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OUR 1402ND ISSUE 01.07.2016 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR I’m writing this from the restroom facility at Big Hill Pond State Park in southern McNairy County. On Monday, I commandeered the building, which contains the men’s and women’s restrooms, some racks of pamphlets, and two vending machines. There’s no one here right now, but I plan to stay as long as necessary to protest the fact that the state of Tennessee is run by oppressive know-nothings who wouldn’t know small government — or freedom, for that matter — if it bit them on their considerable backsides.

I’m talking about Andy Holt and Mae Beavers and Ron Ramsey and all those other dolts running things in Nashville, the people who think we elected them to fight an imaginary war against Sharia law and oppose gay marriage and suckle at the teat of the N.R.A. They’re not patriots. They’re self-aggrandizing morons, and I’m taking my state back. I want to make Tennessee great again.

I’m not kidding. I’ve had enough, and I’m serving notice: If the state of Tennessee wants this building back, they’re going to have to come and pry it from my freshly sanitized hands. And don’t think it’s going to be easy.

I’ve got a nice Beretta 12-guage automatic (the one I got as a wedding present from my brother-in-law), an (almost) full box of birdshot, and three pretty substantial bottle rockets. I’ve got four packages of thick-cut Benton’s smoked bacon, some nice sourdough loaves from Fresh Market, 15 Lindt Orange Intense chocolate bars, six heirloom tomatoes, several pounds of artisanal dark roast Kona, 12 bags of Skinny Pop, and two cases of Wiseacre Tiny Bomb.

Check and mate, my friends.

Not to mention, there’s enough toilet paper and hand sanitizer in here to last me ’til June, at least. And don’t forget those vending machines. Also, the Tuscumbia River is just over the hill, and I packed a sweet five-weight Sage and a nice selection of spring dry flies. A country liberal can survive. Underestimate me at your peril, Cousin Bubba.

Of course, I got the idea for this boondoggle, er, courageous stand for freedom, from those guys out in Oregon, the ones who bravely stormed and liberated an empty U.S. national park building that mostly catered to bird-watchers during migration season. Then they hung a bunch of U.S. flags everywhere and asked people to send help via the U.S. Post Office.

Because of that, some people are making fun of them, calling them “Vanilla ISIS” and “Y’allQueda,” but I think those right-wing mokes have the right idea. If you don’t like something, call the government’s bluff ! Take over a federal building. For Freedom.

And news coverage. What’s the worst that could happen? Not much, apparently.

So, here I am in good old Big Hill Pond State Park, making my own stand for freedom in sympathy with my Oregon brothers-in-arms. And like them, I’m N E WS & O P I N I O N locked and loaded and angry, and I’m LETTERS - 4 not leaving until some big changes are THE TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE - 4 made … or I get some airtime on naTHE FLY-BY - 6 POLITICS - 10 tional television.

EDITORIAL - 12 So, Governor, er, Lieutenant Governor, VIEWPOINT - 13 Ramsey, you can send in the National COVER STORY Guard, I don’t care. Hell, send in ol’ Mae “NEW YEAR, NEW YOU: 2016” Beavers. I’d love to chat with that poofyBY FLYER STAFF - 14 TRUTH BE TOLD - 23 headed dipshizzle face-to-face. That’s STE P P I N’ O UT right, you Nashville yahoos, I’m here on WE RECOMMEND - 24 Tennessee state property in McNairy MUSIC - 26 County, I’m Memphis as eff, and I’m not AFTER DARK - 28 going anywhere. Come at me, bros.

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Kevin Lipe on the Memphis Grizzlies before, during, and after the game.

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I groaned reading Mark Woodall’s About Jackson Baker’s post, “Strickland article “By Any Name” where he tries to Gathering No Moss on Governmental or disassociate Islam from terrorism. This Money Fronts” … sentence in particular seemed to sum up I would still like to know how Strickland his thinking: “I’m just going to assume if plans to stop police officers from leaving. you are a terrorist, you are a radical, but Over 400 officers have retired or resigned calling all Muslims terrorists does a great in the last three years due to Strickland disservice to the six million Americanand the Memphis City Council’s decisions born Muslims in this country, and to to reduce pay, eliminate retiree healthcare, millions of peaceful people who worship kick spouses off the healthcare plan, and memphisflyer.com/blogs/BeyondTheArc • @FlyerGrizBlog Islam.” transform the pension system. Simply put: First of all, nobody but nobody is It makes no sense to work in the sencondcalling all Muslims terrorists, and second, most dangerous city in the U.S. for what Islam is the religion of Muslims. They officers now receive in pay/benefits. no more worship Islam than Christians In order to get back to a force of 2,400 worship Christianity. officers, the city would have to hire/train/ The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 Almost every day we are told that graduate at least 100 officers per year for For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 Islamist terrorism has nothing to do the next 4 years AND have no officers For Release Thursday, May 14, 2015 with Islam. That is nonsense, and deep retire or resign in that time frame. It’s down everyone knows it. This is not just not going to happen. If the whispers are a question of semantics.

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We are a nation of immigrants, but past immigrants, including the Italians, the Irish, and others were not welcomed and even hated in America. It is hard to imagine, though, how much poorer our nation and our culture would be without the contributions made by the people who have come here from countries around the world.

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TREASONS GREETINGS Nothing screams “patriot” like trying to take down the U.S. government.

Tennessee Representative Andy Holt (R-Palookaville) made national headlines in 2015 after penning an op-ed describing original Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest as “one of the South’s first civil rights leaders.” Holt started the first week of the new year with a little game of tweet-and-delete.

The controversial pig farmer posted a message reading “#Bundymilitia Where can I send support for your effort?” Then he bravely took it down.

He also posted a message comparing the Bundy militia’s armed takeover of government property to the Bernie Sanders campaign: “Funny that all these Bernie supporters claim peaceful protest is treason, but don’t believe a socialist taking over US Gov is.”

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NEVERENDING ELVIS Elvis Presley died in August 1977, only three months after the original theatrical release of Star Wars IV: A New Hope. Thirty-eight years later Star Wars: The Force Awakens dominates the box office, and the King of Rock-and-Roll died a little more when a U.K. band dubbed Darth Elvis and the Imperials released a holiday single titled “Sithmas on Hoth.” Darth Elvis is both a cease-and-desist order waiting to happen and a tribute act performing Star Wars-themed songs primarily in the style of Elvis Presley.

“Sithmas on Hoth” is a rockabilly number chronicling a Tauntaunbacked hunting expedition and traditional Sithmas meals of barbecue wampa and Ewok.

WE’RE SLOW Everything moves a little slower in Memphis. It’s part of our charm. Take, for example, the guitar that’s lowered over Beale every New Year’s Eve. This year’s drop was broadcast live on CNN and marked the arrival of 2016 about 30 seconds after midnight when a Beale Street reveller accidentally tripped a safety feature preventing a timely descent.

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Clean Memphis takes over Project Green Fork.

Back in 2007, Margot McNeeley noticed most local restaurants were still using Styrofoam takeout containers. Upon further inspection, she also realized most weren’t recycling. So she set out to do something about it.

McNeeley founded Project Green Fork (PGF), a restaurant sustainability certification program that helps restaurateurs commit to recycling, using Earthfriendly takeout boxes, and green cleaners.

It’s grown to include 75 PGF-certified restaurants, catering companies, and coffee shops across the city.

Since 2008, those restaurants have recycled more than four million pounds of plastic, glass, aluminum, cardboard, and paper and more than 200,000 gallons of food waste.

But as of the first of the year, McNeeley is stepping down as PGF’s executive director, and the organization, which was previously a stand-alone organization, is being merged into the programs at Clean Memphis, a grassroots nonprofit that organizes volunteer cleanups and does sustainability outreach education in schools and in the community.

“I’m ready to take on something new. And I think I’ve taken Project Green Fork as far as I can take it as a one-woman show,” said McNeeley, who has operated the organization by herself since its 2008 founding. “Clean Memphis has a much larger budget and more resources than we ever did, and they have

Q&A with Bill Boyd Former Memphis City Council member Six brand new members joined the Memphis City Council this week in what newly elected Mayor Jim Strickland called the “biggest shake-up in Memphis leadership in a quarter century.”

In a swearing-in ceremony last week, Council Chairman Kemp Conrad said he was excited for the future but noted that his excitement was not a criticism of those who served in the past. In fact, he said the former Memphis Mayor A C Wharton and outgoing council members achieved “remarkable results” and should be proud.

Bill Boyd was a member of that previous council, most of which took office in another major shakeup in 2008. In that time, Boyd only missed one council meeting and a portion of another.

He battled Willie Herenton on the former mayor’s plan to close libraries and community centers and stepped in

many times to offer compromises in big council debates. We asked Boyd about his term on the city council.

— Toby Sells Flyer: What are the accomplishments you’re most proud of?

Bill Boyd: Getting the term limits for Memphis City Council. Also, I believe I spent as much or more time as a council member in the service of the annual city budget. I was able to recommend and gained approval of deleting many of the expenditures each year but particularly in in the first four to five years of my service.

When I was first assigned to be the council’s liaison with the Center City Commission (now the Downtown Memphis Commission), I could not help but notice that the commission was, in my opinion, overloaded with too many elected city, county, and state officials, so much so that I thought they had

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a bigger staff and the capability to take it further.”

PGF certifies restaurants that promise to adhere to six steps: 1) convert disposables to compostable, biodegradable products; 2) recycle all recyclable items; 3) develop a composting process; 4) use nontoxic cleaning products; 5) make efforts to conserve energy and water; and 6) maintain grease traps and kitchen hoods to prevent overflows and emissions to sewer and storm systems.

Under Clean Memphis, McNeeley says PGF will maintain the six steps to certification.

“I don’t want people who have supported this for so long to think it’s going away,” McNeeley said. “It’s continuing and will be taken to the next level, whatever that next level may be.”

Janet Boscarino cofounded Clean Memphis in 2008, along with her neighbor Darrin Hills and his boss Mark Lovell, to organize volunteers to pick up litter. The organization also does outreach education work in schools, and they developed a Sustainable Schools program to certify schools in much the same way that PGF certifies restaurants.

In the program’s 20 certified schools, students volunteer for cleanups, plant vegetable gardens, learn about watershed health and water quality, and participate in other sustainable initiatives.

“When we were developing that program, Margot was one of the people I reached out to because of her work with sustainability in restaurants,” Boscarino said. “We grew our understanding of each other’s missions and vision of what we would see Memphis becoming with restaurants and schools moving toward more sustainability.”

Boscarino said, when McNeeley approached her a few months ago about merging the organizations, she knew it would be a good fit. The boards of directors for both organizations discussed the matter, and a decision was reached to pull the PGF program into Clean Memphis’ fold.

“At this point, we don’t see any changes to the program,” Boscarino said.

“It’s been very successful, so especially for the first year, we would bring that program under our umbrella and get to know it and understand the ins and outs, as opposed to making any changes.”

Clean Memphis is currently searching for a program coordinator to run PGF. That person will run the day-to-day operations, like McNeeley did, but Clean Memphis will handle the administrative tasks associated with PGF, something McNeeley had to manage on her own before the merger.

“The new program coordinator can just focus on building the program and promoting the restaurants and sustainability,” Boscarino said.

As for what McNeeley will do next, she won’t say yet: “I have three things I’m working on, but I’m not ready to announce any.”

Did you leave anything undone?

One particular law that I introduced to the council would have required all persons applying to be on a city ballot for office to fill out a disclosure form at the same time they turned in their qualifying petitions to the Shelby County Election Commission.

Information that would have been required for them to provide would be such things as city, county, state, or federal taxes owed or delinquent; [whether they have been] found guilty of any laws broken; [if they have] lawsuits pending against them; [if they’ve filed for] bankruptcies, and things of this nature. I felt that the voting public had a right to know somewhat about the character of the people on the ballot as well as their business backgrounds, since they would be handling the public’s business if elected. I regret that I lost that proposal on a 7-6 vote.

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You also helped change the way the city collects parking fines?

I had been told that the city has lost millions of dollars over the years because many of those who received parking violation tickets would simply “wait it out.” Upon looking into the situation, I felt that I needed to change this ridiculous law.

I learned that the city already had the right to collect the fee on their unpaid tickets beyond the 12 months and that it would only require setting up a new process that included the city court clerk’s office, the municipal judges, and the Memphis Police Department.

I managed to get those people together, and we revised the process. Now, the city is in a position to bring in more revenues. I expect this revenue line item to increase in the future years with the cooperation of the police, judges, and the city court clerk’s office.

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Men (and women) learn the art of pole dancing at a Bartlett fitness studio. on upper body strength than the all-female classes. During the co-ed classes, things are broken down for both.

“Believe it or not, pole fitness does not [require a lot of upper body strength],” she said.

“The way I teach it, no, because I actually teach you how to build it during the classes.”

Since Dark has started her Dark Spartan classes, the number of men who have signed up has been slowly growing.

“It took a little while, because a lot of them were not allowed in certain places to do pole,” she said.

“It’s amazing watching men do pole, because in Russia and Asia, they actually have more male polers than female polers. The pole I teach is more the strength and athleticism of it, not the seductive side of pole dancing.”

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Nicki Dark spins around a pole. She’s using deep, sculpted, and meticulously worked muscles to control her movements. There’s much more to it than stripper-style pole dancing; what she’s doing, based on her muscle movement, is a feat of strength. It’s pole fitness.

Dark, whose real name is Nicole Bennett, is one of the few instructors in pole fitness who teach co-ed classes, much less have an all-male class. Since her studio in Bartlett, Nicki Dark Fitness, opened just over a year ago in 2014, her classes have grown to more than 50 students, many of them men.

Dark got into pole fitness, which builds upper- and lower-body strength through exercises performed on a vertical pole, about five years ago and quickly became enthralled.

