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Christie was playing in a celebrity softball game for charity last week, so good for him. But he kind of looks like a giant softball with legs — or a Weeble — not the kind of image you want out in cyberspace if you’re planning to run for president. (And since he’s a Republican of some stature — and has the ability to walk and chew gum and deny science — he’s probably running for president.)

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OUTDOORS INC GREG CRAVENS

About Chris Davis’ Fly on the Wall post, “U.S. Postal Service Issues Neverending Elvis Stamp” …

The sales of Elvis Presley stamps issued worldwide cannot be licked. The famous American one has sold more than six hundred million! His very first recording was recently auctioned for $300,000.

Elvis fans are amongst the USPS’ biggest customers, as we trade internationally, buying and selling Elvis music and memorabilia.

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the Editor, “A Bridge Too Far” …

The Tennessee Department of Transportation has some serious problems with their planning engineers. They have screwed up the design on the 1-55 and 1-240 interchanges in Memphis for over 50 years, and they continue to be clueless.

A roundabout? Are you serious?

This is all about the preservation of the French Fort neighborhood. What they should do is build the flyover through French Fort, and pay whatever it costs to relocate those people. To not do so will cost hundreds of millions of dollars in lost productivity, wages, and travel time for everyone else.

Joel G. Wood Southerners love roundabouts. NASCAR rules!

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About Jen Clarke’s Last Word column, “Forget Nashville” …

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construction project going on over there.

I’m sure most are pork projects to line pockets. While doing all of these I-40 rebuild projects from Memphis to Little Rock over the last few years, Arkansas could have made the highway six lanes for that stretch. The truck traffic is insane!

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H A I R M E TA L Five Finger Death Punch drummer Jeremy Spencer told the Swedish music website “Access: Rock” why the metal band bailed on their gig at the Beale Street Music Festival after only six songs, leaving frontman Ivan Moody to jibber away onstage, alone. “There’s thousands of people there, and we’re trying to get these sound issues sorted out,” Spencer explained. “We kind of had a little bit of a fight in front of everyone, and we didn’t mean for that to happen.” One commenter helpfully suggested, in the future, the band might want to, “Spend more time before the show working out sound equipment issues instead of those stupid hairdos. Your call!”

New state law allows food delivery companies to deliver alcohol.

Tennesseans will soon be able to have a bottle of wine delivered alongside their Italian takeout, thanks to a new state law.

The bill allowing for alcohol delivery was signed by the governor in April. It allows third-party takeout vendors, that pick up meals from various restaurants and deliver to homes, to also sell alcohol alongside food. At least 50 percent of total sales must be food, so there will not be any alcohol-only delivery services in the state.

The law goes into effect on July 1st, but the process for getting companies on board may not allow companies to start selling alcohol on that date.

Customers can get up to 1 gallon of alcohol — that’s about two 1.75-liter bottles of liquor or five bottles of wine.

Meals in Motion, a Memphis-area food delivery company, will be participating in the newly legalized alcohol delivery. Abby Huffman, the owner of the company, said they’re excited about the new opportunity, especially as Meals in Motion expands into Germantown.

“We’ve been trying to call the [Alcoholic Beverage Commission] dozens of times over the six years we’ve been in business, and we kept getting told ‘no,’” she said.

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He’s been called the “carousel doctor” by The New York Times and “America’s Last Carousel Craftsman” by The Atlantic Monthly. Last week, Todd Goings was in Memphis to assist with restoration of the old Libertyland carousel.

Goings will take possession of the classic wooden carousel that came to Memphis from Chicago in 1922 and left Libertyland for storage in 2006. Goings and his company, Carousels and Carvings, will collect the carousel from the Mid-South Coliseum and take it to his Ohio studio for a full refurbishment.

After two years of cleaning, repairing, fixing the mechanics, the lights, and the organ, and painting and polishing the carousel’s 32 jumping horses, 16 standing horses, and two chariots, the carousel will return to Memphis and its new home at the Children’s Museum of Memphis. — Toby Sells FLYER: SO, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE CAROUSEL?

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N E V E R E N D I N G E LV I S This is such an honor. The U.S. Postal Service is honoring your Pesky Fly and the whole Fly on the Wall Team by issuing a Neverending Elvis stamp commemorating one of this column’s most enduring and best-loved features. Okay, okay, it’s technically an Elvis-themed “forever” stamp, but that’s almost the same thing, right?

The USPS will dedicate the new stamp on Wednesday, August 12th at Graceland during Elvis Week.

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Todd Goings: We’ll lay it out in our shop, and everything will be cleaned before we can make an assessment of current conditions. We replace it with factory-original materials, including the casting, and the pieces, and the parts. We make our patterns, pieces, and parts because you can’t just go down to the hardware store anymore and buy the parts you need for this. They were made specifically by that

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We start clear back at the basics, so we can get the ride to where it’s going to be here for another 100 years.

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“Delivery” continued from page 6 it made it through the legislature.”

Huffman has been in contact with the Memphis and Nashville alcohol boards to find out exactly when they’re able to start selling alcohol alongside their food. She has already been in talks with liquor stores as well, determining how they will set up an alcohol menu.

“Even though the law goes into effect July 1st, they said it’s going to take a while to get the policies, procedures, and application process finalized,” she said.

In Huffman’s research, she has found that companies in other states that have adopted this policy saw an increase of 50 to 75 percent in business, and she expects the same for Meals in Motion.

“I’ve got some folks who are very excited to order some wine and a prime rib to go with it,” Huffman said.

The buffer period may provide time for companies like Chef Shuttle to figure out the new legislation. Chef Shuttle CEO Ryan Herget said the top priority is making sure the company “follows the law down to a T.” “With our drivers being out in the field and not being in one central location, we want to make sure we can control the process and do it in a legal way before jumping headfirst,” Herget said. “We do plan to participate, but we want to make sure we’re going to do it in the right way.”

Herget says customers have asked about it after seeing similar ventures from food delivery companies elsewhere. But even when people ask for it, there’s going to be risk, especially when it comes to alcohol, Herget said.

“You’ve got to have systems in place to make sure that the customer is of age to receive that liquor,” he said. “For us, it’s a balance. I think, unfortunately, you’re going to see a couple of companies rushing into it in order to please their customers without fully understanding the law. We want it to work, but we want to do it in a responsible way.”

Chef Shuttle, which has its home office in Little Rock, has also been involved with pushing similar legislation in Arkansas.

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We probably work on about 20 different ones a year in various stages. Some of them, we’ve already done the restoration on them and we go back for annual visits. Some of them, we do bi-weekly maintenance on them. We’re there every two weeks going over it. Some of them, I go in and work with crews in some of the bigger amusement parks. We’re also making a few of them in our studio — the whole thing, from the ground up.

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That’s why I like to do the work on them. When you’re 6 years old and wanting to ride the carousel, you’re looking at more of a fantasy thing.

The unique thing, too, is that grandma and grandpa have ridden these things. Mom and dad rode these things. Now, the grandchildren are riding these things. So, they’re one of the few things left . . . you know, grandma and grandpa never played on their cell phones when they were kids. So carousels are a broad connection to a fantasy. It’s like magic.

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I’d say about 60 percent of what we do is on antiques. It’s really hard to argue about the engineering of something that’s run more than 100 years and had millions of riders on it. We talk about all of our updates and everything like that. But here’s a machine that’s been sitting here doing its job all these years, whether it got really well taken care of or it got abused for a while.

Everyone used to have carousels. The industry, they still argue about it. They say, at one time there was somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000 carousels. Nobody really knows. The only thing they know now is that there are roughly 150 antique ones left in the country.

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Blight fighters fanned out across downtown Memphis on Monday to take stock of the area’s 8,300 parcels of land.

Volunteers drove slowly through every street in the Downtown Central Business Improvement District and Mud Island to assess the state of all gas stations, houses, office buildings, and vacant lots.

The Downtown Memphis Commission (DMC) ordered the study. The group’s “windshield survey” last year was the first for downtown. That study found some 188 blighted properties in the six-and-a-half square mile district that spans from the Wolf River to South Main. The DMC says more than half of those properties have been improved or are under improvement.

The reason for the survey goes a bit deeper than just wanting to keep downtown tidy. The DMC helps companies finance development projects downtown in the way of payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) deals, improvement grants, and development loans.

“From the DMC’s perspective, we want to protect our investments and the investments of the commercial property owners,” said Larry Chan, a DMC planning and development analyst. “We take our active PILOTs and overlay that with a blight chart.

What we don’t want is blight creeping in to where we’ve incentivized our projects.”

Volunteer surveyors met with DMC officials last week to learn how to score the properties. Each property would get a grade from one (being the best) to four (being the worst).

If a lot was mowed, its building painted, and no structural damage could be seen, it would get a one. Alcenia’s in The Pinch was given as an example of a one.

Points were deducted for overgrown grass, litter, broken concrete, roof damage, broken windows, and more. Examples of fours included a burnt-out house, a lot that looked like a landfill, and a vacant house with broken windows, graffiti, and boarded-up doors.

Survey volunteer Tanja Mitchell is also the coordinator for Uptown Memphis.

She said she has monthly meetings with Memphis code enforcement officials about numerous trouble sites. But when it comes to blight, she wonders, “When will it end?”

“There’s this perception about Memphis out there and we’re on top of [magazine lists for negative reasons],” Mitchell said. “If we don’t address the crime and the blight, there’s still going to be that perception that Memphis is bad.”

Janet Boscarino, executive director of Clean Memphis, said her group engages owners to clean up properties. If they can’t, Clean Memphis volunteers go out and help them, she said.

Boscarino said blight goes much deeper than just being an eyesore.

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If racial stereotypes and misconceptions about urban violence had a baby, it would look like the billboard that black businessman Fred Davis erected over his insurance office last month. It reads: “Black lives matter. So let’s quit killing each other.”

Davis insists he’s not mocking the Black Lives Matter movement, which was born in 2013 after neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teen.

With each extrajudicial killing of an unarmed black man, woman, or child by white officers, the slogan gained traction, growing into an indictment of structural inequality that accounts for poorer outcomes for African Americans in every measurable way.

“Black folk should be reminding white folks all the time that black lives matter and [to] stop the legal lynching,” said Davis, who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis. But, he added, “all over the country, we are marching and saying that black lives matter, and black people didn’t get the message. Why aren’t Chinese killing Chinese in large numbers or Italians killing Italians in large numbers?”

Because Davis is 81, he can be forgiven for equating nationalities — such as Chinese and Italian — with races. But he does not get a pass for perpetuating the lie that blacks are inherently criminal, and, therefore, fundamentally inferior, so much so that they need to be reminded that homicide is bad.

Although the myth of “black on black crime” has been thoroughly debunked, it’s worth noting yet again that homicide is a function of proximity.

In segregated areas (read: every big city in America), it follows that the victim and assailant will be of the same race. According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, most homicides are intraracial: Ninetyfour percent of black homicide victims were killed by black people, and 86 percent of white homicide victims were killed by white people.

Davis presupposes that black Memphians are unmoved by murder. This surely comes as news to the dozens of anti-crime, anti-gang, anti-violence organizations in Memphis, including FFUN (Freedom From Unnecessary Negatives), founded by Stevie Moore, a black man whose black son was killed by a black man.

Critiques of urban violence almost

always ignore the problem of easy access to guns, which are used in 92 percent of gang-related homicides and 68 percent of all homicides. Countries that have stricter gun laws have fewer homicides, but there’s no political will in the United States to adopt even modest gun control measures.

Sadly, Davis conflates police brutality — implicitly sanctioned by the state, funded by taxpayers and rarely punished — with violence committed by individuals. This isn’t the first time Davis has been guilty of respectability politics, which glosses over systemic failures to instead chastise people.

Two years ago, he put up a billboard that read: “Show your mind, not your behind.” The sign juxtaposed a photo of a black man wearing a cap and gown with a photo of a black man wearing pants that dipped below his waist.

I wrote then: “Black men could cinch their pants around their necks and the systemic bias against African Americans would still remain.”

Businessman Fred Davis presupposes that black Memphians are unmoved by murder.

“I was given an award by the Church of God in Christ for that,” Davis said proudly.

He reminded me that his philanthropic endeavors include a scholarship fund at Manassas High, a program that helps exoffenders get jobs, and his role as a founding board member of Christ Community Health Center, which provides health care to low-income Memphians.

But what he doesn’t explore are the reasons why Manassas’ virtually all-black student body needs financial help to go to college. He doesn’t denounce the prison industrial complex that disproportionately sucks black men into its clutches. He has no public criticism of the legislature’s refusal to expand health-care access for low-income Tennesseans.

The cure for urban violence is complicated. It demands good jobs that pay enough to make illegal means of making money unattractive and not worth the risk.

It requires public investment in neighborhoods of color so that children can find a safe haven in libraries and community centers.

It calls for an end to mass incarceration, which strips communities of fathers and stability and has not been proven to make neighborhoods safer.

The solution doesn’t lend itself to slogans, and it certainly won’t fit on a billboard.

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Teacher leads Sheffield underdogs to state soccer finals. them, particularly the seniors, questioned his knowledge.

“They were probably thinking, Who’s this white man coming in here and telling me how to play soccer, when I’ve been playing it my whole life? And there’s some validity to that,” Cole said. His research and growing passion for the sport paid off when the players slowly began to accept him as their leader.

Given his team’s talent, he wasn’t surprised when they made it to the state finals. But Cole and his boys were well aware they’d be the underdogs. These young men live in households where parents work multiple jobs, and the boys themselves work and often care for younger siblings.

“Our coach lives, like, 45 minutes away, and he would take us all in his jeep and drive us to practices and games,” Sow said.

“He did whatever we needed.”

And their needs were plenty. Sheffield was up against affluent, predominantly white suburban teams from private schools in Knoxville and Chattanooga.

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“The other teams have a lot of organization and money and coaches who really know soccer and have coached for many years,” Cole said. “Structurally, they’re managed completely different, but they don’t have the raw talent and passion, which is what took us so far.”

