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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, Calendar Editor

OUR 1552ND ISSUE 11.22.18 Do you know how many health-care-related bankruptcies there were in Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Australia, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Japan, Chile, Canada, and Finland last year? Zero.

Do you know how many health-care-related bankruptcies there were in the United States last year? Try 643,000, give or take a few.

All over this country, people are rationing their medicines, putting off going to the doctor, putting off paying the rent, losing their cars, ruining their credit, burning through their retirement funds, and losing their homes. Why? Because our health-care “system” is broken. The United States is the only industrialized country in the world that doesn’t have some form of universal health care. We’re the only First World country that shoves people into poverty because they have the misfortune to get sick.

In the countries I listed above, citizens and their governments recognize that health care is a right, not a privilege tied to one’s income level, not something that can be denied by an insurance company or made so exorbitantly expensive that it bankrupts hundreds of thousands of us each year. It’s insane. And yes, it’s sick.

If all these other countries have figured out how to provide health care at a reasonable cost, why can’t we? It’s way past time to get serious about changing our health-care system from one driven by the profit motive to one created to serve all of us. A pill that costs a penny to produce shouldn’t cost $300 to buy. An insulin medicine that hasn’t changed in 15 years shouldn’t quintuple in cost. A life-saving Epipen that costs pennies to make shouldn’t increase in price six-fold, simply because the manufacturer decided to extort people to raise its stock price.

It was interesting to me to hear President Trump — while in “Pleasure,” California, for a post-fire photo-op — cite Finland for its forest-management policies. Nevermind that, as usual, he was babbling like Cliff Clavin, uttering stream-of-consciousness policy pronouncements with no basis in fact.

Focus instead on the idea of his using Finland as a model. If Trump wants to cite Finland as an example of good governance, I’m down with the president. Finland has a great public health-care system, sensible gun-control laws, and a burgeoning middle class. So, yeah, let’s emulate Finland, even if it means we have to start raking the Sierras.

The country voted overwhelmingly for change in the midterms, both in terms of the popular vote and in the blue wave that transformed the makeup of the House of Representatives. Now it’s time to start rolling back the divisive, corporate-driven agenda that has shaped the country since the GOP took control of the House and Senate in 2010.

So much damage has been done. Environmental regulations have been rolled back. Immigration reform has been abandoned in favor of hateful fear-mongering — the absurd “caravan” scam being the most recent example. And thanks to this administration’s horrific immigration policies, we now have 10,000 children living in cages, and no real plan to fix the problem.

It’s time to turn back the tide of dumb-assery, as the country wakes from the Trump fever-dream and realizes it’s been hustled by a dim-witted, self-absorbed grifter.

We need to focus like a laser on our election system, peeling back the layers of legislation put in place by GOP-led state governments to make voting more difficult. We need to form a bipartisan system for creating electoral districts, in order to rid ourselves of the partisan gerrymandering that allows the minority party to control the levers of power in so many states.

Locally, we’re already seeing how a change in the power structure can be put to work quickly, as this week, the newly elected county commission eliminated the unfair profitdriven system of charging juveniles in detention to make phone calls. Similarly, the misguided policy that resulted in people losing their driver’s license for nonpayment of N E WS & O P I N I O N fines has been struck down by the courts, THE FLY-BY - 4 thanks to the tireless work of activist NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 POLITICS - 7 attorneys. These are small but significant COVER STORY steps, but they are an indication that some “’ TIS THE SEASON of those in power understand that helping ... TO SHOP MEMPHIS” people who are caught in the gears of the

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SPORTS - 17 Here’s the checklist Democrats need WE RECOMMEND - 18 to focus on: fix health care, enact senMUSIC -21 AFTER DARK - 22 sible gun laws, and restore and preserve CALENDAR - 24 voting rights for all. Getting caught up in BOOKS - 30 investigations of the president would be FOOD NEWS - 31 a mistake, in my opinion. Trump’s gonna SPIRITS - 33 Trump — until he gets trumped.

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Maybe you’re a grocery store that gives out free samples and instructs employees to perform intimate handwashing services for your customers.

This message on the bathroom mirror at Fresh Market (snapped by reader GB) seems to advertise just such a secret service: “Employees Must Wash your Hands Before returning to work.”

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N EVE R E N D I N G C LOWNVI S We interrupt your regularly scheduled installment of Neverending Elvis to note that a unique tribute artist is slated to perform at Growlers Monday, November 26th.

Clownvis Presley doesn’t recreate Elvis songs. Instead, he performs new material, like what the King might perform today, were he alive.

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OOPS In a Flyer headline last week, the word “Referenda” was spelled “Rerferenda.”

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Council, TVA, and COGIC An empty council seat, TVA CEO retires, and COGIC preacher uses gay slurs.

COUNCIL C O NTESTANTS Seven candidates interested in filling the vacant Memphis City Council seat left by Bill Morrison submitted applications before the deadline last week.

Morrison was elected Shelby County Probate Clerk in August and officially resigned from the District 1 council seat earlier this month.

Those looking to fill the vacancy were instructed to submit a qualifying packet to the council, and seven were certified by the Shelby County Election Commission.

Clockwise from top left, COGIC’s Kelly, TVA’s Johnson, Memphis City Hall, They include Lonnie Ford, Morrison, Fullilove.

Treadway, Tierra Holloway, Paul Boyd, Faye Morrison, Danielle Schonbaum, Rhonda Logan, and since 2016 his team and Memphis Tourism “has worked Mauricio Calvo. hard and made it a priority” to bring the convention back The full city council was set to hear a presentation from here. each candidate at its meeting Tuesday before voting on a “Let me be the first to say welcome home!” Strickland candidate. tweeted Monday morning.

Resignations of council members Janis Fullilove of Super On Tuesday morning, NewsOne, an outlet delivering District 8-2 and Edmund Ford Jr. of District 6 become news “from a Black perspective,” reported that a video effective, November 23rd and 25th respectively. of preacher Frances Kelly preaching directly to one man during the convocation had “gone viral.” Indeed, the TVA’S J O H N S O N TO R ETI R E video of Kelly has been viewed thousands of times after a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) president and CEO Bill heavy circulation of posts on Twitter and Facebook.

Johnson will retire next year, the utility announced last During her talk, Kelly tells the man he needs to “come week. out from around those sissified men who have been The TVA board will conduct an internal and external hanging around you.” search for Johnson’s replacement, which could take a couple “God can’t use no men trying to be women,” Kelly said of months. He will remain as CEO through the process and in the video. “We call them faggots.” help to transition the new leader into the role.

On Tuesday, COGIC public relations executive Johnson, 64, joined TVA in 2013 as the organization’s director Robert Coleman would not confirm any of the second CEO. He is the highest-paid federal employee, with details of the video and had no comment. When asked if a pay and benefits package that tops $6 million. he’d like a link to the video, Coleman said there was “no need.”

“WE CALL TH E M FA*G OTS” The video does, at least, feature Kelly, who was once While Memphis leaders celebrated the return of the listed as the church’s National Director of Intercessory Church of God in Christ’s (COGIC) annual convention to Prayer Ministry. Kelly was also a pioneer in Memphis Memphis, a video surfaced that showed a church leader television as the first woman to host a talk show here in using homophobic slurs during the church’s most recent the 1970s on WREG. convention.

COGIC leaders voted during that convention last week in St. Louis to move the annual convention back to For fuller versions of these stories and more local news, visit Memphis in 2021. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said The News Blog at memphisflyer.com.

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City leaders cleared a major hurdle Monday morning with a positive vote from state leaders on the city’s plan for the redevelopment of the Memphis Fairgrounds.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland and Paul Young, the city’s director of Housing and Community Development, won approval of the city’s revamped Tourism Development Zone (TDZ) from the executive committee of the State Building Commission during a meeting Monday morning in Nashville.

The move would allow state taxes inside the zone to be redirected to pay for the possibly $181 million plan that would transform the Fairgrounds into a youth sports mecca.

“Competitive youth sports is a huge business and, if you’ve ever been, it’s a lot of fun, too,” Strickland told the four-member committee Monday morning.

Young said the TDZ proposal before the board Monday was completely different from the plan put before them in 2013. He said his team looked again at competitive youth sports market reports and ensured the plan focused only on those sports with which they could compete (basketball, volleyball, mat sports, and indoor cheerleading).

Also, Young said his team “right-sized” the retail spaces, the sports facilities, and made sure the complex would not compete with existing sports

facilities in the MidSouth.

Young explained the project would move through three phases.

Phase one is complete, with Tiger Lane, improvements to Liberty Bowl stadium, and preparations for phase two. That part of the project would include the construction of the youth sport complex, which would front Southern on the south end of the Fairgrounds.

But before hammers begin to swing on the complex, state officials will have another review of the plan. Monday’s approval of the TDZ allows city officials to begin collecting commitments of the $61 million in private funds needed to fuel phase two of the project. State finance officials will only sign off on the $90 million in bonds city leaders will issue for their part of the project if they can raise those private funds.

“If the money and the numbers do not work out, we will not move forward with the project,” Young said.

During Monday’s meeting, Justin Wilson, the state Comptroller of the Treasury, said at first he was “very suspicious of this project.” But with those financial assurances from city leaders (that they’d halt the

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The proposed youth sports complex. plan if the money didn’t work) and that state officials would get another look at it later, “I’m satisfied this is the appropriate thing to do.”

If the finances are in line, city leaders could issue the bonds next year or early 2020. With that, the plan said the complex could open by 2021 or 2022.

Phase three of the project would begin within five years of the completion of phase two. Phase three could cost up to $30 million and include “iconic” entrances and exits, improvements to the Pipkin building, expanded parking, a tourist attraction at Melrose High School, and more.

The Mid-South Coliseum would remain mothballed under the plan, but Young told committee members Monday that private funding to revive the building might emerge if the area around it were reactivated.

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Ford, and Fullilove became points of controversy following the August 2nd election, when local activists insisted in vain that the council members resign their positions soon enough to permit the inclusion of their vacated seats on the November 6th election ballot. Instead, the three members chose to continue occupying their council seats for nearly the full 90 days post-election that the city charter permitted — a fact making it necessary to fill the seats by appointment and giving the remaining council members the say-so over replacing the departing members.

Ford, now a member of the Shelby County Commission, was even deputized by commission chair Van Turner to serve as a de facto liaison between the two local legislative bodies.

The councilman’s forthcoming resignation is not the only change on his horizon. He was named financial literacy coordinator for Memphis Public Libraries last week, and, as he informed his fellow commission members on Monday, Ford’s employment as a teacher in the Shelby County Schools system Jeff Warren would end on Wednesday of this week — a fact permitting him to vote without recusal on an issue affecting school funding.

Ultimately, all 13 council seats, including the three being filled between now and year’s end, will be up for grabs in the 2019 city election scheduled for next October. At least one seat, the one for Super District 9, Position 3, now held by Councilman Reid Hedgepeth, has already drawn a challenger.