“The difference between what I teach in pole fitness and pole dancing is technique,” Dark said. “I show my students how to build their foundation in order to create a beautiful home.

Pole dancing is more how you decorate.

It’s how creative you are with your technique.”

That technical foundation she teaches — which Dark says is based on techniques developed by men in Russia — can lead students to national pole fitness competitions with the American Pole Fitness Association, which hosts national championships every year, or the Pole Sport Organization, which features competitions that can branch off into aerials and complex maneuvers.

“When I got into pole fitness, there weren’t really guys [doing it] in the city of Memphis,” she said. “We live in the Bible Belt, so pole fitness is already unorthodox. When I sought to get my certification, the majority of my trainers were male. So when I saw that, I said, ‘Wow, there are men who do want to do this and not look at it in a negative light.’”

The Dark Spartan classes cater to Dark’s male students, who develop muscles differently based on their physiology. It’s not unheard of for pole fitness classes at other studios to turn men away, particularly when female instructors may not be able to teach them correctly.

“Guys want to do it as much as girls do,” Dark said. “I do not discriminate against guys. They’re so welcome. My guys love it, because a lot of places are very uneasy about guys. On top of that, they don’t know how to actually teach them, because they’re not strong enough to accommodate what they need to learn based on their strength.”

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POLITICS By Jackson Baker

Pending Matters A new city administration comes in, and changes are imminent on the county and federal scene, as well.

Newly inaugurated Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland kept himself on solid ground with the electorate, and may have expanded his beachhead somewhat, with a post-swearing-in address on New Year’s Day that added significant new terms to the lexicon of his political rhetoric.

More so than in his campaign speeches, which hewed to his themes of public safety, action on blight, and employee accountability, Strickland made a conspicuous effort to broaden his constituency. His key passage: “Here on this day of renewal, this time of celebration, we must recognize that we are a city rife with inequality; it is our moral obligation, as children of God, to lift up the poorest among us.”

The mayor’s implicit commitment to social action was reinforced by specific promises “to expand early childhood programs,” “to provide greater access to parks, libraries, and community centers,” and “to increase the number of summer youth and jobs programs.”

• The year-end resignation of long-beleaguered county Election Administrator Rich Holden creates an opening that the Shelby County Election Commission must fill.

Final deadline for applications to the newly vacated posi-

tion is next Wednesday, January 13th, according to Janice Holmes, deputy administrator of Shelby County government.

One of those actively campaigning for the position is Chris Thomas, an employee of the Redwing public strategies group who has served previously as Probate Court clerk and as a Shelby County commissioner.

• In the ongoing movie series based on the fictional boxer Rocky Balboa, there was a never-ending stream of new challengers to Rocky’s championship title, each one with a plausible case to make for beating the champ, each one a loser finally, though usually after a bruising and suspenseful struggle.

The difference between Balboa and 9th District congressman Steve Cohen, who, since first winning his congressional seat in 2006, has also faced a different contender for his title in each successive election season, is that Cohen has hardly ever been forced to raise a sweat in disposing of his opponents.

Nikki Tinker in 2008, Willie Herenton in 2010, Tomeka Hart in 2012, Ricky Wilkins in 2014: Each of these would-be Democratic primary claimants to the 9th District seat came into the race against Cohen with a show of credentials and a fair degree of ballyhoo. Each went down hard in the end, with Cohen’s edge against them on

election day usually turning out to be somewhere between four to one and eight to one. (Wilkins fared better, losing only 2 to 1.)

Now here — as first reported in the Flyer’s wrap-up edition of 2015 — comes another worthy looking to take the seat away from Cohen: State Senator Lee Harris, who previously served most of a term on the Memphis City Council and who had been, Cohen says, formally endorsed by the congressman both in his 2011 council race against Kemba Ford and his 2014 win over thenincumbent state Senator Ophelia Ford.

Harris has confirmed his interest in seeking the 9th District seat. If he runs, it would be his second try for the office. The University of Memphis law professor was, along with Cohen and a dozen or so others, a Democratic primary candidate for the seat in 2006, the year incumbent congressman Harold Ford Jr. vacated it to run for the U.S. Senate.

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If he enters the race, Harris has indicated his campaign would be of the generalized it’s-time-for-a-change variety, though he has taken issue with Cohen on the matter of the

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Two matters in December have pushed the combatants to the brink: 1) a December 18th hand-delivered letter from commission chairman Terry Roland to Luttrell threatening the mayor with “removal procedures” if he persisted in resisting a commission resolution appointing former Commissioner Julian Bolton as an independent attorney responsible to the commission; and 2) a bizarre circumstance whereby a Roland resolution seeking a transfer of the county’s budget surplus — a disputed amount running somewhere from $6 million to $20-some million — from the administration to the commission’s contingency fund reached the state comptroller’s office in a form that seemed to call for the transfer of the county’s entire fund balance of some $108 million.

The latter situation is being denounced by allies of Roland as nothing short of forgery committed somewhere in the administration before being transmitted to Nashville. After Sandra Thompson of the state comptroller’s office responded to Luttrell that the resolution featuring the larger sum was illegal, Roland sent a letter to Thompson charging that alterations had been made in his resolution, not only in the amount sought in the transfer, but in the enabling language of the resolution.

Roland’s letter included copies of both his original resolution, which — given a longstanding dispute between Luttrell and the commission — omitted any sums whatever, and what Roland called a “blatantly altered” copy that was sent to the comptroller’s office, which seemed to spell out a request for the transfer of the entire fund balance, which would be an astonishing demand, and which, noted Thompson, would leave the county without cash available to support spending in its General Fund and in potential violation of state law.

According to Roland’s letter, “When the altered document was brought to my attention I immediately contacted Harvey Kennedy, CAO, to address the issue and clarify my intentions. Mayor Mark Luttrell confirmed via a conversation with me that he was aware the document was altered.

istration so clearly on the defensive that Luttrell will be willing to compromise with Roland on the independent-attorney issue — despite his statement, in a November 19th letter to Roland that he would stand by “a clear, unambiguous opinion from the county attorney that Resolution #16A [calling for Bolton’s appointment] violates the county charter.”

Roland and his supporters on the commission maintain that the charter mandates that the mayor is bound to implement the requirements of the resolution, which Luttrell vetoed but which was sustained in an override vote by the commission. The case of the altered resolution

has earned itself a place for “discussion” on the commission’s committee agenda for Wednesday.

And at some point, even should the independent-attorney issue be resolved in compromise, the original point of rupture between the contending branches of government remains — a suspicion on the part of the commission that the administration is playing fast and loose with the fiscal totals it issues and refusing to submit to regularly scheduled audits.

That issue was apparently at the root of Roland’s wish for the transfer of surplus monies to the commission’s contingency fund.

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congressman’s opposition to Governor Bill Haslam’s Tennessee Promise program of subsidies for community college students, funded by using proceeds of the Hope Lottery. Cohen, who objected to the diversion of funds as favoring higher-income students over lower-income ones, was the guiding force behind the creation of the state lottery as a longtime state senator.

… I would never place Shelby County in [a] position where insufficient resources would be available to provide the cash flow needed for operations.”

Meanwhile, conversations and correspondence have flowed back and forth between commissioners and the administration, with the latter contending that a clerical error accounted for the apparent alteration in the resolution and Commissioner Heidi Shafer, a Roland ally in the struggle, concurring with the chairman that conscious skullduggery was involved.

Shafer sees a silver lining to the imbroglio, however. She believes that publicity concerning the matter has put the admin-

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regimen as being too much to worry with.

We can only hope that, with a new Memphis city government freshly sworn in, its members will be the exception and will hold steadfast to all the resolves they made in our name (or at least to get our vote) during the recent election.

We certainly have a right to hope that our new mayor, former Councilman Jim Strickland, takes proper care of the litany of issues that he intoned so often during the mayoral race — public safety, blight, and accountability. But, after hearing him speak at the Cannon Center on New Year’s Day upon his inauguration, we are even more hopeful regarding his fidelity to a new set of ideas he announced apropos the social welfare of his city-ful of constituents.

As was noted in the “Politics” column this week, one sentence of Strickland’s was especially striking. It bears repeating here: “We are a city rife with inequality; it is our moral obligation, as children of God, to lift up the poorest among us.”

Not only did Strickland not speak so succinctly of what may be our most pressing problem during the campaign; neither did any of his opponents.

“Inequality.” That is certainly the elephant in our room — and in our streets and workplaces. The new mayor reminded us that, on election night, he had promised to employ “new eyes to solve old problems.”

The social and economic inequality of which he spoke on Inauguration Day is certainly the oldest of these problems — and the most difficult to resolve. Yet all of the other problems facing the city

and its mayor are inextricably tied to that one.

As Strickland also said: “We have debt that must be paid, a pension that must be funded, and a tax base moving away.” Clearly, the persistence of a large underclass of impoverished citizens excacerbates all of those conditions.

And there was this statement in the inauguration speech, an echo of similar ones made over and over during the campaign year, not only by Strickland, but by a variety of council candidates (for some of them the solitary plank in their public platforms): “We will focus on the goal of retaining and recruiting quality police officers and firefighters, knowing public safety is at the forefront of rebuilding our city.”

That’s all very well, but the several hundred police officers who left the city’s service in recent years made it as clear as could be that the slashing of their benefits was their single most pressing reason for dissatisfaction. They haven’t gone home to collect unemployment; in significant numbers they have found kinder niches in other departments elsewhere.

Inequality means a reduced tax base, which means a shrunken budget — which means a harder task to recruit first responders and more incentives for an uneasy middle class to decamp. And that, of course, means further reduction in the tax base.

It’s what you call a vicious cycle, but we’re glad that Mayor Strickland has taken note of it, and we wish him all the best in tackling these issues over the next four years.

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Ryan and Sanders And the winner(s) of the 2015 award for top member of Congress are ...

Sanders ... is resonating among left-wingers looking to identify those responsible for rigging the economic and political system.

Sanders succeeded in forcing Clinton to do a flip-flop and become an opponent of Obama’s Asia trade deal. He lashed out at her for being slow to oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline. He critiqued her 2002 vote to authorize the war in Iraq.

“He [Sanders] is where the economic heart and soul of the party is right now And he’s got the outsider thing, which is so big this year,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said recently.

Sanders and Ryan are the year’s political leaders in Congress because they captured that “outsider thing” for the left and the right.

As the year ends, both parties and their leading men are in a critical struggle over whether the outsiders are now in charge.

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the new speaker had to deflect charges from the Freedom Caucus, conservative talk radio, websites, and bloggers that he is just one more establishment Republican.

That outrageous indictment fits with a Pew Research poll from May that found 75 percent of Republican voters want congressional Republicans to obstruct, defy, and challenge President Obama more frequently.

The GOP’s deference to the far right has resulted in a backlash from liberal Democrats around the nation and on Capitol Hill, and that finds expression in the presidential bid of Sanders.

Democratic voters still strongly back former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the party’s 2016 nomination, but the defiant roar of the party in 2015 can be heard at Sanders’ political rallies.

He has been a political sensation all year long, in every corner of the nation.

He attracts energized, loud crowds by identifying the Republican majority in Congress as the tool of big business and extremely wealthy Americans, including Charles and David Koch and other plutocrats. Sanders’ anger at the power of big money is resonating among left-wingers looking to identify those responsible for rigging the economic and political system against workers, unions, students, immigrants, and minorities.

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In keeping with the polarized politics on Capitol Hill, I have one winner for Republicans and a very different winner for Democrats. Speaker Paul Ryan and Senator Bernie Sanders perfectly embody the polarization that prevents Congress from getting anything done on the nation’s most pressing issues, from immigration to stopping gun massacres to fighting the Islamic State.

This dysfunctional Congress deserves its dismal 13 percent approval rating from the American people. The Republican majorities in the House and Senate reached a new nadir in broken politics by inviting a foreign leader, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to use the Congress as a setting to disrespect the American president back in March.

They acted without first consulting with the White House. And then there was the refusal to hold confirmation hearings on the president’s nominees for judicial posts or to the Foreign Service.

Congressional Republicans have made it their everyday practice to obstruct initiatives from the twice-elected leader of the nation.

The GOP antipathy toward President Obama is not new. The bigger change is the out-of-control elbowing inside the Republican tent that came to define the year on Capitol Hill. Republicans in the House successfully launched a coup earlier this year against then-Speaker John Boehner, forcing out a man who is by any measure a strong conservative but still not conservative enough for the party’s far right. The eventual winner after several weeks of embarrassing party infighting was the 2012 GOP vice presidential candidate Ryan. But Ryan won without winning the official endorsement of the rebellious Freedom Caucus, who dictated Boehner’s departure. All this led the new speaker, in his very first speech as the top Republican in the House, to stare failure in the face.

“Let’s be frank: The House is broken,” he said. “We are not solving problems. We are adding to them.”

The real story is that he is the most conservative speaker in recent times.

Ryan rose to prominence as the defiant right-winger who proposed, as top Republican on the budget committee, to change Medicare from a guaranteed health-care program for the elderly to a limited, untested voucher plan. He also backed massive tax breaks for the wealthy and large corporations. He has been a reliable opponent of abortion rights and gay rights, and he supported President George W. Bush’s push to privatize Social Security.

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New Year, New You: 2016 21 ways to change your attitude and your life.

See a brand new play, musical, dance performance, or opera before anybody else does. Memphis’ performing arts scene has grown at an unprecedented rate in the past decade. New playhouses opened, new companies launched, and every year Memphians have more opportunities to take in great new work by regionally affiliated artists. If you’re looking for a place to start, try Byhalia, Mississippi by Evan Linder, which opens at TheatreWorks this week.