Cole’s wife, Meridith, launched a successful GoFundMe campaign to cover money for uniforms, equipment, and travel. But then the team suffered personal tragedies.

A car carrying four teenage fans crashed on the way to a game, killing one player’s sister and leaving his other sister in critical condition.

Another player lost all his belongings when his home caught fire. The team passed an envelope around the school to collect money for the player’s family, while Cole and his wife purchased new cleats and equipment for the boy.

This season has left an indelible impact on the players and their coach.

Cole, who said he will coach soccer again at Sheffield next year, tears up when he reflects on the season. “This experience has changed my life in so many ways,” he said. “These boys are family, and they’ve brought my own family closer together.”

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n a cloudy late May afternoon, the young men of the Sheffield High School Knights soccer team disembarked from the charter coach that carried them home to Memphis, after suffering a dramatic defeat at the state championships in Murfreesboro.

That devastating loss came after a game that ran into double overtime, but the boys still took tremendous pride in making it to the final four at the TSSAA Spring Fling, which features the top high school athletes in the state going headto-head for state titles in everything from basketball and bowling to track and tennis.

The Sheffield boys dropped their travel bags on the pavement, retrieved their soccer balls from their equipment bags, and gathered on their home turf in drill circles. After a four-hour bus ride, their immediate inclination was to get right back into the game — not because their coach expected it, but because these kids live and breathe soccer.

Every boy on the team is a firstgeneration American whose family has relocated to Memphis from thousands of miles away — from Mexico or from various African countries, including Guinea, Senegal, and Mauritania. Passion for soccer is ingrained in their cultures.

Ibrahima Sow, a native of Senegal, began playing soccer when he was 5 years old. The starting player at Sheffield is known as “Ferrari,” a nod to his extraordinary speed on the playing field.

“This was a big accomplishment for us,” Sow said. “This isn’t just a team; we’re a family.”

Despite the Sheffield players’ experience and prowess on the field, they nearly missed out on the season altogether because they didn’t have a coach. Jonathan Cole, a senior English teacher with no coaching experience, took on the challenge of trading in Shakespeare for shin guards, knowing it was the only shot these kids had at competing in the sport they love.

“I was kind of embarrassed to tell them I didn’t know anything, yet I was going to coach them,” said Cole, 39, who last played soccer as a kid in the 1980s.

He devoted his free time to researching soccer strategies and watching YouTube videos of soccer stars such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Cole said his boys were at first skeptical of his coaching abilities, and some of

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Outliers and Insiders The history of American politics demonstrates that positions that seem unconventional, even outrageous, when first broached have a way of becoming the norm with the passage of time — and sometimes not much time at all.

Think “Defense of Marriage Act,” now blink your eyes and think “Marriage Equality Act.” Even simpler: Think “Bruce,” don’t waste time with blinking and now think “Caitlyn.”

Though there was a time when the political left was responsible for most innovations (think 1960s, sit-ins, or even Social Security), the initiative where change is concerned seems to have shifted over to the right. Or at least to some mutating middle.

On the urban scene — and not just in problem-plagued Memphis city government — the idea of de-annexation may be finding its time. A bill to that effect got a trial run in the General Assembly last year, and it’s sure to take another bow in 2016.

Now you find the phenomenon of three city council candidates running as a ticket on that idea — which seemingly originated with suburban conservatives, but coupling it with such street-populist and Mempho-centric ideas as saving the Mid-South Coliseum and restoring pension and benefit levels for city police and firefighters.

The three are Jim Tomasik, a veteran of Libertarian Party politics; Lynn Ross, who admits to being Republican; and Robin Spielberger, whose politics are more amorphous. The trio of council candidates (Ross, SuperDistrict 9, Position 1; Tomasik, District 2; and Spielberger, Super-District 9, Position 2) held an open-air meet-andgreet/fund-raiser Saturday at Lost Pizza Company on Poplar (site of the old Ronnie Grisanti’s Restaurant).

Their slogan (on a sign alongside a downtown-skyline graphic) indicates the ambivalent appeal of their position.

“Right for Memphis/Cordova,” it says, and the fact is, sentiment for de-annexation seems to have just such a divided

appeal. Recently annexed suburbanites (Ross and Tomasik are Cordovans) want independence (though they might settle for autonomy); meanwhile, a growing number of Memphians, like Spielberger, are concerned about the high costs of providing services to the sprawling outer areas annexed in recent years.

Maybe these three are wasting their time (competing with well-financed traditional candidates is going to be a problem), and maybe they are pathfinders, and maybe they’ll even run competitive races. All that remains to be seen, and how it works out may tell us something about our future.

A trio of de-annexationists running for council: from left, Lynn Ross, Jim Tomasik, and Robin Spielberger.

• The developing matchup in council District 5 involves more conventional candidates and enough conservatives and liberals to allow for intramural contests within the larger race itself.

Of the nine potential candidates who have so far drawn petitions, five have drawn the most attention, and, though the nonpartisan nature of city elections allows for a certain flow across party preference and ideological lines, those five divide into two groups, basically.

Dan Springer, a still-youthful veteran of government service and Republican politics, and Worth Morgan, an even more youthful insurance executive with family ties to elite Memphis business circles, are regarded as battling it out for the loyalty of conventional conservatives. (Morgan’s

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This year’s Memphis City Council races have plenty of both.

• At its meeting of June 3rd in Nashville, the Tennessee Ethics Commission met to consider several new penalties for alleged campaign-finance offenders and to reconsider several already assessed. One of the latter was a $1,000 fine imposed on then Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Bryan Carson last September.

As the commission recapped the situation last week: “Mr. Carson was assessed $1,000 at the September 17, 2014, meeting for failure to file the Statement of Interests.

Mr. Carson has subsequently filed and appeared before the commission to explain the tardiness of his filing. After the discussion, Mr. [Jim] Stranch made the motion to reconsider and to waive the penalty as it was Mr. Carson’s first time filing.

Mr. [Greg] Hardeman seconded and the motion passed 5-0.”

Carson — who ran afoul of his executive committee and the state Election Registry for his accounting procedures a few months ago and subsequently resigned his chairmanship — offered this explana-

Following the death of longtime legislative eminence Lois DeBerry in 2013, Akbari won a special election to represent DeBerry’s District 91 House seat in the Tennessee General Assembly. She was easily reelected to full term last year.

A member of the House Criminal Justice Committee and Subcommittee, Akbari also serves on the House Education Instruction and Program Committee, where she closely monitors the effect on Memphis public schools of various state programs. She has sponsored several pieces of legislation designed to safeguard the structure of Memphis schools during a period of rapidly imposed innovations at the state level.

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On the other side of the ideological spectrum, Mary Wilder, Charles “Chooch” Pickard, and John Marek, will be competing for the support of those voters who see themselves as progressives (a designation that has largely replaced “liberal” as a self-signifier).

All three have overlapping interests and platforms, with Wilder noted for neighborhood advocacy, Pickard for preservationist activity, and Marek for campaign management. Wilder and Pickard have been in the field for some time, while Marek, a longtime advocate of police reform and loosening of restrictions on marijuana, is poised to begin a serious effort.

Expectations are that a runoff is inevitable, with no candidate able to get an absolute majority as of October 8th. It seems almost certain that either Springer or Morgan will make the runoff, to vie against whoever predominates among the progressive trio. But it is not impossible that the two perceived conservatives, given the depth of their anticipated resources, will end up opposing each other.

It is less likely that the runoff will be drawn exclusively from the Wilder-Pickard-Marek aggregation, but that is possible.

The Rev. Kenneth Whalum drew a petition for a District 5 race, along with petitions for Super-District 9, Position 2, and mayor, but it’s now being taken for granted that he will end up in the mayoral field.

Colonel Gene Billingsley, Jimmie Franklin, and Jennifer James Williams, all of whom have drawn petitions for District 5 (Franklin has actually filed), have to be regarded as outliers, on the basis of the name-identification factor alone.

• Fresh from serving as host for a “Memphis for Hillary” rally held on Saturday in a Southeast Memphis storefront owned by her family, state Representative Raumesh Akbari (D-Memphis) is in Canada this week, guest of the Embassy of Canada, which selected her and seven other legislators from the United States for a week-long “Rising State Leaders Program.”

The program began in 2006 with the goal of facilitating understanding between the two neighbor countries on business, trade, and cultural matters. The 2015 program, focusing on eastern Canada, will take legislators to Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia. It began on Sunday and will continue through Saturday.

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“All candidates were required to complete another statement in January 2015, of which I completed and filed on time. Running to serve on the TNDP was my first time running for public office, therefore, that weighed heavily on the final decision of the Tennessee Ethics Commission.”

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Ours is an age when “outcome-based” is increasingly attached to public-policy initiatives and testing of various sorts is very much in vogue, not only in education but as a measure of success or failure in other ways as well.

This week, Tennesseans can consult brand-new studies to see how the state is doing in K-12 public education and how it could be doing in health care.

First, a freshly released Rutgers University study, entitled “National Report,” grades the 50 states on the extent of their financial commitment to public education. At a time when officials of the Haslam administration and the governor himself cite various other studies as proof of the success of their education initiatives, the Rutgers report tells another story.

While the report awards Tennessee a “B” for the equity of its fund distribution — i.e., in giving poor districts a fair share of the financial pie — it gives the state a flat-out “F” in determining the size of the funding pie itself.

In measuring teacher compensation against pay for other vocations in the labor market, for example, the report has this to say: “Wages are least competitive in Missouri, North Carolina, Arizona, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia, where teachers make around 30 percent less. Wage competitiveness worsens as teachers advance in their career.”

Keeping in mind that the ability of Tennessee’s teachers to change their economic lot for the better was undermined by the General Assembly’s abolition of their collective-bargaining rights in 2011, a long-term improvement would seem to be disproportionately dependent on the good will of state political authorities.

On the issue of health care, a couple of reports issued during the past week by the White House eschew the course of faultfinding with Tennessee per se in favor of

underscoring what the state is giving up by its failure to participate fully in the benefits of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

What the White House makes clear in a “Fact Sheet” released this week is that Tennessee — despite itself, frankly — is reaping enormous advantages already from the ACA. These include the reduction of insurance premiums for participating Tennesseans, the elimination of out-of-pocket expenses for a variety of testing and screening procedures, the prohibition of “preexisting illness” restrictions, and the elimination of the infamous “donut hole,” whereby Medicare prescription benefits disappeared at a certain level.

That and more constitute the high side. But what the two White House reports also make clear is that, by declining to follow through on Haslam’s proposed “Insure Tennessee” program, the General Assembly has doomed the state to an annual loss of $1.77 million in ACA Medicaid funding for health care, and to the relegation of 180,000 uninsured Tennesseans to the kind of emergency-room care that has proved ruinously expensive to the state’s overburdened hospitals.

The White House issued no grades as such for Tennessee state government’s performance in providing health-care opportunities on its own or in taking advantage of those provided by the federal government, but it seems clear that, at best, the state has earned an Incomplete and, at worst, another “F.” Failing grades in education and health care? Those are unacceptable report cards.

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The Debt Generation How Millennials will affect the future U.S. economy. believes that their career success has been delayed, not canceled. Wages are projected to pick up to 3 percent this year. Since workers with a college degree generally earn double what those with a high school degree make, Millennials may soon have more earning power.

But housing is the key. If wages don’t pick up through the next decade, Bovino says Millennials would be forced to continue to avoid big purchases such as homes and cars and delay starting families.

Bovino estimates that a downside scenario could mean the U.S. GDP would miss out on $49 billion a year through 2019.

Millennials are already forming households at a slower rate than previous generations. The number of 25- to 34-yearolds living in their parents’ homes jumped 17.5 percent from 2007 to 2010. In 1960, three-quarters of women and two-thirds of men were financially independent, had married, and had children by age 30. Even in 2003, a 30-year-old American was twice as likely as a Millennial to own his or her own home.

Another problem is that student loan defaults are worsening. Although Standard & Poor’s doesn’t expect widespread defaults, a significant number of defaults would hurt the country’s finances, since the federal government backs more than 85 percent of student loans.

Despite these challenges, recent signals are good: Job creation and hourly wages are up, with wage increases outpacing inflation. “There’s some momentum in the jobs market and workers have more bargaining power. That’s a strength for Millennials as they continue to participate in the market,” Bovino says.

And Millennials are starting to buy more new cars, having now surpassed Gen-Xers as the second-largest group of buyers.

Bovino expects the economy to continue developing in a way that will allow this generation to “transition into the traditional definition of full adulthood and, in a virtuous circle, begin to buy the houses, cars, and other big-ticket items that will further stimulate economic growth,” she writes.

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This year, Millennials are expected to surpass Baby Boomers as the largest living American generation, and soon, their effects on the economy will be felt in greater measure, according to a new Standard & Poor’s report.

The report, by Beth Ann Bovino, Standard & Poor’s U.S. chief economist, noted that the generation born from 1981 to 1997 numbers 80 million and that they spend an annual $600 billion. By 2020, they could account for $1.4 trillion in spending, or 30 percent of total retail sales.

Surprisingly though, this generation has conservative spending habits, similar to those of the Silent Generation, which grew up during and after the Great Depression.

What distinguishes Millennials from other generations is the historic student loan debt that they carry, which in turn has meant that Millennials have had less access to full-time jobs and wealth.

Bovine looked at how what this generation might do over the next five years might affect the U.S. economy. If the economy continues to strengthen, as Standard & Poor’s projects, there’s potential that Millennials could start making big-ticket purchases that contribute to economic growth. On the other hand, their student loan debt could keep them from spending and not buying houses, costing the economy.

“Millennials are going to be making up half the workforce in just five years. They’re already the largest cohort of American workers,” Bovino says. “That’s why some of their characteristics — marrying and having children later, renting instead of buying a home, preferring to live in cities and not own cars — could disrupt the U.S. economy. Two-thirds of GDP is consumption, so we rely on people spending money.”

