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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR The U.S. Civil War ended in 1865, but there are many who will tell you that we’re still fighting it and will find evidence of such in Jackson Baker’s cover story about the current battle over General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s statue and gravesite in Memphis.

But the truth is we’re not really still fighting the Civil War of the 1860s; we’re still fighting the “Civil Rights War” of the 1960s.

That’s when all this passion for history and the “Southern way of life” really took off. That’s when there was a huge surge in Confederate park-naming, Confederate hero statue-building, and Confederate flag-raisings over public buildings. The South wasn’t rising again; the defense of racism was rising, under the guise of “heritage.”

In 1964, as civil rights protests and marches were occurring all over the South, Memphis erected a statue of Jefferson Davis downtown. Coincidence? Sure, it was.

Oddly, that same coincidence happened in all 11 former Confederate states in the 1960s, as white folks below the Mason-Dixon line rallied around the flag, so to speak, and erected dozens of new historical odes to the Confederacy on public property.

In Mississippi, Governor Ross Barnett famously said ending segregation would be to “drink from the cup of genocide,” and at an Ole Miss football game in 1962 said, “I love Mississippi. I love her people, our customs. I love and respect our heritage.” The crowd was a sea of waving Confederate battle flags. The following week saw riots on campus as whites attacked federal marshalls seeking to integrate the university. To protect Southern customs and heritage, of course.

There are more Civil War historical monuments in the South than monuments to all other wars in U.S. history combined. They dot the landscape like magnolias, populating our parks and city squares, persistent reminders of the ill-fated and bloody attempt to leave the United States and preserve the institution of slavery. Yes, many Confederate soldiers were brave and heroic. And yes, many Southern generals were brilliant tacticians and dashing warriors. But the cause was not noble or glorious. And we’re still paying the price for it.

Still, this is a free country. No one will stop you from flying any flag you choose on your property. No one will begrudge you your right to dress up and reenact glorious — if bloodless — scenes of epic battle. If you want to put the Confederate flag on your bumper or wear it on your T-shirt, go for it. It says more about you than you think.

But if you’ve got a free day and you want to learn something that might alter your perspective, go down to South Main Street and visit the National Civil Rights Museum. The whole, sad, ugly, embarN E WS & O P I N I O N rassing history of Southern racism and LETTERS - 4 THE TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE - 4 the battle for civil rights — the marches, THE FLY-BY - 6 the freedom rides, the burned buses, the AT LARGE - 11 murders, the lynchings, the police dogs, POLITICS - 12 the fire hoses, the lunch-counter sit-ins, EDITORIAL - 14 the church bombings, the forced school VIEWPOINT - 15 COVER STORY integration, the assassination of Dr. Mar“INTO THE SUNSET” tin Luther King — is there. Go see it. Take

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WE RECOMMEND - 20 When you walk out, maybe you won’t MUSIC - 22 be as eager to wave that battle flag. MayAFTER DARK - 24 be you’ll even begin to understand why CALENDAR OF EVENTS - 28 FOOD - 38 one man’s glorious heritage is another FILM - 40 man’s living hell.

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Chris Davis About Frank Murtaugh’s post, “Austin Nichols/Marc Gasol: It’s About Relationships” …

Nichols’ departure is not exactly a surprise. Although I live in Nashville, I still try to catch every televised Memphis Tiger basketball (and football) game. It’s not easy up here in Vandyland.

Back to Nichols. Most Tiger fans could see the curtain falling toward the end of the season. Nichols’ seasonending injury was bad timing, for sure.

But there is just something not right with the Memphis program.

I’ve read the rants and the praises of Coach Pastner. Most coaches only dream of the talent Josh has snagged the last six years. But when a talent like Tarik Black bails for Kansas, the blame goes to the top. Pastner is a class act and represents the university well. He had big shoes to fill and almost bigger expectations.

I think it has been the culmination of disappointment, disillusion (among certain players), and (dare I say it) the shrinking appeal of Tiger basketball.

Something has got to give.

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About Bianca Phillips’ post, “Council Committee Agrees on Relocating Forrest Statue and Remains” …

Absolutely appalling and barbaric. May the Memphis council rot in hell.

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by French Quarter Inn 15 in Overton Square. As a Midtowner in the 1970s who enjoyed the heyday of 18 the area, I have been thrilled with the amazing resurgence. I was disappointed 21 would be used 22 to find out the space as a school for Ballet Memphis. It is 25 organization 26 and I do an excellent appreciate the theater/arts expansion in the area, but 28 it seems like 29 they could find a more appropriate Midtown space for a largely non-public building.

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New Beale board moves forward with takeover of entertainment district.

July 16-22, 2015

VIVA LOS TOROS! Pamplona’s encierrÓ, or “running of the bulls,” always claims a few casualties. This year, two Americans were injured and one British man was gored in the groin. But State Senator Brian Kelsey, the pride of East Memphis, dodged all the hooves and horns without incident. Here’s a postrun photo of Kelsey with his friend and fellow bull-runner Pedro.

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

Beale Street has seen its own share of the blues over the years, thanks to a long-standing feud between the street’s former manager, Performa, and its lease-holder, the Beale Street Development Corporation (BSDC).

But it looks like management of the entertainment district might be entering a period of stability. The Beale Street Tourism Development Authority (BSTDA) is serving as the street’s new manager, and the board is currently working on prioritizing the street’s needs.

The board was created by Mayor A C Wharton’s office and approved by the Memphis City Council in April. Made up of 13 Beale Street stakeholders, the new group has a lot of work ahead.

The control of Beale Street currently resides with the Downtown Memphis Commission (DMC). The DMC has been serving as the interim managers of the street since January 1st, 2014, when they took over for the entertainment district’s long-standing manager Performa Entertainment.

In 2012, the BSDC sued Performa, which had a lease/ management deal with the city for more than 30 years, claiming the management company had violated the terms

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Ambrose Jones Contestant on Last Comic Standing

After seven years of doing stand-up, Memphis comedian Ambrose Jones might be on the verge of his big break.

Jones is competing on the new season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, which launches on July 22nd, and if he wins, he’ll land a talent deal with NBC. Though originally from Chicago, Jones began his comedy career in Memphis, working nights while performing at open mics around the city. Locals can catch Jones performing at Chuckles Comedy House.

—Alexandra Pusateri Flyer: How did you get started in comedy?

Jones: I stayed up the street from a comedy club — Comedy, TN in Bartlett. One day, I went in there and asked the owners what they had for me. He was like, “We have headliners Thursday through Saturday. Wednesday we have open mic.” Then the following [Wednesday], I just went up there and tried my luck.

So, how’d it go?

It didn’t go [well]. He called me up on stage, and I was too scared to go up. I sat there and watched the rest of the show.

The next Wednesday, I came back, and he called my name. I finally went up. That fear held me down.

When did you decide you wanted to try out for Last Comic Standing?

Ambrose Jones In January, I sent my clip in. Most people don’t know, but I tried out in Nashville in 2010 — didn’t get picked. I drove all the way down there, stood in line for, like, eight hours. This year, I sent a clip in, and the lady who was [screening] the clips was from Little Rock. She liked my clip, and she told me to come to Nashville to audition. I passed the first round, continued on page 8

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of its sublease. A judge ruled that Performa wasn’t in default. But the following January, Performa filed for reorganization in bankruptcy court and agreed to assign its sublease back to the city.

The BSTDA cannot take over for the DMC until they have a lease, which must be approved by the city council. At the BSTDA meeting last week, the board voted to create a lease proposal to send to the city council. This will take some time to get approved, leaving Beale in a limbo period well into the fall.

However, the flux in management seems to be having little negative effect on the street itself.

“Our revenue is higher than our budget. Our expenses are lower than our budget. We are pulling in cash for the city for the first time ever on Beale Street, and we are fully leased up for the first time in decades,” said Paul Morris, president of the DMC. “So, Beale Street is doing really well, which is an exciting moment to talk about the future.”

The BSTDA’s first goal is to find a new private management company for the street. The board is also looking at the possible expansion of the entertainment district’s boundaries. Wharton has made it clear that he would like to see the attractions on Beale extend all the way to the river.

“We’ve got this great riverfront. We’ve got activities on the river, and then we have this void of land between the river and [the entertainment on the] street,” said BSTDA Chairman Archie Willis III. “And then if you think about it, why not go to the next block? I think it could be a much larger entertainment district.”

Morris, who has led the interim effort to manage the street for more than a year, said he’s excited to see what having a new permanent board can do to improve the entertainment district. “[I am] eager to see who might step up and how we might do this, [how we might] really bring Beale Street to the next level. Beale Street is such a powerful brand [known] around the world, and it’s such a great reality, but it could be so much more,” Morris said. “I think it’s time to move to the next level, and interim management is not in the best interest of the street. We need to move forward with the long-term perspective to make Beale Street even greater than it already is.”

and they flew me out to New York for the second round at New York Comedy Club. I passed that round, and that was it. She was like, “You’re on the show.”

How was the experience of Last Comic Standing for you?

It felt so good for the host to be calling [my] name on national TV: “Ambrose Jones, all the way from Memphis, Tennessee.” Everybody supported me.

How would you describe your comedy style?

It comes from my personal experiences. I take what’s going on with me, what bothers me, and put it out in the world. My negative turns into a positive by making someone laugh. If you can laugh at my pain, then that’s good.

How does the Memphis comedy scene compare to scenes in other cities?

Memphis is better than a lot of places, because we have a lot of open mics here. You can get up on stage three or four nights a week here. People are very supportive. They just want you to be good at whatever you’re doing. You can’t be short, because you’ve got to be good for them to really like you. So it makes you strong to be able to go to other places and perform and display your talents.

What challenges have you faced so far?

Working a job. That was my biggest [challenge]. I recorded a show last year in March. I flew out to Oakland, did this show Nephew Tommy’s [50 Comics Deep Competition]. They filmed it, but somebody was supposed to pick it up. Nobody picked it up. So when I came back home, I didn’t go back to my job. I’ve had many jobs. I’ve worked pretty much everywhere in Memphis: KFC, Taco Bell, UPS, FedEx. I’ve got a 10-year manufacturing background here in Memphis.