Seeking the seat will be Jeff Warren, a physician who served on the old Memphis City Schools board that went out of existence with the merger of Memphis and Shelby County systems. Warren was a member of the Memphis board minority that resisted continued on page 9

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As one election, a national one, finally heads to an end (with votes still being counted here and there), the next process of electoral transition is underway, locally.

This week, an abbreviated one because of the Thanksgiving holiday, sees the beginning of turnover on the Memphis City Council. Of the body’s 13 available seats, three will be spoken for during the next few weeks. Those are the ones that were scheduled for vacating as of August 2nd, when three council members — Bill Morrison in District 1, Edmund Ford Jr. in District 6, and Janis Fullilove in Super District 8, Position 2 — won elections for positions in Shelby County government.

At the Flyer’s press time on Tuesday, the first of these seats — that of Morrison, who was elected Probate Court clerk — was due for reappointment that evening by vote of council. The applicants were Paul Boyd, Mauricio Calvo, Faye Morrison, Tierra Holloway, Rhonda Logan, Danielle Schonbaum, and Lonnie Treadway.

The seats currently held by Ford and Fullilove will be filled next.

Fullilove, now Juvenile Court clerk, has announced her resignation, effective November 23rd, and Ford’s resignation will take effect two days later, on November 25th. Applicants for either seat must submit proof of their residency, a resume, a letter of interest, a sworn affidavit, and a nominating petition with 25 signatures of registered voters in the relevant district.

Registration packets for the two seats will be available as of noon next Monday, November 26th, and the deadline for filing applications is Thursday, December 13th. The council is expected to vote on filling the two seats at its meeting on December 18th.

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• The county commission acted decisively on a number of matters at its Monday meeting. Especially noteworthy were a vote on authorizing a TIF (tax increment financing project) for a forthcoming Lakeland Commons development and a vote resolving a holdover schism regarding the ongoing opioid crisis between former county Mayor Mark Luttrell and the commission that expired with the August 2nd election.

There were several aspects to the divide between Luttrell and the commission, who engaged in a more or less continuous power struggle, but the opioid matter was the matter with the most relevance to the community at large.

The disagreement arose last year when then commission chair Heidi Shafer, supported by other commission members, availed herself of clauses in the county charter that, she argued, allowed her to contract for legal action against various parties, including physicians and pharmaceutical companies, involved in the over-distribution of opioids in Shelby County.

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the crucial vote of December 20, 2010, to surrender the MCS charter.

“I believe we are on the verge of turning a corner in Memphis,” Warren said in announcing his candidacy.

“We have had many recent successes, despite our long-term challenges.

We have been pushing educational growth and do not need to let up.

Mayor Strickland will continue to need support and advice to increase job growth.”

members, that opioid abuse had become rampant to the point of causing serious damage to Shelby Countians and that the Luttrell administration had been slow in pursuing remedial action.

Unsurprisingly, Luttrell disagreed and, putting forth his own plan of action, insisted that the county charter left the authority for pursuing legal remedies entirely in his hands.

What ensued was a back-andforth between the two branches of county government that required several hearings in Chancery Court and would not be fully resolved until agreement on coordinated action was reached between new Mayor Lee Harris and the new commission, culminating in the vote on Monday, authorizing a settlement.

Shafer, who would receive several testimonials of appreciation from commission members, was present for the vote and expressed her pleasure that no more intramural acrimony would be occurring and “we can concentrate on dealing with the bad guys.”

The Lakeland matter, involving a $48 million development at the site of an abandoned remainder mall, drew attendees from both sides of the recently concluded municipal election in Lakeland, with Mayor-elect Mike Cunningham and supporters asking the commission for a delay of two weeks on approving the TIF, giving the new administration time to acquaint itself with the details of a project that had been strongly favored by the administration of outgoing Mayor Wyatt Bunker.

The commission approved the TIF 9-2, after noting that authority for continuing with the project would still rest with the Lakeland city government.

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TO SHOP MEMPHIS! The best way to give truly original and unique presents for the holidays this year is to stay at home. Well, not literally at your home; that wouldn’t be any fun.

We mean you should buy local — do your holiday shopping at businesses here in Memphis and Shelby County.

Shopping local helps Memphis-area merchants and the local economy. And it says you care enough to get off your duff and go pick something out instead of just staring at your laptop and tapping into the internet.

There are many great local shopping options and areas — Broad Avenue, Downtown, Cooper-Young, Laurelwood, Saddle Creek, Overton Square — to name just a few. Try our local bakeries, breweries, boutiques, bistros, and even places that don’t start with “b.” For even more ideas, just browse the pages of the Flyer and see what our beloved advertisers have to offer.

And, just because we’re helpful that way, those of us on the editorial staff also came up with a few suggestions.

Now, get out there and do your civic duty and shop! You’ll be glad you did.

And so will we.

November 22-28, 2018

STONED NINJAS

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Every year, Mid-Southerners find themselves asking: What sort of locally sourced holiday gifts might

make a good stocking stuffer for the pot smoker and/or ninja in my life?

This once-unsolvable challenge has finally been addressed thanks to the creative team behind Stoned Ninja, a small, Memphis-made comic book title drawn by cartoonist/illustrator (and frequent Memphis Flyer contributor) Greg Cravens. In addition to creating weed- and martial arts-themed stories about a street level hero who can vanish in a puff of smoke, Stoned Ninja also produces its own line of 100 percent hemp rolling papers and Stoned Ninja T-shirts.

“When I was a kid, comics were in every grocery store and quickie mart in the country, and they aren’t anymore,” Cravens says, explaining the potential for headshops to expand comic distribution. “The market has narrowed down to where you have to go hard target search for a comic shop to go get comics,” he says. “What we’ve got is something we can sell in another store to another targeted audience. So, that’s the pitch when we approach larger publishers. There are potentially 25,000 more shops you can put your comic into if you’ll just pay attention.”

Stoned Ninja writer and mastermind Gabriel DeRanzo credits 901 Comics owner Shannon Merritt for his new business venture. Shortly after opening shop in Cooper-Young, Merritt launched Bad Dog Comics to publish locally produced graphic literature.

Cravens and DeRanzo met at 901, and their collaboration on

Stoned Ninja began after a meeting to organize the first Bad Dog Comics Anthology.

Stoned Ninja was originally inspired by the classic Kung Fu comedy Drunken Master and developed as a means to explore pot culture beyond the usual burnout stereotypes. “So I asked myself, if there can be a Drunken Master, why can’t there be a Stoned Ninja?” DeRanzo says.

DeRanzo’s vision extended beyond the glossy pages of a monthly title.

The right merchandise wouldn’t just tie it all together, it could be a bridge to new markets. “Given the content of the comic, I figured there was no reason to go less than 100 percent pure hemp,” DeRanzo says of Stoned Ninja rolling papers. “So it’s as good a quality paper as anything out there, and we’re offering fun packaging. On the inside flap, there’s a comic and we’re going to change that flap every time we put in a new order. So Stoned Ninja will be like Bazooka Joe Bubble gum.”

Stoned Ninja comics are available at 901 Comics and Whatever stores.

Stoned Ninja starter packs, which include a comic book, a T-shirt, and a pack of papers are available online at stonedninjacomics.com. — Chris Davis

GAME ON!

A new gaming paradigm has emerged recently, based on creating total immersion in an environment. The chief example is Virtual Reality (VR), where a visual/audio headset fills your senses, projects a 3D space around you, and senses your movements in it.

You can buy a home VR rig, but to really experience the state of the art, a VR arcade is the way to go. It is a remarkable experience. David Callahan of Bluff City VR in Cordova says it’s impossible to describe. “The

technology is so amazing, it’s like trying to explain color to someone who’s color-blind. Until you put the headset on, you just won’t get it.”

For that reason, he says, “everyone that walks in the door gets a free demo.

It’s more realistic than the most realistic 3D movie you’ve ever seen. It really feels like you’re inside the video game.”

While none of the 30 available games can be played by more than one person, Callahan says, “each booth also has a TV set that displays what the person’s seeing in the headset. So it’s perfect as a group activity to sit there and watch the person play. And you can talk back and forth.”

There’s no limit to how many can share a one hour room rental ($39), swapping time with the headset, and you can even rent all five gaming rooms for larger events. www.bluffcityvr.com If your tastes are less techy, try one of the challenges at Memphis Escape Rooms. For one hour, eight people come together to puzzle over clues and mechanisms that will unlock a door (although anyone who needs to leave can do so). Up to eight friends can book time together at around $20 per person. But if it’s just you, says assistant manager Brianna Berg, “you could end up working with total strangers, which is always fun, because people work in different ways. Sometimes having people from outside your group can really open your eyes to different ways

FITTED TO A TEE

What can we say? Your friends are total homers, but their T-shirt game is tight. Help them build on it with a wellthought-out, Memphis-centric gift.

If your friend bleeds blue, then a stop at the Tiger Bookstore is a must.

Steer clear of the gingham blazer, no matter how snazzy. The back wall is where it’s at. They’ve got your grays and royal and navy blues, your standard logos and fancier prints, in both long sleeve and short. They run about $14 to $15. tigerbookstore.com Memphicity Design is the go-to place for Grizzlies and Tigers fans, with their nods to gritting and grinding and One Cent. Pancho’s and Piggly Wiggly lovers are covered as well. T-shirts run from $10 to $20. Buy three, get one free. memphicitydesign.com City pride never looked so elegant with the etchy sketchy designs with the Pyramid in comfy grays available at B. Collective. That doesn’t mean they can’t get funky — witness their dead Elvis shirt and the 9.oh.1 one with the bridge. Prices range from $25 to $35. bcollectiveshop.com The pickup line “Are you from Tennessee? Because you’re the only ten I see” is a real groaner, but ablazed on your chest, it’s damn near a thing of beauty. The Five in One design is particularly swell: a retro color scheme, the Hernando-Desoto bridge, a funkyfonted “Memphis.” Five in One also carries a Crosstown-proud shirt and other Memphis-y tops. There’s also a great hoodie with a yellow “Memphis” with ’70s flair. The only thing you’ll be arrested for in this hoodie is being too cool. T-shirts are $32; hoodie $62. fiveinone.org The mecca for the hip T-shirt hound is West Tn Print & Trade Co. on Cleveland near Crosstown. They’re the ones who birthed the “Memphis as F**k” shirt. Among their inventory: “Santa’s Favorite Memphis Kid”; “Go Tigers, Y’all”; “Memphis: Be Nice or Leave”; “Keep Midtown Sketchy”; “Memphis vs.

All Y’all”; “Memphis BBQ Kicks Ass”; “Memphis F**king Tennessee”; and more. All shirts can be made into a dog shirt for $20 for any pups that are living large.

T-shirts are $20 or three for $50.

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GET POTTED

There are a handful places in town to send your friends and family to get their creative juices flowing, but if they want to put their hands to work, get a little messy, and create a masterpiece, Seize the Clay is a good choice. This year, gift the creatives in your life the experience of creating.

At Seize the Clay, they can make and paint pottery, as well as fuse glass.

Owner, Adam Loeffel says all three options lend to having a “fun, creative time.” It’s a nice break from the corporate commercial retail world, he says.