The biggest difference between the Silent Generation and Millennials is the latter group’s record student loan debt.

Adjusting for inflation, current borrowers have to pay back about twice as much as borrowers from 20 years ago. In 1989, the bottom three-fifths of Americans aged 18-34 had an average net worth of $3,300.

In 2013, that same group had a net debt of $7,700.

That debt burden can force Millennials into taking jobs they don’t want, or settling for jobs they wouldn’t have considered in a better market. It takes at least 15 years for workers who start their careers in a recession to make up for the decrease in earnings that they experience compared to people who enter the job market at a time of economic prosperity.

On the other hand, Millennials are the most educated generation, so Bovino

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Getting Straight

| Brittni |

MID-SOUTHERNERS WITH FELONY CONVICTIONS FACE ROADBLOCKS, BUT LOCAL PROGRAMS AND NEW LAWS OFFER HOPE. June 11-17, 2015

Brittni is an American hero. She’s also a convicted felon.

The Southaven resident signed up to serve on a unit in Iraq in 2005, when she was still a teenager. But the war took its toll on the young woman, and she began using drugs, which eventually led to her being arrested for selling pot and cocaine.

“Before I went over there, I didn’t smoke, didn’t drink, didn’t even look sideways. But I ended up smoking and drinking and doing a total 180 from who I really was.

I lost myself in that process,” said Brittni. “When I got home, I tried to re-gain that, but I just could not grasp it.”

She was kicked out of the military in 2009 after she failed a drug test. The military promised veterans’ skills would lead to jobs, but Brittni was trained as a truck driver in Iraq, and truck driving employers back home wouldn’t hire anyone under 25. Unable to find a job, Brittni went to 16 school and continued partying and using drugs.

“I got addicted. I did every drug there was and didn’t

get stuck on anything until I got stuck on coke. That’s when I committed my crimes, when I was on cocaine,” Brittni said. (The Flyer is only using first names in this story to protect anonymity.)

Brittni was caught selling two ounces of marijuana on the campus of North Mississippi Community College.

Later, she was busted selling an eight-ball of cocaine at a Danver’s in Southaven. She was indicted in early 2010.

“I didn’t know I was caught until some months later.

They wore a wire, and eventually, they decided to indict me,” she said.

Brittni was facing five years in prison, but after serving three months in jail, she convinced the DeSoto County district attorney to allow her to attend DeSoto County’s drug court instead. She was sentenced to three to five years in drug court, two years of house arrest, and 10 years of unsupervised probation.

“I told them, 'If you send me to prison, I’m just going

to get high every day I’m in there. There are more drugs in the prison system than on the streets.' I said, 'If I go to prison, I’ll just come out a better criminal.' A couple months later, they told me I was getting into drug court.”

Today, Brittni is clean and sober and nearly finished with her drug court program. She graduates in October, and she says she wouldn’t have gotten sober without it. But despite her sobriety, she now has a felony conviction on her record that continues to hold her back.

“The hardest thing about being a convicted felon is finding a job. The economy isn’t bad, but you have so many people out there without a felony record who need jobs, and they will get picked over you every time,” Brittni said. She’s been turned down for job after job, and her dreams of working in law enforcement are likely squashed for good. It’s an issue faced by so many Mid-Southerners with felony convictions. They’ve done their time and yet they remain held back by their past actions.

CYCLE OF DISENFRANCHISEMENT Expungement of felony convictions, which varies from state to state, is rare and only allowed in select cases.

“When you make a person a felon for life, you’re making the criminal justice system not about reform.

It’s about punishment, and how can we punish people forever? We all end up paying in the end,” said Brad Watkins, executive director of the Mid-South Peace & Justice Center (MSPJC).

There is a little hope though. Programs like drug court, both in DeSoto County and Shelby County, can help people move past their addictions. And Memphis and Shelby County has a newly formed Office of Offender Re-entry to help felons with job training, job placement, and life skills.

Additionally, a new Tennessee law can help some felons in this state gain employability certificates, which prevents employers from discriminating against those with felony records.

Through his years of working in various social justice movements, Watkins has become all too familiar with the negative cycle that felons face. Since he took over as director at MSPJC, he’s made helping break the cycle of felony disenfranchisement a priority.

The center has partnered with Memphis Area Legal Services, the Memphis Bar Association, and the Shelby County Public Defender’s Office to help felons restore their rights. The organizations co-sponsor a free legal clinic on the second Saturday of each month at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, and there, felons can chat with attorneys about their options for expungement or limited restoration of rights. The next clinic will be held on Saturday, June 13th from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

“We’ve made felons non-citizens. We’ve taken away their ability to earn a living and to do normal things that we expect everyone to do. We’ve even removed their ability to engage in the political process to change that,” Watkins said. “So let’s not mince words — we’re creating a slave culture with people who are now willing to work for whatever wage someone will provide just so they can have a job. It destroys families. It destroys lives, and it leads people back into a life of crime.”

Watkins likes to share a story about a formerly homeless man he’s worked with through the center’s Homeless Organizing for Power and Equality (HOPE) group. The man has a felony record, and after unsuccessful attempts to find a job that would support his family, he turned back to selling drugs.

“He says he’d love to be legit, but he can’t afford to be legit. His daughter is pregnant, and he can’t afford not to sell drugs. That’s a reality. People think some guy selling drugs is Scarface, but this guy is living hand to mouth,” Watkins said. “What am I going to tell him? Don’t deal drugs? Don’t feed your children? It’s ridiculous. We have to throw away these simplistic notions of right and wrong

him they would try to file a petition for him as soon as the law was enacted.

In April, Kenneth and three others went before a judge and were granted a restoration of some rights as well as the employability certificates.

“We looked into their records, and if you have multiple convictions in Tennessee, you’re not eligible for expungement,” Martin said. “They couldn’t get their records cleared, but they could petition in civil court to have their voting rights restored, to get their right to serve as a legal guardian, to serve on a jury, and to administer an estate.”

And thanks to the new law, they could also tack on a petition for an employability certificate.

The certificate is a reprieve for Kenneth, who has been stuck in the cycle of disenfranchisement for years.

His mother died when he was 12, and his father was an alcoholic. His housing situation wasn’t stable after his mother’s death. Hardships early in life led him to fall in with “the wrong crowd” when he was in the tenth grade.

At 19, he was selling drugs, and, in 1990, he sold to an undercover officer. He was convicted with a felony charge and put on three years probation.

“That first conviction started a cycle. I was losing hope because it’s hard to get a job. Everybody does background checks, even temporary agencies,” Kenneth said.

Kenneth got hooked in a cycle of addiction, and for the next 16 years, he racked up an impressive rap sheet, with 15 misdemeanors and five felonies, from fraudulent use of a credit card to theft to aggravated robbery.

He spent time in prison and managed to get clean off and on. He even started his own landscaping business in 2010 and studied auto mechanics at Southwest Tennessee Community College in 2011. But ultimately, he fell back into selling drugs to make ends meet, which led to him using drugs again in 2012.

“I went into treatment for six months at the Cocaine and Alcohol Awareness Program, and now I’m addressing my addiction. I’ve been to treatment five or six times, but I finally realized I can’t do this by myself,” Kenneth said.

Kenneth has been clean since December 3rd, 2012, and he’s held various odd jobs — a dishwasher at a country club, unloading trucks at a warehouse, etc. — working for anyone who would hire him.

“I was working for a temp service for a whole year, and everybody else there got hired. But they never hired me because of my background,” he said. “I applied to Walmart in Southaven, and a man shook my hand and said, ‘Congratulations,’ and I thought I had the job. But they never called me back about when to start.”

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and look at the reality of their daily lives.”

Besides the cycle’s affect on the individual, Josh Spickler with the Public Defender's Office says there’s a fiscal effect on all citizens.

“We continue to exclude people from the mainstream economy, and we’re kidding ourselves if we think it doesn’t affect the rest of us,” said Spickler, the director of the office’s Defenders Resource Network. “People are tempted to earn money in an unlawful way or underground way without paying taxes. Not only does this take a human toll because there’s no dignity in having to live like that, fiscally, the city and county could use a broader tax base.”

Though the lack of employment options is likely the biggest issue felons face, there are other issues, too. Some apartment companies won’t lease to convicted felons.

June, who lives in Olive Branch, has 15 charges on her record, mostly obtained in her 20s and 30s for writing bad checks to feed her drug addiction. She’s clean now, but her | Phyllis Fickling | felony past still haunts her. Not only has she struggled to find work, she’s also faced housing discrimination.

“When I first moved here, I found an apartment. But when I moved out, I tried to get into other apartments offender services — probation and parole, employment, and ran into problems. My daughter had to apply for me,” housing, education, substance abuse, and more —in one June said. place. The facility is the first of its kind in the state.

Mississippi’s voting laws are more lax for felons, and Phyllis Fickling is the executive director, and she says June can vote there. But she lived in Tennessee for awhile her office makes re-entry easier by bringing together a too, and she was unable to vote. In Tennessee, most people range of services. (except those charged with a handful of serious offenses) “There are a lot of groups working on re-entry, but convicted of a felony after 1981 can reapply for the right to we’ve found that it’s very fragmented and disjointed,” vote after their time is served, but most rarely do.

Fickling said. “If it’s fragmented for us as providers, “[That] plays a huge role as far as elections go here,” imagine what it’s like for the person who needs it. We put Watkins said. “We have a large number of people who can all those services under one roof and make that delivery no longer vote, and those people are predominantly black. streamlined.”

Even though Memphis is 68 percent black, that doesn’t The office accepts anyone from Shelby County with a translate to electoral outcomes. felony record, whether they just got out of prison or have “We did a little research on certain districts and been out for years. Clients are often referred, but walk-ins precincts, and we didn’t see a lot of black male voters,” are welcome. Clients are assessed for needs, and the office Watkins continued. “We compared that to incarceration pairs them with the correct services. If they need work rates in those areas, and they matched up to voter turnout. clothes, a partner agency will go shopping for them. If We don’t have a representative government.” they need job training, there’s a program for that. They And then there’s just the stigma of even place felons into jobs. having that conviction on your record.

“If they don’t go back to prison, we’ve Brittni says being a felon certainly puts a got safer neighborhoods. We’ve got a damper on finding a partner. person who is back with their family and “I’ve been trying the whole dating enjoying the same things we all enjoy,” thing, and that’s tough,” Brittni said. “Do Fickling said. “We help them to become you tell a person that you’re a convicted a productive citizen, and that helps the felon right off the bat? And how offended economy all around.” will they be if you tell them?”

Meanwhile, the Shelby County Public June says even getting pulled over for Defenders Office is pushing a new minor driving offenses can be a hassle. employability certificate that’s available in “We got pulled over coming back from Tennessee, thanks to a new state law.

Texas, and when they ran my ID, they It’s a piece of paper, signed by a judge, | Josh Spickler | saw everything,” June said. “That puts a that felons can present to potential different spin on how they treat you. They employers to show that a court has think you’re up to no good.” recognized the fact that they’ve turned their lives around.

GLIMMER OF HOPE The certificate gives protection to the potential Brittni is living proof that drug court programs, which employee, making it illegal for them to be automatically offer an alterative to serving time on drug charges, can denied employment based on their felony record. help felons with addictions get clean and back on track Additionally, it protects employers from negligent hiring through rehabilitation, counseling, and frequent drug liability lawsuits. testing. And those with other issues have new avenues “It’s a new law that passed last summer. Before that, in place to help with job training and placement and nothing like this existed. And if somebody with a record restoration of a few basic civil rights. went for a job interview, they could be automatically In 2012, the Memphis and Shelby County Office of denied on the basis of their record,” said Assistant Public Offender Re-entry was established as part of the Memphis Defender Chris Martin.

Shelby Crime Commission’s Operation Safe Community It’s so new that, so far, only four people in Shelby initiative. They help felons with case management, job County have received such certificates. One of those training, and other issues to prevent recidivism. is Kenneth, a 47-year-old Memphian with multiple It’s been operating in a limited capacity out of a small felony convictions who learned about the new law at an space on Madison for awhile, but this month, the re-entry Alcoholics Anonymous meeting before the law was even office moved into a bigger facility at 1362 Mississippi passed. He attended one of the Saturday legal clinics and Boulevard. The new space allows them to house multiple presented a copy of the draft bill to Martin, who assured

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continued from page 17 but Kenneth has yet to find to work to put it to use. Since he received his certificate, Kenneth has applied for several positions. He had hoped to take a job as a city sanitation worker, but even with his new certificate, he wasn’t hired.

But he’s holding out hope for several other jobs.

| Rhonda |

were still having words.”

Her brother chased the man down and had him on the ground when Rhonda caught up. The man begged Rhonda not to stab him.

“I was mad. I couldn’t believe what type of person he was, to do this to me or my sister. I stabbed him near his spleen, once or twice,” Rhonda said.

The man survived his injuries, and a couple months went by before a sheriff’s deputy came to her door with a warrant for her arrest. She was booked into jail but never served time. Yet she was still charged with a felony, and it’s haunted her ever since.

She went to school for medical assistant training at Remington College while she dealt with her legal problems. But because of her record, she could only get fast-food jobs.

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SUCCESS STORY At least one of the four from Shelby County who earned employability certificates found almost immediate success.

Rhonda, a 31-year-old mother of three from Memphis, got her felony charge after a single act of passion in 2006, when she was convicted of aggravated assault for stabbing her sister’s abusive boyfriend in the abdomen.

On New Years Day in 2005, Rhonda and her sister went to a New Years Eve party at a casino in Tunica. When they returned to her sister’s house, her sister’s boyfriend was angry and began hitting her sister. Rhonda tried to intervene, and the man hit Rhonda in the face and kicked her in the head and stomach. She was pregnant.

Fast forward to 2006: Rhonda’s sister was babysitting her kids, and Rhonda and her brother drove to their sister’s house to pick them up. While Rhonda and her sister were talking in another room, they heard their brother and the boyfriend get into a physical fight.