You have a quote on your website: “Success is not a destination; it is a journey.” How have you applied that to your career so far?

No matter what accomplishment I make, I don’t look at it like that’s the end. It’s only part of your journey. You’ve got to keep going.

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Forget the images of shady characters shouldering canvas bags filled with spray paint, working under cover of night. On July 18th, graffiti artists will descend upon North Memphis in the daylight to work on a giant, multifaceted art piece sanctioned by the city.

The one-day festival, Paint Memphis, will be a live art show. Attendees can watch more than 70 local and visiting artists as they use the Chelsea floodwall at N. Evergreen and Chelsea as their canvas.

Family-friendly activities are planned, and food trucks are scheduled to be there.

Karen Golightly, one of the project coordinators, has been involved with the project since its beginning, when the plan was to tackle a downtown floodwall near Bass Pro Shops with street art.

But with the help of Golightly’s Paint Memphis co-coordinators Brandon Marshall and Wallace Joiner, the idea moved to the Chelsea section of the planned Greater Memphis Greenline, which will run directly past the wall when it is completed in 2017. Right now, only the south side of the floodwall will be painted.

“We’re hoping to make this not just a one-time event but to have permission all over the city, in which we do this annually,” Golightly said. “We want people who may never see public art to see public art.”

The area, dubbed North Midtown, is situated between New Chicago and Hyde Park in North Memphis. Project coordinators organized community meetings with surrounding residents to get their input.

While the immediate goal is to improve an otherwise blank wall with street art and create a “permission wall,” which allows traveling graffiti artists to paint without legal repercussions, the overarching theme of the project is to promote the revival of the neighborhood around the wall.

“In this particular neighborhood, a lot of businesses have left. A lot of residences are boarded up,” Golightly said. “It’s an area that’s not well-organized. There isn’t a neighborhood association or a [development center] there. It’s kind of a no-man’s-land. You have this little section of town that nobody’s looking at. The city hasn’t been, and nobody is paying attention to it.”

Neighbors were excited about the project, Golightly said. Requests were made of what should go on the walls, which she says will be passed on to the artists who may incorporate those ideas into their art.

“We wanted to figure out a way to get the neighborhood involved,” Golightly said. “There are great neighbors who live there, and there are some great businesses that are still active there.

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Looking for a Leader Don’t cast your vote based on a candidate’s fund-raising abilities. to put the blinders on those who seek elected office — men and women who otherwise might use the mantle of that office to strive for transformative change.

The success of fund-raising efforts should never serve as the main barometer for how voters cast their ballots. If you take your right to vote seriously, go online and find out exactly where the candidates’ money is coming from. In Memphis, though I haven’t looked yet, I’d be willing to gamble the names of the donors are quite familiar — as well as the motivations behind their financial support.

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I’m now retired, officially, and for the first time in decades I will not be here to report on election night.

But I will exercise my right to vote through absentee ballot. My choice for mayor will not be made based on fund-raising amounts. Having been to nearly every nook and cranny of this city, I will vote for the candidate who takes his case to the streets, who walks the walk and doesn’t just spout the rhetoric of change. I want to vote for a leader who doesn’t emerge from a limo surrounded by a photo-op entourage when he or she visits Orange Mound, South and North Memphis, and Frayser. I want a leader who does more listening than talking when it comes to learning about the needs in those imperiled communities. I want a leader who will take that information and use it to devise a comprehensive, no-nonsense plan to attack poverty, blight, and unemployment.

And I want an elected City Council not mired in personal agendas or racially motivated political partisanship. I want a leader who doesn’t use the past as an excuse for not envisioning a progressive future. This city has yet to reach its full potential, but that potential is there.

And when it comes to divine intervention, I still believe the Lord helps those who help themselves.

Les Smith is a former reporter for WHBQ Fox-13.

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For the more than 30 years I lived and reported in Memphis, it always pained me that thousands of people live out their lives in anguished anonymity. Many of these folks have accepted their sad lot in life based on their faith. I’ve always had a hard time comprehending that.

On my final day of work as a television reporter last week, I led a visiting PBS documentary team to a few of the most desolate and blighted areas of the inner city, so they could get a feel for the desperation that continues to plague many of the 28 percent of Memphians living below the poverty line.

In North Memphis, we found an elderly woman overseeing the care of her pre-school grandchildren, ages 2 and 3, by herself. She told me her home was the only house on the block that hadn’t been boarded up and abandoned. She pointed to her left and told me that two drug addicts had burned down the house next door. She believed those who had been living in the empty house on her right had been responsible for poisoning the dog that had served as her family’s only protection against the neighborhood’s rampant crime. Her house was now being “guarded” by a small Pekinese a family member had given her.

When I asked her about safety concerns, she said whatever happened to them would “be the Lord’s will.” I thanked her for telling me her story and quickly turned to walk away so she wouldn’t see the tears welling in my eyes.

It was with that memory still searing my brain that I read a newspaper article last weekend about the hundreds of thousands of dollars being raised by candidates running for Memphis mayor in October’s citywide election.

The more I read, the angrier I got.

I know money is often described as “the mother’s milk of politics,” but it has worsened in recent years due to increased money coming from sources outside the city looking to influence local politics.

What really irritates me is the amount of money being spent to gain a mayoral office that doesn’t pay as much as the candidates will spend to get it.

It’s just another disheartening example of the power of special-interest groups

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On the Cusp Let the record show that Harold Collins, the city council member whose mayoral candidacy is one of the key variables of the 2015 election season, was able to sport the first prominent campaign signs around town.

And Collins’ reported second-quarter financial receipts of $48,812, giving him a total on hand of $61,405, support the idea that his candidacy is feasible, depending on developments in the roughly two-and-a-half months remaining in the city election period. (That’s when, as conventional wisdom has it, people actually start paying attention.)

As will be seen, Collins’ financial assets don’t begin to compare to those of the two presumed mayoral frontrunners (incumbent Mayor A C Wharton and Collins’ council colleague Jim Strickland) or to a couple of unusually well-endowed council candidates, for that matter. His candidacy, of necessity, will focus more on grass-roots activity, especially on his home ground of Whitehaven, one of the areas with a voter population large enough to be one candidate’s base (or the source of another’s swing vote).

From that standpoint, the early campaign signs are a good omen.

And let it be said that Kenneth Whalum, Jr., the New

Olivet pastor and former school board member whose will-he or won’t-he attitude toward a mayoral race has made him the great unknown quantity of 2015, had scheduled to announce his plans for 2015 on Tuesday night at Church Park, well after this column must deadline for the week. We’ll catch with up the news online.

In April, Whalum drew petitions for mayor, for city council District 5 seat, and for the council’s Super District 9, Position 2 seat. The fact that he finished a close second in the 2014 Democratic primary for Shelby County mayor, even while being out of the country during the final weeks, has given his announcement a certain suspense value.

Memphis Police Association’s Mike Williams, who filed last week, has, at the very least, a niche following among aggrieved city employees, and especially among fire and police employees. He has a tight but active support group, but his reported second-quarter receipts of $6,204 make his race an uphill battle.

County Commission chairman Justin Ford has also filed, as has James Harvey, his predecessor, but it remains to be seen how serious their candidacies are.

There is no doubting that Wharton and Strickland are still the big dogs in the race, certainly financially. Strickland raised $140,521 in the second quarter, while Wharton raised $129,700. Each appears to have $400,000 on hand, and their campaign treasuries are still growing. One possible caveat regarding those figures: The mayor has com-

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Mayor A C Wharton talks to the hand and to members of Women for Wharton at Waterford Plaza mitted more money to date than has Strickland.

The possible relevance of that fact became obvious on Saturday, as Strickland and an aide braved 100-degree weather to go door-knocking on Walnut Grove, looking in particular for places to locate yard signs on that highly visible thoroughfare. Strickland got reasonably good feedback from the homeowners, but he won’t have the signs ready for delivery until August 1st.

Wharton continued last week with a series of modestsized fund-raisers, located in upscale areas where he faces competition from Strickland. One of these was at Waterford Plaza, where he spoke to a group of women supporters and delivered one of those point-by-point surveys of city projects at which the mayor is both glib and convincing. He also addressed his concern that opponents portray him as “the Grinch” for having to impose austerity measures in response to intractable budget problems.

Thursday is filing deadline for city positions, with the withdrawal deadline a week later. Then we’ll know for sure what we’re dealing with.

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the second time in his life, had been an active presence in the world right up until the end — participating, for example, in a spirited forum in April at the University of Memphis law school on the subject of the 1968 sanitation strike and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But, after we had digested the reality of Judge Bailey’s passing, another more soothing thought occurred to us: If there was one factor that motivated D’Army Bailey in life, it was the twin pursuit of equality and justice, qualities that fused into a single idea in his mind, and in the mind, also, of his brother Walter, a longtime county commissioner — the two of them forming a tandem over the years dedicated to the eradication of every vestige of discrimination in either the private or the public sphere.

We took some satisfaction, then, that before he died, D’Army Bailey had seen the beginnings of final success for a cause that was important to him, and which was a continuing preoccupation for his brother Walter — the desanctification, as it were, of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest as a symbol of the racist past. Bailey had to know that the Memphis City Council had voted unanimously to remove the statue of Forrest on horseback from a

park that no longer bore his name.

D’Army Bailey was a gentle, sensitive man, at home in any company, though his pursuit of justice had forever embroiled him in controversy. A graduate of Booker T. Washington and Clark College, Bailey migrated after graduation from Yale Law School to the San Francisco area, a hotbed of revolutionary ideas in the 1970s. Once there, he pitched into the ferment, got himself quickly elected to the Berkeley City Council and almost as quickly was subjected to a recall election that forced him out. He returned to Memphis to practice law with his brother, but the zeal to pursue human justice was still with him, and, in the course of time, that zeal became the energy that allowed him to midwife into being the National Civil Rights Museum on the Lorraine Motel site of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination.

Though he had ample helpers, both in and out of government, the museum was his idea, his creation, and it will be his monument to the world.

He also left for posterity two books on civil rights and charming, credible appearances in several movies, including The People vs. Larry Flynt, which was filmed here in Memphis, so we will still have traces of him in action to cherish.

