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f l y o n t h e w a l l Appeal for Funding { OH SHELL! We think management at the Shell Station on Poplar near Planned Parenthood may want to rethink what appears to be an awfully demanding list of requirements for service. According to this list posted on the door, all potential customers must wear shoes, shirts, masks, and hoodies, or they’ll get “no service.” While we here at Fly on the Wall love the practicality of hoodies, requiring customers to wear one seems a little over the top. And we think management will soon regret their strict position on masks.
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WTFTV? Last week Fly on the Wall made fun of WREG for reporting an unfounded news scare about drug dealers attempting to pass off colorful ecstasy pills as Halloween candy. We would officially like to apologize for singling out WREG. Not because the story wasn’t B.S. (it was!), but because, in the ensuing week, Fox-13 reported the exact same unsourced story. And WMC reporter Kontji Anthony posted it to social media. Like Mama Fly always said, better scared than informed.
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URBAN ART Your Pesky Fly recently described the “Hell Naw” graffiti on Wagner Place downtown as the best bad graffiti since “Superman Dam Fool.” That tag has since been joined by other less than positive messages like, “AmeriKKK” and “Knee Deep in Sh#t.” And also by this adorable little cosmic clown.
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The Commercial Appeal sale means loss of funding for The Teen Appeal newspaper. Overton High School junior Breyanah Graham describes herself as “quite shy,” but she says her role as a reporter for the The Teen Appeal newspaper has given her a chance to express herself. “Since my high school doesn’t have a school newspaper or any opportunities for interested students to participate in journalism, I never really had the chance to explore the aspects of journalism and reporting before I became a part of the The Teen Appeal,” said Graham, who is now planning to pursue a double major in journalism and biological science. Only a handful of Shelby County Schools (SCS) have their own newspapers, and for most students, The Teen Appeal, a monthly newspaper for all high school students in Shelby County (including schools in the municipal district), is the only option for students interested in journalism. But unless it finds a new funding stream by December 31st, The Teen Appeal may be going out of business. For 18 years, the paper, which is headquartered on the University of Memphis campus, has been primarily funded by a grant from the Scripps Howard Foundation. But after the former Scripps paper The Commercial Appeal was sold to Journal Media Group this year, Scripps decided to dis-
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continue its annual $71,500 grant to The Teen Appeal. “[Scripps] had been a very supportive partner up until they spun The Commercial Appeal into a unit — the independent Journal Media Group. And now we have word that Gannett might buy out this new company,” said David Arant, the chair of the University of Memphis journalism department. “The Scripps “It would be a shame if Foundation said we can’t this program went away. support you anymore, and that’s the end of our I’m doing everything I relationship.” That grant covers the can ... to make sure that salary and benefits for Elle doesn’t happen.” Perry, the full-time news— Otis Sanford paper coordinator. She edits the paper, assigns stories, handles day-to-day management, and holds monthly meetings for the paper staff on the University of Memphis campus. The U of M also supports the paper with a $10,000 grant that pays for a summer boot camp for the newspaper staff, which Perry is charged with planning. “The program is unique because it allows students from
Luke Pruett, Recruiting Director at City Leadership
Choose901, the city’s proverbial cheerleading group run by City Leadership, took a trip to the Big Apple this week to try and convince New Yorkers to trade the 212 for the 901. The organization is partnering with the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce to help recruit New Yorkers to fill open positions at Shelby Farms Park, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Muddy’s Bake Shop, International Paper, the Memphis Grizzlies, and other companies with openings. The organization’s trip to New York also focused on recruiting college talent as they visited Columbia University, King’s College, City College, and New York University. —Alexandra Pusateri
Luke Pruett and wife April in New York
Flyer: Why New York? Pruett: We’re advocating for Memphis. We believe that Memphis is a premier destination for millennials to enjoy and invest their lives in. That’s always been our goal: to tell Memphians about that and tell the whole world about that. That plays out in a couple of campaigns we run other than just Choose901, one being Teach901, which is recruiting urban educators to Memphis along with other efforts; another being Serve901. It’s a way to serve the city
and showcase opportunities to invest your life here. We’re [here in New York] to network, meet with Memphians that now live and work here, and recruit Memphians back to the city, as well as show new people the
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Some people might say that Memphians need those available jobs. That’s our focus every day — to show off Memphis inside the city and outside the city. We want every single Memphian and folks outside to find the best economic opportunity in the city they can. That’s why our presence is so large with events and campaigns in the city. This is one of the many recruiting efforts we’ve done both inside and outside the city. It really isn’t a departure; our founding mission from day one has been to advertise for the city of Memphis and opportunities here. We want to be a conduit of connection for every single opportunity to the people looking for it inside the city, no matter where they’re from. Our goal is to tell the stories here. What other trips like these have you taken? Teach901 went to Phoenix last month. We did a job fair in Chicago a few years ago, called the Choose901 Job Fair. I’d say we take about five to seven trips like these a year. How’s the week going? We’ve really been overwhelmed with how many people are excited about things going on in the city. We have an incredible opportunity to showcase the Memphis art scene, which you know has so many amazing artists. Wednesday night, we’re going to be celebrating the Grizzlies season at the Half Pint, which is kind of the Grizzlies bar [in New York City]. A lot of Grizzlies fans gather here to watch the games. Only a fourth of our staff is here [in New York], so the rest of our people are still back in the city doing what we always do. The core things you need when you’re looking for a place to live are: Where do I live?; What do I do?; Where do I work?; and ultimately, how do I serve and invest in the city? We’re staying devoted to our mission. So much of what we do is attempting to lead through surprise, so you gotta stay tuned to know what’s coming next.
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different schools and backgrounds to form friendships and learn how to work with each other,” Perry said. “And it provides students the kind of skills to approach someone they don’t know and start asking questions.” Currently, The Teen Appeal has a staff of 65 students from 19 schools. The paper publishes eight issues a year, and those are distributed in every SCS high school and a few municipal schools. The Commercial Appeal donates printing and distribution, and they’ve committed to continuing that donation so long as The Teen Appeal can find the funds to keep going, according to Otis Sanford, a U of M journalism professor and the former managing editor of The Commercial Appeal. Sanford, who helped found The Teen Appeal in 1997, said he’s been meeting with various local foundations and national journalism organizations all year to try and nail down the funding. So far, no deals have been struck, but Sanford isn’t giving up. “The opportunity to introduce journalism and interviewing and writing and critical thinking and professionalism to high school students who would not have that opportunity has been the most gratifying thing in my 40 years [in journalism],” Sanford said. “It would be a shame if this program went away. And I’m doing everything I can up until the last day to make sure that doesn’t happen.” Central High School junior and Teen Appeal staffer Reginae Butler wants to go into public relations, and she said the newspaper has been “an amazing opportunity” in preparing her for her future career. “I get a chance to write about anything that’s going on in my high school. Most of us on The Teen Appeal, we don’t have a paper in our schools. So this is our one outlet for that. I want to make sure this continues,” Butler said.
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member and member of the Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities, said he has a long relationship with Elliott Fontaine, who died at age 34 of Spanish flu but whose spirit allegedly lives on inside the house. “He electrocutes me, shoves me, pinches me, breathes heavily at me,” Northtrop said. “It’s not always one specific thing, but it’s just that there’s always someone here.” Later, Guenther and I hit South Main. As I stand near the register of IONS Geek Gallery, Guenther tells of the grisly 1918 murder of Memphis police officer Edward Broadfoot inside the building. “Do you know on what spot he was killed?” I ask. “Well, you’re standing on it,” Guenther said. In the basement, folding chairs circle a table that holds a number of ghost-hunting devices and a photo of officer Broadfoot. Guenther’s pub crawl groups fill the chairs as he tries to make contact with the murdered officer. “We did get the little bell to ring once,” Guenther said. Down the street, Harry Zepatos told Guenther and me that he’d never seen any ghosts inside his Arcade Restaurant, but others have. “My wife, Karen, has seen my grandfather in here before,” Zepatos said. “Also, this head of security guy — nice people, good wife, normal people — he saw him, too, during [River Arts Festival] four or five years ago.
Karen Brownlee and Stephen Guenther We were closed, and he saw him through the window.” No ghost tour of Memphis is complete without a visit to Earnestine & Hazel’s, so we stop in there. Bartender and manager Karen Brownlee said she’s seen a woman (who she thought might have been Earnestine) at the end of the downstairs hallway. The bar lights have flickered when patrons made fun of ghosts. The lockedup piano has played by itself upstairs. Though she was alone, someone nudged her shoulder as she stood at the jukebox one night. “I used to be [afraid], but now I feel like whatever’s in here will take care of me,” Brownlee said. The haunted pub crawls begin on South Main on most Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m. However, this Friday, Guenther and his team will lead ghost tours at the Woodruff-Fontaine House during its annual fund-raiser called Haunted Happenings. For more info, visit historicalhauntsmemphis.com.
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Williamson Park, an elongated 4.5 acres of greenspace with few amenities, is the latest slice of Memphis slated for an upgrade. It’s a quiet neighborhood park tucked between Williamson and North Willett in the Evergreen Historic District, hidden from major Midtown arteries. It’s a city-owned park, but the residents of Evergreen, rather than the city, have been spearheading the park’s revitalization. Currently, the park has a small playground and a large, empty grassy area. The neighbors want to see additional trees, playground improvements, and picnic tables. “Youth soccer teams practice there. Dog owners congregate every evening, and our kids play on the playground. We even hunt Easter eggs and host picnics there,” said Bethany Spiller, an Evergreen resident. “The park fosters relationships among people, and anything [we] can do to make it more enjoyable and safe, the stronger our Midtown community becomes.” Sarah Newstok, a special projects coordinator for Livable Memphis, is excited about the possibility of using this project as a blueprint for communities across Memphis that want to revitalize their own neighborhood greenspaces. “We want to create a how-to guide,” Newstok said. “We want this to be a pilot for other projects, so that other neighborhoods that might not have the same resources can follow these steps.” Newstok said that it makes more sense to tackle greenspace improvements as a whole plan, rather than piecemeal. The partnership that formed between Evergreen residents and community space planners “gave us an opportunity to see what a public/private partnership would really look like.” Livable Memphis and the crowdfunding website ioby (which stands for “in our backyards”) partnered with Evergreen residents to implement upgrades to the park. With help from the Hyde Family Foundations, the planning project for Williamson Park was funded in less than 24 hours after it was announced through Livable Memphis. The planning process was led by landscape architects at Ritchie Smith Associates. Some of the Hyde funds will also cover the cost of planting trees. Newstok is hopeful that some of the funds for other improvements will come from the city. Tentative plans for the park were unveiled during Livable Memphis’ annual Summit for Neighborhood Leaders, which took place this past Saturday. The presentation of the Williamson Park Mini-Master Plan was but one segment of the summit. The larger focus
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But there is a way a presidential candidate — any candidate but Trump, really — could pull me in. Just add National Baseball Day to the platform. Here’s how it would work. On the day Game 1 of the World Series is played — typically a Tuesday — Americans stay home in honor of this nation’s original pastime. No one plays like Americans. Entire industries are devoted to recreation. Finally, National Baseball Day would allow us to celebrate these healthy instincts. The game would begin at 3 p.m. Eastern, allowing every child from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon, to see every pitch, hit, stolen base, and strikeout if he or she so chooses. Using modern technology, families split across time zones could fire up their computers or smartphones and share in the exploits of the latest World Series hero. Families and friends would have some extra bonding time built around a baseball game. Imagine that. Not a baseball fan? This holiday is for you, too. No viewing required. Enjoy a picnic with your family (if you live in a warm region). Or catch
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a movie you haven’t had time to see. Better yet, open that thick book you’ve been meaning to read, but “never have the time.” The idea is to relish a day of leisure, courtesy of baseball. The TV fat cats will be the hardest to budge. (The last daytime World Series game was played in 1987, and it was indoors, under the roof of the abominable Metrodome.) Upwards of $200 million in ad revenue will go into the Fox coffers, depending on how long the World Series goes. Why mess with such a golden goose? Well, why not consider the possibilities — revenue-wise — if a Series game is broadcast as the centerpiece of a national holiday with entire families viewing, not simply that 25-45 male demographic considered most precious? Seems the Super Bowl broadcast has found its way to profitability, with kickoff in the late afternoon on a Sunday. Why must World Series games end after midnight in New York City? My daughters are now old enough (16 and 13) to stay up past bedtime to see a World Series game completed. But their interest is based largely on stories I’ve shared from years their little bodies needed sleep more than the pageantry of the seventh-inning stretch. (I woke up one of my daughters when David Freese delivered his epic game-tying triple for the Cardinals in the 2011 Fall Classic. Bless her heart, she didn’t remember being awakened the next morning.) Keep reading the stories of how baseball is dying, how kids are losing interest in a game that’s “too slow” for the modern attention span. Then check the start times for the sport’s most important, compelling, talked-about games. These are related. The time has come, ye presidential hopefuls, for National Baseball Day. Consider my vote a free agent, ready to sign.