“We ran into the living room, where they were, and we see them fumbling and wrestling. We tried to break it up and told them to calm down,” Rhonda recounts, with a painful expression. “He mugged me in my face. He’s always trying to fight somebody — my sister, my brother, now me.

“What I did next is something I still regret. He didn’t ask me to do it. He didn’t say, come on, get this felony on your record,” Rhonda said. “I went to the kitchen drawer and grabbed a large knife. He ran. I ran after him. My brother didn’t see what I did, and he ran after him. They

“I applied for jobs at ACE Hardware, Family Dollar, even Mapco,” Rhonda said. “They wouldn’t hire me. I got through the door at Roses [department store] and worked there for two weeks before they let me go because of a background check.”

When she learned about the employability certificates, she jumped at the chance. “I was so excited because I knew this would be a big step for me and it could make a difference in my life,” Rhonda said.

And a big step it was. Just a couple weeks ago, Rhonda was hired as an office assistant in a phlebotomist’s office.

Rhonda started her new job on June 3rd, the day before her 31st birthday.

“I was really nervous before my job interview. I kept calling Mr. Martin. This was a big deal job,” Rhonda said.

She proudly carried her new employability certificate into the interview. The employer was impressed but said she didn’t mind Rhonda’s felony. Still yet, Rhonda said the certificate gave her the confidence to carry through with the interview. “[The employer] said she didn’t discriminate against people who were trying to better themselves. She said, how can you move forward if people are stuck on the past?” Rhonda recalls.

Martin says his office already has another four people lined up for certificates, and they plan to try to file a new round of petitions for employability certificates every three months.

Watkins urges those interested in learning more about employability certificates or basic restoration of rights to attend the free Saturday legal clinic at the Central Library on Saturday, June 13rd.

“There are people who think nothing can be done for them, and they’ve given up hope,” Watkins said. “But every case is unique, so you never know what options are available to you.”

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aaaand … it’s hot. It is going to stay hot, and it is going to suck. For many of us, the thought of actually exerting ourselves at all in this mess, much less exercising in it, is pretty awful. Twelve 97-degree days in a row, with nary a cloud in sight, can melt your motivation to do anything except plant your face in front of a fan until October.

But if you’ve (possibly? hopefully?) been working out all spring and you’re feeling strong and fit and full of energy, the thought of letting all that hard work just go to the mosquitos is sort of depressing.

Look, it is absolutely possible to stay active and healthy during the summer here, although you may have to adjust your routine a little.

It’s important to have a plan going in, so when the mid-summer blah’s hit full-force, you are ready to respond and keep moving. Here are a few tips I like to share with my clients when they start whining about how hot it is to keep them on track and moving toward their fitness goals 1. FOCUS ON NUTRITION. The heat will zap your energy. You want more energy? Eat healthier foods.

We all know that a big basket of fried yumminess will taste great, but it won’t be leaving you fired up to get moving. So invest some time this season in preparing healthy meals. See what you can do with fruits, veggies, lean meats … you know the drill.

You’ll be amazed at how a belly full of nutritious food can help you make it through a triple-digit day.

2. GET TOGETHER WITH OTHERS. Thinking of an excuse to not get off the couch is not difficult. Blazing hot days and ridiculous humidity only make exercise procrastination that much easier. Having a few buddies to meet up with for a workout can help keep you accountable as well as make the entire experience of moving around in the heat more fun. Get together with some friends and try mixing up who plans the warm up, who plans the workout, who brings the water, and who picks where you go afterward to hang out (Starbucks, Young Avenue Deli, etc.). I think that last bit is especially important because adding a relaxing social component to any kind of work always makes the work more enjoyable. And who

says exercise has to even look like exercise? Remember when we were kids and we would run around and chase each other or throw a ball back and forth? What did we call that? Oh yeah … playing! Why can’t we do that as adults? When it’s this hot outside I strongly encourage you to relax your standards of “what exercise is” and just get up and move around. Hook up with some friends once or twice a week and throw the Frisbee, play kickball, or do whatever floats your boat.

Just have fun.

3. EXERCISE IN INTERVALS. When the weather is extremely humid and hotter than 90 degrees, exerting yourself outside for long periods can sometimes be a little dangerous. It can also be completely exhausting, leaving you with no energy for the rest of the day. So if your typical exercise routine keeps you outside for an hour, try splitting that hour into two or three segments. For example, try working out 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes at night. You can burn the same amount of calories and may even be able to push a little harder since you aren’t working out for such long stretches. And remember: If you experience nausea, headaches, cramps, or dizziness, it’s a good idea to stop what it is you are doing. Drink plenty of water and stay in the shade if you can.

4. JOIN A GYM. I know, I own a gym, so of course I’m going to throw this in here, right? But it’s true, gyms are a great way to get out of the heat and get moving. If you can, try to join a gym with group fitness classes.

These are great because all you have to do is show up. The instructor will tell you what to do and can help you with form and modifications when the work gets a little too challenging. If your gym doesn’t offer classes and you get tired of just walking around the weight room wondering what to do, there are lots of great YouTube videos and apps that can help you get started.

Look for ones where the instructor/ narrator is very focused on proper form. Without good form you’ll hurt yourself, and an injury will derail your fitness plan faster than the heat.

So, good luck, have fun, and keep moving! You’ll make it through like you always do.

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Lecolion Washington; Gareth Lubbe

By Chris Davis

Is there anything you’ve always wanted to know about classical music but have been too embarrassed to ask?

Like, “What’s going on in the mind of a musician while he or she is playing?” Or, “Trombones, what’s up with that?” Don’t worry, we’ve all been there. And chances are high that these hot topics will be thoroughly covered in a special program called “Music for Dummies,” a special blend of classical music and comedy developed by members of Memphis’ Prizm Ensemble, as part of the ambitious group’s annual International Chamber Music Festival.

This week, the Prizm Ensemble will host a series of evening concerts at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church, featuring musical guest artists from around the world. Most of these concerts are of the traditional variety and relatively serious business. But on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m., following a student concert, bassoon player Lecolion Washington, flute player Alice Dade, and viola player/overtone singer Gareth Lubbe will introduce their guests to the lighter side of classical music.

“Nobody is funnier than a musician,” says Washington, who worked as a standup comedian in New York and Austin and who came up with the idea for “Music for Dummies” while teaching at a classical music festival in South Africa. “Alice is also a standup comedian,” Washington says. “And Gareth, he’s just a really funny guy.”

The idea, Washington says, is to use a mix of music, standup comedy, and improv games to explore the culture of classical performance.

“We have one piece called ‘Inside the Mind of a Musician,’” Washington explains, “where one performer plays a piece of music while we narrate what’s actually going on inside his head. And we’re going to talk a little bit about what happens backstage.”

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THURSDAY June 11

FRIDAY June 12

FedEx St. Jude Classic TPC at Southwind, 7 a.m.-6 p.m., $30 The first round of this annual golf tournament kicks off this morning.

Continues through Sunday.

Robert Plant Mud Island Amphitheatre, 8 p.m., $60-$100 Concert by former Led Zeppelin lead with special guest Keb’ Mo’.

First Jason Rockhouse Live Midtown, 7:30 p.m., $5 Performance by punk band led by Ari Lehman, who played the first Jason in horror flick Friday the 13th.

“Work by Jeniffer Church” Playhouse on the Square, 6-7:30 p.m.

Opening reception for this exhibition of paintings by Jeniffer Church.

Sabrosura: It’s more than Mexican.

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Elmwood Cemetery, 5:30 p.m., $25 Stories and secrets about Elmwood’s red-roofed cottage. There will be wine and light hors d’oeuvres.

Advanced registration required: 774-3212.

Gabriel Iglesias Horseshoe Casino, 8 p.m., $36.50-$102 Comedian Gabriel Iglesias, known for his show “I’m Not Fat … I’m Fluffy,” performs tonight at the Horseshoe.

Food Truck Saturdays Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Food trucks will be at the museum on Saturdays throughout the month of June in recognition of African American Music Appreciation Month.

Yoga Gives to St. Jude Kids ALSAC Danny Thomas Pavilion, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Instructors from various yoga studios will be leading sessions today.

There will be tours, breakfast and lunch, and a silent auction. More info: yogagives.stjude.org.

Beyond Pong

By Chris Davis It’s the morning before the official opening of “The Art of Video Games” exhibit at the Brooks and a sizable group of middle-aged adults is standing around watching another middle-aged adult playing Minecraft in the museum’s major exhibition space. Only this version of the infinitely malleable game doesn’t look quite like any other version of Minecraft you’ve ever seen. Vivaldi plays while the person at the controls cheerfully guides his pixelated character along a detailed and fully interactive re-creation of Venice’s Grand Canal. Museum curator Stanton Thomas plays tour guide, pointing out the Italian city’s most important architectural features and explaining why Santa Maria della Salute is just a church and not, technically, a cathedral. “Ooh!” and “ahhh!” have become the standard mode of communication among the observers.

The Minecraft mod in play was developed especially for the Brooks to personalize the video game exhibit, which originated at the Smithsonian and has been on the road for two years. It is a 3D representation of a Canaletto painting from the host museum’s permanent collection and populated by several prominent historical characters from 18th-century Venice whom players meet and trade with. It’s also the fresh, new highlight of a show that has garnered rave reviews wherever it has landed.

The Smithsonian’s “The Art of Video Games” collects classic video-game consoles and shows the 40-year evolution of video games, from Pong to Pac Man to the exquisite Flower, the cinematic Myst, and more contemporary offerings.

On Thursday, June 11th, in conjunction with the exhibit, the Brooks is screening director Zach Braff ’s expansive documentary, Video Games: The Movie. Although it’s perhaps a bit self-congratulatory, Braff ’s film considers the history and the future of video games from the perspective of creators and fans alike.

“THE ART OF VIDEO GAMES” AT THE MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART THROUGH SEPTEMBER 13TH. BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG

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WEDNESDAY June 17

Dagmar Wickedly Funny The Cove, 6 p.m.

Comedy and music by Dagmar Bergan.

Dinner on Stage The Orpheum, 6 p.m., $75 Hear the history of the theater and behind-the-scenes stories from Pat Halloran. Evening includes a champagne reception, a tour, a three-course meal, and Broadway trivia.

Booksigning by Joe Werner The Booksellers at Laurelwood, 2 p.m.

Joe Werner signs and discusses his book Delta ’Shine, revolving around a depressed WWII vet and his collection of odd friends.

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SVU — Self-Titled (self-released) Special Victims Unit is the project of Tyler and Ivy Miller, two prominent members of the street punk scene in Memphis and the driving force behind the Memphis Punk Rock Festival, which recently concluded its third year. SVU belong to a different faction of the “Memphis punk scene,” one where bands like the Gloryholes and Banned Anthem are favored over the garage rock bands that make up the more accessible “Goner scene.” The separation between the two microcosms of Memphis music definitely exists, even if the bands that make up the different scenes aren’t that far removed from one another.

On their Self-Titled album (released in March of this year), SVU display an ability to switch between pop-punk and ska leanings into full-on hardcore, with vocalist Ivy Miller doing something different with her voice on almost every song. The 10-song, Self-Titled debut from SVU is a good introduction to another side of Memphis punk rock, and the band will stay busy this summer playing multiple shows (including an appearance at Creepy Fest in New Orleans) and writing a new EP. Favorite Track: “Supermarket Fantasy” For Fans of: Assorted Jellybeans, Screeching Weasel, NOFX

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Deering and Down — “You’re the One” (BAA Records) Deering and Down released “You’re the One,” last month, with the announcement that the track was the lead-off single to their eighth studio album. Opting to record at Easley McCain studios instead of Willie Mitchell’s Royal Studio (where the band recorded their last album, Out There Somewhere), “You’re the One” is an esoteric love song that sits somewhere between dream pop, modern soul, and what Deering and Down call “sexy music.” The new album from Deering and Down is set to be released “later in 2015,” but pay attention for song announcements in the form of music videos coming throughout the summer and fall.

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Jimbo Mathus — Blue Healer (Fat Possum Records) Bag Head — Self Titled Demo (self-released) The Mississippi roots-rock wizard Jimbo Mathus File under most likely to be criminally underlooked. released Blue Healer earlier this spring on Fat Possum I can’t imagine that the punk scene in Hattiesburg, Records. Co-produced by Mathus Mississippi, is teeming with amazing and Bruce Watson, Blue Healer was young talent, but that didn’t stop Bag recorded at Dial Back Sound in Head from releasing one of the best Water Valley, Mississippi, an allpunk tapes of the year. The information analog “recording palace” that the available on Bag Head is limited, but duo found to be the perfect place to the small online presence they have explore Mathus’ blend of old-school claims that the group features four tones and kinetic energy. The title young adults who consider themselves Blue Healer (not to be confused with to be “Hattiesburg’s most hated.” If this a breed of cattle dog with a similar group of miscreants ever gets tired name) refers to a character that of kicking up dust in Forrest County, Mathus dreams up on the title track, they’d fit in nicely with what’s going a comforting female presence that on in the more aggressive scenes of provides the album’s protagonist with Memphis music. With just about every the “healing” that he needs. Mathus song clocking in at under a minute, Jimbo Mathus isn’t exactly reinventing his sound Bag Head’s first offering of noise is sure with Blue Healer, but with so many to please even the shortest of attention good psychedelic roots-rock songs on one album, he spans. really doesn’t need to.