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think of himself as above the law and his victim to think of himself as unworthy. The newspaper editor was conditioned to stoke the flames, and apparently everyone in late-19thcentury Hardeman County accepted it all as the normal course of events.

Socially fabricated frailties such as economic division and racial separation, along with the mindset required for their acceptance and perpetuation, are also matters of conditioning. But when an entire social structure buys into a particular way of thinking, who among them has the wherewithal to know any better?

Thankfully, we have finally reached a point in our social evolution where we can break the bonds of ignorance. One more reason to be proud of Memphis is the fact that so far we have avoided the sorts of insanities that have recently troubled other parts of the country.

But if we were to fall prey to such, I would be among the first to show up to defend 21st-century reason against 19th-century delusions — to protect those who only wish to live in peace from those who seek violence for the sake of violence.

So I say to those who still hold to my ancestor’s misguided and antiquated beliefs: It is time to accept that we are evolving away from discernible races. A hundred years from now people won’t even know black, white, yellow, or brown. We’ll all just be a smoother shade of caramel. Along the way, maybe we will achieve a little socioeconomic normalcy while we’re at it. A few may find the transition difficult, but that is one minority we can definitely live without. If you insist on racial purity, I would suggest you go live with the Inuit, although I doubt they would have you.

Education, perspective, and time are the enemies of the irrational mindset. What would be revealed about us by an objective review of what we have been conditioned to accept and perpetuate? What will history say about what we so loosely call society? It’s not about casting stones or lashing out, it’s about finding the strength within ourselves to see beyond. To know for ourselves what is right and to act on those beliefs.

Aaron James, a retired Memphis architect, has spent the past few years researching his family for a soon-tobe-published book titled America: A Family Perspective.

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Bolivar Bulletin, June 26th, 1891: “J.R. Cottingim, of Teague, discovered a negro section hand playing cards last week with his boys, aged twelve and fourteen years. He procured a shotgun and emptied the contents in the breast and shoulder of the negro. The negro is fattening. Cottingim has not been arrested.”

It’s difficult to say which is more appalling — that a man was murdered for such an innocent offense, that the perpetrator went unpunished, or that the local paper printed such a braggadocio account. This story smacks not only of a hate crime, not just part of a conspiracy of suppression, but of complete and utter indifference.

The favored son of a privileged family, enjoying the unlimited excesses of a limited sphere of reality, acting entirely as he pleased, with no regard to the consequences that did not exist.

J.R. Cottingim was a third greatuncle of mine. In surfing online digital newspapers for word of my third great-grandfather, Leonidas Cottingim, I found this quaint tale of my greatgreat-grandmother’s brother. In light of the recent insanity in South Carolina, I thought I might share some of what family research has revealed about the white-supremacist mindset.

Nineteenth-century America was burdened with a rigid social caste system, which was nothing more than the festering carcass of the centuriesold feudal system imported by our founding fathers. Having roots that run the gamut of said system (Laura Bush is a sixth cousin; my maternal grandfather was a sharecropper’s son) has provided a rare opportunity to study the phenomenon from various perspectives.

The most difficult challenge anyone can face is a challenge to his or her belief system.

A white supremacist was and is nothing more than a person conditioned to that particular mindset, lacking sufficient education or cultural perspective to realize they were spoonfed an irrational premise. But for as long as they held to this belief, even the lowliest white man could more readily accept his station in life, as long as he had the black man to look down upon — casually overlooking the fact that he could never equal his betters, regardless.

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The effort to move Nathan Bedford Forrest from his place of honor signifies a quantum change in the consciousness of Memphis.

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Into The Sunset The Forrests would occupy the space in front of the general’s brothers at Elmwood Cemetery.

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he once — and seemingly future — gravesite of General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife is on a promontory at Elmwood Cemetery called Chapel Hill. Dominated at its apex by a statue of Jesus, the hill slopes down on its western side to a grassy area containing several graves adorned with the name “Forrest,” — four of them in a row belonging to his brothers, all of whom, according to the stones’ modest inscriptions, served as cavalry officers for the Confederate States of America.

In front of these modest markers is a plain grassy area that appears vacant and undisturbed — but that is somewhat misleading, for this earth has been turned more than once, the last time, some 110 years ago, in 1905, so that General Forrest and his wife, Mary, could be disinterred and reburied a mile and a half north, under a splendid bronze statue of the general on horseback. And there it has remained, the centerpiece of an urban park named for a man who was regarded for many decades as a local hero of heroes: Nathan Bedford Forrest, whose military tactics are so highly regarded that they are taught at West Point, whose exploits were countless, and whose valor was marked by the many horses that were shot out from under him in battle.

A month ago, during the whiplash of worldwide revulsion that followed the gunning down of nine African Americans engaged in bible study by a delusional white youth who embraced Confederate imagery, the rebel battle flag began being hauled down from its official places everywhere, as a symbol of an idea whose time had not only come and gone but had clearly become toxic.

And, as Southerners, dazed and horrified by the tragedy like everyone else, looked closer at a venerated Confederate heritage they had long taken for granted, it began to dawn on many that the poison may always have been there. As they read the published manifestoes of the secessionist states, one after another of them proclaiming as their casus belli the

need to defend white supremacy and the God-given right to subjugate blacks, the rhetoric of those forefathers could not be cleanly disentangled from the recent ravings of the lunatic Dylann Roof.

Nor could absolution from the legacy of this racial hubris be conferred on the persona of General Forrest — a slave trader before the war, a commander accused during the war of responsibility for the massacre of black Union troops trying to surrender at Fort Pillow, and the documented founder and first Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan after the war.

All this was hard to explain away, although the general’s defenders certainly tried, as the Memphis statue increasingly became a provocation — not only to the city’s African-American population, now a political majority, but to business interests and civic-minded folk who saw the official veneration of Forrest as an embarrassment and a hindrance to civic progress.

Mayor A C Wharton responded to the outrage in Charlotte by calling for the expedited removal of the statue and gravesites from what was now called Health Sciences Park. It was the culmination of a process that had long been building.

• Anti-Confederate sentiment first flared in Memphis in earnest in 2005. The Forrest statue was directly assailed by a group of African-American dignitaries, including Shelby County Commissioner Walter Bailey and the Rev. LaSimba Gray, while the Center City Commission (now the Downtown Memphis Commission) petitioned the City Council to consider renaming not only Forrest Park but Jefferson Davis Park and Confederate Park downtown.

Influential businessman Karl Schledwitz, a trustee of the University of Tennessee, whose medical-school buildings surround the park property, made the first proposal for an outright removal of the statue and the return of the Forrests’ remains to Elmwood Cemetery.

City Councilman Myron Lowery made a more modest suggestion to add a

Myron Lowery and youthful demonstrators at the general’s statue last week monument to Ida B. Wells and perhaps other heroic black figures and to give the park a different name.

In the middle of all this ferment, the Rev. Al Sharpton came down to add his two cents. But then Mayor Willie Herenton held a news conference to denounce “outside agitators” and scotch what he considered the wild talk of name changes and tampering with monuments.

The mayor did propose transferring maintenance of Forrest Park to UT, however, and, after all the fuss, that change was made.

Further defusing the situation had been advice from then state Senator Steve Cohen. Minutes of the climactic meeting of the Center City Commission in 2005 record Cohen’s position this way: “There have been things that have offended him as a minority, but he has learned to overcome those personal offenses and see things in a bigger light. ... He asked for the board to reconsider this issue and not pass it forward, for it will do no good and will only do harm.”

In the end, the then Center City Commission’s resolution for name changes of the downtown parks, spearheaded by then chairman Rickey Peete and board member (later director) Paul Morris, was ignored by the council, as well as by the Chamber of Commerce, the Landmarks Commission, and the Convention & Visitors Bureau. Even Bailey would say, “I think we’re at a point where until such time as we see some concern by our city leaders, we have to continue to pause.”

An extended pause did ensue, during which, in 2009, over objections from Bailey, state Representative G.A. Hardaway, and others locally, Forrest Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places. That was something of a coup for N.B. Forrest Camp 215, the local unit of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, which had submitted the nomination to the National Register and which had been assisting in routine maintenance of the park for years.

• Things had cooled off and settled into something of a détente between contending parties until 2011, when the Sons of Confederate Veterans, confident that the moment of danger had passed, arguably overplayed their hand.

Lee Millar, an officer of N.B. Forest Camp 215, had written a letter to Cindy Buchanan, then city parks director, proposing to place a new sign with the name “Forrest Park” on the Union Avenue side of the park. Millar had signed his letter, however, not as an officer of the Sons of Confederate Veterans but as chairman of the Shelby County Historical Commission, a post he held at the time.

Buchanan responded with a letter that said, in part, “We appreciate the commission’s offer to provide this important signage for one of the city’s historic parks. … The proposal to create a low monument style sign of Tennessee granite with the park name carved in the front was reviewed by park design staff

and found to be appropriate in concept … similar to the monument style signage placed by the city at Overton Park.”

The letter directed Millar to meet with Mike Flowers, administrator of park planning and development, to follow through on the construction and installation of the sign. Copies of Buchanan’s letter were apparently sent to Flowers and then city CAO George Little.

That is as far as the process went, when N.B. Forrest Camp 215 (not the Shelby County Historical Commission), apparently acting on the strength of Buchanan’s letter and dispensing with the suggested further meeting with city officials, raised $9,000 — enough to pay for a large granite sign saying “FORREST PARK.” The sign sat there for some weeks until its presence was brought to the attention of Little, who insisted that the sign was unauthorized — as, from his point of view, it was: no city permit having been issued.

Little had the sign removed early in 2013, and the simmering crisis was reignited. It was fired up even further when, amid a new groundswell for changing the names of the three Confederate-tinged downtown parks, two state legislators — state Representative Steve McDaniel of Parkers Crossroads and state Senator Bill Ketron of Murfreesboro — rushed into passage HB553, a bill declaring that “[n]o statue, monument,

memorial, nameplate, or plaque which has been erected for, or named or dedicated in honor of …” [the bill then names a seemingly complete list of America’s wars, including the Civil War] “… located on public property, may be relocated, removed, altered, renamed, rededicated, or otherwise disturbed.”

