Memphis Flyer 06.25.15

06.25.15 1374TH ISSUE

FREE

+

C H A R LESTO N R EACTION P3 , 11, 47 • M E MPHIS BU DG E T CRUNC H P 6 • “I NS I DE OUT ” P3 9

Leah Beth Bolton, Chase Brother, Seth Daniel Rabinowitz, and Jordan Nichols star in “Feral,” a new streaming TV series from Memphis director Morgan Jon Fox.

BREEZY LUCIA

Growing Up

“FERAL”

Memphis director Morgan Jon Fox returns with a bold new web series.

G N I N N

WI

. . .

IS

A NIGHT OUT WITH FRIENDS!

Wednesdays in June Drawings 5:00pm - 8:00pm

June 25-July 1, 2015

ONE WINNER EACH HOUR! Winner receives $250 instantly AND $250 monthly until December 2015!

One free entry. Earn additional with play. *Prizes awarded in Slot Dollars. Must be present to win. See B Connected Club for details.

TRIVIA SUNDAYS 6:00pm - 8:00pm

DERRYL PERRY June 26 & 27 ACE’S WILD July 3 & 4 MEMPHIS ALLSTARS July 10 & 11

Saturdays in June Drawings at 7:00pm, 9:00pm & 11:00pm

SPIN FOR YOUR SHARE OF $150,000 EACH WEEK *Prizes awarded in Slot Dollars. Must be present to win.

Guests are eligible to participate once per week.

Must be 21 or older. Don’t Let The Game Get Out Of Hand. Gambling Problem? Call 1.888.777.9696.

2

1477 CASINO STRIP RESORTS BLVD | SamsTownTunica.com

31600Fro_TU_MemphisFlyer_9.35x12.4_AD 06.25.2015

OUR 1374TH / ISSUE 06.25.2015

BRUCE VANWYNGARDEN Editor SUSAN ELLIS Managing Editor JACKSON BAKER, MICHAEL FINGER Senior Editors BIANCA PHILLIPS Associate Editor CHRIS MCCOY Film and TV Editor CHRIS SHAW Music Editor CHRIS DAVIS, TOBY SELLS Staff Writers LESLEY YOUNG, LEONARD GILL Copy Editors JULIE RAY Calendar Editor ALAINA GETZENBERG, ALEXANDRA PUSATERI Editorial Interns

DESHAUNE MCGHEE Classified Advertising Manager BRENDA FORD Classified Sales Administrator classifieds@memphisflyer.com LYNN SPARAGOWSKI Distribution Manager ROBBIE FRENCH Warehouse and Delivery Manager CALEB BARFIELD, ZACK JOHNSON, KAREN MILAM, RANDY ROTZ, LEWIS TAYLOR, PETER VIDRINE, WILLIAM WIDEMAN, J.D. ZANONE Distribution THE MEMPHIS FLYER is published weekly by Contemporary Media, Inc., 460 Tennessee Street, Memphis, TN 38103 Phone: (901) 521-9000 | Fax: (901) 521-0129 letters@memphisflyer.com www.memphisflyer.com CONTEMPORARY MEDIA, INC. KENNETH NEILL Publisher JEFFREY GOLDBERG Director of New Business Development BRUCE VANWYNGARDEN Editorial Director JENNIFER K. OSWALT Chief Financial Officer MOLLY WILLMOTT Director of Digital/Operations JOSEPH CAREY IT Director JACKIE SPARKS-DAVILA Event Manager KENDREA COLLINS Marketing Communications Manager BRITT ERVIN Email Marketing Manager ASHLEY HAEGER Accounting Coordinator MARTIN LANE Receptionist

National Newspaper Association

Association of Alternative Newsmedia

Yo, white people. We need to talk. Pull up a chair, pour yourself a glass of Pinot Grigio PA SYSTEMS or sweet tea or whatever. We’ve got a problem and it’s going to take a while to get to the SUBWOOFERS bottom of it. I’m talking about racism in this country.

MONITORS Not your personal racism, of course. Or mine. We’re cool. And not just in that hackneyed, “I have black friends” way. Though, of course, we do. And we’ve taught our kids DRUMS & PERCUSSION not to hate, not to discriminate on the basis of race. They all have black friends, too.

CYMBALS More than we do, actually. They’re cool. Good, open-minded kids. We’re not racists. It’s LIGHTING not really our problem.

KEYBOARDS Yes, it is.

It’s not enough to declare ourselves and our families non-racism zones. We need to DJ EQUIPMENT look at what’s going on outside our cocoons and take some responsibility for it. Too MICROPHONES many black kids are still being born in situations where they have little to no chance WIRELESS SYSTEMS of “pulling themselves up” by the their bootstraps. They don’t even have boots. Their GUITARS schools are substandard. Their food is junk. They’re trapped in a cycle of poverty and neglect and violence. It’s not because they’re lazy; it’s because they know nothing else.

BASSES Yeah, I know, you hear it said all the time: Blacks need to take responsibility for RECORDING GEAR single-parent homes, “black-on-black” crime, poor schools, gangs. That’s self-defeating, INSTRUMENT AMPLIFICATION divisive, and gets us no closer to solving the problem. The power to fix that situation lies with all middle- and upper-income folks, black, white, and brown — those who have escaped the ghetto and those who never had to worry about it. We need to work together to address the effects of institutional racism that still linger in the United Now Available at States, and in the South, particularly.

Guitar Center Memphis And if we are going to insist black people take responsibility for “black problems,” we white people need to step up and take of our “white problems.” Problems like 8000 US Highway 64 Dylann Storm Roof and the thousands of kids like him, and the thousands more adults Bartlett, TN 38184 who shape kids like Dylann. They’re out there — ignorant and angry, raised on a steady 901-387-0600 diet of racism and hatred, waving the Confederate battle flag like a cudgel, listening to wing-nut radio, devouring Nazi/racist web propaganda. We white people need to call that shit out. Now. Getting rid of Confederate flags is a symbolic start, but more is needed. When we Visit guitarcenter.com/rentals for details. hear — or hear of — someone saying or writing such vile things, we need to pull off their hoods (real or cyber) and push them into the light. If your kids’ private school or your country club is not diverse, well, maybe it’s time to speak up and push for a change. If your kids don’t have interactions with other races, don’t be shocked when N E WS & O P I N I O N they’re caught on a cellphone video singing LETTERS - 4 racist frat songs.

THE TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE - 4 16356-gclm-rentals-memphis-flyer-ad-2.2x9.25-v1.indd 1 6/15/15 2:55 PM THE FLY-BY - 6 In a radio interview this week, President TRUTH BE TOLD - 11 Obama said, “It is incontrovertible that POLITICS - 12 race relations have improved significantly EDITORIAL - 14 during my lifetime and yours, and that VIEWPOINT - 15 opportunities have opened up, and that atCOVER STORY - “FERAL”

BY CHRIS MCCOY - 16 titudes have changed. … What is also true is the legacy of slavery, Jim Crow, discrimiSTE P P I N’ O UT WE RECOMMEND - 20 nation in almost every institution of our MUSIC - 22 lives ... casts a long shadow and that’s still AFTER DARK - 24 part of our DNA that’s passed on. We’re THEATER - 28 we do. not cured of it.”

BOOKS - 29 No, we’re not, as events in Charleston CALENDAR OF EVENTS - 30 this issue is printed on FOOD - 36 last week made clear. partially-recycled paper.

FILM - 39 Bruce VanWyngarden memphis flyer | memphisflyer.com 3 C LAS S I F I E D S - 43 brucev@memphisflyer.com

recycle

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

PENELOPE HUSTON Advertising Director CARRIE O’GUIN HOFFMAN Advertising Operations Manager JERRY D. SWIFT Advertising Director Emeritus KELLI DEWITT, CHIP GOOGE Senior Account Executives MAX DYNERMAN, MARK PLUMLEE Account Executives

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

CONTENTS

CARRIE BEASLEY Senior Art Director CHRISTOPHER MYERS Advertising Art Director BRYAN ROLLINS Graphic Designer DOMINIQUE PERE Graphic Designer

DAILY, WEEKLY OR MONTHLY

MY CARE MY WAY IS

What They Said...

Letters and comments from Flyer readers acts of discrimination she alleged. But she also said she was (part) Native American — which her parents deny.

She said she felt isolated and unwelcome in “white” Mississippi, which is probably 50 percent black. But she obviously felt comfortable in Spokane’s 98 percent white population, since she’s lived there for 10 years.

Jenna C’est Quoi

EXPERTS WHO UNDERSTAND ME. RESPECTFUL, CONFIDENTIAL CARE

She appears to be a nutjob. Aside from the comic relief value and perhaps more reflection on birth privilege, this story should have faded long ago.

Carbon-based

GREG CRAVENS

About Susan Wilson’s Last Word column, “Fashion Backward” …

This was fabulous! As a mother of three (yes, three!) teenagers who wouldn’t know a fashion statement if it hit her, I can completely relate.

Jen W.

Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region

Les Smith makes more sense on this subject than all of the national “talking heads” put together. Memphis is so fortunate he shares his voice with us in the Flyer.

Mark Jones

The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation About Wendi C. Thomas’ column, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 (901) 725-1717 “Black Lives Matter” …

2430 Poplar Avenue For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 Oh puhlease.

I shopped at Banana RepubThere are variations on the “do these www.plannedparenthood.org/memphis lic plenty when I was a size 12 and pushthree things to escape poverty” theme For Release Wednesday, January 28, 2015 ing 14. Some of the employees were bigger than me. They don’t shun bigger gals.

12:42 PMNobody

that have been around for years, but they all include a version of this: FLYER_quarter_MCMW.indd 3 8/18/14 1. Finish high school (at a minimum).

2. Wait until age 20 to have children.

Nobody: It’s called humor — H-U-M-O3. Marry before you have any children.

The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 R — something you seem to be lacking.

I certainly agree that all those For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 For Release Monday, April 13, 2015 Pamela Cates government-supplied things make folks a lot more comfortable. The issue I find it best to wear anything that does is: Have we gone too far, and instead of Edited by Will Shortz No. 0309 not attract harpoons. helping people out of poverty, have we ACROSS Crossword 41 More than 69 Some jeans 1 2 3 4 7 8enough 9 Crackoamerican just made5them6comfortable ACROSS 39 Org. that might 65 Cutting-edge 1 A majority garnish your of brand? 42 Eye-opener?

1 Letter after alpha that they choose to stay in it?

I am not wages 66 Ayatollah’s home 5 Con artists’ 40 Posh targets About Toby Sells’ cover story, “Embracat all sure I believe every poor person DOWN 5 They show 67 Noted Big44 13 14 15 Apple 11- or 12-year9 Circle or hexagon 42 Org. that restaurateur inveighs against ing the Big Muddy” … wants to escape.

Or maybe they would 14 Baking chamber which way the old Mongolian smoking 68 Frequent targets 1 Large in scale 15 La ___ Tar Pits of fan heckling 43 Bushels per ___ Wow, what a great issue, especially the like to escape, but escaping takes more wind blows desert dweller?

16 Snake with a (farm measure) 17 18 69 Black Power deadly bite 2 What “O” on wonderful story and pictures about effort than they are willing to give.

44 Nick of symbol 17 One living on the 10 Figs.45 “Affliction” on a bell 46 13th-century edge a newsstand Toby Sells’ paddle down the Mighty Arlington Pop “’Fraid not” 19 Bums DOWN 20 21 22 49 Poetic time of curve invaders Mississippi. Seriously, it motivated me. stands for 20 Patisserie pastry day 1 Many long 21 Need on a PowerPoint 50 Drink ver-r-ry I’m going to go buy a kayak this weekAbout Bruce VanWyngarden’s Letter sinking slowly poker presentations 48 Some sneaks 13 ship Weakish 3 Tell 23 N.Y.C.’s Penn ___: 51 Statute 23 24 2 Boot out, as a end and get out there and explore our From the 25 Editor, “Strike26Up the Brand” …

Abbr. holding tenant 54 “So what’s the 49 Pickable 24 What a sleeve 4 Cons do it story” “Himalayas. ” Or at least our sandbars.

Re Chris Christie: Body shaming? Really?

3 Electric car covers 59 Bookie’sbird maker 26 Thurman of 15 Origami customer Darren Good thing no one around here 27 28 29 is fat.

51 It may be 5 Device with a “Pulp Fiction” 4 Paul with the #1 27 Ominous outlook 61 Preferred hit “Lonely Boy” Frank in Midtown airplane seating, original 16 Once called programmable 33 Wahine’s greeting for some 5 Pizza chain seen 36 Poet Cassady moniker “Big to at many airports 62 Entertainment 33 Muddy” 34 belongs 35 36 37 clock, forThe short who was1955 a friend found at the start 6 Noah’s 52 Not keep up 17 Julie of Jack Kerouac of the answer to the Missouri River (the 150-odd mile So tell me which socio-political group has construction 17-, 21-, 27-, 37 Polygraph PUZZLE BY DEBBIE ELLERIN hit 7 Rind 55 Left 6 Not give Big ___ 45- or 54-Across detectionLondon Muddy River of Illinois notwithPC policies related to “body shaming. ” I’m Bank 28 Yogi who said 54 Coonskins for 40 Took potshots 38 Garnishes for 64 Clean one’s 38 39 40 41 8 Dress in Madras Davy(be Crockett,indifferent) “When you come 41 “___ is me!”

Coronas feathers standing). perfectly okay with it, but it’ s always good 19 Org. in “Argo”9 Conceptual quaff? e.g. to a fork in the 43 Clearasil target framework road, take it” ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE C.L. Hartsfield to know who considers you to be a boor Old Italian money N.C.I.S. part 46 Was gobsmacked 55 7 10 Old-fashioned 59 Elvis’s 29 Modern surgical 42 43 and whether 44 it matters. If I must look45 F 20 R O M For A T O Zmature P E E D E E 56 Consumer 47 Sana resident at a “Yay!” tools L E M O N A D E L A R Y N X 48 Births after 8 Summer Mississippi audiences 57 Letter-shaped Virgos I C E B O X E S I T A S C A 11 Pop group with a 30 Airline to Tel Aviv About Les Smith’s column, “Passing for candidate whose politics I dislike, I prefer beam backward “B” in 31 “___ it the truth!” 51 Big company in M I L N E T T L E S L O M months in birthplace its name 46 48 easy on my eyes. It’s 58 Memo arcades Black” … that47 he at least goes S 21 P E D Glide, S O I L S inJ a E D way I 32 Hockey fake-out 52 Unresponsive Y E T I S J E D T O X I N 12 College lecturer, 33 “Ah, so sad” Santiago 60 End-of-the-week for short states I think Rachel Dolezal is an opportunnot like any of them has an intellectually 61 Upstate N.Y. V A P O R V I S I N E whoop 34 Promgoer’s ride, 53 Former H 23 O M E “Well, K E Y R A what G B A G S 13 Toward sunrise maybe ist.

If two percent of the population in taxing or time-intensive job that precludes senator Lott of 63 9 Warning from a 49 50 51 Gauchos’ wear campus I N A S E C M U C H O 18 Miss America Mississippi Scottie 35 Poet Khayyám have we toppers T E X T S K I T T Y P E B her city is black, are her job opportunispending some time working out.

S O W S D F L A T S E M I 22 What an electric Online subscriptions: Today’s puzzle and more 10 than 7,000 past Conquistador’s 62 Certain here?!”

Q U E B A C K B A Y Z I P ties better in the55two-percent A handsome 58 nitwit could replace car doesn’t need puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year).

56 57pool or 59 60 U N B O R N C A L A M I N E 25 1972 Summer waterway foe Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay. to the the 98-percent pool, especially considalmost any of them.

And for a few, that A 24 C E D Round I T A G O Ntrips, I Z E D of Olympics city Crosswords for young solvers: nytimes.com/studentcrosswords.

D E R A T E P A N G R A M S ering hiring quotas? would be redundant.

11 Royal who’s 4 a sort: Abbr. 27 Part of “btw” Black Sea? 61 62 63 She is also wacky, given the staged Brunetto Latini notably a 64 Albany is on it:

Crossword

1

2

3

4

5

14

6

24

35

43

June 25-July 1, 2015

Easy gait Pays, as the bill Charred

65

55

56

10 16

31

32

52

53

19

37

40

41

44

47

48

49

26 27 29

30

39

46

13

26

29

36

38

45

12

22

25

28

42

11

19

27

34

10

No. 1

16

21

23

61

9

18

20

54

8

15

17

33

7

Edited by Will Shortz

50

57 62

58

51

59

60

63

64

65

66

67

68

69

Abbr.

Subject of elementary

12

crossword fan, for short Christmas ___

64

65

67

68

66 69

30

52

BMW Certified Pre-Owned

bmwusa.com/cpo

ROADSHOW BMW 405 N. Germantown Parkway, Cordova, TN 38018 901.365.2584 | roadshowbmw.com *As low as 0.9% APR financing on all model year 2011, 2012 and 2013 BMW Certified Pre-Owned vehicles. APR valid through 8/31/2015. Rates available from participating BMW dealers to eligible, qualified customers with excellent credit history who meet BMW Financial Services credit requirements. Other rates and payment terms available. Subject to availability. Visit your authorized BMW center for important details. ©2015 BMW of North America, LLC. The BMW name, model names and logo are registered trademarks.

NEWS & OPINION

Get a 0.9% APR on select Certified Pre-Owned BMW models.* Plus, with a rigorous inspection and best-in-class warranty, you can be sure it drives as new as it looks.

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

LEGENDARY PERFORMANCE FOR LESS THAN YOU THINK.

5

f

fly-by

ly on the wall

LO G O N O G O Not only is it crude and embarrassing, the controversial new $46,000 Tennessee logo doesn’t meet the criteria for a trademark. According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the red and blue box with the state’s “TN” abbreviation is too “geographically descriptive.”

That means a trademark could grant the holder exclusive rights to design elements that other parties need for general identification and use.

Like the USPTO says in its FAQ, “Under U.S. trademark law, geographic terms or signs are not registrable as trademarks if they are geographically descriptive or geographically misdescriptive of where the goods/services originate.

The theory is that other producers in that area would need to be able to use a geographic term to describe where their goods/services are from and that one person should not be able to prevent others from using that term.”

Questions, Answers + Attitude

In Her Shoes {

Edited by Bianca Phillips

C ITY R E PO RTE R

By Bianca Phillips

Events aim to involve men in preventing rape and domestic violence.

A full day of events addressing issues of sexual assault and domestic violence is planned for Thursday, June 25th, but the intended audience isn’t the demographic most affected by those crimes.

Rather than focus on women for these events, the Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Taskforce is inviting men to be guests at its quarterly “community conversation” event. That public forum will be immediately followed by the annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event, where men are asked to don high heels for a one-mile awareness walk.

“Men have been basically silent on the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault. And the silence is what creates the permissive space for abusers to be abusive,” said Kevin Reed, the Shelby County judicial commissioner over the domestic violence court and a member of the SAK Taskforce.

The taskforce, which was established in January 2014 to deal with the city’s rape kit backlog, has been hosting quarterly public forums since its formation. The first few meetings lacked a theme, but they’ve begun narrowing the intended audience. Taskforce coordinator Doug McGowan said they invited women’s groups last time, and the next meeting will focus on student groups. But men’s groups are invited to this upcoming meeting, scheduled for 3 p.m. on June 25th at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts.

Participants in a past Walk a Mile event

continued on page 8

Budget Crunch

{

C ITY R E PO RTE R B y To b y S e l l s

June 25-July 1, 2015

Memphis City Council passes budget with raises for city employees.

6

GUNS & MONEY Media outlets and gun dealers have a special relationship. Every headline about crime sells more guns.

Every article about the virtues of guns sells more guns. Every article calling for gun control also sells more guns. At least the Commercial Appeal put its post-Charleston fullpage gun ad on page 13.

After two days and nearly 10 hours of debate in the chamber, the Memphis City Council finally passed a budget for the next fiscal year.

The council added two percent raises for police officers and fire fighters and one percent raises for all other city employees. The raises added $3.1 million to the budget for a total of about $656 million.

The raises were proposed by councilmember Reid Hedgepeth. His original proposal gave raises of two percent only to police and fire. It was amended by a proposal from councilmember Edmund Ford Jr. to include a one percent raise for the rest of the city’s employees.

Though the raises represent less than one percent of the

“We are making a joke of our politcal process. I never thought I’d say this in my life, but I am so sorry to be on this council with many of you.” — Janis Fullilove

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

overall budget, they consumed most of the chamber debate on the entire $656 million budget. The money to pay for the raises will come from cutting some funded but unfilled positions in the Memphis Police Department.

The council approved the raises but completely

circumvented the impasse process. That process, set up after labor struggles in 1978, gives city employee unions a vote by three-member council committees if unions can’t get a deal worked out with the city’s mayor and administration. Impasse committees approved several raises this year and rejected others, but those decisions weren’t considered by the council this week. On advice from the city council’s attorney Allan Wade, the group ignored the impasse decisions, allowing the budget vote to supersede them.

This drew the ire of many councilmembers, including Janis Fullilove and Harold Collins.

“I’m not sure why we went through the impasse process when it means absolutely nothing — just to make some time during the day to say we’re doing something?”

Fullilove asked. “We are making a joke of our political process. I never thought I’d say this in my life, but I am so sorry to be on this council with many of you.”

Collins said the council could vote the impasse decision up or down, but they should not circumvent the process.

“We are setting the wrong precedent by what we’re doing here today,” Collins said. “Hedgepeth offered what I considered a worthy alternative [to the impasse decisions].

But it is not right. We have to do what the ordinance tells us and the law tells us first. Then we have to proceed.”

DAVID WAYNE BROWN

THE

A NATURAL PLACE TO WORSHIP

901.636.2213

GRIZZ GIRL AUDITIONS SATURDAY, JULY 18

KEVIN HART FRIDAY, JULY 3

IMAGINE DRAGONS MONDAY, JULY 13

DISNEY ON ICE FROZEN SEPTEMBER 25-27

The MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES are in search of the most talented dancers. Join us for Auditions, Girl Play Classes & Clinics. DETAILS @ GRIZZLIES.COM

Superstar entertainer, actor and comedian brings his WHAT NOW? TOUR to FedExForum.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

The Grammy Award-winning rock band is set to bring their electrifying SMOKE + MIRRORS TOUR with special guests METRIC. TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Be there as DISNEY ON ICE brings the number one animated film of all time to life at FedExForum.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

FEDEXFORUM.COM GET TICKETS AT THE FEDEXFORUM BOX OFFICE OR TICKETMASTER LOCATIONS, ONLINE AT TICKETMASTER.COM, BY CALLING 1.800.745.3000 WHAFF_150625_Flyer.indd 1

@FedExForum

FedExForum

+FedExForum

@fedexforum 6/19/15 2:42 PM

NEWS & OPINION

5992 Quince Road / Memphis, TN 38119

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

If your church, club or group is looking for a home, you’ll find it at Lichterman Nature Center,the natural place for you.

7

“Shoes” continued from page 6

THURSDAY @ 7:30PM

FRIDAY @ 7:30PM

SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80

POKEY LAFARGE

PLAYBACK MEMPHIS

SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

“Men have to understand that we have a role to play. We want to come up with ways that men can be part of the solution, whether that’s holding each other collectively accountable or teaching the next generation of young men the expectations for behavior relative to domestic violence and sexual assault,” McGowan said.

The Memphis Area Women’s Council (MAWC) is behind the annual Walk a Mile event, which is in its fifth year. The walk kicks off at 5 p.m., immediately following the community conversation meeting. Participants will walk from the Cannon Center to the FedExForum Plaza, and while high heels aren’t required, they are encouraged.

“We as women aren’t giving up any responsibility or energy to change this. We’re saying that men have to unite with us,” said Deborah Clubb, executive director of MAWC and a member of the SAK Taskforce After the walkers arrive at FedExForum Plaza, Mayor A C Wharton’s office will hold a press conference to announce the city’s launch of the Memphis Say No More campaign, a public-awareness campaign that will feature local celebrities and ordinary Memphians speaking out against rape and domestic violence on billboards and posters around town.

The events aren’t without critics. Meaghan Ybos, a rape survivor and activist, said the June 25th events won’t do much to solve the city’s rape kit backlog crisis.

“If Memphis wants to end rape, they can start by prosecuting rapists,” Ybos said.

“It’s nice to have PSAs, but the problem in Memphis isn’t that people are unaware that these things are happening. People are very aware that we’re being raped. It’s the police that need to change.”