“It’s an opportunity for people to take time out of their day, be creative, and have quiet time,” Loeffel says. “It’s a chance to make something. We live in a world where everything comes at us so fast, but making things takes time. So there’s a big sense of accomplishment when you see your finished product.”

Loeffel says painting pre-made pottery, specifically coffee mugs, is the most popular option. The turnaround time is much faster, he says. You simply pick a ceramic piece, costing anywhere from $8 to $100, paint it to your heart’s desire, and then the staff does the rest.

In three to five days, the piece is fired and ready to be used.

For those who are more patient and have more time (and money) on their hands, Loeffel says the studio also holds four-

and six-session potter’s wheel classes, priced at $250 and $350, respectively.

Meant for beginners, the in-depth classes cover how to throw bowls, plates, and mugs. Class attendance requires a reservation. Loeffel says making pottery from scratch is a bit of a process, but it’s a nice therapy-like way to relax.

Finally, on Thursday evenings, a class-fusing workshop teaches participants how to design, cut, and assemble their own glass pieces. There’s no cost to attend the class except for the cost of the project made.

— Maya Smith Seize the Clay, 3084 Poplar, is open Tuesday through Sunday with varying hours. Gift cards for any dollar amount are available.

GIVE THE FLYER

Here’s an idea: Give the Memphis Flyer for Christmas. Not literally, of course.

I mean, we’re free, and you’d look really cheap stuffing a Memphis Flyer in Mom’s stocking. But you can give a Frequent Flyer membership for as little as $5 or $10 a month. In return, your giftee will get some swag — a snazzy Flyer “wings” pin, a T-shirt, a decal, invites to our parties and events — depending on the gift level you choose for them. They’ll get weekly updates on events, and special ticket offers, and your lucky Frequent Flyer will will get their name printed in the paper several times a year, and on the ever-growing list of members that can be found on the Flyer website.

For more information and details about how to become a Frequent Flyer, go to support.memphisflyer. com — and help keep Memphis’ only progressive news source free.

— Bruce VanWyngarden

PARK IT HERE … OR THERE

Tennessee State Parks again invites you

to “skip the Black Friday shopping and join us on the day after Thanksgiving for a post-holiday hike with family and friends.” Parks officials have offered free hikes in Tennessee’s 56 state parks for a few years now (and this year with the handy hashtag #thankful4hiking).

“We have hikes for all ages and abilities, from easy peaceful strolls to rugged ramblings,” say state park officials.

And the parks website makes it easy to find a hike near you. Easily, the closest hike to Memphis is the AfterThanksgiving Day hike at MeemanShelby Forest State Park. Ranger Colton Garner will lead a hike down the bike trail to the Woodland Shelter, where he’ll talk about the creation of the park.

The hour-long hike starts at 3 p.m. from Shelter No. 2. — Toby Sells

’TIS THE SEASONING

If you say you’re giving someone vinegar for Christmas, people might equate that with ashes and switches.

But hold on. The Mighty Olive sells an array of flavored balsamic vinegars, which make dandy gifts. They even sell a variety gift pack of vinegars, complete with ribbon.

Still not sold? I might not have been either, until I tried a small cup of vanilla ice cream topped with The Mighty Olive’s dark chocolate balsamic vinegar at the recent Art on Fire party at Dixon Gallery & Gardens. I didn’t stop at one cup; I think I had four or five. It was incredibly delicious.

It’s got the taste of chocolate and it’s “got some tartness,” says The Mighty Olive owner Sam Braslow. “When you put it over ice cream, it just works.”

It’s great on strawberries, too, Braslow says.

And if you mix the dark chocolate with the raspberry balsamic vinegar, you’ve got a great taste treat.

Once, you get started with the dark chocolate and strawberry vinegars, try some of the other balsamic vinegars, including blackberry ginger and mission fig.

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to solve the puzzles.”

And if you’ve tried such rooms elsewhere, keep in mind that these are unique: “We create the rooms completely ourselves. All the themes, puzzles, and rooms are built by us.” Many scenarios are available at their two locations.

Gift the gift of game!

— Alex Greene www.memphisescaperooms.com

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Give the gift of relaxation this holiday season.

Feathers Spa at The Peabody provides the ultimate relaxation experience with services ranging from massage and facials to manicures and pedicures.

Spa packages or single session treatments are available.

GIFT CARDS AVAILABLE dandy on ice cream. Or yogurt. Or just salads. They also sell traditional style balsamic vinegar, but Mighty Olive’s aged balsamic vinegar has no caramel coloring and no sugar. The Mighty Olive sells olive oils, too, if you want variety in your stockings. Vinegars range from $10 to $40.

And remember: Balsamic vinegar and olive oil are presents that are good for you. Kind of like Christmas pajamas. — Michael Donahue The Mighty Olive is at 4615 Poplar No. 18; 901-240-6226

expect a coffee vendor, booths from local nonprofits, and a Memphis Medical District Collaborative information station. Weekends at the market will also feature gift-wrapping, entertainment, contests, and more.

The market runs Fridays (4 p.m.7 p.m.), Saturdays (noon-7 p.m.), and Sundays (noon-4 p.m.) through December 23rd. — TS For more information, look for Shab Chic Marketplace on Facebook.

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Let’s face it: Even if you love Christmas music and tinsel, the holidays can be stressful. Maybe the best gift you can give someone you love this season is a little relaxation.

Cannabidiol is derived from the hemp plant, but it’s not psychoactive.

It is, however, nontoxic, antiinflammatory, and analgesic. Most importantly for holiday purposes, CBD is anxiolytic, which means it helps reduce anxiety that might be generated by, say, a political discussion with your intense uncle.

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Skip the big-box store melee and shop in a box at The Edge District.

The Shab Chic Marketplace kicks off its inaugural Holiday Market on Friday in The Edge and will run every weekend until the Sunday before Christmas Eve. The market and its vendors operate out of “articulately designed” shipping containers, located across the street from Edge Alley and High Cotton Brewing on Monroe.

The market’s innovative look matches its innovative mission as a sort of business incubator for local startups.

It’s a partnership with the Memphis Medical District Collaborative.

“When our team created Shab Chic Marketplace, we understood the influence it could have on the community and small businesses, and we’re ecstatic to see our community being a part of such a unique project and a part of the Holiday Market,” say Marketplace owners Brian Christion and Ebony Doss.

The market will feature Memphisonly vendors such as My Heavenly Creations Soap and Sundries for bath bombs and (you guessed it) soaps. Get your subtle/fresh Memphis-themed hats, hoodies, and more from 9.oh.1 TheLabel. If you — like Janey Bees Jems — believe “life’s too short to wear boring jewelry,” look for their shop at the Holiday Market. With apparel from The Crybaby Club, you can wear your sad on the outside.

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continued from page 13 companies have sprung up in the last year, since industrial hemp production was legalized in Tennessee. Maggie’s Pharm in Overton Square carries CBD products from Veteran Grown from Clarksville. Veteran Grown Anxiety Starter Kit includes a vial of their popular Hemp Extract Tincture, along with CBD infused candies and lollipops.

Memphis-based Simply Hemp offers their own extremely popular Full Spectrum CBD Oil, which helps with everyday aches and pains. Their Sleep Support Oral Spray combines CBD, melatonin, and valerian root to help put you down for a long winter’s nap.

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But the sleeper in Simply Hemp’s product line is their selection of CDB herbal teas. The Optimum Focus and Clarity tea includes peppermint, gotu kola, ginkgo, and lemongrass. The delicious White Spicy Peach Blend mixes organic white tea with orange, cinnamon, and allspice. The Decadence Heart Health and Anti Inflammatory is a rich blend of chocolate red rooibos, ginger, and cardamom. And the Optimum Chill Time chamomile blend sells itself. Add in a CBD infused honey stick, and a cup of tea will be your ticket out of holiday headache land.

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One way to give the gift of Memphis is to give the opportunity to experience our art, history, and culture — and there’s a lot to choose from. For history buffs, music nerds, or art aficionados, Memphis’ museums offer a veritable smorgasbord of sights and sounds. Another great thing about museums? They’re warm in the winter and air-conditioned in the summer, making them a great way to get out of the house — especially when family’s visiting and the house feels two sizes too small.

Here are a few to choose from: Pink Palace Clarence Saunders invented the self-serve grocery store and, in doing so, made himself a fortune. He never got to move into the pink marble mansion he commissioned with the proceeds, but the city of Memphis turned the mansion into a museum. (And don’t worry, Saunders wasn’t destitute.) The museum has grown and expanded many

times since then, but it has remained a destination for Memphians. Every year, Mid-South children fight squeamishness as they ogle the shrunken head or the wax dummy of a Civil War-era doctor amputating a soldier’s leg. And the shrunken head, the giant-sized Burton Callicott murals, Elvis’ GI uniform, and W.C. Handy’s trumpet are just a few of the treasured artifacts that make their home within the Pink Palace Museum.

Individual and dual memberships are $75, and family memberships start at $100 a year.

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Small Business Saturday in Cooper-Young SATURDAY, NOV 24, 2018 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

AT THE GAZEBO (at the corner of Cooper & Young): The Cooper-Young Community Association will be set up at the gazebo with a welcome table. Stop here first for free tea and coffee, door prizes and giveaways and more. Cooper-Young neighborhood membership information will be available with free totes for members ($1 totes for nonmembers).

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VISIT THE PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES: The following businesses with be sponsoring drawings for 10 Cooper-Young gift boxes. Each box contains over $100 worth of merchandise and gift certificates from the participating businesses, the Cooper-Young Community Association, and the Cooper-Young Business Association. Customers may fill out an entry card for the drawing at each business they visit on Small Business Saturday; the more businesses visited, the more chances to win.

Buff City Soap Burke’s Book Store Cooper-Young Gallery + Gift Shop Flashback Vintage Department Store Goner Records Loudean’s Clothing Memphis Drum Shop 901 Comics Palladio Home & Garden Two Rivers Bookstore Small Business Saturday was launched in 2010 as an effort to support local shops that make our communities strong and to encourage people to shop small and bring more holiday shopping to local businesses. Last year over 7200 business districts and neighborhoods across 50 states.

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SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY in COOPER-YOUNG The businesses of Cooper-Young, the Cooper-Young Community Association, and the Cooper-Young Business Association invite everyone to shop local this holiday season. Cooper-Young will be kicking off the holiday on Small Business Saturday with giveaways, drawings, special deals and discounts, music and more.

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Museum a timely gift. Located at the former Lorraine Motel, where civil rights leader Dr. King was assassinated, the Civil Rights Museum continues to promote activism and is considered to be one of the nation’s premiere cultural and heritage museums. Individual memberships are $50, and family memberships start at $75 a year.

Stax Museum Booker T. & the MGs were my dad’s favorite band, and Stax hits were the soundtrack around my childhood home, so maybe I’m biased when I say that the Stax Museum might be the coolest museum in the country.

The museum offers a totally immersive experience, setting the stage for soul music’s ascendency with information about gospel and the blues, the musical forebears that mixed to give birth to soul. The museum has maps of old Memphis neighborhoods, an exact replica of the legendary converted movie theater where Stax artists cut records, and even Isaac Hayes’ funky Cadillac Eldorado. Individual memberships are $50, and family memberships start at $100 a year.