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The Battle Over Bolton
October 29-November 4, 2015
Julian Bolton, the former Shelby County commissioner who was appointed two weeks ago by commission chairman Terry Roland as a “special purposes” lawyer to look into the legality of his (Bolton’s) being hired by the commission as its permanent independent counsel, responded to Roland on Monday with a lengthy series of citations from the County Charter. All seemingly attested that he could indeed be hired, a prior finding by County Attorney Ross Dyer to the contrary notwithstanding. The commission promptly voted 8-5 on Monday in favor of a resolution from chairman Roland to carry out the hiring. Dyer chose not to comment on the new development, other than to reaffirm his contention of two weeks ago that any permanent attorney hired by the commission would have to be a member of his (Dyer’s) staff, paid by him, and managed by him. And, since Dyer determined that he and the commission chair would have to agree on a candidate, the county attorney in effect had claimed veto power over any such appointment. All that had seemingly scotched a resolution offered at the time by Roland to hire Bolton — as a decisive first move in a commission effort to assert its authority at the expense of County Mayor Mark Luttrell, who, a clear majority of commissioners believed, had over the months been ritually usurping prerogatives that either did not exist or that were more properly those of the commission to administer — both in determining policy generally and in fiscal administration, specifically. Back in the 1990s, the Memphis City Council had engaged Allan Wade as its own independent attorney to sift evidence, make arguments, and determine policy in contradistinction to the city attorney and the office of the mayor. Wade was the model for the position the commission intended to create. For weeks the commission had been battling Luttrell, and Dyer, both of whom had maintained the County Charter permitted only one county legal office under the direct administration of the mayor serving as legal advisor to all aspects of county government, including the affairs of the commission itself. Two weeks ago, at the time of the first abortive resolution to hire Bolton as an independent lawyer, Dyer had, as indicated above, rejected that idea, but to mollify Roland et al., had suggested that, for specific, limited purposes, the commission could, as it had during moments of the city school-merger controversy of 201013, and, as it had during wrangling at Chancery Court over the various ways of reapportioning itself, hire an attorney for special, limited, non-recurring purposes. “Fine,” announced Roland, who withdrew his original resolution and hired Bolton on the spot for the “single purpose” of countering Dyer’s case against the county commission’s hiring Bolton as a permanent and full-time independent counsel. From that point, the Luttrell administration and the commission went on to hold what had been a preordained “budget summit” last Friday at St. Columbia Episcopal 12 Conference & Retreat Center in Bartlett. The purpose was to reach a meeting of the minds on some of the issues
dividing administration from commission and, if possible, to get on the same page regarding matters at large. With Luttrell and Roland sitting side by side as cochairs for the event, with principals from throughout county government sharing breakfast and lunch at the casual affair, and with a polite discussion of subjects ranging from revenue sources to the respective roles of the commission and the mayor in the budget process to the problem of OPEBs [Other Postemployment Benefits] to educational spending to recondite aspects of the county wheel tax and county infrastructure, all gathered did seem to achieve some sense of accord. Interestingly, one idea that became something of a hit at the conference apparently derived from research by Bolton, who determined that in virtually every corner
A temporary moment of accord at Friday’s budget summit. (L to r) County CAO Harvey Kennedy, Mayor Mark Luttrell, Commission Chair Terry Roland, Commissioner Heidi Shafer
Chairman Roland and County Attorney Ross Dyer seemed focused on another matter here, but they were much on each other’s mind on Monday. of Shelby County there were unused county-owned enclaves that could serve as office space for the county commissioner whose district happened to coincide with the available space. One commissioner, Mark Billingsley, who represents Germantown, professed himself happy with the prospect. So lingering was the mood of concord and free sharing of information on Friday, so warm and comfortable the sense of common purpose, that developments on the following Monday came as the proverbial cold shower. By Monday morning, ad hoc attorney Bolton had made his report to chairman Roland, who distributed copies to
the full commission. Bolton’s report, based on his reading of the County Charter, said, in great and specific legal detail, that “the legislative power of the county is vested in the Board of County Commissioners of Shelby County [and] includes all lawful authority to adopt ordinances and resolutions governing the operation of government or regulating the conduct and affairs of the residents of Shelby County.” From that broad first declaration, Bolton, citing codes and sections from the charter, went on to state that “the charter clearly subordinates the position of the chief executive officer, i.e., county mayor,” whose role is “to see that all resolutions and ordinances of the board of county commissioners and all laws of the state subject to enforcement by them or by the officers who are subject under this charter, to their direction and supervision are faithfully executed.” Bolton’s memo went on and on in this vein, but its bottom line contention is that the commission, not the mayor, is the county’s chief governing authority. On the matter of the county attorney’s authority claimed by Dyer, Bolton writes, “The rules of statutory construction do not allow the subordinate office of the County Attorney, although chief counsel for the commission, to impair, frustrate, nor defeat the object of a statute, ordinance, or resolution by interpreting that ‘chief counsel’ means ‘sole counsel,’ absent specific statutory, or charter authority.” All of this readily convinced Roland to add the new appointment resolution making Bolton a de facto independent attorney for the county commission. The actual vote on his resolution Monday was 8-4, in favor, with Democrat Van Turner demurring and four Republican commissioners — David Reaves, Billingsley, Steve Basar, and George Chism voting no. Various reasons were adduced for the lack of solidarity with the commission — the fact that Dyer had reportedly interrupted their attempted executive session on the matter Monday morning, declaring it illegal, or allegations that interested Republicans from outside the commission had intervened with individual commissioners against the appointment of a Democrat, Bolton, as the commission’s attorney, rather than a Republican. The 8-5 vote, underwritten by all Democrats save for Turner and by Republicans Roland and Heidi Shafer (whose argument for enhanced commission authority is this week’s Viewpoint, p. 15), holds for a document that contains a space for Mayor Luttrell to sign. The county charter would allow the resolution of Bolton’s appointment to become official without the mayor’s signature or, should Luttrell choose to veto it, by a simple majority override on the part of the commission. The remaining obstacle to the installation of Bolton as an independent attorney representing the county commission is contained in one of the resolution’s enabling clauses: “Be it further resolved that the Shelby County Attorney is directed to prepare a contract under the supervision of the chairman, or his designee, for execution by the parties in accordance with Section 3.03 (A) (D) of the Shelby County Charter.” County Attorney Dyer has made it clear to his confidants that he has no intention of preparing such a contract, technically forestalling the effect of the document and likely throwing the whole matter into the jurisdiction of Chancery Court for final judgment.
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century derivative of Randism which holds that society is divided into makers —the privileged minority who profess to need nobody’s help — and takers — the mass of mortals who, to one degree or another, require some measure of concern or assistance on the part of their government. Not only is the makers/takers dichotomy an unethical point of view, it is woefully inaccurate, inasmuch as the supposed “makers” class contains as many moochers dependent on government protection of inherited wealth as it does innovators or manufacturers of tools necessary for life. And conversely, the so-called “takers” are often the toilers who provide the muscle or the man-hours to actually keep the wheels turning that allow the ticker tape (or, these days, the digital dial) to reflect some measure of economic progress. Even so, we take our satisfaction when and as we can. And if the party that now controls both elected houses of Congress on the basis of its hatred of government per se is willing to name someone as leader who at least pledges — as Paul Ryan has done — to forgo the right to shut down government by rejecting a routine debt-ceiling increase, then maybe that’s the best we can hope for. So here’s a weak whoopee that the GOP is willing to abide by some measure of economic common sense. Maybe they’ll even get tired at some point of exploiting Benghazi! But that really would be asking too much.
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Shelby County Commission efforts to assert itself vis-à-vis the county mayor conform with the county charter. The 2014 Shelby County election ushered in many first-time county commissioners to serve as the people’s representatives. It was the first full election under the single-member district division. Only five of the 13 commissioners had served a full previous term. So, while the changeover offers plenty of opportunity for positive change, it also creates a deficit in institutional knowledge. Previous large commission turnovers were somewhat mitigated by county attorneys who had years of service in the Shelby County Attorney’s offices. This time, however, a new county attorney was appointed by the mayor from outside Shelby County, creating opportunities for positive change along with a lack of practical historical knowledge. The commission and mayor’s office are currently struggling over what powers appropriately belong to each according to the charter, and how to best serve the people who elected us. Commissions in previous years have allowed the mayoral administration to borrow some of the commission’s powers, as it did when EDGE was created in 2010, and allowed mayoral contracting up to $100,000 during Mayor Wharton’s term. The commission is evaluating which of those powers should be taken back. We have been reviewing the Shelby County Charter for a clearer understanding of its mandates. First, the charter proclaims: “The Legislature is given broad legislative powers inclusive of the rights to adopt County ordinances and is so constructed as to be truly representative of all the people of Shelby County.” And this: “The legislative power includes all lawful authority [my emphasis] to adopt ordinances and resolutions governing the operation of government or regulating the conduct and affairs of the residents of the county, to adopt the county budget, to fix the county tax rate, to make appropriations of county funds for all legal purposes, and to exercise all other authority of a legislative nature which is vested in the county by the Constitution, general statutes, or special, local or private acts of the General Assembly or this charter.” Second, the commission may “adopt any ordinance or resolution [again, my emphasis] which is not in conflict with the Constitution or general laws of the state of Tennessee, or charter.” Third, “The legislative branch is vested with all other powers of the county not specifically, or by necessary implication, vested in some other official of the county
by the Constitution or by statute not inconsistent with this charter”. The mayor is given no similar provision. The charter also lays out clear responsibility for the commission to order “such special audits as deemed necessary,” to establish purchasing policies, and to be the sole power to grant franchises, borrow money, and issue bonds. No county property or interests can be sold without express validation of the commission. The commission also sets its own budget. All resolutions and ordinances become effective with or without a signature from the executive branch, unless the mayor chooses to veto. The commission can then override an executive veto with a majority plus one vote (unless the vote originally required a two-thirds majority to pass). The commission has the power of approval and consent of all nominations by the mayor for any board, commission, agency, authority, chief administrative officer, county attorney, public defender, or divorce referee.
I am a believer in the separation of powers and of intra-governmental cooperation, when it doesn’t compromise the voice of the people. What are the duties of the county mayor? The mayor is charged with seeing that all resolutions and ordinances of the board of county commissioners are faithfully executed. He or she is to present the consolidated county budget to the commission, which has full rights to modify or amend. The mayor is also compelled to “take such other executive and administrative actions as are required by this charter or may be prescribed by the board of county commissioners.” I am a believer in the separation of powers and of intra-governmental cooperation, when it doesn’t compromise the voice of the people. But the charter makes it clear that the commission is the legal designee and guardian of that voice. The ongoing efforts of my colleagues and me to restore and safeguard the authority of the commission vis-à-vis the mayor should be seen in that light. Heidi Shafer is a second-term member of the Shelby County Commission.
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Memphis directors Sara Kaye Larson and Joann Self Selvidge Photo by Andrea Morales
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movies that change independent film, like Clerks or Pulp Fiction. Tangerine will be on that list.” In addition to bringing the cutting edge of film to Memphis, the festival also celebrates classic cinema. The groundbreaking indie Metropolitan will get a 25th-anniversary screening, with director Whit Stillman on hand to answer audience questions and, on Saturday, conduct a screenwriting panel. For the centennial of Orson Welles’ birth, the festival is partnering with Rhodes College to screen his 1965 Shakespeare adaptation Chimes at Midnight, which the director considered to be his best film. “This is a big deal,” Watt says. “We’re showing a 35-mm print. Only a handful of copies exist in the world.” With a new online ticketing system and a plan for expanded year-round programming, Watt wants to make sure Indie Memphis rounds out its second decade bringing even more big-deal events to the city.