The SAK Taskforce reported last week that 53 percent of the total inventory of rape kits had been fully analyzed or are at labs awaiting analysis. Of that percentage, only 15 percent have been completely processed for DNA, but that number isn’t often publicly touted. Investigations have resulted in 98 requests for indictments of known individuals or DNA profiles.

When the taskforce began their work of getting the kits tested, there were a little more than 12,300 backlogged kits. Ybos has been critical of the city’s progress, and she says the city shouldn’t be combining the numbers for tested kits with those still awaiting testing at labs.

“That’s a slap in the face to victims because they’re misleading us by claiming progress for something that hasn’t been done yet,” Ybos said.

But Clubb said the tests sitting at labs are at least further along than they were before, when they were piled up for years in the city’s backlog.

“The labs can only do what they can do, and we’re using four labs,” Clubb said. “Other cities and counties are trying to get stuff to labs too, and rape kits aren’t the only thing the labs are trying to process. We can’t speed it up, but we’re staying on it.”

{

C ITY R E PO RTE R

By Alaina Getzenberg

June 25-July 1, 2015

Mo’ Money University of Memphis raises tuition for the 2015-2016 school year.

SATURDAY @ 7:30PM

STAX MUSIC ACADEMY AUTOZONE ARTSMEMPHIS

COMPLETE LINEUP AT LEVITTSHELL.ORG 8

The University of Memphis announced last week that tuition will be increasing once again. However, the hike is being downplayed due to the fact that this is the lowest increase in 18 years.

Undergraduate tuition will be increasing by 3.7 percent to a total of $7,320 per year, plus mandatory fees of $1,583 for those from in-state who are taking a full academic course load.

Law students have the smallest tuition increase percentage-wise due to their already more expensive fees. Tuition is increasing by two percent, but students at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law will now have to pay $16,312, in addition to $1,475 in fees.

Graduate students will see the largest increase, 3.9 percent or $18 per credit hour. This will add up to $9,580 a year, plus $1,589 in fees.

With the approval by the Tennessee Board of Regents, it marks an increase in tuition for the U of M that is less than half the average hike (8 percent) during the past 15 years.

“We are able to minimize the increase because of continuing cost containment and efficiency measures,” said University of Memphis President M. David Rudd.

Moving On

{

S POTLI G HT

By Alaina Getzenberg

plans for their new space, although the music program will have a piece of it, including the historic organ. The relationship between Evergreen and Rhodes will continue. If the church ever decides to come back to the area, Rhodes has offered it an indefinite proposal to worship at the college.

While the future is largely unknown for Evergreen Church, all eyes are on the road ahead, according to Waechter Webb.

University Street Sanctuary

“We are walking out into the unknown.

We are not sure exactly what is next, but we trust that as we do, there will be clarity that comes for us as a church,” said Waechter Webb. “There is already just tons of imagination and ideas for partners in this city. How can we make a difference in a particular way in this city? That’s the journey we are setting out on and the exploration ahead.”

This Saturday, your LAST CHANCE to be the

SATURDAY NIGHT 8PM-10PM,

80,000

$

Play for a share of more than

in CASH and FREE PLAY! See Player Rewards for details.

800.467.6182 • southlandpark.com West Memphis, Arkansas Players must be 21 years of age or older to game and 18 years of age or older to bet at the racetrack. Player Rewards card and valid ID are required. Management reserves all rights. Non transferable. Not valid with any other offer.

Play responsibly; for help quitting call 800-522-4700. FLYER 6/25/2015 • SOUTHL-49612

9

Insta

SOUTHL-49612 Flyer Last Man 6.25.indd 1

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

After 64 years, Evergreen Presbyterian Church finally said goodbye to its sanctuary at 613 University Street.

The church sold its facilities to Rhodes College, which is located across the street from the church, two years ago, but the congregation held its last service there on Sunday, June 21st.

The property will add about 9.7 acres to the Rhodes campus. It includes a 1,000-seat sanctuary, a two-story education building, a gymnasium, and a variety of sports equipment. The college bought the facilities and land for $2.6 million.

Part of the reason for the sale was the church’s decrease in membership, making the space larger than necessary for the congregation of about 160 people.

In 1950, when the building was erected, the church had about 1,400 congregants.

The church has been able to phase out of the space in the past two years due to an agreement with Rhodes that allowed them to remain there while the college updated its master plan to include the new space.

Under the leadership of Reverend Lucy Waechter Webb, a Rhodes alumni who has been part of the church for nine months, Evergreen has been using the time to explore new locations. Over the past five months, they visited six locations, including storefronts and space in other churches.

“It’s an amazing opportunity to go and do a new thing. Church in our world is dramatically shifting and that’s exciting to me,” Waechter Webb said.

“You also can’t make those changes unless you take some really bold steps, so Evergreen’s decision to sell the building was a sign to me that it was a community ready for change and ready to embrace the next thing.”

At Evergreen’s last service, the congregation and others walked around the grounds and said prayers to bless the property’s future uses, and then the final worship service was held in the sanctuary.

To wrap up the Father’s Day afternoon service, a lunch and organ concert were held. Evergreen’s 44-rank Reuter organ has been a part of the church for all of its 64 years. The concert highlighted its history with 10 musicians playing a diverse array of pieces.

The church will hold services this coming Sunday and for the foreseeable future at the Beethoven Club, 263 South McLean Boulevard, a historic performance venue that the churchgoers decided was an inspirational space that left them hopeful for the future, Waechter Webb said.

Rhodes has not disclosed detailed

NEWS & OPINION

ALAINA GETZENBERG

Evergreen Presbyterian Church holds last service in historic sanctuary.

6/15/15 3:59 PM

{

S POTLI G HT B y A l e x a n d r a P u s a t e r i

Kind of a Big Dill Memphis-made competitive selfie app secures funding.

WORSHIP SERVICES SUNDAYS @ 5:30 PM Paintings happen before your eyes. The music is a lot like what plays in your car. The atmosphere is casual, the tenor upbeat, the message practical. Come celebrate in a welcoming community with a unique reverence for the arts.

8500 Walnut Grove Rd

HopeChurchMemphis.com/the-stirring /thestirring

June 25-July 1, 2015

@thestirringhope

Worth Jones 10

901-761-1622

HobsonRealtors.com

Selfie skills are getting put to the test thanks to Pickle, a Memphis-made mobile app dedicated to “competitive selfies.”

The app recently secured $135,000 in funding — the majority coming from Wolf River Angels, the investment branch of tech accelerator and development group Start Co. The app allows users to post different types of themed selfies, such as best dinosaur face or most absurd duck face. Pickle users can then vote for the best in each category.

The app’s creators — Morgan Steffy, a University of Memphis student majoring in computer science, and Evan Katz, a recent Rhodes College graduate — met two years ago while studying in Ecuador. Initially, Katz dreamed up an app to help users decide what to wear, and Steffy began coding it.

Katz applied for Start Co.’s summer acceleration program last year, which is dedicated to getting tech startups off the ground. Once they got in, Steffy, who was in Pennsylvania at the time, took a one-way flight to Memphis. The app’s focus then took a shift toward selfies.

“By December, we really found our big traction doing competitive selfies,” Steffy said.

By March, funding was solidified with the help of Start Co., which secured investors from as far away as Texas and California. According to Steffy, the funding will mostly be going toward development as they add a second developer to the project in order to speed up the process. Marketing will also take a chunk in order to grow its userbase.

“Even if we didn’t have the funding, we could still do it, like iterate on our app and figure out different marketing strategies,” Katz said. “But we’d be doing that on a much smaller scale and much slower. The funding allows us to do a lot more at once on a larger scale and get answers quickly on what works and what doesn’t, so we can grow the company.”

The competitive selfies game already seems to be taking off. The app currently boast 35,000 downloads on Apple’s iOS

platform.

Pickle’s journey hasn’t been without challenges. Steffy and Katz went into the startup with no experience with mobile technology.

“The hardest realization was that I was under the impression if you had a good idea for an app, you would just build it,” Katz said. “Once it was built, if people liked it, they would tell their friends who would tell their friends — then a couple of months later, you’d have the next Snapchat. Not only is building an app incredibly complex, but actually finding the perfect combination of Screenshots from Pickle

feature, utility, and entertainment takes a huge amount of technical expertise and math.”

The duo is also going against stereotypes: Steffy, a woman, is in charge of the technical side, while the male Katz is the business’s brains. People often assume their roles are reversed.

“It never would’ve crossed my mind that [the startup scene] would be maledominated in the first place,” Steffy said.

“You see less female CTOs [chief technology offiers] and technical cofounders, so that’s a nice dynamic we have on the team,” Katz said. “I think it’s refreshing that we have a multiplegender team. We’re definitely big supporters in getting women into the [business].”

The free app is currently only available for iPhones, which is a deliberate move by Steffy and Katz, who want to perfect the interface on one mobile device before opening it up to other platforms.

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

BEING CLASSIC MAKES A DIFFERENCE LET US MAKE THE CLASSIC DIFFERENCE IN YOUR HOME !

Committed to Lies Emancipation by veracity is a beautiful, if elusive, concept.

To state unflinchingly that America is racist is to open yourself up to attack.

We lie when we say never again.

I am unmoved by interracial unity marches and vigils and the unsatisfying, fleeting displays of kumbaya that follow such tragedies. Arguments over removing the Confederate flag from its place of honor miss the point. The symbols hurt, but the spirit that upholds those symbols kills. And because there is no appetite for exorcism, the demon of racism remains.

The lies dishonor the dead.

They are Susie Jackson, 87; Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, 45; Rev. DePayne Doctor, 49; Ethel Lance, 70; Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., 74; Cynthia Hurd, 54; Tywanza Sanders, 26; Myra Thompson, 59; and state Senator Clementa Pinckney, 41, a pastor of Mother Emanuel. But we will not remember their names, just as we do not remember the names of the four black girls bombed to death in 1963 in a Birmingham church by white racists.

I feel like I can have hope or honesty, but not both. The truth is that this massacre could lead America to atone for racism. In the truth lies liberation that could unshackle African Americans from the nation’s bottom rungs. But we can’t handle the truth.

We prefer to lie.

We specialize in granite & marble kitchens, bathroom counter tops, fireplace surrounds and custom table tops 20 COLOR SPECIAL ON NATURAL STONE IN STOCK $37.25 - 39.99 SQ. F T.

INSTALLED.

Large variety of kitchen sinks and bathroom bowls in stock!

Four different edge details.

C L A S S I C M A R B LE & G R A N ITE David C.Chandler Sales Manager • 4892 English Towne Drive classicmarble-granite.com • cell: 662-750-1310

e-mail: dcchandler1963@gmail.com • info@classicmarble-granite.com • office: 901-385-7783

HERE COMES THE SUN

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

They lie when they ignore the echoes.

According to a survivor, Roof said: “You rape our women and you’re taking over our country, and you have to go.”

Said Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul in April, when announcing his campaign: “We have come to take our country back.”

Slightly milder iterations of Roof’s racism are as close as the worst of conservative talk radio, where fears of a colored menace — or perhaps a rebellion like that planned in 1822 by Emanuel A.M.E. founder and former slave Denmark Vesey — loom large.

Similar rhetoric pours from the mouths of right-wing politicians. And it is parroted by too many conservative voters, many who would insist they are not racist because they don’t use the n-word and have a black friend.

Roof wrote in his manifesto: “The first website I came to was the Council of Conservative Citizens.” The Council of Conservative Citizens, a white supremacist group, is a sponsor of “Political Cesspool,” which airs on Memphis radio.

W E ACC E P T MOST V IS I O N PL A NS | N O SA LES TA X P R ES C R I P T I O N , N O N - P R ES C R I P T I O N , A N D M AG N I FI E R S

Ray Ban | Tom Ford | Tory Burch | Oakley The Eyewear Gallery | 428 Perkins Ext at Poplar | 901-763-2020 | www.EyewearGallery.com

NEWS & OPINION

People in search of comfort may turn to scripture after last week’s massacre of nine black churchgoers by a lone white gunman in Charleston, South Carolina.

I am drawn to John 8:32, in which Jesus tells his disciples: “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Emancipation by veracity is a beautiful, if elusive, concept. It puts freedom within anyone’s reach. But this nation is committed to lies, never more so than when it comes to racism.

Confessed killer Dylann Roof explained his racist motivations in an online manifesto. In it, he calls black people violent and inferior. He says the authors of slave narratives spoke highly of the institution. He writes that integration sent white people running to the suburbs in search of whiter schools and fewer minorities.

If racism is a continuum, Roof is at the far right end. America’s systems and institutions — all of them — are not as far to the left as we tell ourselves. Typing that — being honest — fills me with anxiety. To state unflinchingly, as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did, that America is racist is to open yourself up to attack.

The (direct or indirect) beneficiaries of racist systems have a powerful incentive to be dishonest. So they lie and insist that racism doesn’t exist. How do they lie? Let’s count just a few of the ways.

They lie when they refuse to unflinchingly describe what happened.

This was not an attack on Christianity. It was a calculated terrorist attack on black parishioners at Emanuel A.M.E. Church by a white racist young man.

Do not blather about mental illness or speculate that the killer was on drugs. Do not paint him as an outlier. Do not disconnect this racism and this violence from the less graphic but still racist violence of segregated neighborhoods, hyper-policed communities, needless voting restrictions, and attacks on public-sector jobs.

But instead of candor, we get obfuscation, as offered by South Carolina’s Governor Nikki Haley during a press conference last week. “We’ve got some grieving too.

And we’ve got some pain we have to go through,” she said, through tears.

Conveniently, the Republican did not elaborate. Is it the pain of grief? Or is it African Americans’ collective pain of political disenfranchisement, economic exclusion, and mass incarceration, all of which are rooted in racism?

11

POLITICS By Jackson Baker

Anti-Confederate Sentiment in Nashville Spurred on by the unspeakable tragedy in South Carolina, in which a white supremacist youth gunned down nine members of a Bible class at an historic AfricanAmerican church, momentum has built rapidly in Tennessee, as elsewhere, for the suppression of the old Confederate battle flag and other symbols of the Confederate era.

Tennessee Democrats lost little time in endorsing the removal of Confederate emblems in both official and unofficial places, in and out of the state itself. State Representative Larry Miller issued a press release that not only called for official repudiation of the flag, but also suggested the National Football League (which maintains a team, the Tennessee Titans, in Nashville) should cancel its forthcoming season, restoring it only when the battle flag has undergone a thorough nationwide de-sanctioning.

Somewhat less ambitious efforts in the backlash against Confederate imagery seem to be gaining a measure of bipartisan support in the state. A call by Nashville Democratic congressman Jim Cooper and state House of Representatives Democratic leader Craig Fitzhugh of Ripley for the removal of a bust of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest from the Tennessee statehouse

was quickly endorsed by state Republican chairman Ryan Haynes.

Sentiment was also reported building to provide tree cover on I-65 outside Nashville to shield a monument to Forrest from the view of passing motorists.

“If I were a legislator, I would vote to move it,” said Haynes of the Forrest bust in the Capitol, seemingly shifting from an earlier position in which he denounced a statement by his counterpart, state Democratic chair Mary Mancini of Nashville comparing the Charleston crime to the 1940 assassination of West Tennessee NAACP leader Elbert Williams. Haynes said Mancini, specifically, and Democrats, in general, were guilty of “seeking to raise money off of a tragedy. … trying to profit from a horrific situation.” It was a claim based apparently on the fact that a link at the end of Mancini’s statement led to a web page that included a fund-raising appeal.

Mancini denied any attempt to associate party fund-raising with the issues she had raised.

Meanwhile, Mancini was scheduled to be in Memphis for several days in the latter part of this week. She will

participate in a press conference/rally held by local Democrats on Thursday to call for another special session of the General Assembly to resurrect Republican Governor Bill Haslam’s Insure Tennessee plan for Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

That event, which will be held under the shadow of what is considered an imminent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that could further cripple the ACA, was set for 11 a.m. at the office of state Representative Antonio Parkinson, 5146 Stage Rd.. Co-chairs for the event were Mancini, Parkinson, and state Senator Sara Kyle of Memphis. Other local and area Democratic legislators were expected to participate, as well.

Haslam has indicated he has no plans to call another special session, following the failure of one he called in February on behalf of Insure Tennessee. He is expected to renew efforts on behalf of his Medicaid expansion plan during the 2016 session of the General Assembly, however.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on King v.

Burwell, a suit brought by opponents of the ACA that seeks to invalidate Mary the federal-run health care exchanges Mancini

Mid-South Book Festival September 9-13, 2015

AT PLAYHOUSE

ON THE SQUARE AND CIRCUIT PLAYHOUSE

June 25-July 1, 2015

GO TO MIDSOUTHBOOKFEST.ORG FOR MORE INFO

12

The root of educational innovation in the heart of the city www.cbu.edu

#CBUisMemphis

JACKSON BAKER

In the aftermath of the Charleston tragedy, bipartisan momentum builds to remove divisive symbols.

POLITICS

in states — mainly Southern and Republican-dominated — that have declined to establish state-run exchanges to administer the program.

Proponents of the ACA fear that success for the suit would cause the immediate dropping from insurance rolls of millions of people, including thousands in Tennessee, who have acquired health care coverage via the federalrun exchanges.

Backers of the suit base their claim for invalidation of the federal exchanges on the fact that the framers of the ACA mentioned state exchanges in the wording of the act but neglected to specifically authorize the federal government as a default operator of exchanges. Participants in the framing of the 2009 act have said that omission was a mere oversight.

Mancini will also appear in Memphis on Saturday as part of her statewide Tennessee Democratic Party Listening Tour. The event, scheduled for 10 a.m. at the IBEW union hall, 1870 Madison, is expected to draw Democrats from Shelby, Fayette, and Tipton counties.

• Ninth District Democratic congressman Steve Cohen of Memphis (who also has been assertive in demands for repudiation of Confederate symbols) found himself in a bit of local party cross fire last week, after the appearance on his Facebook page of a statement lavishly praising John Marek, campaign manager of his last two reelection efforts and a freshly announced candidate for the District 5 seat on the city council.

The Facebook statement was interpreted by some as an outright endorsement of Marek’s bid, but the congress-

man, noting that he has other friends in the District 5 race — specifically Mary Wilder and Charles “Chooch” Pickard, both, like Marek, with pledges of support from Memphians considering themselves progressives — attempted to counter that impression.

Appearing Saturday at a fish fry event for another council candidate, Paul Shaffer, who is running for the Super District 9, Position 2 seat, Cohen said his praise of Marek should not be regarded as an endorsement as such.

“I may do something close to the [July 16th] filing deadline,” Cohen said, “but I’m not endorsing as of yet.”

Meanwhile, Wilder was the beneficiary of a campaign fund-raiser last week at the home of George and Nicole Treadwell; Pickard had one scheduled for Tuesday of this week at the Lincoln American Tower on North Main; and Marek has one set for this Saturday at Ciao Bella on Erin Drive.

• Mayoral candidate Jim Strickland will be the beneficiary of a meet-and-greet affair next Thursday by African-American supporters of his candidacy at the Zebra Lounge on Trimble Place. This fresh bid for backing among black voters is in the immediate aftermath of his endorsement earlier this month by long-time friend Sidney Chism, a political broker with roots in the African-American community.

In response to the Chism endorsement of Strickland, made at Chism’s annual political picnic, Mayor A C Wharton minimized both the endorsement and Strickland’s chances and expressed confidence in his own victory in remarks quoted by the Tri-State Defender.

• After a Shelby County Commission meeting on Monday that was one of the most stressful in the history of Shelby County government, the commission endorsed a budget plan favored by Republican County Mayor

Mark Luttrell that would dispose of a $6 million surplus without gratifying a demand by a GOP minority on the commission for a one-cent decrease in the current county property tax rate of $4.37.

The absence on Monday of several key commissioners caused the tax rate vote to fall one vote short of the seven votes needed for final approval, but it seemed inevitable that the rate would be approved ultimately by the commission on a third and final reading.

A spirited resistance to both the tax rate and the provisional budget allocations was led by Republican Commissioners Heidi Shafer and Terry Roland, but a tacit alliance between the county administration and a predominantly Democratic coalition that included GOP member Steve Basar doomed that effort to failure.

Final approval of a budget resolution on second reading did not occur, however, until several hair-raising moments had occurred, including a temporary walkout by three Republicans and Democraic chairman Justin Ford (a de facto GOP ally) that threatened to cause the meeting the be aborted for lack of a quorum.

That outcome would have put to the test a warning from county financial officer Mike Swift that failure to resolve the budget issue on Monday might cause a shutdown of Shelby County government and a defaulting of employee paychecks. Swift’s statement was based on a ruling by County Attorney Ross Dyer.

Democrat Eddie Jones’ late appearance restored a quorum, however, and the moment passed.

Democratic Commissioner Van Turner ultimately presented a successful budget resolution, reconciling versions proposed by Basar and the administration, omitting a tax decrease and raising the level of increases for several county divisions, notably one by the Sheriff’s Department that had been hotly disputed by Republican commissioners.

Ready to move up to Lexus?

It’s easier than you think!

Lease a new 2015 Lexus IS250 for only $444. (plus tax) per month with ZERO down! $0. due at signing. Tier 1+ Credit rating required. 10,000 miles per year lease

Lexus of Memphis 2600 Ridgeway Road | Memphis, TN 38119 | (901) 362-8833 | LexusOfMemphis.com

NEWS & OPINION

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

Come get yours at Lexus of Memphis today!

13

MERCEDES-BENZ OF MEMPHIS WHERE YOUR SATISFACTION IS

1

#

Put That Flag Away

SELECTED VEHICLES NOW THROUGH JUNE 30TH

PICK ONE

N E W 2 015 G L A 2 5 0

$

329

N E W 2 015 C L A 2 5 0

/MO FOR 36 MONTHS $3,623 DUE AT SIGNING

Certified Pre-Owned

More than 30 Certified. Prices Starting at $26,999.

Available only to qualified customers through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services at participating dealers through June 30, 2015. Not everyone will qualify. Advertised 36 months lease payment based on MSRP of $34,725 less the suggested dealer contribution resulting in a total gross capitalized cost of $33,900. Dealer contribution may vary and could affect your actual lease payment. Includes Destination Charge and Premium 1 Package. Excludes title, taxes, registration, license fees, insurance, dealer prep and additional options. Total monthly payments equal $11,844. Cash due at signing includes $2,499 capitalized cost reduction, $1095 acquisition fee and first month’s lease payment of $329. No security deposit required. Total payments equal $15,138. At lease end, lessee pays for any amounts due under the lease, any official fees and taxes related to the scheduled termination, excess wear and use plus $0.25/mile over 30,000 miles, and $595 vehicle turn-in fee. Purchase option at lease end for $22,571 plus taxes (and any other fees and charges due under the applicable lease agreement) in example shown. Subject to credit approval. Specific vehicles are subject to availability and may have to be ordered. See Mercedes-Benz of Memphis for details.

Available only to qualified customers through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services at participating dealers through June 30, 2015. Not everyone will qualify. Advertised 36 months lease payment based on MSRP of $35,325 less the suggested dealer contribution resulting in a total gross capitalized cost of $34,551. Dealer contribution may vary and could affect your actual lease payment. Includes Destination Charge, Premium 1 Package, Becker MAP PILOT® Pre-Wiring and Becker MAP PILOT®. Excludes title, taxes, registration, license fees, insurance, dealer prep and additional options. Total monthly payments equal $11,844. Cash due at signing includes $2,499 capitalized cost reduction, $1095 acquisition fee and first month’s lease payment of $329. No security deposit required. Total payments equal $15,138. At lease end, lessee pays for any amounts due under the lease, any official fees and taxes related to the scheduled termination, excess wear and use plus $0.25/mile over 30,000 miles, and $595 vehicle turn-in fee. Purchase option at lease end for $23,315 plus taxes (and any other fees and charges due under the applicable lease agreement) in example shown. Subject to credit approval. Specific vehicles are subject to availability and may have to be ordered. See Mercedes-Benz of Memphis for details.

June 25-July 1, 2015

5389 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38119 Sales: (888)356-7636 www.MercedesMemphis.com

14

E D ITO R IAL

Get it done ASAP Earn your degree in Business or Criminal Justice faster with our Accelerated Studies for Adults and Professionals

LeMoyne-Owen College is a Yellow Ribbon School.

Go online at loc.edu or call (901) 435-1507 for more information.