The bill went even further, prohibiting name changes to any “statue, monument, memorial, nameplate, plaque, historic flag display, school, street, bridge, building, park preserve, or reserve which has been erected for, or named or dedicated in honor of, any historical military figure, historical military event, military organization, or military unit” on public property.

Though the bill created obstacles to altering the status of the general’s statue and the downtown parks and provided grounds for litigation that still exist, it also inflamed sentiment on the Memphis City Council, which saw this maneuver as an outright transgression by the legislature against local sovereignty. The council’s reaction was further stoked by counsel Allan Wade’s statement that McDaniel and Ketron had been acting on a suggestion by Millar.

Councilman Shea Flinn referred to “the ironic war of aggression from our northern neighbor in Nashville,” while Councilman Harold Collins said, “We will never let the legislature in Nashville control what we in Memphis will do for ourselves.”

Thereupon the council, hesitant to act in 2005, voted 10-0, with three abstentions, for name changes in three downtown parks: Forrest Park would become Health Sciences Park; Jefferson Davis Park would become Mississippi River Park; and Confederate Park was renamed Memphis Park.

And there matters stood until the awful events in Charlotte on June 17th.

• Wharton’s demand for the removal of the statue and graves from what was now Health Sciences Park followed quickly upon the atrocity, and council chairman Lowery’s authorship of a resolution to return the remains to Elmwood and an ordinance to remove the statue was announced almost immediately afterward. continued on page 18

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A protestor taunts a Forrest loyalist (above) while children wonder what all the fuss is about.

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Unlike the cases of 2005 and 2013, there was no hint of a contrary view on the council.

A quantum leap in consciousness had occurred in Memphis, as elsewhere. In South Carolina, Governor Nikki Haley and a suddenly compliant legislature agreed to lower the capitol’s ceremonial Confederate battle flag. In Mississippi, official action was begun to remove Confederate imagery from that state’s flag.

On July 7th, Lowery’s proposals were approved unanimously by the council.

The issue was spoken to succinctly on that Tuesday night by, of all people, Bill Boyd, the venerable survivor of the old white-tinted South Side who can, as he did that night, cite the fact that Marcus Winchester, the first Mayor of Memphis, was his great-grandfather, and who had offered words of praise for Forrest in the parks-naming debate of 2013.

Defenders of Forrest, a handful of whom testified before the council, deny Forrest’s complicity in the massacre of surrendering black Union troops at Fort Pillow in 1864, and maintain that the general was not really the founder of the Ku Klux Klan. Or that, if he was, it was not a viciously intended organization with racist terror at its core. Or that, if other sorts allowed it to become that, Forrest expeditiously dissociated himself from it.

Or whatever.

Boyd made allowance for all these attempted exculpations in his remarks, but, as he noted, they all ignored the one fact of Forrest’s life that was undeniable: that he made his living before the war as a slave trader. That was something Forrest did of his own free will, for personal gain, said Boyd. Slavery was the stain on him, it was the stain on the Confederacy, and there was no defending it. And that was why Boyd was willing to see the general’s statue and remains removed from a place of official honor in downtown Memphis.

And that is why city government and state government and regional and national sentiment, across ideological and party lines, are all moving so deliberately and definitively to distance themselves from the likes of General Forrest and the whole panoply of the Confederacy — that once vaunted “heritage” now seen as a cover for what had been racial despotism.

• Not everywhere and by everyone, however. As the fates would have it, General Forrest’s birthday celebration occurred on schedule this past Sunday, with a formidable and impressive display of Confederate colors and a large and devoted crowd of celebrants.

The turnout dwarfed a modest demonstration of youthful anti-Forrest protesters held earlier in the week.

Ironically, a proclamation in General Forrest’s honor from Governor Bill Haslam was read to the appreciative crowd. State law requires such a thing,

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The general’s supporters at his birthday celebration Sunday Forrest’s birthday being one of six recognized state holidays. The governor, who has since advocated the removal of a bust of General Forrest from the state capitol, had penned the required accolade in early June, pre-Charleston.

The keynote speaker at Sunday’s celebration was one Ron Sydnor, an African American from Kentucky who serves as superintendent of Jefferson Davis State Historic Site there. He spent an hour providing biographical details about Davis, concluding with a story involving a congenial time spent together by the Confederate president and the “wizard of the saddle,” then a city alderman and, like Davis, involved in the insurance business in Memphis.

After Sydnor’s address, which was warmly applauded, came the ceremonial laying of wreaths at the base of the Forrest statue and a musket salute to the general by

members of “the 17th Mississippi and 51st Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A.” But clearly, as they say, events are now in the saddle, despite the efforts of Forrest’s defenders, who have included esteemed deceased Memphis novelist/historian Shelby Foote, who in his monumental trilogy, The Civil War, lionized Forrest and discounted tales of his misconduct at Fort Pillow. If and when Nathan Bedford Forrest comes to rest again in his family plot at Elmwood Cemetery, he and his wife, Mary, will be reburied in their old vacated spot, immediately to the right of the graves of Foote and his wife.

The writer, as renowned a chronicler as Forrest was a warrior, was given his pick of sites at Elmwood, and this is the spot he chose.

That is one last tribute that, come what may, cannot be taken away from the general.

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Celebrating Voices

By Chris Davis

Voices of the South (VOTS) turns 20 this year, and preparations for the big party have already begun. Invitations have been sent.

Balloons have been ordered. Comic actor Sandy Kozik has been busy digging through everybody’s storage, hoping to decorate the stage with memorable set and costume pieces from past productions. VOTS executive adviser Jenny Odle Madden says, “It’s going to look like our sets threw up onstage.”

VOTS has a lot to celebrate. Five years ago, Madden, who co-founded the company with her friend and University of Memphis classmate Alice Rainey Berry, stepped down from her executive position with the company after she was diagnosed with lung cancer.

“I stepped away and didn’t want to run the company anymore because of my health. I didn’t think that I would ever come back in that capacity again,” Madden explains. But Madden made an extraordinary recovery, and as VOTS began to evolve from an ambitious independent company into an area institution, she and other early company members felt they were losing the Jenny Odle Madden collaborative spirit that had defined them for so long. Hoping to right the ship and set course for the next 20 years, Madden and Berry have both returned to leadership positions in a year that finds the company reviving its best-loved shows (Cicada, The Ugly Duckling) and presenting new original work by Southern authors (Temple of the Dog). This week, however, the company that spawned the outrageous Sister Myotis and gave storyteller Elaine Blanchard a platform for her “Prison Stories’’ project, is throwing a party.

“We’ll have cake and music and balloons,” Madden says excitedly. “We just want to say ‘thank you’ for 20 years.”

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Choro das 3

Sounds of Sao Paulo

By Chris Davis Choro enthusiast Amy Burcham describes Brazil’s national music with evangelistic zeal. “It’s one of the cultural crown jewels of this hemisphere,” she rhapsodizes. “It grew from chamber music and represents the musical interchanges of the civil servants, trained musicians, newly freed slaves, and European immigrants in the late 1800s in Rio de Janeiro, when waltzes, polkas, and tangos were all the rage.” The word “choro” means “to cry,” but the music is a joyous, swirling mix of gypsy jazz, African rhythms, and European harmonies played on guitars, mandolins, flutes, and various Brazilian folk instruments.

To help her spread the sonic gospel, Burcham has co-founded West Tennessee Choro, a not-for-profit organization with three primary goals: to promote, present, and proliferate choro music in the Memphis area. She especially hopes that local musicians will be inspired to pick up their instruments and experiment with choro. “A big focus of our efforts is going to be in appealing to young adults and also older amateur musicians who maybe put their instruments under the bed as they got into their working lives,” she says. Although the compositions can be intricate and tend to encourage improvisation, Burcham believes choro music is accessible to musicians playing at every skill level.

Presenting live concerts is another big part of West Tennessee Choro’s mission. “You’ve really got to see it live,” Burcham says. This week, Choro das 3, a popular Brazilian family band, make their third trip to Memphis to play at the Buckman Performing Arts Center.

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Hitting Highs and Lows

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ocal recording engineers Toby Vest and Pete Matthews have long been known around town for having a hand in creating some of this city’s best new music. As a musician, Vest was a driving force (alongside his brother Jake) behind popular Memphis bands such as Augustine, the Bulletproof Vests, and, more recently, Tiger High. On the studio side of things, he’s worked on excellent records by artists like Clay Otis, Dead Soldiers, Jack Oblivian, and James and the Ultrasounds. As for Matthews, his resume reads like an aspiring producer’s dream, featuring household names like Paul Simon, Barbra Streisand, and Wu-Tang Clan, alongside Memphis icons like Alex Chilton and Big Star, Isaac Hayes, and Jim Dickinson.

Recently, Vest and Matthews decided to merge their separate business interests and become partners. Matthews moved his impressive collection of recording gear into Vest’s already well-equipped space at 431 N. Cleveland, which he’d been running under the name High/ Low Recording since early 2009. Since the merger, the studio’s profile has risen dramatically, and the duo has emerged as the go-to guys for countless local bands and recording projects. Vest and Matthews spoke to the Flyer this week about the studio’s history, working together, and more.

Flyer: How did you guys meet?

Pete Matthews: We first met in 2006 at a meeting that Augustine’s manager set up to talk about doing a project to-

Pete Matthews (left) and Toby Vest gether. Nothing came of it at the time, but it did make me aware of Toby’s developing talents as an engineer. After that, I just kept hearing cool-sounding records coming out of this building. I would hear something and say, “Wow, who engineered this?” and the answer kept coming back, “That’s Toby Vest over at High/Low.” Toby Vest: That 2006 meeting was definitely the first time, but I’d certainly heard of Pete before then. I really got to know Pete a little better when he was working on the Jump Back Jake records at Ardent. It was the first time I was able to see him work and immediately respected how in command of the studio he was.

Whose idea was it for you two to formally team up?