Linder’s a Memphian living in Chicago, where he cofounded The New Colony theater company. His previous writing efforts include the popular comedy 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche and The Warriors, a revealing docudrama built around interviews with survivors of Jonesboro’s Westside school shooting. If you’re in the market for something more tuneful, an original pop opera based on Jacques Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann is coming in February. — CD

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If you really want to be a better person in the ensuing year, stop killing Joe Cocker on the internet. The soulful yet incomprehensible singer died for the first and last time in 2014 and is unlikely to pass away again, no matter what you saw on Facebook. You know who else isn’t going to die again any time soon? Andy Griffith.

So when somebody shares a link mourning Mayberry’s favorite sheriff (again), don’t

It’s become something of a tradition for the Flyer staff to offer a few resolutions for our readers in the first issue of each new year. We don’t do it because we think you’re incapable of coming up with your own resolutions. After all, who knows better than you what you need to do to improve your quality of life? No, we do it because we think it’s important for all of us to refresh our browsers, as it were, every now and then. And sometimes ideas from others can spark an interest you didn’t know you had or send you on a path to new discoveries. So, without further ado, here are a few suggestions to mull over as 2016 begins.

Become an expert in something Memphis-related. A year may be a short time to know everything there is to know about local barbecue restaurants, but it’s more than enough time to figure out which smokehouse serves the best sausage sandwiches or which local coffee roaster makes the darkest brew. One could spend a lifetime poring over all the music recorded in Memphis, but 12 months is a 14 generous amount of time to visit all of the city’s music-themed museums and learn all the dance steps Rufus Thomas sang about. — Chris Davis

Don’t be afraid. Are you afraid of terrorism?

Sure, we all are. But did you know that the number of people killed in the United States by terrorists this century is less than one percent of the number killed by random gun violence? Humans are lousy at assessing risk. For the vast majority of people in America, the most dangerous thing you will ever do in your life is drive a car. And yet, you jump behind the wheel with no hesitation every day and support giving up your civil liberties and spending billions on pointless and never-ending wars that really don’t reduce terrorism at all.

Terrorism is a tactic that uses the media’s search for a sensational story and the average person’s bad grasp of statistics to force us into making bad decisions. This is true whether its employed by white Christians with a AR-15 or brown Muslims with a suicide vest. It loses its power if we remain unafraid and refuse to overreact. If you want to defeat the terrorists, keep calm and carry on.

If you want to maximize your odds of living a long time, exercise. — Chris McCoy Vote. 2016 is a national election year. Notice I didn’t say “important” election year, because they’re all important. Get out there and vote in every primary and general election. Don’t just argue on the internet. Hate a politician? Vote against him. Love a politician? Vote for her. Exercise your franchise. — CM Question your assumptions. Is there an issue in your life that bothers you? Some factor you just can’t seem to turn around? Use the new year as a opportunity to change your perspective. Are you sure you’re attacking your problem from the right angle? If your methods of making things better aren’t working, don’t be afraid to discard them and look for better ideas. Don’t let pride get in the way of needed change. — CM Add essential oils to your medicine cabinet. Don’t completely ditch the pharmaceuticals, but at least push those pill bottles aside to make room in your medicine cabinet for essential oils. Created from the pure oil of various plants, essential oils are nature’s medicine. Their use isn’t F.D.A. approved, but I’ve been

using oils for years to cure headaches, clear my sinuses, reduce stress, and induce sleep. Rub a few drops of peppermint oil on your temples to ease a headache.

Dab lavender oil on your pillow to help you sleep.

Diffuse eucalyptus oil to help clear up a stuffy nose, and try tea tree oil to treat minor cuts and scrapes.

While not all essential oils are safe to consume, a few brands, like doTERRA and Young Living, specialize in oils that may be taken internally. I Love Juice Bar in Midtown uses these food-safe oils in their essential oil shots, which combine various oils with fruit juice.

The Energizer shot is made with coconut water and wild orange and peppermint essential oils, and the Sniffle Stopper combines lemon and ginger juice with a blend of wild orange, clove, cinnamon, eucalyptus, and rosemary oils. — Bianca Phillips Do yoga … with beer. Yoga and beer might seem like an unlikely pairing, but there’s really no better way to relax than sipping a local craft beer after an hour-long class of upward-facing dogs, triangle poses, and planks. Brewery/bar yoga is a trend sweeping the nation right now, and Memphis is in on the fun.

Bendy Brewski Yoga offers weekly classes at High Cotton Brewing Co. (Thursdays) and the Rec Room (Mondays). For $15, you get an hour of beginner-friendly, hatha yoga, followed by a beer of your choice from the taproom at High Cotton or the bar at the Rec Room. Drinking beer after yoga class offers a chance to socialize with classmates, something that’s missing from traditional yoga classes where students don’t get much time to talk. — BP Don’t give so many f*#ks. Stop caring so much. Seriously. Just stop. Don’t worry about what people think of you. Don’t spend any time seething over something someone said on your Facebook post. Don’t get your panties in a wad over some dude cutting you off in traffic. Stop all that nonsense, and LET. IT. GO. Last January, I read a widely shared and artfully crafted online essay by author Mark Manson titled “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*#k,” in which Manson opines that the key to happiness is knowing when to give your f*#ks and when to save them.

Look it up, and read the whole thing. It takes about 12 minutes, but it’s 12 minutes you won’t regret spending.

Wrote Manson: “Because when we give too many f*#ks, when we choose to give a f*#k about everything, then we feel as though we are perpetually entitled to feel comfortable and happy at all times, that’s when life f*#ks us.”

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share it. If you’re not sure whether or not a celebrity who’s currently dying on social media is already dead, it only takes a second or two to check facts using a powerful internet tool called Google. The same can be said about that easy-to-read pie chart about the true costs of ObamaCare or that crazy Sarah Palin quote that sounds exactly like something she might say. Bad information is easier to spread than it is to correct. So check facts before passing along internet content. And, for the love of God, stop killing dead people. — CD

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continued from page 15 be selective about what we choose to care about. When you reserve concern for the things that really matter, you’re not setting yourself up for nearly as much disappointment. Life is less stressful that way, and who doesn’t want that? — BP

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Use apps to change yourself. I’m overweight, according to the federal government. (Thanks, Obama.) I’m no techie. I don’t code. I’ve never hacked a mainframe or whatever they do in movies. But I do have a smartphone, I understand how to use it, and it’s with me all the time, every day. That’s why I’m suggesting three apps to help you in the new year. — Toby Sells

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Lark. My BMI (calculated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) puts me closer to the government’s obese territory than I like to admit. I know I gotta watch what I eat, but it’s tough. I’ve tried online calorie trackers in the past, but I hate them. It’s tedious work and largely inaccurate. I gave up on trackers until I ran across the Lark app two weeks ago.

The app “talks” to you in a friendly, text-message format that should be comfortable to anyone with a smartphone. It tracks food, yes, but it also talks to you about the quality of the foods you eat. (Bacon is a processed meat, apparently. Who knew?) In that way, Lark is a personal coach and nutritionist. Lark also tracks your sleep and activity. It does both based on the movement of the phone, so it’s not precise on these two functions. But, overall, Lark is great for anyone looking to track their behavior to change it in the future. — TS

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Dry January. This year I’m going for the New Year’s resolution trifecta: losing weight, quitting smoking, and drinking less. (Insert incredulous eye roll here.) Drinking is the root that affects the other two. I smoke only when I drink, and hangovers convince me to eat like crap and they certainly don’t motivate me to work out.

So for my three birds, I’m going to try one stone: Dry January. That’s right, no drinking for the entire month. A friend of mine does this every year, and it always sounds terrible. Dry January has existed in the United Kingdom for a while, long enough for there to be a hashtag (#dryjanuary) and an app called (you guessed it) Dry January. The app lets you track your dry (or wet) days. It offers helpful hints to stay on the wagon and a money tracker to show how much you’ve saved by abstaining. — TS

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Memphis Public Library. We know you rewatched Cajun Pawn Stars this year. We know it was probably an accident and that you feel kinda bad about it. So, how about this year, you read a f*@cking book? Sounds good and all but can you even imagine doing something so completely 20th century like walking into a library? In Memphis, you don’t have to.

The Memphis Public Library has a vast collection of digital content you can download to your computer, tablet, or phone. It hosts a family of seven mobile apps that give you access to free (FREE!) books, audio books, magazines, music, and more. Did I mention it’s all free? All it takes is a library card. (Insert the Reading Rainbow theme song here.) — TS Read Moby-Dick. What gets lost in the fact that this is a really thick classic novel that is infamously hard to read is the fact that it’s often hilarious and always a brilliant, dark, eloquent summation of the dark, doubtful side of the American psyche. There’s also a lot of stuff about whale parts. If you need more convincing, there’s even a great book — Nathaniel Philbrick’s Why Read Moby-Dick? — that will do a better job convincing you of its ultimate value than I can here. You’ll feel smarter after you read it, you’ll see the world in a different way, it will never quite leave your mind, and you might even find yourself deliberately stepping into the street and methodically knocking people’s hats off. — Kevin Lipe Get things off your mind. I firmly believe that if you’re not keeping track of your to-do list somewhere, you’re trying to remember the whole thing all the time.

Whether you’re doing that on purpose or not, it’s stressful, and eventually you’ll feel stressed out and not even remember why. The biggest thing you can do is write stuff down instead of trying to remember it. Whether you use a complicated

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Buy things that will last. It’s never been easier to get a great deal. We’re flooded with things that are cheap, designed to look good, wear out fast, and need to be replaced. It’s far more satisfying to do your homework, spend a little more up front, and own something that you can have forever. This applies to everything.

Knockoff boots, or an expensive pair of Red Wings? I know which ones you’ll still be able to wear in 20 years. Cheap new dining room table, or find one at an antique store that’s already been around 50 or more years? It’s a lot easier to worry less about the “stuff ” you own when you know the things you have are going to stand the test of time. — KL Go to a concert at a DIY venue. From the Buccaneer to the Buckman Center, there are plenty of shows happening every night of the week in Memphis. There are also DIY spaces (usually accessible by Facebook event pages) taking place all over town at places like Found, Goner Records, and Amurica that are practically begging for your attendance. Better yet, host a DIY show yourself! All you need is a PA, a power strip, and a (semi) empty room. Remember: Some of the biggest bands in Memphis got their start playing in someone’s living room. — Chris Shaw

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Go to a Memphis Tigers basketball game. The attendance this season has been downright sad. We’ve all heard the excuses. You’re over Pastner. You knew Austin Nichols would leave. You’re doing your part to show the University of Memphis that the fans demand a new coach by not renewing your season tickets. Actually, the only thing you’re doing is making our city look bad when Tiger games get televised nationally on ESPN and its sister stations. Go to a game. It’s cheap, fun, and a good way to show possible recruits that Memphis is still Tiger Country. — CS

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continued from page 17 local record store in the city has a local music section, so if you can’t make it out to see a band live, search for their album/cassette/CD/single at your favorite record store. Even Spin Street has a local music section. If you can make it out to a local concert, buy something! A lot of times local bands are opening for touring bands, meaning their cut of the door is less and their merch sales are what keep them going. Look at it this way: A seven-inch record usually costs the same as a beer, and it lasts a whole lot longer. — CS Get oblique. Back in 1975, musician Brian Eno and artist Peter Schmidt created a set of cards called Oblique Strategies. The set has gone through several updates and is also available in an iPhone version, but I recommend getting a box of the cards.

Got a problem? Need a fresh approach? Pull a card out of the box. If nothing else, it will give you something to think about. I’ll try it right now: “Repetition is a form of change.” Repetition is a form of change. — Bruce VanWyngarden Relax. There’s a new spot on Madison downtown called Relax H2O. If you’re a downtown worker, this place may be the answer for you when the stress of that impending deadline strikes. Relax H2O features oxygen bar therapy, massage chairs, and aqua massage beds. Open Monday through Saturday with Sunday appointments available. Call 421-8351 for more info. — BV

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Get out on the water. I make this one of my recommendations every year.

The magnificent waterway that’s at our front door is enjoyed by way too few Memphis residents. And the Ghost River section of the Wolf River is also just sitting there waiting for you. You don’t need to buy a big boat. Just drop by Outdoors Inc. or your favorite sports and outdoor store, including the Bass Pro Pyramid, and get yourself a kayak. You’ll be amazed at what tranquility is available just a short hop away. Not to mention, exercise, bird watching, and just getting into the flow. Kayaking is easy and affordable. Do it once and you’ll be hooked. — BV

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T R U T H B E T O L D B y We n d i C . T h o m a s

Byhalia, Mississippi know about Butler Young Jr. or Alfred “Skip” Robinson?

Here Linder whets the audience’s appetite with a bit of history from the 1970s, when Byhalia was the scene of what Time magazine called “one of the longest civil rights boycotts in Mississippi history.”

The boycotts of white-owned businesses were sparked by the death of Young, a 21-year-old, unarmed black man shot and killed under questionable circumstances by Byhalia police in the summer of 1974. Robinson led the protests as president of the United League of Marshall County.

Then, like now, black residents demanded that the officers involved be charged with murder. Then, like now, black citizens used the only power they had — economic — to try to force the white power structure to give them a measure of justice.

Then, like #blacklivesmatter activists today have found, justice was elusive.

According to a 1974 Harvard Crimson article, “The population of the town is 750 persons, and although 70 per cent of them are black, the mayor, the town leader and all the merchants are white.”

And while Faulkner, who merely died in Byhalia, gets a shout-out on the town’s website, the boycotts, which could be a source of pride and a testament to black citizens’ resilience, are unmentioned.

“People have been fine with letting that history slip away,” Linder said.

The play is not meant to be an indictment of Byhalia specifically, Linder noted, but of our collective selective memory and how our failure to reckon with it honestly hamstrings cmyk our future.

As Faulkner famously wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”

Linder, who is white, wants to do his part to deal honestly with race, and this play is a start. “The only way things change is if people are forced to look at it.”

