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OUR 1555TH ISSUE 12.13.18 The week that was …

I don’t know about you, but I find that I notice the passing of time mostly by my mundane weekly rituals. As in, hey, it’s Tuesday: Gotta write a column.

Wednesday: Time to prep for the morning staff meeting. Thursday: Go on the radio with Drake. Saturday: Buy pet food, hit the grocery store. Sunday: Ooh, Ray Donovan is on. Aaannd, it’s Tuesday again.

My life is much richer than those weekly markers might indicate, but the repetitive events are what remind me that time goes by in a flash, that weeks pile up into years pretty quickly.

On Monday, I drove over to the central library to appear on Willie Bearden’s Dialogue show for the library channel. It’s a simple format: You sit for an hour and get interviewed about your life and career and whatever else comes up. It was an interesting exercise, and it evoked some stories, memories, and experiences I hadn’t thought about for a while.

Willie’s final question was, “How do you want to be remembered?” To which my first thought was: That’s not a question you ask a young person. Yikes. Like the commercials say: Life comes at you fast.

Likewise, I imagine the weeks are going by pretty quickly for the Memphis City Council — now down to 10 members — who are going to have to figure out how to compromise at some point to get a full quorum and get the city’s business done. The drama will no doubt resume this week. In a guest column in The Commercial Appeal, Councilman Worth Morgan called the situation, “an embarrassingly intractable instance of failed governance,” which is on the money, if a bit wordy. So fix it, y’all.

Other events of note this week: LeBron James and the Lakers came to town and stomped the home team. The Gannett Company is again making noises about staff cuts at its newspapers (which isn’t even news, anymore). Jackson Baker and Michael Donahue sang karaoke together at the Flyer holiday party. And iconic local chef and all-around good guy, Gary Williams, died unexpectedly. R.I.P. Nationally, the silly debate about “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” continued to rage. The song came on the speakers when I was in Fresh Market on Saturday.

Customers began throwing arugula on the floor in protest and a small fire was ignited in the deli section. As customers stomped out in protest, the staff was attempting to put out the blaze with bottles of San Pellegrino. Sad! None of that is true. Nobody listens to background music about sexual harassment. Or consensual flirting. Or whatever the hell you choose to think that song is about.

One guy who had a very bad week was President Trump, who has gone from denying he even knew Porny, er, Stormy Daniels, to admitting he paid her (and another former paramour) to keep quiet about their illicit affair(s). According to Trump, it was all okay because it was paid with personal funds and was a “private matter.” Good luck with that argument, Mr. Trump. Or should I say, “Individual 1.” Trump’s ALL CAPS tweeting percentage has been on the rise, as more and more of his former associates become besties with Robert Mueller.

I continue to read that a sitting president can’t be indicted. I don’t know how legit that legal opinion is or whether it will be tested at some point. But there’s a real problem with that thinking: If a president can’t be indicted, then what’s to prevent any future candidate from breaking all kinds of laws to get himself elected, knowing that once he’s in office, he’s N E WS & O P I N I O N immune from prosecution? That THE FLY-BY - 4 NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 would seem to encourage and reward POLITICS - 7 law-breaking.

VIEWPOINT - 9 And does that mean the presiCOVER STORY dent really can shoot someone in the “SOUP’S ON!” middle of Fifth Avenue? That can’t

BY FLYER STAFF - 10 be what the Founding Fathers had in SPORTS - 13 mind. But then again, the Founding WE RECOMMEND - 16 MUSIC - 19 Fathers probably never anticipated a AFTER DARK - 20 Congressional majority that would be CALENDAR - 22 complicit in such a matter.

ART - 30 In other news, my New Year’s resoFOOD NEWS - 31 lution is to quit smocking, and I am SPIRITS - 33 going to insist that Flyer staffers now FILM - 34 call me “Individual 1.”

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DAM M IT, GAN N ETT Here are some things Maribel Wadsworth, president of USA Today Network, allegedly told Gannett employees during a company-wide conference call, according to the Nashville Scene, with an easy-to-understand translation for folks who don’t work in print media and are therefore unaccustomed to the industry’s famously colorful jargon.

• “As we continue this transition … it’s important to understand … that it will require us to think about our overall cost structure in alignment with profitability.”

Translated: Layoffs are coming.

• “Going forward, we will be a smaller company.” Translated: Layoffs are coming.

• “It’s gonna feel rocky at times.

It just is. We just have to be very clear-eyed about that.” Translated: Layoffs are coming.

Tennessean staffers were also told: • “There is no plan for a mass layoff before Christmas.”

Translation: HAPPY NEW YEAR, SUCKERS!

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N EVE R E N D I N G E LVI S Friedberg, Germany, where Sergeant Elvis Presley was stationed from October 1958 to March 1960, unveiled Elvis-themed pedestrian traffic lights last week.

Green dancing Elvis: Go. Red singing Elvis: Stop. Look and listen at your leisure.

VE R BATI M “The son of God, Jesus Christ, He is the only one I’ve ever met who can handle my junk.” Hugh Freeze, former Ole Miss football coach, after school officials found a “pattern of personal misconduct.”

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Council, XPO, & Explore Bike Share City business halted, new policies for shipping company, and thousands get on two wheels.

“IT MAK ES M E S I C K .”

As of press time, the Memphis City Council had still not been able to reach a quorum to conduct city business in a stalemate over the vacant District 1 seat.

Four council members — Patrice Robinson, Jamita Swearengen, Joe Brown, and Martavious Jones — walked out of the Tuesday, December 4th meeting. Rhonda Logan, the candidate they supported, did not get enough votes to win the seat. Lonnie Treadaway, Logan’s opponent for the Clockwise from top left: Council members walk out, a new Manassas, seat, withdrew his bid Explore Bike Share, Poplar Art Lofts, and XPO. for it last Wednesday.

The council began a series of daily meetings in hopes that the absent council $500,000 fine after he pleaded guilty last week to two counts members would return. But it could not reach a quorum of access device fraud. When he was arrested in June, Balazsafter three consecutive meetings, and 56 items remain on the Andras had 68 fraudulent gift cards with him. He had coded council’s agenda from last Tuesday. them with stolen debit and credit card information.

Council member Frank Colvett said the absences and the inability to conduct other business is “embarrassing.” The MANAS SAS R E-M I X business of the city is “grinding to a halt over one vote.” Council Officials unveiled a re-imagined and renovated Manassas member Ford Canale said, “quite frankly it makes me sick,” last week. The project shrank the Medical District street calling the situation “unfair” and “sad.” from five lanes to two, added bike lane protections, highThe 10-member council still has three vacancies to fill at its visibility crosswalks, and more. last meeting of the year on Tuesday, December 18th.

N EW X PO PO LI C I ES K E LLO G G’S U R I NATO R P LEAD S XPO Logistics announced new policies for pregnant employees The man who filmed himself urinating on a production line last week after House members urged a federal investigation of at the Memphis Kellogg’s factory in 2014 pleaded guilty to the working conditions in the company’s warehouses. tampering with consumer products last week and now faces In a New York Times story, workers at XPO’s Verizon up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine. warehouse in Memphis described multiple instances of “chronic pregnancy discrimination,” including refusals to allow N EW M I DTOWN D EVE LO P M E NTS pregnant employees to take on less strenuous tasks, leading to Poplar Art Lofts LLC plans to buy the property at the corner several miscarriages. of Poplar and Tucker (just across the street from Overton The new policies and benefits will provide increased support Park), demolish the Memphis College of Art buildings there, for pregnant employees, paid family leave, and 30 new types of and build a new, six-story, $18 million apartment building. wellness benefits for women and families.

Elzey Partners wants to build a planned development on the site of the former Christie Cut Stone facility on Elzey TH O USAN D S O N B I K ES in Cooper-Young. The Cooper Station development would More than 25,500 bike trips have been taken on Explore Bike include 18 detached, single-family homes and connect Elzey Share (EBS) bikes since the city-wide system launched here from Cooper to McLean. nearly six months ago, the group said last week. Those riders rode 81,445 miles and burned about 3.2 million calories.

C R E D IT, D E B IT F R AU D For fuller versions of these stories and more local news, visit Cristian Balazs-Andras faces 20 years in prison and a the News Blog at memphisflyer.com.

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Upgrades to MATA bus stops limited by funding.

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Using a point system, stop upgrades are prioritized based on factors like number of boards, the demographics of the surrounding neighborhood, and proximity to a medical, civic, or educational building.

Each criteria is assigned a value. For example, if a bus stop averages more than 50 boards on weekdays, then 40 points are awarded.

If a bus stop is a significant transfer point, it is awarded 10 points. The points from each category are then added together and taken into account when prioritizing improvements.

MATA is in the process of making ongoing bus stop improvements totaling $67.8 million, but is “doing it at a trickled pace because we just don’t have enough money, manpower, and resources,” Lancaster said.

“It’s an ongoing process,” Lancaster said. “The big thing for all of this is funding.”

A basic bus stop with a sign, paved boarding

About 7 percent of stops have shelters and seating. area, street lighting, pavement markings, and sidewalk connection costs between $3,000 to $10,000 without a shelter and up to $20,000 with a shelter. If a real-time display monitor is added, the price rises to between $15,000 and $30,000.

“We would love to have them at all of our stops, but we just don’t have the money to do it,” Lancaster said. “You can get up to some really, really big numbers pretty quickly.”

Lancaster said MATA needs to “grow the pot” with more local funding sources, as local funding is the key to leveraging federal funds.

That’s where the newly formed Shelby County Ad Hoc Transit Committee comes in, he said.

Comprised of representatives from the city, county, MATA, Innovate Memphis, and the MBRU, the group is exploring dedicated funding source options for the agency.

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Of the 4,200 Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) bus stops in the city, only about 300 — or a little over 7 percent — are equipped with both shelters and seating.

John Lancaster, MATA’s director of scheduling and planning, said the number of boards associated with stops is a major criteria in determining where new shelters go.

“We’re putting shelters where they are most needed,” Lancaster said. “There are very few places that actually merit a shelter.”

Lancaster said that 70 percent of the key bus stops seeing more than 25 boards a day have shelter and seating.

But, Sammie Hunter, co-chair of the Memphis Bus Riders’ Union (MBRU) and a regular bus rider, said MATA needs to overhaul its stops. Hunter routinely catches the 42 Crosstown, which is MATA’s second most popular route, according to the agency’s officials.

Though the route averages about 2,184 riders per weekday, Hunter said “if you look at the stops along the route, you won’t see very many shelters or places to sit.”

“People have to stand in the rain and cold,” Hunter said. “Sometimes we’re tired and still have to wait 20 or 30 minutes at a stop with nowhere to sit down after a long day of work. It can get uncomfortable from time to time.”

POLITICS By Jackson Baker

Off and Running GOP’s Scott McCormick) and was himself attracted by the prospect of the Norris vacancy.

McManus, too, is off and running, having already run a commercial for his candidacy on local TV this past weekend. In 2016, he had, in the judgment of many, demonstrated a palpable over-confidence in his race against the hard-working Thompson, and his defeat then may have amounted to something of a wake-up call for his future.

In any case, he is unlikely to be taken by surprise this time around and has significant leftover campaign cash from two years ago that will stand him in good stead for the current race.

Both Shafer and McManus are

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Shafer’s commission work, much of it in alliance with Terry Roland of Millington, would appear to give her a headstart with the GOP voters of North Shelby County, and she is also well acquainted with the GOP base in the southern part of Tipton County, also part of District 32.

Both Shafer and McManus have to worry about a third candidate, construction executive Paul Rose of Covington, who is well known in Tipton County and moreover has significant contacts with the Shelby County Republican establishment as well.

Rose has indicated he intends to continued on page 8

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It took a while for Mark Norris to become a federal judge. He was nominated by President Trump last year but was only recently confirmed by the U.S. Senate after numerous gridlockimposed delays. It took a while, too, for Governor Bill Haslam to call for a special election to replace Norris in his vacated District 32 state Senate seat.

But now that things are under way, Republican candidates to fill the vacancy are wasting no time getting their campaigns under way.

Former two-term Shelby County Commissioner Heidi Shafer, who was one of the first to indicate her desire to seek the seat after Norris was nominated, made haste to get out of the gate, filing to run at the Election Commission on Monday morning.

She indicated later Monday that she already has three fund-raisers scheduled for the near future.

Shafer, who represented an East Memphis district on the commission and chaired that body this past year, displayed some serious legislative skills there. Even before the District 32 opportunity opened up, she had expressed a desire to run for the legislature and at one point had her eyes on a race this fall for the District 96 state House seat won in 2016 by Democrat Dwayne Thompson in an upset of then GOP incumbent Steve McManus.

