly 31,000 pregnancy discrimination charges were filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other state-level fair employment practice agencies between October 2010 and September 2015, the National Partnership for Women and Families found. Twentythree states, Washington D.C., and four cities have laws in place providing a further level of protection and reasonable accommodation for pregnant employees. Tennessee nor Memphis is in that group.

Still, with the various laws in place, women are being removed from jobs, overlooked for promotions, and denied accommodations for the simple fact that they’re pregnant.

That’s why Congress needs to pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a bill that would prevent employers from forcing pregnant women from their jobs, and mandates that they receive the proper amount of accomodation for their condition. It would also require an interactive process between employers and pregnant workers to determine the appropriate accommodations, similar to under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Finally, the law would protect pregnant workers from retaliation, coercion, intimidation, threats, or interference if they request or use an accommodation.

It should really go without saying that expecting mothers and their unborn children should be protected in the workplace, but we live in a country where discrimination is commonplace and laws are still needed to protect the basic rights of working people.

Maya Smith is a Memphis Flyer staff writer.

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