Editor’s note: The world premiere of Byhalia, Mississippi is January 8th in Memphis, Chicago, Toronto, and Charleston, South Carolina. Readings cmyk will occur in Los Angeles, Boulder, Colorado, and Birmingham, Alabama, in mid-January. On January 18th, audiences from all seven cities can participate in an online conversation. Go to wpconvo.com/online-conversation to join. Byhalia, Mississippi runs January 8-31 at TheatreWorks in Memphis.

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If Trayvon Martin were your son, would you want him presumed innocent and given the benefit of the doubt? If confronting your community’s prejudiced past boosted the odds of a more equitable future for black residents, wouldn’t you embrace the lesson?

These questions and themes of empathy, honesty, and forgiveness form the foundation of playwright Evan Linder’s latest work, Byhalia, Mississippi, which has its world premiere at TheatreWorks in Memphis, and three other cities, January 8th.

Linder, co-artistic director of Chicago’s New Colony theater, always knew he’d write what he calls a “redstate show.” And what better place to locate such a show than the town down the road from his parents’ Collierville home, a place with a painful and mostly overlooked racial history?

When Linder wrote Byhalia, Mississippi in January 2014, he had 17-yearold Trayvon Martin and and the black boy’s killer, neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman, on his mind.

On a drive through the tiny Byhalia town square, Linder snapped a photo of a black teen outside a barbershop.

The boy wore a hooded sweatshirt like the one Trayvon had on when Zimmerman fatally shot him. The photo, which is on the play’s website, frames a central question for the character Jim Parker, who is white.

Wrote Linder: “What would it take (and was it even possible) for Jim to see a boy in a hoodie walking across the street in Byhalia and immediately register that young man as someone else’s child before seeing a young black male? And could he ever see that child as his own?”

The play begins with Jim and his wife, Laurel, also white, expecting their first child. To Jim’s surprise, the baby is born with brown skin. The child is the product of Laurel’s brief affair with Paul Price, the married black principal of Byhalia High School.

As the Parkers’ marriage reels and Ayesha, Price’s wife, grapples with the proof of her husband’s infidelity, she confronts Laurel, who is naïve about what it means to raise a black boy in Byhalia.

Laurel knows about Byhalia’s bestknown decedent, author William Faulkner, Ayesha snaps, but does she

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Acting Up

Jo Lynne Palmer

By Chris Davis

In August 2015, Jo Lynne Palmer was nominated for her devastatingly real performance as an elderly woman struggling with Alzheimer’s disease in Distance, a new play by Jerre Dye and Voices of the South.

She didn’t receive the award, which went to Bad Jews’ Laura Stracko, but every time Palmer appears on stage is a win for Memphis theatergoers. In 2011, the veteran performer suffered a stroke while singing and dancing her way through a production of The Fantasticks at Germantown Community Theatre. That unfortunate event ended happily though, with Palmer making a full recovery and returning to the stage better than ever. It also led to a joint effort by area theaters to create the Emergency Needs for the Theater Artists Community fund (ENTAC) for area thespians who find themselves facing difficult situations as a result of accidents or serious illness.

Health care was a hot election-year topic when ENTAC was first created, but the Theatre Memphisadministered fund hasn’t received as much attention lately. Memphis actor Ron Gordon hopes to raise the fund’s profile by creating an annual awareness- and money-raising event. For his first outing, Gordon organized a silent auction and enlisted 20 area musicians to perform a concert at Neil’s Music Room.

Donations to the fund and for the silent auction can be dropped off at the box offices of Germantown Community Theatre, Playhouse on the Square, or Theatre Memphis.

January 7-13, 2016

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THURSDAY January 7

FRIDAY January 8

2016 Elvis Birthday Celebration Graceland, January 7-10th, various times This year’s Elvis Birthday Celebration kicks off at 9 a.m. with an opening of the new exhibit, “Elvis in Hollywood,” documenting his time on the silver screen. Next up is the auction — which includes the guitar Presley played during the Aloha from Hawaii concert — at the Graceland Archives Studio at 7 p.m.

Other events include Elvis Birthday Proclamation Ceremony (cake!), the Insiders Reception and Graceland Tour, Backbeat’s Hound Dog Tour, and more. For a full schedule and more information, go to graceland.com.

Memphis City Football Club Open Tryouts JD Sportsplex (237 Woodland Lake in Cordova), 5-8 p.m., $53 Opening tryouts for Memphis’ professionally run soccer team.

The Brothers Size Hattiloo Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $26 A man just out of prison is torn between loyalties for his brother and his former cellmate.

Toughest Monster Truck Tour Landers Center, 7:30 p.m., $5-$25 Featured trucks include BIGFOOT 21, Over Bored, Quad Chaos, Heavy Hitter, Dirt Crew, and Dawg Pound. There will be a backflipping motorcross show as well and a pit party before the action starting at 5:30 p.m.

“Hereabouts” Crosstown Arts, 6-9 p.m.

Opening reception for this group show featuring works by self-taught artists. There will be a talk and a performance Saturday at 2 p.m.

Memphis International Auto Show Cook Convention Center, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., $7 Includes the newest trucks and cars, plus test drives, and a display of hot rods.

“Watercolors” David Lusk Gallery Temp, 6-8 p.m.

Opening reception of rarely seen paintings by the late Louisiana artist Michael Crespo.

The Matilda Twins

By Chris Davis New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley described Broadway’s Matilda as the most “satisfying and subversive musical ever to come out of Britain” and “an exhilarating tale of empowerment, as told from the perspective of the most powerless group of all — little children.” The national tour of the Tony-winning Roald Dahl-inspired musical is much like its New York counterpart.

On some nights, because of twin brothers Justin and Geoff Packard, the two shows are almost exactly alike.

Justin and Geoff both play various ensemble roles while understudying the slimy Mr. Wormwood and the tyrannical Miss Trunchbull. Geoff ’s on Broadway. Justin’s touring the country and coming to Memphis when Matilda opens at The Orpheum this week. Six weeks ago, they both got the call and found out they’d be performing the same role simultaneously.

“Because this tour started on the West Coast, we weren’t performing at the same time, even when we were doing the same role,” Justin explains. “Then I got back to the East Coast, and he texted me: ‘I guess we’re both Trunchbulls today’ — it was cool.”

Justin and Geoff aren’t identical, but they were once inseparable. Both started out as athletes before transitioning into theater. “We’d go straight from football practice to play rehearsal,” Justin says, remembering high school shows where he’d play the villain to his brother’s hero. “It was always like, ‘Here come the Packard Brothers,’ until Geoff went to the University of Cincinnati, and I went to Ithaca College in upstate New York. Before that, we’d never really had different experiences.”

Matilda tells the story of a pint-sized prankster with self-taught telekinetic powers. It’s even more faithful to the spirit and letter of Dahl’s novel than the acclaimed 1996 film directed by and starring Danny DeVito.

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Tarantino alums Kurt Russell and Samuel L. Jackson square off in The Hateful Eight.

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“Slaves and Slaveholders of Wessyngton Plantation” Morton Museum of Collierville History (196 N. Main), 10 a.m.

An exhibition of documents and photographs detailing slaves and their owners on a 13,000-acre tobacco plantation.

Momandpop Germantown Performing Arts Center, 9:30 and 10:30 a.m., $8 A PB&J concert of pop comedy for the kids by Virginia Ralph and Bobby Matthews.

Larry Gatlin Germantown Performing Arts Center, 8 p.m.

An acoustic concert by country music star Larry Gatlin. Opening is local piano whiz Jason D. Williams.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

“Wabi Sabi: The Beauty of Imperfection in Nature” Buckman Peforming Arts Center at St. Mary’s School, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Opening reception for this exhibition of new works by Rachel Darnell and Lana Chu.

Booksigning by Vickie Fee The Booksellers at Laurelwood, 2 p.m.

Vickie Fee signs and discusses her novel about a Tennessee party planner who finds a corpse in the freezer during a Moonshine and Magnolias bash.

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An Evening at Elvis’ “

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e go in through the kitchen because that’s how Elvis used to do it,” John Bass, director of the Mike Curb Institute for Music at Rhodes College, says as he swings open a screen door and steps into 1034 Audubon Drive. “It feels like 1956 when you walk in.

He went from being an interesting, regional musician to becoming Elvis while living here.”

Walking through the house, which Presley bought with royalties earned from “Heartbreak Hotel,” is a step back through time to his final months of normalcy. 1956 was a big year for the 21-year-old musician. A number of his songs — “Hound Dog,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” and “Love Me Tender” — would top the charts. He’d also make his debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. But for 13 months, before the Presleys moved to Graceland, Elvis and his parents called Audubon Drive home. Wood paneling lines most of the walls, save a few, which are covered in busy wallpapers — hummingbirds hovering above plants, music notes circling guitars and drums. Framed photos of the Presleys can be seen at every turn. A baby-blue couch sits on top of bright red, shag carpet that flows into a wide, open den Presley himself built onto the house. Acoustic tiles, the same used at Sun Studio, soundproof and cushion the room for a warm sound.

Bass knows the house well. In 2006, Mike and Linda Curb of Curb Records purchased and restored it, and the Curb Institute eventually repurposed the space for a student-led concert web series. “Evening at Elvis” kicked off in November 2013 with Memphis locals Star & Micey.

“We realized students at Rhodes had a lot of interest in music-focused things, but Rhodes doesn’t have a music business program. The idea became, ‘Well, what if we did house concerts that were filmed? What if we put them online? We could share what we were doing.’”

The den seats about 75 people, and the event is invita-

tion only. Bill Frisell, Rosanne Cash, and Bobby Rush have played in the room.

“There was major apprehension [before the first show],” Bass says. “But once the music started — and this still happens — it’s such a deep and profound experience.

The room has this deep vibe in it. You’re in this tight, little space, and once the music starts, everybody is captivated by it. I hesitate to call it a magical experience, but it almost is, and it just feels so right every time.”

Bass’ mission digs deeper. He wants both to bring in musicians who connect meaningfully with Memphis’ musical reach and to expose his students to the artists still

Normalcy at 1034 Audubon around to tell their stories and pass the torch.

“We’re not interested in creating museums, but using history to inform the present,” Bass says. “Elvis will probably come up, but we’re talking about Memphis and what it means. It’s a powerful experience seeing a young person talk to someone like Charles Lloyd and know they have a connection to them that they’ve never had before.”

This year, Bass hopes to partner with other Memphisbased organizations to bolster the institute’s reach. Rhodes will collaborate with Stax Records for a performance

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“The project is cool, but this resource is important to us to do something positive for the community,” Bass says. “Can we effect positive social change with it? I’ve got students working on that question now.”

As the series grows, so does the responsibility. Bass teaches a class named “Music and Community in Memphis,” in which he splits 15 students into groups: audio and visual recording, public relations and marketing, research and writing, and education and community engagement.

Students work closely with real-world professionals to hone their skills.

Ashley Dill, a 20-year-old student who works as the associate event manager for the series, says the class shares a vision that parallels what Elvis saw in Memphis as rock-and-roll was on the upswing.

“Memphis was such a huge part of who he was,” Dill said. “He saw something special in Memphis that I also see.”

Of the few musicians who have played at Audubon, Dill and Bass both said Frisell made them see “how connected it all is.”

“Frisell’s songs just kind of flow from one to the next,” Bass says. “Textures just come out. We’re sitting there — an ethereal, moody wash of sound happening — and all of a sudden “That’s All Right, Mama” comes through. The hair on the back of my neck stood up. [A photo of] Elvis is in this glass case on the wall, and Frisell is playing the first hit he recorded at Sun. And we’re sitting in his living room.”

Though decades have passed, Bass sees a connection between his students and a young, impassioned Presley during his unprecedented rise to stardom.

“He was just a young guy trying to do cool stuff and buck the system,” Bass says. “We’re trying to use the house in the same way. If you just read about him, you might not have the same connection as you would standing there looking at photo of him on the wall saying, “Wow, when he was my age, he was right here trying to do cool things.’”

For more information on the Mike Curb Institute for Music, visit www.rhodes.edu.

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artist). I caught a live set of theirs a few months ago at a now-defunct space off of Madison and knew I wanted to have them involved with this show. What they do is equal parts deconstructed techno and punctual floor noise.”

Two Atlanta bands will also be performing, Divine Interface and Fit of Body, both associated with the label Harsh Riddims (home to Nima, Bluntfang, Takahiro Mukai, and more).

“Harsh Riddims is a label based out of Atlanta that houses everything from outsider electronics to off-beat rap,” Mays says.

“Friday, the label head Fit of Body will be performing as well as the enigmatic Divine Interface. I think what they do is important and a testament to the hidden gems in the South.”

With most popular rap coming out of the South being created by club artists like Yo Gotti and 2 Chainz, Saturday’s show is an example of how deep the Southern hip-hop well really is. Much like the show that Mays booked for Texas noise artist BLACKIE last year, all four groups on Friday’s bill are there to make you think first, and dance second. Fit of Body’s now sold-out tape Health is Wealth is an amazing mix of lo-fi, trance-inducing instrumental hip-hop, and Divine Interface creates dreamy beat collages that sometimes sound similar to the old Memphix recording artist Express Rising, minus the vocals of course.

While it certainly seems that Mays is bringing some of the elements of what he saw at New York shows down to Memphis, don’t expect him to be a permanent fixture in either city for very long.

“I wouldn’t say that I’ve totally relocated to Memphis, but regardless this is home, and I’m always interested in building here,” Mays says. “As far as new music goes, there are a lot of works in queue that will see the light soon.”

