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OUR 1371ST / ISSUE 06.04.2015 / COVER STORY P.16 The Tennessee Department of Transportation announced last week that the I-55 “old bridge” across the Mississippi would be closed for nine months, beginning in 2017, so that the department could build new exit and entrance ramps. This is a really horrible idea, with potentially disastrous economic, public safety, and even national security ramifications. West Memphis is already really upset about the plan. In Memphis, not so much, not yet, anyway.

This must change, people. Attention must be paid to this.

During the nine months TDOT is planning to close the bridge (and we know all highway projects are always finished on time), all north/south traffic on I-55 and all east/west traffic on I-40 will be funneled across the the Hernando DeSoto “M Bridge.”

Using TDOT’s 2013 AADT (Annual Average Daily Traffic) numbers, the I-55 bridge is traversed by 55,829 vehicles a day. The I-40 M Bridge is crossed by 55,630 vehicles a day. So, the plan, if you can call it that, will double the number of vehicles crossing the M Bridge every day. In addition, I-240, which runs through the center of the city, will become the main conduit for I-55 traffic to get to and from the M Bridge. The current AADT number for I-240 is 97,292 vehicles a day, much of it local and commuter. Let’s add another 55,000 vehicles, many of them 18-wheelers, to that number, shall we? Good times.

But here’s the real crux of the matter: Closing the I-55 bridge is not a decision that should be made by a Tennessee state agency with a vested interest in new construction projects. This project affects three states and two vital national interstates. An earthquake, a barge accident, or God forbid, a terrorist attack on the M bridge, and the transportation system for the central U.S. would melt down. To cross the Mississippi River, you’d have to funnel hundreds of thousands of vehicles to Dyersburg or Helena, Arkansas, a nightmarish scenario. (Not to mention the difficulty of getting over to Pancho’s for happy hour and cheese dip.)

Even if there is no major disaster, Memphians will be royally screwed by this plan. You think commuting from Southaven or Cordova or Collierville is a pain now? A big wreck on the M bridge, and you may be sitting on the outer loop til lunchtime.

In St. Louis, the only other centrally located major city on the Mississippi, there are eight bridges across the river. You shut one down, it’s not the end of the world. You shut down the I-55 bridge and the Mid-South will be down to one way to cross the Mississippi.

That’s a recipe for disaster.

If there were only one bridge now and it N E WS & O P I N I O N needed a new ramp, do you think TDOT LETTERS - 4 THE TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE - 4 might have figured out a way to keep it THE FLY-BY - 6 open during construction? I do. Our elected AT LARGE - 10 officials — local, state, and federal — in all POLITICS - 12 three affected states need to get ahead of this EDITORIAL - 14 ill-considered project before it’s too late.

VIEWPOINT - 15 COVER STORY In 1971, Memphis activists and their “IN THE GROOVE” lawyers stopped the federal government

BY CHRIS SHAW - 16 from building I-40 through Midtown. The STE P P I N’ O UT combined political will of the Mid-South WE RECOMMEND - 20 ought to be able to stop a state bureaucracy MUSIC - 22 from this foolishness.

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About Wendi C. Thomas’ Truth Be Told column, “Good Moves” …

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I am curious to see how tractor-trailer As a user of the North End Terminal drivers moving westbound on Crump for my daily commute, I agree it could toward the bridge will feel about havuse some improvements. I have never ing to navigate a roundabout to access used the restrooms, but the waiting The “little clinic that could” is all grown up. Support us now.

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N E V E R E N D I N G E LV I S It’s been 38 years since Elvis Presley left the building for good, but week in and week out, Memphis’ rock-and-roll King gets good press.

This week, the Huntsville Times, an Alabama newspaper, reviewed a series of area concerts that happened 40 years ago. The Times’ remembrance does include these notable factoids: “Three 55-gallon barrels of flash bulbs were swept from the arena floor after each performance.”

“Three hundred teddy bears were thrown and recovered.” “Five local teenagers were hurt throwing themselves off a 20-foot balcony, trying to land on the stage.” And, finally, “A stage security guard had his finger bitten to the bone by one of eight women trying to rush the stage.”

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

“Old Bridge” closure could pinch Memphis.

Predictions of the consequences from the planned, nine-months closure of the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge range from inconvenient to nightmarish, but a Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) official said there was simply no other way.

Speculation and worry followed last week’s announcement that TDOT plans to close the bridge while it builds a new interchange at I-55 and E.H. Crump. A public meeting about the project was held in West Memphis Monday. Another meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m.

Thursday at Memphis Area Transit Authority Central Station.

The project will cost close to $35 million and will replace the current cloverleaf design of the interchange, which TDOT calls “outdated,” claiming it poses safety and efficiency concerns. The new design will feature a roundabout to connect I-55 traffic to downtown Memphis and curved ramps to allow I-55 thru traffic to continue on

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SOME PIG Tennessee District 76’s Representative, Republican Andy Holt, has to explain some things to the Environmental Protection Agency. For those keeping score, Holt’s the Tennessee legislator whose concerns about animal cruelty were so great that he sponsored Tennessee’s version of the “Ag-Gag” bill, which, had it not been vetoed, would have essentially criminalized private investigations and whistle-blowing in regard to animal cruelty.

Holt positioned himself as the great defender of animals, describing groups like the Humane Society as being “fraudulent and reprehensibly disgusting,” and “intent on using animals the same way human-traffickers use 17-year-old women.”

It turns out that this wasn’t the only time Holt, a former pig farmer, has been full of crap. Pig crap, to be precise. In fact, he’s been so full of pig crap, when his pig crap lagoons flooded and threatened to overflow a few years back, Holt allegedly released up to 800,000 gallons of fetid porcine feces into nearby fields and streams.

The EPA has presented Holt with a “show cause” letter, requesting that the Tennessee representative “show cause” why the agency shouldn’t take formal action.

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An artist,s rendering of the proposed new interchange at I-55 and Crump. and off the bridge without slowing down.

The three-year construction project won’t begin until continued on page 8

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It may be off-season for the Grizzlies, but Memphians can still get a monthly dose of their favorite NBA team.

At Grizz Essentials, fans can receive a box filled with

merchandise and team-themed items for $35 per month, available throughout the year and cancelable anytime. The price goes down to $29 a month for those who pay a year in advance.

What do you get? Past items have included scarves, pint glasses, sunglasses, posters, and T-shirts.

The monthly Grizzlies box is somewhat akin to a subscription to Birchbox, LootCrate, and other monthly providers of goods for various niches of culture. There are boxes tailored to vegans, beauty buffs, tech geeks, vinyl music enthusiasts, to name just a few.

Mark King, who owns Grizz Essentials with his wife, said the items are hand-picked.

“When we first started, we just tried to pick things we thought people would like,” he said. “We’ve been partnering with businesses every month. It’s things I like, really — what I personally would like to have.”

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spring 2016 and the planned closure of the bridge won’t begin until spring 2017, said B.J. Doughty, TDOT communications director.

“We do not take this lightly; this is a major undertaking for us, as well,” Doughty said. “If there had been any other way … we would choose not to shut it down. We realize this is an enormous inconvenience for people.”

The long curved ramps to I-55 will be built over the roundabout, where the cloverleaf is now, Doughty said. To make way for big bridge pieces like beams and piers, there will be no place for traffic to pass, she said.

During construction, all I-55 traffic will have to be routed across the Hernando DeSoto M Bridge, and that has people worried.

Manny Belen, deputy engineer for the city of Memphis, said his office has expressed to TDOT that the project needs to be sensitive to the impact on businesses, commuters, downtown residents, freight movement, and emergency responders.

“Additionally, we’ve expressed concerns about the impact of the planned detour through the Midtown section of I-240 and the inevitable traffic congestion,” Belen said. “The response from TDOT is that this nine-months closure is the most prudent direction and the least impactful.”

Congressman Steve Cohen said he does not support the planned closure and believes the construction can be accomplished without closing the bridge. At a minimum, he said, any closure period should be expedited.

Paul Morris, president of the Downtown Memphis Commission, called the planned closure “painful,” but its results will dramatically improve the approach to downtown Memphis and reconnect the French Fort neighborhood to downtown.

“I certainly wish there were a way for them to do the work without closing the bridge, which is going to be very bad for downtown and West Memphis,” Morris said. “This is little comfort, but we will have the Big River Crossing over the Harahan open by the time of the closure, meaning that it will be easier to bike rather than drive across the Mississippi River.”

If the bridge is closed as TDOT plans, I-55 traffic would be diverted to I-240 through Midtown, up to I-40 and across the Hernando DeSoto Bridge. Doughty said TDOT plans to work closely with local law enforcement and emergency services to keep traffic running efficiently in case of an accident.

Doughty said TDOT closed a section of I-40 close to downtown Knoxville in 2008, and the project went “incredibly smoothly.”

Grizz Essentials. In March, when it was still a bit blustery outside, the monthly box featured a scarf. During Memphis Beer Week in April, pint glasses were delivered.

It depends on the month, the season, and what the fans want, King said. A piece of artwork featured in the May box was limited to a run of 250 copies.

“We have a set budget for each box,” King said. “We wanted one big item, like a T-shirt or scarf; two medium items that we try to make custom [like artwork]; and one small item. There’s so much that people are “We’ve been doing locally that it’s partnering with easy to have a variety of options.” businesses every King got the idea month. It’s things I for Grizz Essentials from seeing his wife’s like, really – what subscription from I personally would ipsy, a $10 monthly like to have.” bag of sample beauty products. King — a ~ Mark King TV producer by day — joked about bringing a Grizzlies-themed service to the market. His friends thought he was crazy, but King persevered. He shipped his first boxes in February.

So far, business has been good, King said. In addition to Grizz Essentials, King is starting a project with some universities to build monthly college-themed boxes.

To learn more about Grizz Essentials, go to grizzessentials.com.

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may be more of an opportunity to consider a regional food system,” Ester said.

“It is going to add energy to the conversation, and our hope is that us talking about increasing production capacity here is appropriately timed, given that.”

By 2035, Ester and her group envision an integrated Memphis food system in which produce, livestock, poultry, and more are raised, harvested, processed, and consumed regionally.

To get there, the Bush group suggested hiring a facilitator to connect the existing dots of the Memphis food system (farmers, stores, and restaurants). The city should also begin to bolster farm training programs and create low-income retail models for selling fresh food.

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If you’re looking on a map for where your food was grown, you may have to look pretty far from Memphis.

The Mid-South is a powerhouse of American agriculture. About 4.2 million acres of land in the area are used to grow crops. But only a tiny fraction of that land is used for crops you can find at a local farmers market.

In short, Memphis doesn’t have much of a regional food system. Neither do most American cities. But a group is trying to fix that in Memphis. They hope that in 20 years more people will be eating locally grown food and that more area farmers will be cashing in on the $550 million annual demand for produce in the Memphis area.

In January, two groups — the East Arkansas Planning and Development District and the Memphis-Shelby County Office of Sustainability (MSCOS) — hired Cleveland, Ohio-based Bush Consulting Group to assess the area’s food system.

The group met with dozens of stakeholders, including farmers, restaurant owners, food processors, and others.

They found “complex challenges” for a regional food system in a 15-county swath around Memphis, including high rates of poverty, widely varying temperatures and precipitation amounts, and an unskilled labor force.

But, ironically, the main thing that holds the area back is what it’s really good at — growing crops. Drive around in the rural areas near Memphis and you’ll find rows and rows of corn, cotton, rice, and soybeans in flat fields big enough to swallow airports and football fields. But the crops are grown for mass consumption on a global and national scale, not for local food markets.

“I was really surprised at the small amount of acreage [for local foods] we have in a 15-county region,” said John Zeanah, administrator of the MSCOS. “Fewer than 2,000 acres of the 4.2 million [acres used for agriculture] are used for specialty foods, and half of that is in sweet potatoes.”

A regional food system would bring business opportunities for local farmers, keep money in the local economy, increase access to healthy foods, and make the food system more environmentally sustainable. That’s according to Emily Ester, a consultant with Bush, who presented the report’s findings last week to a group of local organizations, including Grow Memphis, Livable Memphis, the Hyde Family Foundation, United Way, and others.

But, Ester said, change is coming.

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Mary and her husband had planned a dream vacation to Belize. It was the top priority on their bucket list of places to enjoy together after retirement. Last March, after 40 years as a teacher in Stone Mountain, Georgia, she finally arrived in the country they both had hoped would be a shared paradise. But she had to come alone, after burying her life partner just two months before.

As she related her experience as we sat outside at a sunny Belizean bar and restaurant, there was no hint of what would have been understandable melancholy. She elected to sell most of their worldly possessions, including a five-bedroom house. She worked through the vehement skepticism expressed by her adult children that she could go it alone in Central America. But Mary has fallen in love again. Not with another man, but with a simplicity and vibrancy of life she hasn’t felt since her childhood.

It’s the eternal human quest to find contentment and happiness that lured my wife Lisa and me to Belize.