The Norris seat became a more inviting target, however, and she and her husband Carl subsequently turned their Memphis home over to their college-age daughter and moved into a new Lakeland residence, well within the District 32 limits.

In something of an irony, or at the very least an interesting coincidence, one of Shafer’s rivals for the District 32 seat is the aforementioned McManus, who forwent the option of trying to regain his House seat from Thompson (who won again over the

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continued from page 7 run hard on conservative themes, stressing Christian values and his support for the 2nd Amendment, a focus that should help him in the district’s rural areas.

Yet a fourth potential GOP candidate, not yet announced, is George Chism of Collierville, who served one term on the Shelby County Commission, then gambled on a run for county trustee this year but was defeated by Democrat Regina Morrison Newman, after winning the Republican primary.

Shelby Countians are prominent in legislative leadership positions, at least among the General Assembly’s minority Democrats.

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So far, one Democrat, Eric R. Coleman of Bartlett, has picked up a petition to run for the District 32 seat.

Coleman, a veteran of Naval service and a Wounded Warrior, is a business logistics specialist.

• Shelby Countians are prominent in legislative leaderships positions, at least among the General Assembly’s minority Democrats. In recent elections, District 87 state Representative Karen Camper was elected as the Democrats’ minority leader in the state House, thereby achieving a dual milestone as the first African-American woman to lead a major party in the legislature.

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dominated in leadership elections for the state Senate, capturing three of the spots available for the five Democrats in that body. Raumesh Akbari, a former state representative who won election to the Senate’s District 29 seat in this year’s election, was named caucus chair for the Democrats, while Sara Kyle of District 30 was elected vice chair, and Katrina Robinson of District 33, was named party whip.

• Local Democrats also made an impact, though one they surely regarded as less desirable, with the state Election Registry, drawing fines for late financial disclosures. Incoming freshman House state Representatives London Lamar of District 91 and Jesse Chism of District 85 were fined $8,175 and $5,000 respectively, while veteran state Representative Joe Towns of District 84, a perennial collector of fines from the registry, drew a total of $20,000.

• Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, who has demonstrated an innovative bent during his first few months in office, has announced a “Health and Fitness Initiative” to begin on Wednesday of this week, with a “City Silo Vegan Barbecue” meal to be served at noon in the 6th floor lobby of the Vasco Smith County Administration Building to members and staffers of the county commission, members of the Healthy Shelby board, and the media.

The initiative will continue in January with what is billed as a “mini” five-minute bootcamp for the commissioners and media members, conducted

by Memphis Tiger basketball star Will Coleman.

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Trump supporters are rare among black people. President Trump won just eight percent of the black vote in 2016.

His family business’ sordid history of housing discrimination and his racially insensitive comments — “look at my African American over here” — leave black Trump supporters open to mockery and charges of self-hate.

A few black people thought they had a winning strategy for dealing with Trump. In exchange for access to his presidential power, they’d ignore warning signs and jump on his bandwagon.

How did that work out for you, Omarosa? Trump reacted to her critical book by calling her a “dog” and a “crazed, crying low-life.”

Kanye West similarly went to the White House in a red “Make America Great Again” hat before realizing he was being “used” by Trump backers to, as he later said, “spread messages I don’t believe in.”

This is not a race problem afflicting all Republicans.

It is more accurately labeled a “Trump politician race problem.”

All that was bad enough. Now it is getting worse for the black conservatives trying to find a place in the party of Trump. Exhibit A is how Trump went out of his way to trash the first black Republican congresswoman, Utah’s Mia Love, after she lost a hard-fought reelection battle last month. “Mia Love gave me no love. And she lost,” Trump sneered. “Too bad. Sorry about that, Mia.” After Trump insulted her, Love told supporters: “This election … shines a spotlight on the problems Washington politicians have with minorities and black Americans.”

This is not a race problem afflicting all Republicans or all Washington politicians.

It is more accurately labeled a “Trump politician race problem.” It is Trump who emboldened racists by saying that a march of white supremacists — and the people who protested against them — featured “fine people on both sides.”

Trying to make sense of Trump’s bad record on dealing with people who are not white, Love argued: “It’s transactional. It’s not personal.” Wrong, congresswoman. It is personal.

His family business was sued in the 1970s for refusing to rent apartments to black people. He never apologized for wrongly blaming five black and Latino

teenagers for a brutal attack on a woman in New York’s Central Park.

As Colin Powell, a black Republican, once wrote, Trump is a “national disgrace.” As Condoleezza Rice, another black Republican, said, she is “uncomfortable [with] what I see and hear” from Trump.

Next year, the 116th Congress will be the most racially diverse in history due to a record number of black and Latino Democrats. There will be just two black Republicans, Representative Will Hurd of Texas and Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina.

Scott is performing a high wire act in dealing with Trump. He recently opposed Trump’s nomination of Thomas Farr to a federal judgeship. Farr has a long history of defending racially discriminatory legislation. “We are not doing a very good job of avoiding the obvious potholes on race in America and we ought to be more sensitive when it comes to those issues,” Scott said.

Scott similarly broke with his party earlier this year to oppose Ryan Bounds, another Trump judicial nominee with a troubling history on race.

Scott also flies away from Trump by championing economic development for black America. While Trump is cutting the Minority Business Development Agency and neighborhood block grants, Scott is crisscrossing the country on a national “Opportunity Tour,” pushing conservative ideas for boosting economic development in minority neighborhoods. Scott insisted on a provision in last year’s Trump tax cut law that creates “opportunity zones,” making economically disadvantaged areas eligible for new federal tax breaks.

But here again, up pops the problem of being a black conservative when all Republican politics is defined by loyalty to Trump. While he got a provision into the Trump tax bill as the price for his vote, Scott still ended up supporting a Trump tax cut that in the short run benefits the richest one percent of Americans. That historic scam is exploding the deficit to pay for tax breaks for corporations and the rich. That means less federal dollars to help poor neighborhoods in need of revitalization.

I am rooting for Scott and other principled black conservatives to reclaim the mantle of the party of Lincoln. There is a lot to lose if black conservative approaches to racial progress are sunk due to Trump loyalty tests.

Juan Williams is an author, and a political analyst for Fox News Channel.

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The Flyer staff surveys some of Memphis’ steamiest bowls of soup. (left to right) Ramen at Crazy Noodle; Tuscan White Bean & Kale at Ciao Bella; Potato at Huey’s; Stone Soup at Stone Soup

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Let us now praise famous soups. The hearty potatoes, the classic tomatoes (perfect with grilled cheese), even the Hungry Man soup with those little burgers (remember them?). A good soup can do so many things. It can slake hunger and chase off a chill.

Grandma’s chicken soup reportedly can cure your cold.

So what is Memphis ladling out?

We took to social media and asked for suggestions. What follows is our report.

Ladies and gentlemen, soup’s on!

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Ramen at Crazy Noodle I can’t speak to the relative sanity of the noodles, but Crazy Noodle, the little Korean diner next to the Kwik Chek on Madison, is almost always crazy busy. It’s a cozy establishment, made more so when the few tables are all full. Being something of a regular at the Noodle, I knew what to expect: There are usually only two cooks and one server working (that’s really all space allows for), and so my friend and I settled in for a wait.

There are other dishes on the menu, but we were there for the ramen. My friend ordered the vegetable Mandu Ramen ($8.99), and I got the Chicken Ramen ($8.99). (I had been eyeing the mandu, but she beat me to it.) The Mandu Ramen is made with carrots, onions, green onions, shiitake mushrooms, cabbage, zucchini, turnip kimchi, and mandu (Korean dumplings), which can be had with vegetable or beef filling. I’ve eaten both, and they’re delicious whether served herbivore- or carnivore-style.

The Chicken Ramen includes many of the same ingredients, with the obvious addition of chicken instead of mandu, and with bean sprouts taking the place of the shiitake mushrooms. While the mandu is a little on the mild side, the Chicken Ramen is served in a spicy broth that fogged up my glasses and pairs well, to my tastes, with the onions and turnip kimchi.

The cooks at Crazy Noodle don’t skimp on the vegetables, so eating their ramen feels a little like eating a veggie-noodle salad with a spicy broth, making it a great choice for a cold night. My advice? Order a local beer to smooth out the spice, and go with someone whose company you enjoy. These noodles are worth the wait.

— Jesse Davis The Crazy Noodle, 2015 Madison (272-0928) Tuscan White Bean & Kale at Ciao Bella My friend Victoria turned me on to the White Bean & Kale soup at Ciao Bella.

She organizes a yearly get-together at the restaurant that included our muchmissed colleague Leonard Gill.

So for me, the soup translates into something dear: good gossip, better friends, and the fondest memories.

And the soup is pretty darn good, too. Delicious, in fact. It’s the last point that Blandy Lawrence will defend to the

death. She is a super-fan of the Tuscan white bean & kale. Words like “perfect” and “fantastic” bounce among other superlatives. “I’ve been eating it for a long time,” she says.

Lawrence says she’s the sort who orders the same dish at a restaurant every time she visits. She goes to Ciao Bella about every other week. She orders the soup every time, with a chopped salad topped with salmon. (Soup and salad runs $8 to $10 at lunch.)

The soup is tender white beans with kale and a scattering of peppers, served in a light broth. It serves as a light meal that fills you but doesn’t run you over like a Mack truck. It’s this last fact that Lawrence particularly appreciates about the dish.

“The reason I like it is because it’s light, tasty, and I feel like it’s healthy,” she says.

— Susan Ellis Ciao Bella, 565 Erin (205-2500), ciaobellamemphis.com Potato at Blind Bear and Huey’s The homely potato is the working stiff of foodstuffs, basic and dependable, as strange a fit to the idea of cuisine as a pea coat, say, is to that of couture. Yet it is a core item in most of the Western world’s table fare, a root vegetable in every sense of the term, and is uncommonly satisfying as a source of energy, especially in the cold weather months that are now upon us, when few edibles are as quick a fix — especially in the hearty and instantly satisfying form of potato soup.

The potato soup dishes of two local

sources — the well-established Huey’s franchises and the faux-speakeasy bistro Blind Bear Downtown — are superficially similar, consisting of a base of the soft starchy stuff, interestingly seasoned and topped by shredded or grated cheese, bacon bits, and chopped scallions and other green veggies. Served warm, of course. (The cool version, vichyssoise, is available here and there, too, but that’s another story.)

The potato soup at Huey’s, priced at $3.45, has a nice buttery consistency just the right fluid distance from mashedpotato style and possesses a discernible dash of chicken broth, along with a hint of celery and onion. The version at Blind Bear, available in a 2-out-of-3-option lunch special for $6, has a somewhat thinner base, but is chunkier, floating bits of potato and dollops of sour cream, along with teasy ingredients from the spice and vegetable kingdoms. (“Our secrets,” a server explains.)

Both these varieties have their secrets and are worth a try, and both will satisfy the soul and, as they say, warm the cockles. (And, no, genuine cockles of the marine variety are not ingredients in either soup variety, but that’s an idea for somebody to follow up with.)

— Jackson Baker Huey’s, hueyburger.com Blind Bear, 119 S. Main (417-8435), blindbearmemphis.com

(left to right) Moroccan Soup at Casablanca; French Onion at Cafe 1912; She Crab at Southern Social; Spicy Tomato at La Baguette

Stone Soup at Stone Soup If you name a dish after a globally beloved folk tale, it had better be good, right? If you then name your restaurant after that dish, it had be better be good, right? So, the Stone Soup at Stone Soup had better be good, right?

(Think about that for a second: a restaurant named for a story named for a dish in that story. Whoa. Meta.)

The Cooper-Young restaurant’s eponymous Stone Soup might as well be the restaurant in a bowl. They — the restaurant and the dish — are cozy, comforting, and humbly high-quality.

How can high-quality be humble?

Eschewing the esoteric vernacular of many a trendy menu, Stone Soup says the smoked sausage in its Stone Soup is “country pleasin’.”

And it is, too, by god.

I wasn’t quite sure what I’d get when I ordered a bowl of Stone Soup last week.

The menu said it had local ground beef, that “country pleasin’” sausage, and was topped with sour cream and black olives.

It arrived steaming, heaped high in a generous bowl that said, “son, this soup is a meal.” Meatballs swam in a tomato base, joining that country pleasin’ sausage, of course, tomatoes, carrots, peppers, red kidney beans, and onions.