Matthews: The idea first came up sometime last summer during a conversation we were having where I was complaining about my studio situation at the time. My studio, P.M. Music, was located in the basement of an office building, which was great for keeping sound out and not so good for keeping sound in. That was okay for the first couple of years, because the storefront above me was vacant with no tenant. Then, a massage parlor moved in above me, and every noise I made seemed to bother them and their clients. Drums and electric guitars are not good for a relaxing massage, I suppose, so I kept getting noise complaints. As I was detailing all of these woes to Toby, he said “Man, we are doing so much work together, why don’t we team up and pay one

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M U S I C F E AT U R E rent instead of two?” I thought about it for about an hour and then called him back to see if he was being serious.

How have your regular clients responded to the changes?

Matthews: We have only gotten overwhelmingly positive reactions from existing High/Low clients, and I think in large part that’s because we didn’t change the vibe of the place. We made several improvements, like adding some heavier doors to the isolation booth and the control room, and we had our good friend Dave Shouse [The Grifters] come vibe-up the lounge with some really cool artwork. But the only changes we made involved things that Toby had wanted to do for a while anyway, and together we were able to make them happen.

Vest: I think initially some people may have been scared that Pete moving in was going to change High/Low in some way, or suddenly it was going to be too expensive or something, but as we’ve done more work I think everyone sees it’s all positive vibes here. I think people we work with see the value in our partnership and see how we make each other better, which makes their experience better as well.

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Beyond the influx of new recording gear and instruments, how else have things improved at High/Low? Matthews: I think the most important upgrade to the studio is the way we work as a team. There is almost always the two of us on any given session, which makes any sort of set-up go lightning fast.

Vest: Our sensibilities and approaches complement each other in the best ways, and on long sessions when we’re exhausted, we both have someone we trust to take over so the other person can take a break. It lets us work faster and makes sessions smoother and more productive. Better for us, better for the clients, and better for the music.

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What was the process of merging the studios like?

Matthews: It was a lot of work, for sure. All of my gear was at P.M. Music, which was in a basement with no elevator access. So, every amp, microphone, and speaker had to be carried up a flight and a half of stairs. Also, we had to have the baby grand piano professionally moved up the stairs and into its new home. It was definitely a mass combination of gear, and we find stuff every day that one or both of us didn’t even realize was in the building. We did the move at the beginning of October 2014 and were relatively up and running by November.

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Huey’s Downtown BluesZatcha Sunday, July 19, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

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

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

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

Live Music ThursdaysSaturdays, 10 p.m.

Rumba Room

77 S. SECOND 527-2700

The Plexx

119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435

251 RIVERSIDE DR.

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

380 E.H. CRUMP 744-2225

Blind Bear Speakeasy

Riverfront Bar & Grill

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 Third Saturday of every month, 7-10:30 p.m.

1884 Lounge 1555 MADISON 609-1744

Failure, Queen Kwong Wednesday, July 22, 7 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Graham Winchester Band Friday, July 17, 10:30 p.m.; Marcella & Her Lovers Saturday, July 18, 10:30 p.m.; Amy LaVere and Will Sexton Wednesday, July 22, 7:30 p.m.

Bhan Thai 1324 PEABODY 272-1538

Loveland Duren Fridays, 7-10 p.m.; Two Peace Saturdays, 7-10:30 p.m.

Blue Monkey 2012 MADISON 272-BLUE

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

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Dru’s Place

Murphy’s

1474 MADISON 275-8082

1589 MADISON 726-4193

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

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

Killing Grace with Doc Sinister Monday, July 20, 9 p.m.; Freddy Jones Band Tuesday, July 21, 9 p.m.; Open Mic Comedy Night Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Albert Lee with Cindy Cashdollar Wednesday, July 22, 8 p.m.

The Buccaneer 1368 MONROE 278-0909

Waterfall Wash and Other Stories concert Saturday, July 18, 10 p.m.; Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; Dave Cousar Tuesdays, 11 p.m.

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

Chris Johnson Thursdays, 10 p.m.; DJ Tree Fridays, 10 p.m.; DJ Taz Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Charvey Mac Tuesdays, 8:3011:30 p.m.

Jazz with Ed Finney and Friends Thursdays, 9 p.m.; Poodle Brandy Friday, July 17, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.; Bluff City Backsliders Saturday, July 18, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.; Open Jam Sundays, 6 p.m.; Justin White Mondays, 7 p.m.; Juke Joint Blues Jam Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

60 N. PERKINS EXT. 537-1483

Davis Coen and the Change Sunday, July 19, 4-7 p.m.; Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers Sunday, July 19, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Overton Square MIDTOWN

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

Java Cabana 2170 YOUNG 272-7210

Live Acoustic Soul with Anitra Jay Friday, July 17, 7-9 p.m.

P&H Cafe

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

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School Choro das 3 Friday, July 17, 8-10 p.m.

Church of the Holy Communion 4645 WALNUT GROVE 767-6987

Words3: Being Southern Tuesday, July 21, 6:30-8 p.m.

Dan McGuinness Pub 4694 SPOTTSWOOD 761-3711

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

1532 MADISON 726-0906

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

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

Pam and Terry Thursday, July 16, 6 p.m.; Susan Marshall and Friends Saturdays, 11 a.m. and Thursday, July 16, 9 p.m.; Alexis Grace Friday, July 17, 6:30 p.m.; Will Tucker Friday, July 17, 10 p.m.; John Paul Keith, Will Sexton Saturday, July 18, 6:30 p.m.; Andy Frasco Saturday, July 18, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; The Settlers Sunday, July 19, 4 p.m.; Riverbluff Clan Sunday, July 19, 8 p.m.; Memphis Made: John Paul Keith, Mark Edgar Stuart, Al Gamble Monday, July 20, 8 p.m.; James and the Ultrasounds Tuesday, July 21, 8 p.m.; Midtown Hoedown: Ashley McBryde Wednesday, July 22, 8 p.m.

El Toro Loco 2809 KIRBY PKWY. 759-0593

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

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House

The Phoenix 1015 S. COOPER 338-5223

Bluezday Thurzday Thursdays, 8-11:45 p.m.; Cowboy Bob’s Roundup Mondays, 8-11:45 p.m.

Strano Sicilian Kitchen

551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

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

948 S. COOPER 552-7122

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

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

Wild Bill’s

5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

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

Young Avenue Deli 2119 YOUNG 278-0034

Tight Green Saturday, July 18, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

Levitt Shell OVERTON PARK 272-2722

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

Gary Escoe’s Atomic Dance Machine Sunday, July 19, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

Dead Soldiers at the Levitt Shell Thursday, July 16, 7:30 p.m.; Motel Mirrors Friday, July 17, 7:30 p.m.; St. Paul & the Broken Bones Saturday, July 18, 7:30 p.m.; Victor Wainwright Sunday, July 19, 7:30 p.m.

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

University of Memphis

T.J. Mulligan’s 1817 KIRBY 755-2481

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

Ubee’s

Minglewood Hall

521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900

1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

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

Lord Huron, Widowspeak Thursday, July 16, 8 p.m.-2 a.m.; Tyler, The Creator and Taco Friday, July 17, 8 p.m.-2 a.m.

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

2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

Otherlands Coffee Bar

695 BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 680-8118

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Boscos

Brookhaven Pub & Grill

Rob Jungklas, Jonathan Kirkscey Friday, July 17, 8 p.m.; In The Round, Harry Koniditsiotis, Tony Manard, Stephen Chopek Saturday, July 18, 8 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown

TYLER, THE CREATOR AT MINGLEWOOD HALL One of the most polarizing figures in alternative rap comes to Minglewood Hall this Friday night. The world was introduced to Tyler, The Creator (whose real name is Tyler Okonma) and his hip-hop collective Odd Future (short for Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All) in 2011 when Okonma dropped the album Goblin and released the cutting-edge video for the single “Yonkers” shortly after. While Tyler, The Creator was obviously the leader and music-industry favorite of this controversial hip-hop collective, artists like Frank Ocean and Earl Sweatshirt also found super stardom during Odd Future’s reign of terror. From 2011 to 2014, the music press paid close attention to every move Tyler and his minions made, sometimes focusing on the group’s off-stage behavior more than the groundbreaking music they created.

That’s not to say that Odd Future didn’t deserve the bad reputation they developed. In February 2014, Odd Future was banned from performing in New Zealand due to a “potential threat to public order and the public interest.” Tyler, The Creator followed up the New Zealand fiasco by getting arrested in Austin, Texas, at the South

by Southwest music festival the very next month, this time for inciting a riot. Not one to be held down, he celebrated his release from jail by playing a sold-out show the next day.

While the antics of Odd Future were obviously a huge part of their success, it seems that even the most immature members of the collective had to grow up at some point. In a series of tweets posted in late May, Earl Sweatshirt and Tyler, The Creator acknowledged the fact that Odd Future had run its course. Both artists put out amazing albums within a month of each other earlier this year, perhaps a sign that while Odd Future might be dead, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler, The Creator, and Frank Ocean have no plans of slowing down. — Chris Shaw Tyler, The Creator and Taco, Friday, July 17th, at Minglewood Hall. Doors, 8 p.m. $25

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule July 16 - 22 Bartlett

The Windjammer Restaurant

Shelby Forest General Store

Bartlett Municipal Center

7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

786 E. BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 683-9044

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

Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

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

Poplar/I-240

Bluff City Soul Collective Sunday, July 19, 8-11:30 p.m.

Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Mesquite Chop House

Fitz Casino & Hotel

8071 TRINITY 756-4480

3165 FOREST HILL-IRENE 249-5661

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

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

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

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

The Thrill at Neil’s featuring Jack Rowell and Triplethret Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Grand Theft Audio Saturday, July 18, 9 p.m.; Backstage Pass (Patio) Sunday, July 19, 6 p.m.; Gene Nunez and Debbie Jamison Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

Live Entertainment Wednesdays-Sundays, 6 p.m.

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

9087 POPLAR 755-0092

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

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

Loretta Lynn Friday, July 17, and Saturday, July 18, 9 p.m.

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

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

Owen Brennan’s

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

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

In Legends Stage Bar: Live Entertainment Nightly ongoing; Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo Friday, July 17, 8 p.m.; Ronnie Milsap Saturday, July 18, 8 p.m.

Summer/Berclair High Point Pub

Huey’s Southaven

477 HIGH POINT TERRACE 452-9203

7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097

Short in the Sleeve Friday, July 17, 8-11 p.m.; Delta Joe Sanders & Friends Every other Tuesday, 8-11 p.m.; Pubapalooza with Stereo Joe Every other Wednesday, 8-11 p.m.