Dixon Gallery & Gardens A stroll through the Dixon grounds makes for an idyllic way to while away the hours, ambling up and down the paths that wind through the gardens. The Dixon is tucked away in a quiet, tree-lined property off Park Avenue, and it makes for a great destination to escape the hustle and bustle of the city. And all that before even entering the gallery, which houses traveling exhibits and regional art. A past exhibit of French impressionism was so comprehensive, I had to make multiple trips back to take it all in. Individual memberships are $45, and family memberships start at $60 a year.

Brooks Museum of Art This year, the art broke out of the museum and onto the walls of buildings all over town, as part of Julien de Casabianca and the Brooks’ Outings Project. Of course, every inch of the Bluff City would be covered if all of the Brooks’ artworks were so displayed. For the avid art lover, a membership to the Brooks is an ideal gift, as it would take days to view and appreciate every artwork in the expansive museum.

Individual memberships are $45, dual memberships are $65, and family memberships start at $75 a year.

Cotton Museum Long before music and food tourism, Grizzlies basketball, and FedEx, cotton was the cash crop of Memphis, which is why the Cotton Museum purports to “tell the story of how Memphis came to be.” It’s a cozy museum on the corner of Union and Front Downtown, and it’s the doorway to some of Memphis’ formative history. Individual memberships are $45, and family memberships start at $75 a year. — Jesse Davis

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Giving Thanks Memphis sports fans have a lot to be grateful for.

years in Minnesota.) “Triple J” (or “Trey J”?) may be the bridge to the next era for our NBA outfit. I’ve seen nothing not to like about the 19-year-old forward over the first month of his pro career. Here’s hoping we get to see a playoff run (or two) with Conley, Gasol, and Jackson.

• I’m grateful for Coach Penny Hardaway. It’s been a unique view. I’m of Hardaway’s generation (two years older), so I’ve witnessed his rise to greatness as a player, his dormant years of early retirement, and now this year’s resurrection as a city’s cultural icon, all the while passing through my own life stages, however distant they are from the limelight. So I feel young whenever Hardaway is described as a new or rookie coach, and I feel “seasoned” when I remember he’s older today than Larry Finch was when Finch coached his final Tiger game. Most of all, I’m grateful to again be on a ride driven by Penny Hardaway. He’s yet to disappoint.

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• I’m grateful for plans to erect a statue of the great Larry Finch. This was overdue, but many of life’s happiest developments are just so. Memphis recently endured a period of conflict over statues that divided segments of the community. We will soon be able to visit a statue (and park!) that I’m convinced will unify Memphians. For such a bronze idol, we should all be grateful.

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• I’m grateful for Jaren Jackson Jr. The day will come — I know it’s hard to stomach — when the remaining members of the Memphis Grizzlies’ Fab Four (Mike Conley and Marc Gasol) are no longer sprinting the floor at FedExForum. A franchise can fall into a post-superstar hangover in which roster comings-and-goings matter little to a fan base. (See the post-Kevin Garnett

• I’m grateful to be married to an exceptional athlete. My beloved wife, Sharon Murtaugh, will run her first marathon on December 1st, not quite four months after her 50th birthday. She has become a local running star, whether she’ll admit it or not. (She won the 2018 Race for the Cure women’s division, all age groups.) I’ve witnessed her devotion to the cause, her daily training (well beyond my reach), and the joy she’s taken through the agony of a last mile.

You spend your working life admiring athletes from different circles, then find yourself cheering loudest for the person across the dinner table.

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• I’m grateful for Darrell Henderson on first down. And second and third.

The numbers for the Memphis Tigers’ junior tailback are silly: 1,521 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns with at least two games left to play. There will never be another DeAngelo Williams, but let it be said Henderson has been a nice reminder.

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like to give thanks this time of year for the little (and big) treasures from the local sports scene that have enriched life in Memphis.

• I’m grateful for two years of Stubby Clapp-led baseball teams at AutoZone Park. The Memphis Redbirds’ 2017 championship club — 13-0 in extrainning games — felt over the top at times.

The winning came so steadily, so “easily.”

Then 2018 happened and the Redbirds did it again. More than 60 players but one hugely popular manager with a clubhouse touch apparently borrowed from Casey Stengel. The back-to-back Pacific Coast League championships will forever be attached to the height-restricted back-to-back PCL Manager of the Year.

Clapp is moving on to St. Louis, where he’ll coach first base for the Cardinals. He managed to transform Memphis baseball both as a player and a manager, with a total of three championships left behind in the record book.

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“We called it The Last Waltz.”

By Chris Davis

Bassist Rick Danko steps up to the mic and wishes the cheering audience a “Happy Thanksgiving.” His band, The Band, launches into a scorching, horn-laden cover of Marvin Gaye’s “Baby Don’t You Do It” that ends with guitarist Robbie Robertson’s iconic sign off: “Thank You. Goodnight. Goodbye.” It was November 25, 1976, and Danko, Robertson, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, and Richard Manuel were ending a fruitful and longstanding musical partnership that had resulted in perfect singles like “The Weight” and “Up on Cripple Creek,” and in landmark LPs like Music From Big Pink. Thirty-five-year-old filmmaker Martin Scorsese recorded their star-studded farewell with performances by marquee artists like Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Diamond, the Staples Singers, and a dozen more. The Last Waltz arrived in movie theaters in 1978 and has become the concert documentary against which all others are measured.

“My favorite scene in The Last Waltz has gotta be Van Morrison doing ‘Caravan,’” says Memphis songwriter and keyboard artist Jason Pulley, who’s participating in Memphis’ third consecutive Thanksgiving tribute to the epic farewell concert. “I love the spirit in his performance, and the first time we performed it live as a band, it gave me chills.”

The Last Waltz tribute was first organized in 2016 by Pulley’s Glorious Abhor bandmate Josh Stevens and included members of Glorious Abhor, HEELS, and Chinese Connection Dub Embassy. “To my recollection, the original plan was to do this once, for the 40th anniversary [of the concert],” says Pulley, who helps Stevens navigate the ambitious project. “But after the turnout and response was so incredible, we absolutely had to try it with a horn section and more guests,” Pulley says.

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THURSDAY November 22

FRIDAY November 23

Thanksgiving Various locations and times Gobble down some grub at area restaurants. Among those that will be open today: The Kitchen at Shelby Farms, Tug’s, Paulette’s, The Peabody, Bounty on Broad, and The Cupboard. Go to the restaurant’s website for more information.

Peter Pan Playhouse on the Square, 7 p.m., $25 Peter Pan takes his new friends to Neverland during this classic holiday adventure.

Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook Circuit Playhouse, 7 p.m., $25 Junie’s mittens are stolen — does that mean she can keep the cool pen she found?

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Holiday Wonders Memphis Botanic Garden 5:30 p.m.

Featuring the garden’s Snowy Nights, Trees Alight, the City of Memphis Christmas tree, and the Under the Stars Outdoor Lounge.

Starry Nights Shelby Farms, 6 p.m., $20 per car Get lit during this holiday lighting display, with photos with Santa, a petting zoo, carriage and hayrides, holiday shopping, train rides, and more.

Memphis Arts Collective Holiday Show Opening Night Party Crosstown Concourse, 6-9 p.m.

The Memphis Arts Collective holiday market opens tonight with a silent auction benefiting Church Health. Music by Paul Taylor.

It’s a Wonderful Life Elmwood Cemetery, 6 p.m.

Bring your hankies for this screening of this sentimental favorite starring Jimmy Stewart.

Allison Guinn as Madame Thénardier

Misery

By Chris Davis

Madame Thénardier is one of the all-time great musical theater characters. She’s vile, but in a show as relentlessly bleak as Les Misérables, she provides much-needed comic relief. “It’s dark,” says Allison Guinn, who’s been touring in the pivotal role for more than a year and describes the opportunity as a lifelong wish fulfilled.

“I’ve wanted to play this role since I was a child,” says Guinn, who grew up in East Tennessee and describes her first encounter with this epic musical of revolution and social injustice as a life-altering event. “We lived near Johnson City. There wasn’t a lot of opportunity to see live theater, so my mother took me to see Les Miz in Knoxville when I was a pre-teen,” she says. “She thought I’d connect with little Cosette, the ‘Castle on a Cloud’ girl, because I was about the same age. But I was instantly attracted to Madame Thénardier. I wanted to be the one who makes people laugh.”

Guinn grew up in a literate and musical family. Her mother was a public school teacher who read Hugo’s novel aloud.

Her grandmother was Daisy Dean Sherrill who played mandolin and sang in The Ladies Homeland Gospel Quartet.

“Carter family songs were some of her favorites, and she taught them to me,” says Guinn, who learned to accompany herself on autoharp.

Victor Hugo never developed a knack for making music. He got super excited when he learned to peck out Beethoven with one finger. But the poet had other skills, and his moody, nearly expressionist drawings served as the principle inspiration for Les Misérables’ 25th anniversary remount.

“It’s gorgeous,” Guinn says. “And what really moved me is that the designer didn’t just take the time to pay homage to the art, he animated it.”

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Tiny Giants 3D Pink Palace Museum, 12:30 p.m.

Screening of this documentary on how the smallest creatures will themselves to survive.

Make Your Own: Art Tile Metal Museum, 10 a.m., $20 Guests use a stylist to create a square mold. The foundry crew will then cast it.

Memphis Thanksgiving Soul Fest Paradise Entertainment Center (645 Georgia), 7 p.m.

An evening of soul music with Lakeside Funk and Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes.

Goat Yoga Shelby Farms, 11 a.m., $5 Yoga with the farms’ herd of goats.

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MUSIC By Alex Greene

New Blue

EBET ROBERTS

Bernard Purdie and Barbara Blue

and many others. Pop fans might be most familiar with his solid grooves on hits like “O-o-h Child” or Aretha Franklin’s “Rock Steady” and “Day Dreaming,” but he also chalked up a number of albums as a bandleader in his own right, now often sampled in hip-hop productions.

Cut to 2017, when both Purdie and Blue were performing at the Porretta Soul Festival in Italy. “Porretta is known for these little doughnuts they make over there,” explains Blue. “They’re halfway between a cookie and a doughnut. I’d take ’em to everybody, just to give ’em out. So when I saw Celia, Bernard’s wife, I said ‘Here, I found these, they’re delicious.’ She looked at me with tears in her eyes. She’s Italian to the bone, from New York. She’s got tears in her eyes and says, ‘My nonni used to make these.’ And we’ve been like

family ever since.”

She felt an immediate bond with Bernard as well, she adds, because “we have the same musical philosophy on a lot of things.” Recruiting him to cut her latest album was a simple matter. It helped that she had secured time at a studio on Pickwick Lake operated by multi-platinum producer Jim Gaines, best known for his hits with Huey Lewis and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Gaines’ approach to production suited Blue just fine. As he recently told Tape Op magazine, “I try to capture a little bit of live-ness to the music … . I do it today with a lot of bands that work with me. I look at it as if you’re going to see a live performance. That’s the sound I want to hear, except with us in control.”