Cities Aviv, Divine Interface, Fit of Body, RPLD GHSTS, and Duma, Friday, January 8th at the Hi-Tone. 9 p.m. $10.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The first big hip-hop show of the year kicks off this Friday night when Cities Aviv performs at the Hi-Tone with Fit of Body, Divine Interface, RPLD GHSTS, and Duma. Cities Aviv has been given ample coverage in this publication since he arrived on the scene in 2011, but here’s a quick rundown for those not paying attention. Since teaming up with producer Matt Qualls for his first hit single, “Coastin,” Cities Aviv’s career has taken off, producing songs for well-known rappers like Antwon and creating genre-bending albums like Your Discretion Is Trust and Come to Life in between touring the U.S. and Europe. His brand of music has been called “backpack rap,” “cloud rap,” and “black punk,” but to me, it just sounds like hip-hop with a lack of pretense, even if neatly packaged, half-real music genres are all the rage these days.

After a few years spent living in New York, Cities Aviv (real name Gavin Mays) is once again a Memphian, trading his Bed-Stuy lifestyle for a place at the top of the slower-paced, grassroots music scene that few places other than Memphis can provide. For his first official show of 2016, Mays said he wanted to curate a lineup that breaks the traditional concepts of how Memphis concerts normally go down.

“The whole idea behind this show is to present a contemporary performance experience,” Mays says.

“Given the rich musical history of this city, sometimes I feel that the cultural landscape gets stuck in a sort of lockstep motion. Rock-and-roll birthing more rockand-roll, and so on. Rap and hip-hop for fans of rap and hip-hop, and so on.”

Mays says he also considers the show an opportunity for the crowd to interact and be part of the performing experience.

“In curating this, I wanted to invite participators to crush norms that have been lodged in place. I say participators because by attending an event you create the atmosphere, so you are actively a part of the performance.”

To get this interactive atmosphere rolling, Mays enlisted locals RPLD GHSTS (his tour partner and cohort Quinton Je-Von Lee), and the new experimental band Duma. After a few shows at unconventional venues, RPLD GHSTS seems to have been more productive lately, performing around town more often and recently completing a European tour with Cities Aviv. Duma, on the other hand, are an up-and-coming band that Mays says is worth paying attention to.

“Duma is the current project of Dominic Van Horn (ex-3D Acid Glasses) and Langston Taylor (a local performance

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SHANE SMITH AND THE SAINTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8TH LAFAYETTE’S MUSIC ROOM

STAR & MICEY SATURDAY, JANUARY 9TH MINGLEWOOD HALL

After Dark: Live Music Schedule January 7 - 13 Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711

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.; DJ J2 Fridays, Saturdays, 9:30 p.m.5 a.m.; The 901 Heavy Hitters Fridays-Sundays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

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

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

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 138 BEALE 526-3637

King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE 521-1851

1st Floor: Mercury Blvd.

Mondays-Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.; 1st Floor: Super 5 Fridays, Saturdays, 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m.; After Dark Band Sundays, 7-11 p.m.

Flynn’s Restaurant and Bar 159 BEALE

Eric Hughes Thursdays, Fridays, 5-8 p.m.; Karaoke ongoing, 8:30 p.m.; Chris Gales Tuesday-Saturday, noon8 p.m.

Handy Bar 200 BEALE 527-2687

Bad Boy Matt & The Amazing Rhythmatics Tuesdays, Thursdays-Sundays, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.

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

King’s Palace Cafe’s Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851

Mack 2 Band MondaysFridays, 2-6 p.m.; Fuzzy Jeffries & the Kings of Memphis Thursdays, 6:3010:30 p.m.; Nate Dogg and the Fellas Fridays, Saturdays, 6:3010:30 p.m.; McDaniel Band Saturdays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Sundays, 2-6 p.m., and Mondays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Chic Jones Sundays, Tuesdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Sensation Band Wednesdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room

Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE 529-0007

Brad Birkedahl Friday, Jan. 8, 7-9 p.m.

Itta Bena 145 BEALE 578-3031

Susan Marshall Fridays, Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.

Jerry Lee Lewis’ Cafe & Honky Tonk 310 BEALE 654-5171

Gary Hardy & Memphis 2 ongoing, 5 p.m. and ongoing, 7 p.m.; The Jason James Trio Fridays-Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Rockin’ Joey Trites and the Memphis Flash Saturdays, 3-7 p.m., and Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.

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Double J Smokehouse & Saloon

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124 E. G.E. PATTERSON 347-2648

Memphis Bluesmasters Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Plantation Allstars Fridays, Saturdays, 3-7 p.m.; Low Society Sundays, 8 p.m.midnight; The Dr. “Feel Good” Potts Band Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; McDaniel Band Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE 522-9596

Barbara Blue ThursdaysFridays, Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m., Saturdays, 5-9 p.m., and Sundays, 4-9 p.m.; 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.

Rum Boogie Cafe 182 BEALE 528-0150

Vince Johnson and the Boogie Blues Band Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam and Terry Fridays, Saturdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Memphis Blues Society Jam Sundays, 7-11 p.m.

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

Live Music ThursdaysSaturdays, 10 p.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813

Live Music Fridays.

Brinson’s 341 MADISON 524-0104

Melting Pot: Artist Showcase Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020

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

Live Music Thursdays, 7-11 p.m., Fridays-Saturdays 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Deering and Down Sunday, Jan. 10, 8:30 p.m.

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

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Memphis Sounds Lounge

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Grown Folks Music first Thursday of every month, 7:30 p.m.

Neo Soul and R&B first Thursday of every month, 7-10 p.m.

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

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

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Don Valentine Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Mississippi Bigfoot Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Chic Jones, Blues Express Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Saturdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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Brad Birkedahl Band Thursdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.; The Memphis 3 Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

Club 152 152 BEALE 544-7011

The Plexx

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Clay Otis and friends Friday, Jan. 8; Impala Saturday, Jan. 9; Steve Selvidge, Jimmy Crosthwait, Ben Baker, Luke White Wednesday, Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m.

Bhan Thai

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Old School Blues and Jazz Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.

1324 PEABODY 272-1538

Two Peace Saturdays, 7-10:30 p.m.

Purple Haze Nightclub 140 LT. GEORGE W. LEE 577-1139

DJ Dance Music ongoing, 10 p.m.

Blue Monkey 2012 MADISON 272-BLUE

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight.

Riverfront Bar & Grill

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Local Music Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

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

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F O R M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N V I S I T L A FAY E T T E S M U S I C R O O M . C O M

1368 MONROE 278-0909

Occasional Caucasians: Rockabilly/Honkytonk Sunday, Jan. 10, 8 p.m.; Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; Dave Cousar Tuesdays, 11 p.m.

Celtic Crossing

Le Tumulte Noir Sunday, Jan. 10, 4-7 p.m.; Dikki Du and the Zydeco Krewe Sunday, Jan. 10, 8:30 p.m.

Davy Ray Bennett Sundays, Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m.

Lafayette’s Music Room

The Soul Connection Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.

2119 MADISON 207-5097

Shane Smith and the Saints Friday, Jan. 8; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Travis Roman Tuesday, Jan. 12, 6 p.m.

Midtown Crossing Grille 394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

Memphis Ukelele Meetup Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m.

Minglewood Hall

River St. Hills Thursday, Jan. 7; Yotam Ben Horin, HEELS Friday, Jan. 8; Faux Killas Saturday, Jan. 9; Ex-Cult, Crazy Spirit, Burp, Gimp Teeth Tuesday, Jan. 12.

Otherlands Coffee Bar 641 S. COOPER 278-4994

Mike Doughty, Ben Callicott, Elvis’ Birthday Party Friday, Jan. 8, 8-11 p.m.; Short in the Sleeve, Rebecca Almond, Tony Manar Saturday, Jan. 9, 8-11 p.m.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Open Mic Music with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.midnight.

Hi-Tone

1015 S. COOPER 338-5223

Dru’s Place Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

The Grizz tip-off a 6-game home stand with a GRIZZLIES SCARF to the first 3,000 fans.

901.888.HOOP · GRIZZLIES.COM

HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS SATURDAY, JANUARY 9

The World Famous Harlem Globetrotters bring their ridiculous basketball skills to FedExForum for two shows. TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

University of Memphis Ubee’s 521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900

Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193

Bluezday Thurzday Thursdays, 8-11:45 p.m.; Cowboy Bob’s Roundup Mondays, 8-11:45 p.m.; Memphis Songwriters Association second Tuesday of every month, 6:30-9 p.m.

Sports Junction 1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Live DJ Fridays.; Live music Saturdays.; Karaoke Wednesdays.

WWE SMACKDOWN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2

The Windjammer Restaurant 786 E. BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 683-9044

Karaoke ongoing.

Poplar/I-240 East Tapas and Drinks 6069 PARK 767-6002

4694 SPOTTSWOOD 761-3711

412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

1474 MADISON 275-8082

1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

East Memphis

Star & Micey, Black Cadillacs Saturday, Jan. 9.

The Cove

Ben Official Thursday, Jan. 7, 9 p.m.; Cities Aviv, Fit of Bod, Divine Interface, RPLD GHSTS, Duma Friday, Jan. 8, 9 p.m.; You’re Not Alone Project Saturday, Jan. 9, 7 p.m.; Strong Martian, Tamarron, Dryspell, Zuster Sunday, Jan. 10, 9 p.m.; Super Bob Monday, Jan. 11, 9 p.m.; Open Mic Comedy Night Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Wave Chapelle Wednesday, Jan. 13.

Wild Bill’s

1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

2559 BROAD 730-0719

903 S. COOPER 274-5151

GRIZZLIES VS. NUGGETS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8

948 S. COOPER 552-7122

The Phoenix

Jazz with Ed Finney and Friends Thursdays, 9 p.m.; Justin White Mondays, 7 p.m.; Richard James Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Anne Schorr Wednesdays, 7 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

DJ Tree Fridays, 10 p.m.; DJ Taz Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Candy Company Mondays.

Strano Sicilian Kitchen

Dan McGuinness Pub Acoustic with Charvey Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

El Toro Loco 2809 KIRBY PKWY. 759-0593

Karaoke and Dance Music with DJ Funn Mondays, 7-10 p.m.

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

Carlos & Adam from the Late Greats Thursdays, 7-9 p.m., Fridays, 7-9 p.m.; Elizabeth Wise Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.

Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Jack Rowell’s Celebrity Jam Thursday, Jan. 7, 8 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; ButlerIngle Band Saturday, Jan. 9, 9 p.m.; Benefit for Memphis Actors Emergency Fund Sunday, Jan. 10, 3 p.m.; Gene Nunez and Debbie Jamison Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

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

Summer/Berclair Barbie’s Barlight Lounge 661 N. MENDENHALL

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

Possum Daddy’s Karaoke Saturdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

The Other Place Bar & Grill

5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Huey’s Poplar

Maria’s Restaurant 6439 SUMMER 356-2324

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

4148 WALES 373-0155

Karaoke Saturdays, 9 p.m.1 a.m., and Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

4872 POPLAR 682-7729

Memphis All Stars Sunday, Jan. 10, 8:30 p.m.

Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

Van Duren Thursdays, 6:308:30 p.m.

T.J. Mulligan’s 1817 KIRBY 755-2481

Slap Junior Saturday, Jan. 9, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

See your favorite Superstars, including Sheamus, Roman Reigns, and many more.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

South Memphis Stax Museum of American Soul Music 926 E. MCLEMORE 946-2535

Stax Fresh Trax first Thursday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

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BARRY MANILOW WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10

This Grammy, Tony, and Emmy award winning musician is heading to FedExForum with his ONE LAST TIME TOUR. TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

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The Buccaneer

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

LINDSEY BUTLER

CLAY OTIS AND FRIENDS LIVE AT BAR DKDC Clay Hardee (stage name Clay Otis) cranks out more new music than most of the active bands in Memphis, frequently collaborating with the Sheiks, the Vest brothers, and anyone else he can convince to join him in the recording studio. Over the years, Hardee has introduced us to his weird, sometimes inappropriate brand of dream pop with albums like The Overachiever (released on the fictitious F*ck Florida Records) and Citizen Clay, his latest masterpiece with comical song titles like “Friend on Crack” and “Pills at Night” that was released in early 2014. In between those releases, he also found time to record the single “Disco Werewolf ” with the Dream Sheiks, a super group of sorts made up of members of local bands Dream Team and the Sheiks.

Not one to be tied to one group of instrumentalists, Hardee will debut all new material this Friday at Bar DKDC with special guests Luke White (James and the Ultrasounds), Logan Hanna, Greg Faison (Dream Team), Dirk Kitterlin (Marcella & Her Lovers), and Graham Winchester (the Sheiks, Jack Oblivian, Maitre D’s). While all of the players previously mentioned definitely have a lot of gigging under their belts, don’t count on Friday’s show at DKDC to be business as usual. If we’ve learned anything from Hardee over the years, it’s to expect the unexpected. While Hardee didn’t start making music until he was in his 30s, his progression as a local musician has been interesting to watch. In an interview with the Flyer from 2014, Hardee admitted that he had no intention of playing music until a movie he was working on got turned down. As one of the most unpredictable musicians currently playing in Memphis, it’s fair to say that Hardee made the right decision. — Chris Shaw Clay Hardee and friends at Bar DKDC, Friday, January 8th at 10:30 p.m. $5.

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20 UNDER 30

TOP TWENTY MEMPHIANS UNDER 30 WHO ARE SHAPING THE CITY’S FUTURE SPECIAL ISSUE HITS THE STREETS: THURSDAY, JANUARY 21 Join us as we celebrate the 2016

20 UNDER 30 HONOREES at the

20 UNDER 30 PARTY

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 • 6:30pm-8:30pm The Rec Room • 3000 Broad Avenue Drinks, Food, Music, Giveaways, and More!

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Whitehaven/ Airport Marlowe’s Ribs & Restaurant

Cordova

Germantown

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

Bahama Breeze

Germantown Performing Arts Center

9087 POPLAR 755-0092

6565 TOWNE CENTER, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-536-2200

2830 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 385-8744

Karaoke Mondays, 8-11 p.m.

4381 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-4159

1801 EXETER 751-7500

Larry Gatlin with Jason D. Williams Saturday, Jan. 9, 8-9:30 p.m.