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This year’s crop of local films is the strongest in recent memory. The festival opens with The Keepers, a documentary by Memphis directors Joann Self Selvidge and Sara Kaye Larson. The pair met at a dinner party hosted by photographer William Eggleston in 2011. Larson is a survivor of Hodgkin’s lymphoma. “One of my first films I was recognized for was, I did a
Director Whit Stillman will be on hand for a 25th-anniversary screening of his seminal indie film Metropolitan. See Film Reviews, p. 47, for more about this year’s festival.
super-D.I.Y. film where I videotaped everything while I was going through chemotherapy in the early 2000s.” The idea for The Keepers came from Larson’s daily walk through Overton Park. “I was obsessed with the Zoo,” she says. “I wanted to go behind the scenes. I’d always wanted to make a real documentary. Joann said, ‘I do too!’ And that’s how it happened.” Self Selvidge has produced and directed documentaries for 11 years. Her most recent work, The Art Academy, detailed the history of the Memphis College of Art. Her close collaboration with Larson was a first for her. “We’re both used to doing everything ourselves,” Self Selvidge says. “She and I actually think a lot alike. We have way more similarities than differences. We had lots of friction in certain areas and a lot of opinions. And it made the film stronger. I’ve always worked with really strong people and a strong crew. I didn’t go to film school. I’ve learned by doing it, and I learned from other people.” The pair shot more than 300 hours of footage during the four-year production. “The biggest thing we want Memphis to know about this movie is that they’re going to get unprecedented access behind the scenes at the Zoo. The whole point of making this movie was to answer documentaries that rely on sensationalism. It doesn’t matter if zoos are good or bad. What about the people who work there? What is their experience? Connecting to zoos through the eyes of the worker, it’s going to give you a perspective continued on page 18
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e serve two complementary groups of people in Memphis,” says Ryan Watt, executive director of Indie Memphis. “We serve the filmmakers and artists, to help their work get seen, and help with things like grants and workshops and panels and networking opportunities. We help artists from Memphis and beyond get their movies seen. On the other hand, we serve the audiences who are dying to see something different. I like superhero movies, too, but there’s only so much of that we can see.” For 18 years, Indie Memphis has pursued those twin missions. What began with movies projected on a sheet in a downtown bar has evolved into one of the city’s premier cultural events. This year brings big changes to the festival, beginning with Watt, who took over as director earlier this year after the departure of Erik Jambor. Watt, a producer with seven features under his belt, was an Indie Memphis board member who volunteered to be the interim director after the January resignation of Jambor. In September, what was originally a temporary position became permanent. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I thought that would be it. But we started the search for executive director, and I got about a month into it, and I thought, ‘I’m really enjoying this.’” This year’s festival expands to eight days, from November 3rd-10th, to allow audiences more opportunities to see movies that might have gotten lost in the shuffle in the former four-day format. “We kept the weekend, which is the anchor of the festival, and we added screenings before and after it,” Watt says. Friday through Sunday screenings, panels, parties, and events will take place at Circuit Playhouse and Studio on the Square in Overton square, while the rest of the festival will take place downtown in the Orpheum Theatre’s new Halloran Centre. The festival takes place late in the film calendar, which means Indie Memphis can get unique films. “The Sundance and South by Southwest films have made the rounds and already have distribution. But we’re a month before the big Oscar push, so we get movies like Carol and Anomalisa and Brooklyn. Other festivals don’t get those,” Watt says. One of the most buzzed-about films at the festival is Tangerine, director Sean Baker’s comedy that was shot entirely on an iPhone. “I think about that movie on a daily basis,” Watt says. “You think about the
Joann Self Selvidge and Sara Kaye Larson worked for four years on The Keepers (top); Carolyn Horton and Kofi the giraffe (bottom left); and Fred Wagner, the big cat keeper.
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that you have never seen before,” Self Selvidge says. Larson says the finished product ended up being far different from the film the directors thought they would be making. “When we went into it, we thought, ‘This is going to be such an interesting story, because we’re going to film people that love animals, but yet they have to take care of them in captivity. They’re going to be so conflicted. This will be a great story.’ But guess what? They’re not conflicted. They’re fine with it. And they should be. They’re totally zen.”
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Emmanuel A. Amido came to Memphis at age 12 as a refugee from war-torn South Sudan. “The first four or five years are kind of a blur, because I didn’t know the language or understand the culture,” he says. His interest in filmmaking began when his mother bought a digital camcorder. “During birthday parties and events, I always wanted to be the one holding the camera. During my junior year of high school, I took a media class. Our final project was to produce a little newspiece. I loved it. That was the first time I got to edit. That’s when I decided I was going to do this for a living.” Amido’s films are shaped by his immigrant experiences in Memphis. “I’m very fascinated by American society. In such a short period of time, so much has happened. When you look at the world timeline, when America came into the world, it’s like nothing. But in that short period of time, it was established, developed, and surpassed nations that had been around since Moses. That’s fascinating to me, the idea of democracy, and rights, and privilege.” His first film Orange Mound, Tennessee: America’s Community won the Soul of Southern Film award at 2013’s Indie Memphis. “It was going to be about the violence of Orange Mound, but when I started making it, it became something else,” he says. “I wanted to make something that the people of Orange Mound could celebrate. A lot of people I met were beat up and worn down from the struggle and the poverty. So I wanted to make something to lift them up.” In But for the Grace, Amido explores questions of faith and race in contemporary America. “I started with Martin Luther King’s quote that Sunday morning
is the most segregated hour in America. I went in to look at some of the issues that keep churchgoing Americans segregated. I wanted to move along both socioeconomic and racial lines. But as the movie progressed, I discovered that race is still a very touchy subject for people to talk about in the church, on both the white side and the black side. So I focused more on the racial side.” Amido’s unique perspective allows him to conduct frank discussions on race relations with people on both sides of the Sunday-morning divide. “America is not a perfect society, not by a long shot. But what I like about being here is that even though it’s imperfect, even though there’s a lot of inequality, somebody like me, who’s not even from here, can make a documentary calling people out on these issues. I’m not saying that after this movie comes out, blacks and whites are going to hug each other. But I’m able to do that, and there are people who will see it, and will think about it, who don’t think they have to defend a certain point of view. The majority of the world doesn’t have that, and Americans take it for granted.”
Girl in Woods “We sort of made the movie twice,” says Memphis native Jeremy Benson about his psychological horror movie Girl in Woods.
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After completing and selling his 2008 film Live Animals, he and his producing partner Mark Williams were trying to sell investors on a vampire film. “We were in a pitch meeting, and the investor said he liked the business plan, but he didn’t want to be attached to that kind of story,” he recalls. “I blurted out that I was working on a short story about a girl with some mental problems who gets lost in the Smoky Mountains. From that statement to about two months later, we had the money, but we didn’t have the script.” Over the course of an 18-day shoot in East Tennessee, the crew, which included ace Memphis cinematographer Ryan Earl Parker, battled the elements. “We underestimated how hard it would be to shoot in the mountains. Out of the 18 days we were there, it rained nine of them. It looks great in the movie, but it really slows you down.” Juliet Reeves London, who plays the lead character Grace, turned in a nuanced performance despite the harsh conditions.“Juliet was a trooper, having to shoot around snakes. She’s in 90 percent of the movie. She does a great job.” But when Benson got the hard-won footage back to the editing room, he and editor Brian Elkins discovered their problems were only beginning. “We cut it, but there were big sections of the story that were not coming across like they should.” So the crew convinced their investors to finance a series of reshoots that would add a backstory in flashbacks that was previously told in dialogue. “We went back and shot half the movie again,” Benson says. “Honestly, I’m glad we did it. I’m 10 times more proud of this cut than I was two years ago. It forced us to go from the in-town, D.I.Y.- style to getting a casting director, go through the unions, and get a breakdown, and do it the way we’re supposed to do it.” The reshoots added Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Charisma Carpenter and Party of Five’s Jeremy London to the cast. Girl in Woods is also the last film role by the late Memphis actor John Still, who was a fixture in Craig Brewer’s films. The finished film is dense and twisty, not relying on gore and jump-scares to build tension. “It’s a horror film, but it’s definitely pushing the genre in all sorts of different directions.” Benson says the movie is a tribute to the power of persistence. He recalls asking experienced filmmakers for advice on how to improve after his first film. “And they always said ‘Just do it.’ We thought they were being sarcastic. But after doing it, we realized they were telling the truth. You just do it.” continued on page 48
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Classical Carnage
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The faint of heart (and Shakespeare purists) should know on the front end they will witness atrocities. Characters in Titus Andronicus are gutted. Their throats are slit, and the blood is caught in buckets. Heads are severed and held up for all to see. Hands are severed from wrists, and grown men are paraded around the theater in their Skivvies. And, of course, there’s the human sacrifice, the cannibalism, and all that newly written text. New Moon established itself as the independent theater company that loves Halloween by producing a slate of deliriously dark plays like Look Away (a Civil War zombie drama), The Woman in Black, and Tracy Letts’ deeply unsettling Bug. The ambitious players bolstered their reputation for excellence (and for going places other companies won’t) by staging infrequently produced works by William Shakespeare. Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare’s gore-spattered tragedy of war and revenge, is the perfect marriage of these two worlds. Some might even say that the company has upped Titus’ gruesome levels by doing to Shakespeare’s script what Friday the 13th’s Jason does to fornicating teenagers at Crystal Lake. New Moon’s take on Titus is decidedly conceptual. It begins with an imagined plane crash, and the audience is welcomed to Hell with a monologue Shakespeare didn’t write. All of the players onstage are dead, we’re told, and this performance functions as a kind of “welcome to the afterlife” for sinners. For purists, the threat of never-ending torment may be actual, since new, deliberately spooky narration has been inserted between scenes, lest audiences forget the Halloween conceit or lose their way in a story full of twists and turns. THE NEW MOON THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS "TITUS ANDRONICUS" AT THEATREWORKS THROUGH NOVEMBER 8TH. $20. NEWMOONTHEATRE.ORG
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4th Annual Battle of the Bras Horseshoe Tunica, 6:30 p.m., $10 You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Kelly English in foundation garments, and here’s your chance during this annual fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society. Media celebs and area notables model bras decorated specifically for the occasion.
Cat in the Hat The Orpheum, 6:30 p.m., $15 Dr. Seuss’ beloved character comes to life in this production. Part of the Orpheum’s Family Series.
The Oak Ridge Boys Horseshoe Tunica, 8 p.m., $16.50-$102 Country and gospel together in perfect harmony.
Shadowlands Festival of Fear Jones Orchard, 7 p.m., $10 Includes a haunted hayride (the best kind of hayride!) and a haunted corn maze.
Memphis Masquerade Charity Ball Pink Palace, 8 p.m., $150 Annual event presented by Phillip Ashley of Phillip Ashley Chocolates. Includes a whiskey and chocolate tasting and a fashion show. Benefiting FedExFamilyHouse.
R. Kelly FedExForum, 8 p.m., $45-$150 R&B star R. Kelly performs tonight in support of his upcoming album The Buffet.
Low Down Hoe Down Abe Goodman Golf Clubhouse in Overton Park, 6:30 p.m., $60 Barbecue fund-raiser benefiting the ArtWorks Foundation. Includes music by Big Barton, artists demos, and cocktails.
Take My Spouse, Please Memphis Jewish Community Center, 7:30 p.m. The Jewish Literary & Cultural Arts Festival continues with Dani Klein Modisett’s show on 13 tried-andtrue rules of comedy applied to marriage.
“Another Life” Crosstown Arts, 6-9 p.m. Opening reception for this multimedia group show exploring memory and the afterlife.
Days of the Dead The last days of October provide numerous opportunities to don your scariest garb, beg for candy, paint sugar skulls, and act like a fool. Sometimes it’s even for a good cause. And because Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, the party goes on all weekend. Here’s a roundup featuring just a few of this season’s creepiest, kookiest, and ookiest opportunities for monstrous mischief. Elmwood Cemetery’s annual Spirits with the Spirits party goes down Friday, October 30th, at 7 p.m., and allows visitors to raise glasses and make grave toasts in Memphis’ most scenic city of the dead. Tickets are $70, and the dress code is black-and-white casual, though costumes and characters are welcome (elmwoodcemetery.org). And speaking of the dead, Latino Memphis’ Day of the Dead Fiesta is also being held Friday. The fund-raising party features performances by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Opera Memphis, New Ballet Ensemble, and Mariachi Guadalajara, as well as Dominican DJ Giovanni Rodriguez and Colombian singer Marcela Pinilla and her band (7-11:30 p.m., at downtown’s Cadre Building. $70. Latinomemphis.com). Costumed fun for the whole family starts early on Saturday with an opportunity to make Midtown a cleaner place. The Mad Sweep of Madison Avenue starts at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 31st at Clean Memphis, 1859 Madison. Participants will pick up supplies and clear debris along the avenue from Cleveland to Cooper. The party starts at noon. Winners of the costume contest will receive gift bags valued at over $50 each, containing prizes from local Madison businesses. That leaves plenty of time to get ready for Mud Island’s annual Halloween on the Island, with games and trick-or-treating from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Admission is $5 per person. Things heat up when the Halloween sun goes down. You can put on your “Million Dollar Boots” and take in the hip-hop stylings of Lord T & Eloise at the Sinners for Saints Ball, a benefit for the Church Health Center at Stop 345 (9 p.m.-3 a.m. Stop 345. $40). Or you can drop in on the Halloween Bash at Minglewood Hall, “A Scary Good Time,” featuring FreeWorld and benefiting Transformations Autism Treatment Center (9 p.m.-1 a.m. $25. halloweenbashmemphis.com). HALLOWEEN, ALL WEEK LONG, EVERYWHERE. FOR MORE EVENTS, GO TO PAGE 36.
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SATURDAY October 31 “Art of Darkness” Memphis College of Art, 8 p.m., $40 A fund-raiser for MCA’s scholarship fund with a nod to the masquerade balls when the college was located in Victorian Village. Featuring music by the Memphis Dawls and toxic tonic cocktails.
SUNDAY November 1 Spiders, Snakes, and Bugs Workshop Metal Museum, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., $180 Make your own creepy crawlers during this forging class. More info: www.metalmuseum.org/spiders.
“Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection” Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 1-5 p.m. The Dixon reopens today postrenovations with this show featuring impressionist works with the American South as the subject. Also opening is “My Own Places,” paintings by local artist Martha Kelly.
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Anger Is an Energy “I’m not in it for the money. I’m in it for the people.”
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ohn Lydon is one of the most quotable men in the music industry. He’s been considered one of the biggest instigators in punk rock history, but chatting with him these days, it seems as if Mr. Rotten has a heart of gold. I talked with Lydon last week about his new album, his D.I.Y. ethic, and his love for the Peabody Hotel in a conversation that was as interesting as it was inspiring.