And that’s precisely what you get with Fish in Dirty H20. To hear Blue tell it, working with Purdie made live-tracking easy. “We drive each other, because we drive for perfection. We had nine one-take songs on this 13-track record.

With Bernard, you get it the first time. But I had other great people in the studio. I had [former Stax and Enterprise keyboardist] Lester Snell, I had Dave Smith on bass, and most of the time I had Will McFarlane on guitar.

Bernard is cerebral. We’d discuss it, and then we’d hit it. And we had a ball at it.”

Overdubs of horns, background vocals, and other textures were added later. But one overdub in particular took the album in a direction unheard of on almost any blues record to date: a rap by one Al Kapone. “Al texted me and said, ‘C’mon I wanna be on your record’,” says Blue. “And I said, ‘Funny you should say that … ’ So he sent me back a scratch track. I almost fell to the floor. So Jim’s sitting at the computer, we’re listening to it, and he says, ‘Barbara, I love it. But I’m gonna tell ya, my professional friends are gonna think I lost my fucking mind!’

The cool thing was, Jim had never seen anybody rap like this before. And Al knew exactly where he wanted to be.”

The final product is a testament to Blue’s hard-won life experience, and the gritty power of the blues to convey it. “I’ve been singing in bars since I was 13 years old. I’ve watched people come in who are trying to mend their marriage. I’ve watched people who are having affairs.

I’ve watched people who are sending their kid overseas in a Navy uniform. And I can tell you: People don’t always go there because they’re happy.”

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ven Barbara Blue sounds a little surprised at the talent she gathered together for her latest album, Fish in Dirty H20. While it’s true that the blues belter, a regular performer at Silky O’Sullivan’s on Beale Street, has worked with some serious contenders in the past (including three albums with Taj Mahal’s Phantom Blues Band in the 1990s), she couldn’t have predicted that her latest effort would feature one of the greatest drummers in the history of jazz, funk, and soul: Bernard “Pretty” Purdie.

Purdie’s work, of course, became legendary soon after he first made his mark drumming for Mickey and Sylvia in the New York scene of the early 1960s. It wasn’t long before he was contributing to albums by James Brown, David “Fathead” Newman, Herbie Mann, B.B. King, Dizzy Gillespie, Robert Palmer’s Insect Trust,

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule November 22 - 28 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.; 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.

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

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

Blues City Cafe

November 22-28, 2018

138 BEALE 526-3637

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Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 23, 5 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 24, 5 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 23, 9:30 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 24, 9:30 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Trio Sunday, Nov. 25, 5 p.m. and Monday, Nov. 26, 7 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

Club 152

King’s Palace Cafe Patio

Silky O’Sullivan’s

152 BEALE 544-7011

162 BEALE 521-1851

183 BEALE 522-9596

Sean Apple Thursdays, 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 24, 4-7 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 25, 5-8 p.m., and Wednesday, Nov. 28, 4-7 p.m.; Blues Players Club Thursdays, Sundays, 8-10 p.m.; Brimstone Jones Thursday, Nov. 22, 8 p.m.midnight; Super 5 Friday, Nov. 23, 7-11 p.m.; DJ Ron Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.; Patty Harper and the Faultline Saturday, Nov. 24, 7-11 p.m.; DJ DNyce Saturdays, 11 p.m.; DJ Mad Efx Sundays, midnight; A.M. Whiskey Trio Mondays, Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.

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 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.

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; Myra Hall Friday, Nov. 23, 8 p.m.midnight; Delta Project Saturday, Nov. 24, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Rum Boogie Cafe 182 BEALE 528-0150

Eric Hughes Band Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam and Terry Fridays, Saturdays, 4:30-7:30 p.m.; FreeWorld Friday, Nov. 23, 8 p.m.-midnight, and Saturday, Nov. 24, 8 p.m.midnight; Memphis Blues Masters Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Ghost Town Blues Band Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

Memphis Bluesmasters Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; James Jones Fridays, 4-8 p.m., Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight and Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Friday, Nov. 23, 8 p.m.-midnight and Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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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.

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium Songwriters with Roland and Friends Mondays, 7-10 p.m.

Heath and Bobbie Thursdays, 7 p.m.; Sean “Bad” Apple Friday, Nov. 23, 8 p.m.; Broke Tall Folk Saturday, Nov. 24, 8 p.m.

Huey’s Downtown

South Main

130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

77 S. SECOND 527-2700

The Royal Blues Band Sunday, Nov. 25, 8-11:30 p.m.

Belle Tavern 117 BARBORO ALLEY 249-6580

The Rusty Pieces Sunday, Nov. 25, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Orpheum 203 S. MAIN 525-3000

Anita Baker Wednesday, Nov. 21, 8 p.m., and Friday, Nov. 23, 8 p.m.

Blind Bear Speakeasy

Paulette’s

119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435

RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.; The Rusty Pieces Friday, Nov. 23, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.

Blues City Pastry Shop & Coffee Bar

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.

153 S. MAIN 576-0010

Regina’s

Brass Door Irish Pub

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

Hi-Jivers Thursdays, 8 p.m.

152 MADISON 572-1813

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

Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY

Vintage Friday, Nov. 23, 9 p.m.; Jack Rowell Saturday, Nov. 24, 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.

60 N. MAIN

Rumba Room

Loflin Yard 7 W. CAROLINA

Electric Church Sundays, 2-4 p.m.

Spindini 383 S. MAIN 578-2767

Candace Mache Jazz Trio Friday, Nov. 23, 7-10 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 24, 7-10 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Jack O Thanksgiving Show Thursday, Nov. 22; Billie Dove Friday, Nov. 23, 8 p.m.; Flying V’s Friday, Nov. 23, 10 p.m.

Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

303 S. MAIN 523-0020

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

Sleep Out Louie’s

1737 MADISON 443-5232

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

150 PEABODY PL SUITE 111 ENTRANCE ON, S 2ND ST

Brannon Heath Friday, Nov. 23, 6 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 24, 6 p.m.; The Rusty Pieces Saturday, Nov. 24, 6-9 p.m.

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The Vault 124 GE PATTERSON

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

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

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

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule November 22 - 28

Growlers 1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Whitebear & BogTroTTer Friday, Nov. 23, 10 p.m.; Clownvis Presley Monday, Nov. 26, 7 p.m.; Girls Night Out Artist Showcase Tuesday, Nov. 27, 8 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Big Ass Truck Wednesday, Nov. 21, 7 p.m.; Ghost Town Blues Band Friday, Nov. 23, 8 p.m.; Hope Clayburn Saturday, Nov. 24, 8 p.m.; Earl the Pearl Sunday, Nov. 25, noon.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

Juke Joint All Stars Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; The Wild Bill’s Band with Tony Chapman, Charles Cason, and Miss Joyce

Oasis Hookah Lounge & Cafe 663 S. HIGHLAND 729-6960

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

Open Flame Bar & Grill 3445 POPLAR AVE. SUITE, 1

Randal Toma, Solo Guitarist Fridays, 7-9 p.m.

Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

Whitehaven/ Airport

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

Rock-n-Roll Cafe

Poplar/I-240

3855 ELVIS PRESLEY 398-6528

Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Eric Lewis with Jimmy Davis and friends Thursday, Nov. 22, 8 p.m.-midnight; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Amber McCain Band Saturday, Nov. 24, 8 p.m.midnight; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.;

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

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

Memphis All Stars Sunday, Nov. 25, 8-11:30 p.m.

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

Even Odds Sunday, Nov. 25, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova 8071 TRINITY 756-4480

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

Frayser/Millington

Hi-Tone

Huey’s Millington

412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

8570 US 51 NORTH,

The Java Trio Sunday, Nov. 25, 6-9 p.m.

Super T Thursday, Nov. 22, 10 p.m.; WALRUS Friday, Nov. 23, 10 p.m.; J Matthew & the Whiskey Wells, The Acorns, Wicker, The Swansons Saturday, Nov. 24, 7 p.m.; Memphis Last Waltz Saturday, Nov. 24, 7 p.m.; Keith West Sunday, Nov. 25, 7 p.m.; The Clinic Monday, Nov. 26, 9 p.m.; American Aquarium, Scott Miller Tuesday, Nov. 27, 9 p.m.

Pop’s Bar & Grill 6365 NAVY 872-0353

Possum Daddy or DJ Turtle Thursdays, 5-9 p.m.; CeCee Fridays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.; Possum Daddy Karaoke Wednesdays, 6-10 p.m. and Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.

Toni Green’s Palace

Huey’s Midtown

4212 HWY 51 N

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

1927 MADISON 726-4372

John Paul Keith’s Band Sunday, Nov. 25, 4-7 p.m.; Emily Chambers Soul Revue Sunday, Nov. 25, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Germantown

Lafayette’s Music Room

Huey’s Southwind

2119 MADISON 207-5097

7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

Ashton Riker CD Release Party Thursday, Nov. 22, 7-10 p.m.; Jimmy Davis Friday, Nov. 23, 6:30 p.m.; Circus Friday, Nov. 23, 10 p.m.; Jack Oblivian Saturday, Nov. 24, 2 p.m.; The Carlos Ecos Band Saturday, Nov. 24, 6:30 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Mark Edgar Stuart Sunday, Nov. 25, 4 p.m.; Meg Williams Band Sunday, Nov. 25, 8 p.m.; John Paul Keith & Co. Monday, Nov. 26, 6 p.m.; Rice Drewry Tuesday, Nov. 27, 5:30 p.m.; Emily Chambers Tuesday, Nov. 27, 8 p.m.; Tom Lonardo Quartet Wednesday, Nov. 28, 5:30 p.m.; Robert Mabe Wednesday, Nov. 28, 8 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.

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

Night Life for Hospice featuring Margo Price Wednesday, Nov. 28, 7:30 p.m.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Obscura: A Gothic Affair Saturday, Nov. 24; Open Mic Music Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

The King Beez Sunday, Nov. 25, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

The Heart Memphis Band Sunday, Nov. 25, 8-11:30 p.m.

North Mississippi/ Tunica Dan McGuinness 3964 GOODMAN, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-7611

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

Hollywood Casino Henderson Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.; Memphis Blues Society Juke Jam Sundays, 4 p.m.

East Memphis

University of Memphis The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND

DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.; 94.1 the Wolf presents Rodney Atkins, Eric Paslay, Lindsay Ell Wednesday, Nov. 28, 6-9:30 p.m.

Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

East of Wangs 6069 PARK 763-0676

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

Owen Brennan’s THE REGALIA, 6150 POPLAR 761-0990

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

Summer/Berclair

551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

Larry Cunningham ThursdaysSaturdays; Aislynn Rappe Sundays; Keith Kimbrough Mondays-Wednesdays.

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

The Settlers Sunday, Nov. 25, 4-7 p.m.

1150 CASINO STRIP RESORT, TUNICA, MS 662-357-7700

Bartlett Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Twin Soul Friday, Nov. 23, 9 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 24, 9 p.m.; Full Circle Sunday, Nov. 25, 5:30 p.m.; Amber McCain Band Wednesday, Nov. 28, 5:30 p.m.