After I took some bad photographs at the table (yep, being “that” guy — but it was for work!), I mixed in the sour cream and olives. I took a bite and was transported.

John Denver and I were huddled around the fireplace, sipping hot chocolate under old, soft quilts while snow gently blanketed the West Virginia hills outside the cabin John built with his own two hands. In short, Stone Soup’s Stone Soup is

everything that’s right with winter.

Stone Soup, Stone Soup, $5.89 per cup, $8.89 per bowl. — Toby Sells Stone Soup, 993 S. Cooper (922-5314), stonesoupcafememphis.com Moroccan Soup at Casablanca On the appetizer menu — before you get to the shawarma, falafel, and kebab sandwiches and entrees that represent Casablanca’s staples — are a pair of soups that diners swear by. The Moroccan soup is a tomato-based concoction that is both hearty and vegetarian. Chickpeas and black lentils provide protein. Light pasta floats in the broth to provide a little added heft and a carbohydrate boost.

Celery, onions, cilantro, and some secret spices round out the flavor profile. It’s a comforting, healthy soup for a chilly day.

“It’s from Morocco, because my wife is from Casablanca,” says Saed, the restaurant’s co-owner, who says the name of the establishment also comes from her fabled hometown.

The simpler lentil soup, which combine the nutritious legumes with carrots, onions, and garlic, is another traditional Middle Eastern dish with a big following among Casablanca regulars.

Preparing the soups is the first priority for the staff. “To cook this every morning is three hours” Saed says.

“People like it a lot. We make a big pot every morning. Especially now, in the winter when it is cold.”

— Chris McCoy Casablanca, casablancamemphis.com

to burn them. It’s constant stirring for up to an hour. From there, it’s a matter of adding a high-quality stock. We use chicken stock, mostly, though some people use beef stock.”

Hayes then adds a sweet Port wine, salt and pepper, and a little thyme, and lets it simmer “for a long time.”

Hayes says he can’t tell us the exact ingredient proportions because it’s a “matter of taste.”

“Of course, the topping is what makes it classic French onion soup,” he says.

“You add croutons of toasted bread and top with melted gruyere cheese. Then use your spoon to drown them in the soup and you’re in business.

“We’ve sold a few bowls of it in 16 years,” he adds. — Bruce VanWyngarden Cafe 1912, 243 S. Cooper (722-2700), cafe1912.com She Crab at Southern Social The “she” in the she-crab soup at Southern Social should stand for “sherry.”

That ingredient is outstanding in the Germantown restaurant’s popular soup.

The soup also includes celery, onion, garlic, butter, tabasco, flour, crab stock, heavy cream, crab roe, salt, and white pepper.

After my soup was served to me the other night at the bar, I heard someone say, “Look what you started.”

Julie Beda and Sharon Donovan, who were sitting near me, suddenly had cups of the soup in front of them. “It looked so good,” Beda said.

I asked owner Russ Graham how they came up with their she-soup, which is not the same she-crab soup recipe served at his other restaurant, Flight Restaurant and Wine Bar. He says he and

co-owner Tom Powers spent some time in Charleston, South Carolina. “We really enjoyed talking about the differences between she crab soups at restaurants,” Graham says.

They finally decided on a recipe “that worked for us. We had a basic recipe and tweaked it.”

That was two years ago last November.

“I think it was embraced fairly quickly,” he says.

Their executive chef, Mario Torres “believes in the soup,” he says. That’s “what makes the soup great.”

Torres, who did the tweaking, says, “The secret of the flavor is from the stock.”

He makes the stock in the “old French cuisine” style. They reduce the stock to 50 percent. “It concentrates the flavor of the crab.”

And, he says, “We reduce the sherry wine to opaque. And that enhances the flavor of the sherry as well.”

Torres isn’t the only one who believes in the soup. Managing partner Joe Fain is also a big fan. “I’ve had a cup every day since we’ve opened,” he says.

— Michael Donahue Southern Social, 2285 S. Germantown Road (754-5555), southernsocial.com Spicy Tomato at La Baguette Even before the first spoonful is sipped, the taste buds know something great lies ahead, as a tomato-y aroma arises from the bowl and fills the nose. Rich in color and in taste, La Baguette’s Spicy Tomato Soup is the right combination of warm zest and spice — perfect for any cold day.

The soup is served with a melted dollop of Swiss-American cheese on top and because no bowl of soup is complete without bread, slices of freshly baked French bread on the side. Both work in tandem to cool the spices of the dish.

Not like your everyday tomato soup, La Baguette’s version is more like the homemade kind your mom used to make. It’s full of Italian seasonings with hints of basil and oregano in every bite.

Tangy sweetness from the tomatoes perfectly balances with the savory spices.

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French Onion Soup at Cafe 1912 Glenn and Martha Hayes opened the cozy Midtown bistro Cafe 1912 in 2002. From its very beginning, one of the restaurant’s staples has been its signature French onion soup, and there are few more comforting dishes in town on a chilly night. It’s a rich and savory delight.

Glenn Hayes says their version takes a while to make. “You need to cook very thinly sliced onions in butter and oil, until they’re nice and brown, being careful not

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(left to right) Tom Kai at Asian Eatery; Chicken & Chipotle at Maciel’s Baguette, says the tomato soup is a fan favorite that “people often rave about.” It’s all in the secret recipe, Amagliani says.

It cooks for hours, Amagliani says, allowing the company’s “secret spices that make the soup so delicious” to kick in.

“We pride ourselves on our spicy tomato soup,” Amagliani says. “I can’t reveal much, but I’ll tell you it has tomato and basil in it. It’s been the same secret recipe since 1976, and it works.”

La Baguette’s tomato soup is so good, it’s one of the cafe’s two soups that’s offered every day.

— Maya Smith La Baguette, 3088 Poplar (458-0900), labaguettememphis.com Tom Kha Kai at Asian Eatery At the Asian Eatery, less than a tenner will get you a generous bowl of Tom Kha Kai. This takes the Thai classic in a novel, light direction.

Often called Tom Kha Gai, the usual recipe for this soup involves coconut milk and chicken cooked with mushrooms, onions, scallions, bell peppers, chili, lime leaves, lemongrass, and galangal root. That last ingredient is key; that’s the kha in the soup’s name. Of course, one doesn’t eat the galangal if there’s a bit in your bowl. Instead, it permeates the broth. Naturally, the whole thing’s garnished with fresh bean sprouts and cilantro.

But at the Asian Eatery, one final ingredient — tomato — sets this version apart. The subtle addition of the nightshade adds a bit of edge to the coconut milk’s creaminess. If you find Tom Kha Gai to be the ultimate Southeast Asian comfort food, and many do, this trace of tomato will make it even more homey and familiar to you. It certainly doesn’t try to be a creamy tomato soup. Rather, by merely hinting at that, a new dimension to the classic dish opens up, as the fragrant, tart-yet-sweet tomato brightens the more conventional richness of the coconut milk.

And, while many Thai restaurants serve the soup over rice, here it’s served over rice noodles. Beyond that, the chefs at Asian Eatery no doubt have their own secret ratios of ingredients and seasonings. Whatever they may be, it’s all tied together in a perfect blend of cold weather comfort and healthfulness. — Alex Greene Asian Eatery, 2072 West St., Germantown, (737-3988), asianeatery.net Chicken & Chipotle at Maciel’s Across cultures, whether you grew up Jewish, Thai, Greek, or Cajun, simple, broth-based chicken soups are revered for their ability to heal, nourish, and delight the senses. Few are simpler or more satisfying than the chicken and chipotle soup served at Maciel’s Tacos & Tortas, a locally owned Mexican food chain with locations Downtown and near the U of M. It’s light enough to eat in the summertime, but this soup’s a core-warming, mouth-tingling comfort when temperatures plunge and the world turns icy and gray.

Maciel’s chicken soup is similar to a standard tortilla soup, but with a tangy, smokey twist. It starts with a rich chicken broth lightly sweetened and thickened by corn masa from fried tortilla strips and stained dark orange by the presence of an adobopacked chipotle or two. Rice adds heartiness, and the chicken chunks are small and plentiful.

There was a time when smoked jalapeño peppers — chipotles — were a curious and exotic delicacy appearing only on the most adventurous menus.

Today, they make regular appearances at fast food restaurants, including one named for the chili. They’re so normalized it’s easy to forget just what a flavor star they can be if you give them a little room to shine. Just a small amount brings heat, smoke, color, and an almost citrusy zip. Maciel’s chicken soup is a perfectly balanced example: picant but never aggressively so.

There are many tasty tortilla soups in town. At Maciel’s, the addition of chipotles puts it in a league of its own.

Flues? Blues? It may not cure what ails you, but it’s a good start. — Chris Davis Maciel’s Tortas & Tacos, 45 S. Main, (526-0037), macielsdowntown.com

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Kentucky has been tossed around in casual conversation as a future Tiger opponent, and let’s hope that happens while John Calipari is still wearing Lexington blue. But gazing further ahead, Memphis needs to secure annual meetings that feed both the program and its fan base.

The Tigers should play Tennessee every year, just as Kentucky faces Louisville. I’ve yet to hear a counterpoint to this argument that holds water. Former Memphis coach Josh Pastner was said to fear losing recruits to Knoxville if the Tigers played the Vols. If Memphis becomes second-fiddle to the University of Tennessee in basketball, far more has been lost than a fivestar forward.

In addition to Tennessee, Memphis should schedule two of the following three programs annually: UAB, Arkansas, and Ole Miss. The Bluff City Gene centers a tri-state region Bartow and should build on its scattered history with the Razorbacks and Rebels. And UAB belongs in the mix for the Bartow connection alone. It’s a legacy worth keeping and cultivating. Call this annual meeting the “Bartow Bash,” and two programs would be better for it.

Hardaway acknowledges the importance of familiar foes in college basketball. “It’s great for the city of Memphis,” he said after the UAB win.

“To have UAB, Tennessee, and we can probably try to get Louisville back.

We’re gonna have Ole Miss next year.

It’s a beautiful thing. It gives siblings, family members, and friends bragging rights for the year. I’m really going to enjoy those games.”

You know that contempt bred by familiarity? It happens to also be an adrenaline booster, fuel for a Memphis program on the rise but still climbing.

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he single most memorable Tiger basketball game at FedExForum since the building opened (in 2004) is the Tennessee game played on February 23, 2008.

That Saturday night, Downtown Memphis was the center of the college basketball universe as top-ranked and undefeated Memphis — led by freshman sensation Derrick Rose — faced the second-ranked Vols, a program surging at the time under third-year coach Bruce Pearl. Alas, the visitors snuck away with a win (66-62), though the outcome wasn’t decided until the final minute. The four-yearold Forum almost blew its lid.

Penny Hardaway’s Tigers will host the Vols this Saturday, the first time in almost six years the cross-state sometimes-rivals have played. It will be the first time in almost seven years that the Big Orange — basketball chapter — has taken the floor in Memphis, and only the third time since that one-two tussle of 2008.

Ranked third in the country and slayers last weekend of top-ranked Gonzaga, the Vols make the 2018-19 Tiger season stronger merely by being on the schedule. Should the Tigers pull off an upset Saturday, the game could be a definitive snapshot from Hardaway’s rookie season as coach.

So why aren’t the Vols on the Tigers’ schedule every year? And what about UAB? (Memphis beat the Blazers last Saturday at FedExForum.) The UAB program is a Memphis cousin, having been founded by the great Gene Bartow, the coach who led the Tigers to the brink of a national championship in 1973. As fellow members, first, of the Great Midwest Conference (Hardaway remembers those days well) and later Conference USA, Memphis and UAB played each other every season from 1990-91 through 2012-13, usually twice and, now and then, three times (when they met in a league tourney).

This wasn’t 1980s Memphis StateLouisville, but it was a familiar foe, a regional rival, and it felt good to beat the Blazers, painful to lose to them.

Memphis has 13 nonconference games on its schedule this season.

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Voices of the South is stepping away from the comic cabarets and improvised sing-along events of Christmas seasons past and getting back to the company’s roots in literary adaptation and narrative performance.

Holiday Memories collects a pair of richly described short stories recounting scenes from author Truman Capote’s early life growing up in rural Alabama.

“The Thanksgiving Visitor” and “A Christmas Memory” chronicle the relationship between a young boy named Buddy and his elderly but childlike cousin Sook as they make whiskey-soaked fruitcakes, chop down secret Christmas trees, and fly their homemade kites. The Depression-era vignettes have been adapted for television twice and turned into a full-blown musical. Though no literal version of the mature author appears on stage, Russell Vanderbroucke’s loving adaptation makes Capote the star and is well-suited for VOTS’s signature style.