It is a rather large irony — made larger in the course of recent tragic events — that the two most iconic elements of nostaligia for (excuse us, “homage to”) the Confederacy are not what they are usually taken to be. The rousing song ”Dixie” became an anthem of the Old South only after hostilities had ceased, mainly because of its sentimental lyrics and on account of a bounce and vigor that proved an irresistible pickme-up for a defeated people. The song was actually originated and first performed — get this — as a bridge tune in a minstrel show performed in the North in support of the Union war effort. True.

Something similar is true of the wellknown flag with 13 bright stars arranged in a crossed-X pattern, the ubiquitous emblem that people refer to as the “Confederfate flag” and that significantly motivated the racist fanatic Dylann Storm Roof to murder nine gentle black people who had welcomed him into their Bible study group in a Charleston, South Carolina church.

The official flag of the Confederate States of America was a far dowdier affair, a kind of knockoff of the established Stars and Stripes of the federal Union. It had a ring of 13 stars in one corner and three bold bars — a white one flanked by two red ones filling out the rest of the design. The “white” part of that and subsequent emblems created for the Confederacy by William T. Thompson, the designer of several of them, was, in Thompson’s words, to illustrate “the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race,” and was meant to be “significant of our higher cause, the cause of a superior race, and a higher civilization.”

The crossed-X version that many

call the “Confederate flag” was actually employed, in two different but similar forms: as the battle flag of General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and as the Confederate Navy Jack.

Conspicuously, neither variant employs Thompson’s blatantly racist display of white. Both of those emblems accompanied men involved in a conflict that would cost 600,000 lives on both sides of the battle line, and both were retired when that war was over, only to be revived for nostalgic — and, increasingly, commercial — reasons.

Though innocent of overt racism in its own right, that flag has become the symbol of that which well-meaning people call Confederate “heritage” and, as such is stained with blood and hatred. Anyone wanting to know the actual heritage of the Confederacy should merely read the published manifestoes of the Southern states at the time of their secession. They are redolent with white supremacy, couched in terms so flagrant and impassioned as to make the likes of the aforementioned William T. Thompson blush, and they are available to be read, in all their outrageousness, by anyone who cares to Google them.

As for that Confederate battle flag, which is now the subject of so much animus, it should be taken down from any official place and confined to a museum. That horrific war and the despicable ideology that caused it are over.

C O M M E N TA R Y b y D a n z i g e r

VIEWPOINT By Steve Cohen

The Future of Energy

proud sponsors of the

Why President Obama’s Clean Power Plan matters.

$10 off any IV Hydration Therapy

with your Margarita Festival ticket your friendly neighborhood wellness center.

Clinic Hours: Monday-Friday 7am-6pm | Saturday-Sunday 10am-2pm

TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY | BOTOX B-12 INJECTIONS | SINUS COCKTAIL INJECTIONS | IV HYDRATION THERAPY

14 N. McLean Blvd. (at Madison) 901.509.2738 atlasmenshealth.com

STRIKE A POSE

AT THE

PEABODY ROOFTOP PARTY MEMPHIS FLYER

FALL FASHION ISSUE OPEN CASTING CALL

{

BETWEEN 6-8 P.M.

JULY 2 (NEXT THURSDAY) & AUGUST 6

{

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

advanced degrees and are generally higher-paying jobs compared to other jobs attainable to those with similar education backgrounds. The typical wage for someone employed in a clean energy industry — about $44,000 — is 13 percent higher than the typical wage earned by Americans. Perhaps most important, these jobs will be created at the local level and cannot be exported.

This clean energy revolution can and should benefit low-income communities by increasing the availability of higher-paying jobs and providing these communities access to low-cost, safe, and clean energy resources. Energy efficiency programs can reduce a family’s energy bills in both the shortand long-term. Experience has shown that well-designed and adequately funded energy efficiency programs can trim utility bills and limit exposure to pollution by reducing reliance on traditional forms of energy such as coal plants.

Increased access to funding for energy efficiency improvements is especially important for limitedincome households, which spend disproportionately higher amounts of their monthly income on electric bills and often live in homes or apartments lacking proper insulation with old, inefficient appliances.

Last month, Vanderbilt University Law School and Medical Center hosted a two-day forum on the Clean Power Plan. This forum allowed doctors, lawyers, scholars, business leaders, and policymakers an opportunity to discuss how we can work to protect our state and citizens from the threats of climate change while benefiting from the positive impacts of a transition to a clean energy economy.

For new jobs, energy savings, health benefits, and basic economic fairness, we should invest in clean energy resources in order to level the playing field for disadvantaged communities. I stand ready to work with the Tennessee Valley Authority, leaders in the energy industry, and my colleagues in Congress to make this commitment a reality.

We can and must do more to focus on the fair distribution of both the benefits and the burdens related to how we produce and consume energy.

Congressman Steve Cohen has represented Tennessee’s 9th congressional district since 2007.

NEWS & OPINION

It is an unfortunate fact that lowincome and minority Americans are more likely to live near power plants.

Communities living in such close proximity also bear the brunt of the negative health impacts caused by the pollution spewed from these power plants. Due to these historic disproportional impacts, it is imperative that we ensure that those who have been harmed by power plant pollution see the benefits of our nation’s transition to a clean energy economy.

The Clean Power Plan, part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, will be our nation’s first comprehensive regulation aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions from coalfired power plants. Coal plants emit 77 percent of carbon dioxide emissions from our nation’s power sector, as well as millions of tons of hazardous air pollutants that contribute to the formation of harmful ground-level ozone. Ground-level ozone and hazardous air pollutants are particularly dangerous for vulnerable populations, like children and the elderly.

Additionally, ground-level ozone increases smog, which contributes to respiratory illnesses such as asthma and can cause reduced lung function, particularly for adults who spend more time outdoors. Carbon dioxide emissions contribute to the ever-growing threat of climate change, which is predicted to impact historically disadvantaged communities more severely than others due to increases in extreme weather and more extreme heat.

The Clean Power Plan will not only reduce carbon dioxide and the accompanying suite of harmful air pollutants emitted by coal plants, but it will also spur the development of clean energy resources such as solar and wind and increase energy efficiency.

By increasing renewable energy resources, we will create much-needed jobs in the clean energy sector.

According to national business leaders, more than 18,000 jobs were announced in the clean energy sector in the third quarter of 2014 alone. A study released by the Natural Resources Defense Council found that if the Clean Power Plan is enacted, 274,000 jobs related to energy efficiency will be created over the next five years.

One important aspect of jobs in the clean energy sector is that many are accessible to those without

15 15

Growing Up

COVER STORY BY CHRIS McCOY PHOTOS BY BREEZY LUCIA

“FERAL” Memphis director Morgan Jon Fox returns with a bold new web series.

June 25-July 1, 2015

O

n Monday, June 29th, an audience at the Malco Paradiso will get a sneak peek of the first two episodes of a new TV series made entirely in Memphis called Feral. A week later, the eight-episode first season will debut on tablets, iPhones, and the web via a new streaming network called Gaius.

Feral is significant, not only because of its beautiful cinematography, fluid editing, and passionate portrayal of young, gay people struggling to find love and meaning in a confusing world. It also represents the long-awaited return to the director’s chair of one of the most vital figures of Memphis independent cinema: Morgan Jon Fox. “I felt like we were making something important,” Fox says. “I’ve never felt so proud of something I’d made.”

DIGITAL REBEL

Thirteen years ago, Fox co-founded the Memphis Digital Arts Cooperative (MeDiA Co-op) in the basement of First Congregational Church. Fox had graduated from White Station High School, but then dropped out of the University of Tennessee and a film school in Vermont. He returned determined to change his hometown — and the world — through movies.

From Lars Von Trier to Craig Brewer, digital video was beginning to democratize the medium. Fox, bursting with ambition and still feeling the pain of coming out as a gay teenager in the conservative South, gathered a group of amateurs and wannabes, studied the intuitive acting techniques of Sanford Meisner and learned how to use digital camcorders and Final Cut Pro on the fly while making a film called Blue Citrus Hearts. Its emotional realism and raw energy found an audience, first at the 2003 Indie Memphis Film Festival, where it won Best Hometowner Feature, and then at festivals around the country, where it garnered fans — some prominent — for the hot young director.

His subsequent features, 2005’s Away (A)wake and 2007’s OMG/HaHaHa, expanded 16 his vision and technique while remaining emotionally grounded in the experience of

queer and outcast folks creating their own communities in Midtown.

The MeDiA Co-op was meanwhile serving as an incubator for Memphis’ burgeoning film scene, nurturing talent such as Kentucker Audley, Brett Hanover, Ben Siler, Alanna Stewart, and Katherine Dohan. If there is a “Memphis style” of filmmaking — emotional honesty, improvisational acting, graceful handheld camera work, and tight editing — it came from the Co-op.

In 2005, when teenager Zach Stark came out as homosexual to his parents and was locked away in a gay reparative therapy treatment program in Raleigh called Love in Action, Fox was brandishing his camera on the front lines of the protest movement that erupted on the sidewalks outside. During the six years Fox worked on a documentary about the incident, This Is What Love in Action Looks Like, the program was shut down, its head, John Smid, renounced his past and came out of the closet, and public opinion turned against the ex-gay movement.

The documentary’s success brought Fox international acclaim. In 2009, he began a long association with Craig Brewer when he served as assistant director and editor on the groundbreaking web/TV series $5 Cover. “It was Morgan and I who put that show together,” Brewer says. “We were learning about episodic entertainment at the same time. Morgan’s one of the best editors I’ve ever come across. There’s the technical part of editing, but then there’s character and story and the choices you make to tell the best story and give characters life. That’s where he’s strongest.”

Fox worked for Brewer and other directors, learning all aspects of filmcraft. “I essentially took six years off and went to film school,” he says. “But going to film school is clearly not the answer to making a great film. I learned so much about production, and about managing production, and story-building. But I also became a more stable and happy human being. I was able to look back at the kid who made Blue Citrus Hearts and the passion I had then. I was so ready — after not having made a narrative feature for five years — to make a film with that kind of love and passion.”

Clockwise from top left: Morgan Jon Fox consults with cinematographer Ryan Earl Parker on a shot as sound man Brandon Robertson looks on; Jordan Nichols and Tristan Andre Parks as Hart films a scene; Chase Brother and Nichols prepare for a shot; Seth Daniel Rabinowitz and Brother.

Last spring, Fox caught a break, in the form of a phone call from Derek Curl, a film executive whose company, TLA Releasing, distributes This Is What Love in Action Looks Like. “He said he was starting a new company that was going to be like a Netflix for LGBT content,” Fox says. “He wanted to have some original shows, like Netflix has Orange Is the New Black and House of Cards.”

Curl asked Fox to create the new network’s flagship series. But there was a problem: Fox and his fiancé Declan Deely were leaving for an extended Ireland vacation in two days.

“He said, ‘Welp, I guess you’ve got about 24 hours to come up with something,’” Fox recalls. “Luckily, I had some stories I wanted to tell. I just had to figure out how to put it together appropriately. So within 24 hours, I put together two separate pitches, and they took one of them: Feral.

“It’s about this household of roommates in their early-to-mid-20s, trying to live together, trying to pay the rent, trying to be a part of an artistic queer community, and dealing with some really difficult emotional issues. It’s a story about love and losing love and recovering from that. It’s what I’ve always told stories about: sad queer kids trying to find hope.”

Fox wanted to combine his hard-won knowledge of filmcraft with the improvisational Co-op style he helped pioneer. “What was super important to me was to make something naturalistic. Those are the stories that impact me the most. But I think there’s a bad tendency nowadays, in shows like Girls and Looking. I love those shows, but they tend to be based on cynicism. There’s a lot of cynical, self-absorbed people on those shows.

Now, my characters are self-absorbed, too. But I did not want it to be based in cynicism. I wanted my characters to have very pure motives. I wanted their struggles to be pure and honest in a way that wasn’t just, ‘I’m a spoiled rich person without meaning in my life.’”

Feral centers on two best friends, Billy and Daniel, living together in a Midtown bungalow. The story begins when they are forced to kick out their third roommate, who has become addicted to heroin. “They’re people who are left on their own, whether it’s financially, whether it’s identity, or whether their lovers are deceased. Whatever that is, they’re left to their own devices to carve their own way. They’re feral beings.”

GATHERING FORCES

In his years as the go-to guy for Memphis film production, Fox established relationships with some of the city’s best talents. “There’s something about the Memphis scene,” he says.

“We work together, we earn each other’s respect, so when we can develop a project that we’re really passionate about, people come to your aid.”

The first person he turned to was cinematographer Ryan Earl Parker. “He’s always been great, but the last couple of years, he’s just above the game,” Fox says. “He’s a master of light.

I really respect him. And he’s fun to work with. If I’ve ever seen him stressed on a set we worked on together, it was all about the integrity of the image, as he would put it.”

Parker and Fox had worked together on a number of projects, including Mark Jones’ 2012 feature Tennessee Queer and Melissa Anderson Sweazy’s short The Department of Signs and Magical Intervention. “I knew he was just a brilliant filmmaker and a wonderful person,” Parker says. So when Fox called, Parker says he told him, “I’m going to do whatever I have to do to sell you on me.”

In designing the look of the series, Parker threw out the rule book. “How can we approach this differently? How can we throw away everything we know about lighting and filmmaking and start with a fresh set of eyes?”

Parker designed a camera setup that would allow them to shoot at “a ridiculously low light level.” The lighting design was done using on-set lighting such as laptop screens and LED strips. The question was always: “How can we light this as if we’re in the environment with them?”

The vast majority of the filming was done using handheld cameras. “[Fox] wants it to be very actor-centric, very mood-centric,” Parker says. “By going handheld, it allows me to be as much of an informant of the action as the actors. I can find the shot I think is best. I can get into tight areas a lot better, and we can work a lot faster. If it had been too static, it wouldn’t have had the same energy.”

For the lead actors, Fox chose Seth Daniel Rabinowitz as Daniel and Jordan Nichols as Billy. As the son of Playhouse on the Square founder Jackie Nichols, Jordan Nichols was raised in the theater. But Nichols had never acted in film before. “I just told Morgan, if I’m continued on page 18

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

FATEFUL PHONE CALL

17

continued from page 17 ever giving you too much or not giving you enough, just let me know, so I can give you the product you want,” Nichols recalls.

One of Feral’s strengths is its portrayal of depression, most prominently in the character of Carl, played by Ryan Masson.

“When we were first talking about it, he expressed that he wanted to show it in a way that had not really been in the storytelling world before,” Masson says.

“There’s no real cure-all for it, there’s no easy-button reasons for it. Sometimes, it’s just an inescapable, reasonless place that someone is in.”

Fox says the portrayal of a young man’s

downward spiral was carefully constructed.

“I wanted to define this character by avoiding mistakes that are made when portraying mental health issues. Instead of pushing something, I always want someone to draw back into themselves. As opposed to acting upset, I would rather you not know how to act upset.”

THE NEW CAR

“The first day [of shooting], I woke up late,” Fox recalls. Used to being the assistant director, always the first one to the set and the last one to leave, he panicked.

But for the first time in his career, he had a full crew working for him. “We started shooting at like 5 a.m. I came into my

kitchen, and craft services was already set up. I thought I was a filmmaker, but this was the first time I felt like I had become an adult. Not in a boring way. I felt pumped.

Now I have a car, and I’m driving it!”

Shooting Feral took about a month.

“The way Morgan shoots, he’s capturing honest moments from actual people, more so than an actor playing a character,” says gaffer Jordan Danelz. “The militaristic machine of moviemaking can’t apply to Morgan’s style of directing. It would make everything too sterile.”

Nichols says it was unlike anything else in his career. “Doing this series introduced me to a group of artistic people I didn’t know before. On set, the whole atmosphere

was very collaborative. It felt like we were in it together.”

One of the best scenes happened between Nichols and Masson during a hazy dawn on the Greenline. “I lost track of the actors for a little while, and when they got back they had completely transformed into their characters,” Fox says. “When they sat down and started improvising, it immediately turned into this incredibly intense moment. It felt like they had known each other for 20 years.

It was magic. I have never on a set in my life — mine or someone else’s — had an experience like that.”

Parker says Fox is an expert at creating a mood. “If you can set the tone right, and it’s married with great acting and great dialogue, that’s when things start to happen. This project is one of the few examples I have of all of these things coming together in the right environment to work. Everybody got on board, because it was Morgan, and we all trusted him.”

GROWING UP FERAL

The

Manhattans FEATURING GERALD AL STON

SATURDAY, JULY 25 • 8pm The Manhattans featuring Gerald Alston are bringing their stellar legacy to the stage. Performing their hits for over 50 years, The Manhattans are here to stay!

TICKETS $55 VIP (Guaranteed first 6 rows) $35 Reserved $25 General Admission Tickets available at the Fitz Gift Shop, by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000, or by visiting Ticketmaster.com.

HOTEL PACKAGE

$189 Includes a standard room and two reserved show tickets.

Call 1-888-766-5825 and mention code CPSTAR25.

6 t h An nua l F I R E WO R K S S TA R T AT D U S K

Only at the fitz

June 25-July 1, 2015

SATURDAY, JULY 4 F E S T I V I T I E S B E G I N AT 5 p m

MORRIS DAY AND

THE TIME

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 Hotel Package Code: CPMDAY

Watch a spectacular fireworks showcase light up the night sky from the Fitz front lawn. Bring your friends, family, lawn chairs and blankets as you enjoy the biggest FREE fireworks show in the mid-south.

LIVE CONCERT • BBQ • BEER GARDEN PARTY FAVORS • FREE, CONVENIENT PARKING

THE

POINTER SISTERS Saturday, September 26 Hotel Package Code: CPPOINTER

HOTEL PACKAGES AVAILABLE FOR ALL SHOWS! Call 1-888-766-5825 for more information.

18 18

Must be 21. Management reserves the right to cancel, change and modify the event or offer. Tax not included on listed price. Advance hotel reservations required and subject to availability. $50 credit or debit card is required upon hotel check-in. Arrivals after 6pm must be guaranteed with a credit card.

Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-522-4700.

Since the Digital Co-op days, Fox has always kept tight control of the editing. But Feral was a project of firsts, and he had help from editors Laura Jean Hocking and Ryan Azada. The ability to stretch out story lines and spend quality time with characters was a revelation in the post production process.

“I feel like episodic material plays to my strengths,” Fox says. “It felt so much nicer to make little episodes that I could contain. You can celebrate little moments a lot easier. There’s one episode where we take a break from the main narrative and just spend time with two characters. It lends depth to the story, but in a feature film, you probably couldn’t take the time to do that.”

Feral’s musical lineup is headed by Memphis’ Lucero and includes songs by Nots, the Echo Friendly, DJ Witnesse, DBraker, Jeff Hulett, and newcomers Julien Baker and James Sarkisian. True to the Co-op’s DIY ethos, Sarkisian recorded his contributions on his iPhone in his college dorm room.

After months of editing and sound mixing, Fox says he couldn’t be more pleased with the product. “It all perfectly jelled,” he says. “The feedback has been really great. It makes me nervous.”

“It’s been a really long time since I’ve watched something I’ve worked on and had a real emotional reaction to it,” Danelz says. “I cried twice when watching Feral. It touched something in my own life. I hope people can see the potential Morgan has if given more money, more opportunity, and more room to grow.”

Nichols says Feral shows the city’s great untapped potential. “I’m glad this opportunity arose for Morgan, for myself, for the Memphis film scene in general. It presents Memphis in a great light, and it shines a light on a part of this city and the people here that the rest of the country hasn’t gotten a glimpse of.”

Southland Park is now hiring!

Cocktail Servers • Bartenders • Barbacks

PLUS:

auditions!

ROCK STAR bartender

ROCK STAR hostess

ROCK STAR server

We offer an excellent compensation package, fun working environment and growth potential.

EOE

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

MUST HAVE

• food or bar service experience • outgoing entertaining personality

These positions require ability to obtain Arkansas State Gaming and Racing Licenses. Must be at least 21 years old.

Apply in person or complete an online application at

www.southlandpark.com/careers.aspx

SOUTHL-49659 Flyer Now Hiring Full Pg.indd 1

19 6/19/15 4:16 PM

steppin’ out

We Recommend: Culture, News + Reviews

By J.D. Reager

The title “hardest-working man in show business” gets tossed around lightly at times, but it is certainly an appropriate moniker for local creative Josh McLane. Not only is McLane a highly respected drummer around town with bands such as Hombres, Heels, and Special Agent Cooper (just to name a few), he’s also a sturdy presence in the burgeoning local stand-up comedy scene.

But wait, there’s more! He’s also a podcaster, radio host, pro-wrestling ring announcer, independent film writer/producer/actor, and show Josh promoter. How does he keep it all together?

McLane “I enjoy doing a lot of things,” McLane says. “I get bored easily. Comedy is a main focus, but so is playing music and making sure my wife isn’t tired of it yet.”

McLane started doing stand-up more than seven years ago on a dare from local comic Mike Degnan, who said McLane was “funny enough” to get up at an open-mic. By his own admission, McLane’s early forays into comedy were somewhat one-note (“I was just screaming at everyone,” he says), but he has since developed a more nuanced, heartfelt approach to his performances and is now easily one of the scene’s unique and most consistently funny voices.

On Wednesday, McLane will tape his first stand-up comedy record live at the Hi-Tone. The event is called “The Don’t Be Afraid of Josh McLane Comedy Special,” named after the successful monthly show “Don’t Be Afraid of the Comedy, Memphis” that McLane hosts at the venue. The idea was born out of yet another dare — this time from Katrina Coleman, a fellow Memphis comedian who released her own debut album, Womanchild, last year.

“Josh has emerged as a reluctant mentor and role model to the other comics with the longest-running and strongest showcase in town,” Coleman says, who will serve as host for the show. “His stand-up is somewhere between a hellfire-spouting evangelist for reason and a chain-smoking stitch.”

June 25-July 1, 2015

“THE DON’T BE AFRAID OF JOSH MCLANE COMEDY SPECIAL” AT THE HI-TONE WEDNESDAY, JULY 1ST, 8:15 P.M. MICHAEL BROWN, WES CORWIN, JARED HERRING, AND KATRINA COLEMAN WILL ALSO PERFORM. $5

20

Thoughts on the Confederate flag.

The Last Word, p. 47

“30 Days of Memphis” at A2H. Calendar, p. 30

THURSDAY June 25

FRIDAY June 26

Bendy Brewski Yoga High Cotton Brewery, 6 p.m., $15 A beginner’s yoga class followed by a beer tasting.

Peabody Rooftop Party Peabody Hotel, 6 p.m., $10 Tonight’s party includes an Asian menu with lychee margaritas on special. Transit performs.

Ale to Tail Memphis Made Brewery, 6 p.m., $50 A collaborative dinner with beer from Memphis Made and a wholehog roast from Central BBQ. Reservations: 672-7760.

Clueless The Orpheum, 7 p.m., $7 As if you can resist this smart 1995 take on Jane Austen’s Emma set in high school and starring Alicia Silverstone.

Chaka Khan Memphis Botanic Garden, 6:30 p.m., $40 The annual Live at the Garden series kicks off its 2015 season with a stellar lineup, including Hall & Oats, ZZ Top, and, performing tonight, funk legend Chaka Khan.

“Doomed To Repeat” Circuitous Succession Gallery (500 S. Second), 6-9 p.m.

Opening reception for this retrospective of works by Lawrence Matthews. Also opening are Shara Rowley Plough’s “Toile Landscapes” and Jeff Mickey’s “Transition Flux.”

Celtic Crossing 10th Anniversary Celtic Crossing, 4 p.m.

Celtic Crossing celebrates its 10th anniversary starting this afternoon by unveiling its new non-smoking, renovated space. Star & Micey perform at 8 p.m., followed by DJ Tree at 10 p.m. Festivities continue through Sunday.

ERIC HUBER

The Stitch

By Chris Davis

Is there anything better than a pitcher of margaritas and a pile of handmade tamales, piping hot inside their corn husks? If your answer to that question was anything other than “all of that and a rack of ribs,” you’re wrong. That’s why a pair of dueling festivals, both being held this Saturday, will present right-thinking Memphians with something of a dilemma. They will be forced to choose between tamales at the Latino Cultural Center’s first Tamale Festival at Caritas Village or margaritas at the Memphis Flyer’s first Margarita Festival on the Greensward in Overton Park. Or maybe, since they’re both in Midtown, folks can figure out a way to have a little taste of one and a little sip of the other.