Old Whitten Tavern 2465 WHITTEN 379-1965

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

South Memphis Paradise Entertainment Center 645 E GEORGIA

Memphis Thanksgiving Soul-Fest Saturday, Nov. 24, 7-11:45 p.m.

Shelby Forest General Store 7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

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

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

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

Memphis Soul Revue Sunday, Nov. 25, 8-11:30 p.m.

Tunica Roadhouse 1107 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 662-363-4900

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

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

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J-Train Friday, Nov. 23, 9 p.m.; Hope Clayburn & the Soul Scrimmage Saturday, Nov. 24, 9 p.m.; David Collins Frog Squad Sunday, Nov. 25, 6 p.m.; Richard Wilson Tuesday, Nov. 27, 6 p.m.; Karaoke with DJ Eggroll Wednesday, Nov. 28, 9 p.m.

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Circuit Playhouse

Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook, www.playhouseonthesquare. org. Nov. 23-Dec. 23.

51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

The Orpheum

Les Misérables, set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice, and redemption. $25-$125. Tuesdays-Sundays, 7:30 p.m. Through Dec. 30.

203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Playhouse on the Square

Peter Pan, www.playhouseonthesquare.org. Through Dec. 30.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

OT H E R ART HAP P E N I N G S

Casting Demonstration

Saturdays, Sundays, 1:30 p.m.

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

Gallery Talk

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

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

Jazz-A-Fire

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

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

November 22-28, 2018

Looking Inward: Mindfully Looking at Art

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Program, led by Stephen Black, delves into the restorative powers of art and meditation to help participants quiet the mind, observe art, and let go of mental clutter to experience art in new ways.

Free. Fourth Saturday of every

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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month, 10 a.m.

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

Memphis Magazine Fiction Contest

Winning authors will be honored with a $200 gift certificate to Novel. For more information, contest rules, and submission, visit website.

Through Aug. 31, 2019.

WWW.MEMPHISMAGAZINE.COM.

Open Late

Galleries and gardens will be open late. Free with admission. Every third Thursday, 6-8 p.m.

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

ONGOI NG ART

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

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

Ongoing.

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

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

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

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

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

“It’s About Time,” exhibition of new works by Lisa Williamson. www.buckmanartscenter. com. Through Dec. 14.

“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 Hayes, rare photos and documents, short films, music, and original artwork contributed by Shelby County students. Through Dec. 2.

Wish Book: “Lay of the Land,” exhibition of large-scale, landscape cyanotypes on fabric photographic works by John Pearson. www.crosstownarts.org.

Through Dec. 2.

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

N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY.

Crosstown Concourse

David Lusk Gallery

“R&D,” a collection of artwork from the fall 2018 University of Memphis sculpture students.

Ongoing.

FocalPoint Art Show, new work

by Jason Miller, Robert Fairchild, Zoe Nadel, La’Donna Roberts, and Lester Jones inside FocalPoint. Through Nov. 30.

“Paper: 45 Years,” exhibition of abstract paintings on paper

by Robert Rector. www.davidluskgallery.com. Through Nov. 24.

“Understory,” exhibition of work by Maysey Craddock.

Through Dec. 22.

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

EACC Fine Arts Center Gallery

“The State I’m In,” exhibition of photography by Drew Harris, including works ranging from the mid-1990s through 2018. www.eacc.edu. Through Nov. 30.

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

Eclectic Eye

“Year One,” exhibition of work

by Jill Samuels that utilize acrylic, watercolor, maps, and embroidery thread in their creation. Through Jan. 2, 2019.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Edge Gallery

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

509 S. MAIN (647-9242).

FireHouse Community Arts Center

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

“Absorption” by Kaitlyn Dunn at Fogelman Galleries at the U of M, through Friday, December 7th

985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

“Absorption,” exhibition of MFA thesis work by Kaitlyn Dunn, exploring the psychology and physiology of architecture, light, and space. The installation is a multi-sensory environment of video projection, photography, audio, and light. Through Dec. 7.

3715 CENTRAL.

Germantown Performing Arts Center “Magellan’s Medicine,” exhibition of works by Dr. Malini Gupta. www.gpacweb.com.

Through Nov. 30.

1801 EXETER (751-7500).

Graceland

“Hillbilly Rock,” exhibition featuring items from the Marty Stuart Collection. www. graceland.com. Ongoing.

3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322).

Jay Etkin Gallery

“Masquerade,” exhibition of work by Juan Rojo. Through Dec. 12.

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

942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“Lady Portraits — Balance,” exhibition of portraits of

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5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Marshall Arts Gallery

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Young, Gifted, and Dope, Episode 2, Lyfe Is Dope and Alivepaint present an exhibition curated by Jamond Bullock featuring artists from across the U.S. and Canada.

Through Dec. 19.

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

639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

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Memphis Botanic Garden

“Origami in the Garden,” exhibition of 24 museumquality 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.

“Bounty,” exhibition of watercolors by Bill Branch. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Through Nov. 30.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

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“Outings Project,” exhibition of paintings from museum walls onto the streets, creating an opportunity to discover, appreciate, 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. Through June 21, 2021.

“A Buck & a Half Apiece,” exhibition of photographs by Ernest Withers. www.brooks. org. Through March 20, 2019.

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

Through Oct. 11, 2019.

“Talking Continents,” exhibition of large-scale sculptures and installations that use language, history, literature and psychology to draw

attention to the barriers that separate and divide humanity

by Jaume Plensa. Through Jan. 26, 2019.

“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.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

National Civil Rights Museum

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

Through Dec. 31.

450 MULBERRY (521-9699).

Overton Park Gallery

Dorothy Northern and Jennifer Sargent, exhibition of works by Dorothy Northern and Jennifer Sargent. Ongoing.

1581 OVERTON PARK (229-2967).

Playhouse on the Square

“I Can See Clearly Now,” exhibition of paintings by Jan Carnall in the cafe lobby gallery. (726-4656), Through Jan. 1, 2019.

“The Dance of Color,” exhibition of work by Dottie Harness in the lobby gallery.

Through Jan. 1, 2019.

“The Financiers and Other Fanciful Creatures,” exhibition of mixed-media collage assemblages by Angi Cooper.

Through Jan. 1, 2019.

“Quiet Moments,” exhibition

“The State I’m In” by Drew Harris at EACC Fine Arts Center Gallery, through Nov. 30th of paintings by Joy Phillips Routt in the downstairs west gallery. Through Jan. 1, 2019.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Proud Mary

“Maddie Stratton: Women & Florition,” exhibition of 16 paintings by New Orleansbased artist. (249-2532), Through Jan. 3, 2019.

433 CLEVELAND (249-2532).

Ross Gallery

“The Death of Fear,” exhibition of work by Sisavanh Phouthavong Houghton and Nelson Gutierrez. www.cbu.edu/gallery. Free.

Through Dec. 14.

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

Slavehaven Underground Railroad Museum

“Images of Africa Before & After the Middle Passage,” exhibition of photography by Jeff and Shaakira Edison. Ongoing.

826 N. SECOND (527-3427).

St. George’s Episcopal Church

MGAL Juried 2018 Winter Exhibition, exhibit includes artistic works of varied styles and mediums from more than 30 artists. (754-7282), www. stgchurch.org. Free. Through Nov. 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

Talbot Heirs

Debra Edge Art; ongoing.

99 S. SECOND (527-9772).

Village Frame & Art

“20th Century Memphis Photographs,” exhibition of work

by Charlie Ivey and Virginia Schoenster, Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

540 S. MENDENHALL (767-8882).

WKNO Studio

Science to Art, exhibition of photographs and paintings by award-winning scientistturned-artist, Dr. Gopal Murti. (458-2521), www. wkno.org/gallery1091.html.

Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.4 p.m. Through Nov. 29.

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

CALENDAR: NOVEMBER 22 - 28 TO U R S

Bite-Sized Tours

Order lunch from Park & Cherry, and then Dixon staff members and docents will lead a quick tour of their favorite works of art or plants in the garden. Your lunch will be waiting for you after tour. Thurs., 11:45 a.m.

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

City Tasting Tours

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

Wednesdays-Saturdays, 1:30 p.m.

WWW.CITYTASTINGTOURS.COM.

Cutting Garden Tours

Garden docents will focus on the cutting garden each week on Saturday morning. Meet in the Catmur Foyer to see the large urn design and start tour. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon.

Saved by the Jeans Denim Drive

The theme of this America Recycles Day event is based on a hit television show from the late ’80s and early ’90s, Saved by the Bell. Tues., Nov. 27, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, UNIVERSITY CENTER, WWW.KEEPTNBEAUTIFUL.ORG.

H O LI DAY E V E N TS

Holiday Wonders at the Garden

Expanded family, couples, and group-oriented holiday event with new areas and special event nights. It features four distinct areas catering to different interests: Snowy Nights, Trees Alight, City of Memphis Christmas Tree, and TruGreen Under the Stars Outdoor Lounge. Nov. 23-Dec. 31, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Memphis Arts Collective Holiday Show and Sale

Starry Nights

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY.

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

Memphis Arts Collective Holiday Show and Sale Opening Night Party

The Kitchen Bistro Thanksgiving

Over 30 artists will be showing. After opening night, daily hours are: Monday-Saturday 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Friday until 7 p.m., and Sun noon-5 p.m. Nov. 23-Jan. 3.

Opening night party with silent auction to benefit Church Health is Friday, November 23rd, from 6 to 9 p.m. with live music by Paul Taylor. Over 30 artists will be showing. Fri., Nov. 23, 6-9 p.m.

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY.

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

Features more lights and fun, including a BuildA-Bear workshop, Lights by the Lake walking path, Candy Cane Train rides, Santa photos, a petting zoo, carriage and hayrides, holiday shopping, and more. Nov. 22-Dec. 28, 6 p.m.

Enjoy a family-style traditional Thanksgiving dinner at scenic Shelby Farms Park. Reservations are highly encouraged. $44. Thurs., Nov. 22, 12-8 p.m.

THE KITCHEN BISTRO, 415 GREAT VIEW (729-9009), WWW.THEKITCHENBISTROS.COM.

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

Old Forest Hike

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

OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (276-1387).

Yellow Fever Rock & Roll Ghost Tour

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

Ongoing.

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

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Booksigning and More Marketplace

Author and entrepreneur vendors. Fri., Nov. 23, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sat., Nov. 24, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., and Sun., Nov. 25, 12-6 p.m.

WOLFCHASE GALLERIA, 2760 N. GERMANTOWN PARKWAY (907-6828), WWW.YVONNEJAMES.COM.

M E E TI N G S

Faith Circle: Metanoia House

For those who struggle to cope with addiction, either personally or through the addiction of a loved one, friend, or colleague. Twice a month on Friday evenings in Schaeffer Memorial Chapel. 18+ Every other Friday, 6:30 p.m. Through Jan. 11.

Saturday, December 8 Great Hall, 8pm Tickets start at $40

Hotel Package $219

Purchase tickets at Fitz or call Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

Includes a deluxe room and two reserved show tickets.

