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Ah, the Middle East, home to so many great American foreign policy decisions.

Remember those weapons of mass destruction that were hidden all over Iraq in 2003? The ones that the Bush administration (Rumsfeld, Cheney, Powell, et al.) used as “evidence” to start a war that got 4,400 Americans killed and 31,000 wounded in action; the war that also resulted in an estimated 500,000 or so Iraqi deaths?

Turned out, of course, that there weren’t actually any weapons of mass destruction to speak of. Oops. Sorry, dead people. But at least the Bushies had to go through the process of trying to convince Congress that a dire threat existed before launching missiles and a subsequent invasion.

With the Trump administration, such Constitutional niceties are being ignored.

Trust us, they say. We knew about some nasty plots to kill Americans that were about to be carried out by Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, so we assassinated his ass at the Baghdad airport. Ironically, the evidence — which we’ll probably never see — was provided by the same “deep-state” intelligence agencies that have been demonized for months by the president and his supporters. Guess they cleaned up their act.

In lieu of consulting with Congress or even the Gang of Eight, the president let a few friends at Mar-aLago in on the news in advance, so they could adjust their stock portfolios, plus Senator Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, his children, Vladimir Putin, and others in his inner circle. After the strike, the president tweeted a message to Congress that he stated would “serve as notification” of his right to do whatever he wanted in the Middle East. Trump followed that with a tweeted threat to Iranian leaders that the U.S. had a list of 52 “cultural sites” that would be targeted if the Iranians dared to respond. Sure, that’s a war crime, but so what? The president then, literally, returned to the golf course and continued to tweet, presumably between shots.

On Tuesday, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told the media that the Pentagon would not target cultural sites, despite the president’s continued insistence — live and via tweet — that we would.

All this caused me to wonder what would happen if for some reason Twitter went out of business. How would the president communicate with Congress or the American people or foreign friends and adversaries? Facebook? Instagram? TikTok? The importance of Trump’s favorite social media platform will be a subject future historians will be mulling over for years, I suspect. But I digress.

So, here we are, seven days into the new year, the new decade, on the brink of conflict in the world’s most volatile region — home to Israel, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Yemen, Iraq, and Iran. Oh, and Afghanistan, just on the other side of Iran, lest we forget. What a complex stewpot of hideous outcomes could be concocted within the confines of this tortured hunk of planetary real estate.

N E WS & O P I N I O N Does anyone think there’s a plan THE FLY-BY - 4 or a strategy here? Does anyone have NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 confidence that this president would POLITICS - 7 shrink from using nuclear weapons if VIEWPOINT - 9 Iran responds in a way that threatens COVER STORY “NEW YEAR, NEW YOU” his fragile ego? More important, does

BY FLYER STAFF - 10 anyone have confidence that anyone SPORTS - 15 around this president would or could WE RECOMMEND - 16 stop him? It’s a “no” from me, on all MUSIC - 18 counts. A Republican congressman told AFTER DARK - 20 CNN on background this week that CALENDAR - 23 FOOD - 31 when Trump gets ready to act, “You BAR REPORT - 33 can’t out-escalate him.” How reassuring.

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OUR 1611TH ISSUE 01.09.19 2019: “Wow, what a year I was! Y’all will never see the likes of me again. Twelve months of impulsive Trump tweets, GOP campaign aides going to prison, the Ukraine brouhaha blowing up, wacky Rudy going nuts on television, wild hearings in the House of Representatives, and finally, impeachment! Boom! Top that!”

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Robin Perkins, of Cooper-Young, described a harrowing robbery in the neighborhood on NextDoor last week.

“At 2 a.m., my upstairs neighbor was robbed at gunpoint going into his apartment. The suspect had an AK. “His friend’s purse was taken, and he was struck across the face.

I love CY. But this has come so close to my front door. Crime is everywhere. Very scary.”

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Indie singer/songwriter sensation Waxahatchee (Katie Crutchfield) stopped by Sun Studios with some pals last week. An Instagram post shows the four of them (Crutchfield far right) recreating the iconic Million Dollar Quartet photo.