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How do you feel about people chalking you up as just a reunion act? It’s music, and, as long as you live, you have music in your soul. It shouldn’t be this attitude of “how dare you [reform], go away and die.” We do this music because we love it. Not much happens in the teenage angst years that is relevant to the whole experience. I view myself as a folksinger, and folksinging has no limitations. I’m true to my Irish roots, and we will continue to write rebel songs. As long as I live, I will rebel. You’ve had complete control over this new album and the singles that are coming out soon. You funded the album, released it yourself, and drew the singles artwork yourself. How important was that to you? It was worth every second of the effort. Most of my career was fraught with problems with the record labels because I absolutely refused to compromise. Patience is a virtue. Possess it if you can. I’m able to sleep well at night because I tell no lies, otherwise I wouldn’t be worthy of
(left to right) Bruce Smith, Scott Firth, John Lydon, and Lu Edmonds my name. My culture would despise me. It’s all family values to me, but I don’t mean in a Republican way because, let’s face it, all their families are fucked. The drawings [on the singles] represent the prankster, the trickster, the joker. That’s the person that mocks ceremony, the most excellent character that every culture needs. The clown is actually the most intelligent, as we know with politicians. What are your thoughts on punk/post-punk music as a genre these days? I want to listen to an original point of view. When I hear bands that are imitating a genre or a style, I lose interest. Variations on the theme don’t come into my dreams; this is why my music collection is so huge. There are enough of us out there creating original music, and more than enough imitating, of which I’m not the slightest bit interested in. I recently read an interview where you said you weren’t going to cancel a gig because of a boo-boo on your ankle. What’s the worst thing personally that’s happened to you on tour? I once had to cancel because I tore the back of my throat from oversinging. It has to be pretty damn serious
What is the lyrical process like for you? Do you have ideas or fully-written songs before the music is written? No, I never do it that way because we play so intensely and tour so extensively. In my last book, Anger Is an Energy, I wrote about things I’d never openly declared before, but now I can open the doors to that side of that me. I’m not looking for sympathy any longer. I wanted to see if I could survive in the world on just my merits alone. I endured one hell of a horrible childhood, but I’m still here, exploring now these painful areas, personal loss when your memories are stolen from you. We have to learn to share our pain and share our joys. I’m not interested in people who continue the spreading of hate. I never have been, which is what I’ve always been accused of. I’ve never written a song attacking a human being; I’ve attacked institutions because those are what divide us. One of the earliest punk shows in Memphis occurred when the Sex Pistols played at the Taliesyn Ballroom. Do you remember anything special about that show? Yes, I’ve heard that place is a burger bar now. It’s actually a Taco Bell. Well, that’s great I guess, if you’re interested in getting diarrhea. Memphis is a very special town to me. My best friend and manager got married there, and I’ve always had a very fond attraction to the Peabody Hotel. The Peabody is not just a hotel. It’s an absolute cultural icon, and without our past, there is no future. Everything is connected. An evening with PIL, Sunday, November 1st at the New Daisy, 8 p.m. $27-$35.
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After Dark: Live Music Schedule October 29 - November 4 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.; The 901 Heavy Hitters Fridays-Sundays, 10 p.m.2 a.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Sundays, 6-9 p.m.
B.B. King’s Blues Club 143 BEALE 524-KING
The King Beez Thursdays, 5:30 p.m.; B.B. King’s All Stars Thursdays, Fridays, 8 p.m.; Will Tucker Band Fridays, Saturdays, 5 p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Sundays, 5 p.m.; Memphis Jones Sundays, Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m.; Doc Fangaz and the Remedy Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m.
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1st Floor: Mercury Blvd. Mondays-Thursdays, 711 p.m.; 1st Floor: Super 5 Fridays, Saturdays, 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m.; After Dark Band Sundays, 7-11 p.m.
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R. Kelly Friday, Oct. 30, 8 p.m.
Flynn’s Restaurant and Bar 159 BEALE
Chris Gales Tuesday-Saturday, noon-8 p.m.; Karaoke ongoing, 8:30 p.m.
Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE 529-0007
Memphis Jones Friday, Oct. 30, 7-9 p.m.; Ben Sturgell Friday, Oct. 30, 8-11 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 31, 8-11 p.m.; Taco & Da Mofos Saturday, Oct. 31, 9 p.m.-midnight; Brad Birkedahl Band Sunday, Nov. 1, 6-9 p.m.; Blended Brew Tuesday, Nov. 3, 7-9 p.m.
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Queen Ann and the Memphis Blues Masters Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.
Susan Marshall Fridays, Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.
Blues City Cafe
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Brad Birkedahl Band Thursdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.; The Memphis 3 Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m.
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Gary Hardy & Memphis 2 ongoing, 5 and 7 p.m.; The Jason James Trio Fridays-Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Rockin’ Joey Trites and the Memphis Flash Saturdays, 3-7 p.m., and Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.
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 Mondays-Fridays, 2-6 p.m.; Fuzzy Jeffries & the Kings of Memphis Thursdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Nate Dogg and the Fellas Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; McDaniel Band Saturdays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Sundays, 2-6 p.m., and Mondays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Chic Jones Sundays, Tuesdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Sensation Band Wednesdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.
King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room 168 BEALE 576-2220
Don Valentine Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Mississippi Bigfoot Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Chic Jones, Blues Express Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Saturdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.
New Daisy Theatre 330 BEALE 525-8981
Halloween Night 2015 with DJ Connor Cruise and DJ Epic Saturday, Oct. 31, 9 p.m.; Public Image Ltd. Sunday, Nov. 1, 8 p.m.; Allen Stone Monday, Nov. 2, 7 p.m.; Everclear Wednesday, Nov. 4, 7 p.m.
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.
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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Barbara Blue ThursdaysFridays, Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m., Saturdays, 5-9 p.m., and Sundays, 4-9 p.m.; Dueling Pianos Thursdays, Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-3 a.m., and Sundays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.
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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
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Brinson’s 341 MADISON 524-0104
Melting Pot: Artist Showcase Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.
Cossitt Library 33 S. FRONT 415-2766
Halloween at Cossitt Saturday, Oct. 31, 1-3 p.m.
Double J Smokehouse & Saloon 124 E. G.E. PATTERSON 347-2648
Live Music Thursdays, 7-11 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
Wet Willie’s Roxi Love Thursday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m.; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.; The Bonfire Orchestra Friday, Oct. 30, 7 p.m.
Paulette’s RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300
Live Pianist Thursdays, 5:308:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 5:30-9 p.m., Sundays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and MondaysWednesdays, 5:30-8 p.m.
The Plexx 380 E.H. CRUMP 744-2225
Old School Blues and Jazz Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.
Purple Haze Nightclub 140 LT. GEORGE W. LEE 577-1139
DJ Dance Music ongoing, 10 p.m.
Riverfront Bar & Grill 251 RIVERSIDE
Local Music Fridays, 6-8 p.m.
Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020
325 S. MAIN 527-7337
Salsa Night Saturdays, 8:30 p.m.-3 a.m.
Huey’s Downtown
100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915
The Green Beetle Live Music Sundays Sundays, 8-11 p.m.
209 BEALE 578-5650
Future-Everything Artist Showcase Saturday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m.
77 S. SECOND 527-2700
The Chaulkies Sunday, Nov. 1, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.
The Silly Goose DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.
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Tangerine
Pyramid Vodka Opening Reception
HALLORAN
Hometowner Narrative Shorts
Barge w/ All Day & All Night
The Art & Craft of Documentary Filmmaking
HALLORAN PANELS
VIP: B.B. Kings
PARTIES
CIRCUIT PLAYHOUSE STUDIO 4
Hometowner Culture Doc Shorts
But For The Grace
County Fair, Texas
The Keepers (encore)
The Ocean of Helena Lee
STUDIO 3
After-Party: Earnestine & Hazels
CIRCUIT PLAYHOUSE
Whit Stillman on Screenwriting
CIRCUIT PLAYHOUSE STUDIO 4
STUDIO 3 HATTILOO THEATRE
Entertainment
HALLORAN PANELS
The Invitation
Applesauce
Shorts Block - Narrative #2
God Bless The Child Chimes at Midnight
Krisha
The Cult of JT LeRoy
Syl Johnson
Hometowner Narrative #2 Shorts
Headshop
Secret Screening - Comedy
Anomalisa
Shorts Block Experimental & Animation
Carol (encore)
Christmas, Again
The Look of Silence
Sweaty Betty
Cheesehead Blues Fulfilling a Director's Vision
Roar
Brooklyn
Awards Reception @ Circuit
Funny Bunny
Film Incentive Program
Breaking a Monster
Secret Screening - Episodic
Killing Them Safely
Syl Johnson: Post-Reception @ Circuit
Girl in Woods Tangerine (encore)
Encore - Award Winner TBD
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Uncle Kent 2 (encore)
DIY Movies!: Past, Present, & Future
How To Qualify for Tennessee
Women Filmmakers in Charge
TUESDAY NOV. 3
STUDIO
Awards Show
Carol
Almost There
PARTIES
HALLORAN
After-Party: LaFayettes Music Room
Tower Courtyard Party: Mighty Souls Brass Band
STUDIO 3
Shorts Block - After Dark
Some Beasts Metropolitan Reception @ Circuit
Shorts Block - Documentaries
Phantom of the Paradise
Uncle Kent 2
The Filmmaker’s Guide to Kickstarter
Actors on Acting
Babysitter (encore)
Babysitter
Shorts Block - Narrative #1
STUDIO 3
Only Child
Raiders! (encore)
Stinking Heaven
STUDIO 2
Raiders!
Metropolitan Men Go To Battle
STUDIO 4
The Missing Girl
Feral, Episodes 1 - 3
Tumbledown
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PARTIES
PARTIES
MONDAY NOV. 9
Hometowner Documentary Shorts
HALLORAN
STUDIO 2
HATTILOO THEATRE
SUNDAY NOV. 8
THURSDAY NOV. 5
The Keepers
HALLORAN
FRIDAY NOV. 6
WEDNESDAY NOV. 4
TUESDAY NOV. 3
INDIE MEMPHIS FILM FESTIVAL: SCHEDULE
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Orion
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Orion (encore) Closing Night Reception
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Features & Shorts All Day and All Night: Memories from Beale Street Musicians B. B. King, Rufus Thomas, and many friends play jam sessions and tell stories about Beale Street’s heyday; revealing the love and respect musicians had, and still have for each other. Sponsored by: The Recording Academy
Almost There Artist Peter Anton's rickety home is in shambles. What secrets does it house? Sponsored by: James and Rushton Patterson
Anomalisa
Charlie Kaufman's first stop-motion film about a man crippled by the mundanity of his life
Applesauce
After he confesses the worst thing he’s ever done to a radio talk show host, Ron Welz’s past starts catching up to him and someone starts sending him body parts. Who is tormenting him? There are eight million people in New York, and everyone's a suspect.
Babysitter
A dysfunctional L.A. family hires a mysterious babysitter who changes their lives.
Barge
Dry land’s misfits find purpose and direction twenty-eight days at a time as the steady hands of a towboat due for the port of New Orleans. Sponsored by: Henry Turley Co.
Breaking a Monster
Chronicles the break-out year of the band UNLOCKING THE TRUTH, following 13-year-old members Alec Atkins, Malcolm Brickhouse and Jarad Dawkins as they first encounter stardom and the music industry, transcending childhood to become the rock stars they always dreamed of being. Sponsored by: Music+Arts Studio
Brooklyn
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
But For The Grace
As the U.S. wrestles with coming to terms with its past racial inequalities, the American church struggles with confronting the issue. Sponsored by: Alison England
Carol
Set in 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Cheesehead Blues
A documentary on the state of the blues set in Clarksdale, Mississippi - birthplace of the delta blues and second home of Theo Dasbach, founder of the amazing Rock & Blues Museum.
Chimes at Midnight
Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who causes mischief with his low-class friends, especially his rotund father figure, John Falstaff. To redeem his title, Hal may have to choose between allegiance to his real father and loyalty to his friend.
Christmas, Again
A heartbroken Christmas tree salesman returns to New York hoping to put the past year behind him. He spends the season living in a trailer and working the night shift until a mysterious woman and some colorful customers rescue him from self-destruction.
County Fair, Texas
A portrait of a year in the lives of four, small-town kids as they raise and care for farm animals to show in competition at a local county fair. Presented from the perspective of the kids themselves, the film is a unique look at a formidable time in childhood, and a coming-of-age story that transcends the traditional ‘contest’ documentary.
Entertainment
En route to meet his estranged daughter and attempting to revive his dwindling career, a broken, aging comedian plays a string of dead-end shows in the Mojave desert.
Feral, Eposides 1-3
A group of young Memphis artists struggle to pay the rent and establish their identities in the midst of a quarter life crisis.
Funny Bunny
Funny Bunny is a serious comedy about a hapless antichildhood obesity crusader and a maternally neglected trustfunder who bond as they vie for the heart of a troubled animal activist.