It’s a country of unmatched natural beauty and ethnic diversity — and equally visible abject poverty. With a government that’s borrowed itself to the hilt, Belizeans exist without unemployment insurance, food stamps, and welfare programs. You could consider it a laid-back version of rugged individualism. Their motto is, “Take care of your needs first and your wants become secondary.”

We met many American fellow travelers. It’s safe to say that many of our countrymen have a tendency to flaunt their self-perceived superiority while abroad. Some of the American visitors were brash, loud-laughing, loud-talking masters of the universe.

They consumed voluminous amounts of alcohol, not that there’s anything wrong with that while on vacation, but the solitude and time for personal reflection Belize has to offer are lost on such people. I didn’t really hold anything against the sometimes crude attitudes of my fellow Yankee Doodlers.

The majority of Americans have been taught to believe that happiness can only be achieved through hard work, determination, and sheer will. Serenity is not top of mind.

Belize offers the exact antithesis of everything we’ve been taught to desire. Most Belizeans get around on bicycles or golf carts as primary transportation. Or they walk. The American dollar is worth twice as much as Belizean money. The average Belizean makes about $20 a day. Yet, in this melting pot of ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity, there appears to be no caste system. No one seems particularly jealous of anyone else’s status as server, waiter, bartender, driver, security guard, or beach captain. Instead there was a shared universal zest for enjoying life’s basic pleasures. They have a roof over their heads. They have an abundance of natural foods. They work hard for hourly wages. They love their heritage — and their children (who seem to love and respect their elders). For Belizeans there is no fee to enter into paradise, because they believe they are already living in it, every day they are here on earth. There is a serenity of body and spirit that can’t be measured.

It emanates from within.

Belize offers the exact antithesis of everything we’ve been taught to desire.

On the next to last day of our stay, we caught up with Mary again. She just appeared from a side street in the bustling Placencia Village. It’s a community noted for having the narrowest main street in the world.

She had just emerged from a Thaiowned restaurant and massage parlor.

I thought that sounded interesting, but Lisa insisted we had business to attend to first. Besides, Mary told us she was in a hurry to get to her apartment. She was going to get some rest and prepare herself for the “second half ” of what had already been a very active day of walking, talking, visiting, and learning about the country she now calls home.

She was preparing, too, for a visit from her daughter, coming from Illinois. She hoped one day her son and his family would make the trip, as well. As we waved goodbye, I could not help but think how proud and happy her late husband would be if he knew how well his wife is fulfilling their bucket list.

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June 4-10, 2015

Early on in Monday’s regular business session of the Shelby County Commission, Commissioner Melvin Burgess, a Democrat, moved to defer for two weeks a vote on appointing someone to fill a Judicial Commission vacancy, on the grounds that a discussion on the matter would crowd out some necessary and potentially lengthy deliberations on the county budget and tax rate for fiscal 2015-16.

That was either a face-value statement, as Burgess insisted, or a political maneuver, as the Republican members of the commission — or most of them — suspected, and very shortly the provisional consensus on a budget/ tax rate combination that had apparently been reached in a lengthy commission session on May 20th began to come asunder.

Several of the GOP members — conspicuously excluding Steve Basar, who supported Burgess’ motion — objected that most of the 15 applicants for Judicial Commissioner were sitting in the commission audience and had cleared their personal slates in order to be present for the scheduled vote.

Privately, they began to sense that some deal had been made that involved trade-offs of various kinds, and Basar’s

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support of the Burgess motion convinced some of them, at least, of something that Commissioner David Reaves, a GOP member from Bartlett, was willing to voice later on: “It all goes back to the chairmanship vote,” Reaves said, referring to a reorganizational vote of the newly elected commission last fall. Basar, who had been vice chair of the previous commission, had expected to be elected chairman but was stunned to find that most of his fellow Republicans were committed to other candidates. In the end, a majority of Republicans united behind Democrat Justin Ford, who had often voted with the GOP contingent durCommissioner Justin Ford at helter-skelter meeting.

ing his first term.

Whatever the reason for that reversal — and they were probably as much personal as political — it made for a commission divided along clearly partisan lines, with the body’s Democrats, plus Basar, on one side, and the Republicans, plus Ford, on the other.

For weeks last fall, the two factions waged procedural warfare, with the Democratic/Basar coalition seeking either to unseat Ford as chairman or to drastically limit his authority. In the end, Ford survived, though with modestly curtailed prerogatives, and the showdown eased up. It, indeed, had been largely forgotten, until Monday, when Burgess made his motion.

Ford, as chairman, attempted to disallow any deferral, but in the resultant vote, Burgess’ fellow Democrats, plus Basar, prevailed.

“Basar tipped his hand,” Reaves said. “He’s looking toward September, for the next chairman’s vote and trying to gain some leverage. Why else would he vote that way? It allowed us to figure out quickly that he had flopped.”

Basar denied any such motive, but he agreed that the Republicans began to shift, more or less in unison, to a common strategy, “once they saw me voting again with the Democrats.”

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“He’s making noise like he is,” said Williams last week at Broadway Pizza, after one in a series of what will be several organizational meetings, noting that “I have never asked Whalum about not running. ... I’m just moving at my pace. Even if he runs, we’re still going to be friends. … My destiny has nothing to do with his destiny.”

Oh, and make room for Robert “Prince Mongo” Hodges on your tout sheet. The Zambodian prince, a frequent mayoral candidate in the past, says he’ll pull a petition for mayor next week.

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• So, guess who else is being touted for Mayor. Yep, Harold Ford Jr. But not of Memphis, Ford’s erstwhile home base. No, the transplanted former 9th District congressman and 2006 U.S. Senate candidate, is apparently being talked up for mayor of New York, his current abode — the most recent hints of such a prospect coming from Bloomberg Business, which reported last week on a Lincoln Center “American Songbook” gala that, according to the periodical, honored Ford for his fund-raising efforts on behalf of the center.

Said the article: “‘Mayor’ was on the lips of some guests, though not Ford’s. Asked about his interest in leading the city, Ford, who once considered a run for a U.S. Senate seat from New York and has endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race, said ‘I’m a new father for the second time, that’s what I’m focused on.’”

The next mayoral race in New York will occur in 2017.

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laws to unincorporated areas of Shelby County. Basar needed nine votes, but Republicans Reaves and Terry Roland, who had agreed to help him meet his quota, withdrew their support.

Subsequently, the old arithmetic of Democrats-plusBasar versus Republicans-plus-Ford reasserted itself on vote after vote, preventing agreement on matters that, as of the marathon commission meeting of May 20th, had seemed either settled or within easy reach.

The commissioners had then seemed to agree on a formula dividing some $1.8 million equally between each of the 13 commissioners for them to distribute to non-profit organizations in their districts. That matter, now involving a lesser sum of $1.3 million and altered to include other services and recipients beyond non-profits, was referred back to committee on Monday.

More importantly, a sense of distrust had arisen among the commission Republicans regarding what they thought had been a common commitment to use part of a $6 million surplus claimed by the administration of Mayor Mark Luttrell to lower the county tax rate one cent, from $4.37 to $4.36.

The GOP members now began to suspect behindthe-scenes collusion between the administration, which had never been sold on the tax decrease, preferring to use any left-over differential on infrastructure, and Democratic members, who, now supported by Basar, were proposing to raise several sums apparently agreed upon on May 20th — notably for the Sheriff ’s Department and Juvenile Court, each of which were seeking significant increases.

Consequently, Roland proposed a 4-cent reduction in the tax rate (“as a way of getting one cent,” he would later

in his latest quest for a political comeback as a candidate for the City Council Super District 9, Position 2 seat.

Cooper says he expects to spend $100,000 on his race and has engaged the professional consulting team of Matt Kuhn and Mike Lipe to help him do it. Gene Buehler and Karla Willingham Templeton are Cooper’s campaign co-chairs.

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acknowledge).That went down, by the same quasi-party line vote as before, as did a follow-up vote for the 1-cent reduction.

In the end, a “flat” or stable tax rate at the current level of $4.37 received the same 7-6 vote distribution for the first of three required votes, and all budget items were deferred or referred back to committee.

In a true sense, nothing got resolved on Monday, though several commission meetings, both scheduled and ad hoc, are sure to revisit the budget/tax rate matters between now and the July 1st fiscal-year deadline. And several members, seeing the prospect of consensus slipping further way, are foreseeing that an official arbitration process will need to be invoked.

“Irresponsible,” was Chairman Ford’s verdict on Monday’s meeting.

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The line between politics and government is sometimes indistinct, blurred and all but nonexistent. All things considered, that’s a good thing. And it’s possible to make the case that, in a marathon 10-hour budget/committee session held on Wednesday, May 20th, the Shelby County Commission merged the two functions seamlessly.

In that session, the 13 members of the commission appeared to be as much on the same page as it’s possible to be for a body that represents often conflicting inner-city and outer-suburb interests and the ideologically divergent attitudes of the two major political parties. That meeting had begun with testimony before the commission by two representatives of the Greater Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce, who laid out in unvarnished terms the county’s catch-22 predicament: one of dwindling revenue streams and increasing demand for services, coupled with population shifts and an awareness of the stiffening economic competition from adjacent political jurisdictions.

Maybe it was that cold-shower, smellthe-coffee start that did it, but, whatever the reason, the commissioners went on to function in as fully synchronized a manner as they, or any other group of disparate individuals could hope to achieve — proceeding efficiently and harmoniously through a normal committee load, through a systematic and patient interview session with a dozen applicants to fill a Judicial Commission vacancy, and finally into the demanding process of weighing the ramifications of a $1.1 billion budget and parsing through the competing demands of various county divisions for a share of what the administration of County Mayor Mark Luttrell presented as a likely $6 million surplus.

By the end of the day, the commission had seemed to reach a consensus on

the important issues, literally splitting the difference on disputed sums and even agreeing on an innovative way of handling the vexing matter of grants to non-profits by placing careful limits on the fiscal size of that pie and assigning all the commissioners equal pieces of it to distribute within their districts. As one member observed, the outcome seemed to be one of the “unintended consequences” of the single-member redistricting formula adopted after the census of 2010.

Unintended, but welcome.

By the end of that session, the members of the commission seemed to have bonded into a bona fide unit, exchanging compliments and achieving a state which they — and we, observing it — saw as a veritable kumbaya of unified purpose.

That was then. But the 12-day break effected by the Memorial Day weekend between that meeting and the public session on Monday seems to have undermined all that unity. The full commission meeting of this week, partially chronicled in “Politics,” p. 12, was one nasty squabble, virtually from beginning to end — from a surprise decision, early on, to forgo picking a Judicial Commissioner (though most of the applicants had cleared away time to be in the audience) to overt back-biting and ideological name-calling that exploded the coherence of the May 20th session and resurrected all the partisan divisions and personal rivalries that had seemingly been put aside.

The commission has only until July 1st, the beginning of a new fiscal year, to regain its squandered consensus. We’re crossing our fingers.

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Against this backdrop, we are now being fed more of the same garbage from politicians and others. They are telling us that private organizations can do a better job of rebuilding the Memphis music industry than government. A better job? Like Shelby County schools? A better job? Like Durham bus services? A better job?

Like the private waste management contractors in Cordova? Forgive me if I just don’t believe them. I have historic reasons not to do so.

Furthermore, I have yet to see a coherent plan from the private entities that could be reasonably expected to rejuvenate Memphis’ music industry or live-music scene.

I certainly have not seen any private entity address the importance of persuading musicians and artists not to move away from Memphis or trying to convince those who have moved away to move back. Frankly, any plan that does not address those issues will fail.

Finally, I want to state that my position is based on the idea of keeping local government committed to the rebirth of the Memphis music economy through maintaining an entity called the Memphis Music Commission. It is not toward keeping any particular director or commissioners, and it certainly is not toward maintaining the status quo.

The critics are right when they state that the commission has in the past been largely ineffective. But just as our city foolishly gave up the city schools instead of fixing them, we are being advised to give up the Memphis Music Commission instead of fixing it. As with the schools, if we do so, we will regret it, and sooner rather than later.

John M. Shaw is director of marketing and promotions for Select-O-Hits, former Memphis chapter adviser for the Recording Academy, and a board member of the On Location Memphis Film & Music Festival.

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First, I am concerned about a pattern of loss of our cultural icons, institutions, and events in the city of Memphis. The effort to abolish the Music Commission comes at a time when we as a community have lost (or are threatened with the loss of) Carnival Memphis (or at least the public aspects of it, such as the parade and midway), the Memphis Christmas Parade, the Sunset Symphony, the MidSouth Coliseum, the Soulsville Street Festival, Memphis City Schools, and any number of neighborhood schools.

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The county school system has closed schools over the objections of parents, turned schools over to forprofit charters, and made unilateral decisions without any regard for neighborhoods, the city of Memphis, or the taxpayers. And Memphis no longer has any say in what happens.