One bill would force student-athletes to play on teams (boys or girls) based on the gender listed on their birth certificate.

This year, state lawmakers could determine if some sex offenders can be chemically castrated, on which team (boys or girls) transgender student-athletes must play, and if refugees can be resettled here.

Below is a roundup of some of the new bills filed since the first session of the 111th Tennessee General Assembly adjourned last year.

Chemical castration — House Bill 1585 would require anyone convicted of a sexual offense involving a person under 13 years of age to undergo chemical castration as a condition of parole.

The treatment would include medroxyprogesterone acetate or a similar drug that would, basically, block the production of testosterone and other hormones. The treatment would begin within a month of release. The convicted person would pay for the treatment, unless they can prove indigence.

The person “shall not be forced to receive the treatment,” according to the bill. If they don’t, though, it would be a violation of their parole. They’d, then, be sent back to prison for the remainder of their sentence.

Special license plates — House Bill 1584 would create a new, special license plate to identify vehicles operated by those with intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, or medical conditions that may impact their encounters with first responders.

Sex offenders — House Bill 1583 would restrict sex offenders from staying overnight in a house with a minor present. But sex offenders could stay in homes with minors if the offender is the minor’s parent. This part of the law only stands if the parent has custody rights and

their child was not also their victim.

Refugees — Senate Bill 1567 would bar any new refugees from entering the state for the purpose of resettlement. The bill says the move jibes with President Donald Trump’s executive order in September that required state and local governments to get written consent from the federal government before resettling refugees into their communities.

The Tennessee bill would allow local governments to resettle refugees but only after jumping through many hoops. Locals would have to pass a law allowing the move by a two-thirds vote, specify the number of refugees, get state approval, and more.

Transgender sports — House Bill 1572 would mandate schools that get public funding to require student-athletes to play and compete against “other athletes based on the athlete’s biological sex as indicated on the athlete’s original birth certificate issued at the time of birth.” Schools could not take any certificate that has been “revised or amended with respect to the sex of an athlete.”

Break this rule and schools would be “immediately ineligible to continue to receive public funds of any type from this state or a local government.” If a school were to break the rule on purpose, it would be sued for up to $10,000.

Carrying guns — House Bill 1553 would allow any gun owner the same rights to carry the weapon as those with a handgun carry permit. Gun owners would only have to own the gun legally and be legally allowed to buy guns here.

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By Maya Smith Alexis Pugh, executive director of Memphis Animal Services

Memphis Animal Services has made major strides and isn’t finished yet.

Memphis Animal Services (MAS) increased its save rate by 70 percent from 2010 to 2019, going from 19 percent to 89 percent.

Alexis Pugh, executive director of MAS, said the goal and national threshold is a 90 percent save rate.

Though the shelter has nearly reached this number, Pugh said the ultimate goal is to have zero animals euthanized because of space. A key to that is to keep animals out of the shelter and in loving homes, Pugh said.

Memphis Flyer: To what does MAS attribute its increased save rate?

Alexis Pugh: When you have something as complex as animal welfare, there are a lot of moving parts that work together to achieve something. I certainly think social media has played a huge role.

Most people nowadays find and adopt pets using social media and the internet. It’s just brought a lot of awareness to what’s happening at the shelter, and that’s critical for people to rescue animals from here.

MF: What else has helped increase the save rate?

AP: When Mayor [Jim] Strickland became mayor in 2016, he decided to really dig into what the challenges are here and provide the needed support and resources. He not only put his money where his mouth is, but also put the people, support, and leadership where his mouth was.

The mayor has also been extremely supportive

about making progressive shelter changes. There are some programs that we’ve put in place that not every mayor would be willing to do. For example, the owner-surrender-prevention program, which manages our intake, because we’ve got to keep pets out of the shelter and keep them with owners.

It’s programs like these that have allowed us to achieve what we’re achieving, even with the intake rate going up. We took in more than 11,000 animals in 2019. The last time we took in that many animals was 2014. Our save rate was 40 percent then. This is a really impactful statistic.