“The heart of our festival is the tamale competition,” Tamale Fest spokesperson Kristin Fox-Trautman says. “We have 10 teams headed by experts who’ve learned to make tamales or who have old family recipes that have been passed down for generations.” Samples of the competition tamales will be available, and there will be plenty of Mexican and Delta-style tamales for sale. “I’ve been a volunteer with Latino Cultural Center for a couple of years,” Fox-Trautman says. “When we got ready to grow our efforts, someone joked and said a hot dog festival would be perfect. Everybody loves hot dogs. But the tamale has a special place in so many Latino cultures.

And even here in the South with the Delta tamale. And the corn dog!” Burritos, tacos, paletas, and funnel cakes will also be available for purchase. And hot dogs. General admission is $5 and includes two tamale tastes.

Tickets to the Memphis Flyer Margarita Festival include 15 margarita samples. Margarita mixologists will be competing on behalf of restaurants like Babalu, Swanky’s, Happy Mexican, Molly’s, Agave Maria, and many more. Proceeds from the event go to Leadership Memphis’ program, Volunteer Memphis.

TAMALE FESTIVAL AT CARITAS VILLAGE SATURDAY, JUNE 27TH, 2-6 P.M. $5. CENTROCULTURAL.US MEMPHIS MARGARITA FESTIVAL AT THE OVERTON PARK GREENSWARD SATURDAY, JUNE 27TH, 3-6 P.M. TICKETS ARE LIMITED. $35.

MEMPHISMARGARITAFESTIVAL.COM

SATURDAY June 27 Stax Grand Finale Concert Levitt Shell, 7:30 p.m.

Annual concert marking the end of the Stax Music Academy’s month-long Summer Music Experience.

An Evening with Jenny Martin & Courtney C. Stevens The Booksellers at Laurelwood, 6:30 p.m.

An appearance by Jenny Martin and Courtney Stevens, both authors of debut YA novels: Martin’s Tracked and Stevens’ Faking Normal.

TUESDAY June 30 Volleyball Tournament Tom Lee Park, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., $50-$80 per team Part of the grand reopening of the park’s RiverFit. Includes games for coed teams and more.

Vine to Wine Memphis Botanic Garden, 6-8 p.m., $35 An Independence Day-inspired wine tasting with wines picked to fit outdoor celebrations. Includes food from Humdingers and Garibaldi’s.

Independence Day Beale Street Landing, 8:30 p.m.

A free screening of this Fourth of July action flick on the grass roof of Beale Street Landing.

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

Inside Out: another Pixar masterpiece.

Film, p. 39

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MICHAEL GRAY | DREAMSTIME.COM

Margaritas & Tamales

21

M U S I C F E AT U R E B y C h r i s S h a w

Fit for a King

Yo Gotti

Y

o Gotti gave local hip-hop fans the concert they deserved this past Sunday night at his annual birthday celebration. Known for guest appearances and multiple surprises, Yo Gotti and Friends Birthday Bash at Mud Island Amphitheater didn’t disappoint, with Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill, O.T. Genasis, Dej Loaf, Shy Glizzy, Snootie Wild, Wave Chappelle, Zed Zilla, and Monica making guest appearances, in addition to DJ Paul and La Chat of Da Mafia 6ix joining forces with Yo Gotti on stage for the first time. Those following the Memphis rap game know that DJ Paul and Yo Gotti were once considered enemies, with Yo Gotti calling out Three 6 Mafia on his smash hit “That’s What’s Up” from the 2006 album Back 2 Da Basics. All beef seemed to be squashed when DJ Paul appeared on stage to do the classic Three 6 Mafia club jam “Who Run It,” alongside Yo Gotti, as confetti shot out of cannons and fireworks exploded over the Mississippi River. Later, Yo Gotti called the on-stage performance “a victory for the whole city,” and residents of every section of Memphis cheered loudly in appreciation of the unity the performance symbolized between two of the biggest rappers the city has ever produced.

When asked about holding the event at Mud Island, Yo Gotti (whose real name is Mario Mims,) said that a much larger venue was mandatory for this year’s bash.

“We’ve done the Orpheum and the Cannon Center, and we sold them out so quick that I knew I had to go somewhere bigger,” Mims said.

“I felt like there were thousands of people who were

June 25-July 1, 2015

DJ Paul

getting left out, and if you looked around tonight, you saw that we were top-to-bottom, and this place is twice as big as the other venues.”

The rapper also acknowledged that he’s come a long way since his days of playing all-ages clubs and places like the Plush Club.

“When I was coming up, I just wanted to perform anywhere. When I first heard my music in Denim & Diamonds, I was really excited about it,” Mims said.

“The first time I ever performed at Cactus Jacks or The Premier was very special to me. I have always loved to get on the stage. It seems like Memphis rappers have to work twice as hard as everyone else to get some recognition, but if you keep grinding, it will happen for you.”

Lil Boosie received one of the strongest receptions of the night (along with Monica), and after a few songs, Yo Gotti (who calls himself the King of Memphis), joked that Memphis might actually belong to Louisiana-based Lil Boosie. Other highlights included O.T. Genasis doing his mega-hit “CoCo,” Monica’s amazing vocals, and Nicki Minaj appearing on stage seemingly only to take selfies and wave to her fans, who were all collectively losing their minds. Backstage at Mud Island, Cîroc and Patrón seemed to be the drink of choice, along with enough blunt smoke to choke Snoop Dogg. Each rapper had an extensive entourage, who seemed to each have their own separate mini-entourages as well.

Lil Boosie might have had the biggest entourage of them all, with 30 or so people pouring out of a tiny dressing room before joining him on stage for multiple songs. Behind the stage sat Yo Gotti’s white Lamborghini, though sadly it did not become a part of his performance in the same way it did at his Cannon Center Birthday Bash the year before. When asked how he will manage to top this year’s festivities, Mims said he’s already started planning.

“Im just going to keep grinding, keep trying to make it bigger than it was the year before. We don’t have Summer Jam in Memphis anymore, so this is the new Summer Jam.” Writers Notebook: • O.T. Genasis had the best style of the evening, rocking a Day-Glo motorcycle jacket and at least three seriously impressive gold chains.

COLE WHEELER

DJ Paul, Monica and more celebrate Yo Gotti’s Birthday.

Dej Loaf

• Rappers really do drink as much Patrón as they say they do.

•Monica might have reached the peak of her career in the ’90s with hits like “The Boy is Mine” and “For You I Will,” but her vocal performance Saturday night was spine-tingling. She’s also sold over 10 million records, so there’s that, too.

•Yo Gotti’s hype men deserve a bonus for keeping the crowd thoroughly crunk throughout the evening, as they rarely stopped moving during the show’s five-hour duration.

• After the show, Nicki Minaj went to Blues City Cafe to pick up a to-go order, and was immediately swarmed by fans. Minaj handled the fanfare with ease, taking selfies with her fans and posing for multiple photos before getting back in her SUV. • Memphis showed that it could hang with the big dogs in terms of getting premier hip-hop talent, which is amazing for our city’s entertainment industry. Don’t be surprised if Yo Gotti’s next birthday bash is in the FedExForum, or better yet, the Mid-South Coliseum.

Condoms are free from Planned Parenthood at 2430 Poplar and from friends all over town, so go to FreeCondomsMemphis.org and find one close to you. Protect both of you for free from the heavy cost of what you don’t want.

Pick it up, put it on, and do it right.

22 PP FreeCondoms Flyer 1/4 Horizontal REVAd.indd 1

2/5/15 10:28 AM

L O C A L B E AT B y C h r i s S h a w

Rockin’ Live!

Zach Bair on running a music venue in Memphis.

ROCKHOUSE LIFE

Was this your first venture into owning a rock club?

I’ve spent most of my career in technology. I’ve been involved in venture capital start-ups, and in 2001, I started a company called iMedia Tech and we acquired a company called DiscLive. I sold iMedia Tech to Mark Cuban in 2006, and through those companies I started to really get interested in the music business. DiscLive is considered the pioneer of recording an artist live and then producing the content after the show. With DiscLive you can leave the show with a CD of what you just heard, and everyone from Slash to Peter Frampton are clients of mine.

RockHouse Live in Midtown I opened a RockHouse for two years in Dallas, right after I sold iMedia Tech. The concept was spot-on, everyone loved it, but the rent we were paying was too high.

I closed that location and ended up moving to Memphis to be closer to my mom.

After living here for a while I wanted to try RockHouse again, and Memphis is such a music town anyway, that I thought it would be a good idea.

What attracted you to the Poplar Lounge?

I had been there a couple times to see artists, and I learned a little bit about the history of the building and that it had been involved in major scenes of the movie Hustle & Flow. After I opened the first location, I was scanning real estate listings to see what was available, and one day I said, Oh my god, it’s the Poplar Lounge. So I decided to go after it.

come to

What types of bands normally play here?

A little bit of everything. We have hip-hop, metal, country, Americana — you name it, we’ve had it come through.

Predominately we showcase local talent, but a lot of up-and-coming indie bands come through here as well.

How’s the response been to the shows you book?

It’s been good. Most people are really excited to see us take over the Poplar Lounge, but I think there are still some people out there who don’t realize we’ve made these changes, and they drive by and think it’s still the same thing. I want people to know that it isn’t. We push our food menu, and most of the food items are my own recipes. Overall, I think the reception has been pretty good.

Do you think your location helps you draw audiences in? You don’t have any direct competition on this part of Poplar.

I think this is a great location, because we are close enough to Highland to attract some of the college crowd, but we’re also close enough to Overton Square and Madison to attract some of the midtown crowd. It’s a great location, 60,000 cars drive down Poplar every day.

I want people to know that we aren’t the Poplar Lounge anymore. We recognize the heritage that was in this room, but the feel is different now.

315 Beale Street.

Memphis, TN 38103

Are you going to do anything special for your one-year anniversary?

I’m lining up 15 bands to play the Midtown location over the course of two days.

Because you’ve already owned a club in Dallas and you own two in Memphis, have you thought about expanding RockHouse Live and opening more locations?

My goal is to have a multi-unit chain eventually. One of my goals is to have inroom recording so the audience can walk out with a physical copy of what they just heard.

TinRoofMemphis.com

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

Memphis Flyer: When did RockHouse Live take over the Poplar Lounge?

We took over July 1st of last year and opened on August 1st. We are coming up on our one-year anniversary here, and our two-year anniversary at the other place on Raleigh-LaGrange.

What kind of renovations had to be done?

We pulled close to 5,000 staples out of the walls. Most of the renovations we did involved cleaning and painting the interior and exterior. We moved the stage [from one side of the room to the other], and we improved the lighting, but mostly it was just cleaning, because this place was really filthy. We added some TVs, but we removed the pool table.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

We caught up with RockHouse Live owner Zach Bair to find out more about his newish Memphis venue, and what he has planned for the future.

23

YE LAWO LF TH U R S DAY, J U N E 25TH M I N G LEWO O D HAL L

CHAKA KHAN F R I DAY, J U N E 26TH MEMPHIS B OTAN I C GAR DE N

SE U N KUTI T H U R S DAY, J U N E 2 5 T H T H E L EV IT T S H E L L

After Dark: Live Music Schedule June 25 - July 1 Flynn’s Restaurant and Bar 159 BEALE

Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711

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

B.B. King’s Blues Club

ERIES

143 BEALE 524-KING

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

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

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

Blues City Cafe 138 BEALE 526-3637

Hard Rock Cafe

King’s Palace Cafe’s Tap Room

126 BEALE 529-0007

Donnie Smith Thursday, June 25, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; School of Rock-Germantown Friday, June 26, 7-8 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Saturday, June 27, 7-10 p.m.; Chris Johnson Sunday, June 28, 4-7 p.m.

Itta Bena

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

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

King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE 521-1851

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

King’s Palace Cafe Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851

Mack 2 Band Thursdays, Fridays, Mondays-Wednesdays, 2-6 p.m.; Fuzzy Jeffries & the Kings of Memphis Thursdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Nate Dogg and the Fellas Fridays, Satur-

Wet Willie’s 209 BEALE 578-5650

Roxi Love Thursday, June 25, 7-11 p.m.; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.

168 BEALE 576-2220

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

Rum Boogie Cafe

145 BEALE 578-3031

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

days, 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.

182 BEALE 528-0150

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

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

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813

Live Music Fridays.

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

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.

Double J Smokehouse & Saloon

Silky O’Sullivan’s

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

183 BEALE 522-9596

Barbara Blue ThursdaysFridays, Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m., Saturdays, 5-9 p.m., and Sun-

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

Deering & Down Sunday, June 28, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Memphis Sounds Lounge

124 E. G.E. PATTERSON 335-0251

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

Grawemeyer’s 520 S. MAIN 526-6751

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Spindini

22 N. THIRD 590-4049

Grown Folk’s Music 7:30 p.m.

Onix Restaurant

383 S. MAIN 578-2767

Jeff Crosslin Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

412 S. MAIN 552-4609

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

341 MADISON 524-0104

Rum Boogie Cafe’s Blues Hall

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

South Main South Main Sounds 550 S. MAIN 521-0054

RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300

South Main Sounds Songwriter Night #9 Friday, June 26, 7-9 p.m.; Ashley McBryde Saturday, June 27, 8-10 p.m.

The Plexx

964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Paulette’s 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.

Bar DKDC

380 E.H. CRUMP 744-2225

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

Purple Haze Nightclub

Marcella & Her Lovers Friday, June 26, 10:30 p.m.; John Paul Keith Band Saturday, June 27, 10:30 p.m.

Bhan Thai

140 LT. GEORGE W. LEE 577-1139

1324 PEABODY 272-1538

DJ Dance Music ongoing, 10 p.m.

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

Rumba Room

Blue Monkey

303 S. MAIN 523-0020

Salsa Night Saturdays, 8:30 p.m.-3 a.m.; Urban Kings Sunday, June 28, 5-11 p.m.

2012 MADISON 272-BLUE

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight.

June 25-July 1, 2015

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

Chris Gales Thursdays-Saturdays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, noon-8 p.m.; Karaoke ongoing, 8:30 p.m.

days, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; McDaniel Band Saturdays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neal 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.

JUNE 25

YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND 9PM

AUG 2

G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE

2 1 1 9 M A D I S O N AV E N U E M E M P H I S , T N 3 8 1 0 4

T I C K E T S

O N

S A L E

AT L A FAY E T T E S M U S I C R O O M . C O M AND TICKETWEB.COM

24

SEPT 13

NASHVILLE PUSSY

SEPT 20 & 21

LEON RUSSELL

The Cove

Levitt Shell

Wild Bill’s

2559 BROAD 730-0719

OVERTON PARK 272-2722

1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

1474 MADISON 275-8082

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

Boscos Squared

Camy’s

2120 MADISON 432-2222

3 S. BARKSDALE 725-1667

6-9 p.m.; Charvey Mac Tuesdays, 8:30-11:30 p.m.

Celtic Crossing

Christian Brothers University Theater

903 S. COOPER 274-5151

650 E. PARKWAY S. 321-3369

The Buccaneer 1368 MONROE 278-0909

Buldgerz and Gringos Saturday, June 27, 10 p.m.-3 a.m.; Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; Dave Cousar Tuesdays, 11 p.m.

Live Music Fridays.

Chris Johnson Thursdays, 10 p.m.; DJ Tree Fridays, 10 p.m.; DJ Taz Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Jim & Larkin Sunday, June 28, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays,

Project GOLD Friday, June 26, 7-9 p.m.

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

Yelawolf - The Love Story Tour: Chapter 1 Thursday, June 25, 7 p.m.; #EndoftheWeak Concert Series Saturday, June 27, 9-11:30 p.m.

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

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

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

1589 MADISON 726-4193

Accidental Field Trip with Money Clips Saturday, June 27; Western Medication Sunday, June 28.

Otherlands Coffee Bar

Hard ’N Fast Fest Friday, June 26, 10 p.m.-3 a.m.; Open Mic Comedy Night Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Jeffery Jordan Friday, June 26; MAMA presents Wisewater Saturday, June 27.

Huey’s Midtown

Overton Square

1927 MADISON 726-4372

MIDTOWN

Sweet Jones Sunday, June 28, 4-7 p.m.; Ben Prestage Sunday, June 28, 4-7 p.m.; Scott Holt Sunday, June 28, 8:30 p.m.12:30 a.m.

Java Cabana 2170 YOUNG 272-7210

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

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

Yonder Mountain String Band Thursday, June 25, 9 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; The Wampus Cats Sunday, June 28, 4 p.m.; Midtown Hoedown with Jacob Powell Sunday, June 28, 8 p.m.; Midtown Music Monday featuring Brennan Villines Monday, June 29, 8 p.m.; Buckles & Boots Tuesday, June 30, 8 p.m.; Midtown Hoedown with Ben Bradford Wednesday, July 1, 8 p.m.

Lamplighter Lounge 1702 MADISON 726-9916

The Conspiracy Theory and Dinero Muerto Saturday, June 27, 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m.

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

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

641 S. COOPER 278-4994

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

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Jack Alberson Birthday Bash Show Saturday, June 27; Open Mic with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

The Phoenix 1015 S. COOPER 338-5223

Bluezday Thurzday Thursdays, 8-11:45 p.m.; Cowboy Bob’s Roundup Mondays, 8-11:45 p.m.; Sing for Your Supper Last Tuesday of every month, 6:30-9 p.m.

Strano! Sicilian Kitchen

Dan McGuinness Pub 4698 SPOTTSWOOD 761-3711

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

El Toro Loco 2809 KIRBY PKWY. 759-0593

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, 5-9:30 p.m.; Larry Cunningham Fridays, Saturdays, 6-10 p.m.

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern 5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

948 S. COOPER 552-7122

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

TheatreSouth INSIDE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 1000 S. COOPER 726-0800

Brian Rice - Pandeiro: The Drum Set in Your Hand Tuesday, June 30, 2-4 p.m.; Brian Rice - Brazilian Rhythms: Choro, Samba, and More Tuesday, June 30, 7-9 p.m.

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

The Settlers Sunday, June 28, 4-7 p.m.; Young Petty Thieves Sunday, June 28, 8:30 p.m.12:30 a.m.

Memphis Botanic Garden 750 CHERRY 636-4100

Live at the Garden: Chaka Khan Friday, June 26, 6:30 p.m.

continued on page 27

THE PEABODY ROOFTOP PARTIES 2015

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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

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

Murphy’s

Dru’s Place

HARD ’N FAST FEST PLUS BULDGERZ RETURN It seems like every other week there is a music fest in Memphis, with Spicerfest and Memphis Punk Rock Fest having recently concluded, and Goner Fest right around the corner. But that’s not going to stop five local bands from throwing the first annual Hard ’N Fast Fest in the Hi-Tone small room this Friday night. It’s a bit humorous to call a five-band bill in a 200 person capacity room a festival, but I guess you have to start somewhere. Headlining Hard ’N Fast Fest is local street-punk band Banned Anthem, which recently finished recording at the local studio 5 and Dime. Locals Cult of the Flag and Red Tape Riot should also provide some high-quality head-banging material.

On the older side of things, scene veterans Buldgerz are back in action, and they’ll be playing alongside Gringos. Rising from the ashes of No Comply (a shortlived hardcore band that released one single), Buldgerz also features members of the Blackberries and Hosoi Bros, meaning a group of dudes who would probably be hanging out at the Buccaneer whether they were playing a show there or not.

Headlining Saturday night’s show is Gringos, a band that Memphis Flyer freelancer Andrew Earles once wrote couldn’t be beat due to their “frenetic instrumental skill, visceral heaviness, and unbelievable power (especially live).” Gringos don’t perform too often, but when they do, it’s almost always at the Buccaneer, and surveying the number of creatures who come out of the woodwork for their shows, that is worth the price of admission alone. If heavy metal and hardcore punk is your thing, it’s a good weekend to live in Memphis. — Chris Shaw Hard ’N Fast Fest feauring Banned Anthem, Red Tape Riot, Cult of the Flag, TornApart, and Spline, Friday, 9 p.m. at the Hi-Tone small room, $10 admission; Buldgerz and Gringos, Saturday, 10 p.m. at the Buccaneer, $5 admission.

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 Thursday, June 25, 7:30 p.m.; Pokey LaFarge Friday, June 26, 7:30 p.m.; Stax Academy Saturday, June 27, 7:30 p.m.

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

Jazz with Jeremy & Ed Thursdays, 9 p.m.; 3 Generations Jug Rascals Friday, June 26, 10 p.m.; 3 Generation Jug Rascals Friday, June 26, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.; Hope Clayburn’s Soul Scrimmage Saturday, June 27, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.; Open Jam Sundays, 6 p.m.; Jimmy Ellis Jam Sunday, June 28, 7 p.m.; Justin White Mondays, 7 p.m.; Juke Joint Blues Jam Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

THURSDAYS, through AUGUST 13 6:00pm -11:00pm. Ladies & Hotel Guests free till 7:00pm. Must be 21. $10 -$15 cover charge. VIP Season Pass $100.

june

18: The DMP Band 25: Transit

j u l y02:

The 17th Floor 09: Tyrannosaurus Chicken opening for Star & Micey

®

149 Union Avenue . Memphis, TN 38103 901.529.4000 . www.peabodymemphis.com

®

25

PICK UP A TRUCK!

WIN A 2015 CHEVROLET® COLORADO!

JUNE 28 1PM–4PM

$5,000 Prize Pool!

1st place $1,000 • 2nd $850 3rd $750 • 4th $550 5th $350 • 6–10th $200 2 Wild card drawings for $250 each!

See Promotion Center for official rules.

, JUNE 27•11PM SATURDAY 4 winners of $500 in Free Slot Play! • 11:30PM 20 winners will win $250 in Free Slot Play!

Fridays & Saturdays • 6PM–10PM

ballystunica.com

June 25-July 1, 2015

SE

PIP E

•

TS • WHATEV F I ER G EL

S

Bally’s Tunica and RIH Acquisitions MS II, LLC have no affiliation with Caesars License Company, LLC and its affiliates other than a license to the Bally’s name. Must be 21 or older. Gambling Problem? Call 1-888-777-9696.

26

MIDTOWN

U of M

2027 Madison Ave. 901-590-0048

555 South Highland 901-452-4731

facebook/whateveroverton

facebook/whatevermemphis

instagram/whatevermad

@whatevermemphis

instagram/whatevermemphis

After Dark: Live Music Schedule June 25 - July 1

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

T.J. Mulligan’s 1817 KIRBY 755-2481

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

The Windjammer Restaurant

Bartlett Bartlett Municipal Center 5868 STAGE

Grif ’s Gifts Live - Welcome To The Stage Sundays-Saturdays, 6-7:30 p.m.

Shelby Forest General Store 7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

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

The Dantones Sunday, June 28, 8-11:30 p.m.

Huey’s Cordova

Huey’s Southwind

1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 754-3885

7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

Memphis All-Stars Sunday, June 28, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

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

The Lineup Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Prime Cut Sunday, June 28, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3030

Bluff City Soul Collective Sunday, June 28, 8-11:30 p.m.

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

Live Entertainment Thursdays-Sundays, Wednesdays, 6 p.m.

Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

The Thrill at Neil’s featuring Jack Rowell and Triplethret Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Flashback Sunday, June 28, 3-6 p.m.; Sax on Sunday: StraightAhead and Mainstream Jazz fourth Sunday of every month, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Gene Nunez and Debbie Jamison Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Elmo and The Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern 6565 TOWNE CENTER, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-536-2200

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

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

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

Owen Brennan’s

Horseshoe Casino Tunica

THE REGALIA, 6150 POPLAR 761-0990

1021 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 800-357-5600

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

In Legends Stage Bar: Live Entertainment Nightly ongoing.

Summer/Berclair

Huey’s Southaven

High Point Pub

Test Drive Your New Kia Today!

477 HIGH POINT TERRACE 452-9203

The Zoo Girls Friday, June 26, 8-10 p.m.

Maria’s Restaurant

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

Whitehaven/ Airport

GOSSETT KIA CPIKE GOSSETT KIA MT MORIAH 388.8989 • GOSSETTMOTORS.COM

Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

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

Scott & Vanessa Sudbury Unplugged Thursday, June 25, 8 p.m.-midnight; Full Circle Friday, June 26, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Basketcase Saturday, June 27, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Sunday Funday with the Lineup Sunday, June 28, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

Starbucks

Old Whitten Tavern

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

7945 WINCHESTER 751-2345

Family-friendly Poetry and Open Mic last Saturday of every month, 8-10 p.m.

2800 WHITTEN 379-1965

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

RockHouse Live

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

Live Music Thursdays,

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

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

Poplar/I-240

4148 WALES 373-0155

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

Dan McGuinness

Karaoke ongoing.