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udioGraphic Masterworks (AGMW) began in 1997 as a project of Brandon Seavers and his partner, Mark Yoshida. The company was located on Summer Avenue in a 500-square-foot office, where Yoshida and Seavers would first begin their journey into multi-media productions.

Seavers and Yoshida were the only employees.

The company later relocated to Midtown, before building its current facility in Bartlett, in 2008.

Through the years, AGMW developed a strong relationship with Oxford, Mississippi-based label Fat Possum Records (the Black Keys, Wavves, Iggy and the Stooges), manufacturing most of the label’s CDs for more than a decade. At the end of 2013, Fat Possum manager Bruce Watson approached Seavers about what he knew about pressing vinyl records. Vinyl sales were booming, and Watson needed a place close to home to produce his records.

“If you know anything about the vinyl industry, you know that it takes forever to get anything done,” Seavers said.

“The industry has grown to the point where it takes four to six months to get a record pressed and shipped back to you.”

Watson knew this all too well. In 2013, Fat Possum had thousands of Modest Mouse records held in customs in the Czech Republic, costing the label thousands of dollars in lost revenue.

“We had gone through places like United Records in Nashville and Pirates Press, but we couldn’t wait six months for a record anymore, especially since we took on the Modest Mouse catalog and the Hi Records stuff,” Watson said.

“We already knew Mark and Brandon had manufacturing experience, and they were seeing the CD side of things going downhill, so this provided a new opportunity for them as well.”

Vinyl record-making machinery isn’t exactly the type of stuff you find on eBay. Most record presses are nearly 50 years old and are powered by steam. With vinyl’s increasing popularity among audiophiles and music fans, those in possession of a pressing machine know the kind of C OVE R STO RY power they hold.

BY C H R I S S HAW A few months into their search, Seavers and Watson got lucky. They » learned about an old pressing plant in Brooklyn that had shut down — P H OTO G R AP H S most of the equipment still intact

BY JOSH MILLER and being stored in New Jersey. They contacted the owner, who said he would only sell if the buyer bought everything, down to the last bolt.

“We started looking for the equipment at the end of 2013, and by the spring of 2014 we were buying this whole pressing plant,” Seavers said. “My wife had a baby in late 2013, so my head was exploding with all this stuff going on. I remember Bruce calling me, and my response was just like, ‘Wow, really? You want to do this now?’”

“We didn’t ever think we would find the equipment in one place, and the guy who owned all this stuff before us looked at it all like it was his pet. He wanted all the parts to go to one family, and he wanted to make sure it was going to people who would take care of it. He was very involved from the beginning.”

The equipment arrived at the AGMW warehouse in May 2014, 10 steampowered machines total. The Memphis Record Pressing team spent the next six months setting up their first machine, rebuilding valves, and nearly rewiring the entire thing. Anything susceptible to malfunction was replaced before the machine was used.

“You’re looking at 40- to 50-year-old machines. You put power and steam and pressure on those things, and something is bound to pop,” Seavers said.

“No one really knows what’s going to happen until you fire them up.”

The Vinyl Guru

When you’re dealing with machines that have been around for nearly half a century, finding the right mechanic can be just as hard as finding the machine

for him to work on. Record Products for America is the only company in the country that supplies replacement parts for a record press, and when they can’t accommodate, Memphis Record Pressing has to have their parts custom-made.

But what about everyday malfunctions that arise when working with these ancient machines?

Enter Donny Eastland, affectionately known as the “Vinyl Guru.” Eastland worked for Southern Machine and Tool Corp (SMT) in the late 1970s, a Nashvillebased company that manufactured some of the machines that Memphis Record Pressing uses. In addition to building record presses at SMT, Eastland installed them and got them up and running in pressing plants all over the world.

Seavers said that after a long search, he was able to track down Eastland — who is in his 60s and nearing retirement — and ask him if he would be interested in making records again.

“Donny was the [potential] deal-breaker. We knew that if we couldn’t get an experienced mechanic that we’d never get this off the ground,” Seavers said.

“It took a little bit of persistence to get Donny on board, but he agreed to commute from Nashville to work for us and to teach all of our mechanics everything he knows.”

With Eastland on board, Memphis Record Pressing is able to run an average of three record presses a day. They are capable of pressing records at 120, 130, and 180 grams. Even with the Vinyl Guru at the helm, Watson said everyone is still learning as they go.

“We were pretty naive going into this. Nothing about it has been easy, and everything has cost twice as much as we thought it would,” Watson said. “I don’t think we were so naive as to think this whole thing would be easy, but it’s been a lot more difficult than we imagined.”

A New Press in Town

Since entering the vinyl business, Seavers has doubled his work staff, going from 13 employees to more than 30 — two shifts of workers, whose jobs range from listening to and inspecting each record for flaws to shrink-wrapping and packaging records for FedEx to pick up. Everything is done in-house; even the drop cards (a card inside each record that features a download code) are printed at AGMW. “The guys that are making these records are artists. It’s definitely an art form because there are so many things that can go wrong during this process,” Seavers said.

“Each job in the process is important. There are people who do nothing but listen to each record and make sure there are no audible mistakes. Then there are our assembly guys, maintenance techs, shipping managers, and customer service representatives. There’s a lot going on in this small workspace.”

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(Left) A stack of finished LP’s awaits inspection; (above) a worker at Memphis Record Pressing inspects a record before sending it to the listening station.

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(Left) After a record is pressed, the excess must be trimmed before moving on to the inspection station; (above) three of the Hamilton Machines at Memphis Record Pressing.

continued from page 17 labels. Between the demands of those two entities, Memphis Record Pressing stays busy, turning out thousands of records a day. Seavers said they aren’t currently taking on any new clients.

“We don’t want to do what the other plants have done, which is to take on more work than what they are actually capable of doing,” Seavers said. “Your quality drops, your reputation drops, and you lose your ability to turn things out quickly.

Since the word got out that we bought the equipment, we get calls every single day from people all around the world wanting to send us work, because they can’t get it done anywhere else.”

Seavers said they are hoping to take on new orders by late summer, but the labels they have worked with in the past and local labels such as Goner Records and Madjack Records will still take priority.

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Let the Fat Possum Eat

While Sony RED might be keeping the press operators busy at Memphis Record Pressing, Fat Possum Records has also reaped the benefits of having a pressing plant at their disposal. Watson said that Fat Possum moved 300,000 vinyl units last year and that he hopes to be able to move at least 600,000 units this year.

In addition to being able to double the company’s vinyl sales, Watson said the pressing plant helps attract bands to his label.

“It’s definitely a selling point when we are trying to sign a band. Everyone is so into vinyl now that it’s become a part of the record deal when we work with someone,” Watson said.

“It’s nice to be able to tell a band that we have our own pressing plant and they wont have to worry about delay. There are so many releases now, where the album comes out, and then the vinyl comes out two months later. That kills a release.

Unless you’re a huge act, you have one shot at your release date. That first week is so important because that’s when you usually sell the most records; that’s when the limited editions come out and you start registering on sound scans. If you have to wait two and a half months for your vinyl, you’ve lost all of your momentum on that release.”

The Vinyl Ripple Effect

Fat Possum isn’t the only local label to benefit from Memphis Record Pressing.

Goner and Madjack have also tapped Memphis Record Pressing to churn out their releases; meaning local bands of all kinds are also getting in on the action.

Madjack recording artist James Godwin said he remembered hearing about a pressing plant coming to Memphis, but he wasn’t sure when and if the rumors would come true.

18 “I remember hearing about it and thinking that it could end up helping out a lot of local musicians, but to be honest, I thought it was one of those things

that might end up happening 10 years from now,” Godwin said.

After cutting Bad To Be Here, Godwin’s first full-length as James and the Ultrasounds, Madjack expressed interest in signing the band and releasing the album on vinyl. According to Godwin, Madjack first contacted United Record Pressing in Nashville and was told that it would be months before the record came out.

“I was planning on touring around the release, and I had the dates already booked. I was told we wouldn’t even have my records when we got back from the tour,” Godwin said.

Instead, Madjack Records worked up a deal with Memphis Record Pressing, and the single was done in a month. Godwin called Memphis Record Pressing “one of the last missing pieces of the puzzle” for Memphis music.

“I think it’s really important to have a local pressing plant in Memphis. When you go on the road and take a box of CDs with you, chances are you’re coming home with that box of CDs. If you have vinyl on the merch table, people buy it, because they know it’s limited,” Godwin said.

“There are also a lot of things that can go wrong in the process of making a record. I’ve looked at the forms you have to fill out at United, and I remember thinking, ‘Man, I’m not trying to get a job here. I just want a record put out.’

Having something this close to home really makes a difference, it makes you feel more connected to what’s going on with your music.”

Goner Records has already had two singles (“Giorgio Murderer” and “Aquarian Blood”) and an LP (a repress of Nobunny’s First Blood) manufactured at Memphis Record Pressing, with a Nots single and a reissue of a Reatards album currently in production. The Midtown label has had a deal with AGMW regarding the production of its CDs for some time, so it made sense to label coowner Zac Ives to let Seavers handle the label’s vinyl needs as well.

“The biggest deal is that those guys are really good with managing projects.

If you give them a date that you need to have something done by, they do everything they can to make it happen. That’s just not the case with everyone else,” Ives said.

With less wait time in between record releases, Ives said that the label isn’t locked into a certain process dictated by the pressing plant.

“We can go out and listen to a test press and approve it and it’s ready to go, instead of waiting for a test press in the mail. You’ve also got more input on what you’re listening to. The overall hands-on experience is a major improvement from what we’re used to dealing with.”

Goner still has ties with United Record Pressing, where most of the record jackets and labels from their earlier releases remain. But even with the relationship between Goner and United, Ives said the more releases they can give to Memphis Record Pressing, the better it is for all parties involved.

“Anything that we can do [at Goner] to help other local businesses stay afloat, we want to do,” Ives said.

“The local music industry used to be one of the biggest things in Memphis, and now it’s slowly building back up again. The pressing plant makes the local music infrastructure more complete, and I think everyone from show-goers, to local PR people, to the venues where bands play will feel the ripple effect.”

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The Memphis Comic Expo’s 2014 launch was a huge success in spite of unfortunate scheduling.

“We were up against so much,” festival founder Donald Juengling confesses. “There was the Cooper-Young Festival, the Southern Heritage Classic, a Japanese festival. It was like five other big things all at the same time.” Comic book fans turned out anyway to browse the vendor booths and meet their favorite artists and writers.

“Our motto is ‘Creators Come First,’” Juengling says, describing his vision for shaping the Memphis expo into something that stands apart from hundreds of similar annual festivals, especially at a time when comic book companies are rapidly expanding their TV and movie universes.

Memphis “I think there was an appetite for something of this nature,” he says. “There are tons and tons of comic conventions around the Comic Expo country where you can go meet [actors like] Kevin Sorbo or Lou Ferrigno or the dudes from The Avengers. But we’re old-school.

When they started these things in San Diego back in the ’70s, it was strictly about comics. And so are we.”

“Well, maybe not 100 percent,” Juengling corrects, pausing to marvel a bit at the mainstreaming of cosplay. “When I was a kid, if you dressed like Captain America and it wasn’t Halloween, you got beat up,” he says, impressed by just how much that has changed. The expo is bringing in Nicole Marie Jean and other internationally known cosplayers to judge the event’s costume contest.

This year’s guests include writers such as the prolific Cullen Bunn and the multiple Eisner Award-winning Kyle Baker.

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THURSDAY June 4

FRIDAY June 5

Booksigning by Steve Stern Burke’s Book Store, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Steve Stern signs and reads from his latest novel, The Pinch, set in Memphis’ Pinch district and revolving around a man who discovers he’s a character in a book about the Pinch district.

Feast on the Farm Agricenter International, 7-11 p.m., $100 A farm-to-table dinner prepared with items from the Agricenter’s farmers market. Benefiting the Agricenter’s educational programs.

Summer Movie Series The Orpheum, 7 p.m., $7 The Orpheum’s annual summer movie series kicks off tonight with the 1986 testosterone-fueled Tom Cruise film Top Gun. On Friday, it’s Back to the Future. Continues through August 28th.

“Denzel McArthur: Visual Fashion Exhibit” Marshall Arts Gallery, 7-10 p.m.

A show of fashion-related works by Denzel McArthur. Attire is all black.

The Tin Roof opens on Beale.

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“Stories on My Back” Crosstown Arts, 6-9 p.m.

Richard Lou’s “immersive” multimedia exhibit about family stories with video, photographs, audio, and tamale leaves.

“Wicked Plants” Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Opening day for this exhibit about the “world’s most diabolical botanicals.” Amy Stewart, author of Wicked Plants, on which the exhibit is based, will be at the museum for a meet-and-greet and booksigning, from 9 to 11 a.m.

Paws for a Cause The Shops of Saddle Creek, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

An all-out dog party with a celebrity pet wash ($10), an artists market, pet adoptions, and more.