Sweet Tea Jubilee Sunday, July 19, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Mesquite Chop House

Test Drive Your New Kia Today!

Maria’s Restaurant 6439 SUMMER 356-2324

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

The Other Place Bar & Grill 4148 WALES 373-0155

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

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

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

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

Goldstrike Casino Resort 1010 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 888-245-7529

THE REGALIA, 6150 POPLAR 761-0990

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

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

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Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Almost Famous Friday, July 17, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Basketcase Saturday, July 18, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; The Lineup Sunday, July 19, 5:30-9:30 p.m.; Nuttin’ Fancy Band Wednesday, July 22, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Old Whitten Tavern 2800 WHITTEN 379-1965

Cordova Bahama Breeze 2830 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 385-8744

Surf Turkeys Saturday, July 18, 8-11 p.m.

Delta Blues Winery

Huey’s Southwind

6585 STEWART

Re-Wine Fridays, 7-10 p.m.

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

RockHouse Live

1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 754-3885

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

Belmont Grill 9102 POPLAR PIKE 624-6001

Karaoke Mondays, 8-11 p.m.

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.

5709 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 386-7222

Germantown

819 EXOCET 624-9060

Huey’s Cordova 2 Mule Plow Sunday, July 19, 4-7 p.m.; The Pistol and the Queen Sunday, July 19, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove 6285 SNOWDEN, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-892-2660

The Fabulous Steelers Sunday, July 19, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Huey’s Germantown

The Crossing Bar & Grill

7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

The Dantones Sunday, July 19, 8-11:30 p.m.; Hump Day Patio Party: Buckles & Boots Wednesday, July 22, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Ice Bar & Grill 4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

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

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

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

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

Wadford’s Grill & Bar 474 CHURCH, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-510-5861

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

Raleigh Mugs Pub

North Mississippi/ Tunica

KIX 106 Smokin’ Summer Showcase Thursday, July 16, 7:30 p.m.; Widespread Panic Saturday, July 18, 7 p.m.

7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

5960 GETWELL, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-2467

7281 HACKS CROSS, OLIVE BRANCH, MS 662-893-6242

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

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

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

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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CALENDAR of EVENTS:

July 16 - 22

T H EAT E R

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

The Salvation Army Kroc Center

Crosstown Arts

Aladdin, Aladdin, Jasmine, Iago, Jafar, the Genie, and more appear in a musical adventure filled with magic, mayhem, and flying carpet rides. www. stagedoormemphis.org. $5.

Fri., July 17, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

800 E. PARKWAY S. (729-8007).

The Orpheum

Motown: The Musical, story of Motown founder Berry Gordy’s journey from featherweight boxer to heavyweight music mogul. www.orpheum-memphis.com. $20-$125. Thurs., July 16, 7:30 p.m., Fri., July 17, 8 p.m., Sat., July 18, 2 and 8- p.m., and Sun., July 19, 1:30 and 7 p.m.

203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Shelby Farms

Spooky Nights-Actor Information Session, those interested in acting during Spooky Nights must attend one session. www. shelbyfarmspark.org. Wed., July 22, 6 p.m.

500 N. PINE LAKE (767-PARK).

Theatre Memphis

Liberace!, featuring Gary Beard as the title character in a tribute to the performer, reliving the highs (and lows) of Liberace’s prolific life and revealing the real person behind the persona. www. theatrememphis.org. $30-$100.

Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m. Through July 26.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

TheatreWorks

Mountain View, both independent and fiercely loyal, Jokate tells the story of her kinfolk and her survival in the mountains of Appalachia. Winner of the 2013 NewWorks@TheWorks playwriting competition

by Teri Feigelson. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $24. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m.

Through Aug. 2.

All Memphis-based design professionals are invited to submit their most innovative recent projects for consideration. See website for more information and submissions. Through Aug. 20.

WWW.MEMPHISMAGAZINE.COM.

Art on the Square

Featuring art vendors, live music, chalk art displays, and children’s activities. Sat., July 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

COVINGTON HISTORIC COURT SQUARE, 101 COURT SQUARE WEST (476-9727).

Block Party + All Access Celebrate “The Art of Video Games” exhibition. $10, free

July 16-22, 2015

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

Opening reception for “The Time Catcher,” exhibition of photographs by Karen Pulfer Focht. www.wkno. org. Sun., July 19, 4-6 p.m.

2016 Memphis Magazine Home Design Awards Submissions

Fratelli’s

“Smoky Mountain Sunrise,” oversized prints by Lyn Kyle. www.memphisbotanicgarden. com. Through July 29.

750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Gallery 1091

“The Time Catcher,” photographs by Karen Pulfer Focht. www.wkno.org.

Through July 30.

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

Gallery 1091

OTH E R A R T HA P P E N I N G S

3092 POPLAR, SUITE 1 (458-7100).

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

64 FLICKER (767-3800).

926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

“Peggy’s Farewell.” Through July 31.

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

Opening reception for “MashUp,” exhibition of work in cardboard by 18 artists. www. davidluskgallery.com. Fri., July 17.

Opening reception for “Stax: Visions of Soul,” visual art celebrating songs from the iconic Stax catalog. www. staxmuseum.com. Fri., July 17, 6-8 p.m.

Fountain Art Gallery

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

David Lusk Gallery Temporary Location

Music

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

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

430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

Stax Museum of American Soul

Through Aug. 19.

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

Artist reception for “XO: Collaborative Works by Chloe York & Eric Quick.” www.crosstownarts.org. Sat., July 18, 5-8 p.m.

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

Send the date, time, place, cost, info, phone number, a brief description, and photos — two weeks in advance — to calendar@memphisflyer.com or P.O. Box 1738, Memphis, TN 38101.

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

Cafe Pontotoc

“XO: Collaborative Works by Chloe York and Eric Quick” at Crosstown Arts.

10 a.m.-2 p.m. or wearing overalls and a mustache, 18+ after 2 p.m. Sat., July 18, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

July 18, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

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

State of the Art

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

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

Munch and Learn

Bring your own brown bag lunch, sodas and water will be supplied. Featuring guest speakers on various subjects. Free with admission.

Wednesdays, noon-1 p.m.

Through July 31.

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

Paint Memphis

One-day collaborative mural project on the Chelsea Greenline floodwall, bringing together over 70 artists to change the way Memphians see art. Free. Sat.,

CORNER OF EVERGREEN AND CHELSEA AVE., NORTH MEMPHIS GREENLINE (275-1981), PAINTMEMPHIS.ORG.

Wed., July 22, 6 p.m.

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

Studio Residency Program Applications Accepted Session dates will be Sept.

1-Dec. 31, 2015. Application deadline is July 31 for Crosstown Arts’ new Studio Residency program for local visual artists. See website for more information and application. Through July 31.

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

ONGOI NG ART

The Annesdale Park Gallery

Living Art Terrariums

by Nancy Morrow. www. theannesdaleparkgallery.net.

Through Aug. 1.

1290 PEABODY (208-6451).

“A Community Collaboration: French Fort,” artifacts and art inspired by the French Fort

by Cafe Pontotoc, City South Ventures, and local artist Elayna Scott. Through Dec. 31.

“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

David Lusk Gallery Temporary Location

Chloe York, exhibition of paintings. www.mca.edu.

Through July 31.

690 ADAMS.

L Ross Gallery

Summer Group Show, painting and sculpture by various artists. www. lrossgallery.com. Through July 31.

Lucius E. & Elsie C. Burch Jr. Library

Jon Woodhams, exhibition of photography. Through July 31.

501 POPLAR VIEW, COLLIERVILLE (457-2600).

Memphis Botanic Garden

“Mash-Up,” work in cardboard by 18 artists. www.davidluskgallery.com.

Through Aug. 1.

“Spirit of Havana,” photographs by the late David Gingold. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Through July 29.

64 FLICKER (767-3800).

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

Jun Kaneko, contemporary ceramic sculptures. www. dixon.org. Through Nov. 22.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

Eclectic Eye

“An Artist’s Vision,” acrylics, relief sculptures with found objects, and etchings into Plexiglass by Josie Sullivan. www.eclectic-eye.com.

NO COVER THURSDAYS

TONIGHT & SATURDAY:

DJ Crumbz!

with DJ KJ

with Memphis’ favorite

James Lee House

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Lawrence Matthews, Jeff Mickey, Shara Rowley Plough, and Jonas Howden Sjøvaag, multimedia work by artists. www.circuitoussuccession. com. Through July 24.

500 S. SECOND.

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

Keith Morrison

“20th Century Color Woodcuts: Japonisme and Beyond,” American and British prints. Through Sept. 8.

“The Art of Video Games,” exploring the 40-year evolution of video games through painting, writing, sculpture, music, storytelling, and cinematography.

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

Through July 27.

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Metal Museum

“Tributaries: Seth Gould,” embellished hammers, axes, locks, and latches. Through Sept. 6.

“A Kind of Confession,” critical and contemporary metalwork from both tenured and emerging AfricanAmerican metal artists. www. metalmuseum.org. Through Sept. 13.

374 METAL MUSEUM (774-6380).

Playhouse on the Square

New Paintings by Jeniffer Church. www.playhouseonthesquare.org. Through July 19.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Shady Grove Presbyterian Church

“Bring It to the Light,” portraiture by Maggie Russell. www. shadygrovepres.org. Through Aug. 7.

926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

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

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

Sue Layman Designs

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

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

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

TOPS Gallery

“Talk,” collaborative paintings

by Dana Frankfort and Jackie Gendel. www.topsgallery. com. Through Aug. 1.

400 S. FRONT.

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Brooks Milongas

Members of the Argentine Tango Society give lessons and demonstrations. Included with museum admission.

Third Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m.

Brinson’s

341 MADISON (524-0104).

Church of the Holy Communion

Words3: Being Southern, a monthly themed reading series for writers of all backgrounds and genres. Pieces should be six minutes or less.

Listeners welcome. www. holycommunion.org. Tues., July 21, 6:30-8 p.m.