Most holiday shows truck in aphorisms and feel-good sentiment. “A Thanksgiving Memory” is about bullying and betrayal. The nostalgia of “A Christmas Memory” is spiked with strong, irreparable loss. Though often funny and loaded with rustic and seasonal imagery, these stories are considerably more substantial than your usual sugarplums.

Voices of the South’s holiday offering also functions as an appetizer for Memphis theater fans, particularly those who love Capote. Mark Chambers — a local favorite who literally grew up on area stages — is coming home for a short engagement in Tru, a one man show about the celebrity author. Tru opens at the Evergreen Theatre January 10, 2019.

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Three Course Comedy Midtown Crossing Grill, 10 p.m.

An improv comedy jam to jumpstart your weekend, featuring Ben Frederick.

17th Annual Toy Truck benefting Porter-Leath WMC, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Toys are collected for children who may not otherwise receive them.

For ages six weeks to five years old.

The Holiday Overton Square, 6 p.m.

A screening of this rom-com starring Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet who swap homes at Christmas-time to escape their sorry personal lives.

Steve Earle Horseshoe Casino, 8 p.m., $54 Concert by this country music star and iconoclast.

Holiday Season Choir The Peabody, 11 a.m.-noon A holiday concert in the grand lobby. Today’s performance is by White Station High School Choir.

“Homeward Bound” Crosstown Arts, 6-8 p.m.

Artists explore the idea of home in this group exhibit.

Also opening at Crosstown Arts tonight, from 6 to 8 p.m., is “Brick Fiction,” an exhibit of ink drawings, paper sculptures, and watercolor by Carrie Rubinstein.

Holiday Concert Weekend Graceland Soundstage, 3 p.m.

Elvis’ favorite holiday songs are performed tonight by members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, the Tennessee Mass Choir, and the Havenview Middle School Choir, led by Robin Smith of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Continues through Saturday with an appearance by James Burton.

ReMix

By Chris Davis

Does Memphis have any better ambassador than street dancer and classical innovator Charles “Lil Buck” Riley? The city’s Gangsta Walk and Jookin’ dance styles have gone international and made a lasting impression on ballet and other forms. Lil Buck, the dances’ best known practitioner, started winning dance battles at the Crystal Palace and making videos in parking lots, before hooking up with Midtown’s New Ballet Ensemble. He’s working on somewhat bigger budget movies these days, but he still can’t keep the name of his hometown out of his mouth.

In a promotional video for Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Riley explains that producers contacted him after seeing a video of him performing at an international dance festival. “It’s a funny story because I used to play the Mouse King in Memphis, Tennessee, for the longest,” he says. “It was just incredible how it all pieced together.”

Riley’s use of the past tense is deceptive. Lil Buck, who danced the role of the Mouse King in a motion capture suit and appeared on screen as a million, swirling mice, is coming back to The Cannon Center to perform in yet another round of Nut ReMix, New Ballet Ensemble’s locally inspired answer to the holiday classic.

“I was so happy to see right before the credits they had him dancing live and not in animation,” says New Ballet Ensemble founder Katie Smythe. “People could see it was a person.” Though the film hasn’t been a Christmas miracle at the box office, Smythe says it’s ramped up excitement around this year’s show.

“He’s being followed around by Netflix so they’ll be following him around backstage,” Smythe says. “With his nonprofit Movement Art Is, he’s really going back to the mission of using dance to reach hearts and minds in social and environmental justice.”

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Commodores Gold Strike Casino, 8 p.m., $55-$85 Concert from this legendary R&B and soul group, the Commodores — “Brick House,” “Sail On.”

Christmas in Soulsville Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 10 a.m.-noon A holiday family event at Stax with dancing, crafts, and more.

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas The Orpheum, 6:30, $44-$94 You can’t spell Christmas without “steamroller.” A concert that is big, loud, and theatric.

I’ll Be Home for Christmas Dru’s Place, 5-8 p.m., $12 Burlesque, drag, and hula-hooping from the irrepressible Coco Rose.

The Music of Wayne Shorter Crosstown Arts Theater, 7:30 p.m., $15 The final “mic check” in the new theater, featuring a jazz concert in tribute to this composer and saxophonist.

A BealeCanto Christmas St. George’s Episcopal Church, 4 p.m.

A concert of Christmas masterworks from this men’s choral group.

Haunted Web’s Christmas Nightmare 2665 S. Perkins, 7-11 p.m., $25 A very scary Christmas to you and yours! Includes four haunted houses, with photo ops with Krampus.

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MUSIC By Chris McCoy

Around These Parts

Despite that bit of pioneering search engine optimization, the Gifted Children never approached the level of popularity of either Neutral Milk Hotel or Snowglobe, the band Hulett founded with his friends. But Hulett never forgot the song, so when he was looking for material for his first solo album, he dusted off the old mp3 and sang the refrain, “Let us sooth your open wound/And dry your crying eyes.”

Hulett will reunite with Snowglobe for the band’s annual holiday show at Railgarten on December 23rd, but before that, he’s got business of his own. He’s always been a team player — with Snowglobe, Jeffrey James and the Haul, Glorie, and, most recently, as the “me” with Leah Keys in the folk duo Me & Leah. But now he’s stepping into the spotlight with Around These Parts.

The nine-song collection showcases Hulett’s songwriting, and he likes to make them succinct, well-crafted, and

meaningful. “It’s one of those records that people will like, because it’s a quick get. It’s fun, and it’s over before you know it. I’ve been very pleased with it.”

The road to Around These Parts started while Hulett was playing bass in Glorie, Jason Paxton’s instrumental band, which uses an array of orchestral tools like vibraphone to create lush soundscapes. It was a natural fit for Hulett’s talents.

Hulett convinced Paxton to produce a solo album.“I kinda took over his life,” he says. “He was still figuring out the equipment, so I was a guinea pig … It was a labor of love, really. He’s got a kid, so he’s busy, and I’ve got two kids. But it was this project that just kept going.

“I knew the songs I wanted to be on it. But some of them weren’t done.

So it took some time to flesh those out. I wouldn’t say it was a concept album, but I do think there’s a general theme. My youngest child was born at the beginning of this recording process. So it’s about change. I was changing careers throughout, and having children, and people who I know and love were dying, and other children being born … the usual stuff, life and death.”

Paxton and Hulett called on old friends, like Jeffrey James and the Haul rhythm section Dave Schulter and Daniel Farris, and Snowglobe’s brass player Nahshon Benford, as well as new collaborators like violinist Jessie Munson, singer Kate Ryan, and multi-instrumentalist John Schallert.

“It’s about knowing my limitations,” says Hulett. “I can probably do a guitar solo to go on a song, and it’ll be serviceable. But if you can get Luke White to do it, you get Luke White. I’d rather it sound good than be territorial about it.”

The album’s theme of change and the passage of time bubbles to the surface halfway through, when “Tape” emerges from “Shoes All Muddy” with an Abby Road-esque segue, and Hulett sings “I don’t know what’s on this tape.”

It’s a discovery, and re-discovery, of the stuff that matters most.

Hulett and his band will celebrate Around These Parts at Memphis Made Brewing on Saturday, December 15th, with a record release party starting at 4 p.m.

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ou might think the song “Neutral Milk Hotel” on Jeff Hulett’s new solo album Around These Parts is about the seminal ’90s indie band, but you would be wrong — or at least half wrong.

“Back in the day, we were all obsessed with Neutral Milk Hotel,” says Hulett. When they were kids, he and his music-obsessed friends searched the internet for any snippets of music from the band, who only recorded two albums. “One of us found the song on Napster, and thought it was by Neutral Milk Hotel, because the title of the song is ‘Neutral Milk Hotel.’ But it’s not. It’s this band called the Gifted Children.”

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule December 13 - 19 Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711

Gary Hardy & Memphis 2 Thursdays-Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; Karaoke Thursdays, TuesdaysWednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Sundays-Mondays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Mandi Thomas Fridays, Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; The 901 Heavy Hitters Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Flyin’ Ryan Fridays, Saturdays, 2:30 a.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

B.B. King’s Blues Club

Sundays, 8-10 p.m.; DJ Ron Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.; DJ DNyce Saturdays, 11 p.m.; DJ Mad Efx Sundays, midnight; A.M. Whiskey Trio Mondays, Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.

Handy Bar

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

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

Blues City Cafe 138 BEALE 526-3637

Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, 5 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

Club 152

The Amazing Rhythmatics Tuesdays, Thursdays-Sundays, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.

Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE 529-0007

The Skitch Thursday, Dec. 13, 7-10 p.m., and Monday, Dec. 17, 7-10 p.m.; Memphis Music Monday Third Monday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

152 BEALE 544-7011

December 13-19, 2018

Sean Apple Thursdays, 5 p.m.; Blues Players Club Thursdays,

Itta Bena 145 BEALE 578-3031

Nat “King” Kerr Fridays, Saturdays, 9-10 p.m.

King Jerry Lawler’s Hall of Fame Bar & Grille 159 BEALE

Lunch on Beale with Chris Gales Wednesdays-Sundays, noon-4 p.m.; Eric Hughes solo/ acoustic Thursdays, 5-8 p.m.; Karaoke Mondays-Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 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

Sonny Mack Mondays-Fridays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7 p.m.midnight, and Saturdays, Sun-

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King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room

Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE 522-9596

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.

168 BEALE 576-2220

200 BEALE 527-2687

143 BEALE 524-KING

The King Beez Thursdays, 5 p.m.; B.B. King’s All Stars Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.

days, 2-6 p.m.; Fuzzy Wednesdays, Fridays, 7 p.m.-midnight; Baunie and Soul Sundays, 7 p.m.-midnight.

Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Friday, Dec. 14, 8 p.m.-midnight; Cowboy Neil Saturday, Dec. 15, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Belle Tavern 117 BARBORO ALLEY 249-6580

The Rusty Pieces Sunday, Dec. 16, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

182 BEALE 528-0150

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

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Blues City Pastry Shop & Coffee Bar 153 S. MAIN 576-0010

Hi-Jivers Thursdays, 8 p.m.

130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

Songwriters with Roland and Friends Mondays, 7-10 p.m.

Center for Southern Folklore 123 S. MAIN AT PEABODY TROLLEY STOP 525-3655

Zeke Johnson Saturday, Dec. 15, 7-10 p.m.

Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY

The Po Boys Thursday, Dec. 13, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Friday, Dec. 14, 9 p.m.; Casey Weston and Allie Keck Saturday, Dec. 15, 4 p.m.; Jack Rowell Saturday, Dec. 15, 9

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Heath and Bobbie Thursdays, 7 p.m.; Casey Weston and Allie Keck Friday, Dec. 14, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

South Main Folk All Y’all Listening Room 11 W. HULING AVE

Folk All Y’all: An Evening with Brian Pounds Wednesday, Dec. 19, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Huey’s Downtown

Loflin Yard 7 W. CAROLINA

Royal Blues Band Sunday, Dec. 16, 8-11:30 p.m.

Electric Church Sundays, 2-4 p.m.

Paulette’s

South Main Sounds

RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300

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

Regina’s 60 N. MAIN

Open Mic Night Saturdays, 4-7 p.m.; Richard Wilson Sundays, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Sleep Out Louie’s 150 PEABODY PL SUITE 111 ENTRANCE ON, S 2ND ST

The Rusty Pieces Saturday, Dec. 15, 6-9 p.m.

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The Vault 124 GE PATTERSON

77 S. SECOND 527-2700

152 MADISON 572-1813

Live Music Fridays; Carma Karaoke with Carla Worth Saturdays, 9-11 p.m.

182 BEALE 528-0150

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531 S. MAIN 523-9754

Amber Rae Dunn Hosts: Earnestine & Hazel’s Open Mic Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall Memphis Bluesmasters Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; James Jones Fridays, 4-8 p.m., Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight, and Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight, Friday, Dec. 14, 8 p.m.-midnight, and Saturday, Dec. 15, 8 p.m.-midnight; Cowboy Neil Saturday, Dec. 15, 4-8 p.m.; Delta Project Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Earnestine & Hazel’s

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium

Rum Boogie Cafe Eric Hughes Band Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam and Terry Fridays, 4:30-7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 15, 4:30-7:30 p.m.; Ghost Town Blues Band Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight, Friday, Dec. 14, 8 p.m.-midnight, and Saturday, Dec. 15, 8 p.m.-midnight; Memphis Blues Masters Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Vince Johnson and Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

p.m.; Bobbie Stacks and Friends Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

550 S. MAIN 494-6543

Casey Weston, Allie Keck, Brandon Ingle and Daniel McKinnon Friday, Dec. 14, 7 p.m.

Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

Canvas 1737 MADISON 443-5232

Karaoke Thursdays, 9:30 p.m.; Kyle Pruzina Live Mondays, 10 p.m.-midnight.

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Candy Company Mondays.

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL JANUARY 31 – FEBRUARY 3 One of the best-loved Cirque Du Soleil productions, Corteo, is coming to Memphis.

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Midtown Crossing Grill

Huey’s Poplar

2559 BROAD 730-0719

394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

4872 POPLAR 682-7729

Natalie James and the Professor Saturdays, Sundays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; “The Happening” Open Songwriter Showcase Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

University of Memphis

Minglewood Hall

The Bluff

1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

Memphis Tribute to the Allman Brothers Friday, Dec. 14, 7 p.m.; JD McPherson and JP Harris Saturday, Dec. 15, 8 p.m.

535 S. HIGHLAND

DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.

Growlers 1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Soul Shockers Sunday, Dec. 16, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Rock-n-Roll Cafe

Poplar/I-240

3855 ELVIS PRESLEY 398-6528

Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Brian Johnson Band Thursday, Dec. 13, 8 p.m.-midnight; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Eddie Harrison and the Short Cuts Saturday, Dec. 15, 8 p.m.; Flashback Sunday, Dec. 16, 4-7 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends

Elvis Tribute feat. Michael Cullipher Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Live Entertainment Mondays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Karaoke hosted by DJ Maddy Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Cordova Huey’s Cordova 1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 318-3030

2 Mule Plow Sunday, Dec. 16, 4-7 p.m.; John Paul Keith Band Sunday, Dec. 16, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

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

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

Frayser/Millington

JD Simo Thursday, Dec. 13, 7 p.m.; Cannabis Corpse with Katabasis, Hate Doctrine, and Autolith Thursday, Dec. 13, 10 p.m.; Whitechapel Friday, Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m.; My Friend Chris’ Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Saturday, Dec. 15, 7 p.m.; Jantsen, Beardthug, Moniker, Finn Saturday, Dec. 15, 11 p.m.; Gold Route, Mayfield and Frenchie Sunday, Dec. 16, 8 p.m.; Rittz Monday, Dec. 17, 8 p.m.; Eve to Adam and Super Bob Tuesday, Dec. 18, 7 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Huey’s Millington 8570 US 51 NORTH,

The Amy LaVere Band Sunday, Dec. 16, 6-9 p.m.

Germantown Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

Even Odds Sunday, Dec. 16, 6-9 p.m.

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Five O’Clock Shadow Sunday, Dec. 16, 8-11:30 p.m.

Hi-Tone

St. George’s Episcopal Church

412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN 754-7282

Big Freedia, Alfred Banks, Tori Whodat Thursday, Dec. 13, 9 p.m.; Angel Vivaldi, Nita Strauss Friday, Dec. 14, 7 p.m.; Solar Powered Love, Louise Page Saturday, Dec. 15, 9 p.m.; Romasa, Get Thee Gone, Kroil Sunday, Dec. 16, 7 p.m.; Memphis Concrete Christmas feat.

WGM, Final Seed, and more Wednesday, Dec. 19, 9:30 p.m.

Beale Canto Christmas Concert Sunday, Dec. 16, 4-5:30 p.m.

North Mississippi/ Tunica First Baptist Church 9155 HIGHLAND ST.

Jason Crabb Beds for Kids Benefit Concert Thursday, Dec. 13, 7-9 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown

Gold Strike Casino

1927 MADISON 726-4372

Heart Memphis Band Sunday, Dec. 16, 4-7 p.m.; Memphis Soul Revue Sunday, Dec. 16, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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Lafayette’s Music Room

Hollywood Casino

2119 MADISON 207-5097

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

Kenny Neal Thursday, Dec. 13, 8 p.m.; Almost Elton John Friday, Dec. 14, 10 p.m.; Daniel Mason Band Saturday, Dec. 15, 2 p.m.; Carlos Ecos Band Saturday, Dec. 15, 6:30 p.m.; Seth Walker Saturday, Dec. 15, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Pearl Sunday, Dec. 16, 4 p.m.; Ben de la Cour and Jon Dee Graham Sunday, Dec. 16, 8 p.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Monday, Dec. 17, 6 p.m.; The Faculty Tuesday, Dec. 18, 7 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesday, Dec. 19, 5:30 p.m.; Travers Brothership Wednesday, Dec. 19, 8 p.m.

Lamplighter Lounge 1702 MADISON 726-9916

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

Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193

Earl “The Pearl” and the People of the Blues Friday, Dec. 14; Whatever Dude Saturday, Dec. 15.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Karaoke Fridays; Open Mic Music Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

Railgarten 2160 CENTRAL

Lamplighter 12: Out Like a Light! Tuesday, Dec. 18, 9:30 p.m.-midnight.

Lisa Mac & CCDE Friday, Dec. 14, 8 p.m.

Lindenwood Christian Church

1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

2400 UNION 458-8506

Handel’s Messiah Tuesday, Dec. 18, 7:30-9:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Dec. 19, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Wild Bill’s Juke Joint All Stars Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; The Wild Bill’s Band with Tony Chapman, Charles Cason, and Miss Joyce Henderson Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.; Memphis Blues Society Juke Jam Sundays, 4 p.m.

Oasis Hookah Lounge & Cafe 663 S. HIGHLAND 729-6960

Live Music with DJ ALXANDR Fridays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Live Music with Coldway Saturdays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

East Memphis

Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

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

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

East of Wangs

Horseshoe Casino & Hotel

Bartlett Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Furious George Friday, Dec. 14, 9 p.m.; Full Circle Sunday, Dec. 16, 5:30 p.m.

Shelby Forest General Store

6069 PARK 763-0676

Lee Gardner Fridays, 6:30-9 p.m.; Randal Toma Tuesdays, 5:30-8 p.m.; Eddie Harrison Wednesdays, 6:30-9 p.m.

South Memphis

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House

Steak Night with Tony Butler and the Shelby Forest Pioneers Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

Stax Museum of American Soul Music

Collierville

551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

Larry Cunningham ThursdaysSaturdays; Aislynn Rappe Sundays; Keith Kimbrough Mondays-Wednesdays.

7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

926 E. MCLEMORE 946-2535

Christmas in Soulsville Saturday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m.-noon.

Huey’s Collierville 2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Fingertrick Sunday, Dec. 16, 8-11:30 p.m.

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Steve Earle Friday, Dec. 14.

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

Ghost Town Blues Band Sunday, Dec. 16, 8-11:30 p.m.

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

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

Open Mic Night and Steak Night Thursdays, 6 p.m.-midnight; Blues Jam hosted by Brad Webb Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

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Commodores Saturday, Dec. 15, 8-9:30 p.m.

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Ed Finney & Neptune’s Army with Deb Swiney Thursday, Dec. 13, 8 p.m.; Tailored Makers Friday, Dec. 14, 6 p.m. and Monday, Dec. 17, 6 p.m.; Bluff City Backsliders Saturday, Dec. 15, 9 p.m.; Jonathan Wood Tuesday, Dec. 18, 6 p.m.; David Collins Frog Squad Tuesday, Dec. 18, 6 p.m.; Ben Minden-Birkenmaier Wednesday, Dec. 19, 6 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

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Circuit Playhouse

Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook, www.playhouseonthesquare. org. Through Dec. 23.

51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

Hattiloo Theatre

If Scrooge Was a Brother/A Sistah, actress and playwright Flo Roach plays Ebenita Scroo a successful African-American businesswoman so set in her vile ways that she has allowed her heart to grow cold, displaying no pity on the poor. Through Dec. 23.

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

The Orpheum

Les Misérables, set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice, and redemption. $25-$125. TuesdaysSundays, 7:30 p.m. Through Dec. 30.

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Get ready to step through the mansion doors and step back in time. Experience the history of the mansion and its founder Clarence Saunders like never before. From polar bear to Piggly Wiggly to shrunken head and circus life you’ll find there’s a lot to explore at the newly renovated Pink Palace Mansion. Also enjoy the Enchanted Forest Festival of Trees, holiday movies and laser light shows!

Playhouse on the Square

For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday. Through Dec. 22.

Peter Pan, www.playhouseonthesquare.org. Through Dec. 30.

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. Vandenbroucke. (726-0800), voicesofthesouth.org. $18-$23.

Through Dec. 15, 8-9:30 p.m., and Sun., Dec. 16, 4-5:30 p.m.

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

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Tennessee Shakespeare Company As You Like It, www.tnshakespeare.org. Through Dec. 16.

7950 TRINITY (759-0604).

Theatre Memphis

41st Annual Production: A Christmas Carol, www. theatrememphis.org. Through Dec. 23.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

TheatreSouth

Holiday Memories, drawn from two beloved short stories by Truman Capote, “A Christmas Memory” and “A Thanksgiving Visitor,” and adapted for the stage by Russell

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430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

Crosstown Arts at The Concourse

Opening Reception for “Homeward Bound,” exhibition of works addressing the complex theme of “home.” Fri., Dec. 14, 6-8 p.m.

Opening Reception for “Brick Fiction,” exhibition of work by Carrie Rubinstein. Fri., Dec. 14, 6-8 p.m.

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Flicker Street Studio

“All Together Now,” exhibition of work by 13 artists, including Nancy Cheairs, Jim Buchman, Melissa Dunn, Elizabeth Alley, Meredith Olinger and Susan Maakestad. (767-2999), flickerstreetstudio.com/. Free.

Through Dec. 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

74 FLICKER (767-2999).

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

University of Memphis Graphic Design Senior Show, exhibition of works by graduating University of Memphis Graphic Design students: Na’Deja Brantley, Kayleigh Brown, Connor Burch, Kasey Culley, Ashkon Elahi, Cassie Farrier, Shelby Ines, Jason Jordan, Scottea Lamberth, Casey Thorne, and Maria Truesby.

Thurs., Dec. 13, 6-8 p.m.

3715 CENTRAL.

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Casting Demonstration Saturdays, Sundays, 1:30 p.m.

METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380), WWW. METALMUSEUM.ORG.

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Community Night at Holiday Wonders at the Garden Expanded family, couples, and group-oriented holiday event with new areas and special

event nights. It features four distinct areas catering to different interests: Snowy Nights, Trees Alight, City of Memphis Christmas Tree, and TruGreen Under the Stars Outdoor Lounge.

Thurs., Dec. 13, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

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

Gallery Talk

Museum staff speak on topics including current exhibitions and works from the permanent collection. Meet in the lobby of the main building before the talk begins. Free. Saturdays, Sundays, 2-2:30 p.m.

METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380), WWW.METALMUSEUM.ORG.

“Just Like a Dream”

Exhibition and sale of whimsical handmade items by Sami Roth. Thurs., Dec. 13, 6-9 p.m.

430 GALLERY, 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

Memphis Magazine Fiction Contest

Winning authors will be honored with a $200 gift certificate to Novel. For more information, contest rules, and submission, visit website.

Through Aug. 31, 2019.

WWW.MEMPHISMAGAZINE.COM.

Open Late

Galleries and gardens will be open late. Free with admission. Every third Thursday, 6-8 p.m.

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

Creative Start Workshop at Benjamin L. Hooks Library, Saturday, Dec. 15th O N G O I N G ART

Art Body Soul Studio

Exhibition of new works by Matthew Lee. Through Dec. 31.

1024 SOUTH YATES (207-4161).

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

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

Ongoing.

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

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

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

Ongoing.

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

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

“It’s About Time,” exhibition of new works by Lisa Williamson. www.buckmanartscenter.com.

Through Dec. 14.

60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).

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12.14 The Groove feat. Paul Taylor & the Hi-Jacks The Groove is a series showcasing some of the funkiest bands and musicians around. In this event, the band is the star. Tickets at: crosstownarts.org

Friday, Dec. 14th — 8-10pm Crosstown Arts: The Green Room

12.14 Homeward Bound Opening Reception A group show addressing the complex theme of “home.” A place of home has very different meanings to all of us. Sometimes it is a memory, a sense of place, a person, a dream, a certain chaos, a metaphorical anchor, a roof over our heads.

The Music of Wayne Shorter Jazz tribute to American jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter featuring David Edwards, Hamilton Hardin, Carl Caspersen, Jonathan Bass, Keenan Shotwell, and James Sexton. Tickets at: crosstownarts.org

Saturday, Dec. 15th — 7:30-9:30pm Crosstown Arts Theater

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“Brick Fiction,” exhibition of work by Carrie Rubinstein. Dec. 14-Jan. 27.