Laramie Projects

9PM –1AM

By Chris Davis

Matthew Shepard’s story is well known. In 1998, the slight, blond, 21-year-old gay man visited the Fireside Lounge near Laramie, Wyoming, where he met two other men, Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson. The three men eventually left the bar together. Shortly thereafter, McKinney and Henderson pistol-whipped Shepard, tied him to a fence, doused him with gasoline, set him on fire, and left him to burn in the cold. What happened in the aftermath was documented by the Tectonic Theatre Company in a living oral history called The Laramie Project. Ten years later, Tectonic returned to the scene of the crime and reinterviewed all the original subjects to create The Laramie Project 10 Years Later. This month, two of Memphis’ most enduring independent theater companies are joining forces to make both works available to Memphis audiences in the same month.

“Raw” is the word Emerald Theatre Company (ETC) director Den-Nickolas Smith uses to describe the original Laramie Project.

The community was still reeling, both from the murder and the notoriety it brought. “Even though we’ve made so much progress, it’s important that we’re reminded of this story,” Smith says.

New Moon’s director Gene Elliott describes 10 Years Later as a more reflective piece showing so many of the original players wondering how they ended up where they are. “It’s interesting to see how attitudes have changed,” Elliott says.

The unusual team-up was Elliott’s idea, but the result is not at all what he originally had in mind. New Moon wanted to do The Laramie Project and thought partnering with LGBTQ-oriented ETC made good sense.

“I was excited about the partnership from the beginning,” Smith says. The possibility of staging both plays at the same time only sweetened the pot.

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Ceviche Chef ’s Competition Café Keough, 1:30 p.m., $15 Local chefs compete in this contest to create the best ceviche with proceeds going to the Church Health Center.

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Plowing Through Punk Danish powerhouse brings their chaotic live show to the Hi-Tone.

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ceage has been active and gradually making waves across the pond since 2008, but the Danish quartet really started to make an impression on the American underground with the January 2011 stateside release of their impressive full-length debut, New Brigade. Though certainly not the first band to do so, Iceage found a rock-solid sweet spot where hardcore, post-punk, American noise-rock, and good sturdy punk intersect.

This, combined with the band’s young age and good looks, was exactly the perfect storm to cross the band over from their origins in the D.I.Y. basement-show subculture to the embrace of a much wider audience.

For once, this was a situation where the hype-to-quality ratio was balanced by a strong album and explosive live show. At a time when bands like Parquet Courts were being referred to as “hardcore” (fine band, but not hardcore) by music media outlets, Iceage was a refreshing and much-needed shot in the arm.

On the strength of New Brigade and a lot of touring, Iceage came to the attention of Matador Records, which released the excellent You’re Nothing in early 2013.

The independent powerhouse already had out-of-the-box but similarly topshelf punk/hardcore enigmas Fucked Up and Ceremony in its roster, so it wasn’t that jarring a move and made sense for all parties involved.

You’re Nothing, like New Brigade, didn’t seem to meet a set of ears it couldn’t win over, but this time there were a lot more people listening.

Pitchfork granted the album its exalted badge of “Best New Music” and the album’s overall Meta-critic score turned out to be 86 percent, which is extremely high.

Singer Elias Bender Ronnenfelt’s vocal delivery is one attribute that helped see a large-scale audience cottoning to a rather aggressive and discordant musical backbone. Rather than yelled, screamed, dramatically

yelped, growled, convulsed, or vomited, as would be a small sampling of more popular singing trends with more visceral music, his vocals (on the first two albums) are spat out in a lower-register spoken/sung Mark E. Smith (The Fall) cadence. Considering that You’re Nothing didn’t dial down the intelligent power and punch of the debut but did show an improvement in songwriting, Iceage proved influential in opening doors for musically disparate but like-minded bands like The Men, Pop. 1280, and Metz.

Later in 2013, lending to the band’s current and totally understood distaste for interviews, the music press and the underlying blogs that feed it, did what it sadly does best and found an idiotic “controversy” to latch onto regarding Iceage. Misinterpreting the band’s appreciation of black metal entity Burzum, a misunderstanding of

the hoods worn in some videos, and Ronnenfelt’s words in zines when he was 17 all led to Iceage having to waste time explaining that they were in fact not fascists or racists.

The adage that all publicity is good publicity is not always accurate, but it didn’t slow down the momentum of the band, who released album number three, Plowing Into the Fields of Love (great title, btw), in October of last year. A distinct homage to Nick Cave (à la Bad Seeds) as well as knowing or unconscious nods to other mid-’80s dark post-punk bands like Crime & the City Solution, early Psychedelic Furs, mid-period work by The Fall, and even early stuff by The Pogues can be heard on Plowing. But Iceage put their own spin on opening up the breathing room on several songs where acoustic guitar, piano, trumpets, mandolin,

and viola can fit into the deranged bluesy or traditional folk songwriting structures.

Iceage may be headlining Tuesday night’s show at the Hi-Tone, but the underlying support (in both the big and small rooms) bears mentioning.

On tour with Iceage is Australia’s Low Life (not to be confused with the U.K. goth-y/post-punk band Lowlife from the ’80s), whose own fantastically thudding take on darkwave/post-punk recalls countrymen Feedtime, if that band were less a caveman noise-rock outfit and more a darkwave/postpunk group.

Low Life’s first full-length, Dogging (released last year in the U.S.) has found a lot of love with the stateside garage-punk underground and comes highly recommended for fans of the aforementioned, as well as the artstomp of the A-Frames or Iceage Intelligence.

Low Life will be occupying the line-up slot immediately before Iceage and right after the first local appearance of our own ExCult (who couldn’t fit better on this bill), following a three-week tour that took our hometown hopefuls from one side of the country to the other.

In the Hi-Tone’s small room, and scheduled to avoid rubbing against the action in the big room, the bill will also be opened by another bright light out of Memphis: the unclassifiable hardcore outliers Gimp Teeth.

Headlining the small room is Austin’s Institute, another band that does its own (very enjoyable) thing with the template known as hardcore, and if the band has its Salt 12” EP available for sale (released last October), its earlier 7” or the Demo 12” for that matter, this writer strongly encourages their acquisition.

Iceage, Low Life, and Ex-Cult on Tuesday, June 9th, at the Hi-Tone.

Doors open at 8 p.m., admission is $12.

Gimp Teeth and Institute on Wednesday, June 10th, at the Hi-Tone.

Doors open at 1 a.m., admission is $5.

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

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Brad Birkedahl Band Thursdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m. and Saturday, June 6, 9:30 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m. and Saturday, June 6, 5 p.m.; The Memphis 3 Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; The Memphis 3 Sundays, Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.

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Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE 529-0007

Nashville Blues/Pop Performer Jaclyn Monroe Friday, June 5, 9-11 p.m.

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Live Music Fridays.

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

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 MondaysWednesdays, 5:30-8 p.m.

Double J’s Smokehouse & Saloon

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Brinson’s 341 MADISON 524-0104

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Live Music Thursdays, 711 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Grawemeyer’s 520 S. MAIN 526-6751

Evan Farris Saturdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 6-10 p.m., Sundays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and Fridays, 6-10 p.m.

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Pistol & the Queen Sunday, June 7, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Memphis Sounds Lounge Vince Johnson and the Boogie 22 N. THIRD 590-4049 Blues Band Thursdays, Grown Folk’s Music 7:30 p.m.

8 p.m.-midnight; Pam and Terry Fridays, Saturdays, Jerry Lee Lewis Cafe Mollie Fontaine Lounge 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Memphis Blues & Honky Tonk Society Jam Sundays, 7-11 p.m.

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Joey Trites and the Memphis Travis Porter, Cash Out, Trina Flash Saturdays, 3-7 p.m. and Sunday, June 7, 8 p.m.-3 a.m.

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

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

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

DJ Dance Music ongoing, 10 p.m.; Neo Soul Saturdays featuring Tamara Jones Monger, Carmen, Pat Register, and more first Saturday of every month, 7-10:30 p.m.

Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020

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

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Spindini 383 S. MAIN 578-2767

Jeff Crosslin Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

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Nuveo Ambiente Saturday, June 6, 10 p.m.; Driftwood Ramblers and Whatever Dude Sunday, June 7, 10 p.m.; Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; Dave Cousar Tuesdays, 11 p.m.

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NIGHTS LIKE THESE RELEASE NEW ALBUM One of the biggest metal bands to come out of Memphis in the past 10 years is releasing a new album this Friday, despite the fact that one of their key members is moving to California later this month. Since forming in the early 2000s, Nights Like These has been synonymous with the Memphis underground metal scene. They were the first group from the Caravan scene to sign a contract with a major label and the first to tour extensively around the country. After releasing two albums on Victory Records, the band went on hiatus for nearly five years before playing a handful of reunion shows last year.

Shortly after the reunion gigs, rumors of a new album from Nights Like These started surfacing, and in the spring of 2015, Nights Like These entered Ardent Studios to record Old Youth Culture with guitarist Matt Qualls manning the control board. Qualls describes Old Youth Culture as their most accessible album to date, with a more “mature and down-to-earth sound.”

“This album has the most straightforward song structure we’ve ever had,” Qualls said.

“When we were writing songs for The Faithless (the band’s debut album that sold 30,000 copies), we were just coming up with riff after riff. The song would go riff, riff riff, breakdown. Now we are more concerned with writing actual songs.”

With eight songs clocking in at the 40-minute mark, Old Youth Culture is a major departure from the band’s first two albums, but according to Qualls, it’s still a metal album.

“We feel like this album features some of the heaviest songs we’ve ever written,” Qualls said.

“This was going to be the final album, but we ended up being so happy with it that I doubt this will be the end of us making music together.”

Old Youth Culture will be available for download this Friday, with plans for a physical LP currently in the works. — Chris Shaw Nights Like These at the Hi-Tone, Friday, June 6th, at 8 p.m. Admission is $5.

3 S. BARKSDALE 725-1667

Live Music Fridays.

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

Chris Johnson Thursdays, 10 p.m.; DJ Tree Fridays, 10 p.m.; DJ Taz Saturdays, 10 p.m.; The Reel McCoy Sunday, June 7, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Charvey Mac Tuesdays, 8:3011:30 p.m.

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

Jazz with Jeremy & Ed Thursdays, 9 p.m.; Big Barton Friday, June 5, 9 p.m.; Richard James & the Special Riders, Ann Schorr & Significant Other with special guests Saturday, June 6, 10 p.m.1 a.m.; Open Jam Sundays, 6 p.m.; Juke Joint Blues Jam Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

Dru’s Place 1474 MADISON 275-8082

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

Found Studio 2491 BROAD 652-0848

Slow Motion Cowboys Friday, June 5, 9 p.m.

Nights Like These Album Release Show Friday, June 5, 8 p.m.-3 a.m.; Jammin’ For Deric Sunday, June 7, 6 p.m.midnight; Ben Callicott with Will Tucker Monday, June 8, 8 p.m.; Goner Presents: Iceage with Low Life and Ex-Cult Tuesday, June 9, 8 p.m.; Open Mic Comedy Night Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

Deering & Down Sunday, June 7, 4-7 p.m.; Detective Bureau Sunday, June 7, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Java Cabana 2170 YOUNG 272-7210

Hanna Star & the Teenage Teenagers Sundays, 1:303 p.m.

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

Reba Russell & Wayne Russell Thursday, June 4, 6 p.m.; Marcella & Her Lovers Thursday, June 4, 9 p.m.; Chris Johnson & Landon Moore Friday, June 5, 6:30 p.m.; Dead Winter Carpenters Friday, June 5, 10 p.m. and Saturday, June 6, 10 p.m.; The Tinglers Saturday, June 6, 11 a.m.; Deering & Down Saturday, June 6, 6:30 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sunday, June 7, 11 a.m.; Cedric Burnside Project Sunday, June 7, 4 p.m.; Jacob Stiefel Sunday, June 7, 8 p.m.; Dead Soldiers Monday, June 8, 8 p.m.; Logan Brill Tuesday, June 9, 8 p.m.; The Suffers with Brandon Villines Wednesday, June 10, 10 p.m.

Levitt Shell OVERTON PARK 272-2722

Kristina Train Thursday, June 4, 7:30 p.m.; Jakubi Friday, June 5, 7:30 p.m.; Seryn Saturday, June 6, 7:30 p.m.; MARCHFOURTH! Sunday, June 7, 7:30 p.m.

Memphis Made Brewing Company 768 S. COOPER 207-5343

Rick & Roy - Superfluidity Release Party Friday, June 5, 7-10 p.m.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1934 POPLAR 544-6209

Live music: Weather Warlock and TSOT Brooks + Goner Records Wednesday, June 10, 7-9 p.m.

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

Soundcheck Memphis Thursday, June 4, 7 p.m.; Futurebirds Thursday, June 4, 8 p.m.-3 a.m.

Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193

Great White Underbelly with Drink Fight and Thugs Thursday, June 4; Memphis Punkfest Friday, June 5; Memphis Punkfest Sunday, June 7.