6439 SUMMER 356-2324

The Crossing Bar & Grill

3964 GOODMAN, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-7611

786 E. BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 683-9044

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

Showcase Thursday, June 25, 7:30 p.m.

5709 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 386-7222

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

Cordova

Frayser/Millington

Bahama Breeze

Haystack Bar & Grill

2830 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 385-8744

6560 HWY. 51 N. 872-0567

Karaoke Mondays, 8-11 p.m.

Delta Blues Winery 6585 STEWART

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

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern 819 EXOCET 624-9060

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Grace Celebration Lutheran Church 8601 TRINITY

Open Auditions Female accapella singers Monday, June 29, 4-9 p.m.

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

Old Millington Winery 6748 OLD MILLINGTON 873-4114

Dr. David Evans and Elmo Lee Thomas Sunday, June 28, 3-6 p.m.

Vatterott Career College 2655 DIVIDEND DR. 761-5730

Vatterott College Concert Series Thursday, June 25, 5:30 p.m.

Germantown Belmont Grill 9102 POPLAR PIKE 624-6001

Surf Turkeys Saturday, June 27, 8-10 p.m.

Ice Bar & Grill 4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

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

7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097

Buckles & Boots Sunday, June 28, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

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

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

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

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

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

Raleigh

Mesquite Chop House

Mugs Pub

3165 FOREST HILL-IRENE 249-5661

4396 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 372-3556

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

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

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar

2951 CELA 382-1576

9087 POPLAR 755-0092

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

North Mississippi/ Tunica BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove 6285 SNOWDEN, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662) 892-2660

KIX 106 Smokin’ Summer

Stage Stop Blues Jam with Brad Webb Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

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

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

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

Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

continued from page 25

27

T H E AT E R B y C h r i s D a v i s

Church & State Gospel at Colonus; The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later.

NOW THRU NOVEMBER

June 25-July 1, 2015

DOWNTOWN CENTRAL STATION PAVI A LION AVI

Consignment Music

NEW EPIPHONE ELECTRICS JUST ARRIVED.

LES PAUL SPECIALS ON SALE FOR $199 (AVAILABLE IN SUNBURST AND CHERRY)

339 S REG $800/ SALE $550

COME SEE JOE OR JIMMY FOR THE BEST DEAL IN TOWN!

24 HOUR VENDING MACHINE AT FRONT DOOR

For All Your Emergency Accessory Needs! Strings, Straps, Picks, Batteries & Much Much More!

Professional Guitar Teachers Available 7 Days a Week for the Best Rates in Town!

28

4040 PARK • 901-458-2094 STORE HOURS: MON-SAT 10AM-6PM

Antigone and Ismene, gorgeously sung by Claire Kolheim and Rainey Harris. The show belongs to the chorus and when it’s rocking, this chorus can absolutely take you to church.

At Playhouse on the Square through July 12th Ten years after Matthew Shepard’s death, the Tectonic Theater Project — a New York-based theater company best known for creating a docudrama called The Laramie Project — returned to the scene of the crime to re-interview primary sources and take the town’s temperature. From those interviews they created The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. This epilogue, currently on stage at the Evergreen Theatre, explores a phenomenon we’ve come to describe as “trutherism,” and Laramie’s need, as a community, to define itself as something other than the homophobic place where Shepard was killed.

In 2004 ABC’s 20/20 revisited the slaying. The show suggested that both the media and the court had gotten Shepard’s

Curtis C. Jackson and Claire Kolheim in Gospel at Colonus

murder all wrong. Shepard’s death was recast as a robbery and drug binge gone bad.

Ten Years Later plays out as a deliberate refutation of 20/20’s shaky revisionism. It shows that nothing changes the reasoning behind the killer’s victim choice and brutality.

There’s not one standout performance in the New Moon Theatre Company’s Ten Years Later. It’s a show about teamwork.

This creative team, assembled by director Gene Elliott, works. Both The Laramie Projects are exercises in minimalism in the spirit of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. This time, the story moves beyond Shepard and his killers to explore the art of persuasion, bias confirmation, and the kinds of stories we tell ourselves about who we are. And how these stories we tell ourselves about who we are duke it out until there’s only one story left standing.

Strong stuff, beautifully acted.

At the Evergreen Theatre through June 28th

BY CHRIS NEELY. COURTESY OF PLAYHOUSE ON THE SQUARE.

I

remember being so intimidated by Gospel at Colonus’ co-creator Lee Breuer. The relentlessly experimental director and playwright conducted his improv workshop like a drill sergeant, barking out the names of famous painters and sculptors from the sidelines. He’d say, “El Greco,” and we’d adjust our improvs to reflect the painter’s stylistic flourishes. Then, as the room transformed into a colorful passion play, he’d change the scene to something

by Goya or Bosch or Diego Rivera. And we, his students, would all change our missions accordingly. This was never a test of our acting or improv skills, of course.

It was a cultural literacy exam. And, although I didn’t fully understand it at the time, Breuer wasn’t especially interested in good acting, in the conventional sense. He was looking for translators.

Playhouse on the Square’s explosive production of The Gospel at Colonus may seem like a clever (if culturally sketchy) adaptation of the least-studied play from Sophocles’ Oedipus cycle. More accurately, it’s a translation aiming to reclaim the ecstatic nature of early theater and root out the meaning of things that are difficult to convey with words. Using a range of classic gospel styles and full-throated pulpit storytelling, The Gospel at Colonus invites audiences to participate in a blind king’s transformation from accursed sinner to acclaimed hero in his final hours. It’s easy to mistake this for a comparative exercise, mingling Greek and Christian myth. It is simpler than that. It’s the appropriation of a script we all know (church), in the service of a script we don’t know, because A) theater’s meaning has changed and B) Oedipus at Colonus is eclipsed by Oedipus Rex and Antigone. Literate congregants may also recognize allusions to Samuel Beckett’s Endgame folded into a stew that is vibrantly existential.

Playhouse director Tony Horne knows how to stage a no-holds-barred musical.

To that end, The Gospel at Colonus is an exercise in both abandon and restraint.

Dance is minimal but choreographer Emma Crystal uses it to generate and amplify tension in ways we don’t normally associate with Broadway. Kathy Haaga’s epically scaled set stops time, dropping the audience in the middle of a classical ruin, as ancient as it is postapocalyptic. It’s a space built for poetry and magic and with the help of music director Julian T. Jones, the cast delivers.

Curtis C. Jackson brings a James Brown-like pleading to old Oedipus. He’s answered in kind by his sister/daughters

BOOKS By Leonard Gill

I Love Books

For one local book dealer, the old way is still the best way.

“Most of the books are in my head.

I tend to remember where I got them.”

“I put older stuff that hasn’t sold on there,” Davis said. “And if it’s a book on consignment, I have a commitment to the seller to do my best to move the item.

But that’s a last resort. I like the older way — where you have an ongoing, personal relationship with the potential buyer.”

So far, however, there have been no buyers for one of Davis’ favorite categories, which is included on the business card for Susan Davis Bookseller: “First Editions Local History - Islands - General.” Islands?

“It’s kind of a subspecialty of mine — books about islands,” Davis said. “I just like islands. I’ve been to a few odd ones.

I don’t think I’ve had any customers for my island books, but I keep buying them, hopeful.”

For more information on Susan Davis Bookseller or to schedule an appointment, call 362-1423. Or if you’re in Sewanee, Tennessee, July 18th-19th, stop by Davis’ table. She’ll be participating again this year in the Tennessee Antiquarian Book Fair at the Sewanee Inn, which will include more than two dozen vendors. The number of books Davis will have on hand and for sale, by her estimate: “400-ish.” And if an antiquarian book fair sounds stodgy to you, Davis understands, but she’ll have you know: “It’s amazingly jolly!”

LORD HURON W/ WIDOWSPEAK

THURSDAY, 7/16 • 8PM

TYLER THE CREATOR W/ TACO

FRIDAY, 7/17 • 8PM SIRIUSXM PRESENTS:

RAEKWON & GHOSTFACE KILLAH W/ DILLON COOPER

20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

FRIDAY, 7/31 • 8PM

KEVIN GATES #IDGT PART 2 TOUR WEDNESDAY, 8/5 • 8PM

JJ GREY & MOFRO

SATURDAY, 9/12 • 7PM

TORO Y MOI

W/ ASTRONAUTS, ETC THURSDAY, 10/15 • 8PM ON SALE THIS WEEK:

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN SUNDAY, 8/30

PURITY RING

ANOTHER ETERNITY TOUR

MONDAY, 9/7

*ALL TIMES LISTED ARE DOOR TIMES

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

“old classics” in addition to novels from the 1920s and ’30s, with their artful covers.

“The reason I got into this business is because I love books, and I love books published between the wars … the gorgeous book jackets of that era. First editions from that period, however, are hard to find, so for a dealer it’s catch-ascatch-can.”

Valuable collectibles are especially hard to track down in Memphis, according to Davis, who finds many of her books at local estate sales: “Memphis is a challenging market for good books. When I started in this business 20 years ago, I thought I’d be going to sales and finding great books all the time. That’s not really how it works, and I think my fellow dealers would agree with me.”

Like many seasoned dealers too, Davis has mixed feelings about the internet, which she described as too often “a race to the bottom” when it comes to successfully selling a title, but she does use AbeBooks on occasion.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

S

usan Davis isn’t sure about the number of used books she has for sale, but her guess would be around 2,500 — in her words, “a modest amount.”

First editions and signed editions, fiction and nonfiction, special interest and local interest, Davis’ inventory lines the walls of several rooms in this one-woman show, Susan Davis Bookseller, which is housed, literally, in a quiet East Memphis neighborhood. Ask her how she keeps track of her inventory, however, and the answer’s simple, because there’s not much high tech here: “I tend to remember what books I have,” Davis said after an open house that she recently held. (Her business is normally open by appointment only.) “For consigned items, I do keep a detailed list,” she added. “But most of the books are in my head. I tend to remember where I got them, what I paid for them.”

What you’ll pay for one of Davis’ more expensive items is $800, which is what she’s asking for a worn but handsome, oversize monastery song book (in Gregorian chant), whose previous owner Davis described as an Arkansas hermit.

One thousand five hundred dollars (marked down from the original asking price of $5,000) is what you’ll pay for a particular favorite of Davis’: Men of Mark (1913), a book of photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburn, a contemporary of Stieglitz and Steichen. But she has some signed Faulkners on consignment that are worth more than the Coburn book. She also has a first edition of L. Ron Hubbard’s Dianetics, which used to belong to Isaac Hayes. And she has hardback mysteries published between the wars, which Davis said never go out of style and continue to be highly collectible.

Southern authors are, not surprisingly, among Davis’ bestsellers, and signed books are always desirable — “well, usually desirable,” Davis reported. Surprisingly, though, books on the Civil War don’t sell as they once did, nor do signed first editions by contemporary authors, except, according to Davis, in the case of Donna Tartt.

“Modern first editions have gone down,” Davis said of recent trends.

“There are so many now for sale on the internet, and the tide started turning around 2008. F. Scott Fitzgerald, however, does well, because young people still respond to him.”

Davis still responds to what she called

29

CALENDAR of EVENTS:

June 25 - July 1

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.

Minecraft Design & Build Contest

T H EAT E R

Landers Center (DeSoto Civic Center)

Design the most creative and imaginative art museum in Minecraft for a chance to win great prizes. To learn more about this contest and how to submit your Minecraft creation, visit website. Free.

Through July 6.

The Secret Garden, musical based on the 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett about a young English girl born and raised in the British Raj. www.dftonline.org. $18-$30. Fri.-Sun. Through June 28.

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

4560 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662-280-9120).

PechaKucha Night Volume 12

The Evergreen Theatre

The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, new work, which asks the question, “How does society write its own history?”

Revisits the aftermath of a town regarding the murder of a student at the University of Wyoming. www.newmoontheatre.org. $20. Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., and Sun., 2 p.m. Through June 28.

1705 POPLAR (274-7139).

Germantown Community Theatre

A Year with Frog and Toad, waking from hibernation in the spring, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding, and learn life lessons along the way. www.gctcomeplay.org. $10.

Fri., Sat., 7 p.m., and Sun., 2:30 p.m. Through June 28.

3037 FOREST HILL-IRENE (754-2680).

Hattiloo Theatre

Simply Simone, electric new revue based on the turbulent life and rich artistic legacy of Nina Simone. www. hattiloo.org. $22-$28. Fri., Sat., 7:30 p.m., and Sun., 3 p.m.

Through June 28.

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

Hernando High School Performing Arts Center

805 DILWORTH, HERNANDO, MS.

The Salvation Army Kroc Center

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, adventures experienced by Charlie Bucket on his visit to Willy Wonka’s mysterious chocolate factory light up the stage. Featuring the enchanting songs from the 1971 film. www.stagedoormemphis.org/summercamps2015/. $5. Fri., June 26, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

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

Playhouse on the Square

The Gospel at Colonus, based on Sophocles’ Greek myth Oedipus and set in a contemporary African-American gospel church service, this production will move and thrill you with electrifying vocals. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $22-$40. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m.

Through July 12.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Theatre Memphis

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

“Oil and Water,” a show of works by Hillary and David Butler at Gallery 1091 www.theatrememphis.org. $25. Thurs., 7:30 p.m., Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., and Sun., 2 p.m.

Through June 28.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

A R T I ST R E C E PT I O N S

A2H

Opening reception for “30 Days of Memphis: Photographs of Aerial Innovations,” exhibition of 30 aerial images taken from a helicopter at 80 miles per hour. www.a2h.com.

Fri., June 26, 6-8 p.m.

3009 DAVIES PLANTATION, LAKELAND (372-0404).

AIA Memphis Office

“On the Boards: Work by Memphis Architects,” selection of digital and hand-drawn renderings featuring work currently in the design phase from AIA Memphis architectural member firms. www. aiamemphis.org. Last Friday of every month, 6 p.m.

511 S. MAIN (525-3818).

Circuitous Succession Gallery

Opening reception for Lawrence Matthews, Jeff Mickey, Shara Rowley Plough, and Jonas Howden Sjøvaag, exhibition of multimedia work. www.circuitoussuccession. com. Fri., June 26, 6-9 p.m.

500 S. SECOND.

Crosstown Arts

Artist reception for “Perpetual Discourse,” exhibition by Tori Lyn Cooper and Trevor Simpson. www.crosstownarts.org.

Fri., June 26, 6-9 p.m.

430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

Eclectic Eye

Opening reception for “An Artist’s Vision,” exhibition of acrylics, relief sculptures with found objects, and etchings into plexiglass by Josie Sullivan. www.eclectic-eye.com.

Fri., June 26, 6-8 p.m.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Gallery 1091

Aritist reception for “Hillary and David Butler: Oil and Water,” www.wkno.org. Sun., June 28, 2-4 p.m.

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

PHUONG LONG, 306 N. CLEVELAND, WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

National Civil Rights Museum

Work of Art Megafest

Opening reception for “Jazz & Blues: Threads of American Music,” exhibition by artist Leanna Lesley. www.civilrightsmuseum.org. Fri., June 26, 6-8 p.m.

Featuring a salute to the Caribbean Islands, car show, and body art and tattoo show. $25.

Sun., June 28, 1-9 p.m.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (INFO 4522151), WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ THEWORKOFARTMEGAFEST.

450 MULBERRY (521-9699).

Sue Layman Designs

Trolley Night Art Show and Wine Reception, exhibition of work by Sue Layman Lightman. Fri., June 26, 6-9 p.m.

O N G O I N G ART

The Annesdale Park Gallery

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

Living Art Terrariums

by Nancy Morrow, www. theannesdaleparkgallery.net.

Through Aug. 1.

OT H E R A R T HAP P E N I N G S

Art Trolley Tour

1290 PEABODY (208-6451).

Tour the local galleries and shops on South Main. Last Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

SOUTH MAIN HISTORIC ARTS DISTRICT, DOWNTOWN.

Call to Artists for “Secret Artwork in the Medicine Cabinet”

Seeking artwork for exhibitions held the last Friday of every month. $15 submission fee. Ongoing.

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

Exhibition by artist/printmaker Beth van Hoesen. www. memphis.edu. Through July 2.

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

“Africa: Visuals Arts of a Continent,” permanent exhibition of African art from the

continued on page 32

SEE IT IN 3D AT THE P!NK PALACE! 2160 YOUNG AVE. | 901.207.6884 HALFORDLOUDSPEAKERS.COM

M 3D OV IE

June 25-July 1, 2015

Aristocats Kids, performance by children attending summer camp program. www. kudzuplayers.com. Fri., June 26, 7 p.m.

Shrek: The Musical Jr., performance by kids attending summer camp program. www.

kudzuplayers.com. Sat., June 27, 7 p.m.

A casual, fun, community event of fast-paced presentations made in the 20x20 format. Seeking proposals for food-oriented presentations.

Email brief proposal and your contact info to brittney@ crosstownarts.org. Thurs., June 25, 6:30 p.m.

YOUR LOCAL SOURCE FOR TURNTABLES, SPEAKERS & STEREOS

SMOKE SHOP SHOP SMOKE

CLOTHING MEMPHISJEWELRY MADE TAPESTRIES GIFTS We make our glass AND SO MUCH MORE with love just for you!

SMOKE SMOKE LOCAL LOCAL

NOW SHOWING!

30

REPAIR REPAIR& &CUSTOM CUSTOM WORK WORK 906 906S. S.Cooper, Cooper, 38104 38104 (901)272-2277 272-2277 (901) FOLLOWUS USONLINE ONLINE FOLLOW Bringininthis thisad adfor for10% 10% OFF Bring

5K

air lth F a e H and June

15 27, 20

SATURDAYJUNE 27 AT SHELBY FARMS

FREE FESTIVAL

AND HEALTH VENDOR FAIR:

JOIN MAYOR MARK LUTTRELL, JR., AS HE HOSTS THE 3RD ANNUAL HEALTHY SHELBY 5K ON SATURDAY In addition to the 5k, there will be a 1 mile walk, health fair, bounce house, dj, an award ceremony, a special appearance by Rocky the Redbird, a dunk tank, and much more!

GO TO HEALTHYSHELBY5KANDFESTIVAL.RACESONLINE.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER. ALL PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT HEALTHY SHELBY AND THEIR EFFORTS TO COMBAT PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS AMONG THE COUNTY.

FREE Every Tuesday Night 6:30-9:30 The Tower Courtyard in Overton Square (by the parking garage) featuring

Brandon Santini

with Zeke Johnson June 30th

memphisbluessociety.com

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

ON

N O T R OVE

E R A U SQ

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

T S E N S E P R

31

C A L E N D A R : J U N E 2 5 - J U LY 1 continued from page 30 Martha and Robert Fogelman collection. Ongoing.

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

ANF Architects

“Where They Were and Where They Are Now,” exhibition and 40th Anniversary Art Show. www.anfa.com. Through June 30.

1500 UNION (278-6868).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

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

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

Cafe Pontotoc

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

314 S. MAIN (249-7955).

Circuitous Succession Gallery

Lawrence Matthews, Jeff Mickey, Shara Rowley Plough, and Jonas Howden Sjøvaag, exhibition of multimedia work by artists. www.circuitoussuccession.com. June 26-July 24.

500 S. SECOND.

Crosstown Arts

“Stories on My Back,” exhibition of a large-scale multimedia installation incorpo-

rating audio, video, digital photographs, and tamale leaves by Richard Lou. www. crosstownarts.org. TuesdaysSaturdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Through July 3.

430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

David Lusk Gallery Temporary Location

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

Through July 11.

64 FLICKER (767-3800).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“Celebrating Asian Plants,” exhibition in conjunction with “Jun Kaneko Sculpture at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens.”

Through June 30.

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

4339 PARK (761-5250).

Eclectic Eye

“An Artist’s Vision”, exhibition of acrylics, relief sculptures with found objects, and etchings into plexiglass by Josie Sullivan. www.eclectic-eye. com. June 26-Aug. 19.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Fratelli’s

“Springtime Whimsy,” exhibition of stained glass by Sharon Israel. www.memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through June 27.

“Smoky Mountain Sunrise,” exhibition of oversized prints

by Lyn Kyle. www.memphis-

botanicgarden.com. July 1-29.

750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Gallery 1091

“Hillary and David Butler: Oil and Water.” Through June 30.

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

July 1-30.

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

L Ross Gallery

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

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Memphis Botanic Garden

“The River Over Us,” exhibition of water-inspired acrylic paintings by Chandler Pritchett. Through June 27.

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

July 1-29.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

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

“Arp, Man Ray, and Matta: Surrealists,” exhibition of Surrealist artists’ books by Hans Arp, Man Ray, and Matta.

Through July 12.

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

8.

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

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

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

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

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

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Memphis College of Art

“It Starts with Pink: A Case Study,” exhibition of photographs by Katie Benjamin. www.mca.edu. Through July 27.

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Metal Museum

“A Kind of Confession,” exhibition of critical and contemporary metalwork from both tenured and emerging African-American metal artists. Through Sept. 13.

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

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

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

National Civil Rights Museum

“Jazz & Blues: Threads of American Music,” exhibition by artist Leanna Lesley. www.civilrightsmuseum.org.

Through July 23.

450 MULBERRY (521-9699).

Playhouse on the Square

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

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Sue Layman Designs

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

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

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

TOPS Gallery

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

400 S. FRONT.

DAN C E

Balagan

Theatrical circus.

Tuesdays-Sundays, 7 p.m.

Through July 12.

GOLD STRIKE CASINO, 1010 CASINO CENTER IN TUNICA, MS (1-888-24KPLAY).

C O M E DY

Hi-Tone

“The Don’t Be Afraid of Josh McLane Comedy Special,” (490-0335), www.hitonememphis.com. $5. Wed., July 1, 8:15 p.m.

412-414 N. CLEVELAND (278-TONE).

B O O KS I G N I N G S

Booksigning by Local Authors

Authors will sign Malice in Memphis: Bluff City Mysteries, a collection of stories featuring Memphis. Fri., June 26, 6-9 p.m.

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

Booksigning by Gabrielle Songe

Author will read and sign Whippoorwill Calls, a collec-

His Summer Just got a Whole Lot Better!

June 25-July 1, 2015

His mom just enrolled him in an Optional School.

Discover Your Options STEM, Aviation, Performing Arts, IB, and More!

Department of Optional Schools and Advanced Academics 160 S. Hollywood, Memphis, TN 38112 • 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

(901) 416-5338 • www.scsk12.org 32

Shelby County Schools offers educational and employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, creed, age, disability, national origin, or genetic information.

C A L E N D A R : J U N E 2 5 - J U LY 1 tion of poetry. Free. Sat., June 27, 1-2 p.m.

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

Booksigning by Jenny Martin and Courtney C. Stevens

Authors discuss and sign Tracked and Faking Normal. Sat., June 27, 6:30 p.m.

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

F ES T IVALS

Crosstown Block Party

The Midtown Crossing Grill Mural will be dedicated and the Crosstown Fitness Park activated.

Sat., June 27, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

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

Healthy Shelby Festival and 5K

Memphis Redbirds vs.

Oklahoma City Dodgers

KIDS

Sprinkler Day

Tue.-Fri., June 30-July 3.

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

Rhythm Nation

Learn the routines and work out to MTV videos with Josh Henry. 1980s hair and attire encouraged. $15. Thursdays, 7 p.m. Through July 2.

COLLAGE DANCE COLLECTIVE, 2497 BROAD (800-1873), WWW.COLLAGEDANCE.ORG.

Sand/grass Volleyball Tournament

Grand reopening of RiverFit with volleyball tournament. Register your team on website. $50-$80 team. Sat., June 27, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

TOM LEE PARK, OFF RIVERSIDE (734-5271), 901VOLLEYBALL6-27.EVENTBRITE.COM.

Wear summer play clothes and cool down with a variety of fun sprinklers at the Garden. Sat., June 27, 10 a.m.-noon.

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

S P E C IA L E V E N TS

Family Campout

Pitch tents, stargaze with local astronomers, take nature hikes, and more. Registration fees cover all activities, dinner, breakfast, and snacks. $65 member family, $80 nonmember family. Sat., June 27, 1 p.m.

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

Featuring 5K, one-mile walk, bounce house, DJ, awards ceremony, and more. Sat., June 27.

Get Out the Vote

Voter registration drive in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Sat., June 27, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and Mon., June 29, 2-5 p.m.

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

Her Majesty’s Gala

Enjoy Renaissance entertainment, and bid on items in a silent auction benefiting the Mid-South Renaissance Faire. Includes appetizers and two drink tickets. $20. Sat., June 27, 6-9 p.m.