“Homeward Bound,” exhibition of works addressing the complex theme of “home.” Dec. 14-Jan. 27.

1350 CONCOURSE AVE., SUITE 280.

Crosstown Concourse

“R&D,” a collection of artwork from the fall 2018 University of Memphis sculpture students.

Ongoing.

1350 CONCOURSE AVE.

David Lusk Gallery

“Understory,” exhibition of work

by Maysey Craddock. Through Dec. 22, 6-8 p.m.

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

EACC Fine Arts Center Gallery

“It Just Turned Out That Way,” exhibition of photography by Norman Soskel. Through Dec. 21.

EAST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 1700 NEWCASTLE, FORREST CITY, AR.

Eclectic Eye

“Year One,” exhibition of work

by Jill Samuels that utilize acrylic, watercolor, maps, and embroidery thread in their creation.

Through Jan. 2, 2019.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Edge Gallery

Folk Artists, exhibition of work

by Debra Edge, John Sadowski, Nancy White, Bill Brookshire,

and other folk artists. Ongoing.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

509 S. MAIN (647-9242).

FireHouse Community Arts Center

Mosal Morszart, exhibition of works by Black Arts Alliance artist. www.memphisblackartsalliance.org. Ongoing.

985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

Graceland

“Hillbilly Rock,” exhibition featuring items from the Marty Stuart Collection. www.graceland.com. Ongoing.

3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322).

Jack Robinson Photography Gallery

Black Winter Artist Reception, exhibition of work by Ollie Rodriguez, reflections of feminine strength that emphasize the beauty in women of color.

Through Jan. 31, 2019.

44 HULING (576-0708).

Jay Etkin Gallery

David Hall, exhibition of watercolor works on paper. www. jayetkingallery.com. Ongoing.

942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“The Show Must Go On,” exhibition of works by gallery artists.

The holiday group exhibition is the final show curated by gallery owner Linda Ross, with paintings, sculpture, and mixedmedia. (767-2200), www.lrossgallery.com. Through Dec. 22.

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Marshall Arts Gallery

“Young, Gifted, and Dope, Episode 2,” Lyfe Is Dope and Alivepaint present an exhibition curated by Jamond Bullock featuring artists from across the U.S. and Canada. Through Dec. 19.

“Love of Art” and “Memphis,” exhibition of work by Nikki Gardner and Debra Edge by appointment only. Ongoing.

639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Memphis Botanic Garden

“Origami in the Garden,” exhibition of 24 museum-quality

“Brick Fiction” by Carrie Rubinstein at Crosstown Arts, Friday, December 14th, 6-8 p.m. outdoor sculptures depicting origami-inspired works that appear as delicate as paper (but crafted from museum-quality metals) crafted by artists Kevin Box, Te Jui Fu, Beth Johnson, Michael G. LaFosse, and Robert Lang. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Through March 24, 2019.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

“Outings Project,” exhibition of paintings from museum walls onto the streets, creating an opportunity to discover, appreciate, and understand artwork in a new way by French artist Julien de Casabianca. www.brooksmuseum.org. Through Jan. 6, 2019.

“Arts of Global Africa,” exhibition of historic and contemporary works in a range of different media presenting an expansive vision of Africa’s artistry. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through June 21, 2021.

“A Buck & a Half Apiece,” exhibition of photographs by Ernest Withers. www.brooks.org.

Through March 20, 2019.

Rotunda Projects: Federico Uribe, exhibition of magical creatures and playful installations from everyday objects. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through Oct. 11, 2019.

“Talking Continents,” exhibition of large-scale sculptures and installations that use language, history, literature, and psychology to draw attention to the barriers that separate and divide humanity by Jaume Plensa. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through Jan. 26, 2019.

“About Face,” exhibition located in the Education Gallery highlighting the different ways artists interpret the connection between emotion and expression. www. brooksmuseum.org. Ongoing.

“Drawing Memory: Essence of Memphis,” exhibition of works

inspired by nsibidi, a sacred means of communication among male secret societies in southeastern Nigeria by Victor Ekpuk. www.brooksmuseum.org.

Ongoing.

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Metal Museum

“Master Metalsmith: Lisa Gralnick,” exhibition of jewelry and sculpture in addition to previous work from the series, “Scene of the Crime.” Shown publicly for the first time and featuring oversized jewelry as sculptural installations. www. metalmuseum.org. $6. Through Jan. 13, 2019.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

National Civil Rights Museum

“I AM A CHILD,” exhibition of photographs to shed light on the immigrant family separation at the U.S.-Mexican border. More than 30 black-and-white images. www.civilrightsmuseum.org.

Through Dec. 31.

450 MULBERRY (521-9699).

Overton Park Gallery

Dorothy Northern and Jennifer Sargent, exhibition of works by Dorothy Northern and Jennifer Sargent. Ongoing.

1581 OVERTON PARK (229-2967).

Playhouse on the Square

“The Dance of Color,” exhibition of work by Dottie Harness in the lobby gallery. Through Jan. 1, 2019.

“The Financiers and Other Fanciful Creatures,” exhibition of

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CALENDAR: DECEMBER 13 - 19 mixed-media collage assemblages by Angi Cooper.

Through Jan. 1, 2019.

“I Can See Clearly Now,” exhibition of paintings by Jan Carnall in the cafe lobby gallery. (726-4656), Through Jan. 1, 2019.

“Quiet Moments,” exhibition of paintings by Joy Phillips Routt in the downstairs west gallery.

Through Jan. 1, 2019.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Proud Mary

“Maddie Stratton: Women & Florition,” exhibition of 16 paintings by New Orleans-based artist. (2492532), Through Jan. 3, 2019.

433 CLEVELAND (249-2532).

Ross Gallery

“The Death of Fear,” exhibition of work by Sisavanh Phouthavong Houghton and Nelson Gutierrez. www.cbu.edu/gallery. Free. Through Dec. 14.

TO U R S

Bite-Sized Tours

Order lunch from Park & Cherry, and then Dixon staff members and docents will lead a quick tour of their favorite works of art or plants in the garden.

Your lunch will be waiting for you after tour. Thurs., 11:45 a.m.

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

City Tasting Tours

Savor tastings at five eateries, interact with chefs and managers, and sample local flavors while strolling down Main Street. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 1:30 p.m.

WWW.CITYTASTINGTOURS.COM.

Cutting Garden Tours

Garden docents will focus on the cutting garden

each week on Saturday morning. Meet in the Catmur Foyer to see the large urn design and start tour.

Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon.

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

December Insiders on Tour

Board a Backbeat Tours bus to gain a new perspective of Downtown Memphis. In two hours you will learn history, facts, and locations you never knew about. Register online. $20-$25. Tues., Dec. 18, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

TENNESSEE WELCOME CENTER, 119 RIVERSIDE (5435300), WWW.WELCOMETOMEMPHIS.ORG.

Yellow Fever Rock & Roll Ghost Tour

See what used to be, Memphis-style, with Mike McCarthy. Call to schedule a personal tour. Ongoing.

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Green Mansions Holiday Open House

Terrariums, plants, and other green gifts. Sun., Dec. 16, 12-4 p.m.

GREEN MANSIONS MEMPHIS, 700 N. BELVEDERE (8283685), WWW.GREENMANSIONSMEMPHIS.COM.

Scott Street Open Studio Sale

Art and warm cider at this event with artists with paintings, prints, sculptures, ceramics, and more.

Sat., Dec. 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

SCOTT STREET ARTS, 155 SCOTT STREET (500-7001).

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(486-6325), WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/YELLOWROCKGHOST/.

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3000).

Slavehaven Underground Railroad Museum

“Images of Africa Before & After the Middle Passage,” exhibition of photography by Jeff and Shaakira Edison. Ongoing.

826 N. SECOND (527-3427).

St. George’s Episcopal Church

“Diocesan Art Exhibit,” the free exhibit will feature works from artists throughout the diocese and will range in form from painted pottery to photography to mixed media. (754-7282), Through Dec. 31, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

Talbot Heirs

Debra Edge Art. Ongoing.

99 S. SECOND (527-9772).

TOPS Gallery

“Version Version,” exhibition of work by Kevin Ford, paintings and drawings exploring the experience of perception. www.topsgallery.com. Through Jan. 26, 2019.

400 S. FRONT.

Tops Gallery: Madison Avenue Park

“Banner for the Lost Sea,” exhibition of work by Corinne Jones. www.topsgallery.com. Through Jan. 26, 2019.

151 MADISON (340-0134).

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“20th Century Memphis Photographs,” exhibition of work by Charlie Ivey and Virginia Schoenster, Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

540 S. MENDENHALL (767-8882).

WKNO Studio

December Show, exhibition of works by members of the Bartlett Art Association. Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Dec. 28.

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

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Children’s Ballet Theater: The Nutcracker

The annual Children’s Ballet Theater The Nutcracker features both Children’s Ballet Theater and Tennessee Ballet Theater professionals in a 90-minute production to celebrate the holiday season. $31. Sat., Dec. 15, 6-8 p.m., and Sun., Dec. 16, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

GERMANTOWN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 1801 EXETER (751-7500).

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Midtown Crossing Grill

Three Course Comedy, stand-up comedy by Ben Frederick, followed by “Win Ben Frederick’s Money,” and an Improv Jam, open to all. Fri., Dec. 14, 10-11:45 p.m.

394 N. WATKINS (443-0502).

P&H Cafe

You Look Like, a monthly showcase of spite, battle of bitchery, and competition of “Oh, hell no.” Watch the quickest wits from all over the country talk mad shit. (283-3814), $8. Third Saturday of every month, 9-11 p.m.

1532 MADISON (726-0906).

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S P EC IA L EVE NTS

Featuring workshops, luncheon, film festival, books, lectures, and more. Visit website for more information and schedule of events. Sun., Dec. 16, 6 p.m.

December Insiders on Tour

Board a Backbeat Tours bus to gain a new perspective of Downtown Memphis. In two hours you will learn history, facts, and locations you never knew about.

Register online. $20-$25. Tues., Dec. 18, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, 6560 POPLAR (761-0810), WWW. JCCMEMPHIS.ORG.

M E ETI N G S

TENNESSEE WELCOME CENTER, 119 RIVERSIDE (543-5300), WWW. WELCOMETOMEMPHIS.ORG.

Fantastical Writers of the Mid-South

For writers who specialize in science-fiction/fantasy/etc. Second Thursday of every month, 7 p.m.

Guided Meditations

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

Memphis Irish Society Monthly Meeting

Learn about Irish history, geography, and language with beer. none. Tues., Dec. 18, 6-9 p.m.

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

A Novel Book Club

A wide variety of genres, interests, and reading styles, with book club members involved in choosing future selections. Third Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m.

NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (9225526), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.

T.O. Fuller State Park Monthly Meeting

Call for more information. Third Wednesday of every month, noon.

T.O. FULLER STATE PARK, 1500 MITCHELL (543-7581).

KIDS

Creative Start Family Art Workshop

Look, listen, and create with Studio Institute Memphis, presenting a family-friendly art program inspired by illustrated books.

Story time will be followed by hands-on art projects engaging parents and children. Free. Sat., Dec. 15, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (833-5623).

Sesame Street Live: Make Your Magic Teaming up with Abby and Justin, Elmo embarks on an extraordinary journey. $18-$58.

Sun., Dec. 16, 2:30 p.m.

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17th Annual Toy Truck

The annual community campaign collects age-appropriate toys that promote early learning — such as dolls, trucks and building blocks. You can drop off new, unwrapped toys as well as cash, check, or credit card donations. Dec. 14-15, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

WMC-TV, 1960 UNION (577-2500).

LANDERS CENTER (DESOTO CIVIC CENTER), 4560 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662-280-9120).

Includes a sitting meditation and a walking meditation designed to increase balance and stability.

Visit link to download guided meditations to your mobile device. Ongoing.

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

“LeMoyne-Owen College: A Beacon of Hope” Exhibition of a central institution in Memphis since its founding in 1871 as the LeMoyne Normal and Commercial School. Ongoing.

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

H O LI DAY EVE NTS

Christmas Candlelight Service

A traditional family service featuring choir music, special readings, and carols by candlelight.

Attendees may bring “gifts for the baby” which go to needy mothers of newborns. Childcare is provided for children ages 3 years and younger. Cookie reception at 4:30 p.m., service at 5:30. Free.