Otherlands Coffee Bar 641 S. COOPER 278-4994

Sleepwlkrs, Justin Bloss Trio Friday, June 5; The Warp & The Weft, Paseo, Mike from New York Saturday, June 6.

Overton Square MIDTOWN

Bluesday Tuesday Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

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

The Phoenix 1015 S. COOPER 338-5223

Bluezday Thurzday Thursdays, 8-11:45 p.m.; Cowboy Bob’s Roundup Mondays, 811:45 p.m.; Memphis Songwriters Association second Tuesday of every month, 6:30-9 p.m.

Rockhouse Live Midtown 2586 POPLAR

The Pistol & the Queen’s Regal Rock & Roll Revue Thursday, June 4, 9 p.m.-midnight.

Strano Sicilian Kitchen 948 S. COOPER 552-7122

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

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

Young Avenue Deli 2119 YOUNG 278-0034

Backup Planet Saturday, June 6, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

University of Memphis

5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013

El Toro Loco

Ubee’s

East Memphis Live Music Thursdays, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.

Howard Vance Guitar Academy 978 REDDOCH 767-6940

First Friday at Five Coffee House Concert first Friday of every month, 5 p.m.

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House

4872 POPLAR 682-7729

551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

Brookhaven Pub & Grill

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

2809 KIRBY PKWY. 759-0593

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

521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900

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

695 BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 680-8118

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill

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

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

Dan McGuinness Pub 4698 SPOTTSWOOD 761-3711

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

Huey’s Poplar Bluff City Soul Collective Sunday, June 7, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

Shady Grove Presbyterian Church 5530 SHADY GROVE 683-7329

PRIZM Festival 2015 Concert 1: “Lively, Slow, Jaunty” Monday, June 8, 7-9 p.m.

T.J. Mulligan’s 1817 KIRBY 755-2481

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

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Collierville

Germantown

Neil’s Music Room

Hadley’s Pub

Huey’s Collierville

Huey’s Southwind

5727 QUINCE 682-2300

2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

Band of Brothers Thursday, June 4, 8 p.m.-midnight; Twin Soul Friday, June 5, 9 p.m.1 a.m. and Saturday, June 6, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Sunday Funday with The Lineup Sunday, June 7, 5:30-9:30 p.m.; Jonez’n Wednesday, June 10, 8 p.m.-midnight.

No More Drama Sunday, June 7, 8-11:30 p.m.

Cordova

Memphis All Stars Sunday, June 7, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Huey’s Germantown

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill

7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

The Chaulkies Sunday, June 7, 8-11:30 p.m.

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

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

847 EXOCET 624-9060

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

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

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

Horseshoe Casino Tunica 38664 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 800-357-5600

In Legends Stage Bar: Live Entertainment Nightly ongoing; Ronnie Milsap Friday, June 5, 8 p.m.

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

Owen Brennan’s

The Dantones Sunday, June 7, 8 p.m.-midnight.

THE REGALIA, 6150 POPLAR 761-0990

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

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

Summer/Berclair

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

High Point Pub

Tunica Roadhouse

477 HIGH POINT TERRACE 452-9203

1107 CASINO CENTER DRIVE, TUNICA, MS 662-363-4900

Delta Joe Sanders & Friends every other Tuesday, 8-11 p.m.; Pubapalooza with Stereo Joe every other Wednesday, 8-11 p.m.

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

Maria’s Restaurant

474 CHURCH, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-510-5861

Wadford’s Grill & Bar

6439 SUMMER 356-2324

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

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

The Other Place Bar & Grill

Raleigh

4148 WALES 373-0155

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

Mugs Pub

Test Drive Your New Kia Today!

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.

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

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

Winchester/ Hickory Hill Half Shell 7825 WINCHESTER 737-6755

Cruisin’ Heavy Saturday, June 6, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

SUBURBS

Arlington/Eads/ Oakland Rizzi’s/Paradiso Pub 6230 GREENLEE 592-0344

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

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Old Whitten Tavern 2800 WHITTEN 379-1965

Huey’s Cordova

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.

1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 754-3885

RockHouse Live

8071 TRINITY 756-4480

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.

Grady Champion Sunday, June 7, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova

Ice Bar & Grill 4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

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

Mesquite Chop House 3165 FOREST HILL-IRENE 249-5661

The Lineup Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

Frayser/Millington

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar

Haystack Bar & Grill 6560 HWY 51 N. 872-0567

Karaoke Nights at The Stack Wednesdays-Fridays, Sundays, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.

Old Millington Winery 6748 OLD MILLINGTON 873-4114

901 Blues Band Sunday, June 7, 3-6 p.m.

9087 POPLAR 755-0092

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

Dan McGuinness 3964 GOODMAN, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-7611

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

Fitz Casino & Hotel 711 LUCKY LN., TUNICA, MS 800-766-5825

Live Entertainment Wednesdays-Sundays, 6 p.m.

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill 6565 TOWNE CENTER, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-536-2200

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

Gold Strike Casino 1010 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 1-888-24K-PLAY

4396 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 372-3556

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

Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

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

West Memphis Southland Park Gaming & Racing 1550 N. INGRAM, WEST MEMPHIS, AR 800-467-6182

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.

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The Thrill at Neil’s featuring Jack Rowell and Triplthret Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Patty Harper & Faultline Saturday, June 6, 8 p.m.; Benefit for Buddy and Teresa Church Sunday, June 7; Gene Nunez and Debbie Jamison Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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n a rainy morning in early May, I met Dixon curator Julie Pierotti, research assistant Laura Gray McCann, and a team of workers in the museum’s gardens, where they were in the process of coaxing a giant ceramic head onto a steel pedestal.

The ceramic head was transported on a lift swathed in blankets and slowly leveraged into the correct position, where it faced an almost identical sculpture. The installation team paid no mind to the bad weather as they carefully maneuvered the artwork. This sculpture, I was told, was one of the last to be installed for what will be the Dixon’s largest outdoor exhibition to date.

The exhibition features the work of sculptor and ceramicist Jun Kaneko.

Kaneko is based in Omaha, Nebraska, where he operates the world’s largest non-industrial kiln. He is known for his massive and technically improbable works in clay, recognizable for their bright patterning and playful color.

Kaneko’s practice has spanned five decades and two continents, though the artist has been based out of Omaha since the mid-1980s.

That morning, McCann clutched a thick binder to her chest, away from the rain. Inside the notebook were much-annotated notes about the installation. Alongside curator Pierotti and an installation team from Kaneko’s studios in Omaha, McCann has worked to integrate the sculptures organically into the gardens. Her notebook included a guide to Kaneko’s many “dongos” (which look roughly like oblong ceramic eggs) and “tanukis” (a Japanese racoon dog). The sculptures currently occupy sightlines throughout the gardens, drawing attention to sometimes overlooked aspects of the landscape.

Installing Kaneko’s massive sculptures has been a feat that has required the Dixon’s team to tread new ground.

“Moving this sculpture was a work of art in and of itself,” McCann told me.

In order to install the work, the Dixon poured concrete bases throughout the garden. The sculptures all weigh upwards of 400 pounds. They arrived at the museum via flatbed 18-wheeler. They were then positioned using an elaborate slinging system.

McCann told me that the sculpture’s “scale in the time it takes to create these works matches their scale in size.” Kaneko often spends upwards of a year crafting the massive ceramics. The material may look sturdy but is prone to stresses.

Kaneko works with a full-time installation specialist, Conrad Snider, who joined the Dixon team this month. “We did days of walking through the gardens,” McCann told me, “to see how we could push the limits of scale.” The show initially included 16 sculptures but, as the idea for the installation evolved, it blossomed into a 24-piece exhibition.

Kaneko’s sculptures have to be seen in person to be understood.

You have to gaze up at them, stand in their shadow, to get the full effect of Kaneko’s fields of colorful glazes, punctuated by excited patterns.

Kaneko credits the works’ playfulness to time spent in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Japanese-born artist also says that he draws heavily from Eastern concepts of energy flow.

Kaneko, in a 2005 oral history with the Smithsonian, spoke about the scale of his works, which was partially inspired by visits to European cathedrals: “Psychologically, when you look up, most people feel different things. I don’t know why, but I don’t know anybody who is really sad when they are looking up … it causes huge influences in the interior feeling in your heart. I thought architecture for church was very innovative because it makes you to look up; I mean, brings your feeling up.”

The Dixon, for its part, is excited about the accessibility of the exhibition and how fun it will be for kids who will visit this summer. “You can touch these,” Julie Pierotti told me, smiling.

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CALENDAR of EVENTS:

June 4 - 10

THEATER

COOPER-YOUNG DISTRICT, CORNER OF COOPER AND YOUNG, WWW.COOPERYOUNG.COM.

Circuit Playhouse

Seminar, four aspiring young novelists sign up for private writing lessons with Leonard, a once celebrated literary figure. The wordplay is not the only thing that turns vicious, as innocence collides with experience in this sharp comedy. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $22-$35. First Sunday of every month, 2 p.m., and First Thursday-Saturday of every month, 8 p.m. Through June 21.

Denzel McArthur: Visual Fashion Exhibit

Benefit fashion exhibit of work Denzel McArthur has produced. He will be continuing his career in New York City. All-black attire requested and donations welcome. Fri., June 5, 7-10 p.m.

MARSHALL ARTS GALLERY, 639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Highpoint Art Fair

Featuring more than 25 vendors selling handmade items including, art, crafts, mosaics, glass, pottery, jewelry, metal sculpture, decorated furniture, and more. Sat., June 6, 9 a.m.3 p.m.

51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

First Congregational Church

Playback Memphis: Memphis Matters, in the Memphis Matters series, audience members volunteer to share personal stories of their lives, and then watch as the Playback actors interpret the story through experimental theatre. (264-0841), www. playbackmemphis.org. $15.

Sat., June 6, 7:30 p.m.

1000 S. COOPER (278-6786).

Hattiloo Theatre

Simply Simone, electric new revue based on the turbulent life and rich artistic legacy of this American musical icon, child prodigy, jazz superstar, civil rights activist, and political exile. www.hattiloo.org. $22$28. Fridays, Saturdays, 7:30 p.m., and Sundays, 3 p.m.

Through June 28.

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

Theatre Memphis

Anything Goes, classic musical theatre with epic tap dancing, a madcap book, and a wonderfully unexpected and romantic happy ending. www. theatrememphis.org. $25.

Sundays, 2 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through June 28.

June 4-10, 2015

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

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

HIGHPOINT TERRACE, 3734 JOHNWOOD (327-2869).

Reception for “19 7/12” on Friday, at David Lusk’s temporary location TheatreWorks

The Laramie Project, theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable regarding the murder of a student at the University of Wyoming. www. etcmemphistheater.com. $20.

Sundays, 2 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through June 14.

The FreakEngine, variety show featuring improv comedy, performance art, dance, music, and torturous human experiments. For more information, visit www. memphisfreakengine.com.

First Friday of every month.

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

A R TI S T R EC E P TI O N S

Crosstown Arts

Opening reception for “Stories On My Back,” exhibition of a large-scale multi-media installation incorporating audio,

video, digital photographs, and tamale leaves by Richard Lou. Featuring food trucks and live music. www.crosstownarts.org.

Fri., June 5, 6-9 p.m.

430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

David Lusk Gallery Temporary Location

Opening reception for “19 7/12,” exhibition of new works by past artists celebrating nearly 20 years in Laurelwood. www.davidluskgallery.com.

Fri., June 5.

64 FLICKER (767-3800).

Found Studio

Artist reception for “Going Out In Public,” exhibition of art from Kindlewood Fantasy Production. www.foundmemphis. com. Fri., June 5, 6-10 p.m.

memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Sun., June 7, 3-5 p.m.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

OTHER ART HAPPENINGS

The Artful Flea

The Artful Flea features art, photography, jewelry, and other items in a flea market setting. First Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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

Cheryl Pesce Trunk Show Opening

Featuring unique jewelry designs. Fri., June 5, 6-9 p.m., and Sat., June 6, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

2491 BROAD (652-0848).

JAY ETKIN GALLERY, 942 COOPER (550-0064).

Memphis Botanic Garden

Cooper-Young Art Tours

Opening reception for “The River Over Us,” exhibition of water-inspired acrylic paintings by Chandler Pritchett. www.

For more information, featured artists, and pop-up performances, visit website.

First Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

Memphis Knit Mafia: Outdoor Yarn Bombing Installation

Join the Memphis Knit Mafia as they install their third series of work, yarn bombing inspired by and related to “The Art of Video Games” on the Brooks plaza. Sat., June 6, 10 a.m.

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

Open Crit

Monthly critique event where visual artists are invited to bring new and/or in-progress studio work for critical feedback and group discussion particular to each artist’s practice. Second Tuesday of every month, 58 p.m. Through Dec. 31.