STONEWALL HALL, 1583 OVERTON PARK (692-2372)

continued on page 34

SHELBY FARMS, 500 N. PINE LAKE (767-PARK), WWW.HEALTHYSHELBY5K.RACESONLINE.COM.

North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic

Annual festival celebrating the blues. See website for full schedule and directions. Fri.-Sat., June 26-27.

BETTY DAVIS BBQ, 3359 OLD OXFORD, WATERFORD, MS, WWW.NMSHILLCOUNTRYPICNIC.COM.

NOW – JUNE 27

Restaurants will be competing for the best margarita in Memphis. Featuring samples, cash bar, DJ, music, and more, benefiting Leadership Memphis. $35. Sat., June 27, 3-6 p.m.

OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR, WWW.MEMPHISMARGARITAFESTIVAL.COM.

Tamale Fest 2015

Featuring a tamale-team cooking contest, a tamale-tasting tent, art vendors, and a tamale photo booth. $5-$20. Sat., June 27, 2-6 p.m.

CARITAS VILLAGE, 2509 HARVARD (324-5246), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

S P O R TS/ F IT N ES S

5K Walk for Foster Kids

250,000

$

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

Margarita Festival

2015 Ford F-150 King Ranch

IN FREEPLAY ® & PRIZES

DRAWINGS EVERY SATURDAY GRAND PRIZE DRAWING JUNE 27

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

High Cotton Brewing hosts Brewski Yoga on Thursday nights.

Benefiting Walk Me Home Enrichment Fund. $20. Sat., June 27, 8 a.m.

OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR, WWW.FIRSTGIVING.COM.

ILS Fitness Expo 2k15

Fitness expo featuring four exercise classes, health screenings, nutritional guidance, and health presentations. Sat., June 27, 8 a.m.-noon.

DOUGLASS COMMUNITY CENTER, 1616 ASH (301-1640)

Memphis Redbirds vs.

Colorado Springs Sky Sox Fri.-Mon., June 26-29.

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

Color, make and model may vary. See M life Desk for details. © 2015 MGM Resorts International®. Gambling Problem? Call 1.888.777.9696

24579_GS_KOTR_MemphisFlyer_6.975x9.25.indd 1

33 6/2/15 11:25 AM

C A L E N D A R : J U N E 2 5 - J U LY 1 continued from page 33

Yoga and beer pairing.

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

International Mud Day

Make mud crafts, including a take-home planting, mud mask, and mud-paint masterpieces. $3 plus Garden admission. Mon., June 29, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

FO O D & D R I N K EVE N TS

10th Anniversary Celebration

WINE MARKET, 4734 SPOTTSWOOD (761-1662), WWW.WINEMARKETMEMPHIS.COM.

Three-day event will feature a concert by Star & Micey, DJ Tree, and grand reopening.

Fri., June 26, 4 p.m., and Sun., June 28, 10 p.m.

T

IL

O

N'

T

BE

SO

H

EV

G

06

H

AL

Mi

D

20

G

G

'''' G

' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' UN ' ' ' ' 'i' 's' 's ' ' ' ippi' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ss

G

G

Set in modern-day Milan, a Chaplin-esque odyssey through the world of every type of work, primarily unskilled manual labor, seen through the eyes of a kind, middle-aged man who takes on every conceivable temporary job in order to be useful and have self-respect. $9. Sat.,

THE 1524, 1524 MADISON (275-4401)

James’ happy life at the English seaside is rudely ended when his parents are killed by a rhinoceros and he goes to live with his two horrid aunts. $7. Fri., June 26, 1:30-3:15 p.m.

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

STAGE G

G

G

G

G

G

G

G

G

G

G

G

Kenny Brown Band NORTH MISSISSIPPI Allstars G

G

David Kimbrough Band Duwayne Burnside Band Jimbo Mathus Garry Burnside Band G RisIng Star Fife & Drum Band Alvin Youngblood Hart's Muscle Theory G Eric Deaton Trio Cary Hudson G Little Joe Ayers G Rev. John Wilkins R.L. Boyce G Bill Abel G Rocket 88 G Blue Mother Tupelo Blues Doctors G Solar Porch G Tate Moore G John Nemeth G CAMP STAGE G South Memphis String Band G The HillCountry Funk Rosie & Jamie Posey G Bill Steber & Friends G John McDowell

G

'''''

G

OM .C

G MAIN

G

t.

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

FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JUNE 26 & 27, 2015 G WATERFORD, MS for More info Visit: NMSHILLCOUNTRYPICNIC.COM

AT E R FO R D, M S 7, W

DAY & S AT U R DA Y, J

Q

G

Es

June 27, 2-3:45 p.m.

North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic

Y '''''''''''''''' HW ' ' ' ' ' ' ' c ' i ' ''' ' ' ' 'Picn

G

G

NU

BB

G

10

DAV IS

'''''' '''''''' '''''''

G

AN

G BETTY

Intrepido: A Lonely Hero

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

Featuring selection of wines perfect for outdoor celebrations, light eats, door prize, tree readings, and shopping. $25 members, $35 nonmembers. Tues., June 30, 6-8 p.m.

Countr' ' ' ' ' ' ' ill y

FRI

Cher, a high school student in Beverly Hills, must survive the ups and downs of adolescent life. $7. Thurs., June 25, 7-9:30 p.m.

Enjoy vegetarian cuisine and fresh beverages at the screening of the classic film Urban Kryptonite: African Roots, Foreign Diseases featuring herbalist and metaphysician Djehuty Ma’at-Ra. $15. Sat., June 27, 1-5 p.m.

James and the Giant Peach

Clueless

Vine to Wine at the Garden: Red, White, and Blues

MEMPHIS MADE BREWING COMPANY, 768 S. COOPER (207-5343), WWW.CBQMEMPHIS.COM.

I ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' CN I N o r t'h' ' ' ' ' ' ' C

N MS

H I LLCOU NTR YP

June 25-July 1, 2015

FI LM

ECCO, 1585 OVERTON PARK (410-8200), WWW.CHURCHHEALTHCENTER.ORG.

Beer dinner featuring a family-style whole hog roast, appetizers, and limited-release specialty beers. $50. Thurs., June 25, 6 p.m.

Shelby Farms presents a campout for families on Saturday, June 27th.

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

Featuring tapas menu and six varieties of wine, benefiting Church Health Center. $35.

Sun., June 28, 3-6 p.m.

Ale to Tail

SPONSORED BY

Movie Screening and Healing Symposium

Tapas and Wine Tasting

CELTIC CROSSING, 903 S. COOPER (274-5151).

' ''''

BEALE STREET LANDING, BEALE AND RIVERSIDE, WWW.MEMPHISRIVERFRONT.COM.

Rosé Day

Featuring rosés from France, California, Spain, Oregon, Washington, and more. Sat., June 27, noon-4 p.m.

26

Featuring Independence Day. Visit website for more information. Free. Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m. Through Aug. 4.

FLYING SAUCER DRAUGHT EMPORIUM, 130 PEABODY PLACE (5238536), WWW.BEERKNURD.COM.

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

E

Twilight Tuesday Movie Night

Learn more about the art of pairing meals with beer at a four-course beer dinner.

Thurs., June 25, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

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

Through Aug. 13.

34

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

Lazy Magnolia Beer Dinner

Peabody Rooftop Party

2015

It’s Harry’s third year at Hogwarts; not only does he have a new teacher, but there is trouble brewing. $7. Fri., June 26, 7-9:30 p.m.

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

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

7, &2

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Bendy Brewski Yoga

10 T H

ANNUAL

G G G G G

fRidaY & SaturdaY, jUnE 26 & 27, 2015 G gUiTaR & Harp WoRkshop, thuRSDaY, june 25 Tickets $25 peR DAY G 12 & undeR FREE G Camping on Site $15 G byo Ice cheSt $10 Food & ARt vendoRS will be on the PRemiSeS G No Glass G No Pets

G G G G G

2006 2015

Needed: Men with type O positive or A positive blood to support malaria research.

If you are 18 years or older, in good health, and have type O positive or A positive blood, your blood is needed to support important medical research studies that could lead to prevention of malaria.

You will be paid for doing something that could benefit mankind. For more information contact:

1256 Union Avenue, Suite 200 Memphis, TN 38104 901-252-3434

FERTILITY SERVICES

$150 UP

FREE IUDs

CHO CES

Memphis Center for Reproductive Health

1726 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38104 901/274-3550 www.memphischoices.org

Ask Memphis THIS WEEK WE WERE IN DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS TALKING ABOUT:

EXERCISE: INDOORS OR OUTDOORS? WHY & WHERE?

“I practice martial arts.

We work out indoors in our dojo.”

— Terrence Burke

“Since I love to jog, run, bike ride, kayak, and canoe — I work out and play in the sun!”

— Cora Pitt

“We work out at the gym and bike outdoors, but we also have a weekly walk to Wet Willie’s on Beale St. every Friday!”

— Jamie Roszel & Freya Kridle

STEP UP.

START A MASTERS OR PHD TODAY. Graduate School

BE A PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY

— Fran Triplett

SPONSORED BY

Master of City & Regional Planning graduates are making cities better places to live, one course at a time

5101 Sanderlin Ave. Ste 104 B Memphis, TN 38117 901.729.7687 • cosmiccoconut.com

memphis.edu/planning Memphis Slim Collaboratory, Redevelopment in Soulsville, USA

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

“I used to love exercising outdoors in the evenings when it’s cooler ... but it is safer with the two kids inside the gym.”

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

BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION TO URBAN CHALLENGES

35

F O O D F E AT U R E B y A r i L e Va u x

Green Day

ARI LEVAUX

Palak gosht

Two ways to eat your spinach.

W

hen the airborne fluff of cottonwood flowers floats on the sweet breeze of my hometown, it’s my cue that the summer solstice is near, which means the spring crop of local spinach is near its peak. Those fresh, meaty leaves are a seasonal reminder of where I am, as well as what season it is, among the many benefits of eating locally.

But as much as I love spinach, it can become a challenge to keep the fire burning for Popeye’s little helper. That’s when the other side of the world comes in handy.

With a bit of knowledge and just a handful of ingredients from another hemisphere, the resulting infusion of exciting flavors will keep you eating your spinach with enthusiasm.

Specifically, I’m thinking of the northern Indian dish palak gosht, meat with spinach, for which the only ingredients

that need to be imported are spices and ginger. Or the related dish palak paneer, spinach and cheese, which can be made with only those imports. Similar is saag paneer. The main difference is that the saag version includes additional greens, like mustard.

The vegetarian version contains cheese instead of meat. In both cases the sauce is dark green, as if made from pure spinach, but is actually equally tomato-based, with the green from the spinach covering up the red of the tomatoes. These recipes use spinach in ways I don’t often get around to, and learning to make them can be a good way to exercise my creativity in the kitchen. The ability of a few seeds, roots, and powders to transform local ingredients into something exotic is why merchants like Marco Polo become defacto explorers, and why spices like black pepper were once more expensive than gold.

The interwebs are full of recipes for

both of these dishes, but as both can be found in my go-to cookbook for Indian cuisine, 50 Great Curries of India by Camellia Panjabi, I need look no further.

Panjabi is a legendary chef and founder of a family of restaurants in London known as the Masala Zone.

Indian recipes like Panjabi’s can seem overwhelming at first, as they contain so many ingredients, mostly spices. But aside from their whirlwinds of flavor, the main ingredients are few, and humble.

These recipes are edited slightly for space and clarity. Panjabi is a stickler for freshly ground spices, with the seeds being pan-toasted before grinding. It’s a rule worth sticking to with Indian food.

Palak paneer (spinach with curd cheese) ¾ pint milk ½ cup yogurt 2 tsp lime juice ½ - ¾ lb of spinach 2 jalapeños (or similar small green hot-

ties), chopped ½ tsp chopped ginger 2 Tbsp cooking oil Pinch of fenugreek seeds 1 onion, minced or grated 1 garlic clove, chopped ¼ tsp cumin seeds 2 tomatoes, pureed For the cheese, carefully bring the milk to near-boiling, then add yogurt and a pinch of salt. Simmer for 7-10 minutes.

Remove from heat and allow to cool. Place a strainer over a bowl, and pour the milk through it. Press down on the curds with the back of a spoon to get the water out (or squeeze in cheesecloth).

For the spinach sauce, cook the spinach, ginger, and jalapeños in a pan with a pinch of salt and a splash of water. Allow to cool, then puree in a blender.

Heat the oil in a pan, on medium, then fry the fenugreek seeds for 30 seconds.

Add the onion and fry until translucent.

try Our nEw

BBQ OystEr sandwich

Exc i

n nEw Lu ch MEnu g tin

PrivatE Party sPEciaLists

FrEsh Fish daiLy

ask aBOut Our Party rOOM dOwnstairs Free Parking • On thE trOLLEy LinE

waLking distancE tO FEdEx FOruM & BEaLE st.

June 25-July 1, 2015

”nOw sErving” sunday Brunch

36

299 s. Main st. • 901-522-9070

PEarLsOystErhOusE.cOM

Thank you Memphis for 45 great years! www.hueyburger.com

G R E E N D AY Add the garlic and cumin seeds. Stir them around, then add the tomato puree. When the water from the tomatoes has evaporated and the sauce thickens, add the cheese curds and spinach puree. Stir it up and serve.

Palak gosht (meat with spinach) 1 lb meat (lamb, mutton, beef or venison, as long as it’s red and tender) 1 minced onion 1 ½-inch cube of ginger 2 good-sized garlic cloves 2-3 jalapeños (or similar green chiles) ½ cup yogurt ¼ + ½ tsp freshly ground cumin ½ lb fresh spinach ¼ cup cooking oil 1 cinnamon leaf (optional, because, cinnamon leaf?!? otherwise, use a bay leaf) 1 cardamom pod (preferably black) 3 cloves ½ teaspoon freshly ground coriander 3 tomatoes, finely chopped or pureed pinch of nutmeg (optional) 1 chunk of butter (optional) Puree the ginger, garlic and jalapeños in a food processor. Add the yogurt and ¼ tsp cumin powder. Marinate the lamb in this for at least an hour, preferably overnight.

Blanch the spinach for 10 or so seconds in boiling water. Puree.

Heat the oil in a pan, add the cinnamon (or bay) leaf, cardamom, and cloves. When the spices begin to brown, add the onions. Slowly fry until they start to brown. Add coriander and ½ tsp cumin powder. Stir, and add a splash of water.

Add the meat and marinade. The meat will release water as it cooks. When this moisture is nearly gone add the tomatoes, two cups water, and a teaspoon salt. Cover, and simmer on low until the moisture is again nearly gone. Add pureed spinach, cook gently for five minutes. Sprinkle with nutmeg powder, and add a chunk of butter if desired.

Both can be served with rice, or an Indian flatbread like parathas, rotis, or naan.

COME DINE ON BHAN THAI'S

NEWLY EXPANDED PATIO.

LIVE MUSIC ON THE WEEKENDS. VOTED BEST THAI MEMPHIS FLYER AND MEMPHIS MAGAZINE READERS POLL 2015. BEST PATIO DINING MEMPHIS MAGAZINE 2015.

1324 PEABODY • MIDTOWN • 901.272.1538 • BHANTHAIRESTAURANT.COM LUNCH 11-2:30 TUES-FRI • DINNER 5 TIL TUES-SUN •CLOSED MON

WE WILL BE CLOSED FOR OUR ANNUAL VACATION JUNE 29- JULY 7.

MR. & MRS. PIRTLE - 1958

GET ONE 2 PC DARK DINNER

FREE

W/ PURCHASE OF ONE 2PC DARK DINNER & 2 MED DRINKS. WITH THIS COUPON.

Dine In & Drive Thru 3571 Lamar Ave • 2520 Mt Moriah Drive Thru / Carry Out 1217 S. Bellevue • 4349 Elvis Presley

811 S Highland • 2484 Jackson Ave • 1370 Poplar Ave • 890 Thomas Facebook.com/Jackpirtles • Twitter.com/@Jackpirtles1957 Write Us: Customer2jackpirtles@Gmail.com • Buses Welcome! We Accept All Major Credit Cards

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CELEBRATING OUR 13TH ANNIVERSARY THIS MONTH

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

CATERING- WE DO IT ALL! CALL US 901.372.9897

37

NOW OPEN downtown at 149 Madison

MEDITERRANEAN FUSION • DOWNTOWN ATMOSPHERE

Hookah • Espresso Bar • Pastries Smoothies • Breakfast •Lunch

The Best Gyros in Memphis

149 Madison • Downtown Memphis • (901) 443-5868

901.347.3060 schweinehaus.com

LAGUNITAS BEER DINNER b

1st Course:

IPA - Summerslide - Tomato & Cucumber Terrine, Shaved Manchego, Spiced Pine Nuts, Beer Bread

June 25-July 1, 2015

2nd Course:

Lil Sumpin Sumpin - Lil Shrimpin Shrimpin Charred Shrimp, Watermelon Gazpacho, Garlic Chips, Strawberry Balsamic Reduction

3rd Course:

Daytime IPA - Daytripping - Duck Prosciutto, Honeydew Melon, Honey Apple Vinegar, Myer Lemon Olive Oil, French Pain Bouillie

4th Course:

Censored - Hill Country - Texas Style Smoked Brisket, Celery Root Puree, Tobacco Onions, Chorizo Oil

5th Course:

Sucks - Strawberry's Shortcake Slow Roasted Strawberries, Shortcake Biscuit, Vanilla Whipped Cream, Root Beer Granite, Spiced Honey

2110 Madison Ave Overton Square

BARTLETT Abuelo’s Coletta’s Colton’s Steak House Dixie Cafe El Porton Firebirds Gridley’s Bar-B-Q La Playita Mexicana Los Olas del Pacifico Memphis Mojo Cafe Pig-N-Whistle Saito Steakhouse Sekisui Sidecar Cafe Side Porch Steak House

CHICKASAW GARDENS/ UNIV. OF MEMPHIS A-Tan Avenue Coffee Bella Caffe Brother Juniper’s Derae Restaurant El Porton El Toro Loco The Farmer Jack Pirtle’s Chicken Just for Lunch La Baguette La Hacienda Los Compadres Lost Pizza Co. Lucchesi's Beer Garden Medallion Osaka Penn’s Pete & Sam’s Raffe’s Deli Republic Coffee RP Tracks Woman’s Exchange

Live Belly Dancing Every Saturday Night

38

Locality ✴ Guide

daily

11am-2am

21 & Up

after 9pm

COLLIERVILLE Bangkok Alley Bonefish Grill Booyah’s Cafe Grill Cafe Piazza Ciao Baby!

Corky’s Ribs & BBQ El Mezcal El Porton Firebirds Gus’s Fried Chicken Huey’s Jim’s Place Grille La Hacienda Mary’s German Restaurant Memphis Pizza Cafe Mulan Asian Bistro Pig-N-Whistle Sekisui Silver Caboose Square Beans Coffee Whaley’s Pizza Wolf River Cafe CORDOVA Bahama Breeze Bombay House Bonefish Grill Butcher Shop Cafe Fontana Corky’s East End Grill El Mezcal El Porton Flying Saucer Fox & Hound Friday Tuna Gus’s Fried Chicken Huey’s iSushi Jim ’N Nick’s Bar-B-Q La Hacienda Pasta Italia Petra Cafe Presentation Room Sekisui Shogun Skimo’s TJ Mulligan’s DOWNTOWN Alannah’s Breakfast Kafe Alcenia’s Aldo’s Pizza Pies Alfred’s The Arcade Automatic Slim’s Bangkok Alley Bardog Tavern B.B. King’s Blues Club Belle Bistro Bleu Blind Bear Bluefin Blue Monkey Blue Plate Cafe Blues City Cafe

Bon Ton Cafe The Brass Door Burrito Blues Cafe Keough Cafe Pontotoc Capriccio Grill Central BBQ Chez Philippe City Market Cordelia’s Table Coyote Ugly Cozy Corner DeJaVu Double J Smokehouse & Saloon Earnestine & Hazel’s Eighty3 Felicia Suzanne’s Ferraro’s Pizzeria & Pub Flight Flying Fish Flying Saucer Frank’s Market & Deli Grawemeyer’s The Green Beetle Gus’s Fried Chicken Happy Mexican Hard Rock Cafe Huey’s Itta Bena Jack Pirtle’s Chicken Jerry Lee Lewis’ Cafe and Honky Tonk King’s Palace Cafe Kooky Canuck Little Tea Shop Local Gastropub Lunchbox Eats The Majestic Grille Marmalade McEwen’s Mesquite Chop House Miss Polly’s Mollie Fontaine Lounge Nacho’s New York Pizza Office at Uptown Café Onix Oshi Burger Bar Paulette’s Pearl’s Oyster House Rendezvous Rizzo’s Diner Rumba Room Rum Boogie Cafe Sekisui Silky O’Sullivan’s Silly Goose South of Beale Spaghetti Warehouse Spindini Tamp & Tap Texas de Brazil Tin Roof Tug’s Westy’s Yao’s Downtown China Bistro Zac’s Cafe

EAST MEMPHIS 4 Dumplings Acre Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen Another Broken Egg Cafe Asian Palace Bangkok Alley Belmont Grill The Booksellers Bistro Broadway Pizza Brookhaven Pub & Grill Buckley’s Grill Carrabba’s Italian Grill Casablanca Cheffie’s Café Ciao Bella City East Bagel & Grille Corky’s Dan McGuinness Pub Dixie Cafe El Mezcal El Porton El Toro Loco Erling Jensen Folk’s Folly Foozi Fox & Hound Fratelli’s The Grove Grill Gus’s Fried Chicken Half Shell Happy Mexican Hog & Hominy Houston’s Huey’s Interim Jack Pirtle’s Chicken Jim’s Place Restaurant & Bar Julles Posh Food co.

Las Delicias Lisa’s Lunchbox Lynchburg Legends

Marciano Mayuri Indian Cuisine Mellow Mushroom Memphis Pizza Cafe Mi Pueblo Mortimer’s Mosa Asian Bistro Napa Cafe New Hunan Newk’s Eatery Old Venice Pizza Co. One & Only BBQ Patrick’s Porcellino’s Craft Butcher Rafferty’s Rotis Cuisine of India Sakura Sekisui Pacific Rim Skewer Soul Fish Cafe Sports Bar & Grille Swanky’s Taco Shop Tamp & Tap Triad Three Little Pigs Bar-B-Q Tokyo Grill Whole Foods Market GERMANTOWN Asian Eatery Belmont Grill Chili’s Elfo’s El Porton Germantown Commissary Las Tortugas Maui Brick Oven Mellow Mushroom Memphis Pizza Cafe Mulan Asian Eatery New Asia Newk’s Express Café Petra Cafe Royal Panda Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar Sakura Soul Fish Cafe Swanky’s Taco Shop West Street Diner MEDICAL CENTER Arepa & Salsa Evelyn & Olive Sabrosura Trolley Stop Market

MIDTOWN 3 Angels on Broad Abyssinia Alchemy Aldo’s Pizza Pies Alex’s Tavern Al-Rayan Bar-B-Q Shop Bar DKDC Barksdale Restaurant Bar Louie Bari Ristorante e Enoteca Bayou Bar & Grill Beauty Shop Beeker’s Belly Acres Bhan Thai Blue Monkey Boscos Squared Bounty on Broad Broadway Pizza The Brushmark Cafe 1912 Cafe Eclectic Cafe Ole Cafe Society Camy’s Celtic Crossing Central BBQ Chiwawa City & State The Cove The Crazy Noodle The Cupboard Dino’s Grill Ecco on Overton Park El Mezcal Evergreen Grill Fino’s from the Hill Frida’s Mexican Restaurant Fuel Cafe Golden India Huey’s Imagine Vegan Cafe India Palace Jack Pirtle’s Chicken Jasmine Thai Java Cabana Kwik Chek LBOE Local Gastropub Memphis Pizza Cafe Midtown Crossing Molly’s La Casita Muddy's Grind House

Mulan Asian Bistro Murphy’s Old Zinnie’s Otherlands P&H Cafe Peggy’s Healthy Home Cooking Petra Cafe Express Red Zone Restaurant Iris Robata Ramen & Yakitori Bar Saigon Le Sean’s Cafe The Second Line Sekisui Side Street Grill Slider Inn Soul Fish Cafe Stone Soup Cafe Strano Sicilian Kitchen Sweet Grass Tart Tsunami Young Avenue Deli PARKWAY VILLAGE/FOX MEADOWS Blue Shoe Bar & Grill Leonard’s Pancho’s POPLAR/I-240 Amerigo Benihana Blue Plate Cafe Brooklyn Bridge Capital Grille China Dragon Fleming’s Frank Grisanti’s Humdingers Mister B’s Moe’s Southwest Grill Mosa Asian Bistro Owen Brennan’s River Oaks Rock ’n’ Dough Pizza Co. Salsa Seasons 52 Wang’s Mandarin House RALEIGH El 7 Mares Hideaway Restaurant & Club SOUTH MEMPHIS Coletta’s Four Way Restaurant Interstate Barbecue Jack Pirtle’s Chicken Uncle Lou’s Southern Kitchen

SUMMER/BERCLAIR Central BBQ The Cottage Edo Elwood’s Shack High Pockets La Paloma Lotus Nagasaki Inn Pancho’s Panda Garden Taqueria La Guadalupana WEST MEMPHIS The Cupboard Pancho’s WHITEHAVEN China Inn Hong Kong Jack Pirtle’s Chicken O’ Taste & See Valle’s Italian Rebel WINCHESTER East End Grill Formosa Half Shell Huey’s Rancho Grande TJ Mulligan’s

FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

Voices in My Head Inside Out is another certified Pixar masterpiece.