Live Music on the patio Thursdays-Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.; Half Step Down Fridays, 7-10 p.m.

Live Music Thursdays, 5 p.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays.

Mesquite Chop House 5960 GETWELL, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-2467

Pam and Terry Thursdays, 7-10 p.m.

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

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

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

Wadford’s Grill & Bar

2015 Hyundai Sonata

662DJ, Karaoke/Open Mic Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.

Rizzi’s/Paradiso Pub

Raleigh

6230 GREENLEE 592-0344

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

Mugs Pub 4396 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 372-3556

Karaoke Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Bartlett

Stage Stop

Bartlett Municipal Center

2951 CELA 382-1576

Open Mic Blues Jam with Brad Webb Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

5868 STAGE

1870 COVINGTON PIKE • 901.388.8989

Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

The Brian Johnson Band Friday, Jan. 8, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Swingin’ Leroy Rockin’ Saturday Night Saturday, Jan. 9, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; The Original Sunday Funday with Almost Famous Sunday, Jan. 10, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

Old Whitten Tavern 2800 WHITTEN 379-1965

Live Music Fridays, 9 p.m.1 a.m.; Karaoke with Ricky Mack Mondays, 10 p.m.1 a.m.; Open Mic with Susie and Bob Salley Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

RockHouse Live 5709 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 386-7222

Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Open Mic Mondays Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Live Music Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Shelby Forest General Store 7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

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

Soul Shockers Sunday, Jan. 10, 8 p.m.

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DJ Crumbz Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Club Night Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Boot Scootin’ Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

The New Backdour Bar & Grill

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302 S. AVALON 596-7115

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Fox and Hound Sports Tavern 819 EXOCET 624-9060

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

The King Beez Sunday, Jan. 10, 8:30 p.m.

Huey’s Germantown Huey’s Cordova

7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

North Mississippi/ Tunica The Crossing Bar & Grill 7281 HACKS CROSS, OLIVE BRANCH, MS 662-893-6242

1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 754-3885

JoJo Jeffries and Ronnie Caldwell Sunday, Jan. 10, 8 p.m.

Karaoke with Buddha Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Ice Bar & Grill

T.J. Mulligan’s 64

4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

Dan McGuinness

The Dantones Sunday, Jan. 10, 8 p.m.

2821 N. HOUSTON LEVEE 377-9997

Section 8 Band Friday, Jan. 8, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

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

The Lineup Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Unwind Wednesdays Wednesdays, 6 p.m.-midnight.

3964 GOODMAN, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-7611

Mesquite Chop House

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

3165 FOREST HILL-IRENE 249-5661

Fitz Casino & Hotel

Pam and Terry Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.

711 LUCKY LN., TUNICA, MS 800-766-5825

Live Entertainment Wednesdays-Sundays, 6 p.m.

West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas

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

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

Horseshoe Casino Tunica 1021 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 800-357-5600

In Legends Stage Bar: Live Entertainment Nightly ongoing.

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

The Rusty Pieces Sunday, Jan. 10, 8 p.m.

Ms. Ruby Wilson and Friends Sundays, 7 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke with Tim Bachus Mondays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.; DJ Stylez Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

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Grif ’s Gifts Live - Welcome to the Stage Mondays-Sundays, 6-7:30 p.m.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Arlington/Eads/ Oakland

474 CHURCH, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-510-5861

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CALENDAR of EVENTS:

January 7 - 13

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.

DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS WILL APPEAR IN THE FLYER’S ONLINE CALENDAR ONLY.

THEATER

O N G O I N G ART

Hattiloo Theatre

The Annesdale Park Gallery

The Brothers Size, pulsing with the rhythms of the Louisiana bayou, this lyrical tale of brotherly love explores the tension between fear and desire on the elusive road to freedom. www.hattiloo.org. $18-$26. Sundays, 3 p.m., and Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.

Through Feb. 7.

“Bedford-Stuyvesant Comes to Memphis,”

by Russell Frederick. theannesdaleparkgallery.net.

Through Jan. 12.

1290 PEABODY (208-6451).

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

“Africa: Art of a Continent.”

Ongoing.

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

The Orpheum

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

Matilda the Musical, story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny. Based on the novel by Roald Dahl. www.orpheum-memphis. com. $25-$125. Tues., Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m., and Wed., Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m.

ANF Architects

“Coming Home,” by Sally Hughes Smith. www.anfa.com.

Through Jan. 10.

1500 UNION (278-6868).

Banks House Gallery & Gift Shop

DeSoto Arts Council winter show. www.desotoarts.com.

Ongoing.

203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Playhouse on the Square

Peter Pan. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $35. Saturdays, Sundays, 2 p.m. Through Jan. 10.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

TheatreWorks

Byhalia, Mississippi, the Parkers are faced with a challenge in racially charged Mississippi when their baby, the result of an affair, is black.

Winner of NewWorks@ TheWorks competition

by Evan Linder. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $22-$30. Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through Jan. 31.

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

ART I ST R EC E P TI O N S

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

Opening reception for “Wabi Sabi: The Beauty of Imperfection in Nature,” by Rachel Darnell and Lana Chu. www.buckmanartscenter.com.

Fri., Jan. 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

January 7-13, 2016

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

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564 W. COMMERCE.

Church Health Center Wellness

Eclectic Eye

1115 UNION (761-1278).

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Doris Gunn-Stevens, exhibition of paintings in oil and acrylic. www. memphishealthcenter.org. Fri., Jan. 8, 12-2 p.m.

Crosstown Arts

Artist reception for “Hereabouts,” exhibition of work by self-taught Memphis artists, Franco Camarillo, Miisreal (Winnie Shields), Theolia, and Michael Watson.

Reception Friday, 6-9 p.m., performance and panel discussion Saturday, 2 p.m. www.crosstownarts.org.

Thur.-Sun., Jan. 7-10.

430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

David Lusk Gallery Temporary Location

Opening reception for Michael Crespo, exhibition of watercolors. www. davidluskgallery.com.

Fri., Jan. 8, 6-8 p.m.

Opening reception for “The Blues,” exhibition of Memphis vignettes printed in cyanotype

by Jennifer Balink. www. eclectic-eye.com. Fri., Jan. 8, 6-8 p.m.

OT H E R A R T HAPPE N I NGS

2016 Fiction Contest Call for Entries

See website for more information, rules, and entry format. Through Feb. 1.

WWW.MEMPHISMAGAZINE.COM/ FICTION-CONTEST-RULES/.

Art After Dark

Galleries and gardens will be open late. Featuring light refreshments, entertainment, and a cash bar. Free with admission. Every third Thursday, 6-8 p.m.

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

Opening reception for Michael Crespo at David Lusk Gallery Friday

Call to Artists for “Secret Artwork in the Medicine Cabinet” Seeking artwork for exhibitions held the last Friday of every month. $15 submission fee. Ongoing.

CIRCUITOUS SUCCESSION GALLERY, 500 S. SECOND, WWW. CIRCUITOUSSUCCESSION.COM.

“Contemporary Classics”

Featuring work that has a contemporary take on a classic piece of jewelry or object. This work is modern, unique, and timeless so it will never go out of style. Sat., Jan. 9, 10 a.m.

METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR.

Open call for Memphis LGBTQ Artists

Looking for artists who explore LGBTQ themes in their work to participate in a project that integrates art and outreach in LGBTQ communities. For more information, call or email rogap16-rhodes.edu. Ongoing.

MEMPHIS GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER, 892 S. COOPER (860-304-4773), WWW.MGLCC.ORG.

Open call for “Queer On!” Scripts

“Japanese Okimono: Life in Ivory.”

Through Jan. 9.

“Chinese Symbols in Art.” www.belzmuseum.org.

Ongoing.

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

The Blues Foundation

“Cast of Blues,” by Sharon McConnell-Dickerson. www. blues.org. Through April 30.

421 S. MAIN.

Cafe Pontotoc

New Works Competition focusing on Queer Youth Theatre will accept 10-minute plays/pieces for review.

For more information and submission guidelines, visit website or email carly@ playhouseonthesquare.org. $5 entry fee per submission.

Through April 30.

PLAYHOUSE ON THE SQUARE, 66 S. COOPER (726-4656), WWW. PLAYHOUSEONTHESQUARE.ORG.

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

“Exploration in Imagination,”

by Elayna Scott. Ongoing.

314 S. MAIN (249-7955).

Circuitous Succession Gallery

“The Lotus Harvest,” exhibition of mixed-media works by Sarah Ahmad. www. circuitoussuccession.com.

Through Jan. 31.

500 S. SECOND.

(774-6380), METALMUSEUM.ORG.

64 FLICKER (767-3800).

kevin don’t bluff

Kevin Lipe on the Memphis Grizzlies before, during, and after the game.

memphisflyer.com/blogs/BeyondTheArc • @FlyerGrizBlog

C A L E N DA R: JA N UA RY 7 - 1 3 Crosstown Arts

“Extra Celestial,” by 12 artists of the Creative Growth Art Center. www.crosstownarts. org. Through Jan. 16.

430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“Painting American Progress: Selections from the Kattner Collection and More,” offering incredible examples of American art. www.dixon.org.

Through April 3.

Pinkney Herbert, exhibition of abstract paintings. www.dixon.org. Through April 3.

“Amalgamations,” exhibition of digital reimagining of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens permanent collection by Joshua Brinlee. www.dixon.org. Jan. 10-April 3.

NJ Woods Gallery and Design

“Dog Gone It,” by Debra Edge. Ongoing.

2563 BROAD.

Playhouse on the Square

“Conceptualizing Dystopia,” by Michele Noiset. www.mca.edu. Through Jan. 10.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

TOPS Gallery

“Cops,” exhibition of work by Marlous Borm, David Deutsch, Paul Edwards, Leo Fitzpatrick, Kevin Ford, Stephen Lack, Lester Merriweather, Scott Reeder, Walter Robinson, Tom of Finland, and Ernest Withers. www.topsgallery.com.

Through Feb. 6.

400 S. FRONT.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

WKNO Studio

The Cove

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

2559 BROAD (730-0719).

Works by members of the Bartlett Art Association. www.wkno.org. Through Jan. 22.

Comedy with Dagmar, open mike comedy. www. thecovememphis.com. Sundays, 7-9 p.m.

Flirt Nightclub

Trippin on Thursday, hosted by K-97 Funnyman Prescott. Thursdays, 6 p.m.

C O M E DY

Cafe Eclectic

Improv Comedy Show, www.wiseguysimprov.com.

Second Saturday of every month,8 p.m.

603 N. MCLEAN (725-1718).

Chuckles Comedy Club

LOL Memphis Sketch & Improv Comedy Show, featuring improv games and sketch parodies.

(654-8594), $10. Second Monday of every month, 7-9 p.m.

1700 DEXTER.

3659 S. MENDENHALL (485-1119).

Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center OUTLoud Comedy Showcase. www.mglcc.org.

Sat., Jan. 9, 8 p.m.

892 S. COOPER (278-6422).

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Frame Corner Inc.

“Trophies Through the Lens: African Wildlife Safari Images 2015,” by Jack Kenner and student photographers. www.jackkenner.com. Through Jan. 22.

5056 PARK.

Fratelli’s

“On the Ground 2,” by students of Fred Rawlinson Atelier. www.memphisbotanicgarden. com. Through Jan. 19.

750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Hyde Gallery

“SunRise/SunSet,” exhibition of large scale models and maquettes by Zhenhai He, Bangmin Nong, Jigang Qin, and Shanwu Huang. www.mca.edu. Jan. 8-Feb. 5.

“Sunset/Sunrise,” exhibition of work by artists in the Studio Nong International Collective and Residency Program. www.mca.edu. Jan. 8-Feb. 5.

INSIDE THE MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART’S NESIN GRADUATE SCHOOL, 477 S. MAIN.

Memphis Botanic Garden

“uRbanRuraLandscapes,” exhibition of photography by Stephanie Wexler. memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through Jan. 12.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“60s Cool.” Through Jan. 17.

“Clare Leighton and Thomas W. Nason: Common Threads.” Through March 13.

“Decorative Arts Trust: 35th Anniversary.”

Through Jan. 10.

“Families in Art.” Through Feb. 21.

“Wonder, Whimsy, Wild: Folk Art in America.” www.brooksmuseum.org. Through Feb. 28.

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Memphis College of Art

“Illustrators 57,” juried work by the Society of Illustrators. Through Jan. 26.

“Seahorse in Sequence: Creating a Comic,” by Shane McDermott. www.mca.edu.

Through Jan. 27.

Memphis Jewish Community Center’s Shainberg Gallery Jin And John Powell, www.jccmemphis.org.

Through Jan. 22, 7 a.m.-10 p.m.

6560 POPLAR (761-0810).

Metal Museum

“Residence of the Heart,” exhibition of jewelry using contemporary gold granulation techniques

by Douglas Harling. Through March 6.

“Taiwan International Metal Crafts Competition,” promoting the metal crafts of Taiwan. www.metalmuseum.org. Through March 13.

All sports, all the time on 55 HDTVs. 20 beers on tap at a frosty 29° And an award winning menu stacked with all-star selections. Make Sammy’s your home court—any season, every game!

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Morton Museum of Collierville History

“Slaves and Slaveholders of Wessyngton Plantation”, personal accounts, artifacts, and films from a 13,000-acre tobacco plantation in Robertson County examining the institution of slavery and its impact on the state and the nation. colliervillemuseum.org.

Jan. 8-March 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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National Civil Rights Museum

“Cultural Heroes,” exhibition of oversized sculpture by Alan LeQuire. www. civilrightsmuseum.org. Through Feb. 25.

450 MULBERRY (521-9699).

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Open Mic Comedy, Thursdays, 9 p.m.

1532 MADISON (726-0906).

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Spillit Story Slam: Seize the Day, evening of your stories. www.spillitmemphis.org. $10.