Girl In Woods
While fighting for her life, lost in the mountains, Grace's battle for survival against the dark presence stalking her takes her down a path that will lead either to safety or damnation. Sponsored by: tamburrino
God Bless the Child
Five siblings, ages one to thirteen, spend a day on their own, uncertain whether this time their depressed and unreliable mother is really gone for good. Harper, the eldest and the only girl, looks after her brothers as she always does, as their day descends into fantasy and chaos.
Men Go to Battle
Living in such close quarters brothers Henry and Francis Mellon continue to grow apart as they prepare for another harsh winter on their struggling farm. One drunken night, things go too far, and Henry disappears. Months later, Francis learns that Henry joined the Union army.
Metropolitan
Doomed. Bourgeois. In love. 25th Anniversary screening presented with director Whit Stillman. Sponsored by: Modern Production Concepts
Only Child
As a mother searches for her missing daughter, the troubled past they share comes into sharper focus, revealing a strange and destructive bond.
Orion: The Man Who Would Be King
The story of Jimmy Ellis - an unknown singer plucked from obscurity, and thrust into the spotlight as part of a crazy scheme that had him masquerade as Elvis back from the grave. Sponsored by: Orion Credit Union
Phantom of the Paradise
A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise. Sponsored by: Azbest Films and Piano Man Pictures
Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
In 1981, two 11 year-olds in Mississippi set out to remake their favorite film: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. With the help of all their friends, it took them seven years to complete in their basement. Except one scene, the airplane scene. Thirty years later, they set out to finally finish their fan film and fully realize their childhood dream. This is the story behind the making of what is known as the greatest fan film ever made.
Roar
An unprecedented—and wholly unpredictable— actionadventure, Roar follows Hank, who lives harmoniously alongside a menagerie of over 100 untamed animals on a preservation in the African plains. When his wife and children arrive for a visit, a long-brewing battle for dominance between the lions erupts and threatens their very lives.
Some Beasts
Stinking Heaven
Killing Them Safely
Syl Johnson: Any Way the Wind Blows
Krisha
When Krisha returns for a holiday gathering, the only things standing in her way are family, dogs, and turkey.
The Invitation
While attending a dinner party at his former home, a man thinks his ex-wife and her new husband have sinister intentions for their guests.
The Keepers
The Keepers is a portrait of the personalities and work of zookeepers shot with unprecedented behind-the-scenes access at the Memphis Zoo. A bittersweet, nonjudgmental look at what it means to find a place for yourself, working a job that you love. Sponsored by: Dorothy Kirsch
The Look of Silence
Joshua Oppenheimer's powerful companion piece to THE ACT OF KILLING. A family that survives the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
The Missing Girl
The story of Mort, the lonely and disillusioned owner of a comic book shop, and Ellen, the emotionally disruptive, aspiring graphic novelist he's hired. The story involves the search for a girl who isn’t missing and the discovery that it's never too late for late bloomers.
The Ocean of Helena Lee
Writer-director Jim Akin’s autobiographical second feature film follows 12-year-old Helena Lee’s lyrical pilgrimage from summer to spring with her self destructive surf-rat father in the carnival of California’s Venice beach. Presented with a performance by Maria McKee.
Tumbledown
The young widow of a well-known musician falls for a brash New York academic who barrels into her rural Maine town to scrutinize the circumstances of her late husband’s death. Sponsored by: Starz Digital
Uncle Kent 2
In a desperate search to create a follow-up to Joe Swanberg's 2011 film UNCLE KENT, Kent Osborne travels to a comic book convention in San Diego where he loses his mind and confronts the end of the world.
Hometowner Film
A black as tar comedy charting the dissolution of a commune for sober living in 90's suburban New Jersey.
Sweaty Betty
Brothers Rick and Tom Smith revolutionized law enforcement by perfecting TASERs, promising a non-lethal alternative to guns. However, the unintended consequences of the electric weapons threaten to tear down everything the brothers built. Sponsored by: Les Edwards & Emily Trenholm
JT LeRoy was a teen prostitute, addicted to heroin and infected with HIV, when a therapist encouraged him to write his life stories. Buoyed by a cadre of celebrities, he published three critically acclaimed books. His death in 2006 left his fans and supporters bewildered, angry, and betrayed. Others saw his fate coming.
The physical tolls and harsh realities of Appalachia force a modern day Thoreau to decide if he truly belongs.
Headshop
Two lifelong best friends try to manage the success that the new, legal drug "Bath Salts" is bringing them, while fending off a brash, young police Lieutenant and angry street dealers.
The Cult of JT LeRoy
A family is determined to turn their 1000 pound pig into the Redskins’ football team mascot, and two teenage fathers scheme a better life for themselves and their children.
A documentary about the greatest soul singer you've ever heard--even if you've never heard of him. Sponsored by: Alarum Pictures
Tangerine
A working girl tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart. Sponsored by: Gill Properties
Venues HALLORAN CENTRE AT THE ORPHEUM 203 S Main St (Downtown)
CIRCUIT PLAYHOUSE 51 Cooper St (Overton Square)
STUDIO ON THE SQUARE 2105 Court Ave (Overton Square)
HATTILOO THEATRE 37 South Cooper St (Overton Square)
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2012 MADISON 272-BLUE
Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight.
South Main South Main Sounds 550 S. MAIN 521-0054
Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830
Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222
South Main Sounds Songwriter Night #16 Friday, Oct. 30, 7-9 p.m.
Jack O Halloween Show Friday, Oct. 30; Marcella & Her Lovers Saturday, Oct. 31.
Sunday Brunch with Joyce Cobb Sundays, 11:30 a.m.2:30 p.m.
Spindini
Bhan Thai
The Buccaneer
383 S. MAIN 578-2767
Jeff Crosslin Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.
1324 PEABODY 272-1538
Loveland Duren Fridays, 710 p.m.; Two Peace Saturdays, 7-10:30 p.m.
1368 MONROE 278-0909
Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; Dave Cousar Tuesdays, 11 p.m.
Java Cabana 2170 YOUNG 272-7210
DJ Tree Fridays, 10 p.m.; DJ Taz Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Candy Company Mondays.
The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719
Jazz with Ed Finney and Friends Thursdays, 9 p.m.; Buckles & Boots with Other Stories Friday, Oct. 30, 9 p.m.; Poodle Brandy featuring Wood Teeth Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 p.m.; Justin White Mondays, 7 p.m.; Richard James Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Anne Schorr Wednesday, Nov. 4, 7 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.
Dru’s Place 1474 MADISON 275-8082
Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.
Evergreen Presbyterian Church 613 UNIVERSITY 274-3740
Rhodes MasterSingers Chorale and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra Friday, Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m.; First Tuesdays at 4 Concert Series: Music of Samuel Barber featuring Rhodes College music faculty first Tuesday of every month, 4 p.m.
Hi-Tone 412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278TONE
Flower Ranger, Sleepwlkrs, The Ideal Setback Thursday, Oct. 29, 9 p.m.; Alex G, Spencer Radcliffe, Bonus, Loser Vison Friday, Oct. 30, 8 p.m.; Birdcloud, Blaine Cartwright, Kyle Kiser Friday, Oct. 30, 10 p.m.; Spaceface, Isaiah the Mosaic, Fever Dream Interactive Saturday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m.; Knocked Loose, No Victory, Lowered A.D., Reserving Dirtnaps Sunday, Nov. 1, 9 p.m.; Twinsmith, Ugly Girls Monday, Nov. 2, 8 p.m.; Leftover Crack with Days N’ Daze and All Torn Up Tuesday, Nov. 3, 8 p.m.; Open Mic Comedy Night Tuesdays, 9 p.m.
Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372
Iron Mike Norton Sunday, Nov. 1, 4-7 p.m.; Gary Escoe’s Atomic Dance Machine Sunday, Nov. 1, 8:30 p.m.midnight.
Zeke Johnson Friday, Oct. 30.
Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097
Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Thursday, Oct. 29, 6 p.m.; Cory Branan Band Thursday, Oct. 29, 9 p.m.; Alexis Grace Friday, Oct. 30, 6:30 p.m.; Ghost Town Blues Band Friday, Oct. 30, 10 p.m.; Susan Marshall & Friends Saturday, Oct. 31, 11 a.m.; Young Petty Thieves Saturday, Oct. 31, 6:30 p.m.; Roxy Roca Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; RiverBluff Clan Sunday, Nov. 1, 4 p.m.; Marcella & Her Lovers Sunday, Nov. 1, 8 p.m.; Pam and Terry Monday, Nov. 2, 8 p.m.; Midtown Hoedown Tuesday, Nov. 3, 8 p.m.
Midtown Crossing Grille 394 N. WATKINS 443-0502
Memphis Ukelele Meetup Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m.
Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 866-609-1744
Zoogma Friday, Oct. 30, 7 p.m.-midnight; The Lacs Friday, Oct. 30, 9 p.m.
Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193
Halloween with Diva’s Night Out Saturday, Oct. 31; Kitten Forever, Rickie & Aimee, Mystery Box Sunday, Nov. 1.
Otherlands Coffee Bar 641 S. COOPER 278-4994
Everett Brown, J.D. Reager, Elana Holder Friday, Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m.
P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906
Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; The Gloryholes, Oracle and the Mountain Saturday, Oct. 31; Open Mic Music with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.midnight.
The Phoenix 1015 S. COOPER 338-5223
Bluezday Thurzday Thursdays, 8-11:45 p.m.; Cowboy Bob’s Roundup Mondays, 8-11:45 p.m.
Sports Junction 1911 POPLAR 244-7904
Live DJ Fridays.; Live music Saturdays.; Karaoke Wednesdays.
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
WEB presents Halloween Night with Backup Planet Saturday, Oct. 31, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
University of Memphis Ubee’s 521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900
Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
East Memphis Church of the Holy Communion 4645 WALNUT GROVE 767-6987
All Saints’ Day: Choral Evensong with the Holy Eucharist Sunday, Nov. 1, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Dan McGuinness Pub 4694 SPOTTSWOOD 761-3711
Acoustic with Charvey Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.
El Toro Loco 2809 KIRBY PKWY. 759-0593
Karaoke and Dance Music with DJ Funn Mondays, 7-10 p.m.
Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House 551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200
Intimate Piano Lounge featuring Charlotte Hurt Mondays-Thursdays, 59:30 p.m.; Larry Cunningham Fridays, Saturdays, 6-10 p.m.
Fox and Hound Sports Tavern 5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013
Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
ALEX G LIVE AT THE HI-TONE The Domino Recording Company artist Alex G plays the Hi-Tone this Friday night, touring on the release of his brand new album, Beach Music. Giannascoli (or G for short) started out as an Internet sensation, releasing multiple records on Bandcamp before getting attention from music media outlets like Noisey, Stereogum, Pitchfork, and more. While Beach Music might be Alex G’s introduction to a potentially much larger audience, the Philadelphia songwriter has been working on his lofi “bedroom pop” since 2010, releasing seven albums and building a solid fan base in the process. Alex G has obviously already proved to have a solid work ethic, and with a label like Domino behind him, this could be your opportunity for bragging rights of the “I saw him when … ” variety. Joining Alex G on tour is Spencer Radcliffe of the bands Best Witches and Blithe Field. Radcliffe also has a new album out this month, making for the first proper release under his own name. Looking In will be released by Run for Cover Records, the Boston label that brought you Elvis Depressedly, Modern Baseball, and, most notably, the vinyl version of Brand New’s genre-defining album Déjà Entendu. The Memphis show will be the first of Radcliffe’s three gigs with Alex G, and much like Julien Baker (last week’s cover story), Radcliffe’s music is soft, subtle, and easy on the listener. Radcliffe and Giannascoli seem to be perfect for touring with one another, all the way down to their knack for coming up with vague, one-word song titles. Oxford’s Bonus are also on the bill, along with locals Loser Vision. The show takes place in the Hi-Tone small room, and kicks off a stacked weekend for the Crosstown venue. — Chris Shaw Alex G, Spencer Radcliffe, Bonus, Loser Vision, Friday, October 30th at the Hi-Tone, 8 p.m. $10
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After Dark: Live Music Schedule October 29 - November 4
Soul Shockers Sunday, Nov. 1, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.
Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321
Bartlett Municipal Center 5868 STAGE
Grif ’s Gifts Live - Welcome to the Stage Mondays-Sundays, 6-7:30 p.m.
Shelby Forest General Store 7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770
Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.; Ghost River Saturday, Oct. 31, 12-3 p.m.; Shelby Forest Pioneers Sunday, Nov. 1, 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Van Duren Thursdays, 6:308:30 p.m.
Frayser/Millington Haystack Bar & Grill 6560 HWY. 51 N. 872-0567
Karaoke Nights at The Stack Wednesdays-Fridays, Sundays, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.; Slap Junior Band Saturday, Oct. 31, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
North Mississippi/ Tunica BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove
Live Entertainment Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
6285 SNOWDEN, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662) 892-2660
Horseshoe Casino Tunica
Steve Miller Band Thursday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m.
Poplar/I-240 East Tapas and Drinks 6069 PARK 767-6002
Carlos & Adam from the Late Greats Thursdays, 7-9 p.m.; Elizabeth Wise Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.
Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300
The Thrill at Neil’s featuring Jack Rowell and Triplethreat Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Natchez Trace Saturday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m.; The Germantown School of Rock Sunday, Nov. 1; Gene Nunez and Debbie Jamison Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.