Call 1-662-363-LUCK (5825) and mention code: CPAR8

KINGSWAY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 7887 POPLAR (683-3505), WWW.EPIPHANYLU.ORG.

GFWC Metro Memphis Woman’s Club

Volunteer community service organization for Memphis women. Monthly guest speaker, service project, and other activities. Projects include domestic violence, advocates for children, arts, and more.

Free. Fourth Thursday of every month, 6:30-8 p.m.

Memphis Agricultural Club

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

AGRICENTER SHOWPLACE ARENA, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (757-7777), WWW.AGRICENTER.ORG.

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Giving Tuesday at Stax

Free entry to the Stax Museum for Shelby County residents.Chat with the Stax Music Academy alumni. Bring two canned goods to secure a seat to annual holiday concert and entry to win a holiday gift basket. Free. Tues., Nov. 27, 1-5 p.m.

STAX MUSEUM OF AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC, 926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535), STAXMUSEUM.COM.

S P EC IAL EVE N TS

Guided Meditations

Includes a sitting meditation and a walking meditation designed to increase balance and stability.

Visit link to download guided meditations to your mobile device. Ongoing.

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

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

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

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

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Holiday Wonders at the Garden at the Botanic Garden, November 23rd through December 31st, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Thanksgiving Dinner

Special three-course menu offered on Thanksgiving Day. Reservations can be made by phone through the hotel front desk at (901) 260-3333. Credit card deposit required to hold reservation. $49-$59. Thurs., Nov. 22, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

FO O D & D R I N K EVE NTS

Food Truck Thursday Thursdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

THE TERRACE, ROOFTOP, RIVER INN OF HARBOR TOWN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE (260-3366).

COURT SQUARE, AT N. MAIN AND COURT, DOWNTOWNMEMPHIS.COM.

Regular menu plus three-course specials served continuously.

Happy Hour 3-7 p.m. Reservations for groups of two-12 can be made by phone at (901) 260-3344. $22.95-$9.95. Thurs., Nov. 22, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

Memphis Brew Bus Tour

Tour three local craft breweries, talk with the brewers, and drink a beer at each stop. IDs required at all stops. $49. Saturdays, 2-5:30 p.m. Through Dec. 8.

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

TUG’S, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE (260-3344).

Special three-course menu only, served continuously. Reservations can be made by phone or online, (901) 260-3300 or Opentable.com. Credit card deposit required to hold reservation. $49.95-$59.95. Thurs., Nov. 22, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

PAULETTE’S, RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE (260-3300).

Thanksgiving at the Guest House

Guests can let the culinary team at Delta’s Kitchen take care of everything, from the marshmallows on the sweet potatoes to the slow roasted turkey, allowing everyone to enjoy each other’s company and no dishes to wash. $35. Thurs., Nov. 22, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Sunday Supper Series

Raw bar and a list of cocktails, beer, and wine priced $10 or under will also be available. Call or visit website for reservations. $40. Sundays, 3-9 p.m.

GUEST HOUSE AT GRACELAND, 3600 ELVIS PRESLEY (443-3000), GUESTHOUSEGRACELAND.COM.

a.m.-2:30 p.m.

a.m.-10 p.m.

CHEZ PHILIPPE, THE PEABODY, 149 UNION (529-4188).

Thanksgiving Brunch

Thanksgiving Dinner

CAPRICCIO GRILL ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE, 149 UNION, THE PEABODY (529-4199).

An overflowing buffet featuring hundreds of items, including hot and cold breakfast dishes, all the traditional Thanksgiving entrees and sides, and a 36-foot dessert table. $78 adults, $28 children ages 5-12, plus tax and gratuity. Thurs., Nov. 22, 10

A three-course Thanksgiving meal complete with Sweet Potato Soup and your choice of Stuffed Turkey Breast or Glazed Ham Steak. Reservations: (901) 529-4000. $48 per person, $19 children 12 and under, plus tax and gratuity. Thurs., Nov. 22, 11

An elegant four-course dinner with Bourbon Barrel Maple Brined Turkey or Roasted Quail as the entrée. Reservations: 901-529-4000. $98 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Thurs., Nov. 22, 3-8 p.m.

CHEZ PHILIPPE, THE PEABODY, 149 UNION (529-4188).

Tree Lighting Ceremony

This 35-year Memphis holiday tradition kicks off the holiday season. Local school and church choirs will sing holiday classics throughout the day. Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive after the evening Duck March to light the Peabody Christmas Tree. Fri., Nov. 23, 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

THE PEABODY HOTEL, 149 UNION (529-4000).

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ohn Ajvide Lindqvist has been called Sweden’s Stephen King.

The comparison is apt, except, let me whisper this, he writes better than King. This novel certainly has a King-like opening, reminiscent of The Mist. It also feels very Twilight Zoney: Four pairs of trailer park denizens, along with two children, a dog named Benny, and a cat named Maud, awake one morning to find the rest of the park, indeed, seemingly, the rest of the whole world, gone. The fields that surround them are described simply as nothing.

Lindqvist hit something of a horror home run with his earlier novel, Let the Right One In, which was made into two films. This new book, I Am Behind You, at its best, is reminiscent of Lem’s Solaris, or the Strugatskys’ Roadside Picnic. It also has something else in common with most of 10:57King’s AM books: It’s a tad too long.

That being said, once the narrative gets cooking, it’s a real pageturner. The author delineates each vivid character thoroughly and precisely. The story starts queerly … and then gets queerer. In every direction, the nothing is like long stretches of a grasslike lea, and up above, there is a uniform blankness. “It doesn’t even look like sky; it is more like something that has been put there to resemble sky.” As each character tries to wrap his or her mind around the alteration, logic fails them.

“They had thought the sun would reappear, that it was lurking below the horizon, but the minutes and the hours pass, and there is no sun. It is an absence so great it is impossible to comprehend.” Yet, they struggle to explain. They struggle to figure it all out. One of the book’s themes might be described as “empiricism fails.”

And it’s not enough that their present resembles something from a grim folktale, they are also, each man and woman, flooded with their bleakest memories. Is this part of the transformation of reality into irreality? One of the men ponders, “To what extent can we make our

memories into a reality? If an event has been imprinted on us with the violence of a branding iron … if it is encapsulated within us like a moment that will live forever, does that also mean that we can really go back there, to some degree?”

The key enigma (along with the mystery of what the title of the novel means): “Nothing exists and the field is endless.”

The reader will wonder, along with our poor trailer park crew, what is going on?

Another character responds, “I haven’t a clue. But there’s someone … something out there that wants to do something to us?” This line succinctly nails the dark eeriness of the novel. It was about here, a hundred pages in, that the hair on the back of my neck began to prickle. Then, the young girl, who had seemed a somewhat sinister child, like the bad seed, asks her father if he thinks you can remove a person’s skin with a vegetable peeler.

There is more than unease going on. There is real evil here.

The most problematic aspect of a sci-fi or horror story, movie, or book is the ending.

In other words, after all the dread, bizarreness, and creepiness, there must be a satisfying conclusion, if not an explanation of all that has gone before.

To illustrate: You watch all 118 episodes of Lost because you believe they’re going to explain all those disparate and puzzling happenstances in the final wrap-up.

Then they don’t. Worst case scenario for an ending: It’s all been a dream. Or, everyone is dead and this is hell/heaven.

In contrast to this, there is the theory that the journey is more important than the destination. What might be called the Twin Peaks poser is germane: is it weird just to be weird, or does it matter because the weirdness is certainly entertaining?

And, incident by incident, oddity by oddity, I Am Behind You is very entertaining.

Does Lindqvist come up with the goods?

Does he have a conclusion that satisfies after all the abnormal machinations of his perplexing story? I don’t want to offer any spoilers but will say that fans of Lost and Twin Peaks will relish every page.

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New life at Old Venice; Little Italy’s new location; The Nine.

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The third Little Italy will open in South Main Downtown sometime in December, according to owner Giovanni Caravello. It will be in the old Scoops site at 106 GE Patterson.

“It was a good opportunity,” says Caravello, noting the coming movie theater and hotel. “In that part of Downtown, there’s

not really authentic pizza.”

By authentic, Caravello means New York-style, which is what he specializes in.

He says what makes their pizza so good is their high quality ingredients — the best cheeses and finest flour. His lasagna, he swears, is “like my mom made it.”

Caravello says that the menu for the Downtown restaurant will be smaller. He’s thinking of offering fresh mussels with marinara sauce, imported cold cuts, and a cheese platter.

There will be seating for 35 to 40 inside, with an additional 20 to 25 seats outdoors.

Caravello hopes to host games outside.

Ultimately, he’s feeling pretty confident about this latest venture.

“We’ve been in business 15 years,” he says. “People know what we can do.”

106 GE Patterson, littleitalypizzamemphis.com The Nine, in the old Bangkok Alley space at 121 Union Downtown, opened November 1st. Owner Chalee Timrattana says the Burana family, Bangkok Alley owners, helped him by providing the space free of charge and have been supportive.

Timrattana worked for Bangkok Alley for 16 years and has served as kitchen manager for all the locations.

The nine of the Nine refers to the king of Thailand, who recently passed away.

Timrattana is using it as a lucky number.

Construction and the upgrade took longer than expected. The inside looks much like it did before, with a bar at front with some seating and banquet seating along the walls in the back.

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Among the new salads are a grilled shrimp panzanella and steak & cabbage.

New on the sandwich menu are the VK Burger with bacon, Fontina, and roasted garlic aioli, and crispy chicken with a spicy slaw.

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Ray emphasizes high quality and fresh ingredients. “We are broader than just pizza and pasta,” he says, noting that the new grill is for cooking steaks and salmon.

David Buescher, who is partnering with McLean on this project, agrees it was time for a change when it comes to Old Venice. He says with the opening of Novel and other developments nearby, the timing is perfect for such a restaurant.

Both McLean and Buescher emphasize that they’ve ditched the “old” of Old Venice.

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What’s Up, Doc’s?

Seeking to salvage what looked like a complete loss, Bulleit sold the mixed whiskey for pennies on the dollar to the only willing buyer: a distillery in Utah that no one had ever heard of called High West. They called it Bourye. The company claims Bourye is one of those innovative novelties in homage to the cowboy’s spirit. Well actually, it looks a lot more like a pure cock-up that was saved with a lastminute Hail Mary. Good stuff, though.

Local spirits store Doc’s Wine and Spirits is introducing its Doc 52 Blended Whiskey. It’s also a 50/50 Bourbon/Rye blend. It’s a limited release, retailing for $49.99, that hit the shelves on November 17th. Doc’s is using their own limited release rye (the entire run was sold out in advance) with a mash bill of 51 percent rye and 49 percent corn. This, manager Ryan Gill tells me, makes for a sweeter rye, that has a bit of yellowcake feel to it.

Not the sort that you make nuclear dirty bombs out of, but the moist, delicious kind.

“What we like about this rye,” says Gill, “is that blending with the bourbon gives it a heavier mouth feel that turns the yellowcake into rum cake. It really turned out well.”