Sat., Jan. 9, 7 p.m.

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Brinson’s

Melting Pot: Artist Showcase, open mic night. $5.

Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

Strictly Hip-Hop Sunday, open mic, live band, and DJ. $5, ladies free.

Sundays, 5 p.m.

341 MADISON (524-0104).

The HUB

LoveSpeaks, Fridays, 11 p.m.-2 a.m.

515 E.H. CRUMP.

Java Cabana

Open mic nite. www. javacabanacoffeehouse.com.

Thursdays, 8-10 p.m.

2170 YOUNG (272-7210).

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Metal Museum

A Day of Tasters, classes in blacksmithing, welding, casting, and copper soldering. www. metalmuseum.com. $50 per mini workshop. Sat., Jan. 9, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

BOOKSIGNINGS

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Author discusses and signs The Guest Room. Wed., Jan. 13, 6:30 p.m.

THE BOOKSELLERS AT LAURELWOOD, 387 PERKINS EXT. (683-9801), WWW. THEBOOKSELLERSATLAURELWOOD. COM.

Booksigning by Stewart O’Nan

Author discusses and signs West of Sunset. Tues., Jan. 12, 6 p.m.

CROSSTOWN STORY BOOTH, 422 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW. THEBOOKSELLERSATLAURELWOOD. COM.

Booksigning by Vickie Fee

Author discusses and signs Death Crashes the Party. Sat., Jan. 9, 2 p.m.

THE BOOKSELLERS AT LAURELWOOD, 387 PERKINS EXT. (683-9801), WWW. THEBOOKSELLERSATLAURELWOOD. COM.

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Munch and Learn

Bring your own lunch and sodas, and water will be supplied. Guest speakers talk about various subjects in the Hughes Pavilion.

Free with gallery admission.

Wednesdays, 12-1 p.m.

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

TOURS

Forest Hike

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

OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (2761387).

EXPOS/SALES

Bridal Rhapsody Show $12. Sun., Jan. 10, 11 a.m.4:30 p.m.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (452-2151), WWW. BRIDALRHAPSODY.COM.

Gun and Knife Show

$10. Sat., Jan. 9, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sun., Jan. 10, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (452-2151), WWW.RKSHOWS.COM.

“Slaves and Slaveholders of Wessyngton Plantation” at Collierville’s Morton Museum Memphis International Auto Show

Over 250 of the hottest cars, trucks, and SUVs. $7.

Fri.-Sun., Jan. 8-10.

MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (576-1200), WWW.MEMPHISAUTOSHOW.COM.

SPORTS / FITNESS

Harlem Globetrotters Sat., Jan. 9, 1 and 6 p.m.

FEDEXFORUM, 191 BEALE STREET, WWW.FORUMMEMPHIS.COM.

Shoot Out at the Show Place $18. Sat., Jan. 9, 6-8 p.m.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, SHOWPLACE ARENA, 105 S. GERMANTOWN, WORLDOFMOUNTEDSHOOTING.COM.

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Healing Planet Spa Night

Care for women with cancer and other catastrophic illnesses featuring dinner, massage, facials, nails, hair/ wigs, and footbaths. Free.

Second Monday of every month, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

COOPER WALKER PLACE, 1015 S. COOPER (338-5223).

Memphis Astronomical Society Held in the Assisi Hall Science Auditorium.

Fri., Jan. 8, 8 p.m.

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3335), WWW.CBU.EDU.

Meristem Women’s Book Club

Read and explore written works by women and LGBT authors. Second Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m.

MEMPHIS GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER, 892 S. COOPER (278-6422), MGLCC. ORG.

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Information on how area organ, eye, and tissue transplant recipients, donor family members, living donors, and supporters can participate in Cleveland, Ohio, June 10-15. Thurs., Jan. 7, 6-7:30 p.m.

METHODIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, 1265 UNION (328-4438), WWW.MIDSOUTHDONOR.ORG.

Senior Services: Gadget Lab Tues., Jan. 12, 3-6 p.m.

MEMPHIS GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER, 892 S. COOPER (278-6422), MGLCC.ORG.

Shelby County Real Estate Road Show

Name That Swan Contest

Snowball Gala

Tree Recycling at the Yard

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

COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 8350 WALNUT GROVE (662-349-3720 OR 853-1413), WWW.USADANCEMEMPHIS.COM.

THE YARD, 1735 THOMAS (833-9273), WWW.MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.

A new male swan was introduced to the Japanese Garden and has hit it off with Ziggy, the female swan. Submit an original snapshot of either and name suggestion for a prize. Through Jan. 31.

Privet Pull

Help remove unwanted plants. See website to register and complete release forms. Not suitable for ages under 12 years old. No pull on Jan. 30.

Saturdays. Through Feb. 29.

LICHTERMAN NATURE CENTER, 5992 QUINCE (767-7322), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Introduction of the new online tax sale website.

Free. Thurs., Jan. 7, 5-7 p.m.

USA Dance featuring ballroom recorded DJ music and dance mixers. $10 members, $13 nonmembers. Sat., Jan. 9, 7-10 p.m.

Toughest Monster Truck Tour Fri.-Sat., Dec. 8-9, 7:30 p.m.

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

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

Recycle your Christmas tree. Mention Memphis Botanic Garden, and $5 will be donated. For more information, see website. Through Jan. 29.

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The Auction at Graceland

Fourth Graceland-authenticated “The Auction at Graceland,” in the Graceland Archives Studio and online. Includes 1969 custom ebony Gibson Dove guitar. Thurs., Jan. 7, 7 p.m.

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

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Stroke Support Group

The latest updates for stroke survivors and caregivers. Refreshments served. Second Tuesday of every month, 2 p.m.

METHODIST NORTH HOSPITAL, 3960 NEW COVINGTON PIKE (516-5200), WWW.MLH.ORG.

KIDS

Cookies with Cookie Monster

Cookies, free ice cream with three-bag purchase, and pictures with Cookie Monster.

Saturdays, noon-4 p.m.

MAKEDA’S COOKIES DOWNTOWN, 488 S. SECOND (644-4511), WWW.MAKEDASCOOKEIS.COM.

Exploring Color and Design with Paul Klee with Kerrie Rogers

Children 7 and up learn primary, secondary, complementary, and analogous colors by creating color wheels. $150. Mondays, 4-5:30 p.m.

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Optional Schools Fair

Featuring 47 unique and competitive optional school programs. Sun., Jan. 10, 1-4 p.m.

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Children ages 4-5 are introduced to the Dixon through exciting art and horticulture activities.

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Build the foundation for play and social interaction for children on the Autism Spectrum. $150 per month. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon.

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Guest Appearance by Eric “Butterbean” Esch!

The 23rd Annual Dr. King’s Commemorative Award Program

Featuring guest speaker Heidi Shafer and musical guests including L’Tonja Henderson, Barbara “Sissy” Davis, Rev. Bryant Swearengen, Colors of Gospel choir, Eternal Peace male choir, and others. Free. Sun., Jan. 10, 3 p.m.

BLOOMFIELD FULL GOSPEL CHURCH, 123 S. PARKWAY (948-3078), WWW.BETTERMEMPHIS.ORG.

Human Slavery Awareness MLK Freedom Dinner

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The public is invited to learn more about the dangers of human slavery in the Mid-South community. Mon., Jan. 11, 6-8 p.m.

HOLIDAY INN SOUTHAVEN, 280 MARATHON WAY (662-655-4617), WWW.LEDUJOUR.ORG.

Morning Meditation

Donations are welcome. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon.

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

Must be 21 and a Key Rewards member. See Cashier • Players Club for rules.

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Musical comedy created by Virginia Ralph and Bobby Matthews combining original pop music for kids with out-of-this-world characters. $8.

Sat., Jan. 9, 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.

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Cake-cutting ceremony and kick-off for a year-long celebration of the 60th anniversary of Elvis’ breakout year in music, film, and television.

Fri., Jan. 8, 9:30 a.m.

Elvis in Hollywood VIP Exhibit Opening “Elvis in Hollywood: From Teen Idol to Leading Man” opens for tours and will highlight Elvis’ time on the silver screen. Thurs., Jan. 7, 9 a.m.

Elvis fans are invited to celebrate the work of Elvis Presley fan clubs. Also includes guest speakers Glenn Derringer and June Juanico.

Sat., Jan. 9, 10 a.m.-noon.

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

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

Enjoy complimentary drink and food tastings, music, wardrobe consultations, and wine spa services. Bring five non-perishable food items benefitting MIFA and the Mid-South Food Bank. Wed., 6-9 p.m. Through Jan. 13.

WWW.GRACELAND.COM.

Fan Club Presidents’ Event

Journey to Space 3D

The 901 Wine Down

GRACELAND, 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322),

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

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National Gallery

London’s National Gallery, one of the world’s foremost art institutions, is itself portrayed as a brilliant work of art in Frederick Wiseman’s documentary. $9.

Sun., Jan. 10, 2-5 p.m.

THE REJUVENATION CENTER, 5200 PARK (257-9060), WWW.THERCMEMPHIS.COM.

MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6200), BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

Bendy Brewski Yoga

Hound Dog Tour: A Musical City Tour Celebrating Elvis

Join Backbeat Tours for an Elvis tribute tour sharing Elvis’ legacy in a high-energy concert and sightseeing tour.

Call for tickets. Sun., Jan. 10, 1 p.m.

BACKBEAT TOURS, CORNER OF SECOND AND BEALE (INSIDE BLUES CITY CAFE) (527-9415).

“Love Me Tender: The Great Elvis Love Songs” The Memphis Symphony Orchestra will perform Elvis Presley love songs in a salute featuring Terry Mike Jeffrey. Call for tickets or visit MemphisSymphony.org. $15$85. Sat., Jan. 9, 7:30 p.m.

CANNON CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (537-2500), WWW.MEMPHISSYMPHONY.ORG.

Official Graceland Insiders Reception and Evening Graceland Tour A special birthday event reserved exclusively for members of the official Graceland Insiders with special guests Glenn Derringer and June Juanico.

Fri., Jan. 8, 6-9 p.m.

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

Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D

Beginner-friendly, fun yoga followed by a pint. No experience necessary. No watchasana. $15. Thursdays, 6-8 p.m.

Experience a year in the life of dinosaurs fighting, feeding, migrating, playing, and hunting. $9. Through March 4.

HIGH COTTON BREWING CO., 598 MONROE (896-9977).

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

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Grey Gardens

American Quirk Film Series presents the original film that brought the reclusive Beales into the limelight after decades in isolation. $9.

Wed., Jan. 13, 7-8:30 p.m.

MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6200), BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

Experience space flight history and the Space Shuttle program as we strap into our seats for humanity’s next stop — Mars. $9. Jan. 9-March 4.

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Absent Friends present the cult classic with a live shadowcast and costume contest. $10. Second Friday of every month, 11:30 p.m.

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The Fitzgerald of 1937 becomes the antithesis of the Fitzgerald we all now know and love. He’s pushed into sobriety (as he should be, the free-flowing booze having damaged his body beyond repair) and into a 9-to-5, workaday life. “In all Book your appointment his dealings with Hollywood save one, online now. Schedule, the collaborative process was a case of the narrowest majority agreeing on the broadchange, or cancel an est effects to please the widest audience.” appointment all with He begins his last novel, The Last Tycoon a click. (published posthumously in 1941), in earnest after being let go from a studio contract for drinking, giving him time to delve fictionally into the world from which he’d been ousted. “Somewhere in his latest humiliation there was a lesson in self-reliance. He’d failed so completely that he’d become his own man again.”

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by Susan Ellis careless living and camaraderie he’d had in the earliest days with Zelda. These two eras are juxtaposed against trips back East to visit his wife, take her on trips, and check in on her health. During these visits he feels guilty about his feelings for Graham while he hopes only the best for Zelda.

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Many of these friends fill the pages as ancillary characters — Ernest Hemingway; Dorothy Parker and her husband, the writer Alan Campbell; Humphrey Bogart and his wife, actress Mayo Methot; and the Fitzgeralds’ daughter, Scottie, among others.

Among those others is Sheilah Graham, a (real-life) one-time actress and current gossip columnist at the time with whom Fitzgerald falls in love. Through their relationship, we see Fitzgerald, who’s made a life across time zones and borders, as a man at odds with himself.

“He was a poor boy from a rich neighborhood, a scholarship kid at boarding school, a Midwesterner in the East, an easterner out West.

If he’d ever belonged anywhere, those places were gone, the happiness he recalled there as fleeting as the seasons.”

He’s still in love with Zelda, their whirlwind marriage having been the stuff of legend and fodder for newspapers and newsreels. His career, like Hemingway’s, was propelled as much by stories of their escapades as by the work itself. But this is a different Fitzgerald than the lore, as he struggles with leaving Zelda even as his bank account dwindles, and he’s faced with paying her bills, Scottie’s college tuition, and pulling himself out of debt. (At his lowest, the writer who gave us Gatsby receives a royalty check from Scribner’s for $1.43.) Once in Hollywood, he’s torn between his integrity as a writer of renown and becoming just another hack for the studio factory. And, as his relationship with Graham takes hold, he’s faced with her ultimatum of giving up the gin he

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And, folks, there’s a new sheriff in town. Or right outside of town. In Oxford.

Artist Vodka, made by Old Venice restaurateur and Oxford resident Jim Bulian, hit the shelves a year ago and is doing its darndest to make sure that old saying rings true.

Its slogan is “The art is in the party,” and it’s making the rounds to parties across the continent with its business plan to pair up with artists and act as their vodka-in-residence.

“We promote their work, and they promote our product,” Bulian, also an artist, says.

So far, the wheat-based vodka label has paired up with close to a half dozen artists, including painter Jeremy Lipking, novelist Ace Atkins, and jazz musician Ray Angry, and is looking to add more to the Artist Vodka Collective.