Favorite Track: “Pity” Favorite Track: “Shoot Out the Lights” For Fans of: The FU’s, Gang Green, For Fans of: Squirrel Nut Zippers, King Louie and Belching Penguin the Loose Diamonds Modern Convenience — F*ck with Fire Nights Like These — Old Youth Culture (self-released) (PVX Hex Records) Metal band Nights Like These returned to the studio Modern Convenience has been the creative project of earlier this year to crank out Old Youth Culture, their first Mikey Bibbs for quite some time, and the Memphis full-length album without the help (and financial backing) native played local dive bars constantly before moving of Chicago’s Victory Records. To celebrate the release of to Nashville and re-forming the band. The album’s Old Youth Culture, the band held a show last weekend at artwork (designed by Mac Blackout) seems to be an the Hi-Tone, where aging metal fans lived up to the title homage to Bibbs’ time spent playing the Midtown of the album by slamming into one another for nearly dive-bar circuit, as his head is literally exploding out the entire show. Old Youth Culture is the first of the three of the Madison Avenue pavement and a corner of the full-length albums by Nights Like These to fully capture Memphis music venue Murphy’s is visibly present. how powerful the band is live, meaning the recording is On F*ck with Fire, Bibbs seems to be trying out the raw, loud, and unrelenting. Front man Billy Bottom’s howl sound he mastered in Memphis on a new rhythm is still intact, and the evolved songwriting on Old Youth section, and the result is some of the tightest Modern Culture is evidence that the band’s equipment wasn’t just Convenience recordings to date. collecting dust while they went on hiatus for five years.

Favorite Track: “Gaga” Favorite Track: “None More Hated” For Fans of: Antique Curtains, Lost Sounds, For Fans of: Cursed, Converge, Coliseum The Daily Void

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Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711

Karaoke Thursdays, TuesdaysWednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Sundays-Mondays, 10 p.m.2 a.m.; Jim Wilson Fridays, Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; DJ J2 Fridays, Saturdays, 9:30 p.m.5 a.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

B.B. King’s Blues Club 147 BEALE 524-KING

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

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

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

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

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Chris Gales ThursdaySaturday, Tuesday-Wednesday, noon-8 p.m.; Karaoke ongoing, 8:30 p.m.

Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE 529-0007

Soul Confluence Thursday, June 11, 8-10:30 p.m.; Germantown School of Rock Friday, June 12, 7-8 p.m.; Karen Waldrup with Word Strickland Friday, June 12, 9-11 p.m.; Country Music Showdown Saturday, June 13, 1-4 p.m.; Chris Johnson Sunday, June 14, 4-6 p.m.; Memphis Music Monday third Monday of every month, 6-9 p.m.; Susto with Caitlin Harnett Tuesday, June 16, 710 p.m.

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

The Jason James Trio FridaysSundays, 7-11 p.m.; Rockin’ Joey Trites and the Memphis Flash Saturdays, 3-7 p.m. and Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.

King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE 521-1851

David Bowen Thursdays, 5:309:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m. and Sundays, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

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

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

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Vince Johnson and the Boogie Blues Band Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam and Terry Fridays, Saturdays, 5:308:30 p.m.; Memphis Blues Society Jam Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Darren Jay & The Delta Souls Wednesday, June 17, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Rum Boogie Cafe’s Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

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

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Don Valentine Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; M AY 2 8 Susan Marshall Fridays, Mississippi Big Foot Fridays, Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.

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

Live Music ThursdaysSaturdays, 10 p.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813

Live Music Fridays.

Brinson’s 341 MADISON 524-0104

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

Double J’s Smokehouse & Saloon 124 E. G.E. PATTERSON 335-0251

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

Barbara Blue ThursdaysGrawemeyer’s Fridays, Wednesdays, 520 S. MAIN 526-6751 7-9 p.m., Saturdays, Evan Farris Fridays, 6-10 p.m.; 5-9 p.m., and Sundays, Saturdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-9 p.m.; Dueling Pianos 6-10 p.m., Sundays, 11 a.m.Thursdays, Wednesdays, 9 2 p.m. a.m., C OCafe’s U N T R Yp.m.-1 MU SFridays, I C SSaturdays, ERIES King’s Palace 9 p.m.-3 a.m., and Sundays, Tap Room Huey’s Downtown Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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Wet Willie’s 209 BEALE 578-5650

Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.

Steve Reid & Roy Brewer Sunday, June 14, 8:30 p.m.12:30 a.m.

Mud Island Amphitheatre 125 N. FRONT 576-7241

Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters with Keb’ Mo’ Friday, June 12.

Onix Restaurant & Jazz Lounge 412 S. MAIN 552-4609

Neo Soul and R&B Thursdays, 7-10 p.m.; Smooth Jazz Fridays, 8-11 p.m.; Old School R&B Saturdays, 8-11 p.m.

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

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

The Plexx 380 E.H. CRUMP 744-2225

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

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

DJ Dance Music ongoing, 10 p.m.

Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020

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

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Marcella & Her Lovers Friday, June 12, 10:30 p.m.; Mighty Souls Brass Band Saturday, June 13, 10:30 p.m.

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

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QUINTRON AND NOTS AT THE HI-TONE New Orleans native Quintron and his partner in crime Miss Pussycat will return to Memphis this Thursday night for a performance at the Hi-Tone. Quintron’s latest album, Spell Caster II (Death in Space), makes use of the Weather Warlock, a 7-foot tall instrument he created that uses sunlight, rainfall, wind speed, and temperature to produce a constant chordal drone. The instrument can only be used at sunrise and sunset, and Quintron will be playing the Weather Warlock at the Brooks Museum on Wednesday, June 10th, at 7 p.m. Locals True Sons of Thunder will also perform, marking one of their only local shows of the year.

I’ve written about Quintron in this space before, but the artist who’s been celebrated by the New Orleans Museum of Art and the HBO show Treme keeps on adding noteworthy chapters to his story. Quintron recently opened up to The Guardian about dealing with a life-threatening disease, saying that the diagnosis of stage-four lymphoma he received in 2013 led to the creation of the Weather Warlock. Since then, he’s taken the Warlock to both sides of the United States, playing the instrument with musicians ranging from Don Bolles to Steve Shelley.

Thursday night marks the end of an extensive West Coast tour for Nots and Quintron, a trip that took them all the way up the California coast before traveling back to Memphis. Nots are preparing to release a new single on Goner Records, and the A-side, “Virgin Mary,” premiered on Pitchfork last month. The record was pressed at Memphis Record Pressing and recorded in Memphis, making Nots one of the first local bands to execute the “practice space to pressing plant” mentality. Opening the show is a new band called Universal Lingo, a dark-wave project of Cities Aviv collaborator Quinton-JeVon Lee. — Chris Shaw Quintron, Nots, and Universal Lingo, Thursday, June 11th, at the Hi-Tone.

Doors open at 8 p.m., $15.

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight.

Boscos Squared 2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

The Buccaneer 1368 MONROE 278-0909

Toy Trucks & Graham Winchester Friday, June 12, 10 p.m.; Tada Blues Saturday, June 13, 4-7 p.m.; Elizabeth Wise Sunday, June 14, 10 p.m.; Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; Canyon Collected Monday, June 15, 10 p.m.; Dave Cousar Tuesdays, 11 p.m.

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Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

Chris Johnson Thursdays, 10 p.m.; DJ Tree Fridays, 10 p.m.; DJ Taz Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Robert and John Sunday, June 14, 11 a.m.3 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Charvey Mac Tuesdays, 8:30-11:30 p.m.

Dru’s Place 1474 MADISON 275-8082

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church 1760 PEABODY INFO, 458-2354

Belvedere Chamber Music Festival Wednesday, June 17, 7:30-9 p.m.

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

Goner Presents: Quintron & Miss Pussycat with Nots and Universal Lingo Thursday, June 11, 8 p.m.; Reverend Horton Heat with Nekromantix & Whiskey Shivers Friday, June 12, 9 p.m.; Unknown Hinson Saturday, June 13, 9 p.m.; Dream Ritual Sunday, June 14, 9 p.m.; Open Mic Comedy Night Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Canyon Collected Tuesday, June 16, 9 p.m.; Daniel and the Lion Wednesday, June 17, 9 p.m.

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Forlorn Strangers Sunday, June 14, 4-7 p.m.; The Chaulkies Sunday, June 14, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

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Hanna Star & the Teenage Teenagers Sundays, 1:30-3 p.m.

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Grizfolk, Handsome Ghost Thursday, June 11, 8 p.m.; Pam and Terry Friday, June 12, 6 p.m.; American Fiction Friday, June 12, 10 p.m.; Susan Marshall & Friends Saturday, June 13, 11 a.m.; Deering & Down Saturday, June 13, 6:30 p.m.; Roxy Roca Saturday, June 13, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Jeffrey & the Pacemakers Sunday, June 14, 4 p.m.; Strung Like a Horse Sunday, June 14, 8 p.m.; Memphis Made Mondays featuring Agori Tribe Monday, June 15, 8 p.m.; Whitey Morgan Tuesday, June 16, 8 p.m.; The Departed Wednesday, June 17, 9 p.m.

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Davina & the Vagabonds Thursday, June 11, 7:30 p.m.; Red Baraat Friday, June 12, 7:30 p.m.; Black Violin Saturday, June 13, 7:30 p.m.; Fruition Sunday, June 14, 7:30 p.m.

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Zoltars with Switchblade Kid & Wray Friday, June 12; Mike Hewlett & The Racquet with The Everdeens Saturday, June 13; Destruction Unit with DJ Crenshaw Sunday, June 14; Animal Spirit Wednesday, June 17.

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Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Zeke Johnson Saturday, June 13, 9:30 p.m.; Open Mic with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

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DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Jazz with Jeremy & Ed Thursdays, 9 p.m.; Mr. Adams Friday, June 12, 10 p.m.; The Janks Saturday, June 13, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.; Open Jam Sundays, 6 p.m.; Dagmar Wickedly Funny Sunday, June 14, 6 p.m.; Justin White Monday, June 15, 7 p.m.; Juke Joint Blues Jam Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

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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.

Rockhouse Live Midtown

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

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

2586 POPLAR

First Jason Ari Lehman Thursday, June 11, 7:30-10:30 p.m.

Strano Sicilian Kitchen 948 S. COOPER 552-7122

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

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

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

Young Avenue Deli 2119 YOUNG 278-0034

Memphis Dawls Friday, June 12, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

East Memphis Brookhaven Pub & Grill 695 BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 680-8118

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

Church of the Holy Communion 4645 WALNUT GROVE 767-6987

Words3: Walking in Memphis-Found Texts Tuesday, June 16, 6:30-8 p.m.

Dan McGuinness Pub 4698 SPOTTSWOOD 761-3711

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

El Toro Loco 2809 KIRBY PKWY. 759-0593

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

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

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill 5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

The Dantones Sunday, June 14, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

Shady Grove Presbyterian Church 5530 SHADY GROVE 683-7329

Prizm Festival 2015 Concert 2: “Only the Wind” Thursday, June 11, 7-9 p.m.; Prizm Festival 2015 Concert 3: “The More the Merrier” Friday, June 12, 7-9 p.m.; Prizm Festival 2015 Concert 4: “Music for Dummies” Saturday, June 13, 1-2 p.m.; Prizm Festival 2015 Concert 5: “Want to Tango?”

Saturday, June 13, 7-9 p.m.

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Old Millington Winery

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

Hadley’s Pub

Huey’s Collierville

6748 OLD MILLINGTON 873-4114

The Windjammer Restaurant

Scott & Vanessa Sudbury Unplugged Thursday, June 11, 8 p.m.-midnight; Swingin’ Leroy Friday, June 12, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; The Nuttin’ Fancy Band Sunday, June 14, 5:30 p.m.midnight; The Brian Johnson Band Wednesday, June 17, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Karaoke ongoing.

Poplar/I-240

2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Ghost Town Trio Sunday, June 14, 4-7 p.m.; Beat Generation Sunday, June 14, 8-11:30 p.m.

Hope Clayburn Sunday, June 14, 3-6 p.m.

Germantown Huey’s Southwind

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

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

7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

The Fabulous Steelers Sunday, June 14, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Neil’s Music Room

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

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

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

In Legends Stage Bar: Live Entertainment Nightly ongoing.

Huey’s Southaven

5727 QUINCE 682-2300

7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097

The Thrill at Neil’s featuring Jack Rowell and Triplthret Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Circus Saturday, June 13, 9 p.m.; Benefit for Buddy and Teresa Church Sunday, June 14; Gene Nunez and Debbie Jamison Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

The Pistol & The Queen Sunday, June 14, 8 p.m.midnight; Pistol & the Queen Sunday, June 14, 8 p.m.midnight.

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

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

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

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

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

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

Wadford’s Grill & Bar

Summer/Berclair

474 CHURCH, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-510-5861

Maria’s Restaurant 6439 SUMMER 356-2324

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

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

The Other Place Bar & Grill

Raleigh

4148 WALES 373-0155

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

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

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

Winchester/ Hickory Hill Half Shell 7825 WINCHESTER 737-6755

Six String Lovers Saturday, June 13, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

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Old Whitten Tavern 2800 WHITTEN 379-1965

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

RockHouse Live 5709 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 386-7222

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.

Cordova

Huey’s Germantown

Dan McGuinness

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill

No More Drama Sunday, June 14, 8-11:30 p.m.; Hump Day Patio Party: JoJo Jefferies & Ronnie Caldwell Wednesday, June 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

3964 GOODMAN, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-7611

847 EXOCET 624-9060

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Huey’s Cordova 1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 754-3885

Roxy Roca Sunday, June 14, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

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

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova

Mesquite Chop House

8071 TRINITY 756-4480

3165 FOREST HILL-IRENE 249-5661

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

The Lineup Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Shelby Forest General Store

Frayser/Millington

7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

Ice Bar & Grill 4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

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

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

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

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar 9087 POPLAR 755-0092

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

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

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

Live Entertainment Wednesdays-Sundays, 6 p.m.

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

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

Mugs Pub 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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It’s a light comedy about unbearably heavy people that stakes out previously uncharted territory somewhere in the vast DMZ separating David Mamet and Neil Simon. I was particularly reminded of a comically damning line hurled in Nicky Silver’s play Beautiful Child, when it’s discovered that Silver’s protagonist is having an affair with his secretary: “You’re past cliché and into archetype.” Similarly, Seminar’s broadly drawn characters flirt with cliché, but rapidly transcend it.

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Seminar often reads like a truly inspired first draft, resplendent with cringe-worthy lines like, “Don’t make me hit you with this Buddha.”