Inside Out

W

directed at kids, but speaks even deeper volumes to adults. It’s funny and exciting, and its lessons go down easy. Significantly, the film posits that the worst case scenario is not a mind consumed with sadness, but one that can no longer feel anything. Joy’s ultimate embrace of the other emotions to create a richer life experience for Riley is both moving and sharply observed. Docter also takes the occasional aside to look at the emotional debates going on in the minds of characters other than Riley to emphasize that everyone has his or her own struggle. Its central theme of staying aware of the different emotional and cognitive forces pulling you to and fro as you go through life seems like an extremely valuable lesson for children.

Frankly, it’s pretty valuable to me, too. Inside Out is a movie I wish I had seen a long time ago.

Inside Out Now Playing Multiple locations

AUDIO RENTAL MEMPHIS.com

Sound System Rental www.audiorentalmemphis.com

• Full Service • Top Gear • Sound Tech Included

CALL FOR DETAILS

Bob Tait 901-497-0211

Pilates

Making Smiles, One Plate at a Time.

AT NEW BALLET

• www.newballet.org/pilates • A holistic approach to physical fitness and wellness.

Small classes in reformer, springboard and mat.

Individual, duet and group private sessions are available upon request.

2157 York Ave, Memphis, Tennessee 38104 • www.newballet.org/pilates • 901-726-9225

SOUTHERN. INSPIRED. CUISINE

492 S. Main | 38103 901.304.6985 | RizzosMemphis.com

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

through her memories and unconscious mind and return to the control room.

Pixar veteran Pete Docter is Inside Out’s ostensible mastermind, but in the famously collaborative Pixar spirit, he shares his director’s credit with animator Ronaldo Del Carmen. Their work visualizing abstract psychological concepts is creative, fun, and illuminating. Both Riley’s drab, everyday existence in San Francisco and the riot of color and shapes in her head are perfectly rendered, and the stories told in both environments complement and inform each other.

Every detail has been thought through and perfectly executed. There are references to Chuck Jones, Hayao Miyazaki, and early Disney collaborator Ub Iwerks, as Sadness and Joy travel through Imagination Land and the experimental Abstract Thought chamber. There’s not a false note anywhere in the talented voice cast, but Poehler and Richard Kind, who plays Riley’s longneglected imaginary friend Bing Bong are the two standouts. There’s even a Frank Oz voice cameo!

Like classic Looney Tunes, Inside Out is ostensibly

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

henever I hear about a new Pixar movie, I get excited.

Maybe Cars 2 wasn’t up to the incredibly high standards the studio set with The Incredibles and Wall-E, but it’s still more entertaining than 90 percent of movie-like products extruded every year. Months ago, when I heard about Inside Out, I was a little dubious. The concept of personifying the dueling voices in your head as you debate how to get through life was tried in a shortlived TV series from the 1990s called Herman’s Head, not to mention the infamous sperm paratrooper sequence in Woody Allen’s Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex, But Were Afraid To Ask. Could the crack troops at Pixar successfully mine this hackneyed premise, or was this going to be another Monsters University misfire?

You betcha they could! Inside Out is wall-to-wall brilliance that will be spoken of alongside Toy Story and Up as the best of Pixar’s legacy.

The little girl whose head we’re inside is named Riley (voiced by Kaitlyn Dias) She’s being piloted from a cerebral control room by a team of emotions led by Joy (Amy Poehler). Riley’s reactions to the events of her life are determined by a running debate between Joy, Fear (Bill Hader), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Disgust (Mindy Kaling), and Anger (Lewis Black, obviously). Things are going along fine for the happy 11-year-old until her family moves from small-town Minnesota to San Francisco. The family encounters irksome but predictable, problems adjusting to the new environment. The moving van with all of their possessions gets lost. The house they move into isn’t as nice as the one they left behind. People in San Francisco put broccoli on pizza.

Riley’s bridge crew works to keep her on track with Joy at the helm, but as things get hairy, the emotions find themselves on a sinking ship. An accident throws Joy and Sadness out of Headquarters, leaving Fear, Disgust, and Anger alone to run the show. As Riley’s young life starts spiraling out of control, the opposites Joy and Sadness must work together to find their way

39 39

FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

Clueless Sundance winner Me and Earl and the Dying Girl walks a thin comedy line.

I have to admit I’m conflicted about Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.

On the one hand, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s debut as a feature director is genuinely fun. The film, which was based on a young adult novel by Jesse Andrews, who also wrote the film’s script, pulled off a rare feat earlier this year when it won both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

The “Me” in the title is Greg (Thomas Mann), a filmobsessed teenager. High school is hell, of course, and by his senior year, he’s got his survival strategy well-figured out. He’s mapped out, in detail, all of the cliques and social

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

“ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST FILMS. Funny, hip, touching and UTTERLY IRRESISTIBLE.”

−

MOVIES

SINCE

1915

−

– Lou Lumenick,

“A PERFECTLY WONDERFUL MOVIE. It picks us up, spins us around and leaves us giddy with pleasure.

HOORAY FOR UN-HOLLYWOOD.” – Joe Morgenstern,

Ridgeway Cinema Grill

“DESERVES TO BE THE SUMMER’S SLEEPER HIT.” – Peter Travers,

CAFE • IMPORTED BEER & WINE • LUXURY SEATING

Ted 2 R Love and Mercy PG13 Inside Out PG Jurassic World PG13 Spy R

FULL MENU • IMPORTED BEER & WINE LUXURY SEATING

Me, Earl and the Dying Girl PG13 I’ll See You In My Dreams PG13 Spy R

June 25-July 1, 2015

IMPORTED BEER & WINE • EXPANDED CONCESSIONS • LUXURY SEATING • ALL DIGITAL CINEMA •

Ted 2 R Max PG Inside Out PG 3-D Inside Out PG Dope R Jurassic World PG13 3-D Jurassic World PG13 Spy R

Insidious 3 PG13 San Andreas PG13 Pitch Perfect 2 PG13 Avengers: Age of Ultron PG13 OPENS WEDNESDAY 7/1 Magic Mike XXL R Terminator: Genisys PG13

MALCO THEATRES CORPORATE EVENTS • MEETINGS CHURCH RENTALS • GROUP RATES EMAIL GROUPSALES@MALCO.COM

40

EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT STARTS

FRIDAY, JUNE 26 MEMPHIS FLYER

MEMPHIS Malco Ridgeway Cinema Grill (901) 681-2020 #19

VIP MOVIE TICKETS & CONCESSION VOUCHERS 5101 Sanderlin Ave., Ste. 104b • Next to Fox & Hound

ORDER ONLINE AT MALCO.COM OR GROUPSALES@MALCO.COM

FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

and Earl and the Dying Girl is one of those movies where all of the other characters only exist to teach the protagonist a lesson.

Earl is basically a Magical Negro character in the Bagger Vance mode. Rachel is only defined by her advancing illness. Viewing everyone around you only as a prop in your story is not only a bad way to go through life, but also bad writing.

Ultimately, I think the movie redeems itself. Its first-person

6

his friend. Gomez-Rejon and Andrews walk a thin line between deploying and subverting tired tropes, but their message is ultimately one of empathy, which makes Me and Earl and the Dying Girl worthwhile.

perspective is in the first word of the title: “Me,” and the “Me” in this case is a clueless 17-year-old boy. In the voice-over, Greg outs himself as an unreliable narrator, and little details throughout the movie show that the people around him know that he’s being a jerk, even when he can’t see it himself. Rachel is ultimately revealed to be a much deeper person than Greg could see, and it’s Earl who finally delivers a much-needed gut punch to

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Opening Friday Ridgeway Cinema Grill

t h An nua l Only at the fitz

• PARTY PLANET BAND LIVE IN CONCERT

BBQ •

SATURDAY, JULY 4

• PARTY FAVORS

BEER GARDEN • FREE PARKING •

F E S T I V IT I E S B E G I N AT 5 p m • F I R E WO R K S S TA R T AT D U S K Watch a spectacular fireworks showcase light up the night sky from the Fitz front lawn.

Bring your friends, family, lawn chairs and blankets as you enjoy the biggest FREE fireworks show in the mid-south.

V I P F I R E WO R K S H OT E L PAC K AG E S Includes a room, two VIP passes to the Fireworks Spectacular, food, non-alchoholic beverages, and party favors.

Packages start at $189 for Standard rooms and $209 for Deluxe rooms.

A F I T Z T A B L E G A M E S E XC L U S I V E

Cash, Prize and Promo Chips Giveaway

Summer in the South Saturday, June 27 • 9:30pm

GUEST APPRECIATION WEEKEND $500 CASH EVERY 15 MINUTES

FRIDAY, JUNE 26 6PM-MIDNIGHT

5X

$

10,000 Hot Action Sunday Slot Tournaments

POINT VALUE

June 28 & Sundays in July

ALL DAY • ALL MACHINES

Earn 100 points for free entry from 12am – 4pm on designated Sundays.

SATURDAY, JUNE 27 Video Poker play earns half the stated amount.

N EW M EM BERS

PLAY 55 $ ON US

NOW - July 30

$

20,000 Tuesdays in July EARN 100 POINTS FOR FREE TOURNAMENT ENTRY.

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

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

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

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

Receive entries now through June 26.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

groups, and has painstakingly maintained identities in all of them. He’s like high school Sweden: He has no enemies, but the cost of neutrality is a lack of friends. He won’t even admit that his actual best friend Earl (RJ Cyler) is his friend at all: He calls him a “co-worker”, because the hobby through which they have bonded is creating homemade parodies of classic movies. Their movies, which sport titles such as The Seven Seals, A Sockwork Orange, and Death In Tennis, bring to mind the “sweded” films of Michel Gondry’s 2008 Be Kind Rewind. The occasional glimpse of Greg and Earl’s work is just one of the fun formal tricks GomezRejon plays.

Greg’s pretty content to drift through a life avoiding hassles; after all, who needs friends when you’ve got a killer Werner Herzog impression? But his ironic detachment hits an iceberg when his mother (Connie Britton) forces him out of his room to spend time with Rachel (Olivia Cooke), a girl in his senior class who has just been diagnosed with leukemia. Cheering up a dying girl is dangerously close to actual friendship, so Greg is reluctant, but Mom insists, and so he’s soon navigating past Rachel’s white wine-swilling mother Denise (Molly Shannon) to hang out with Rachel in her attic room.

This is only Gomez-Rejon’s second feature, after last year’s remake of The Town That Dreaded Sundown, but he’s hardly a greenhorn. He’s a veteran of TV’s American Horror Story and Glee who has worked as a second unit director for movies such as Argo. He guides Mann through a fantastic lead performance. The supporting cast is full of great turns, such as Nick Offerman as Greg’s Dad and Jon Bernthal as the tattooed history teacher Mr. McCarthy. Gomez-Rejon and Andrews adapt the novel’s first person perspective into a voiceover narration. Little stop-motion animation bits give insight into Greg’s state of mind as he and Earl set out to make a movie for Rachel, the filmmaking duo’s sole fan.

But about three-quarters of the way through the movie, I had one of those moments when you realize that, even though Ferris Bueller is a funny guy you’re supposed to root for, he’s also kind of a sociopath. For most of its running time, Me

41 41

18th Annual

SportsBall Games for Grown-ups Futures for Kids Benefitting

JUNE 26TH

CHAKA KHAN

SPORTS BALL

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mid-South July 25 • Minglewood Hall $125 at the door • $100 advance

www.msmentor.org 901-323-5440 ext. 22

Presenting Sponsors

June 25-July 1, 2015

SATURDAY 3-6pm

June27 Our partners

memphismargaritafestival.com

food provided by

Farm 2 Cart & Agave Maria competitors

SHOW STARTS AT 8:30 P.M. ALL TICKETS ON SALE NOW! TO PURCHASE TRUGREEN LAWN TICKETS, VISIT TICKETMASTER.COM. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 901-636-4107.

42

Overton Park Greensward

featuring

Benefiting

HELP WANTED • REAL ESTATE

At CMi, we have created an environment where out-of-the-box thinking is honored and where hard work is rewarded. We believe you should love coming to work every day. And we believe you should delight in finding solutions for your customers. The Sales Executive is accountable for prospecting for new business, assessing existing clients’ ongoing print media, digital media, event and marketing needs and creating solutions to support these.

CMi is looking for a strategic, results-oriented, highly motivated self starter, who has the ability to develop relationships, create and deliver proposals and close business.

Preferred Qualifications: · Proven track record of generating new business · Outside sales experience · Initiate and foster new business relationships by networking, prospecting and cold-calling · Ability to nurture and grow existing client relationships · Goal-oriented, assertive and very well-organized · Excellent presentation skills · History of consistently exceeding sales goals · Experience participating in and coordinating Marketing initiatives and client events · Media/Publishing Sales a big + Compensation: Base salary, commensurate with experience, plus commission.

Please send resumes to: HR@memphisflyer.com No phone calls.

Penelope Huston Group Advertising Director Memphis Flyer : Memphis Magazine : Memphis Parent

ADOPTION

GENERAL

ADOPT: Happily married loving couple longs to share our hearts & home with a baby. Will provide a lifetime of love & security. Allowable Expenses Paid. Call 1 877 791 BABY, lauraAndchrisadopt.com

ANIMAL LOVERS Bring Your Dog to Work. Carriage Drivers needed downtown. Valid license required. UptownCarriages. com 901 496 2128

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES MAKE $1000 WEEKLY!!

Mailing Brochures from home. Helping home workers since 2001. Genuine Opportunity. No experience required.

Start immediately. theworkingcorner.com (AAN CAN)

DRIVERS/ TRANSPORTATION LIMO DRIVER CDL preferrred. Familiar with city, clean driving record.

Call 901 870 1378

EDUCATION AIRLINE CAREERS Begin here Get started by training as FAA certified Aviation Technician.

Financial aid for qualified students.

Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance.

800 725 1563 (AAN CAN) EARN $500 A DAY As Airbrush Makeup Artist for Ads, TV, Film, Fashion. HD. Digital. 35% off Tuition One week course. Taught by top makeup artist & photographer.

Train & Build Portfolio. Models provided. Accredited. A+ Rated.

AwardMakeupSchool.com (818) 980 2119 (AAN CAN)

COMMERCIAL ROOFERS NEEDED Now hiring Commercial Roofers and Laborers. Must have valid driver’s license and experience. Holiday pay, vacation pay and health benefits.

Submit application to 1300 Lincoln Street, Memphis, TN Call 901 346 4384 or fax resume to 901 346 4388.

CONCERT PROMOTIONS Room for advancement. Dental, Life, Vision Insurance, Paid Holidays, Vacations and Sick Days. Free tickets to local events. Call (901) 324 4199 to set up interview.

PHONE ACTRESSES From home. Must have dedicated land line and great voice. 21+. Up to $18 per hour. Flex HRS./ most Wknds. 1 800 403 7772 Lipservice.net (AAN CAN) SHIPPING/RECEIVING Manufacturer of lighting fixtures needs a self motivated, quality minded person to handle all aspects of shipping and receiving. Light assembly involved. Must have good communication skills and a clean driving record. 401K/insurance available. Apply 797 Roland St., T F, 8 12 only or email resume to info@fourteenthcolonylighting.com

HEALTHCARE BILINGUAL DENTIST Needed for Dental Office in South East Memphis Area. Send all inquires, Mail: P.O. Box 70406, Memphis, TN. 38107 Fax: (901)524 0976 or Call: (901)524 0970

HOSPITALITY/ RESTAURANT PART TIME SERVERS Needed at prestige east Memphis location. Bar experience helpful.

May lead to full time position with full benefit package. Send resume or employment history to P.O.Box 17492, Mphs., TN 38187 0492.

HELP WANTED COPELAND SERVICES, L.L.C. Hiring Armed State Licensed Officers/Unarmed OfficersThree Shifts Available Same Day Interview 1661 International Place 901 258 5872 or 901 818 3187 Interview in Professional Attire

SAM’S TOWN HOTEL & Gambling Hall in Tunica, MS is looking for the next Direct Marketing Pro, is it you? We need someone who has excellent organizational skills, knows Direct Mail and Database Marketing, previous Casino Marketing experience preferred. Must have strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to meet deadlines in the fast paced casino environment, proficient in Microsoft Office, CMS and LMS. Must be able to obtain and maintain a MS Gaming Commission Work Permit, pass a prescreening including but not limited to background and drug screen. To apply, log on to boydcareers.com and follow the prompts to Tunica. Boyd Gaming Corp is a drug free workplace and equal opportunity employer. Must be at least 21 to apply.

RAFFERTY’S We are looking for service minded individuals, that don’t mind working hard. We work hard, but make $.

Apply in the store.505 N Gtown Pkwy SIMPLY DELICIOUS CATERINGS We Are Growing at Simply Delicious Caterings We are currently hiring for Sales, Sales Asst., Chefs, Event Producers, Event Servers & Bartenders, Event Set up Crew.

Skills needed: Mulitasking, time management, reliabile, self motivated, punctual, professional attitude, clear and concise communication through verbal and written forms, willingness to learn, team building Salary & Pay rate: Varies per job. Please send your resume and information to: CMcAlpine@sdcmemphis.com

Efficiency, 1, 2, 3 & 4 Bedroom Apartments • Three New Playgrounds • Basketball Court 24/7 On-Site Courtesy Service • Only Minutes to I-240, I-55 and Downtown Memphis Remodeled Kitchens with New Appliances and All Wood Cabinetry • Resource Center On-Site Spacious Floor Plans with Large Double Closets • W/D Hookup

REAL ESTATE

AMENITIES

memphisflyer.com

Contemporary Media, Inc. (CMi), the locally owned publisher of Memphis magazine, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent and MBQ is seeking a creative and talented Sales Executive. This is an integrated position, selling both print and digital solutions to a variety of businesses in the Memphis area.

901 575 9400 classifieds@memphisflyer.com

3619 Kingsgate Drive, Memphis, TN 38116 | 901-345-9900 | www.thenewhorizonapts.com

43

HELPWANTED • REAL ESTATE

901 575 9400 classifieds@memphisflyer.com PROFESSIONAL/ MANAGEMENT CONDO MANAGER Immediate opening for an experienced Condominium Manager in the Memphis Area.

Position requires an exceptional Customer Service skills. You must have apartment or Condo management experience, good accounting skills, and excellent computer skills. Must have excellent interpersonal, organizational, written and verbal communication skills.

Detail oriented, team player that takes direction well, but can work with limited supervision at times, and has a professional demeanor. Must have reliable transportation, valid driver license, and auto liability insurance.

Attractive compensation package, and paid time off. Must be able to successfully pass a pre employment background screening as well as a drug test.

Applications accepted in person at 5140 Wheelis Drive, Memphis, TN 38117. Resume’ may be submitted via email at resume@ hmheckle.com or by fax at 901 761 5800No phone calls please.

HOMES FOR SALE DOWNTOWN LOFT 648 Riverside, 1BR/1BA, all appls, WD, designated garage parking. Granite in kitchen/bath. Fitness center. Beautiful view, rooftop access. $145,000 firm.

870 588 5536 MEMPHIS, ORLEANS ST. South: 3BR/2BA Single Family 1695 sqft, Detached GarageLease Program$500 DN, $263/mo 855 671 5659

DOWNTOWN HOMES FOR RENT 1219 ISLAND PLACE 3BR/2.5BA, $1675/mo. Call MTC (901) 756 4469 587 GREENLAW PLACE 2BR/2BA, $950/mo. Call MTC (901) 756 4469

DOWNTOWN LOFT/ CONDO 109 N. MAIN Downtown Condo w/ Studio. $800/mo.

Call MTC (901) 756 4469

BUSINESS FOR SALE 1995 MADISON AVENUE For Sale/Office Building 1995 Madison Ave.Located in Midtown/ Overton Square Area Sale Price of $249,900 Features New Central A/C., Ceiling fans, Paint, Siding, Plumbing & Electrical Newly restored Hardwood Floors & 3 Updated Restrooms Lots of Storage with Full Attic & Basement (No Water Retention) Security Gate, to rear Parking Lot of 14 16 Spaces Zoning: CMU 3 ACTIVE Alarm System to be deactivated prior to Showing Sentrilock Keybox Contact Dean Fowler To Schedule Showing 901 237 6699 dean. fowler@svn.com Sperry Van Ness Commercial Real Estate Advisors

GENERAL HOMES FOR RENT

EDISON PLACE APARTMENTS 1, 2, & 3 bedroom apartment homes w/controlled access & covered parking. 1BR $545 $585.

2BR $605 $655. 3BR $725 $755. Convenient to Midtown & Downtown. Walking distance to Med Center. Call 901.523.8112 for more info.

HOMES FOR RENT Berclair Kingsbury 3583 Mayflower 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $525 4217 Westover 2Br/1Ba, gas heat $525 782 Homer 3BR., small den, C/Heat $585 1551 Stacey ≠ 3BR/1BA, C/Heat $585 4802 McCrory 3BR/1BA, C/H&A $635 Cherry Kimball 4207 Fredricks 3BR/1BA, C/H&A $765 Cordova 8235 Walnut Grove 3BR/2BA,/fp, C/H&A $1375 Frayser 2703 Chatsworth 3BR/1BA, f/f heat $565 S. Mphs 96 Vaal 4BR/1BA, C/Heat $550 U of M Area 996 Walthal Circle 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $565 1056 S. Highland 3BR/1.5BA, Den, C/H&A $650 Whitehaven 880 Craigwood 3BR/1BA, C/H&A $775 Free list @ lecorealty.com or come in, or call 272 9028. Leco Realty, 3707 Macon Rd.

KIMBROUGH TOWERS Unique Community Features Include: Historic Central Gardens District Controlled access building Garage parking available Parquet wood flooring 9 foot ceilings 24 hour fitness and laundry centers Private park with picnic and grilling Central heat and airReserve your place today at the historic Kimbrough Towers. Call 888.446.4954, office hours 9:00am 6:00pm, M F. 172 Kimbrough Place at Union Ave. Memphis, TN 38104. kimbroughtowers.com

MIDTOWN APT CENTRAL GARDENS 2BR/1BA, hdwd floors, ceiling fans, french doors, all appls incl. W/D, 9ft ceil, crown molding, off str pking. $720/mo. Also 1BR, $610/mo.

833 6483.

THE WASHBURN Ideal Location. Stunning Spaces. One of a Kind. 60 S. Main St.Memphis TN. 901.527.0244thewashburn.com

MIDTOWN APARTMENTS Crosstown The Peach Apts 1330 Peach 1BR, gas heat, small quiet complex $395 Midtown Mayflower Apts 35 N. McLean 1BR, appl, w/air, HW floors, patio $675 Midtown Union Place Apts 2240 Union 2BR, appl, C/H&A $510 Call 272 9028. Free list @ lecorealty. com. Leco Realty, Inc.

WOODTRAIL APARTMENTS Located within walking distance of U of M. Spacious 1 & 2BR apts, with great upgrades & remodeling to the flooring plans.

Each apt has no less than 1000 sq ft w. W/D conn. $625/mo + $300 dep.

Call 272-8658 Cell 281-4441

The Edison The Edison Premier retailers, chic eateries, fresh markets & live entertainment venues • Townhouse, garden or high-rise units areto trolley justlineminutes away!