4645 WALNUT GROVE (767-6987).

The HUB

LoveSpeaks, Fridays, 11 p.m.-2 a.m. Live.Seed, third Saturday of every month, 6-8 p.m.

515 E.H. CRUMP.

Java Cabana

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

Open mic nite. www. javacabanacoffeehouse.com.

Thursdays, 8-10 p.m.

C O M E DY

2170 YOUNG (272-7210).

Cafe Eclectic

The Wiseguys Present: Storytellers Unplugged, fast-paced improv, guest storytellers, and scenic improv. $5. Third Saturday of every month, 10:30 p.m.

603 N. MCLEAN (725-1718).

The Cove

Open Mic Comedy Night, hosted by Dagmar, Sun., July 19, 7 p.m.

National Civil Rights Museum

Open Call for Poets: “My Vote My Freedom,” young artists’ poetry slam with an emphasis on voting. #MyVoteMyFreedom on Aug. 22. Compete for prizes in the 14-17-, 18-25- and 26-35-year-old categories. www.civilrightsmuseum.org.

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450 MULBERRY (521-9699).

2559 BROAD (730-0719).

Flirt Nightclub

Trippin on Thursday, hosted

by K-97 Funnyman Prescott.

Thursdays, 6 p.m.

3659 S. MENDENHALL (485-1119).

P&H Cafe

You Look Like a Comedy Show, Sat., July 18. Open Mic Comedy, Thursdays, 9 p.m.

1532 MADISON (726-0906).

5530 SHADY GROVE (683-7329).

P O ETRY / S P O K E N WOR D

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Amurica World Headquarters

“Stax: Visions of Soul,” exhibition of visual art

410 CLEVELAND.

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Spillit Story Slam: Accidents, your stories with an accident

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Sun., July 19, 2 p.m.

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

Summer of Faith: Justice and Faith

Present-day prophets on faith and justice. Free. Sundays, 11 a.m.-noon. Through Aug. 30.

CHURCH OF THE RIVER, 292 VIRGINIA (526-8631).

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“Buggin’ & Shruggin: A Glitched History of Gaming Culture,” murals which riff upon popular video games, major characters, and the gamers themselves by Michael Roy. Through Sept. 13.

“Surreal Kingdoms,” acrylic paint and digital collage by Kenneth Wayne Alexander II. Through Sept. 13.

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

“Play,” exploring the intersection of play and art using pieces from the permanent collection.

Through Sept. 20.

“Cats and Quotes,” 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.

celebrating songs from the iconic Stax catalog. www. staxmuseum.com. July 17Dec. 31.

RAYMOND LUKE JR. PHOTO BY JOAN MARCUS. ALL OTHER PHOTOS BY ANDREW ECCLES.

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Bridge Walk Tour with Jimmy Ogle

Learn about the Mississippi River, the three bridges, Crump Park, and more while walking the Memphis and Arkansas Bridge. Free. Sun., July 19, 2 p.m.

CRUMP PARK, DELAWARE AT CRUMP, WWW.JIMMYOGLE.COM.

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Cruises on the Island Queen leave from Beale Street Landing for a tour down the Mississippi River featuring live historical commentary and a cash/credit bar with snacks and drinks. $20.

Through Oct. 31, 5 p.m.

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Free. Ongoing, 11:30 a.m., 1:30, and 3:30 p.m.

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Tour Day

First 15 people to RSVP and tour will receive a $25 gift card. Free.

Thurs., July 16, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

TOWN VILLAGE AUDUBON PARK, 950 CHERRY (537-0002).

Tour of Elmwood

Bring your flashlight for this fun and fascinating evening tour. Beverage bar and snacks in the Cottage, leaving shortly after for a 45-minute walk through the cemetery. $25.

Fri., July 17, 7 p.m.

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

Tours at Two

Join a Dixon docent or member of the curatorial staff on a tour of the current exhibitions. Free for members. $5 nonmembers.

Tuesdays, Sundays, 2-3 p.m.

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ECLECTIC EYE COLLIERVILLE, 3670 S. HOUSTON LEVEE, #102 (8533213), WWW.ECLECTIC-EYE.COM.

Memphis Flea Market Sat.-Sun., July 18-19, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL,

7777 WALNUT GROVE (452-2151), WWW.AGRICENTER.ORG.

Naturals in the City Hair and Wellness Expo $15-$40. Sat., July 18, 7 p.m.

MINGLEWOOD HALL, 1555 MADISON (866-609-1744), WWW. NATURALSINTHECITY.COM.

We Consign Shop

Featuring antiques, silver, crystal, china, and more.

Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Sept. 28.

WOMAN’S EXCHANGE TEA ROOM, 88 RACINE (327-5681).

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Battle on Wheels

Wheelchair basketball fundraiser game to raise money for the Memphis Rollin’ Grizzlies.

Price includes hot dog and drink. $5. Fri., July 17, 6-8 p.m.

MISSISSIPPI BOULEVARD CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 70 N. BELLEVUE (545-6077).

Memphis Curling League Play: Season Two

Six-week league session. $150.

Sun., July 19, 5:15 and 7:30 p.m.

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

Memphis Roller Derby Sat., July 18, 5 p.m.

PIPKIN BUILDING, MID-SOUTH FAIRGROUNDS, WWW.MEMPHISROLLERDERBY.COM.

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Community Concerns Meeting

Representatives from city and county law enforcement, code enforcement, and mayor’s offices address Uptown community concerns.

Third Tuesday of every month, 1 p.m.

BRIDGES, 477 N. FIFTH, WWW.UPTOWNMEMPHIS.ORG.

Nashville Songwriters Association International, Memphis Chapter

Songwriting education and discussion. Bring a new song to share, any genre. Free. Third Tuesday of every month, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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Register online or by phone. $150/week members, $175/week nonmembers. Mon.-Fri., July 20-24, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

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

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Wacky Wednesday

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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.

ADA Parade and Rally

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Parade starts at City Hall and ends at the National Civil Rights Museum. Wed., July 22, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

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

Quick and easy online registration for the coming school year. Through July 31.

CITY HALL, HALL OF MAYORS, 125 N. MAIN, WWW.THEARCMIDSOUTH.ORG.

Zine- and Book-making Workshop

Paranormal 101 and Investigation: Historical Downtown Memphis

Participants ages 10-14 get the chance to write and self-publish an original ‘zine.’ July 20-24, 2-4:30 p.m.

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Tony Allen Basketball Camp

Tony Allen will offer tips and instruction on fundamental basketball skills and participate in basketball games according to age. $49. Sat., July 18, 9 a.m.-noon.

Investigate the scene of a brutal 1918 murder in this unique paranormal investigation. For ages 18 and over. $25. Sat., July 18, 8-10 p.m.

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

IONS: A GEEK GALLERY, 546 S. MAIN (864-4688), WWW.EXPEDITION-UNKNOWN.COM.

SOUTHWIND HIGH SCHOOL, 7900 E. SHELBY (513-7932267), WWW.PROCAMPS.COM/TONYALLEN.

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Free school supplies and health screenings for students. Free. Mon., July 20, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

RESURRECTION HEALTH CENTER, 5339 ELVIS PRESLEY (271-9500).

Barefoot Books

Craft and storytime. Sat., July 18, 7-11 a.m.

MEMPHIS FARMERS MARKET, PAVILION OF CENTRAL STATION, S. FRONT AND G.E. PATTERSON, WWW.BAREFOOTINMEMPHIS.COM.

Cookies with Cookie Monster

Kids and kids at heart will enjoy cookies, free ice cream with three-bag purchase, and take pictures with Cookie Monster. Saturdays, noon4 p.m.

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

Outdoor Explorers Camp

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$10-$15. Thursdays, 6-11 p.m.

Through Aug. 13.

THE PEABODY, 149 UNION (5294000), WWW.PEABODYMEMPHIS. COM.

Riders and Rockabilly Rally and Blues Hog BBQ and Music Festival Grassroots-based motorcycle dice freedom runs leaving from Memphis to Jackson.

Festival benefits West Tennessee Veterans Home project. See website for details. Through July 26.

WWW.RIDERSANDROCKABILLY.COM.

“Some Like It Hot: Sumptuous Succulents”

The Kirk Pamper Collection, the second-largest Sanseveria collection in the country.

Through Sept. 1.

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

“Mash-Up” at David Lusk Gallery Temporary Location FO O D & D R I N K EVE NTS

Sweet Treat Sunday

Create a super sundae, learn about plants, play games, and pet a cow. $5 members, $8 nonmembers. Sun., July 19, 2-4 p.m.

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

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$9. Sun., July 19, 2-3:45 p.m.

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

Time Warp Drive-In: Future Shock Fest!

Escape from New York, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Repo Man, and The Warriors. $10. Sat., July 18, 8:15 p.m.

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Okrapreneurs Growing promise at the Girls Inc. Youth Farm.

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t’s a sunny day in Frayser, and 16-year-old Zia Higgins is about to take her first bite of raw okra.

“It’s weird,” she says, rolling it around in her hand. “It’s kind of furry.”

She’s not wrong. The okra has a funny shape, and the fuzzy texture does not immediately scream “food.” But Higgins takes a bite anyway, and pretty soon the other girls follow suit. It’s crunchy and surprisingly sweet — and disappearing fast.

“Y’all better stop now,” Higgins warns through a mouth full of okra, “or we won’t Mattie Reese have any left to sell.”

Higgins is one of six high school students employed at the Girls Inc. Youth Farm. Over the next year, she will be paid $7.25 per hour to build and run a sustainable food business. Naturally, that means planting, thinning, fertilizing, weeding, and trellising. But it also involves financial planning, marketing to restaurants, and selling produce at the farmers market.

The point, director Miles Tamboli says, is to raise up a generation of social entrepreneurs in North Memphis.

“Opportunities for young, black women in this city have been limited,” Tamboli observes. “I want to show them that they have the civic experience, the critical thinking skills, and the discipline they need to do whatever they want with their lives.”

Each day begins at 8 a.m., when the girls warm up with a series of yoga stretches.

From there, they go on a “farm walk”: a trek around the 9.5-acre campus to see what needs doing. Today that means harvesting tomatoes, zucchini, and okra. It also means locating a treacherous hornworm that has been terrorizing the tomato plants.