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Live Music Thursdays, Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.; Karaoke and Dance Music with DJ Funn Fridays, 9 p.m.
Mesquite Chop House 5960 GETWELL, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-2467
Pam and Terry Thursdays, 7-10 p.m.
Tunica Roadhouse 1107 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 662-363-4900
Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.
Karaoke Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
Stage Stop
Karaoke Saturdays, 9 p.m.1 a.m., and Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.
Family-friendly Poetry and Open Mic last Saturday of every month, 8-10 p.m.
Neon Velvet Band Saturday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m.-midnight.
Mugs Pub
4148 WALES 373-0155
7945 WINCHESTER 751-2345
J.R.’s Bar & Grill 4788 BETHEL 662-890-5612
4396 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 372-3556
The Other Place Bar & Grill
Starbucks
Juno Marrs Sunday, Nov. 1, 8 p.m.-midnight.
Raleigh
661 N MENDENHALL RD
Possum Daddy’s Karaoke Saturdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
Karaoke with DJ Stylez Thursdays, Sundays, 10 p.m.
Huey’s Southaven 7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097
662DJ, Karaoke/Open Mic Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.
Barbie’s Barlight Lounge
4381 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-4159
In Legends Stage Bar: Live Entertainment Nightly ongoing; The Oak Ridge Boys Friday, Oct. 30, 8 p.m.
474 CHURCH, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-510-5861
Summer/Berclair
Marlowe’s Ribs & Restaurant
1021 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 800-357-5600
Wadford’s Grill & Bar
Lannie McMillan Jazz Trio Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
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The Dantones Sunday, Nov. 1, 8-11:30 p.m.
Old Whitten Tavern
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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.
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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Friday, Oct. 30, 8-9:45 p.m.
Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911
Re-Wine Fridays, 7-10 p.m.
The King Beez Sunday, Nov. 1, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.
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Roxy Roca Sunday, Nov. 1, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.
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The Lineup Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.
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Dan McGuinness Acoustic Music Tuesdays.
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B O O KS By Richard J. Alley
All Together Now Eggers, Guralnick to make appearances this week.
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eading is a solitary venture, a quiet moment spent with a book, and between reader and author. But sometimes even the most introverted readers among us want to be sociable, right? And this year Memphis Reads — the Christian Brothers University-led, city-wide reading initiative — has selected Dave Eggers’ What Is the What. What Is the What is the story of Valentino Achak Deng, who, along with thousands of other children known as the Lost Boys, was forced to leave his village in Sudan at the age of 7 and trek hundreds of miles by foot, pursued by militias, government bombers, and wild animals, while crossing the deserts of three countries to find freedom. When he finally is resettled in the United States, he finds a life full of promise, but also heartache and myriad new challenges. On Wednesday, November 4th, Deng will lead a discussion at Rhodes in Hardie Auditorium at 6 p.m. The following day will bring Eggers, a literary entrepreneur and the author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. “By having both Dave Eggers and Valentino Achak Deng here together, readers can have the unique opportunity to meet both the writer of What Is the What and the man upon whom the story is based,” says Karen Golightly, associate professor of English for CBU and director of Memphis Reads. “They can hear, firsthand, Deng’s life story as a Sudanese Lost Boy, but also Egger’s experience in writing that story.” Valentino Achak Deng appears at Hardie Auditorium/Rhodes College on Wednesday, November 4th, 6 p.m.; and Dave Eggers at the Creative Arts Building (2375 Tiger Lane South), Thursday, November 5th, 7 p.m. And then sometimes a book isn’t so quiet. Sometimes it is a rollicking good time. Sometimes reading can rattle the cage and stomp the floor, and no one rattled the cages more than Sam Phillips, the man who gave us “Rocket 88” and Elvis Presley and rock-and-roll itself.
On November 10th, the muchanticipated Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll will be released. Written by honorary Memphian (he hails from Boston), Peter Guralnick, who has penned such laudatory and auditory tomes as Last Train to Memphis, Searching for Robert Johnson, and Sweet Soul Music, among many others, the book looks at the life of the founder of Sun Records. On Wednesday, November 11th, Guralnick will be at the Brooks for a discussion moderated by Memphis author and music historian Robert Gordon. As he prepares for his umpteenth trip to Memphis, whose music royalty have been the subjects of so many of his books, Guralnick told me by phone that everything he’s ever done “has stemmed from personal passion, everything I’ve ever written about has been written out of belief and out of a desire to tell people.” It is a passion that springs forth from the pages of his books. He first met Sam Phillips in 1979 and says he was “mesmerized, I’d never met a more charismatic figure.” Phillips at that time hadn’t been interviewed much outside of local newspapers and trade publications, and really had no interest in looking back. “He didn’t need to tell about history because history was going to take care of itself,” Guralnick says. Knox Phillips, Sam’s son, wrote Guralnick a letter, and the two became fast friends, with Knox becoming an advocate for his father to tell his own story to select writers, one of whom was Guralnick. “This is an epic story, but it’s a story which, as Sam said, ‘isn’t worth anything if it isn’t big fun.’ He said that about every session he ever had,” Guralnick says. “And I wanted to write something on a grand scale that could be epic, tragic, comic, discursive, that could suggest some of the breadth of Sam’s ambitions, his aspirations, and the depth of his thinking, too. Because more than anything, I think Sam considered himself a teacher, and it’s what he dedicated himself to.” Peter Guralnick discusses Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll Wednesday, November 11th, 7 p.m. at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.
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with the River City writers’ sphere, she also came upon a coeditor — Leonard Gill. “She called me out of the blue. When she proposed it to me, I thought, ‘Why not Memphis, indeed,’” Gill, longtime book columnist for the Flyer and Memphis magazine, says. “He and I gelled very quickly. We seemed to have the same ideals and perspective on the project and what we wanted to produce,” Cantwell says. After many dinners and coffees and discussions and possibly a little gnashing of teeth, the two settled on 15 stories. The Brooklyn offices had requested 14. “We were hoping that they would agree that No. 15 was so good, they couldn’t produce the anthology without it,” Cantwell says. Not only did Akashic include the 15th entry, they chose the publisher’s birthday to release it. “That’s a high compliment,” Cantwell says. Memphis Noir covers train cars and Beale Street, hoodoo and segregation, Nathan Bedford Forrest and, of course, Graceland, and even includes a graphic novella, the only one in the series. “I didn’t know much about noir except for the movies I’d seen. I knew there had to be a dead body and a dame and a lot of drinking,” Richard Alley, who contributed “The Panama Limited,” says. Veteran Noir contributor and writer Cary Holladay says she was delighted to participate in the project. “Memphis literally has stories growing on trees. Every day, I hear about or read about or find myself involved in ... stories that, to paraphrase Mark Twain, are not too strange to happen but are much too strange to believe,” Holladay says. “Memphis is quirky and feral. It should have its own entire series.” Gill says readers will be as impressed as he was with the outcome. “Memphis should be proud. The collection was beyond my expectations, and I couldn’t be happier with it,” Gill says. A launch party will take place at Crosstown Art’s story booth, 438 N. Cleveland, on Tuesday, Nov. 3rd. Sponsored by the Booksellers at Laurelwood, it starts at 6 p.m. and includes a Q-and-A and signings with several of the writers. For more information, visit akashicbooks.com.
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y June 2013, Laureen Cantwell had lived in Memphis for a year — long enough to have fallen in love with Elvis (“I went to Graceland twice with the VIP pass, and I cried both times”), long enough to recognize the city’s selfdom, and long enough to notice a glaring omission on the part of Akashic Books Noir series. “[They had] a Detroit Noir, Chicago, New Orleans. There was a Tel Aviv Noir. But no Memphis Noir. It was sort of surprising,” Cantwell says. She found it no coincidence that she ran into the publishing company’s booth at an annual library conference that summer, so she emboldened herself to ask about the oversight. The answer was simple enough. “They told me they had not had the right proposal,” Cantwell says. A business card exchange and a Labor Day later, the idea of producing an anthology recounting the Memphis experience through the noir lens was in the hands of team Akashic, and so began Cantwell’s journey of overseeing her first anthology. Brooklyn-based Akashic Books was launched in 1997 by three musicians as an independent publishing company to “reverse the gentrification of the literary world.” In 2004 the company released its first Noir book, Brooklyn Noir, 19 stories using death, revolvers, stalkers, and squatters to showcase the diversity and personality of the New York borough. “In a sense they’re like a travel guide, perhaps in a creepy kind of way, and perhaps that will compel people to go and visit that place,” Cantwell says. “Akashic is very selective in their projects, and they really believe in the author or story or product they’re putting out.” There are 72 Noir books, with 18 forthcoming, ranging from Tehran to Trinidad, and as of November 3rd, a Memphis edition will be added to the roster. Cantwell started her process with a 2001 Flyer article that described the somewhat disjunctive writers’ scene in Memphis. She contacted some of the writers, who put her in touch with other writers, and eventually she had 30 submissions on her hands. Through her newfound connection
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Send the date, time, place, cost, info, phone number, a brief description, and photos — two weeks in advance — to calendar@memphisflyer.com or P.O. Box 1738, Memphis, TN 38101. DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS WILL APPEAR IN THE FLYER’S ONLINE CALENDAR ONLY.
October 29 - November 4
Parsons. www.crosstownarts. org. Through Oct. 31.
T H EAT E R
Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center
430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).
The Dixon Gallery & Gardens
Barbara’s Blue Kitchen, sliceof-life comedy set in a small Tennessee town. www.bpacc. org. $25. Fri., Oct. 30, 2:30 and 8 p.m.
Jun Kaneko, contemporary ceramic sculptures. Through Nov. 22. “My Own Places,” Southern landscapes by Martha Kelly. (761-5250). Nov. 1-Jan. 3. “Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection,” exhibition of private art collection based in Spartanburg, South Carolina. www. dixon.org. Nov. 1-Jan. 3.
3663 APPLING (385-6440).
Cannon Center for the Performing Arts
Black Soap IX, everything is about to be revealed. www. blacksoapopera.com. $27-$42. Sun., Nov. 1, 3:30 p.m. MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (TICKETS, 525-1515).
4339 PARK (761-5250).
Found Studio
Germantown Community Theatre
Alex Paulus, Through Nov. 1. 2491 BROAD (652-0848).
Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, musical about the Man in Black. www.gctcomeplay.org. Sundays, 2:30 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through Nov. 8.
Hyde Gallery
“Water, Bones, and Blood,” exhibition presented by NIA Artist Collective. www.mca. edu. Through Nov. 1.
3037 FOREST HILL-IRENE (754-2680).
Memphis Hunt & Polo Club
AIA Memphis Office
OT H E R A R T HAPPE N I NGS
“400: The Shakespeare Feast,” featuring dinner, drinks, and Shakespeare. www.tnshakespeare.org. $57. Sun., noon, Thurs., 6 p.m., and Tues., Nov. 3, 6 p.m. Through Oct. 29.
“On the Boards: Work by Memphis Architects,” selection of digital and hand-drawn renderings. www.aiamemphis. org. Every last Friday, 6 p.m.
2016 Fiction Contest Call for Entries
511 S. MAIN (525-3818).
650 S. SHADY GROVE (683-2783).
Clough-Hanson Gallery
WWW.MEMPHISMAGAZINE.COM/ FICTION-CONTEST-RULES/.
Theatre Memphis
Wait Until Dark, illegal drugs, Sam and his blind wife, Susy, and three con men. www. theatrememphis.org. $25. Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m., and Thurs., 7:30 p.m. Through Nov. 1. 630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).
TheatreWorks
Titus Andronicus, bloodthirsty drama by Shakespeare presented by New Moon Theatre Company. (484-3467), www.newmoontheatre.org. $20. Fridays, Saturdays, 8-10 p.m., and Sundays, 2-4 p.m. Through Nov. 8.
Opening reception for “Marvels and Oddment[s],” exhibition of previously overlooked objects by Joan Livingstone. www.rhodes. edu. Fri., Oct. 30, 6-8 p.m. RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3442).
Crosstown Arts
Artist reception for “Another Life,” exhibition featuring photography, video, and mixed media by Andrea Morales, Yasmine Omari, and others. Friday, 6-9 p.m. www.crosstownarts. org. Oct. 29-31. 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).
See website for more information, rules, and entry format. Through Feb. 1, 2016.
Art Trolley Tour
Every last Friday, 6-9 p.m. SOUTH MAIN HISTORIC ARTS DISTRICT, DOWNTOWN.
Artist’s lecture for “Marvels and Oddment[s]”
Joan Livingstone is Chair of Fiber and Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Free. Thurs., Oct. 29, 6-8 p.m.
ANF Architects
2015 RiverArtsFest Invitational. www.anfa.com. Through Nov. 12. 1500 UNION (278-6868).
Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art
Men and boys are also eligible to enter. Through Oct. 31.
“Japanese Okimono: Life in Ivory,” exhibition of carved ivory figures. www.belzmuseum.org. Through Jan. 9, 2016.