CROSSTOWN ARTS, 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

“Stories On My Back” Lecture + Artist Talk

Lecture by visiting scholar and art historian, Guisela LaTorre.

Gallery talk with artist Richard Lou and Guisela LaTorre. Free.

Sat., June 6, 2-4 p.m.

CROSSTOWN ARTS, 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

O N G O I N G ART

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

Beth Van Hoesen, exhibition by artist/printmaker. www. memphis.edu. Through July 2.

“What I Kept,” exhibition revolving around the objects that international women brought over from their home countries. Through July 2.

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

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

ANF Architects

“Where They Were and Where They Are Now,” exhibition and 40th Anniversary Art Show Retrospective featuring the work of about 20 artists previously shown over the years in the gallery. www.anfa. com. Through June 30.

1500 UNION (278-6868).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

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

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

Cafe Pontotoc

“Exploration in Imagination,” exhibition of mixed-media works by Elayna Scott, inspired by nature and her travels. Ongoing, 4-11 p.m.

314 S. MAIN (249-7955).

Circuitous Succession Gallery

“Experimental Relationship,” exhibition of color photography and multimedia installation work

by Pixy Yijun Liao. www. circuitoussuccession.com.

Through June 24.

500 S. SECOND.

Crosstown Arts

“Stories on My Back,” exhibition of a large-scale multi-media

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“19 7/12,” exhibition of new works by past artists celebrating almost 20 years in Laurelwood. www. davidluskgallery.com.

Through June 15.

64 FLICKER (767-3800).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

Jun Kaneko, exhibition of contemporary ceramic sculptures. www.dixon.org.

Through Nov. 22.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

Eclectic Eye

“Origins,” exhibtion of self-portraits painted with clay from Canada and the United States, specifically in Mississippi, by Eunika Rogers. www.eclectic-eye. com. Through June 24.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Fratelli’s

“Springtime Whimsy,” exhibition of stained glass

by Sharon Israel. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Through June 27.

750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Gallery Ten Ninety One “Hillary and David Butler: Oil and Water,” www.wkno. org. Through June 30.

WKNO STUDIO, 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

L Ross Gallery

Summer Group Show, exhibition of painting and sculpture by various artists. www.lrossgallery.com.

June 5-July 31.

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Memphis Botanic Garden “The River Over Us,” exhibition of water-inspired acrylic paintings by Chandler Pritchett. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Through June 27.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“The Art of Video Games,” exhibition exploring the 40year evolution of video games

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Memphis College of Art “It Starts with Pink: A Case Study,” exhibition of photographs by Katie Benjamin. www.mca.edu.

Through July 27.

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Metal Museum

“Art Is an Accident,” exhibtion of an amalgamation of American imagery, toys, and other found objects by J. Fred Woell. www.metalmuseum. org. Through June 12.

“Tributaries: Vivian Beer,” exhibition of furniture combining contemporary design, craft, and sculptural aesthetics. www.metalmuseum. org. Through June 12.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Painted Planet

Gallery Artists on View,

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1015 S. COOPER (725-0054).

Playhouse on the Square “Welcome to the Dollhouse,” exhibition of works by Brittany Wilder. www.mca. edu. Through June 7.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Stax Museum of American Soul Music

“Soul: Memphis’ Original Sound,” exhibition of photography by Thom Gilbert. www. soulsvillefoundation.org.

Through June 13.

June 6 - September 7, 2015

926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

Sue Layman Designs

Meet Wicked Plants author Amy Stewart

“Conclusion of Delusion,” exhibition of original oil paintings by Sue Layman Lightman. www.facebook. com/SueLaymanDesigns.

Wednesdays, Saturdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Appearance & book signing: Friday, June 5 • 5:30 - 6:30pm Saturday, June 6 • 9 - 11am

125 G.E. PATTERSON (409-7870).

T Clifton Art Gallery

“Birds,” exhibtion of fine art collage by Laura Adams. www.tcliftonart.com.

Through June 14.

2571 BROAD (323-2787).

DANCE

Book must be purchased at event to qualify for signature.

Funded by the North Carolina Arboretum Society and the Creel-Harison Foundation

Auditions for Collierville Ballet

Open auditions for dancers ages 9-12 and 13 and older for the upcoming 2015-2016 season. Sat., June 6, 10 a.m.

P!NK PALACE MUSEUM

COLLIERVILLE BALLET, 369 DISTRIBUTION PARKWAY (258-9193), WWW. COLLIERVILLEBALLET.ORG.

Shrine Tea Dance

Featuring Noble Sounds Orchestra and the Bankers.

Semi-formal attire. BYOB. Includes popcorn and soft drinks. $10. First Sunday of every month, 2-6 p.m.

AL CHYMIA SHRINE CENTER, 5770 SHELBY OAKS (377-7336), WWW.SHRINE-DANCE-MEMPHIS.COM.

COMEDY

Chuckles Comedy Club LOL Memphis Sketch & Improv Comedy Show,

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430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

through painting, writing, sculpture, music, storytelling, and cinematography. www. brooksmuseum.org.

June 6-Sept. 13.

“Surreal Kingdoms,” exhibition combining acrylic paint and digital collage by Kenneth Wayne Alexander II. www.brooksmuseum.org.

June 6-Sept. 13.

“Arp, Man Ray, and Matta: Surrealists,” exhibition of Surrealist artists’ books by Hans Arp, Man Ray, and Matta. www.brooksmuseum. org. Through July 12.

“20th Century Color Woodcuts: Japonisme and Beyond,” exhibition of American and British prints. www.brooksmuseum.org.

Through Sept. 8.

“British Watercolors from the Golden Age,” exhibition of watercolors from the late-18th through the early-20th centuries. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through Sept. 20.

“Play,” exhibition exploring the intersection of play and art using pieces from the permanent collection. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through Sept. 20.

“Cats and Quotes,” exhibition featuring felines in paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and prints paired with famous quotes about felines from a variety of periods. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through Jan. 3, 2016.

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B O O KS I G N I N G S

featuring improv games and sketch parodies. Cast members perform small sets throughout the show to introduce what’s coming next. (654-8594), $10. Second Monday of every month, 7-9 p.m.

Boldly Bookish YA Tour

1700 DEXTER.

Flirt Nightclub

Trippin on Thursday, hosted

by K-97 Funny Man Prescott.

Thursdays, 6 p.m.

3659 S. MENDENHALL (485-1119).

The Orpheum

Bill O’Reilly and Dennis Miller: Don’t Be A Pinhead Tour, unique mix of political commentary, good-natured humor, and rapport. www. orpheum-memphis.com. $77.50-$127.50. Sat., June 6, 8-10:15 p.m.

203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

P&H Cafe

Open Mic Comedy, Thursdays, 9 p.m.

1532 MADISON (726-0906).

POETRY/ SPOKEN WORD

Amurica World Headquarters

Spillit Story Slam: Music, evening of music-themed stories. Storytellers will have six minutes to win over the judges. Winner goes on to Spillit Grand Slam 2015. Guest host Savannah Bearden, DJ MC McGriddle, and eveyone’s favorite bartender, Tawni Bell.

(289-6276), $10. Fri., June 5, 7-8:30 p.m.

410 CLEVELAND.

Brinson’s

Melting Pot: Artist Showcase, open mic night hosted by Darius “Phatmak” Clayton. $5. Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

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

Sundays, 5 p.m.

341 MADISON (524-0104).

Cossitt Library

“Who’s Got Next?,” teens share poetry, prose, lyrics, rap, word play, and storytelling. www.memphislibrary. org. Free. Fri., June 5, 23 p.m.

33 S. FRONT (415-2766).

The HUB

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

June 4-10, 2015

515 E.H. CRUMP.

Java Cabana

Open Mic Nite, www. javacabanacoffeehouse.com.

Thursdays, 8-10 p.m.

2170 YOUNG (272-7210).

Poplar-White Station Branch Library

Poetry Society of Tennessee, the oldest Poetry Society of Memphis meets monthly featuring speakers, workshops, readings, and the Mid-South Poetry Festival in October.

(361-0077), free. First Saturday of every month, 24 p.m. Through June 6.

5094 POPLAR (682-1616).

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Come meet breakout YA authors Emery Lord, Trish Doller, A.C. Gaughen, and Tiffany Schmidt discussing and signing their books.

Wed., June 10, 6:30 p.m.

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

Booksigning by Amy Stewart

Author discusses and signs Stewart’s bestselling book Wicked Plants: The Weed Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities. Fri., June 5, 5:306:30 p.m., and Sat., June 6, 9-11 a.m.

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

Booksigning by May Laura Philpott

Author discusses and signs Penguins with People Problems.

Thurs., June 4, 6:30 p.m.

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

Booksigning by Steve Stern

Author reads and signs The Pinch. Thurs., June 4, 6 p.m.

BURKE’S BOOK STORE, 936 S. COOPER (278-7484), WWW.BURKESBOOKS.COM.

Booksigning by Austin McLellan

Author reads and signs Twenty Grand. Sat., June 6, 1-3 p.m.

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

LECTURE/SPEAKER

Brown Bag: Butterflies of the Mid-South

Join author and illustrator Margaret Gratz for this lecture on attracting butterflies and identifying them in the home garden.

Featuring copies of her latest book, Butterflies: At Home in the Earth Lady’s Garden, for signing. Wed., June 10, noon.

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

Elmwood & the Civil War Civil War historian Doug Cupples will highlight the direct connections between Elmwood and the war.

Registration required. $7.

Wed., June 10, noon.

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

Music Business Forum

Kick-off with the legal aspects of the music industry featuring guest speakers Carlee McCullough and Michele Howard-Flynn.

Following sessions address other aspects of the music business. Free. Wed., June 10, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (636-6857), MEMPHISMUSIC.ORG.

CONFERENCES/ CONVENTIONS

29th Annual OTLS Cigarette Lighter Collector’s Convention

Free. Sat., June 6, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

MEMPHIS MARRIOTT-EAST, 5795 POPLAR (310-804-4899)

TOURS

Garden Tours

Docents will highlight plants and other points of interest.

Tuesdays, Sundays, 2 p.m.

Through June 30.

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

Through Our Garden Gates

On-site experts discuss trees, turf, herbs, roses, garden art, wild birds, vegetable gardening, and more. Three Midtown and three East Memphis gardens showcased. See website for details including locations.

Donations. Sat., June 6, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION (752-1207), WWW. MEMPHISAREAMASTERGARDENERS.ORG.

Tours at Two

Join a Dixon docent or member of the curatorial staff on a tour of the exhibitions.

Free for members. $5 nonmembers. Tuesdays, Sundays, 2-3 p.m.

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

Tuesday Tour: River Bluff Walk

Historian Jimmy Ogle leads a free tour of the River Bluff Walk from the Tennessee Brewery to Vance Park. Meet up at Tennessee Brewery, 477 Tennessee Street. Free.

Tues., June 9, 11:45 a.m.

TENNESSEE BREWERY, 495 TENNESSEE (604-5002), WWW.JIMMYOGLE.COM.

EXPOS/SALES

Daylily Show and Sale

Hundreds of varieties on display and for affordable prices. Sun., June 7, 1-4 p.m.

MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (662-895-9495), WWW. MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.

Memphis Comic Expo

Featuring more than 70 comic creators, artists, and writers as well as pop culture figures. $15. Sat., June 6, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sun., June 7, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

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

Men in Motion: Men’s Health Expo

Hypertension awareness event encouraging men to maintain a healthy blood pressure. Featuring special guest Coach Lionel Hollins, basketball, health screenings, demonstrations, and more.

Free. Sat., June 6, 10 a.m.1 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 2835 BROAD (684-6011, EXT. 212), COMMONTABLEHEALTH.ORG/ HEALTHY-SHELBY.PHP.

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Books & BBQ

Experience the arts and a barbecue featuring more than 30 authors and youth organizations, business workshops, book giveaways, raffles/door prizes, entertainment and more designed to celebrate literacy. $3.

Sat., June 6, 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m.

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

Donor Fest

Week-long blood drive with festival on Saturday beginning at 9:30 a.m. featuring food, balloon animals, face painting, and more. Mon.-Sat., June 8-13.

ST BENEDICT AT AUBURNDALE HIGH SCHOOL,, 8250 VARNAVAS, CORDOVA (260-2840), WWW.LIFEBLOOD.ORG.

Memphis Israel Festival and 5K Race/Walk

Featuring Israeli food, Israeli music, activities for all ages, rock climbing walls, camel rides, petting zoo, archeological dig for kids and Israeli culture.

Free. Sun., June 7, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

AUDUBON PARK, OFF PARK AVENUE, WWW.MEMPHISFOI.ORG.

SPICERFEST 4

Memphis musicians come together to benefit FSH Muscular Dystrophy research.

Includes 15 bands, auction, Amurica Photo Booth, food, and release of The Other Side of Memphis album. $10 donation.

Sat., June 6, 3 p.m.-midnight.