Sun., Dec. 16, 5:30-7 p.m.

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

Holiday Soiree

A Christmas pageant featuring over 20 talented young artists alongside Memphis legends, Dr. Alvin McKinney, Frank Phillips, and Naomi Moody, hosted by Toni Green. $15-$20. Fri., Dec. 14, 6:30 p.m.

MEMPHIS BLACK ARTS ALLIANCE, 985 S BELLEVUE BLVD.

Holiday Songs and Stories

Hear classic holiday tales told

by Memphians. Special guests include WKNO’s Kacky Walton, WMC-TV’s Joe Burch, and The Blind Side’s Leigh Anne Touhy as they read classics for all ages.

Sun., 5 p.m. Through Dec. 16.

OVERTON SQUARE, MIDTOWN.

I’ll Be Home for Christmas

Jingle your holiday bells — Coco Rosè is returning home and she is gathering a few of her people to help her celebrate the holidays

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Tree lighting in Chimes Square on Sunday, Dec. 2nd and fun holiday activities throughout the month including a Santa Scavenger Hunt for prizes.

Through Dec. 30.

OVERTON SQUARE, MIDTOWN, WWW.OVERTONSQUARE.COM.

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas

In addition to being a holiday tradition for many families, the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Tour regularly attracts repeat attendance from multigenerational guests and is one of the longest running tours in the music industry. $44-$94.

Sun., Dec. 16, 6:30 p.m.

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

Memphis Arts Collective Holiday Show and Sale Over 30 artists will be showing.

After opening night, daily hours are: Monday-Saturday 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Friday until 7 p.m., and Sun noon-5 p.m. Through Jan. 3, 2019.

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE AVE.

Merriment Under the Mistletoe

An evening of splendor and cheer at the WoodruffFontaine House. Tickets are limited. This is a 21-and-up event, and each admission comes with two complimentary drink tickets. $40 per admission. Sat., Dec. 15, 7-10 p.m.

WOODRUFF-FONTAINE HOUSE, 680 ADAMS (526-1469), WWW.WOODRUFF-FONTAINE.ORG/EVENTS/.

Nut ReMix

Featuring New Ballet grad and international dance star Charles “Lil Buck” Riley and 150 performers, plus the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Big Band in the pit.

Fri., Dec. 14, 7 p.m., Sat., Dec. 15, 5:30 p.m., and Sun., Dec. 16, 2:30 p.m.

CANNON CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (TICKETS, 525-1515), WWW. THECANNONCENTER.COM.

Santa and Snow in the Square Saturdays

Stop by on Saturdays in December for a free photo with Santa. Saturdays, 6-8 p.m.

Through Dec. 22.

OVERTON SQUARE, MIDTOWN.

Starry Nights

Features more lights and fun, including a BuildA-Bear workshop, Lights by the Lake walking path, Candy Cane Train rides, Santa photos, a petting zoo, carriage and hayrides, holiday shopping, and more. Through Dec. 28, 6 p.m.

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

This one-of-a-kind experience puts guests in the center of an 1890s holiday party with interactive characters and games, opera singers, caroling, Victorian conjurer Jeffrey Day performing illusions on stage and among party-goers, and festive libations. $25. Dec. 14-15, 7-10 p.m.

THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (202-4535).

Women’s Bike Chat Hot Chocolate Ride

Women in the community to go for a short group ride and chat along the way. December will be time for a ride to a place to enjoy hot chocolate or other tasty beverages. Sun., Dec. 16, 2-4:30 p.m.

REVOLUTIONS COMMUNITY BICYCLE SHOP, 1000 S. COOPER (INSIDE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH) (726-6409), WWW.REVOLUTIONSMEMPHIS.COM.

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Cornhole Tournaments

Two-person teams compete with other teams to win weekly cash prizes. Register on Eventbrite link. Free. Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays, 7 p.m.

LOFLIN YARD, 7 W. CAROLINA, WWW.LOFLINYARD.COM.

Flight Tour: A Taste of Memphis

Up to 16 people per bike enjoy a flight of local spirits and brew during this twohour pub-crawl with Sprock n’ Roll’s bike bar to Old Dominick Distillery and Ghost River Brewing Tap Room. BYOB, but no glass tour. $315-$400. Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 12-8 p.m., and Sundays, 12-5 p.m. Through Dec. 31.

DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS, VARIOUS LOCATIONS (500-7101), WWW. SPROCKNROLLMEMPHIS.COM.

Food Truck Thursday Thursdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

COURT SQUARE, AT N. MAIN AND COURT, WWW.DOWNTOWNMEMPHIS.COM.

Friday Night Wine Tasting Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

PYRAMID WINE & SPIRITS, 120 AUCTION (578-2773).

Sunday Supper Series

Includes new cocktails, new bar menu, and a family style, dinner. Raw bar and a list of cocktails, beer, and wine priced $10 or under will also be available. Call or visit website for reservations. $40. Sundays, 3-9 p.m.

GRAY CANARY, 301 FRONT, WWW.THEGRAYCANARY.COM.

Wok’n in Memphis Brunch Pop Up

Brunch pop-ups featuring American Chinese food plus delicious drinks. $12. Sundays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

THE SILLY GOOSE, 100 PEABODY PLACE (206-930-5569), WWW.WOKNINMEMPHIS.COM.

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Chimes Square Movie Night: The Holiday

Movies are back in action at the Square in December; snuggle up to holiday classics under the stars with the cozy outdoor heaters. This Friday’s showing is The Holiday: Dumped and depressed, English rose Iris agrees to swap homes with similarly unlucky in love Californian Amanda for a much-needed break. Iris finds herself in a palatial Hollywood mansion while Amanda navigates the lanes of a picture-perfect English village. Soon enough, both lovelorn ladies bump into local lads perfect for a romantic pick-me-up. Fri., Dec. 14, 6 p.m.

OVERTON SQUARE, MIDTOWN.

I Read That Movie at the Library: Eat Pray Love

Monthly page-to-screen book club movie screening. Julia Roberts stars as author Elizabeth Gilbert in the adaptation of Gilbert’s best-selling memoir recounting her year-long journey through Italy, India, and Indonesia. Book club discussion following the movie.

Free. Sat., Dec. 15, 2 p.m.

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2726), BIT.LY/2L0TDYQ.

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Absent Friends present the cult classic with a live shadowcast and costume contest. $10.

Second Friday of every month, 11:30 p.m.

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“Strange Christmas,” featuring Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman and Batman Returns, starring Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Sat., Dec. 15, 8 p.m.

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Tiny Giants 3D

A spectacular adventure into the world of tiny creatures. The Tiny Giants from Lichterman live animal shows will be held at the Pink Palace Museum 12:30 p.m. each Saturday from November 17th through January 26th. Through Jan. 26, 2019.

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

A Wider Angle Film Series: Hotel Salvation

A patriarch, convinced that his end is near, travels with his businessman son to a holy city on the Ganges, where they find lodging in a hotel catering to visitors seeking salvation in death. In Hindi with English subtitles. Free.

Tues., Dec. 18, 7 p.m.

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2726), BIT.LY/2L1JF9B.

Tonya came to the Renewal Place program suffering from alcohol and drug addiction with with her 3 children. Days before entering the program, she delivered and left a baby girl at Methodist Hospital.

Working with her counselors she was able to overcome the fear and shame she felt and be reunited with her 4th child. Tonya is now a successful high school chemistry teacher, finishing her PhD. Renewal Place, a signature Salvation Army of Memphis program, works in concert with the Shelby County drug court as an intensive-treatment alternative to incarceration for nonviolent drug offenders - and those charged with crimes motivated by drug dependency. All while providing wrap-around care and counseling for mothers and their children. The Renewal Place program has had more than 180 graduates, 78% remain clean and sober long-term.

IN THE US THE INFANT MORTALITY RATE 5.8 PER 1,000 DEATHS IN MEMPHIS AT 14.2 DEATHS PER 1,000 BIRTHS, THE INFANT MORTALITY RATE IN MEMPHIS ARE THE WORST IN THE US.

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ART By Michael Donahue

In a Word

Eso Tolson — an artist with words

The art of Eso Tolson.

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so Tolson embraces his inner Memphis. In fact, he came up with the phrase “Embrace Your Inner Memphis.”

When he’s not programming and booking artists as Crosstown Arts performance coordinator or making his own art, Tolson, 34, posts empowering messages on Instagram.

“Embrace Your Inner Memphis” got “the most likes, and local organizations and businesses shared it the first time I had put it out,” Tolson says. “It had gotten so much attention at that time that somebody wanted it on a shirt.”

To make sure nobody stole his phrase, Tolson put up a website and had T-shirts silk screened with the words. “It turned into a whole thing. It’s a campaign now — ‘Embrace Your Inner Memphis.’ The goal is basically for people to take the good and even the not-so-good about the city and realize that those things are what makes the city what it is.

“Everything that the entire world loves about America is in Memphis. Everything from the music, the food, the culture, the rich history. People from all over the world come here. The talent here is unmatched.”

And, he says, “Some of the worst things about America are here at the same time.

Everything from racism to inequality.”

But, he says, “What that does is create this environment where all these amazing things can happen. The blues came about because of the pain that’s here. [It] turned that pain into something. Into art. It’s this beautiful pain that Memphis has that creates so many beautiful things.

“There’s a distinction between people who are from Memphis and people who are Memphis. Because a lot of people who are from Memphis are like, ‘Oh, I can’t wait to get out.’ They’re not really contributing to the city. The most they do is go to work and then that’s it. But they’re not invested in the city. They’re not helping people. They’re not creating gardens.

They’re not assisting with the homeless.

They’re not empowering people. They’re not going to games. They’re not supporting the local restaurants. They’re not doing any of that. They just live here.

“I’m not even from Memphis, and I love this city. I think when you embrace it, it takes on a whole new meaning.”

Tolson, who is from East St. Louis, expressed his creativity for the first time at age 2. He took his grandmother’s red nail polish, which was on the bedside table, and “went to town” with it “all over the bedsheets.” (Brand new, by the way.)

When he was 10, Tolson won first place in a Mr. Bubbles coloring contest.

He excelled at sports, including track, in junior high and high school, but he also designed jogging suits.

He moved to Memphis in 2008 after discovering Memphis College of Art. He studied design arts with an emphasis in graphic design.

During his last semester, Tolson helped form a musical group, Artistik Approach, which still performs. “We do a little bit of jazz, hip-hop, soul, and we just create. Put it all out and make it our own.”

After he graduated, Tolson began doing promotional work, including posters and brochures, for organizations, including Collage Dance Collective. “I like type and really dynamic imagery.”

He also worked with Choose901 for about two years after making their first promotional video. “I remember getting my first paycheck. I went to the Art Center, bought a sketchbook, got some Sharpies, got some micro pens, and I was like, ‘I’m just going to town and coming up with all these different phrases, sayings, and compositions of words.’”

He loves the power of words. “I was always attracted to just words. And I like how they look. I just like the letter forms in general. And I like that they can be visually pleasing, but also they can mean something. You can take something away from the image as well.”

Tolson then discovered Instagram.

“Keep going” and “Make dope stuff every day” are two of his most popular posts.

He paints some of his words and phrases on canvas. One he did for Teach For America, which is at Crosstown Concourse, basically says one day all children will “have the opportunity to have access to an excellent education.”

Tolson’s works are currently on view at his “Spectacular Vernacular” show at Memphis College of Art, which runs through December 14th.

“They’re all words.”

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As for the desserts, Hudson says, “A lot of bourbon is used here.” It’s used in the Pecan Dessert Flight with Chocolate Pecan Pie, Pecan Ice Cream, and the Pecan Pie Cocktail. It’s used in Bananas Foster and the Peach Cobbler.

Mahogany is owned by Carlee M. McCullough, who is a lawyer. She recognized Hudson’s talent and wanted to showcase it, according to Miller. Hudson’s education was financially backed by Isaac Hayes. Hudson asked him if there was anything he could do for Hayes in return. Hayes’ answer? “Do great.” It’s worth noting that Hayes reached the peak in film. He won the Oscar for “Best Song” for “Shaft” in 1972.

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f you want to eat at the newly open Mahogany, it’s best that you make a reservation. It’s been packed since it opened on November 14th. In fact, one customer has vowed to dine in every seat to take in all the vistas. (It might take a while, as it has more than 120 seats.) It is the place to see and be seen.

Perhaps a more apt word is “scene,” as Mahogany is working a movie theme from its name to the decor and menu.