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“The True Gospel Preached Here: Photographs by Bruce West” and “Memphis Collects Contemporary Folk Art”
119 S. MAIN, IN THE PEMBROKE SQUARE BUILDING (523-ARTS).
Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School
FOGELMAN GALLERIES OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, 3715 CENTRAL (678-3052), WWW.MEMPHIS.EDU/ART.
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Stand Beside Her Week Video Contest
“Western Memoir : An Artist’s Journey From Santa Fe to the Ozarks,” by Diana Harvey. www.theannesdaleparkgallery. net. Through Nov. 10.
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“Among Horses,” new paintings by Jimpsie Ayres, Carol Sams, and Jeanne Seagle. www.buckmanartscenter.com. Through Nov. 2. 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).
CLOUGH-HANSON GALLERY, RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (8433442), WWW.RHODES.EDU.
The “I Stand” video contest gives women and girls the chance to showcase how they support other girls and women.
2085 MONROE (274-7139).
Joan Livingstone’s “Marvels and Oddment[s]” at Rhodes Friday
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INSIDE THE MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART’S NESIN GRADUATE SCHOOL, 477 S. MAIN.
Cafe Pontotoc
“A Community Collaboration: French Fort,” exhibition of artifacts and art inspired by the French Fort. Through Dec. 31.
The Annesdale Park Gallery
314 S. MAIN (249-7955).
Crosstown Arts
“You Are the Hole,” exhibition of installation works by Joel
1290 PEABODY (208-6451).
Jay Etkin Gallery
“Sueños de Costa Rica”, recent paintings by John Torina. Through Nov. 12. 942 COOPER (550-0064).
L Ross Gallery
“Giardino Inverno,” abstract art by Jeri Ledbetter. www.lrossgallery.com. Through Oct. 31. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).
Memphis Botanic Garden
“Wilderness Children,” illustrative works by Michelle Duckworth. www.memphisbotanicgarden.com. Nov. 3-29. 750 CHERRY (636-4100).
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
“60s Cool,” celebrating art and design from the 1960s. Through Jan. 17, 2016. “Cats and Quotes,” exhibition featuring felines. Through Jan. 3, 2016. “Clare Leighton and Thomas W. Nason: Common Threads,”
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masters in the medium of wood engraving. Through March 13, 2016. “Decorative Arts Trust: 35th Anniversary,” exhibition of works for the museum’s permanent collection. Through Jan. 10, 2016. “Ofrendas: Student-made Altars,” exhibition honoring the spirits of the deceased. Through Nov. 15. “William Eggleston & Ernest C. Withers in Conversation,” exhibition of photographs from 1976-1987. www.brooksmuseum.org. Through Jan. 3, 2016.
WKNO Studio
WinterArts Preview Show. Through Oct. 30. “Dreamsicle,” exhibition of work by Lizi Beard-Ward, Melody Haspel, and Susan Younger. (458-2521), www. wkno.org. Nov. 3-25. 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).
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1934 POPLAR (544-6209).
Memphis College of Art
Memphis Jewish Community Center’s Shainberg Gallery
“Loss and Beauty: Creating Solace in a Land of Infinite Sorrow,” photography by Keron Psillas. www.jccmemphis.org. Through Nov. 6.
Scottish Rite
“Master Metalsmith: Linda Threadgill.” www.metalmuseum.org. Through Dec. 6. 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (7746380).
Ross Gallery
“Tacos or Sushi?,” works by Annabelle Meacham. (321-3243), www.cbu.edu/gallery. Through Dec. 10. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3000).
6560 POPLAR (761-0810).
“Circuitous Succession Epilogue II,” work by Juan Rojo, Nick Peña, Carl Moore, Lance Turner, Sarah Ahmad, Hamlett Dobbins, Jennifer Sargent, and more. www.circuitoussuccession.com. Through Nov. 9. 825 UNION.
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
“Stax: Visions of Soul,” visual art celebrating songs from the iconic Stax catalog. www. staxmuseum.com. Through Dec. 31. 926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).
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“Grace and Space,” by Sue Layman Designs. www.suelaymandesigns.com. Saturdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Through Dec. 5. 125 G.E. PATTERSON (409-7870).
TOPS Gallery
“The Inside Circle,” works by Guy Church. www.topsgallery. com. Through Dec. 5. 400 S. FRONT.
Wings Gallery
“Images of Healing, Images of Hope,” past artists of the year. www.wingscancerfoundation. org. Through Nov. 30. WEST CLINIC, 100 N. HUMPHREYS (322-2984).
6560 POPLAR (761-0810).
B O O KS I G N I N G S
Booksigning by Jeremy Park
Author discusses and signs Giving for Growth. Wed., Nov. 4, 6:30 p.m. THE BOOKSELLERS AT LAURELWOOD, 387 PERKINS EXT. (6839801), WWW.THEBOOKSELLERSATLAURELWOOD.COM.
SOUTH MAIN BOOK JUGGLER, 548 S. MAIN (233-4990), WWW.SOUTHMAINBOOKJUGGLER.COM.
Booksigning for Memphis Noir
Reception, discussion, and signing with editors, Laureen Cantwell and Leonard Gill, and local contributors, John Bensko, Richard J. Alley, Suzanne Berube Rorhus, and others. Tues., Nov. 3, 6-8 p.m. CROSSTOWN STORY BOOTH, 422 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW. CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.
LECT U R E /S P EA K E R
Valentino Achak Deng in Conversation with Rhodes Readers Wed., Nov. 4, 6 p.m.
RHODES COLLEGE, MCCALLUM BALLROOM OF THE BRYAN CAMPUS LIFE CENTER, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3470), WWW.RHODES.EDU.
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Three stops for a two and a half hour tour. $20. Wed., Nov. 4, 7:30-9:30 p.m. THE BROOM CLOSET, 3307 PARK (497-9486), WWW.HISTORICALHAUNTSMEMPHIS.COM.
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Metal Museum
“Take my Spouse, Please,” stand-up comedy by Dani Klein Modisett. (761-0810), www. jccmemphis.org. $12 members, $15 nonmembers. Thurs., Oct. 29, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Author discusses and signs Sun Records: An Oral History. Fri., Oct. 30, 6-9 p.m.
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“Invisible Girls” and “The Mind’s I,” two bodies of work by Anne Harris. www.mca.edu. Through Nov. 14. “Symbiotic Tendencies,” sculptural collage works by Nikkila Carroll. www.mca.edu. Through Nov. 14.
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McGregorween Fest
Halloween fund-raiser to help Don McGregor with medical bills while undergoing chemotherapy. Sat., Oct. 31, 2 p.m. 831 COOPER.
MJCC Literary and Cultural Arts Festival Art exhibits, screenings, conferences, and comedy showcasing world-renowned artists and authors.
Wolf River Conservancy’s 15th Annual Gathering
Featuring awards and recognition, a general overview of the state of the Conservancy, and light hors d’oeuvres and Ghost River Beer. Tues., Nov. 3, 5:30-7:30 p.m. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW.WOLFRIVER.ORG/ACTIVITY-CALENDAR.
Art of Darkness
Ghoulish gala featuring music by Holly Cole and the Memphis Dawls, ethereal artwork by Anne Harris, hors d’oeuvres, beer from Ghost River, and Svedka Vodka cocktails. Costumes welcome. $45-$60. Sat., Oct. 31, 8 p.m.-midnight. MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART, 1930 POPLAR (272-5168), WWW.MCA.EDU.
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5th annual Spirits With the Spirits
Dancing, movies, fortune teller, signature concoctions, beer, wine, food, and more benefiting Elmwood Cemetery. $70. Fri., Oct. 30, 7 p.m. ELMWOOD CEMETERY, 824 S. DUDLEY (774-3212), WWW. ELMWOODCEMETERY.ORG.
Featuring Marcela Pinilla, Latin DJ, mariachi, Catrinas, sugar-skull face painting, performances, sangria, and cash bar. Bring photo of deceased loved one for Tree of Life. Wear black and white. No Halloween costumes. 21+ event. $50. Fri., Oct. 30, 7-midnight. CADRE BUILDING, 149 MONROE (292-4440), WWW.MEMPHISFIESTA.ORG.
Dia de los Muertos
Featuring ofrendas, folkloric dance, musical performances, local artists, and Catrinas show. Free. Sun., Nov. 1, 1-7 p.m. EL MERCADITO DE MEMPHIS, 3766 RIDGEWAY (365-3036), WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DÍADELOSMUERTOSMEMPHIS.
Halloween at Cossitt
Kids event that includes face painting, storytelling, puppet show, candy, and costume contest. Free. Sat., Oct. 31, 1-3 p.m. COSSITT LIBRARY, 33 S. FRONT (415-2766).
Halloween Bash: A Scary Good Time
Music by Free World and DJ Stan Bell, photo booth, palm readings and a costume contest with a cash grand prize benefiting Transformations Autism
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Special worship service and luncheon followed by the carillon concert, “Idlewild Sings for 125 Years” to celebrate All Saints’ Day. Sun., Nov. 1, 2 p.m. IDLEWILD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1750 UNION (INFO, 726-4681), WWW.IDLEWILDCHURCH.ORG.
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Museum transforms into a haunted mansion with docent-led tours and ghost stories at every turn benefiting preservation efforts by Memphis Chapter APTA. $20. Fri., Oct. 30, 7-10 p.m. WOODRUFF-FONTAINE HOUSE, 680 ADAMS (526.1469), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.
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The Low Down Hoe-Down
Featuring ribs, cocktails, and live demonstrations by area craft artists to the music of Big Barton. Country and Western costuming encouraged, benefiting ArtWorks Foundation. $50. Fri.-Sat., Oct. 30-31, 6:30-10:30 p.m.
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Halloween on the Island Haunted River Walk, costume contests, games, rides, trick-ortreating, and more. Sat., Oct. 31, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. MUD ISLAND RIVER PARK, 125 N. FRONT (576-7241), WWW.MEMPHISRIVERFRONT.COM.
The Harvest Ball
Music-themed event including artwork, food and drink, costume contest, and more benefiting Healing PlanetCancer Ministry. Fri., Oct. 30, 8-11 p.m. COOPER WALKER PLACE, 1015 S. COOPER (303-990-3999).
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Monster Mash Halloween Costume Party
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Family-friendly Halloween fun. Fri., Oct. 30, 3:30 p.m. COLLIERVILLE TOWN SQUARE, COLLIERVILLE, WWW.MAINSTREETCOLLIERVILLE.ORG.
Shadowlands Festival of Fear Haunted hayride and corn maze. $10. Fri., Sat., 7 p.m. Through Oct. 31.
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Sinners for Saints Ball
Liquor, beer, wine, Jell-O shots, food, live entertainment by Lord T and Eloise, DJ Witnesse, and DJ Lil’ Egg Roll, and more benefiting the Church Health Center. $40. Sat., Oct. 31, 9 p.m.-3 a.m. STOP 345, 345 MADISON (5072720), WWW.SINNERSFORSAINTSBALL.COM.
Spirits for Scholars
Wine tasting benefitting Memphis College Prep, with six different wines, appetizers, and silent auction. $30. Thurs., Oct. 29, 5:30-7:30 p.m. WOODRUFF-FONTAINE HOUSE, 680 ADAMS (620-6475), WWW. MEMPHISCOLLEGEPREP.ORG.
Spooky Nights
Haunted trail with zombies, scares, and spooks. Scare-free activities available for very young kids. 7-10 p.m. Through Oct. 31. SHELBY FARMS, 500 N. PINE LAKE (767-PARK), WWW.SHELBYFARMSPARK.ORG.
Wicked Ways Haunted House
Benefiting St. Jude’s Childrens Research Hospital. $15. Thurs.Sun., 7 p.m. Through Nov. 1. CUMBERLAND WAREHOUSE, 160 CUMBERLAND, WWW.WICKEDWAYSHAUNTEDHOUSE.COM.
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“Another Life” exhibit this weekend at Crosstown Arts Memphis Wine + Food Series: Annual Fleming’s Wine Dinner
Featuring the wines and winemakers from Robert Turner Wines and Midsummer Cellars paired with a four-course dinner and live auction with Jeff Morris benefiting Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. $200. Sun., Nov. 1, 6:30-9:30 p.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6200), BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.
Wine at the Wall
Community fund-raiser for development of the Chelsea Avenue Greenline and a celebration of the new public art installation. $25. Fri., Oct. 30, 4-6 p.m. CORNER OF EVERGREEN AND CHELSEA, NORTH MEMPHIS GREENLINE, WWW.GREATERMEMPHISGREELINE.ORG.
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Screening will be followed by a Q&A with Stacey Hydrick and Lost Boy Joseph Atem. Thurs., Oct. 29, 5:30 p.m. BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2700), WWW.MEMPHISLIBRARY.ORG.
A Wider Angle Foreign Film Series: Human Capital
Adapted from Stephen Amidon’s 2004 novel of suburban greed, high-finance angst, and family strife. Free. Wed., Nov. 4, 6-8 p.m. BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2726), WWW.MEMPHISLIBRARY.ORG.