While they search for the offending caterpillar, the girls sing “My Way” by rapper Fetty Wap. They’re an inspiring bunch: energetic, hard-working, and whip-smart. But Tamboli is right. Many have not been given the opportunities they need to succeed.

“At school, they don’t care about us,” says Nikeishia Davis, a rising senior at MLK College Preparatory School. “But Mister Miles [Tamboli] cares about us. I learned more here in two months than I learn in a whole semester at school.”

The Girls Inc. Youth Farm came into being through a series of happy accidents.

The first is the land, which was gifted to Girls, Inc. by the Assisi Foundation in 2003. The plan was to build a new headquarters, but the funding fell through.

The second happenstance is Tamboli himself. He graduated from Tulane with a degree in public health, then interned at an organic youth farm in New Orleans.

The experience, he says, was transformative, and he dreamed of recreating it in Memphis, his hometown.

“I saw a creative solution to so many social ills,” remembers Tamboli. “It was not about pamphlets or awareness campaigns. It was about producing something real. Growing food with young people has an impact on so many different parts of their lives.”

Back in Frayser, Destiny Woody has spotted the hornworm. It’s three inches long and plump, about the size of a middle finger, but it’s nearly impossible to spot, on account of being the exact same shade of green as the tomato plants. At Tamboli’s urging, Woody snips it in half with a pair of garden shears, and a bunch of green goop squirts out. “Ew!” the farmers scream.

Over the next five years, Tamboli says he wants to make Girls Inc. Youth Farm selfsustaining. In the long run, he’d also like to sell 80 percent of his produce within Frayser.

“We want to feed everybody,” he says. “Not just 20,000 Midtowners who will pay $5 for a pound of tomatoes.”

It isn’t going to be easy. Transforming this land, which lay fallow for 20 years, will involve countless hours of hard work in scorching heat. It also means working side-byside with millions of insects, including 500,000 honeybees from the farm’s nine hives.

But the biggest transformation here isn’t agricultural — it’s in the lives of these young women. Having been planted and watered, they are now beginning to bloom.

“I’m out there at the farmers market, stocking, doing inventory,” Nikeishia Davis says. “And I’m thinking, one day, I’m gonna be my own boss.”

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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

The Downward Spiral Asif Kapadia’s new documentary confronts the queasy legacy of Amy Winehouse.

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here’s a strange contradiction in the hearts of performers. On the one hand, being the center of attention of a large group of people (“public speaking”) regularly tops surveys of people’s biggest fears. On the other hand, being the center of attention of a large group of people is the ultimate goal of any performer. If you want to get rich — or even make a living — as a musician, you’re going to have to be able to thrive in conditions that the vast majority of people would call hell.

That’s the big takeaway from Amy, the new documentary on the rise and fall of Amy Winehouse directed by Asif Kapadia. This is the director’s second documentary after 2010’s excellent Senna. But while the story of Formula One racing legend Ayrton Senna was mostly triumph, Winehouse’s story is a slowmotion tragedy that makes for a much more complex and challenging film.

As in Senna, Kapadia uses all archival footage stitched together with a keen editing eye. There are no talking heads — the few contemporary interviews are all presented as voice-only under relevant footage.

We first meet Winehouse in 1998 at age 14 singing “Happy Birthday” with her friends Lauren Gilbert and Juliette Ashby. Her prodigious talent is already evident, even though she’s just a fresh-faced “North London Jewish girl,” as Island Records president Nick Gatfield calls her. Even then, she was a woman out of time. As Britpop and hip-hop dominated the London airwaves and the beginnings of dubstep seeped through the underground, Winehouse was idolizing Ella Fitzgerald and Tony Bennett. Her first producer Salaam Remi puts it, “She had the styling of a 70-year-old jazz singer.”

There’s no shortage of images of Winehouse as a dead-eyed junkie, but Kapadia is able to show her humanity, because he won the trust of her first manager Nick Shymansky, who happened to obsessively chronicle her early tours with a handheld digital camera. Of all the people in her orbit, Shymansky comes off the

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best. He apparently had a bit of an unrequited crush on Winehouse, but even after she fired him in a fit of pique, he still had her best interests at heart. That is not true about literally anyone else she surrounded herself with after her 2003 album Frank became an unlikely hit in England. She started hanging out at London’s trendy Trash nightclub, where she met her husband Blake Fielder-Civil. If you’ve ever known a pair of mutually reinforcing junkies, you already know what their relationship was like. Booze, pot, coke, crack, meth, heroin — you name it, they took it.

Fielder-Civil was also a musician, but when Winehouse became the biggest star in the world in the mid-2000s, he became a professional enabler.

Not that Winehouse needed much enabling. The film depicts her as never recovering from her parents’ divorce at the age of 9. She was severely depressed as a teenager and a bulimic from age 15 until she died at 27. She wrote the songs that propelled her to stardom as a way to deal with her many issues, but it was one song in particular that seemed to have doomed her.

“Rehab” was written about a failed intervention Shymansky, Gilbert, and Ashby staged for her, which was

squelched by her increasingly careerist father. It was kind of an afterthought on the carefully crafted Back To Black album, but when it became her biggest hit, it took on the air of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Amy functions a companion piece to Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck. The two self-destructive musical prodigies had similar trajectories, but they were treated differently by the press and public.

Cobain’s junk-induced suicide was an unexpected tragedy, while the world was practically taking bets on how long it would take Winehouse’s body to give out under the onslaught of a $16,000-a-week polysubstance habit. Amy does not hesitate to point the finger at the gawkers and paparazzi who fed them, even as Kapadia depends on their copious footage to fill out the overly long end of his film. Amy succeeds at humanizing Winehouse but leaves you feeling queasy at your own eagerness to watch the trainwreck.

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The joke pays off best during Minions’ opening sequence, where the little yellow fellers are given a backstory that reaches back into geologic time. Apparently indestructable and immortal, the Minions served T. rexes, Neanderthals, and Dracula before being forced into hiding in an arctic cave because they got on Napoleon’s bad side during the retreat from Moscow. When three of them finally emerge in 1968 to look for a new villain to serve, they end up at a

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There are two numbers that sum up Minions: The production budget was $75 million, less than half of what Inside Out cost. But, as an unnamed insider leaked to Ad Age, the promotion budget was a whopping $593 million. If you think you’ve been seeing a lot of Minions lately, that’s why. The advertising medium is the message. The film is just an afterthought.

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TH E LAST WO R D by Susan Wilson

Feeling Southern

Banana pudding

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I’m Southern. I mean, I’m Southern! I don’t have blood. My veins are filled with grits and butter. With the exception of a Norway-born great-grandfather, all branches of my family tree have lived in the Southern United States since at least the 18th century. Most since the 17th.

Am I proud of this? Sure, I guess. I didn’t have anything to do with where they decided to put down roots, but I suppose my decision to stay in the South is continuing a legacy that goes back just about as far as any American immigrant’s legacy can go.

Maybe y’all have heard about this here flag controversy? You know the one where we talk about a piece of fabric instead of focusing on the real issue? IT’S HATE!! NO, IT’S HERITAGE!! No, it’s a battle flag you’re talking about, most of the time, so unless you’re fixin’ to storm my rancher and take my Maw Maw’s silver and my six-pack of ramen noodles, I think that flag does not mean what you think it means.

I’ve been thinking about ways Southerners — of all shapes, colors, funny accents, and opinions on pimento cheese recipes — can celebrate our Southern heritage without use of a flag. For example, I think we can all agree that football was invented by God to make us happy. I think we can all agree that even if we don’t all believe in God, we understand the point I’m trying to get across and will not argue theology when we could use that energy arguing about who’s going to win the Egg Bowl.

A great thing about American Southerners is that we can find something in common with any other Southerner from any country. That’s something to be proud of. It generally involves food. We all tend to like spicy foods. I once worked with several women from different countries, but we were all “Southerners.” We decided to do a potluck where we would bring foods that we grew up on. I was at a slight disadvantage as two of the ladies did not eat pork. Do you know how hard it is to make ANYTHING a Mississippian ate growing up that doesn’t have at least some part of a pig in it? I made banana pudding. Southerners always have backup plans. That’s heritage right there, buddy ro. I have come up with a few other ways we can celebrate being Southern without being asshats about it.

Make sure all your dogs are under the front porch.

Drink more mint juleps.

Use the good silver and china at least once a week.

DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, TELL A YANKEE WHAT “BLESS YOUR HEART” REALLY MEANS. They may figure it out. It’s not your fault. They are wily foes.

Develop strong opinions on the proper way to make deviled eggs, pimento cheese, and bean salad.

Have at least two church cookbooks. (Extra points if they were passed down to you.)

Call fireflies “lightning bugs” like a civilized person.

Wear a seersucker suit.

Make a Jell-O salad with marshmallows and then give it away, because that stuff is rank.

Distinguish different generations with the same name by referring to them as “Big” or “Little.”

Keep at least three funeral casseroles or cakes in your freezer at all times.

Monogram anything that will sit still long enough.

Stop pressing buttons and start mashing them.

I think the best way to celebrate our heritage is to take advantage of our colorful way of speaking. Don’t hide your accent. Parade it around on the front porch. After I told my husband I was hungry enough to eat the ass outta low-flying duck, I asked friends for some other phrases we could use to celebrate our way with words. Butts figured prominently, as in “that ass looks like two raccoons fighting in a burlap sack” and “her butt’s lumpier than a bad batch of gravy.”

Our ways of saying someone is not very pretty are also awesome. Ugly as a mud fence. So homely she’d scare a freight train down a dirt road.

We all know people crazier than a sprayed cockroach or crazier than a sack of bees. We’ve all eaten fried chicken good enough to make you slap yer mama or make a puppy pull a freight train.

We have some amazing things to celebrate about the South.

We are authors, painters, potters, actors, statesmen, educators, musicians. We’re storytellers. I think maybe that’s what gets us in trouble. When it’s our story, we tell it the way we want to. We’re more than a flag. Let’s start acting like it.

Susan Wilson also writes for yeahandanotherthing.com and likethedew.com and. She and her husband Chuck have lived here long enough to know that Midtown does not start at Highland.

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