Mahogany is a nod to the movie starring Diana Ross at her (overwrought) chicest. “Rich, dark, beautiful, and rare” is how the day manager Jessica Miller defines Mahogany’s niche.

The restaurant is in Chickasaw Oaks Village in the old Just for Lunch and The Farmer space, near La Baguette. The ye olde country look has been ixnayed for something a bit more glamorous — modern grays, a dark bar, pretty green chairs for a touch of pizazz.

That touch extends to the menu, overseen by chef Christopher Hudson. The menu is divided into sections: the Extras (appetizers); the Props (soup and salads); the Wrangler (for kids); the Cast (entrees); the Stunts (sides); and the Finale (dessert).

The Cajun Chicken Egg Roll is among the extras, and it is extra. Hudson describes it as gumbo in an eggroll.

The eggroll features okra and sausage.

Another dish Hudson is proud of are the oxtails. He takes extra care with these, describing a two-day process that involves braising, then smoking.

The Memphis Fried Chicken “feels like home,” says Hudson. It has buttermilk, hot sauce, oregano, and thyme.

Also on the menu are the Lasagna Roll; a Grilled Black Angus Burger; meatloaf; catfish; and salmon croquettes.

Hudson says what sets his dishes apart from other upscale Southern places is his gift with spices. He likes to use berbere and Creole spices, to work in Caribbean and African flavors.

Let’s move on the cocktail menu.

Again, it’s a run through Hollywood with drinks such as the Etta James aka At Last, the Tom Jones aka Pussy Cat, and the Pam Greer aka the Foxy Brown.

The Edison aka Black Maria is a luminescent black drink. Vodka is soaked in black rice, which changes the color but not the taste, then a little pearl dust is stirred in. The Idris Elba aka American Gangster is $100 (and worth every penny, I’m guessing). It’s Remy Martin Louis XIII Cognac. The Bob Marley aka One Love is a multi-colored delight, which Miller promises will put you in a chill mood.

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S P I R ITS By Andria Lisle

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t Christmas last year, a friend lovingly declared that I was too tough to shop for, then proceeded to give me one of my favorite gifts: a bottle of good champagne and a single delicate gold-rimmed flute for drinking it. She topped the beautifully wrapped package with a champagne key chain that she found, along with the glass, at Anthropologie.

It was a thoughtful present that signified, to me, that I deserved to indulge myself here and there — and that champagne for one is a perfectly reasonable proposition. Today, I smile every time I hand wash and put away that elegant champagne flute, which stands taller than all the other wine glasses in my cabinet.

I, too, like to give the gift of spirits — and little extras that help the recipients enjoy them. Here’s what’s hot on my list this holiday season:

Online retailer CB2 has a wide range of old-fashioned glasses that would make the ideal accompaniment for a bottle of Memphis-made Blue Note Bourbon.

Choose from the Dip, a handmade, yet thoroughly modern take on hobnail milk glass, the micro-thin Marta, the vintage-inspired Mars Smoke Stacking glass, or the tortoiseshell Franklin. Pick up a couple of glasses (prices range from under $5 per glass to just over $10), and pair them with a bottle of Angostura Bitters, the aforementioned Blue Note Bourbon, a box of sugar cubes, and a few lemons. Add a personal touch by handwriting the recipe for making an Old Fashioned on a postcard or Christmas card. Locally, I like to shop at Flashback for vintage glassware and bar accessories. Score a great cocktail

shaker, and pair it with mixers, elixirs, and an ice-cube tray. Or pick up a new but vintage-inspired tea towel (I love the cheekiness of the Blue Q line, which I’ve spotted at Flashback, Maggie’s Pharm, and Novel) and pair it with a set of cocktail stirrers and drink markers. Wrap up your favorite brand of booze in the tea towel, fasten it with a ribbon, and tuck in or tie on the stirrers or markers, and voila — you’re ready with a hostess gift. For stocking stuffers, try airline-sized booze bottles, available at any liquor store in town. Stop by Lit Restaurant Supply for other inexpensive items, including bottle stoppers, spouts, mini-whisks, and more.

Most Memphis shops offer a wineby-the-case discount, so if you’re short on ideas, buy a dozen tea towels and pair each with a bottle of your favorite wine. Scribble a note about why you like it. Or, for someone really special, buy a dozen different bottles, so they can think of you as they enjoy a new bottle every month of the year. If you want to make an even bigger impression, splurge on membership to a Cheese of the Month Club to go along with said wine. There are dozens to choose from, but my favorite is the $75 option offered by Murray’s Cheese, which ships three varieties on the second Thursday of every month.

Last year, I splurged on a few dozen $4 neoprene koozies from Etsy seller CoffeeItDesigns, located right here in Memphis. The koozies I selected feature a bear emblazoned with Memphis on one side and the statement “We grind here” in a calligraphy-style font on the other. I stuffed each koozie with a can of local beer, then randomly paired them up in gift bags for couples I know. You can also order a personalized beer growler and pint glasses on Etsy — be sure to fill up the growler before giving. Or, pick up a cute coffee mug to go with a bottle of Kahlúa, Amaretto, or Bailey’s Irish Cream.

Need to go kosher? While most local liquor stores have a large selection of kosher spirits, Buster’s has a particularly good variety of Israeli wine in stock, including the Galil Mountain Pinot Noir from Galilee, a bright, cheery red that sells for under $17 per bottle.

Traditionalists can also spring for the Manischewitz, which goes for under $6. At that price point, you can spring for a half-dozen wine glasses — I love stemless, easily purchased at a box store or at the Williams-Sonoma outlet in East Memphis.

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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

Many Rocky Returns Michael B. Jordan’s star power can’t save the formulaic Creed II.

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n this age of sequels, prequels, reboots, sequels to prequels, and reboots of the prequel sequel, film criticism can wander into the realm of sports writing. Is Shazam 14: The Shazaminator Returns better than Shazam 12: The Dark Zam Rises?

Does Robert Downey Jr. still have what it takes?

Which do you like better, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the DC Universe, or a kick to the head?

Spoiler alert: All the Shazam movies are going to be the same, Bobby Jr. checked out two Avengers movies ago, and I’ll take the kick to the head. Which brings us to Creed II: At Least He’s Not a Superhero.

I made that last bit up. The Rocky movies, beginning with the 1976 Best Picture Winner and continuing for five iterations over 14 years, never used subtitles. In a way, that’s a more honest approach than Thor: The Dark World. Yes, this is the same movie, but this time, Rocky fights Mr. T.!

After a false start in 2005 with Rocky Balboa, written and directed by Sylvester Stallone (“Sly didn’t have what it takes for a comeback!” says the sportswriter), the franchise (there’s another sports term) was rebooted in 2015 by Ryan Coogler with Creed. Coogler cast Michael B. Jordan, who starred in the director’s

debut Fruitvale Station, as Adonis “Donny” Johnson, son of Rocky’s frenemy Apollo Creed.

Like his father, Donny wants to be the heavyweight boxing champion of the world, so he recruits Rocky to be his trainer, effectively casting Sylvester Stallone as Burgess Meredith. Maybe it took fresh eyes and a fresh ethnicity to breathe new life into the Rocky formula, but it clearly worked. Coogler subsequently got called up to the Big Show, directing Black Panther, where he cast Jordan as Killmonger, who is probably the best villain the MCU ever had.

With Coogler too expensive (industry rumors have him rebooting Space Jam with LeBron James) and Stallone reasserting his position as producer and writer, the team hired a new coach: Steven Caple Jr. As a result, Creed II is like the best parts of Rocky II-V hot glued together.

Donny, now going by Adonis, has achieved his dream of living up to his absent father by winning the heavyweight boxing championship with Rocky as his corner man. But there are a pair of visitors to the statue of Rocky Balboa on the steps of the Philadelphia

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Sylvester Stallone (left) and Michael B. Jordan star in Creed II, the new Rocky movie.

Museum of Art who are inspired in a different way than most tourists: Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) and his son Viktor (Florian Munteanu). If you will recall, in 1985’s Rocky IV, Soviet superman Ivan Drago killed Apollo Creed in the ring, so Rocky had to undertake the mother of all training montages to seek revenge and win the Cold War. Ivan was so disgraced that his wife (played by Stallone’s real-life ex-wife Brigitte Nielsen) left him. So now, he seeks revenge by pitting his son against Rocky’s son-figure.

The Rocky formula goes something like this: 50 percent soapy family drama, 20 percent training montages, 10 percent Zulu sequences (the anticipation of the fight, in which tension is ramped up slowly, named for Michael Caine’s 1964 film debut), and 20 percent men pummeling each other. To its credit, Creed II does vary from the formula by ramping up the training

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But that’s okay, because this is a man’s story about a man proving his manhood by beating another man into submission. This is a movie unafraid to use the Eiffel Tower as a phallic symbol.

The Rocky ur-narrative is patriarchal capitalism propaganda par excellence, and obviously it still works for some people, even if Creed II struggles to go the distance.

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That’s really what the audience is hungry for, right? Rocky’s training montage, set to the No. 1 hit “Gonna Fly Now,” was so compelling Philadelphia erected a statue to it.

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Mirrors When old age looks back at you, the only solution is to write a song.

This nation has gone completely insane and everybody’s armed. I just wanted to point that out before I got to the main subject of this commentary: having birthdays. Lots of them.

The topic has been on my mind, since I’m about to round that circle once again, and when enough birthdays pile up, you start doing the calculus. It’s not age that bothers me, it’s the aging process. In my mind’s eye, I’m still 35, but my mirrored reflection betrays that fantasy. I’m way far from decrepit and am generally in decent shape for a man whose daily walk is from the bedroom to the den. Of course, the doctor tells me to walk around the block, but, baby, it’s cold outside.

My wife will attest that I’m still very boyish and sometimes downright goofy. Here’s a dark confession: I still make funny faces at myself in the mirror. Which brings me to expound upon my concerns in the only creative way I know how — in a song.

Did I tell y’all that I was a songwriter? I thought so. If not, check out “Old Dog, New Tricks,” by Rufus Thomas on YouTube.

See, this journalism business is just my side-hustle. For many years, I attempted songwriting as a profession, but after nine years in Nashville, I burned out. In addition, since there is no more music business, I’ve been receiving royalty checks for 35 cents, or a buck and a quarter, every six months. Why even waste the stamp? However, after I quit writing songs, I found it was a hard habit to break, so I still write them — I just don’t have anywhere to send them. But then, I realized that if I wrote out my song in the Memphis Flyer, it would be published automatically. The law states that a song is copyrighted as soon as the pencil leaves the paper, or in this case, the keystroke hits the screen, so don’t be messing with my latest hit. I call it “Mirrors.”

You’re the one who got elected/ But not the one selected.

The word “orange” has no rhyme/ But that’s the color you’ll be wearing when you’re doing time.

I’m sorry, that’s from a different song I’ve been working on. If you’ll indulge me: “Mirrors” I think my mirror’s lying to me/ Where is that boy I used to be?

My beard is now all specked with grey/ And my hair has mostly gone away.

I just don’t look the way I should/ But then, my eyesight’s not that good.

I just can’t seem to get used to myself/ I think I must be someone else.

The image in my mind is from 1993.

I think my mirror’s lying to me.

THE LAST WORD

I’m thinking of a Salsa or Samba beat, but it’s still a work in progress. I promised myself that I wouldn’t be one of those old codgers who sit around and complain about what ails them, yet here I am. I’ve accepted my circumstances, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it.

My first sign that I needed to take cautionary action was when I nearly slipped in the shower. I caught myself before falling through the curtain, hitting my head on the sink, and Elvising out on the bathroom rug. Melody is the mechanically inclined person in this household, so the next thing I knew, she was assembling one of those orthopedic chairs, all rubber and plastic, like the kind they use in hospitals. I balked at first out of reflexive vanity. Surely, a chair in the shower is a sign of surrender. But after I tried it, I wondered why it’s not standard equipment in all showers. It’s like sitting under a tropical waterfall and makes you want to linger. And you don’t have to bob and weave around a shower head like some slick prizefighter. The chair helped me come to terms with my limitations.

Although longevity is on my side, I still can’t help but be concerned. I inherited the longevity gene from my mother, but I also inherited my grandmother’s neurosis. If there’s a genetic predisposition, I’m on course to live a long life — miserably.

Now, get the hell off of my lawn.

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I don’t stare anymore/ but just by chance I can’t help but catch a passing glance.

But what I see just isn’t me/ Where is that boy I used to be?

So I’m taking down the mirrors/ And here’s the reason why.

I just can’t stand to see a grown man cry.

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