• Adjacent • Located near historic Beale Street and AutoZone Park Call • Beautiful park-like setting today!

Classic apartment community featuring 1 & 2-bedroom high-rise units; 1, 2 & 3-bedroom garden units, & 2 and 3-bedroom townhomes.

Conveniently located: Easy access to premier retailers, chic eateries, fresh markets & live entertainment venues that are just minutes away.

• Close to UTHSC • Small Pets welcome • Student discounts • Great views of downtown • Covered parking

June 25 - July 1, 2015

• 1 & 2-br high-rise units • 1, 2 & 3-br garden units • 2 and 3-br townhomes

567 Jefferson Ave Phone: (901) 523-8112 567 Jefferson Ave | Memphis, TN 38105-5228 Email: edison@mrgmemphis.com Phone: (901) 523-8112 | Email: edison@mrgmemphis.com

NEWLY RENOVATED Midtown Apartments: Spacious 3 BR’s $575; 2 BR’s $475. Under new management. All appls, CH/ Air, on site laundry. Close to Overton Square! Great for students & families. Poplar @ Hollywood behind Sonic.

Call Keith 901 907 1452

MIDTOWN DUPLEX 2306 YORK 1BR/1BA, $825/mo. Call MTC (901) 756 4469

SHARED HOUSING ALL AREAS ROOMMATES.COM Browse hundreds of online listing with photos and maps.

Find your roommate with a click of the mouse! Visit: Roommates.com (AAN CAN) MIDTOWN ROOMS FOR RENT Central Heat/Air, utls included, furnished. 901.650.4400

ROSECREST APARTMENTS Your apartment home is waiting. Come live the difference. 1BRs starting at $650/mo. Controlled access building Beautiful Historic Midtown location Community lounge & business center Inviting swimming pool 24 hour fitness center & laundry facility Balconies Fully equipped kitchens Huge closets Recycling centerCall 888.589.1982 M F 10:30am 6:00 pmSaturday by appointment only.45 S. Idlewild, Memphis, TN 38104 rosecrestapts.com

NICE ROOMS FOR RENT S. Pkwy & Wilson. Utilities and Cable included. Fridge in your room. Cooking and free laundry privileges. Some locations w/sec. sys. Starting at $435/ mo. + dep. 901.922.9089 ROOMS FOR RENT For rent In Midtown Area: Furnished rooms ideal for student or retirees.

Includes living/dining room. Off street parking. Close to stores, restaurants & bus. 356.9794 ROOMS FOR RENT Clean, furnished, CH/A, cable, utilities, WD included. I 240/Whitten area. $110/wk. Owner/Agent 901.461.4758

3707 Macon Rd. • 272-9028 lecorealty.com Visit us online, call, or office for free list.

GENERAL DUPLEX DUPLEXES FOR RENT Berclair Treadwell- 3688 Rhea 2BR/1BA, C/Heat $505 Binghampton2557 Everet 2BR/1BA,C/Heat $425 East High Area - 44 & 46 N. Holmes 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $525 Getwell - 4158 Barron 2BR/1BA, C/Heat $475 U of M - 3593 Clayphil 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $565 3597 Clayphil 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $565 Leco Realty, Inc. @ 3707 Macon Rd. 272 9028 Free list @ lecorealty. com

MIDTOWN APTS FOR RENT Large 1 Br. Midtown Apt. Off Overton Square. Water incl. $525. Huge 3Br. 2 Bth. Apt. Midtown area. 1 mile from Overton Park. Water/gas incl, gated, hardwood floors, CH/A, onsite laundry $695. 2Br. Apt. $525.

Call 901 458 6648

HOUSES Berclair – Kingsbury 3583 Mayflower – 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $525 4217 Westover – 2BR/1BA gas heat $525 782 Homer – 3BR., small den, C/ Heat $585 1551 Stacey – 3BR/1BA, C/Heat $585 4802 McCrory – 3BR/1BA, Ch/A $635 Cherry - Kimball 4207 Fredricks – 3BR/1BA,C/ H&A $765 Cordova 8235 Walnut Grove – 3BR/2BA,/ fp, C/H&A $1375 Frayser 2703 Chatsworth – 3BR/1BA, f/f heat $565

APARTMENT FOR RENT • MIDTOWN•

South Memphis 96 Vaal – 4BR/1BA, C/Heat $550 U of M Area 996 Walthal Circle– 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $565 1056 S. Highland – 3BR/1.5BA, Den, C/H&A $650 Whitehaven 880 Craigwood – 3BR/1BA, C/H&A $775 DUPLEX Berclair - Treadwell 3688 Rhea – 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $505 Binghampton 2557 Everett – 2BR/1BA, C/Heat $425 East High Area 46 & 46 N. Homes – 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $525

Getwell 4158 Barron – 2BR/1BA, C/Heat $475 U of M 3593 Clayphil – 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $565 3597 Clayphil – 2BR/1BA, C/H&A $565 APARTMENTS Crosstown The Peach Apts 1330 Peach – 1BR, gas heat, small quiet complex $395 Midtown Mayflower Apts 35 N. Mclean – 1BR, appl, w/ air, HW floors, patio $675 Union Place Apts 2240 Union – 2BR, appl, C/H&A $510

Laurie Stark

• 31 Years of Experience

• Life Member of the Multi Million Dollar Club • From Downtown to Germantown • Call me for your Real Estate Needs

129 Stonewall St. Close Walk To Medical District • Pets Allowed, Restrictions Apply 2BR/1.5 BA • $780 Per Month + $400 Deposit

44

http://www.rentmsh.com/property/129-stonewall-st-6memphis-tn-38104/

Call 901.239.1332 rentmsh.com

5384 Poplar Ave., Suite 250, Memphis, TN 38119

(901)761-1622 • Cell (901)486-1464

901 575 9400 classifieds@memphisflyer.com

SERVICES • REAL ESTATE COMPASS SELF STORAGE 1/2 Off First 3 Months. 5x10s & 10x10s. We make it easier. 4175 Winchester Road, Mphs, TN 38118.

901.235.1294 CompassSelfStorage.com

3584 DOUGLASS 2BR/1BA, CH/A, all appliances. $725/mo. 525 2525/wkends 753 3722

FASHION REWIND Online Consignment & Resale.stores. ebay.com/fashionrewind

TREAT THE CONDITION Transform your life! Are you dependent or addicted to painkillers, opiates, methadone or heroin? SUBOXONE: Introduction, maintenance, medical withdrawal & counseling. Opiate dependence exists in all walks of life. Private, confidential, in office treatment.

Staffed by a suboxone certified physician. Call (901) 761 8100 for more information.

SELLING ENTIRE “TRUCK LOAD” $500. 1999 Maytag Electric Stove, Antique Sofa, Recliner, Glass Computer Desk, Ceiling Fan, pictures, mirrors and MORE! Call 901 494 0328

ANNOUNCEMENTS DISH TV Starting at $19.99/month (for 12 mos). SAVE! Regular price $34.99.

Ask about Free Same Day installation!

Call now! 888 992 1957 (AAN CAN)

BUY, SELL, TRADE

PREGNANT? Thinking of adoption? Talk with caring agency specializing in matching Birthmothers with Families nationwide. LIVING EXPENSES PAID. Call 24/7 Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions. 866 413 6293 (Void in Illinois/New Mexico/Indiana) (AAN CAN)

DOWNSIZING MOVE Lexington Cherry Dinning Room (11) pieces, Queen Bedroom Set (3) pieces (includes new mattress, coverlet, 6 matching pillows), Televisions (3), HP Printers, 2 KeyboardsOther additional items. All items must be sold by July 9th.Call for details (901) 759 5856

Contact Linda Sowell 901-278-4380 www.sowellandco.com

• 2BR Special $599 • Beautiful Grounds • 1 & 2 BR Apartments • Hardwood Floors • 24 Hour Laundry • Pool & Picnic Area

1-866-690-1037 901-458-3566 Hablamos Español 1-888-337-6521 2639 Central Ave. Makowsky Ringel Greenberg, LLC. EHO www.mrgmemphis.com

Audubon Downs

This 4br/2.5ba home features an open floor plan, scored concrete floors down, stainless steel appliances, spacious master with master bath, and lots of storage. Wood fenced back yard includes a two car garage and gated parking. Just reduced to $235,900.

FOR SALE Dining room suite: 6 chairs, table 62” x 40” ( 6 leaf) $400. Convertible sofa: full size, $250. Wurlitzer upright piano, $250. (3) 3 shelf folding bookcases, $10 each. Call 901 229 8366

Audubon Downs

359 Garland

RECOVERY WITHOUT JUDGMENT SUBOXONE TREATMENT • Caring Help for Opiate Addiction • Private, professional setting • Immediate openings including pregnant opiate dependent women We BUY/SeLL/TRADe LPS, 45S, 78S, CDS,DVDS, VHS, Po STeRS, ARTWo Rk, MUSiCAL & STeReo eqUiPMen T, Co LLeCTiBLeS, FURni TURe, CLoTHeS,& MUCH Mo Re!

• NEW DOCTOR • Call us today at 901.443.0212 3173 Kirby Whitten Rd,Ste. 203, Bartlett wellspringsrecovery.com

1916 MADISON AVE. WwW.SHANGRI.COM

Treat the condition- Transform Transform your your life! life!

Are you dependent or addicted to •painkillers •opiates •methadone •heroin?

Opiate dependence exists in all walks of life.

SUBOXONE Introduction, maintenance, Introduction, maintenance, medical withdrawal medical withdrawal &&counseling. counseling.

Private confidential, in-office treatment. Staffed by Staffed by a suboxone certified physician.

VW • AUDI MINI•PORSCHE

German Car Experts

Specializing in VW & Audi Automobiles

Also Servicing

Mini • Porsche Factory Trained Experience Independent Prices

MASSAGE TOM PITMAN, LMT Massage The Way You Like It. Swedish/Deep Tissue Relaxation, Hot Stones. Credit Cards. Call 761 7977. tompitmanmassage.com, tom@ tompitmanmassage.com WILLIAM BREWER Massage Therapist (Health & Wellness offer) 377 6864

NUTRITION/ HEALTH STRUGGLING WITH Drugs or Alcohol? Addicted to Pills?

Talk to someone who cares. Call the Addiction Hope & Help Line for a free assessment. 800 978 6674 (AAN CAN)

M.E. STUDIO APOGEE SOUND RECORDERS PRO Tools 9. Up to 96 Tracks!

Perfect for CD projects, Singer/ Songwriters, Band Demos. Call or text 901.491.0415. apogeesound@yahoo.com

MUSICIAN’S EXCHANGE SHANGRI LA RECORDS We Buy/Sell/Trade LPs, 45s, 78s, CDs, DVDs, VHS, Posters, Artwork, Musical & Stereo Equipments, Collectibles, Furniture, Clothes & Much More. 1916 Madison Ave. www.shangri.com

AUTO CASH FOR CARS Any Car/Truck. Running or not! Top dollar paid. We come to you! Call for instant offer: 1 888 420 3808. cash4car.com (AAN CAN)

AUTO SERVICES AUTO INSURANCE STARTING AT $25/ MONTH! Call 855 977 9537 (AAN CAN)

I’m a 1 yr old male Yellow Lab mix.

I’m handsome, sweet, and fantastic with other dogs and children. But my family moved away and they didn’t take me with them. Now I’m stuck at a hot shelter but I’d love to be with you in a home.

I’m neutered, heartworm negative, and current on shots. To adopt me contact Ranise at K_sneed@att.net or call 901-337-3652 (cell) or 870-732-7599 (wk).

HAMMRICK

TAXES *2015 Tax Change Benefits* Personal/Business + Legal Work By a CPA-Attorney Practicing in Midtown & Memphis Since 1989

(901) 272-9471 1726 Madison Ave

Bruce Newman | newmandecoster.com Midtown Friendly!

½ off first 3 months 5x10s & 10x10s

4907 Old Summer Rd.

(Corner of Summer & Mendenhall)

(901) 761-3443 www.WolfsburgAuto.com

(901) more information (901) 276-4895 761-8100 for for more information

TRAIN TO TEACH English Abroad! 4 week TEFL training course in Prague, Czech Republic.

We have over 2000 teachers in 60 countries. No experience or second language required. Teach & Travel with TEFL Worldwide! teflworldwideprague. com (AAN CAN)

Call today for an appointment!

WE Make It Easier 4175 Winchester Road Memphis, TN 38118 901.235.1294 CompassSelfStorage.com

memphisflyer.com

SERVICES

SERVICES

U OF M HOMES FOR RENT

45

DATING

901 575 9400 classifieds@memphisflyer.com

WARNING HOT GUYS! Memphis

901.888.0888

FREE to listen and reply to ads!

FREE CODE: Memphis Flyer For other local numbers call:

1-888-MegaMates 24/7 Friendly Customer Care 1(888) 634.2628

18+

©2014 PC LLC

www.MegaMatesMen.com

TM

2687

Meet sexy new friends who really get your vibe...

FREE TRIAL

Connect Instantly

901.896.2433 June 25 - July 1, 2015

Get your local number: 1.800.811.1633 .800.811.1633 18+ www.vibeline.com

FREE TRIAL

901.896.2438

WARNING HOT GUYS! Safe & Honest. Trusted & Discreet.

Private, Personal Adult Entertainers 901.527.2460 46

Discreet Chat Guy to Guy uy

A.Aapris/Best Entertainment Agency

Memphis

901.888.0888 FREE to listen and reply to ads!

FREE CODE: Memphis Flyer For other local numbers call: 24/7 Friendly Customer Care 1(888) 634.2628

18+

1-888-MegaMates ©2014 PC LLC

MegaMatesMen.com

2687

TM

TH E LAST WO R D by Tim Sampson

Take It Down

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

Wave goodbye the Confederate battle flag in South Carolina. And don’t use “heritage and history” as an excuse to keep it there. Just take it down.

Like every other human being who reads and watches the news and has a conscience, I’ve been grappling with the mass murder of nine people in a Bible study group at their church in Charleston, South Carolina, last week. Like millions of others, I have been trying to wrap what’s left of my brain around how a 21-year-old could have so much hate in his heart that he could sit in church with the parishioners for an hour before opening fire on them (sparing the life of one woman so she could explain to people what happened). Like millions of others, I have come to the conclusion that we’ll never quite understand it all. And like millions of others, I keep thinking about how we should progress from here and if there is any possible good that can come from this.

Maybe it’s the fact that this heinous crime has furthered — catapulted, actually — the discussion about why South Carolina has no hate crime laws and whether it should stop flying a Confederate flag on its State House grounds. This controversy engendered an entire new language: Republican Beat Around the Bush Speak.

I just watched Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee try to state his opinion on the matter on one of the Sunday-morning political shows.

It was like he was speaking a language that heretofore didn’t exist. He simply made no sense.

I hate to politicize a tragedy like this, but it’s already done. Whether to remove the flag is already a standard question for the presidential hopefuls, and so far the only one to demand its removal, as far as I know, is Mitt Romney, and good for him. The rest of them are hiding behind the tiresome and ancient notion of “states’ rights” and dodging the question.

Same with hate crime bills. I heard one pundit say, “Hate is not a crime.” Maybe it’s time we changed the laws and put hate groups out of business for good, so they don’t influence young people like Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old who confessed to the murders.

Am I missing something here? Does the rest of civilized society have to leave it to the people of one state to decide whether a symbol of hate and slavery should continue to be one of its calling cards?

I guess we could all boycott South Carolina, but that would be an affront to all of the good people who live there, and there are plenty of them. They are the norm. Not everyone in South Carolina is obsessed with the flag being about “heritage and history, not hate” — a repugnant ideology, given the fact that it was created as a symbol for white people to buy, sell, and trade African prisoners and brutalize them whenever the whim struck.

Perhaps the most ironic thing about the Confederate flag waving proudly as a reminder of dear old Dixie is that, while the state lowered the state flag and the American flag to half-mast in recognition of the nine African-American worshippers who were gunned down in their own church by a self-proclaimed racist, a bizarre South Carolina law prevented the lowering of the Confederate flag!

I dearly love the South. I was born and raised here. I talk to Europeans and visitors from around the world every day about the virtues of the South: the food, the culture, the laid-back lifestyle, the friendly people, the music, and the feeling they experience when here. And while I think South Carolina ought to remove that flag immediately, I think we in Memphis ought to take a look at ourselves again and remove that monument on Union Avenue to the founder of the Ku Klux Klan, Nathan Bedford Forrest. And I think our school system should incorporate some sort of antidiscrimination curriculum starting in pre-K and going all the way through 12th grade as a way to start stopping all of this racism mess, because right now it seems this country is regressing rather than progressing on the issue.

A great place for South Carolina’s Confederate flag to rest would be in our own National Civil Rights Museum. It could be displayed next to the authentic and chilling Ku Klux Klan robe and hood that are already there. And photos of the remaining all-white country clubs in Memphis should also be in the display. Didn’t think we still had those? Think again. They hide their bigotry behind the guise of “private membership,” but they don’t allow black or Jewish members. Maybe we should ask the families of the nine people murdered in Charleston last week how they feel about that.

THE RANT

DASEAFORD | DREAMSTIME.COM

It’s long past time to stop flying the Confederate flag.

47

MINGLEWOOD HALL

See Band Line Up Info on page 21 • newdaisy.com

MURPHY’S Pool Table - Darts - WI-FI - Digital Jukebox Visit our website for live music listings or check the AfterDark section of this Memphis Flyer KITCHEN OPEN LATE, OPEN FOR LUNCH! 1589 Madison - 726-4193 murphysmemphis.com

YOUNGAVENUEDELI.COM 2119 Young Ave • 278-0034

6/24: $3 Pint Night!

6/25: Memphis Trivia League 6/27: Ages Apart 6/28: Rock N Romp Show Case 7/11: UFC 189: Aldo vs. McGredor 7/18: Tight Green Kitchen Open Late! Now Delivering All Day! 278-0034 (limited delivery area)

HiToneMemphis.com 412-414 N. Cleveland

6/24- House Of Lighting w/ WRONG, 6/25- Pageant w/ Crockett Hall & The Brief History Of Time, 6/26Hard N Fast Fest feat. Banned Anthem / Red Tape Riot / Cult of the Flag / TornApart / Spline (small room) 8pm, Luke Wade w/ Baby Bee (big room)9pm, 6/27- The Neverhawks w/ All The Indians/Idle & Wild/ Movie Night, 6/28- Stacy Kiehl Art Show, 6/29- Little Hurricane w/ Young Buffalo, 6/30- Too Ugly Ent. Presents: SESHOLLOWATERBOYS w/ special guests, 7/1- Josh Mclane: Comedy Album Live Recording w/ special guests, 7/2- Riverside Voodoo, 7/3-Dawn Patrol *Album Release* w/ Klaxxon, Process of Suffocation, Cryptic Hymn, 7/4- Dudecalledrob & JJ Wilson *Service Industry Night*, 7/6- Hope Clayburn Birthday Show w/ Marcella and Her Lovers & Three Kings, 7/7- The Convalescence W/ Besides The Silence (big room) 8pm, Versatile w/ Phase 1 ( small room) 9pm.

SPORTS TALK RADIO

Advertising/Sponsorship Sales. Excellent part-time income. Earn up to 10,000 per year. Great Opportunity.

Call 901-527-2460

I BUY RECORDS! 901-359-3102

I Buy Old Windup Phonographs & Records Esp. on labels: Gennett, Paramount, Vocalion, QRS, Superior, Supertone, Champion, Sun, Meteor; many others. Also large quantities of older 45’s. Paul.

901-435-6668 SELL YOUR HOUSE, TODAY! 273.7007

$CASH 4 JUNK CARS$

Non-Operating Cars, No Title Needed. 901-691-2687

BANKPLUS AMPHITHEATER Southaven, MS 6/25: KIX106 Free Show w/ Kristian Bush, Kelsea Ballerini 7/9: KIX106 Free Show w/ Rodney Atkins, Mo Pitney 7/16: KIX106 Free Show w/ Dan + Shay, Mickey Guyton 7/29: Kenny Chesney, Jake Owen, Chase Rice 8/7: Outcry Tour 8/13: Tim McGraw, Billy Currington, Chase Bryant 10/9: alt-J 10/29: Steve Miller Band MORE TO COME THIS SEASON! Ticketmaster.com/BankPlusAmp

BUCCANEER LOUNGE since 1967 6/27: Gringos & Buldgerz 6/28: Hot Grits from 3-7pm, Elizabeth Wise, John Paul Keith 6/29: Devil Train 6/30: Dave Cousar

1368 MONROE • 278-0909 GONER RECORDS

New/ Used LPs, 45s & CDs. We Buy Records!

2152 Young Ave 901-722-0095

TUT-UNCOMMON ANTIQUES 421 N. Watkins St. 278-8965 1500 sq. ft. of Vintage & Antique Jewelry. Retro Furniture and Accessories. Original Paintings, Sculpture, Pottery, Art & Antiques. We are the only store in the Mid-South that replaces stones in costume jewelry.

Coco & Lola’s

MidTown Lingerie: VIXEN GEAR SOLD HERE! 703 S. Cox 901-425-5912/Mon-Sat 11:30-7:00

1555 Madison Ave. * 901-312-6058 ON SALE FRIDAY: Purity Ring [9/7] 6/25: Yelawolf: The Love Story Tour: Chapter 1 7/16: Lord Huron w/ Widowspeak 7/17: Tyler, The Creator w/ Taco 7/26: Toad the Wet Sprocket w/ Derik Hultquist 7/31: Raekwon & Ghostface Killah (Wu-Tang Clan) 8/30: Belle and Sebastian 9/12: JJ Grey & Mofro

1884 LOUNGE

6/27: #EndoftheWeak Concert Series 7/5: Mates of State w/ Hey Marseilles, Good Graeff 7/10: Human Radio 7/11: Nicnos w/ Loser’s Way Home 7/30: The London Souls w/ American Fiction MORE EVENTS AT MINGLEWOODHALL.COM

ROCKHOUSE LIVE EAT. DRINK. ROCK!

Daily Lunch Specials $5.99!

Happy Hour 11AM-7PM Daily!

RHL MIDTOWN: 2586 Poplar - 901.324.6300 Free Lunch Delivery Mon - Open Mic, Tues: Parker Card, $2.50 Pints, $5.99 Steaks Wed - Karaoke RHL SYCAMORE VIEW: 5709 Raleigh Lagrange - 901.386.7222 7/14: Bullet Boys & Tracii Guns 7/18: Black Oak Ark. 5709 Raleigh Lagrange - 901.386.7222 Mon - Karaoke, Tues - $2.50 Pints Tues - New Open Jam Tuesdays Thursday $5.99 Steaks & Karaoke www.rockhouselive.com

DOWNTOWN VAPE SHOP 111 S. Court Ave. 901.517.6451 Next Door To Blue Plate Cafe’ DpgVapeShop.com

Porcelain Crowns Bridges/Veneers

SPT Dental Smile Clinic. Dr. Brown. Immediate Appointments.

Call 901.744.2225 Near Downtown

FITNESS KICKBOXING

BURN BETWEEN 800 – 1000 CALORIES PER CLASS No experience necessary….Beginners welcome !!!NEW 24,000 Sq. Ft. location!!!

Training on real kickboxing bags. Classes taught by real fighters. Go at your own pace. High-energy group classes.

Ditch the typical gym routine. Get in shape fast memphisbjj.com (901) 590-2492 7859 US Hwy 64 (Stage Rd) Memphis, TN 38133 !!!! Call now to begin your free week !!!!

RENTAL SPACE 250 sq. ft. of East Memphis rental space starting at $35 p/hr. Can be used as a Photography Studio, meetings, etc... and 4 more information please contact Just4u Digital Imaging at 901-205-9515.

COFFEE IS THE SAFEST Business to start. Recession Proof.

Just Ask Sbucks! Weekly Pay. 901-221-4141

TREES FOR SALE: $5 Each. 901.396.0451

THE FIXERS

An Association of Attorneys

Let Us Handle It! 901.761.3045 meetthefixers.com

DACH ORIENTAL IMPORTS Largest Martial Arts Supplier Since 1979 Kung Fu DVD’s $10.00 www.dach.us 4491 Summer 901.685.3224 Tues – Sat 11:00 – 6:00 IONS: A GEEK GALLERY NOW OPEN

Fantasy and Super Hero Art 546 S. Main - Come check us out.

WaterBed Supplies & Sheets Call (901) 496-0492 Paternity Test $150 Drug Test $39 CPR $45 Server Permits (ABC Card Class) $65 Call 275-8825