MF: What are some remaining challenges at MAS? AP: The last at-risk category we have is largebreed dogs. A lot of that comes down to [what kind of animal] the public is interested in adopting. I don’t think that it comes as a surprise that when we have small-breed dogs, there are lines of people waiting to get those pets. Unfortunately, the interest is less for large dogs, especially for dogs who have some pitbull-like appearance.

Pitbulls are the most-bred dog in the United States and here in the community, but they have a bad stereotype and reputation, which is reinforced by certain insurance companies or leasing offices. So this cuts out a segment of potential adopters because they can’t have these types of dogs where they live.

Pitbulls are the No. 1 type of dog in here, and these poor guys are being set up for failure.

MF: What are the goals for the next decade?

AP: In 2020, we’re really focusing our efforts on community outreach and providing better resources for those high-intake ZIP codes, like quality housing for pets or behavior counseling. Or, if you have a hole in your fence and your dog gets out, how can we help with that? Our focus this next decade is to say that not every animal needs to walk through our front door at the shelter. We need to be where animals go when there is no alternative.

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Jones is likely to be heard from on the score of endorsements, as well.

Though most attention is being paid to the 13 candidates vying in the March 3rd primary — held on Super Tuesday, simultaneous with the Democrats’ closely watched presidential primary — four Republicans are on the GOP primary ballot, as well — former Probate Court Clerk Paul Boyd, Michael Finney, George D. Summers, and Lisa W. Wimberly.

• So far in his tenure as mayor, Strickland has been cautious about handing out his imprimatur. In 2018, he gave endorsements to Patrick Dandridge and Mary Wagner, candidates for Environmental Court judge and Circuit Court judge, respectively, and both were successful in their quest. Other than that, nada.

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Strickland with media on New Year’s Day Now that Strickland is, by his own statement, done with running for public office, he may prove more eager to lend his name to other people’s causes. Such, in any case, is the opinion of some of those closest to him.

One thing noteworthy about the Milton endorsement is that it comes in a party primary. Though Strickland continues to designate himself a Democrat and a generation ago served a term as Shelby County Democratic chairman, his political base has been essentially nonpartisan, and he scored highly among city Republicans in both his mayoral races.

• A year ago, Strickland was on the cusp of a re-election race, and accordingly, his remarks at his annual New Year’s prayer breakfast basically centered on what he could put forth as achievements in office.

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There are other well-known politicians in the mix, but insofar as there is speculation about the frontrunner in the 17-member race for General Sessions Court Clerk, much of it focuses on the two Shelby County commissioners in the field — Reginald Milton and Eddie Jones, both Democrats.

More so than most of the other contenders — even former Memphis City Councilman Joe Brown and former City Court Clerk Thomas Long — the two commissioners have a good chance of generating support from other local figures, not only via name recognition but as a result of their current prominence in active government positions.

On the matter of name recognition, there were early prospects for the presence on the ballot of one of Shelby County’s best-known political names, but former state Senator John Ford, who was caught up in the FBI’s Tennessee Waltz bribery sting several years back and served a prison term, failed to get the judicial order he needed to legitimize his candidacy. And perennial candidate Roderic Ford, no relation to the clan of political Fords, failed to qualify.

It goes without saying that neither Milton nor Jones would even consider trading on their ability to shape legislation that moves before the commission, but it is equally obvious that habitual petitioners before that body would necessarily be concerned about the need to maintain cordial relations with both, to the maximum degree possible. Be not surprised if the two commissioners’ financial disclosures don’t end up showing an unusual number of identical contributors, even to the similarity of amounts given.

Meanwhile, Milton would seem to have an initial edge in garnering highprofile endorsements. Over the weekend, he was able to note online that he had the public backing of freshly reinaugurated Mayor Jim Strickland.

And word is that additional endorsements are on the way from 9th District Congressman Steve Cohen and Myron Lowery, the former longtime councilman who has just been sworn in as City Court clerk.