Thankfully, director Irene Crist has assembled a cast compelling enough to weather the worst. Morgan Howard hides her soul, but bares other things as Izzy, a promising student who lives the life she writes about. Julia Masotti gives a thoroughly winning performance as Kate, who, like the real-world playwright, Sarah Kane, hides behind a gay male alias to test for bias in her editor/tormentor’s stinging criticism. But from his first rude appearance, this show belongs to Playhouse on the Square’s associate producer, Michael Detroit. His performance as Leonard, a dirtbag editor with a heart of gold (sort of), will earn an Ostrander nomination, at least, and probably the prize. Write it down.

Seminar is at Circuit Playhouse through June 21st.

The Hattiloo is nearing the end of its first season in its custom-built space on Overton Square, but technical issues that have plagued the company since its earliest days linger on. This time around, there were jarring mic issues marring the first third of Simply Simone, a small but mighty musical revue about artist, activist, and bon vivant Nina Simone.

Keia Johnson, Rhonda Woodfork, Tymika Chambliss, and Jackie Murray all play Simone at different ages and stages of her career. They are, by turns, naive, worldly, wise, and wanton.

And by the time this rhythmically gifted quartet was through singing, dancing, clapping, monologuing, and stomping out beats on the floor with their fists and heels, I felt like I’d spent the evening with one singular, complicated, and completely captivating personality. Highlights include the company’s spirited run through “Mississippi Goddam” and a seething take on Billie Holiday’s lynching ballad, “Strange Fruit.”

Simply Simone is a little show that delivers an oversized wallop. Catch it if you can.

Simply Simone is at The Hattiloo through June 28th.

The Tennessee Shakespeare Company’s hoodoo-inspired take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a triumph of stagecraft, although there’s something eerily robotic about some of the more heavily choreographed human characters.

The duke has a wise line in Midsummer about how nothing can be amiss when simpleness and duty attend it. And, true to the Bard’s words, this production’s sourest notes are a result of praiseworthy ambition that is dutiful but not simple. Actors have learned to play the accordion, washboard, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, and a variety of other instruments in order to capture the sonic flavors of the Louisiana bayou.

When it’s off, it can make you clinch up a bit, but when it works, it brings the magic this show demands.

Oberon has been imagined as Papa Legba, and it’s a role Phil Darius Wallace was born to play. The force he projects as Duke Theseus and Oberon the fairy king is matched by Stephanie Weeks who is delightful in her dual role as the earth mother Titania and Hippolyta, the tough-as-nails warrior

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Cole Porter’s been all over Memphis.

No sooner does Kiss Me, Kate close at Playhouse on the Square (POTS) then Anything Goes opens at Theatre Memphis. Both antique scripts are plagued by racial stereotyping, but the

Chinese minstrel show near the end of Anything Goes is especially hard to watch in the second decade of the 21st century. Unlike POTS’ musically lush, perfectly paced romp through Shakespeare’s most misogynist material, Porter’s shipside farce never builds much steam.

Director Amy Hanford’s production contains one spectacular tap number, and veteran actor Barry Fuller is a joy front to back as a dimwitted gangster on the lam. But this production is long on sparkle and shine and short on dynamics and character development.

Its best moment is a cheeky duet between Fuller and Whitney Branan, who proves in this one scene that all she needs to be convincing in the role of nightclub singer Reno Sweeney is a grounded actor to play off of. Too bad for the gifted Branan, that doesn’t happen often enough.

Even with its temporal baggage, Anything Goes is the kind of show Theatre Memphis tends to knock out of the park. Beyond the top-notch technical elements and the tap dancing, the details in this show just didn’t seem to get much love. And that, as we all know, is where the devil lives.

Anything Goes is at Theatre Memphis through June 28th.

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queen. Noah Duffy’s broom-wielding, accordion-squeezing, shape-shifting Puck is this Midsummer’s most complete creation.

The Athenian actors commonly known as “the mechanicals” deserve a special shout-out for their fully committed, sometimes awkward musical efforts. As Nick Bottom, G. Valmont Thomas is as tender an ass as one might hope to meet on a summer’s day.

It’s likely that this imaginative Midsummer will tighten up with repetition. Its shortcomings are, at every turn, outweighed by a willingness to do the hard thing and take smart risks. It also represents the beginning of what could grow into an interesting, mutually beneficial partnership between Memphis’ only professional, classical theater company and the University of Memphis’ Department of Theatre and Dance.

Tennessee Shakespeare Company Presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the University of Memphis through June 21st.

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Through July 6.

The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, new work, which asks the question, “How does society write its own history?” Revisits the aftermath of a town regarding the murder of a student at the University of Wyoming. www. newmoontheatre.org. $20.

Sundays, 2 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through June 21.

MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6206), WWW.BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

O N G O I N G ART

1705 POPLAR (274-7139).

Hattiloo Theatre

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

Through June 28.

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

Main Stage Theatre, University of Memphis

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, magical, family-friendly, voodoo-inspired production. www.tnshakespeare.org. $33. Sundays, 3 p.m., and Wednesdays-Saturdays, 7 p.m.

Through June 21.

U OF M CAMPUS (678-2576).

Theatre Memphis

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

Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m., Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Through June 28.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

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

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

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

Exhibition by artist Jeniffer Church at Playhouse on the Square TheatreWorks

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

Sun., 2 p.m., and Fri., Sat., 8 p.m. Through June 14.

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

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Metal Museum

Opening reception for “Tributaries: Seth Gould,” exhibition of embellished hammers, axes, locks, and latches. www.metalmuseum. org. Sun., June 14, 1:30-4 p.m.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Playhouse on the Square Artist reception for New Paintings by Jeniffer Church, www.playhouseonthesquare. org. Fri., June 12, 6-7:30 p.m.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

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Art After Dark

Galleries and gardens will be open until 8 p.m., featuring light refreshments, entertainment, and a cash bar.

Free with admission. Every third Thursday.

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

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.

The Design Auction

Featuring a curated collection of original work and reproductions from iconic designers. Explore the sophisticated and whimsical world of design hosted by the American Institute of Architects. $45. Sat., June 13, 7-10 p.m.

409 S. MAIN, SOUTH MAIN ARTS DISTRICT (525-3818), WWW.AIAMEMPHIS.ORG.

Mandalas of MBG

Discover patterns and designs in nature. Gather materials to make small nature mandalas as well as one great group mandala. $2 plus Garden admission. Wed., June 17, 10 a.m.

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

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

ANF Architects

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

1500 UNION (278-6868).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

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

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

Cafe Pontotoc

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

314 S. MAIN (249-7955).

Circuitous Succession Gallery

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

by Pixy Yijun Liao. www. circuitoussuccession.com.

Through June 24.

500 S. SECOND.

Crosstown Arts

“Stories on My Back,” exhibition of a large-scale multi-media installation incorporating audio, video, digital photographs, and tamale leaves by Richard Lou. www.crosstownarts.org.

Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.6 p.m. Through July 3.

430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

David Lusk Gallery Temporary Location

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

Through June 15.

“Summer Reading,” exhibition of work by various artists. www.davidluskgallery.com.

June 16-July 11.

64 FLICKER (767-3800).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“Celebrating Asian Plants,” exhibition in conjunction with “Jun Kaneko: Sculpture at the Dixon Gallery.” www.dixon. org. Through June 30.

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

Through Nov. 22.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

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

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

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Fratelli’s

“Springtime Whimsy,” exhibition of stained glass

by Sharon Israel. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Through June 27.

750 CHERRY (766-9900).

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

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

L Ross Gallery

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

Through July 31.

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Memphis Botanic Garden

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

Through June 27.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“The Art of Video Games,” exhibition exploring the 40year evolution of video games through painting, writing, sculpture, music, storytelling, and cinematography. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through Sept. 13.

“Surreal Kingdoms,” exhibition combining acrylic paint and digital collage by Kenneth Wayne Alexander II. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through Sept. 13.

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

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

Through Sept. 8.

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

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

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

Metal Museum

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

New Paintings by Jeniffer Church, www. playhouseonthesquare.org.

June 12-July 19.

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

Through July 27.

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

“Tributaries: Seth Gould” exhibition at the Metal Museum

“Art Is an Accident,” exhibtion of an amalgamation of American imagery, toys, and other found objects

by J. Fred Woell. www. metalmuseum.org. Through June 12.

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

“Tributaries: Seth Gould,” exhibition of embellished hammers, axes, locks, and latches. www.metalmuseum. org. June 14-Sept. 6.

River Exhibition, juried exhibition of cast sculpture by artists participating in the weekend-long foundry conference. www. metalmuseum.org. Through June 30.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Painted Planet

Gallery Artists on View, exhibition by gallery artists.

(338-5223), TuesdaysSaturdays, 11:45 a.m.-6 p.m.

1015 S. COOPER (725-0054).

Playhouse on the Square

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Stax Museum of American Soul Music

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

Through June 13.

926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

Sue Layman Designs

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

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

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

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C O M E DY

T Clifton Art Gallery

Cafe Eclectic

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

Through June 14.

2571 BROAD (323-2787).

TOPS Gallery

“Talk,” exhibition of collaborative paintings by Dana Frankfort and Jackie Gendel. www.topsgallery. com. Through Aug. 1.

400 S. FRONT.

DA N C E

The Princess & The Frog

June 11-17, 2015

A dance fairytale presented

by Ballet on Wheels. $20.

Sat., June 13, 7-8:45 p.m., and Sun., June 14, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

THE SALVATION ARMY KROC CENTER, 800 E. PARKWAY S. (870-4348), WWW. BALLETONWHEELS.ORG.

Springloaded

Students perform Barber Violin Concerto, Francesca Harper’s “Fearless Mine,” a new flamenco work

by Noelia Garcia Carmona and CityDance with new choreography from Robin Sanders. Fri., June 12, 5:307 p.m. and 7:30-9 p.m.

MCCOY THEATRE, RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (726-9225), WWW.NEWBALLET. ORG.

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Improv Comedy Show, www.wiseguysimprov.com.

Second Saturday of every month, 8 p.m.

603 N. MCLEAN (725-1718).

Flirt Nightclub

Trippin on Thursday, hosted

by K-97 Funny Man Prescott.

Thursdays, 6 p.m.

3659 S. MENDENHALL (485-1119).

Horseshoe Casino Tunica

Pieces must be six minutes or less. www.holycommunion. org. Free. Tues., June 16, 6:30-8 p.m.

4645 WALNUT GROVE (767-6987).

The HUB

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

515 E.H. CRUMP.

Java Cabana

Open Mic Nite, www. javacabanacoffeehouse.com.

Thursdays, 8-10 p.m.

2170 YOUNG (272-7210).

Gabriel Iglesias, Fri., June 12, 8 p.m.

B O O KS I G N I N G S

38664 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS (800-357-5600).

Booksigning by Charles Martin

P&H Cafe

Open Mic Comedy, Thursdays, 9 p.m.

1532 MADISON (726-0906).

PO ET RY /S PO K E N WO R D

Brinson’s

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

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

Sundays, 5 p.m.

341 MADISON (524-0104).

Church of the Holy Communion

Words3: Walking in Memphis-Found Texts, for writers of all backgrounds and genres. Bring a piece constructed from or inspired by text found in a Memphis place with photos if possible.

Author discusses and signs Water from My Heart. Sat., June 13, 2 p.m.

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

Booksigning by Harrison Scott Key

Author discusses and signs The World’s Largest Man. Mon., June 15, 6:30 p.m.

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

Booksigning by Jefferson Bass

Author discusses and signs The Breaking Point: A Body Farm Novel. Tues., June 16, 6:30 p.m.

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

CALENDAR: JUNE 11 - 17 Booksigning by Joe Werner

Curling League Play: Season One

Ride for Life

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

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

MEMORIAL PARK FUNERAL HOME, 5668 POPLAR (767-8930), WWW.MIDSOUTHTRANSPLANT.ORG.

FedEx St. Jude Classic

Tai Chi

Garden Tours

Short, guided tour around the Dixon grounds.

Garden docents will highlight currently blooming plants and other points of interest.

Tuesdays, Sundays, 2 p.m. Through June 30.

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

The Memphis Music Tour

Memphis musician Willy Bearden leads a tour of Elmwood, where you’ll be introduced to the music that echoes through the lives of the people who rest there. $15. Sat., June 13, 10:30 a.m.

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

Old Forest Hike

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

OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (276-1387).

The Stemmed Glass Presents: West Tennessee Winery Tours Party Bus

Tour this beautiful area in style on the party bus for a day of world-class wine tasting. $58. Fri., June 12, noon-5 p.m.

ART VILLAGE GALLERY, 410 S. MAIN (949-5999), WWW.STEMMEDGLASS.COM.

Longest-running stops on the PGA Tour schedule benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Through this partnership, fans can experience golf at its finest and help raise money for St. Jude. $30. Thurs., June 11, 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Fri., June 12, 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat., June 13, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sun., June 14, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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

Tuesday Tour: Adams Avenue

Historian Jimmy Ogle leads a free tour of Adams Avenue from Front Street to the Magevney House. Meet up at Front and Adams. Free. Tues., June 16, 11:45 a.m.

Classes held near Woodland Discovery Playground. $8. Wednesdays, 3 p.m.

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

Walk in the Park

Meet at the temporary Visitor Center near the Woodland Discovery Playground. Sundays, 2:30 p.m.

TPC AT SOUTHWIND, 3325 CLUB AT SOUTHWIND (748-0330), HTTPS://STJUDECLASSIC.COM.

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

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Life of the Party

WHEN YOU WIN, SO DO YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY!

June 12-13, 19-20 and July 10-11, 17-18, 24-25 & 31 6pm – 10pm

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.

Ride through scenic areas of Memphis for organ and tissue donation awareness. Sun., June 14, 7 a.m.

Being the life of the party means that when you are chosen as a winner of $250 Promo Cash, YOU then get to select FIVE friends or family as instant winners of $100 Promo Cash each.