MURPHY’S, 1589 MADISON (568-2869),

Tupelo Elvis Festival

Featuring regional, national and local artists, gospel concert, tribute artist contest, food vendors, carnival midway, pet parade, beauty pageant, 5k run, disc golf, movie poster exhibit, and more. Thur.-Sun., June 4-7.

VARIOUS TUPELO LOCATIONS, DOWNTOWN TUPELO, WWW. TUPELOELVISFESTIVAL.COM.

raise to receive an event T-shirt or jersey. All will receive a goody bag and lunch. $45. Sat., June 6, 6:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

WOLF RIVER GREENWAY, THE NEWEST SECTION OF THE MEMPHIS GREENWAY ON HUMPHREYS BLVD. (452-6500 EXT. 101), WOLFRIVER.ORG/ CYCLE-THE-GREENWAY.

Memphis Redbirds v. Las Vegas 51s Through June 5.

S P O R TS / F I TN ES S

14th Annual Ken Sossaman Memorial Golf Tournament

Morning and afternoon flight, each with meals and an award ceremony. Participants can create teams of four or individuals may request to be placed on a team. $550 individual, $2,200 for team of four. Fri., June 5, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

MIRIMICHI GOLF COURSE, 6195 WOODSTOCK-CUBA, MILLINGTON (529-4288), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS. COM.

Curling League Play: Season One

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

Tai Chi

Classes held near Woodland Discovery Playground. $8.

Wednesdays, 3 p.m.

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

Walk in the Park

Meet at the temporary Visitor Center near the Woodland Discovery Playground.

Sundays, 2:30 p.m.

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

Six-week session. $150. Sun., June 7, 5:15-7:15 and 7:309:30 p.m.

M E ETI NGS

MID-SOUTH ICE HOUSE, 10705 RIDGEWAY INDUSTRIAL RD. (881-8544), WWW. MEMPHISCURLINGCLUB.COM.

Improve an existing relationship, break the cycle of picking the wrong partners, or start a new relationship off on a firm, healthy foundation. Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m.

Cycle the Greenway

Benefiting the Wolf River Conservancy, a local nonprofit, and the Wolf River Greenway.

Cycle 27, 39, or 55 miles. Fund-

Cultivating Positive Relationships

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).

Meditation and Dharma Talk

Featuring chanting, silent “sitting meditation,” and dharma talk with Q&A or book discussion. Fridays, 6 p.m., and Sundays, 10 a.m.

QUAN AM MONASTERY, 3500 S. GOODLETT (679-4528), WWW.BUDDHISTMEMPHIS.COM.

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), WWW.MGLCC.ORG.

Stroke Support Group

Monthly topics discussed for stroke survivors and caregivers. Light refreshments served. Second Tuesday of every month, 2 p.m.

HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION, 4100 AUSTIN PEAY (213-5400), WWW.METHODISTHEALTH.ORG.

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

Performers share their experiences with students at the Center for Southern Folklore on Monday.

KIDS

registration. Through June 30.

The Princess & The Frog Grand Tea Party Event

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST EDUCATIONAL CENTER, 1738 GALLOWAY (452-8811), WWW.DANCESCHOLARSINC.ORG.

Ages 3 up are invited to wear prince and princess attire and interact with Princess & The Frog characters. Featuring photos, face paintings, nail paintings, story telling, food, and more. $10. June 6, 35 p.m.

A Day of Merrymaking

HEARTSONG CHURCH, 800 HOUSTON LEVEE (870-4348), WWW. BALLETONWHEELS.ORG.

Registration for “A Chance to Dance” Summer Camp

Family festival on the Greensward featuring live music from Alexis Grace and Artistik Approach, food trucks, activities for kids and dogs, and hot air balloon floats. Free.

Sat., June 6, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (214-5450), WWW.OVERTONPARK.ORG.

Junior program ages 7-13 and senior program ages 10 and up.

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Water park with a garden theme featuring spray loops, water tunnels, and more.

Free for members, $15 nonmembers. Through Aug. 31, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF MEMPHIS, 2525 CENTRAL (320-3170), WWW.CMOM.COM.

International Chamber Music Festival and Summer Camp

For children 12 and older who have played a string, woodwind, or brass instrument two years or more. For more information and registration, visit website. $350. June 8-13.

SHADY GROVE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 5530 SHADY GROVE (683-7329), WWW. PRIZMENSEMBLE.COM.

Kidgits Super Duper Lil’ Chefs

Culinary event designed especially for kids to explore the world of cooking. It highlights the fun side of food through interactive, hands-on activities, sampling, and more. Free for members, $5 membership. Sat., June 6, 1-3 p.m.

WOLFCHASE GALLERIA, 2760 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. (372-9409), WWW.SIMON.COM/MALL/ WOLFCHASE-GALLERIA.

The Princess & The Frog Grand Tea Party

Event activities include face paintings, nail paintings, story telling, specially themed tea treats, tea, and more.

Children are encouraged to wear their favorite princess or prince costume. $10. Sat., June 6, 3-5 p.m.

THE SALVATION ARMY KROC CENTER, 800 E. PARKWAY S. (729-8007), BALLETONWHEELS.ORG.

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PRIZM Festival 2015 Concert 1: “Lively, Slow, Jaunty”

The trombone is featured in a unique woodwind quintet and one of Schumann’s most revered piano pieces. Mon., June 8, 7-9 p.m.

SHADY GROVE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 5530 SHADY GROVE (596-9105), WWW. PRIZMENSEMBLE.COM.

Saturday Storytime: Oh the Places You’ll Go

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For ages 2-10. Sat., June 6, 11 a.m.

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BARNES & NOBLE, 2774 N. GERMANTOWN (386-2468).

Tuesday Toddler Storytime: When a Dragon Moves In

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Wacky Wednesday

Family friendly summer of art and film including independent and international children’s short films as well as animated versions of beloved classics.

Free. Wednesdays, 10 a.m.1 p.m. Through July 31.

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

SPECIAL EVENTS

71st Anniversary of D-Day: A Sentimental Journey

Honoring WWII veterans with music and memories from one of the most iconic periods in our great American history. $15. Sat., June 6, 4-6 p.m.

FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD, 8650 WALNUT GROVE (843-8600), WWW.WWIIAMERICA.COM.

Hot Rod Power Tour

New features for spectators, participants, and autoenthusiasts during the sevenday, seven-city journey. Free for spectators. Tues., June 9, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.

MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, 5500 VICTORY LANE (310-363-4231), HOTROD.COM.

Minecraft Design & Build Contest

Build the world’s coolest art museum with Minecraft to participate. Prizes will be awarded for ages 12 and under, 13 to 17, and 18 and older. Deadline to enter is July 6. See website for entry.

Through June 6.

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

Paws for a Cause

Bring your own dog to share in the fun at this massive pet adoption by area rescue agencies. Featuring activities, games, prizes, displays and demonstrations, celebrity pet wash, artists’ market, and more. Sat., June 6, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

SHOPS OF SADDLE CREEK, POPLAR AND WEST FARMINGTON RD.

Peabody Rooftop Party

$10-$15. Thursdays, 611 p.m. Through Aug. 16.

THE PEABODY, 149 UNION (529-4000), WWW.PEABODYMEMPHIS.COM.

Revue from Center’s Memphis Music & Culture Tour

Join performers Hope Clayburn, Elmo Thomas, and Domingo Montez who’ll perform and share their experiences presenting music and interacting with amazing students in Vietnam. Mon., June 8.

CENTER FOR SOUTHERN FOLKLORE, 123 S. MAIN AT PEABODY TROLLEY STOP (525-3655), WWW.SOUTHERNFOLKLORE.COM.

“Wicked Plants”

Fun family-friendly exhibit of the world’s most diabolical botanicals inspired by Amy Stewart’s bestselling book Wicked Plants: The Weed Mother and other Botanical Atrocities. June 6-Sept. 7.

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

FOOD & DRINK EVENTS

Brewville @ DeNeuville

Beer-centric event featuring homebrew, local craft beer, live music, food, and more benefiting DeNeuville Learning Center’s programs and services. $35. Sat., June 6, 5-8 p.m.

DENEUVILLE LEARNING CENTER, 190 S. COOPER (726-5902), BREWVILLE.SPLASHTHAT.COM.

Ceviche Chef’s Competition

Celebrity chefs from all over Memphis will compete to impress judges Jose Gutierrez, Jennifer Chandler, Jonathan Magallanes, and Jennifer Biggs with their best ceviche creations. Sun., June 7, 1:30 p.m.

CAFE KEOUGH, 12 S. MAIN.

Flying Saucer 20th Anniversary: Toast Around the Universe

Downtown Memphis and Cordova locations will commemorate the first Saucer opening in Fort Worth, Texas on June 5, 1995 with a countdown and toast. Fri., June 5, 7-9 p.m.

FLYING SAUCER, 1400 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. (755-5530), WWW.BEERKNURD.COM. MEMPHIS FARMERS MARKET,

Merry Edwards Wine Dinner

Showcasing premier wines from one of California’s first woman winemakers, Merry Edwards. Chef José will pair his signature cuisine with award-winning Russian River Valley selections. $85. Wed., June 10, 6:30-9 p.m.

RIVER OAKS, 5871 POPLAR (6839305), WWW.RIVEROAKSRESTAURANT. COM.

FILM

Back to the Future

Marty McFly, a typical American teenager of the, ’80s is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a plutoniumpowered DeLorean “time machine” invented by a slightly mad scientist. $7. Fri., June 5, 7-9:30 p.m.

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

Kumiko the Treasure Hunter

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Students at the Navy’s elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class. One daring young flyer learns a few things from a civilian instructor. $7. Thurs., June 4, 7-9:30 p.m.

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or us, being a music joint,” says owner Bob Franklin, “being on Beale Street is pretty cool. Live music is what we do.”

Franklin is the co-owner of Tin Roof, which opened last week in the former Hard Rock space at the east end of Beale. Founded in Nashville in 2002, they are a regional chain that operates in 13 cities. But Franklin says he has long dreamed of coming to Memphis, and that reverence is reflected in the way this new Tin Roof has been customized — everything from décor to menu to programming.

They’ve even gussied up the peanuts. Cheekily christened “On the Trail of Elvis” ($4.50), the bar mix includes salted peanuts, banana chips, bacon, and popcorn spiced with dark chili cayenne. It’s the brainchild of chef Will Zuchman, who comes to Tin Roof from Garces Restaurant Group in Philadelphia.

I’ve got to say, the food is a pleasant surprise. The cheddar mac ’n’ cheese with jalapenos and tobacco onions ($5) is creamy with the right amount of spice. And the Chili Bang Bang Shrimp ($9) is a clever combination of Creole seasonings and Japanese Ebi Mayo.

But I reserve special praise for the Pickled Four Bean Salad ($7.50), quite possibly the tastiest thing on the menu. And — a new direction for Beale — actually pretty healthy.

“I grew up vegetarian for 21 years,” confesses chef Zuchman. “My parents were both painters. I used to eat this stuff right out of the jar.”

The space has been completely redone, and the results are barn chic: Exposed concrete meets bare brick and rough-hewn wood planks. What used to beLocal the Hard Rock’s gift shop has been converted into a wide-open bar, and the walls are adorned with vintage signs and hand-painted murals. Add a few string lights — and, of course, a tin roof — and you’ve got Beale Street’s take on a farm party.

Tin Roof will offer live music seven nights a week: covers Monday through Thursday, original stuff on the weekends. On the night I visited, Brian Carrion took the stage. A snappy dresser from Nashville, he falls somewhere between Jason Mraz and Justin Timberlake. Franklin says that’s right in line with the kind of music they

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RAISING THE ROOF plan to offer: a mélange of rock, pop, and country.

Tin Roof, 315 Beale, 615-686-2900 tinroofmemphis.com Walt Whitman wrote, “Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes.”

The same might be said of Broad Avenue. Although not terribly large, it does manage to contradict itself in some very interesting ways. Is it hipster (3 Angels) or divey (The Cove)? Is it highfalutin (Bounty) or salt-of-the-earth (Broadway Pizza)?

The appearance, last month, of Red Zone Sports & Cigar Bar does little to resolve Broad’s apparent contradictions. In fact, you might say it exemplifies them. Care for some spicy Buffalo wings with your cigar? But it does make things more interesting.

The first thing you’ll notice about Red Zone is its size. It’s easily three times bigger than The Cove, just down the street. The first floor is all about sports, with 10 projectors that turn the walls into movie screens, crawling with helmeted dudes and the occasional music video. At the bar, you can sit on a stool or opt for a swing — yes, a swing — hand-installed by owner Chris Sanders.

Upstairs, you’ll find the cigar bar, a glassed-in room decked out with leather recliners. But the main attraction is the mechanical bull — a menacing robot that you can pay to ride on Friday and Saturday nights. It’s only the second one in town; the first is at Red Zone’s other location, on Winchester. So what’s the deal with the bull?

“Ladies gotta have something to ride,” says manager Melissa Peters, with a grin.