“We do pourings and tastings.

We just did one at an art gallery in Culver City for Susan Carter Hall,” Bulian says.

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“I bumped into her at a dinner party. Our vodka is organic, and she loves anything organic, so I gave her a taste, and she asked if I would like to do a product placement in her film,” Bulian says.

Speaking of organic, the Italian farro wheat that Bulian imports from Europe is USDA certified organic. He uses water from Lake Stevens in the Cascade mountain range in Washington and the old world Russian distillation method in a copper kettle.

“Lake Stevens gets 200 inches of rainfall a year and 200 inches of snowfall, so the water is fresh and perfectly pH balanced, and you get this really clean and soft taste,” Bulian says. “We have yet to lose a taste test, and we’ve gone up against them all. We are 22 and 0.”

So far Artist Vodka can be found in 45 restaurants, bars, and stores in Memphis, including Old Venice, of course, Cafe Pontotoc, Bardog, and Spirit Shop.

The website is still in launch-mode but eventually will host its Artist Collective, with bios and links for each artist it represents.

“I went through 75 different profiles to try to get it right. It’s beautiful inside, and it’s beautiful outside,” Bulian says. artistvodka.com Buster’s Liquors & Wines is thinking about changing its name. Again.

As the liquor laws or the drinking culture in the state of Tennessee slowly catch up with the rest of the country, or at least the less absurd areas, the 60-plus-year-old retail institution continues to evolve, and so does its name.

First it added the “& Wines” part as wine became more en vogue in the ’80s and ’90s. Next up is either adding a comma, moving the ampersand, and adding “Beer,” or a similar configuration but with the word “More.”

That’s because Buster’s definitely has beer now, and it has lots of more.

The store recently added 6,000 square feet to its existing 10,000, paying

particular attention to making sure the beer nerds (cerevisaphiles?) of the MidSouth are properly slaked.

They now carry more than 500 beers stocked behind 14 cooler doors, and they launched Memphis’ only Pegas growler system, which uses a pressurized environment and CO2, pumping out oxygen to keep the growler fresh for several weeks.

“It’s a state-of-the-art system,” Buster’s president and co-owner, Josh Hammond, says. “Used to you would have to drink it in a few days. Now it can stay fresh for two months until you decide to open it.”

They plan on rotating their eight taps regularly, concentrating on local brews, one-offs, and insider-knowledge beers made outside the state.

Because the Wine in Grocery Stores law, or WIGS, works both ways, Buster’s The store recently also added edibles to their well-stocked added 6,000 square feet shelves.

They offer Boar’s Head sausages ... paying particular and packaged sliced meats, the Good attention to making Ham Company hams, 50-plus varieties sure the beer nerds are of specialty cheeses, olive oils, Felicia Willett’s Flo’s products, Judy Pound properly slaked.

Cakes, Shotwell candies, Papi Joe’s Bloody Mary mix, plus a nice selection of accessories, from stemware to gift bags.

The expansion also gave the store room to spread out a little, with wider aisles, a more roomy register, and the space for tasting desks, where they plan to hold weekend tastings on a regular basis.

“Our grand opening [in early December] was awesome. I would be waiting on a customer, showing them all the new stuff, and they would be sampling something, then I would look up a couple of hours later, and they were still there,” Hammond says. “That’s the kind of experience we want to give.

“That’s where the industry’s headed, and we’re definitely raising the bar.”

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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

Burn It Down The Big Short turns the financial crisis into black comedy.

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n 1947, Humphrey Bogart was the biggest movie star in the world. With a fresh contract giving him greater creative control in hand, Bogie and his drinking buddy, director John Houston, set out to make a new western called The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, in which he would play the hero. But when the film was released the next year, audiences were in for a shock. As expected, Bogart was the center of the movie. He had the most lines, the most close-ups, and was featured prominently in the advertising, but his character, Fred C. Dobbs, was not the hero of the story. Played by Bogie as selfish, paranoid, vain, and crude, Dobbs was actually the villain. Houston and Bogart were subverting the audiences’ expectations to make a point about unchecked greed.

Toward the end of The Big Short, Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) shows the camera a bonus check for $47,000,000 he earned for his part in destroying the world economy in 2008. Speaking into the camera, he says, “I never claimed to be the good guy.”

Michael Lewis’ 2010 book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine is a detailed explanation of the events leading up to the 2008 collapse of Wall Street trading firm Bear Stearns, which precipitated the financial crisis and resulting Great Recession, the effects of which are still being felt today. Strangely enough, the film adaptation of the best seller fell to

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Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, and Steve Carell are some of the top-notch players in The Big Short. former Saturday Night Live writer and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy creator Adam McKay. When Stanley Kubrick was researching nuclear war scenarios in the early 1960s, he decided that the only honest way to make a film about Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) was to make it a comedy, and so Dr. Strangelove was born. Faced with the corrupt ridiculousness of Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs), McKay made the same choice, and created the best movie of his career.

The ensemble cast McKay assembled is top-notch: In addition to Gosling, Christian Bale plays oneeyed M.D.-turned-capital manager Michael Burry; Steve Carell plays rageaholic investment banker Mark Baum, and Brad Pitt (who also produces) plays former-banker-turned-full-time-paranoid Ben

Rickert. There’s a ton of complex exposition to get through, so McKay throws Margo Robbie in a bubble bath and has her explain the basics of the mortgage market. The screenplay is downright brilliant, pulling tricks like pointing out when events have been simplified to gain the audience’s trust.

Like Dr. Strangelove, the laughs The Big Short elicits are coal black, but unlike Wall Street, it tips its hand enough to avoid making its sociopathic greedheads into heroes. No one will look at Bale’s scarily committed portrayal of a speed-metal-obsessed, autistic number cruncher and say, “I want to be that guy.” Instead, McKay’s masterful sendup of late-stage capitalism will leave you saying, “Never again!”

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Tarantino uses the fantastically expensive and obsolete camera technology not to open up spaces, but to present the whole of the interior of Minnie’s as a single stage set where he can move his crack actors around like a theater director.

There are a hundred reasons why a three-hour widescreen epic that devolves into an Agatha Christie play shouldn’t work, and yet, at least after the first viewing, The Hateful Eight comes off as more satisfying than Inglourious Basterds or Django Unchained. It’s the critic’s job to explain this stuff, but Tarantino creates alchemy that defies easy description.

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In 1977, an ad touted the Heroes album with: “There’s Old Wave, there’s New Wave, and there’s David Bowie”. Like the Thin White Duke, Quentin Tarantino has become a genre unto himself. There are thrillers, there are mysteries, and there are Tarantino movies.

The buzz going into The Hateful Eight was characteristically bizarre: a Western shot on 70MM film in the age of digital. For the cinephile, anything that starts with the Cinerama logo raises expectations of wide-open vistas, such as 2001: A Space Odessy. After the opening overture, The Hateful Eight seems like it’s going to deliver on that promise with a series of shots of a stagecoach plowing through Montana’s snowy vastness. But then the stage is stopped by a lone black figure: Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), a former Union calvary major-turned-bounty hunter, sitting atop a pile of dead bodies. The horseless man asks the coach’s charter John “The Hangman” Ruth (Kurt Russell) for a ride so he can escape the coming blizzard. Ruth is reluctant to help, because he is transporting his own bounty to Red Rocks, a woman named Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), and she’s extremely valuable. But Warren is very convincing, and since they once had dinner together in Chattanooga long ago, Ruth agrees. Then, the action shifts to a long conversation inside the stagecoach, and we’ve seen the last of the beautiful western landscapes.

After picking up another hitchhiker, racist sheriff Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), the stage arrives at Minnie’s Haberdashery, a frontier tavern where the inhabitants hope to hunker down to avoid the snow. Needless to say, things go spectacularly wrong.

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The Changeling Eddie Redmayne plays a transgender pioneer in The Danish Girl.

Eddie Redmayne won last year’s Academy Award for Best Actor with his portrayal of astrophysicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything. Portraying Hawking’s slowly wasting body while communicating the brilliance of his mind carried an extremely high degree of difficulty, and Redmayne demonstrated incredible physical discipline to pull it off. Director Tom Hooper surely saw that uncanny skill set when he cast the actor to play Lili Elbe, the pioneering, tragic figure at the center of his historical drama The Danish Girl, and there’s a pretty good chance that Redmayne will bring home his second Best Actor Oscar in a row.

Lili Elbe started life as Einar Wegener, a renown landscape painter living in 1920s Copenhagen with his wife Gerda (Alicia Vikander). The pair are inseparable, and Einar will do anything for his bride, including posing in women’s clothing to help her paint a portrait of a ballerina.

That slightly racy but seemingly innocuous gesture sets off something deep in Einar’s psyche, and Gerda — up for a little kink like any good bohemian artist-type worth her salt — is more than happy to play along.

But things start to get weird when Gerda and Einar take their game public, when she convinces him to dress as a woman as they attend a Copenhagen artist’s ball. The alter ego they create, a provincial Danish girl name Lili, gradually begins to take over Einar’s personality, testing the limits of their love and society’s acceptance of transgendered people.

Redmayne’s performance blurs the line between acting and dance as he conveys Einar/Lili’s fluid sexual identity with alternately masculine

Eddie Redmayne blurs the line between acting and dance and the masculine and feminine. and feminine postures and gestures.

It’s an amazing performance, made even more heartrending when paired with Vikander’s deeply empathetic Gerda. The pair create a little bubble of possibility and acceptance in the stifling European conservatism that infects even the artistic circles in which they run.

Like Hooper’s 2010 film The King’s Speech, The Danish Girl is solidly constructed but suffers from the usual period-costume-drama maladies of padded length and occasional preciousness. But unlike Hooper’s 2012 adaptation of Les Misérables, it avoids big, baffling missteps — like letting Russell Crowe sing. The cinematography is lush and fashionable — I think this is the only time I’ve ever written “Nice lens choice!” in my notebook. If seeing a pair of world-class actors surrounded by impeccable art design create fully rounded characters sounds like a good time to you, then The Danish Girl is not to be missed.

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TH E LAST WO R D by Susan Wilson

Resolved: No Resolutions

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

I love this time of year. I always think THIS is the year I’m going to make those curtains/win the lottery/paint the shutters/wear pants every day. It never is, but somehow this never bothers me that it’s not. I keep reading these articles about how Pinterest makes us horrible slatterns who never feel adequate because we haven’t actually made our own laundry detergent or have a perfectly labeled basket for every pair of socks. Well, I have made my own laundry detergent, and it sucked the color out of my clothes. I think if you’re the kind of person who must decant all dried spices into handmade Egyptian mud canisters decorated by service dogs, you’re pretty much going to feel inadequate without Pinterest and Martha Stewart.

My home style can best be described as “there appears to have been a struggle.”

I love our home, despite the fact I still haven’t committed to rugs that didn’t come from Big Lots, and, for some reason, each room has approximately three desks.

What I need is to find a pin that tells me how to turn desks into comfy chairs.

Seriously, let me know if that exists.

We have recently acquired a dog solely for licking plates before they go into the dishwasher. We have a new washer that is the worst. Super Poodle is in charge of prewash because the new dishwasher doesn’t have enough water pressure to rinse broth out of a bowl. Plus it runs for like four hours. What is that? Four hours to run a wash, and I still have Cheetos dust on everything.

We have a corner of our den dedicated to junk to be burned in the fire pit. Every now and then I think we should have a better system than a pile, but then I get distracted by the new issue of Living and consider making my own leather purse with gold foil accents. Then I laugh hysterically at myself and turn clothesline into a “gallery wall” for my photos because I’m “too lazy” to go get frames. It’s a style I like to call Rustic Sloth.

If our homes are a reflection of ourselves, you can see from mine why my therapist sends me thank-you notes. Sometimes I want antique Swedish furniture and whitewashed walls. Other days, Danish modern makes sense. Early American is always nice, but I do love a good Chippendale sofa. The period I gravitate to most is Found in My In-Laws’ Basement. This look starts as soon as you walk in the front door and see where I have painted swatches of four different shades of coral I thought I wanted for the living room three years ago before I decided maybe blue would be better. I guess I could build a frame around the swatches and call it modern art.

This time of year I also always think I’m going to cook really interesting meals on Sundays and use the leftovers different ways the rest of the week. I love reading how these thrifty homesteading mommy bloggers in Utah buy one chicken and use it for a month. The reason I love it so much is that I get so tired from reading about all the prep, planning, and couponing that goes into the process, I get a really good nap in afterwards. Look, I love to cook for the most part, and I’m pretty good at it. But seriously? I don’t really need to take the fat from my pot roast and turn it into candles.

Speaking of reuse, I saw — no kidding — how to make a greenhouse out of plastic water bottles. The one thing I am not inspired to do this time of year is to make mirror frames from toilet paper rolls. I have seen how to make animals from dryer lint, turn old Converse high-tops into fingerless gloves, create a chandelier from plastic spoons, and turn old toothbrushes into bracelets.

No, I don’t ever get depressed because my house doesn’t belong in House Beautiful. It doesn’t bother me that I can’t make a single hamburger patty last 12 meals. I’m not even worried my pantry doesn’t hold an emergency stash of Greek brined anchovy eyeballs, magnolia-infused peppermint onion bitters, or Parmesan-crusted chocolate blue cheese wafers for spur-ofthe-moment cocktail parties. I’m not even depressed because I never have spur-of-the-moment cocktail parties. Reading about insane Type A’s who drain their own salt-water backyard pond to source their own salt and recycle hair dryers into robot car ice melters makes me feel downright grounded and, dare I say, sane.

Now, you must excuse me. I’ve just found a recipe to turn cauliflower into beef Wellington and need to get it cooked and into labeled, single-serving containers in the freezer I made from old laundry baskets and dust bunnies.

Susan Wilson also writes for yeahandanotherthing.com and likethedew.com.

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