Earn entries with slot and table play everyday.

Earn double entries on Sundays.

See Cashier • Players Club for official rules.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION (604-5002), WWW.JIMMYOGLE.COM.

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Charity Bridal Show & Wedding Gown Sale One-stop shop hosted by Brides Against Breast Cancer. Hundreds of new and lovingly worn designer and couture wedding gowns ($75$1,800!) and wedding professionals. Free, $10 VIP. Wed., June 17, 5-10 p.m.

Gift Giveaway

TUESDAYS IN JUNE

June 19 • 5pm

Three unique gifts to choose from.

Collect them all!

1st place wins $2,000 Promo Cash and the chance to meet Roy Jones, Jr! Earn 100 points for free tournament entry.

KNOCK OUT

CADRE BUILDING, 149 MONROE (877-721-4673), WWW.BRIDESAGAINSTBREASTCANCER.ORG.

Hydrangea Plant Sale Sat., June 13, 9-11 a.m.

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

We Consign Shop

Featuring antiques, silver, crystal, china, and more. Sun., June 14, 2-4 p.m., and MondaysFridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Sept. 28.

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

F ES T IVALS

Donor Fest

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

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

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Cure HHT Team Memphis Walk

Register today to help reach a $10,000 goal for research and awareness efforts. Sun., June 14, 9 a.m.-noon.

SHELBY FARMS, VISITOR’S CENTER, 500 N. PINE LAKE (410-357-9932), WWW.CUREHHTMEMPHISWALK.CAUSEVOX.COM.

Must be 21 and a Key Rewards member. See Cashier • Players Club for rules. Video Poker earns half the stated amount on point multiplier days.

Management reserves the right to cancel, change and modify the promotion or tournament with notice to the Mississippi Gaming Commission where required.

Gifts available while supplies last. Photo may not be representative of actual gift. Any new member losses between $15-$55 will be reimbursed in Promo Cash, and will be mailed and redeemable on a future visit. Gaming restricted patrons prohibited. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-522-4700.

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TO U R S

Six-week session. $150. Sun., June 14, 5:157:15 p.m. and 7:30-9:30 p.m.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Author discusses and signs Delta ’Shine. Sun., June 14, 2 p.m.

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Includes breakfast snacks, silent auction, lunch, a patient family guest speaker, and four yoga sessions. Tours will be offered and participants should bring preferred equipment including a mat.

Sat., June 13, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, 262 DANNY THOMAS PLACE (495-3300), WWW.YOGAGIVES.STJUDE.ORG.

M E ETI N G S

Community Concerns Meeting

Representatives from the city and county law enforcement, code enforcement, and mayor’s offices come to Uptown to address community concerns. Third Tuesday of every month, 1 p.m.

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

Cultivating Positive Relationships

Improve an existing relationship, break the cycle of picking the wrong partners, or start a new relationship off on a firm, healthy foundation.

Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m.

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

Meditation and Dharma Talk

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

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

Nashville Songwriter’s Association Int., 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.

OFF THE SQUARE CATERING, 19 S. FLORENCE (615-430-7390), WWW.FACEBOOK. COM/NSAIMEMPHISCHAPTER/INFO.

June 11-17, 2015

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Speaker Mike Worsham’s topic will be Yalobusha County Records. No dues and all are welcome. Every third Wednesday, noon-2 p.m.

Through Nov. 30.

OLIVE BRANCH PUBLIC LIBRARY, 6619 COCKRUM (662-895-4365), WWW.OBGC.LIMEWEBS.COM.

Soulsville Community Town Hall Meeting

Residents from the Soulsville, USA neighborhood and surrounding communities are invited to voice their concerns about their community and help address neighborhood issues. Food served 5-5:45 p.m. Tues., June 16, 5-7:30 p.m.

SOULSVILLE, USA, CORNER OF MISSISSIPPI AND WALKER (504-5392).

KIDS

Registration for “A Chance to Dance” Summer Camp

Junior program ages 7 to 13 and senior program ages 10 and up. Call for more information and registration.

Through June 30.

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

H2Oh! Splash

Water park with a garden theme featuring more than 40 sprayers, spray loops, water tunnels, and more.

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

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

International Chamber Music Festival and Summer Camp

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

SHADY GROVE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 5530 SHADY GROVE (6837329), WWW.PRIZMENSEMBLE.COM.

Kidzu Playhouse 2015 Summer Camps

Three sessions for ages 6 to 9 and ages 9 to 16. For more information and registration, see website. $125-$250.

June 15-27.

Tuesday Toddler Storytime: Just One You

Come to storytime as we read a book where the gang of Sesame Street celebrates you.

For ages 2 to 6. Tues., June 16, 11 a.m.

BARNES & NOBLE, 2774 N. GERMANTOWN (386-2468), WWW.STORE-LOCATOR. BARNESANDNOBLE.COM/ STORE/2822.

Wacky Wednesday

Family-friendly summer of art and film including independent and international children’s short films as well as animated versions of beloved classics. Free. Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Through July 31.

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

S P E C IA L E V E N TS

Another Evening with Friends of the Fort

Fireside evening event featuring live entertainment, craft beer, BBQ, and guided tours of the building every 30 minutes, 5:15–7:45 p.m. $25.

Sat., June 13, 5 p.m.-midnight.

MARINE HOSPITAL, 360 METAL MUSEUM DRIVE (262-2877).

Colors of Cancer Fashion Show

Fashion show featuring vendors and cancer information. $7. Sat., June 13, 3-6 p.m.

HERNANDO HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 805 DILWORTH LANE, HERNANDO, MS, WWW.KUDZUPLAYERS.COM.

LAPLACE BALLROOM AND EVENT CENTER, 4514 SUMMER (352-1193).

Missoula Children’s Theatre

Special program honoring patriotism. Sun., June 14, 2 p.m.

Popular children’s theater event for the youngest of theater lovers. No charge to participate and 50 kids will be chosen for productions that will be rehearsed and performed over a one-week period. Sat., June 13, 2:30-4 p.m.

BARTLETT PERFORMING ARTS AND CONFERENCE CENTER, 3663 APPLING (385-6440), WWW.BPACC.ORG.

Phillips County Fishing Rodeo

Bring the family, lawn chairs, and fishing poles to Storm Creek early Saturday morning to sign up and start fishing.

Featuring food, refreshments, and prizes. Sat., June 13, 7 a.m.

ST. FRANCIS NATIONAL PARK, 2675 ARK. 44 EAST (870-572-4099), WWW.VISITHELENAAR.COM.

Saturday Storytime: Touch the Brightest Star Story and activity for ages 2 to 10. Sat., June 13, 11 a.m.

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

Flag Day

THE VETERANS’ MUSEUM, 100 VETERANS’ DRIVE (731-836-7400), WWW.DYAAB.US.

Get Out the Vote

Voter registration drive in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and to encourage visitors to get out the vote for upcoming local, state, and national elections.

Mon., June 15, 2-5 p.m.

NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM, 450 MULBERRY (521-9699), WWW.CIVILRIGHTSMUSEUM.ORG.

Juneteenth Family Fun Celebration

Admission is one or more can goods or packages of toilet paper. Featuring Greek step show, car show, live music, kids zone, food vendors, and arts and crafts. Sat., June 13, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

LATIMER LAKE PARK, 5633 TULANE.

Literatini

Featuring hors d’oeuvres from local vendors, live music, raffle, Martini Death Match, and a special visit from Marja Mills, the best-selling author of the Harper Lee memoir The Mockingbird Next Door. $50.

Fri., June 12, 7-10 p.m.

THE BOOKSELLERS AT LAURELWOOD, 387 PERKINS EXT. (683-9801), WWW. LITERACYMIDSOUTH.ORG.

Memphis Chapter of Public Relations Society of America Accepting Entries for 22nd VOX Awards

Communications professionals from all business sectors are invited to submit their best campaigns and tactics for consideration.

Details and submission information can be found on website. Through July 13.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, WWW.PRSAVOX.COM.

Mid-South Food Bank Drive

Bring food donation and receive a free UV screening for your sunglasses to ensure they have adequate protection for your eyes. Through June 30.

THE EYEWEAR GALLERY, 428 PERKINS EXT. (763-2020), WWW.EYEWEARGALLERY.COM.

OutBid 2015

Eat, drink, and bid at the annual live and silent art auction benefiting the Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center. $50.

Sat., June 13, 6:30 p.m.

CLARK OPERA MEMPHIS CENTER, 6745 WOLF RIVER PARKWAY, WWW.MGLCC.ORG.

Peabody Rooftop Party

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

Through Aug. 16.

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

Sounds of Memphis

Live stage Memphis music revue paying tribute to artists such as Otis Redding, Staple Singers, Isaac Hayes, B.B. King, Al Green, and others who contributed to the soulful sounds of Memphis. $30.

Thurs.-Sat., 2-3 p.m. and 45 p.m. Through June 15.

OLD DAISY THEATRE, 329 BEALE (702-772-8600).

Vision Screenings

Call to schedule a free vision screening. Fridays, noon-2 p.m. Through June 30.

THE EYEWEAR GALLERY, 428 PERKINS EXT. (763-2020), WWW.EYEWEARGALLERY.COM.

What Lies Beneath

Gather after work for wine and light hors d’oeuvres with Kim McCollum and Bob Barnett as they share stories, secrets, and hidden treasures beneath Elmwood’s historic cottage. $25. Fri., June 12, 5:30 p.m.

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

“Wicked Plants”

Fun family-friendly exhibit of the world’s most diabolical botanicals inspired

by Amy Stewart’s bestselling

book Wicked Plants: The Weed Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities. Through Sept. 7.

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

FO O D & D R I N K EVE NTS

Agricenter Farmers Market

Saturday, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

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

Carriage Crossing Farmer’s Market Fridays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Through Sept. 30.

CARRIAGE CROSSING, HOUSTON LEVEE & BILL MORRIS PKWY. (854-8240), WWW. SHOPCARRIAGECROSSING.COM.

Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market

www.cycfarmersmarket.org.

Saturdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 1000 S. COOPER (278-6786).

Dinner on Stage

Includes an inside peek into the stories and history of the historic Orpheum as told by Pat Halloran. $75, $50 for season ticket holders. Wed., June 17, 6-10 p.m.

THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (525-3000), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM.

Farmers’ Market at the Garden Wednesdays, 2-6 p.m.

Through Oct. 28.

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

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”nOw sErving” sunday Brunch

Plates of catfish and sides benefiting Holy Community Church. $7. Fridays, 11 a.m.3 p.m.

HOLY COMMUNITY CHURCH, 602 LOONEY, WWW.FACEBOOK. COM/HOLYCOMMUNITYUMC.

Food Truck Fridays

Fridays. Through Sept. 30.

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

Good People Good Beer 2015

Beer tasting and live music benefiting Operation Broken Silence. $40. Sat., June 13, 7 p.m.

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

Memphis Farmers Market

Saturdays, 7 a.m.-1 p.m.

MEMPHIS FARMERS MARKET, PAVILION OF CENTRAL STATION, S. FRONT & G.E. PATTERSON AVE, WWW.MEMPHISFARMERSMARKET. ORG.

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Casablanca

In World War II Casablanca, Rick Blaine, exiled American and former freedom fighter, runs the most popular nightspot in town and comes into possession of two letters of transit. $7. Fri., June 12, 7-9:30 p.m.

THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (525-3000), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM.

Movie Mania at Carriage Crossing

VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, WWW. THEGARDENTHEFILM.COM.

CARRIAGE CROSSING, HOUSTON LEVEE & BILL MORRIS PKWY. (854-8240), WWW. SHOPCARRIAGECROSSING.COM.

Short artistic film to be shot in Memphis. Ten men and women needed as extras for a dream sequence. Should be able to play ages 20-50.

Actors paid at the end of the shoot day. Email photo with contact information to whiteroomfilmmemphis@ gmail.com. Through July 31.

Video Games: The Movie

From executive producer Zach Braff comes an epic feature-length documentary chronicling the meteoric rise of video games from nerd niche to multi-billion-dollar industry. $9. Thurs., June 11, 7-8:45 p.m.

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

Grease

Transport back to the 1950s and spend a fun evening with Danny Zuko, Sandy Olsson, the T-Birds, the Pink Ladies, and all the kids from Rydell High. $7. Thurs., June 11, 7-9:30 p.m.

THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (525-3000), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS. COM.

Hidden Universe 3D

Experience stunning highdefinition 3D images of celestial structures in deep space. $9. Through Nov. 13.

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

Humpback Whales 3D

Close encounters with Humpback Whales and their ecological survival in the world’s oceans. Through Nov. 13.

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

Movies begin at dusk, Central Park roundabout. June 12: Cinderella; June 26: Muppets Most Wanted; July 10: Annie; July 24: Sleeping Beauty; Aug. 7: 101 Dalmations; Aug. 21: Big Hero 6; Sep. 11: Wreck-It-Ralph; Sep. 25: The Lego Movie. Free. Every other Friday. Through Sept. 25.

Rocky Horror Picture Show

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

THE EVERGREEN THEATRE, 1705 POPLAR (274-7139).

South Lawn Cinema presents Jurassic Park

Picnic baskets, lawn chairs, and blankets welcome on the Dixon South Lawn. Includes free popcorn, and wine, beer, and sodas are available for purchase. Free for members, $5 nonmembers. Thurs., June 11, 8 p.m.

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

Space Jam

Swackhammer, owner of the amusement park planet Moron Mountain, is desperate to get new attractions and he decides that the Looney Tunes characters would be perfect. $7. Fri., June 12, 1:303:30 p.m.

THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (525-3000), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM.

Summer Movie Series

Asian and Judaic films focusing on different cultures.

Visit website for a complete listing. Free with museum admission. Saturdays, Sundays, noon-5 p.m.

Through Aug. 9.

BELZ MUSEUM OF ASIAN AND JUDAIC ART, 119 S. MAIN, IN THE PEMBROKE SQUARE BUILDING (523-2787), WWW.BELZMUSEUM. ORG.