Gender politics aside, the food is pretty good. The Southwestern Egg Rolls ($8.95) are bursting with corn and chicken, served with a sweet and sour sauce.

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For colder refreshment, order a Red Rocktail, chilled from within by a chunk of dry ice!

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Lafayette’s Music Room Specialty cocktails, local brews, great wines, and high-quality spirits from our upstairs and downstairs bars match perfectly with listening to live bands on our stage and enjoying Southern food with an attitude from our kitchen.

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Schweinehaus Come to Schweinehaus, where Bavaria blends with Memphis for a celebration of pork and beer. Happy hour is Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with $5 appetizers, $5 half-liters, $10 liters, and $1 off the entire bar.

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Molly’s La Casita Molly’s La Casita has the best of the best top-shelf margarita: the RC Ultimate, created to honor Robert Chapman. The RC Ultimate is made with Patrón Silver tequila, Cointreau, and our worldfamous, exclusive Molly’s sweet and sour. All of our margaritas are sure to make you smile.

2006 Madison • 726-1873 mollyslacasita.com Pearl’s Oyster House Try our char-grilled oysters for only $1 each with an entrée purchase Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (limit of 12). Or visit us for happy hour weekdays from 4 to 7 p.m. with $1 off drafts and wells.

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Tin Roof In 2002, the original Tin Roof opened near Nashville’s famed Music Row. The goal was to give musicians a place to play and a place to hang when they weren’t on stage. In 2015, the Roof opened in Memphis on the most famous musical street in the country, historic Beale Street! So whether you’re coming for the tunes, the food, a drink, or just a good time, enjoy the Roof, “Where Everybody Is Somebody.”

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EAST MEMPHIS 4 Dumplings Acre Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen Another Broken Egg Cafe Asian Palace Bangkok Alley Belmont Grill The Booksellers Bistro Broadway Pizza Brookhaven Pub & Grill Buckley’s Fine Filet Grill Carrabba’s Italian Grill Casablanca Cheffie’s Café Ciao Bella City East Bagel & Grille Corky’s Dan McGuinness Pub Dixie Cafe El Mezcal El Porton El Toro Loco Erling Jensen Folk’s Folly Foozi Fox & Hound Fratelli’s The Grove Grill Gus’s Fried Chicken Half Shell

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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

Shakedown San Andreas destroys California for fun and profit.

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f I called San Andreas “a huge disaster.” director Brad Peyton would probably take it as a compliment.

It’s not a compliment.

Admittedly, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s new vehicle has its moments. The aerial views of huge seismic waves propagating destruction throughout the Los Angeles basin are a fantastic addition to the disaster filmography. The images of the line between “normal day” and “fiery death shake” moving inexorably across a huge city evoke the feeling we get after any sudden, major trauma — the wish that we could freeze time or go back to live forever in the moment before our world blew up. Peyton takes full advantage of the California countryside, simultaneously evoking its beauty for a moment before laying it to waste. There’s also a great sequence that follows Emma (Carla Gugino) in a single unbroken (but no doubt digitally stitched together) shot as she tries to escape a disintegrating skyscraper, evoking nightmares of being trapped in the World Trade Center on 9/11.

This is the visceral appeal of the disaster movie. Everyday life can get boring. Big events, like earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis, give ordinary people the opportunity to be heroes while generating lots of spectacular news video. Floating through the streets of post-Katrina New Orleans in a makeshift boat looking for survivors looks cool at a distance, but on-the-scene helicopter news footage always omits the part where you live for months without running water in an increasingly squalid refugee camp. Disaster porn is always more fun than actual disasters.

Or at least it should be. The campy, trashy disaster movies of the 1970s, such as Irwin Allen’s The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno, hide a wink behind the grim surface tone. San Andreas tries to accomplish something similar, but every time it manages to build up a little disaster action momentum, it ends up crashing against a rock — or rather, The Rock.

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Johnson plays Ray, an Afghanistan War veteran turned Los Angeles Fire Department helicopter pilot who has kept his old Army rescue team together now that they’re back stateside. We meet him midadventure, rescuing a young woman from a car that has been swept by a rock slide into a SoCal canyon.

But after this promising start, the film grinds to a halt to explore his relationship with his soon-tobe-ex-wife Emma and daughter Blake (Alexandra Daddario). Ray and Emma broke up, and now she’s about to move in with rich sleazeball Daniel (Ioan Gruffudd). This makes The Rock sad, but being The

Rock, he soldiers on as a contrived series of events leads to Blake and Daniel visiting San Francisco just in time for The Big One, which has been predicted by Caltech siesmologist Lawrence (Paul Giamatti, getting paid to spout exposition).

I’ve given a lot of thought to the debased state of the American Hero in film since Fury, which portrayed American soldiers as rapists, and American Sniper, which opens with the biggest hero of the Iraq War gunning down women and children. Faced with the biggest natural disaster in history, Ray, war hero turned fireman, promptly abandons his post to rescue

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Sarah Rossi and K. Brandon Bell in the Beacon Theatre where they create virtual sets for the Tony Awards

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When the stars of Broadway gather in New York City on Sunday night to celebrate the best of the theater season, there will be a secret Memphis connection on stage: virtual sets designed by Memphis video designers K. Brandon Bell and Sarah Rossi.

Bell is a Louisiana native who went to graduate school at the University of Memphis. He became involved with the Tony broadcast while living in New York City, where he also met his partner Rossi, who is French. The pair moved back to Memphis to raise their three children, and for most of the year they make their

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“Everything is fed directly into these giant screens. They’re 20 feet high and about 50 feet wide when you put them all together.”

These “virtual sets” were first used in 2011, after the Tony Awards was forced to vacate its traditional home at Radio City Music Hall. “They moved it to the Beacon Theatre, which is way smaller,” Bell says.

In the old days, when the cast members from the nominated musicals would come on stage to perform numbers from the shows, a small army of stage hands would quickly recreate the sets they used every night. But that proved impractical in the smaller confines of the Beacon, so the screens were used to give the same impact while scaling the production to fit its new environment.

“Nobody had ever done this kind of thing before,” Bell says. “Not that nobody’d ever used virtual sets, but nobody had ever tried to recreate 10 or

15 sets in a month for a live TV show.

It’s a weird thing to try to do, and there wasn’t a process in place for doing it. We just had to kind of figure out how to do it on our own. 2011 was a nightmare. I still don’t know how it worked out as well as it did.”

Bell says they have some degree of creative leeway in designing the virtual sets. “We’re not necessarily, exactly reproducing what we see in the theaters. But it should feel like the experience of watching the show. There’s one director who, every year, she’ll just completely throw out the whole set and make something new. It’s crazy!”

Between the Tony’s producer, director, and art department, plus all of the individual play directors and their set designers and lighting designers, Bell and Rossi have a lot of people to answer to. “If you looked at it like a set designer, it would drive you crazy. But I’m not a set designer. My whole thing is trying to make all of this work, creatively and technically. It’s not my vision, and it’s not Sarah’s vision. It’s the top dogs at the Tonys and the people from the individual shows’ visions. I’m just trying to make all that work on TV.”

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GENERAL DUPLEX DUPLEXES FOR RENT Berclair4165 Macon - 2BR/1.5BA, C/H&A $525Getwell4158 Barron - 2BR/1BA, C/Heat $475Mitchell heights3430 Lamphier - 2BR/1BA, C/Heat $395U of M3593 Clayphil 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $5653597 Clayphil - 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $565 Leco Realty, Inc. @ 3707 Macon Rd. 272-9028 Free list @ lecorealty.com

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HOMES FOR RENT Barron/Pendelton1124 Railton - 2BR/1BA, gas heat, garage $525Berclair - Kingsbury 3583 Mayflower - 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $525782 Homer - 3BR., small den, C/ Heat $5854138 Bayliss - 3BR/1BA, C/ Heat $5851551 Stacey - 3BR/1BA, C/ Heat $5851186 Wrenwood - 3BR/1BA, C/H&A $6754505 Jamerson 3BR/1BA, HW floors C/Heat $675 Cordova8235 Walnut Grove 3BR/2BA,/fp, C/H&A $1375Frayser 1975 Corning - 3BR/1BA, C/Heat $5352703 Chatsworth - 3BR/1BA, f/f heat $5654985 Ruthie Cv4BR/1BA, C/Heat (Northaven Area) $525Oakhaven4195 Bishops Bridge - 3BR/2BA, some appl, C/H&A $825Orange Mound3360 Spottswood - 2BR, C/Heat, workshop garage $585Park/Highland3458 Hadley 2BR/1BA, f/f heat $465Whitehaven 3296 Dogwood - 3BR/1BA, C/H&A $765880 Craigwood - 3BR/1BA, C/H&A $775Free list @ lecorealty.com or come in, or call 272-9028. Leco Realty, 3707 Macon Rd.

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Forget Nashville

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Nashville has treated Memphis like Little Brother for as long as I can remember, so sometimes it’s easy to forget that Memphis is the bigger city — just barely. It won’t be that way for much longer, according to 2014 population data recently released by the Census Bureau. Right now, Memphians outnumber Nashvillians by only about 20,000.

Nashville’s population is growing and ours is just … sitting there. It dropped by .25 percent last year — not a lot, but obviously we would prefer that the population grow, not shrink.

So, we’ve got some work to do. But we already knew that. Of course, the public policy and urban planning experts in our daily paper’s comment section claim to have exclusive insights into where folks are going and why, but that’s a topic for another day.

So Nashville’s finally poised to surpass Memphis. Big deal. Enjoy this cookie as a token of my not caring.

As a Memphian, I know I’m supposed to roll my eyes and say, “Ugh, Nashville … the worst! More like Trashville, right? ‘It City’? Are you sure they didn’t mean to say, ‘It’s shitty?’”

Hating on Nashville is as much a part of life in Memphis as jaywalking, waiting in line at Jerry’s, or getting heat exhaustion at the Elvis Week candlelight vigil. Rumor has it there’s a secret ingredient in our delicious water that allows the Nashville hate to flow more freely.

Meh. I can’t do it. I don’t hate Nashville anymore. In fact, to paraphrase one of my favorite Don Draper lines, I don’t think about it at all.

Sorry, no time. Too busy enjoying Memphis.

Standing on the top floor of a BBQ Fest mega-tent, sipping a Memphis Made kÖlsch as the sun slipped behind our giant glass pyramid newly filled with alligators and tourists and hunting supplies, the last thing on my mind was “Oh man, I wonder what Nashville is doing right now!”

When I was waving my Growl Towel and yelling “FIRST TEAM DE-FENSE” at the tippy-tip-top of FedExForum, I never paused to imagine what the fans chant at Predators games. If they chant anything at all.

As I bounce from barre class to brunch at Second Line to a hair appointment at Gould’s or a matinee at Studio on the Square, I don’t ask myself what in Nashville compares to Overton Square.

Remind me, why are we “rivals” again? The two cities have little in common beyond the highway that connects them. Nashville is “country” and Memphis is “soul.”

Nashville’s brand-new, never-worn, and Memphis is gently used one-of-a-kind vintage. Emphasis on one-of-a-kind. Think about it: What do they have that we don’t have or even want for that matter? An eponymous TV show? Been there, done that, would rather not talk about it. Jack White? By all means, they can have him — and Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman too. A neighborhood called SoBro? Nah, bruh. The Titans? LOL. Trader Joe’s? It’s just a grocery store, y’all. Yeah, I said it. (If anyone from TJ’s happens to be reading this: Just kidding! We’d love a location in Memphis. Pretty please. ASAP. Thanks.)

Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” As a city whose unofficial motto is “Memphis vs. Errrbody,” we could probably benefit from President Roosevelt’s advice.

Let’s compare Memphis today to five, 10 years ago. Maybe the population is stagnant, but Memphis is growing in a different way.

And it’s been a thrill to witness. Entire neighborhoods are being reborn. We’re figuring out how to turn old, forgotten things like the Tennessee Brewery, Hotel Chisca, and the Crosstown building into new, useful things.

Every time I cross a “New Restaurant To Try” off my list, another one opens. More touring bands and musicians are playing in Memphis instead of just flying over en route to bigger cities. We’ve got a basketball team that owns the fourth-longest streak of postseason appearances in the NBA. We even have a respectable — nay, good — college football team now! Around this time next year we’ll have an IKEA, an H&M, and a Cheesecake Factory. Scoff all you want at chain corporate retail and dining, but the money their employees earn spends just the same as anybody else’s. Those brands would not be expanding here if they didn’t see potential.

Potential, in Memphis? Believe it! Once we learn how to enjoy having nice things instead of waiting for them to be taken away from us, watch out. The New York Times might not be ready to christen Memphis the “It City,” but that’s not really our style. It kinda sounds like a jinx, to be honest.

Memphis doesn’t need a rival. The past is our only rival, and we’re kicking its ass. Congrats to you, Nashville. You’re off the hook.

Jen Clarke is an unapologetic Memphian and digital marketing strategist.

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