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F O O D B y A r i L e Va u x
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s I was leaving his farm a few weeks ago, a farmer tossed me a parting gift in the form of a large, green and orange orb. “It’s a special variety of pumpkin, called a Kakai, grown specifically for its seeds,” he told me. It was curiously light for its size, suggesting a big air cavity inside. My wife and kids carved it into a scary face. She then came into the house and announced how good the seeds were. “I’m not surprised, dearest,” I prepared to lecture. “It’s a special pumpkin bred for … wait, are you eating the seeds raw?” Indeed she was. I munched on one myself, had another, and was struck not only by how delicious they were but also how soft. They were a bit slimy, but they air-dried in a few minutes. Roasted, they were divine pumpkin-seed glory. They puffed out in the heat, into oblong chunks
of meat that were bereft of the usual coat. Alas, there were surprisingly few seeds inside for such a large pumpkin. Pumpkins are a powerhouse plant in human history, one that can produce tremendous amounts of edible material in the flowers, flesh, and seeds. A Native American food, pumpkins were one of Christopher Columbus’ most valuable New World acquisitions. They were originally cultivated in Spain, but soon found their way to Austria, where they were adopted in a major way. The province of Styria in Southeast Austria became ground zero for all
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When they got started in 2006, Gilbertson and his partner Ken Seguine planted as many pumpkin seed varieties as they could get their hands on, and finally settled on one that grew well on their land. While he wouldn’t tell me which variety — “it’s our only secret” — he says the seeds are considerably larger and more plentiful
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B EYO N D P I E than the ones in a Kakai pumpkin. I went to the store and picked up a few bottles of pumpkin seed oil, one Austrian and one domestic, and played around with them. The domestic, Omega Nutrition brand is lighter; the Austrian Castelmuro brand is darker and stronger. Both have a deeply toasted smell that’s almost burnt, almost smoky, but not quite. It is a nutty, oily chord, in baritone, and I could see why it’s occasionally used as a replacement for toasted sesame oil in Asian dishes. The culinary uses of pumpkin seed oil are limited by the fact that you can’t cook with it, as it readily breaks down in heat. So it’s often added raw to dishes as a finishing touch. In Austria, pumpkin seed oil is added to various preparations of meat, like rare slices of beef, or mixed into salad dressings, often with cider vinegar. It is even added to sweets like vanilla ice cream, to which it imparts its nutty flavor in a pleasing way. That night I went Styrian-style and put Kürbiskernöl, as they call it, on everything. I drizzled it on salad, salmon, and squash, dipped tomato slices into it, and tried to follow a recipe for pumpkin seed and walnut oil mayonnaise, which failed. Gilbertson tells me it takes 20 to 40 pumpkins’ worth of seeds to make
an eight-ounce bottle of oil, which seems like an extraordinary effort. The pumpkin flesh, meanwhile, is basically inedible, he says. But the seeds and their oil alone make the enterprise worth it. “If I had a million bottles, I could sell every one,” Gilbertson says. Unfortunately, the pumpkin-farming conditions in his area have not been favorable recently. “The last two years have been disastrous,” he says. “Cool summers and too much moisture.” This made me appreciate my Kakai pumpkin all the more deeply. Those seeds. While they are quite edible raw, cooked they are straight up spectacular, thick and meaty and bursting with flavor. Straight out of the oven and dressed with olive oil, and table and garlic salts, they exploded in my mouth. It also made me appreciate all pumpkin and squash seeds. Well, the yummy ones, anyway. They really are worth eating, so don’t forget the seeds when you carve that pumpkin. At the farmers market, growers can direct you to the pumpkins and squash with the best seeds. And yeah, those seeds will probably have husks. I chew them up and swallow, husks and all. With all the pumpkin pie I’ll soon be eating, I could use a little extra fiber.
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ne of the best things about Indie Memphis is the festival’s schedule of shorts from local, national, and international filmmakers. This year, the entries range from documentary shorts about young dancers in Memphis (Suzannah Herbert’s “What’s Inside the Cage”) to narrative works about living with an autoimmune disorder (Stacey Ashworth’s “No Breath Play”). Over 70 submissions, all under 25 minutes, will play throughout the week. We picked out a few of our favorites.
“To Cross”
“Alphabet”
“To Cross” - Suzannah Herbert This documentary short from the Brooklyn-based and Memphis-born filmmaker Suzannah Herbert follows a high school student named Jared on his daily commute. At 3:30 a.m., Jared wakes up on the Mexican side of Tijuana, early enough that he is able to cross the border and attend high school in America. Twelve arduous hours later, he returns home to Mexico. “At the end of the day, we are really tired,” says Jared, who, we learn, is the only member of his family able to attend school in the U.S. After graduation, he hopes to be able to support his siblings by finding work in the States. Herbert’s short shines light on the lengths Jared and his
“One Hitta Quitta” - Ya’Ke Smith “One Hitta Quitta” is a genre-bending narrative entry from newcomer Ya’Ke Smith, a Texas-based filmmaker. The film melds real footage of fights, shot on phones and posted online, with the story of a young man whose obsession with watching violent footage leads him to act out. We see Jason (Dariel Embry) challenge his algebra teacher, Mr. Kelly (Shelton Jolivette), while other students in the class surround with phones primed. Smith shot entirely on mobile devices, which contributes to the film’s fast pace and realistic feel. In the height of the short’s drama, when Mr. Kelly returns Jason’s punch, the frame shifts from horizontal to vertical to horizontal again, referencing the crowd-sourced depictions of similar real events. Smith’s handling is seamless, and makes what might otherwise be a run-of-the-mill story into something new and on point. “One Hitta Quitta”
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“The Department of Signs and Magical Intervention” - Melissa Anderson Sweazy When Aidan (Sean McBride) gets hit by a fast-moving bus while skateboarding, he finds himself in the afterlife, a realm that — according to Memphis filmmaker Melissa Anderson Sweazy — looks a whole lot like the most boring parts of corporeal existence. Specifically, it looks like a bank. Except instead of dealing in dollars, this ethereal vault and its matter-of-fact employees dole out “signs and magical intervention” to unsuspecting humans. “The Department of Signs and Magical Intervention,” shot in Downtown Memphis with a cast of familiar local faces, is perhaps this year’s most charming contender: lighthearted, very funny, and smartly framed by Sweazy. The lesson, as Aidan navigates an undead bureaucracy, is that magic, and second chances, just might exist.
peers go to in order to obtain an education, despite the fact that their schooling is considered illegal since the students are not United States residents. “To Cross” gives viewers a sense of its subjects not only as young people, tasked with the care of their families, but as regular high school students. Herbert, who has worked for Martin Scorsese and Michael Moore in addition to making her own films, tells Jared’s story with a light touch and characteristic skill.
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“Alphabet” - Ben Siler “Alphabet,” the latest from Memphis underground filmmaker Ben Siler, opens with a blonde woman wielding an axe in a suburban kitchen. Blood spatters on her shirt as she hacks at someone out-of-frame. You see her digging a hole in her garden and then shoving potato chips into her mouth and examining her nails. Later, she cries to a neighbor, who comforts her unsentimentally. In two minutes and 37 seconds, we see two murders, an affair, and the long legacy of a secret. It’s funny and brilliant in Siler’s usual muted, dark way. Siler’s dialogue-less, low-definition shorts are as sharply edited as they are pointedly mundane. Despite frequently macabre and over-the-top plots, the filmmaker’s lens is always focused on unremarkable details, such as the glass of seltzer water on the table, or an unplugged power strip in the corner.
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“Syl’s story really found me,” says director Rob Hatch-Miller. The New Yorker met the soul singer in 2009 while filming for a radio station’s website. “I didn’t know a lot of his music at the time. I knew his name, and I knew he had a reputation for being sampled a lot in the hip-hop world. But I didn’t know much beyond that. Seeing him interviewed that day, it was clear that he had a fascinating story about his career in music and that he was a fascinating character. He’s a super interesting guy: funny, quirky, great personality. The character is the most important part of deciding to do a documentary.”
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confusing. It sounded like Elvis, but it was after Elvis died. It was on Sun Records. What’s going on here?” The director then created six documentaries but never forgot about the mystery of Orion. She struggled for years to get funding for Orion: The Man Who Would Be King and traveled to the States to shoot whenever she could. “I never gave up. I feel like filmmaking sometimes is a test of your own resilience,” she says. She gathered together 80 hours, 5,000 images, countless hours of archival material, and 337 crowdfunders before winning backing from BBC Wales. “Once I had gotten all of those things in place, everyone else came on board. There’s no
Orion: The Man Who Would Be King magic bullet when it comes to making films. I felt possessed by Orion’s story, and I knew that one day, in some way or
another, I was going to make it into a film.” Orion’s Elvis-esque appearance and singing style was cooked up by Sun Records, at that time owned by Shelby Singleton, and was the origin of the persistent myth that Elvis faked his death. “People just want it to be true. Every time there’s something people want to be true, those are the stories that go viral.” Finlay says Orion: The Man Who Would Be King, which closes Indie Memphis, is, like all her films, “about what music means to people. It’s a different take on the things that were going on in the wake of Elvis' death. Elvis is not actually in the film, but he casts sort of a long shadow over it. It’s funny, it’s moving, and it’s surprising.”
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Congratulations, Tea Party. You set out to destroy the presidency of Barack Obama and ended up destroying the Republican party. It’s not that they don’t deserve it. Pick your idiom: “Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas;” “Reap what you sow;” “Chickens coming home to roost.” They’re all appropriate descriptions of what happens when a radical fringe takes over an organization that first gave them succor. In this case, the “Freedom Caucus,” the far-right wing of the GOP, made public fools of themselves twice in one week: first, by not being able to choose a leader of their own party; and second, with their grotesque performance at the so-called House Select Committee on Benghazi. The current chaos in the Republican party could be the parting practical joke by former speaker John Boehner, who couldn’t abide the Tea Party in the first place. He appointed the seven obscure, back-bench, malevolent mad dogs to the committee and sent them off to do battle with Hillary Clinton. Big mistake. Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy had been whipping the steeds for months in anticipation of their much-publicized and nationally televised showdown with Hillary Clinton, but only the horses’ asses showed up. I’m sorry. I know better than to criticize someone’s looks. That’s Trump’s bailiwick. But doesn’t Trey Gowdy look like someone squeezed his head in a vise? The GOP’s feral beasts tore into Secretary Clinton for 11 hours, unprecedented in American history. MSNBC’s Mike Barnicle said if the Benghazi committee had “been in charge of the Watergate hearing, Richard Nixon would have finished his term.” Speaking of Nixon, Trey Gowdy has captured the crown as the sweatiest politician to appear on television since, well, Nixon. I was hoping an aide would hand him a towel. The attacks on Clinton were so vicious, that this was the first Congressional hearing with a cut man. The seven Republicans took turns releasing their unbridled rage at Clinton and President Obama — or anyone in his administration. Their tormented hysteria, compared to Hillary’s unflappable demeanor, made the secretary look absolutely presidential. This Republican display of “Clinton psychosis” may well have elected her president. Nice one, Boehner. Although the perpetually damp Gowdy insisted the hearing was not about Hillary, but gathering the facts about Benghazi, nothing new emerged from the previous eight congressional investigations. All along, Clinton has admitted that there was a well-documented security breach and has accepted responsibility for the tragedy. One must only Google “Khobar Towers” to find the moral equivalency. Still, one by one, the frothing mini-mob had to get their licks in and hope for that cable-news moment when they force Hillary to confess to the killing of Ambassador Chris Stevens. After all, she had previously murdered Vince Foster. The “Freedom Caucus” acted like a bunch of frustrated prosecutors grilling a witness. All that was missing from the 11-hour harangue was the cigar smoke and a naked lightbulb hanging from the ceiling. I think they forgot that Clinton is a lawyer too. Like Whitewater led to Lewinsky, Benghazi led to emails. You and I both know that nobody emails anymore. The secretary could be reached by secure cable or phone at any time. This 17-month, $4.2 million inquisition was a forum to hurt Hillary Clinton politically and nothing else. Even Gowdy said the hearing produced no new information. Former Nixon aide John Dean said, “It’s really embarrassing what the Republicans have done here.” In the end, the Benghazi hearings turned out to be a very long commercial for the Clinton campaign. No one likes to see a bunch of angry men screaming at a woman. In the final grueling hour, Hillary began to cough. I thought we were seeing a recreation of the filibuster scene from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. At long last, Representative Elijah Cummings demanded the hearings come to a close saying, “This is not what America’s about. We’re better than that.” No, we’re not. The butt-scratchers still think Hillary is part of some shadow conspiracy to overturn the Constitution, confiscate their guns, and make everyone wear black pajamas. I may have to recalibrate my opinion of Hillary. After her debate performance, and now her escaping from that right-wing coven of ghouls unscathed, I think we should start getting used to the phrase “Madame President.” Alabama Congresswoman Martha Roby, after being told that Clinton returned to her Washington home following the Benghazi attacks asked, “Were you alone (at home)?” “I was alone,” Clinton said. “The whole night?” asked the inquisitor. “Well, yes, the whole night,” Clinton laughed, along with all the spectators, proving Hillary would have to get caught with a teenage intern for anything to stop her now. Randy Haspel writes the “Recycled Hippies” blog, where a version of this column first appeared.
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JONATHAN ERNST | REUTERS
The Benghazi committee hearings were an unmitigated disaster for the GOP.
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