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abrosura claims to serve Mexican and Cuban food; in fact, its scope is even broader. I spotted Peruvian and Ecuadorian dishes on the menu. But don’t let that scare you. The different strands are brought together in the person of Sabrosura’s owner, Karen Otero.

Originally from Ecuador, Otero married a Cuban man and moved to Memphis, where she has worked in Mexican restaurants for the past 12 years. She says she decided to step out on her own because she knows the business and because you can’t get good Latin food in the Medical District. About the second point, at least, she’s right.

“I like Cuban food the best,” Otero confesses. “The way they cook is like the way we cook in Ecuador. Lots of bold flavors.”

Despite having been open for just a month, Sabrosura seems to be hitting its stride. When I visited for lunch, there was a decent-size crowd of doctors and nurses from Le Bonheur, as well as construction workers and elevator mechanics from a site down the street.

When it comes to Tex-Mex, Otero has her bases covered. Want nachos? She’ll make you nachos. But if you’re interested in what sets Sabrosura apart, venture into the menu’s less-frequented quarters, especially the section marked “Specialty of the House.”

There you’ll find the Arroz Tapada de Pollo ($11.99), a fragrant rice dish of grilled chicken, mushrooms, onions, and poblano peppers. I should note that, like Peter Piper, I’m picky about peppers. Add too many and they take over, overwhelming other flavors with a sharp bitterness. But Otero’s Arroz Tapado is just right: piquant and sizzling and seasoned to perfection.

AHORA ES CUANDO Or hey, why not order a steak?

Yeah, you read that right. Otero’s Steak Mexicano ($13.25) is one of the better things I’ve eaten this month. A skirt steak that’s been marinated in Mexican mojo criollo, it’s grilled à la ranchera and served with pickled onions and avocado.

Squeeze a little lime over it, and remember to thank God — or your lucky stars, or whatever — for the geopolitical forces that bring talented cooks from Latin America to Memphis.

Sabrosura, 782 Washington, 421-8180 facebook.com/sabrosuramemphis Picture this: It’s 11:30 p.m. You’re at a bachelor party on Beale Street. You’re tipsy, it’s noisy, you need a break. Where will you go?

You could definitely do worse than Burrito Blues. After the fashion of a Chipotle or a Qdoba, this fast-casual Mexican joint offers build-your-own burritos and bowls. The food is fresh; it’s made from scratch daily; and for Beale, it’s distinctly affordable. There’s even a local product on the menu — the rice is from Windmill in Jonesboro, Arkansas).

You know the drill. White or brown rice? Black or pinto beans? To top your burrito, you can choose from a variety of proteins — beef, chicken, sautéed veggies — but I liked the beef options best. The steak is salty and satisfying. And the brisket — seasoned with peppadew peppers and house-smoked — is actually kind of special.

The restaurant occupies the former site of Johnny G’s Creole Kitchen. With its earth tones, exposed brick walls, and relaxed blues music, Burrito Blues is a little oasis in the neon desert. Along Beale, the pace is frantic, but in here, the vibe is chill.

Burrito Blues is open for lunch during the week, and manager Richard Magevney says he’s already seeing crowds from AutoZone Park and FedExForum. On weekends, the dining room stays open till midnight. After that, they’ll serve burritos and margaritas to drunken stumblers through a service window until 3 a.m.

Because on Beale Street, that’s how it is. You have to do high-volume; you have to do sweet drinks. Considering the framework within which they’re operating, Burrito Blues has come up with a fresh, tasty, affordable option.

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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

Love & Mercy John Cusack and Paul Dano portray the Beach Boys’ genius Brian Wilson in this brilliant biopic.

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blue moon, your soul comes out to play.” off questions from his band, including Kenny Wormald Cinematographer Robert D. Yeoman, a frequent as long-suffering Dennis Wilson and Jake Abel as the Wes Anderson collaborator, shoots Southern California ambitious Mike Love. The high point of his performance as both beautiful and alienating, as appropriate to is when he sings a sweet, aching version of “God Only the story. But director Pohlad’s secret weapon is his Knows.” But his confidence melts when confronted with Tomorrowland incredible sound design team, led by Eugene Gearty, his manipulative, abusive father Murry Wilson (Bill who mixes snippets of Beach Boys songs with swirling, Camp). ambient sounds to reflect Wilson’s inner state. In an age In the 1980s, we meet Cusack’s broken, scattered, middle-aged Brian as he haltingly reaches out to Melinda Led- where directors are content to use the unprecedented technology available in modern movie theaters just to better (Elizabeth Banks), a glammy, Southern California make subwoofer “whomp” noises to telegraph dramatic Cadillac saleswoman who acts as the audience’s way into moments, Pohlad and Gearty create a subtle, complex Brian’s cloistered world. Oren Moverman and Michael soundscape worthy of a film about a sonic genius. With Lerner’s script expertly dribbles out disturbing details of a substantive story, a passionate cast and crew, and an the reclusive rock star lorded over by his psychiatrist, Dr. experimental eye and ear, Pohlad has crafted one of the Eugene Landy, played with gleeful evil by Paul Giamatti. best movies of the year.

Cusack, who has long been trapped in his own movie star persona, digs deep into this role, nailing Wilson’s shuffling walk and his pained expressions when he tries to play Love & Mercy piano as well as he used to. Cusack gets some of the best Now playing lines in the film, like when Brian, explaining the creative Ridgeway Cinema Grill process to Melinda, says, “Every once in a while, once in a

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rian Wilson’s rise to the heights of musical genius and subsequent fall into the depths of psychosis has been ripe for a biopic for years. The transatlantic rivalry between the Beatles and the Beach Boys that pushed both bands into new creative territory is one of rock music’s greatest myths. The Fab Four’s 1965 record Rubber Soul inspired Wilson to push his studio work further with 1966’s Pet Sounds, which in turn inspired the Beatles to rip up the rule book for 1967’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Wilson’s rejoinder was to have been an album called Smile that, Beach Boys partisans claim, would have been the greatest rock album of all time. But Wilson had a nervous breakdown in the middle of the Smile recording sessions and the rest of the band, led by Mike Love, wrested musical control away from him, ceding the field to the Liverpudlians and dooming the American band to decades of formulaic surf nostalgia.

Director Bill Pohlad’s Love & Mercy gives myth the film treatment it deserves, not by creating an epic clash of musical titans, but by concentrating on Brian Wilson’s point of view. Pohlad is a veteran producer whose filmography includes Brokeback Mountain, The Tree of Life, and 12 Years a Slave, so he understood that the relatively small-scale and built-in audience allowed him to take creative chances. His experiments pay off handsomely.

The film shuttles back and forth between the mid 1960s and the 1980s with two different actors playing Wilson in different periods of his life. Young Brian is Paul Dano, who portrays Wilson with wide eyes and an open mind but with a stinging emotional vulnerability. Old Brian is played by John Cusack, who is as foggy and frightened as Dano is clear and focused. Using multiple actors to play a famous figure has been tried before, most notably when Todd Haynes used six actors to play Bob Dylan in I’m Not There. But here the move feels completely appropriate. Wilson has said he looks back at the time before his breakdown and can’t recognize the person he used to be.

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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

Spy Games Melissa McCarthy sends up Bond movies in Spy. I’ve always loved James Bond movies, especially the older ones like Thunderball and From Russia With Love. But these days, when I go back to watch Sean Connery swigging martinis while saving the free world, I can’t help but notice how sexist they read. I wouldn’t say the outdated sexual attitudes ruin the experience, exactly, but it definitely pulls me out of the action for a moment. Maybe that’s why I have a soft spot for George Lazenby’s sole effort, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, where Bond actually falls in love with Diana Rigg instead of bedding women seemingly out of spite.

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No one takes Susan seriously, even though she’s clearly very skilled. Wringing comedy out of people misjudging her because of her sex or looks is like hitting softballs to McCarthy. Feig understands what kind of movie he’s making and keeps her, and her point of view, dead center for the entire story. McCarthy has plenty of people to bounce jokes off of: There’s Law, who is his usual impeccable self; Miranda Hart as Nancy, a fellow analyst who is Susan’s frumpy confidante; and Aldo (Peter Serafinowicz), a lecherous Italian agent. But surprisingly, McCarthy’s best sparring partner is Jason Statham as Rick Ford, a rogue agent miffed that the fat girl got the important assignment instead of him. Statham demonstrates masterful comic timing while sending up the kind of hypermasculine roles he usually gets cast in, suggesting there’s a lot more to him than Hollywood has been able to find a use for.

Spy is often funny, but it is not a well-

oiled machine. The movie starts slow, only kicking into gear once McCarthy and Statham start trading barbs at about the half hour mark. Scenes run on way too long, as Feig was seemingly determined to keep every one of McCarthy’s remotely funny improvs in the final cut. There are way too many characters, many of whom seem to think they’re much funnier than they actually are. The plot is loose to the point of incoherence — I kept forgetting what the McGuffin was until the late third act reveal of the missing atom bomb made me go “Oh yeah.”

But McCarthy overcomes all of that, making the sloppy film watchable by sheer force of charisma alone. She can pack more emotion into an exasperated eye roll than most actresses can into an extended speech. I hope one of these days someone will write a Groundhog Day-level script for McCarthy, and she’ll finally get to create the classic her talent promises. But until then, Spy is a pretty agreeable time at the theater.

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THE LAST WORD by Randy Haspel

Ask Not

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

After much prayer and reflection, and with the counsel of my friends, family, and rabbi, I hereby announce my candidacy for the Republican nomination for president of the United States.

And why not? Everybody else and George Bush’s brother is running, so I figure I have at least as good a chance as half the field of already declared candidates — and I’m not under federal indictment.

You can’t say as much for Governors Chris Christie, Rick Perry, and Scott Walker. Federal and state prosecutors continue to investigate Christie for his role in the “Bridgegate” scandal, as rumors of an email trail that implicate the governor have surfaced.

Perry is potentially facing 109 years for two counts of felony abuse of power after attempting to coerce a district attorney to resign. So far, Perry’s efforts to have the charges dismissed have been denied twice by Republican judges.

Wisconsin prosecutors accuse Governor Walker of being part of a “wide-ranging scheme” of illegal fund-raising.

The same accusations have recently arisen over Governor Jeb Bush’s coy “I’m not yet a candidate” scam. After Bush declares, he can no longer personally ask for money, yet he’s acting like a candidate who’s using the asinine Citizens decision to try and purchase the presidency. There’s an obvious joke about the White House vs. the Big House in United decision here somewhere.

I’ve avoided politics ever since high school student government associations, but last night, I had a dream in which the Archangel Gabriel whispered in my ear that it was my destiny to be president. Of course, Ted Cruz’s traveling preacher dad said that God told him the same thing about his boy, so someone is confused here.

In fact, several people are confused about the Almighty’s participation in American politics. Cruz said, “God isn’t done with America yet. That is why … I am running for president.” But Perry said, “I truly believe with all my heart that God has put me in this place at this time to do his will.” Actually, Perry said that in 2012, so you’d think he’d get the hint. Dr. Ben Carson said, “I feel [the] fingers” of God, which he interpreted as the Almighty prodding his candidacy. Walker said, “We [I] want to make sure that, not only are we [I] hearing from the people, but we [I] want to discern that this is God’s calling.” Marco Rubio attends a fundamentalist mega-church that demands employees sign a declaration stating that they’ve never been in a gay relationship, and he goes to Catholic mass on Sundays, covering all his bases. And this is to say nothing of religious zealots Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee.

Either all these people are lying or insane, or God is goofing on the Republican candidates. Say what you will about Hillary, at least she never declared the Deity’s blessing was upon her. I, however, have been blessed by the order of Christian Brothers, Reverend Tom Patton, Rabbi James Wax, a Hindu “saint” in India, and a Muslim cleric in Israel. Now, who’s best qualified?

Since a handful of billionaires now own American politics, all you need to stay in the race is to find one to back you. Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is leaning toward Rubio. Santorum is backed, for the second time, by mutual-fund zillionaire Foster Friess. The Koch oil barons tipped their greasy hands to Walker long ago. And Bush is backed by Woody Johnson, heir to the Johnson & Johnson company.

This is more exciting than the Belmont Stakes. They often call politics a “horse race,” but in this case, each candidate has his own jockey. Mere millionaires are whining for access, while former Philadelphia Eagles owner Norman Braman is planning to spend between 10 and 25 million “Washingtons” on Rubio alone. I’m certain that Hillary’s war chest will overflow as well, but who have the Democrats got? Communists like George Soros or hedge-fund magnate Tom Steyer, whose tree-hugging causes fund radical-leftist politicians. If I can just convince one patriotic billionaire that I hate Obamacare but love Israel, I could take this all the way to the GOP convention.

I could also raise a lot of untraceable money along the way, which begs the question (or maybe answers it): Why are so many guaranteed losers running for president? Why are George Pataki, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, John Kasich, and Donald Trump even running?

Trump is obviously a vanity candidate who does it for his ego and to promote The Apprentice, the most wonderful show that’s ever been on television. A few claim that they are in the race to promote certain views, like Santorum’s theory that America is under attack by Satan.

The rest are auditioning for lucrative commentator chairs on Fox News or perhaps their own radio show or book deal. Some are jockeying for a future cabinet position in a fantasy Republican administration.

But mostly, it’s this endless funnel of dark money that bankrolls ideological figureheads for more sinister concerns. Since no one is accountable, who’s counting? Now that the mob has been chased out of Las Vegas, politics is the new skim. If a dollar is missing here or there, who’s to know?

Which is why I am unveiling my own Ultra-Conservative, ProGun, God-Fearing Super-PAC: the UCPGGF. And I am asking you for pledges of just a few dollars a day to support my campaign to stop immigration, restore God to the classroom, end taxes, and return this great nation to its rightful owners, the Inuit.

Randy Haspel writes the “Recycled Hippies” blog, where a version of this column first appeared.

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