Gill started out in the liquor business as a wine guy, making custom blends for customers, but he has been dragged, chuckling along, into the bourbon boom. “I did the same thing with wine — drink everything, compare products. Two bourbons from the same distillery, with the same mash bill, housed for years on different floors of the same warehouse will taste different in the bottle.”

Picking and choosing barrels with Gill are Mike Jones, a Certified Bourbon Steward, whose moustache is only slightly less famous than his palate, and Angie Adams, who would be a steward, too, if she’d only take the damn test.

I asked all three the crucial question: “So what’s Doc’s Blend taste like?”

Angie said, “Trying to explain what other brand it tastes like does it a disservice.”

Truly, that sounds like something a woman who hasn’t taken her finals would say. On the other hand, she’s completely correct.

Mike said, “We’re creating something new — so it’s difficult to say.

Hard to pigeon-hole what it is. But it’s good stuff.” True enough.

Gill was a little more technical in his answer, but still a little vague. “I can’t put my finger on it. The composition is very close to a Basil Hayden, or even a Granddad, but it tastes like neither.”

From where I’m standing, Granddad and Basil Hayden taste completely different. Which brings us back to that indefinable element of sensory things that makes it impossible to stick them into neat little categories. It’s the je ne sais quoi, which literally translates from French as “I don’t know what.”

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A lot of innovation in the liquor world involves what super-mellow hotel art painter Bob Ross called “Happy Accidents.” The story goes that Bulleit was gearing up for a bottling run when a technician mixed a tank of bourbon and their rye. Now, a lot of bourbons have some rye in them (like 5 percent), but a 50/50 mix is something else. You can’t unmix a vat of whiskey; at that point, you’ve got what you’ve got.

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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

Harry Potter and the Incredibly Dull Movie The prequel curse strikes Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

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requel-itis has struck down franchises of all kinds. It seems so innocent and wondrous at first. Here are characters we love, having great adventures in a fantastic — dare I say, magical — universe. But once the main story has come to a satisfying conclusion, we still want to live in our imaginary friends’ world. So why not take a loose end from one of the many threads left lying around from the epic tapestry? Our creators spun a good story before, why can’t they do it again? After all, the hard work of world building is already done. We know the rules, we just need a new cast of characters for another fun romp. So why not go back in time to see how the world was made in the first place? We can meet some of our friends when they were young, and see things only spoken of before.

The rub is the “new cast of characters” bit. Especially for the Harry Potter franchise, which has now been rebranded the Wizarding World, so you can know which part of the Universal theme park you need to go to. J. K. Rowling’s extraordinarily successful

series of young adult, urban fantasy novels formed as rich a tapestry as you could possibly ask for. But what has become obvious with the second installment in the Wizarding World prequel series, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, is how much the success of the eight Warner Bros. films depended on the core cast of Daniel Radcliffe as Harry, Emma Watson as Hermione, and Rupert Grint as Ron. (Why “Wizarding World,” by the way? Why not just “Wizard World” or “Magical World”?)

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The first way The Crimes of Grindelwald goes wrong is by spinning its wheels for about an hour. The opening sequence, where Grindelwald, whom the Ministry of Magic treats like a sorcerous Hannibal Lecter, escapes from captivity while being extradited from the U.S. to England via a black carriage drawn by winged demon horses, is spectacular. Then, we go to Newt appealing an international travel ban imposed by the Ministry after the events of the last movie, where he almost

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Like the Star Wars prequels, the design and execution of the CGI effects are top notch, but everything else seems like padding until we get to the two or three scenes designed to advance the bigger plot, which the writer actually cares about. Prequel-itis strikes again.

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For most of Crimes, Rowling, who wrote the screenplay, and director David Yates, who brought the original Potter film octalogy to its conclusion, chase one subplot after another and end up nowhere. The ostensible goal that Dumbledore sends Newt off on a secret mission to accomplish is to keep Credence (Ezra Miller), the anti-Harry Potter who only looked like he died in the last movie, out of the hands of Grindelwald. But we are quickly assaulted by the presence of Jacob (Dan Fogler) and Queenie (Alison Sudol), the muggle/magical comic relief couple who grate on the nerves even more than last time. Then the ever expanding yet under developed cast me-

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309 N. MONTGOMERY Room for rent with non smoker. $85/week. Call Walter 288-7512. _____________________ FURNISHED ROOMS Stage Rd/Covington, Bellevue/ McLemore, Airways/Lamar, Firestone/Breedlove. W/D, Cable TV/Phone. 901-485-0897 _____________________ MIDTOWN AREA ROOM For Rent: 1466 Jackson Avenue.

Bus line, quiet, no pets, clean rooms, all utilities included, renovated rooms, furnished. Price ranges $85, $105, $115 per week plus deposit. 3 blocks from Sears Crosstown Building. Call or text me at 901-570-3885. If no answer leave a message. _____________________ MIDTOWN ROOMS near Medical District. Great Area.

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THE LAST WORD by Maya Smith

Standing up at a Griz game

This time of year, when the sun leaves the sky before 5 p.m., Memphis Grizzlies games are among the few things that get me motivated to do anything in the evenings. One recent dark, cold evening, I got home feeling glum, until I remembered the Grizzlies were playing. Making a beeline toward the TV, I was hit with a wave of excitement.

A few minutes later, my dad moseyed in and made his way to the couch. Not long after, my sister woke up from a nap (a rare miracle) and joined us. In that moment, watching the Griz dominate whatever doomed opponent they were playing that night, my endorphins were flowing, and I forgot all about the ubiquitous darkness outside. The Griz made that gloomy night into a mildly glorious one with my family.

The same is true when you’re in the FedExForum or at a bar watching the game or just strolling down Beale Street getting score updates from strangers. You can feel the unified energy.

The Grizzlies bring people together. People that don’t look like each other, representing different neighborhoods of the city, are united by a common goal: grit and grind.

When the Griz win, the city is winning. But the next day or during a slump or the off-season, that excitement is gone. It’s tossed aside and forgotten. That unity subsides. And what’s left? A sometimes divided city.

How can we carry that unified spirit beyond the FedExForum and into everyday life? One way is good public spaces.

I recently visited Denver, where nice public spaces are as common as sidewalks. There were chess games set up on pedestrian plazas, a mini golf course tucked in the middle of downtown, and art in nearly every park I came across.

The infrastructure there sparks connectivity and community. How can Memphis be designed in such a way that it promotes and brings communities together?

The city is definitely making strides to improve shared public spaces. Just look at what’s happening on our the riverfront (see the Flyer’s November 15th cover story for details). But, we can’t stop only at the city’s hot spots and tourist hubs, because a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. That means the city of Memphis is only as great as its struggling neighborhoods.

Have you ever noticed the amount of people that loiter at corner stores and gas stations in poorer neighborhoods? Ever wonder why that is? Well, when your neighborhood parks are rife with knee-high weeds and littered with trash, there are few places left for people to just be people together. Uplifting those neighborhoods starts at the top.

A few months ago, I sat down with Paul Young, director of the city’s Housing and Community Development division to talk about his role there. Young told me HCD works hard to equally elevate and support small-scale neighborhood projects as it does larger projects designed to bring in revenue. That sentiment is a good step in the right direction.

On Monday, the state reviewed the city’s Tourist Development Zone application that would help finance the $100 million Fairgrounds project. If approved, I hope that when it’s completed, the space is inclusive and that those living literally across the street are able to benefit from it. They deserve access to clean, free, quality spaces with public amenities.

The development’s flagship feature — the youth sportsplex and event center — is fine in theory and will probably bring in lots of revenue, but at the end of the day, what good does it do to accommodate tourists if we do it at the expense of — or exclude — the families who for generations have lived and worked in the community? We need to make sure they are included.

I truly believe that Memphis can be great. It has the potential to be a progressive city that’s rich with culture and blooming with diversity and that, most importantly, empowers all of its residents.

Memphis is nearing its 200th year as a city. That’s 200 years of history, movements, and progress. It’s been a long time coming, but this city is moving in the right direction. Still, there’s more work to be done. If you call yourself a Memphian, then stand up for this city and all of the people in it.

Stand up for the poorest neighborhoods, housing parks with broken-down playgrounds, schools in need of modernization, and busted, unwalkable sidewalks. Stand up and make Memphis — all of Memphis — great.

Maya Smith is a Flyer staff writer.

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MINGLEWOOD HALL

11/21: PJ Morton (Maroon 5) 11/28: Methodist Hospice presents Margo Price 11/30: Sister Hazel w/ J.R. Moore (Ingram Hill) 12/1: Ashley McBryde w/ Dee White, Barrett Baber 12/21: Christmas w/ The Dead (Grateful Dead Tribute) 12/22: North Mississippi Allstars 12/29: Tora Tora w/ Dirty Streets 2/19: Lettuce w/ Greyhounds 2/27: Leftover Salmon 3/16: Puddles Pity Party

Just Announced: Mon Dec 31 – Daisyland 4th Annual Blackout NYE Sat Mar 2 – Daisyland w/ Space Jesus Wed Nov 21 – Lyfe is Dope Vol 9 w/ Eric Bellinger Fri Dec 7 – Atmosphere Sat Dec 1 – Terrence Love Sun Dec 9 – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Tue Dec 11 – Ministry Thu Jan 31 – Party Lok Tour w/ Pat Lok and Party Pupils Wed Feb 13 – Coheed and Cambria Fri Feb 15 – Travis Greene Wed Mar 13 – Switchfoot Thu Mar 21 – Daisyland w/ Tritonal Sun Apr 7 – BOOGIE.TRIO NEW DAISY THEATRE 330 East Beale St. Memphis 901.525.8981 GO TO NewDaisy.com for FULL SCHEDULE and Advance Tickets

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Presents The Concert to PROTECT OUR AQUIFER featuring: Bobby Rush, Tom Chapin, Shemekia Copeland, David Bromberg w/ John Kilzer Sun, Dec. 9, 2018 - 7pm. St. John’s Methodist Church 1207 Peabody Ave. Memphis,TN 38104 Tickets available at eventbrite.com or call (901) 237-2972. Produced by Bruce Newman.

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Retro Furniture and Accessories. Original Paintings, Sculpture, Pottery, Art & Antiques.

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Nov. 23-Jan. 3, Crosstown Concourse, 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN. Opening night silent auction (6-9 pm) to benefit the Church Health Center, music by Paul Taylor.

Store Hours: Mon-Sat 10:30-6:30; Fri til 7:00, Sun 12-5.

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Wed Nov 21: Big Ass Truck, 7p Fri Nov 23: Ghost Town Blues Band, 8p Sat Nov 24: UCPWS Real Memphis Wrestling, 7p, Hope Clayburn, 8p SunNov 25: Brunch w/Earl the Pearl, 12p Fri Nov 30: Alvin Youngblood Hart, 8p Sat Dec 1: CCDE & Friends, 8p Sun Dec 2: Magic Brunch, 12p 40Wed Dec 5: Nightmare Before Christmas Trivia, 7prailgarten.com • 2166 Central Ave • 231-5043

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