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Touting such community programs as Arise to Read and Team Read, the mayor called for volunteer efforts to raise the literacy rate among Memphis youth. As he noted, “Students in low-income communities are, on average, three grade levels behind their peers in affluent communities by the fourth grade. Think about that,” adding, “Only 25 percent of all third graders in public schools in Memphis read at third-grade level.”

The mayor got hearty applause when he reminded his audience at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn of the forthcoming city/county joint pre-K program.

As he said, “We initiated what has become a community-wide effort that will result in free universal needs-based pre-K, for the first time in our city’s history.”

During his swearing-in speech on New Year’s Day at the university’s Rose Theater, Strickland let another new shoe drop, unveiling plans for a new Public Service Corps that would employ members of the city’s “dropout” population — men and women who, for one reason or another, lack a high school education — to pick up litter at $12 an hour.

The program, whose beneficiaries would include Memphians who have run afoul of the legal system and are trying to find their way back into society, would, as the mayor described it, deal simultaneously with the issues of blight, poverty, and under-education.

• The main sanctuary at Germantown Presbyterian Church was completely filled Saturday, as a massive crowd turned out to bid farewell to Bobby Lanier, who died last week at the age of 90.

As several speakers at the funeral service noted, Lanier had an abundance of friends. Attendees included a virtual Who’s Who of people involved in the public life of Shelby County. Former Memphis

Mayor A C Wharton, one of a string of county mayors whom Lanier served as a right-hand man, in effect, spoke for them all with a eulogy. Other speakers included Bill McGaughey, who attested to Lanier’s decades-long supervision of the Germantown Charity Horse Show, and Pastor Will Jones, who presided over the service and spoke movingly of Lanier’s intimate involvement with church activities.

• The aforementioned Congressman Cohen is a fixture at the annual New Year’s prayer breakfasts begun by thenCouncilman Myron Lowery and continued by current County Commissioner Mickell Lowery, the clerk’s son. And the congressman’s ruminations and forecasts of political circumstances to come are a significant feature of those breakfasts.

Understandably, perhaps, Cohen, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, which formally prepared articles of impeachment for President Trump, focused this year on the still-pending (and not yet arranged) Senate trial of the president, emphasizing the necessity of the event as a means to preserve the validity of the Constitution. Cohen, it will be remembered, was an early advocate, introducing a resolution of his own to that end in 2017, and he may end up serving as an official House manager during the Senate trial.

Meanwhile, the Congressman has a primary opponent this year in former Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong. Consultant Steven Reid has released new polling figures showing Cohen with lofty favorability ratings. In four samplings taken since December 2018, Cohen has maintained local favorability percentages ranging from 82 percent to 92 percent. The most recent figures, from September, show Cohen with 88 percent favorability among Democrats at large and 87 percent among African Americans, who predominate in his district.

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The country needs a leader who appeals to our best instincts, not one who sounds like Fidel Castro.

President Trump’s impeachment proceedings focused on his abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

He was not impeached for bad language, which, as we know, is protected by the First Amendment. Yet, any leader in America who sounds a lot like Fidel Castro and Joseph Stalin probably should be impeached on a language violation, or at minimum, strongly censured.

Trump has recently resorted to referring to his political enemies (the Democrats) as “scum.” When he made this verbal assault — and he has said it more than once — I thought, “Where have I heard this before?” I answered my own question with two memorable words: Fidel Castro.

Castro, who ruled Cuba from 1959 until (essentially) his death a little more than three years ago, used that word frequently in his long, undisciplined, unscripted speeches in Havana. He famously called his political enemies — those who opposed his revolution — escoria. Scum. It’s not a pleasantsounding word in either Spanish or English, and Castro used it as an adjective, together with gusanos (worms) in a sort of blanket denunciation of anyone who disagreed with him.

There was plenty to disagree with: Castro murdered many political opponents in the early days of the revolution; he always seemed to win re-election (sometimes by more than 100 percent of the vote); and he put gay people in prison/re-education camps.

He wasn’t, in my estimation, as bad as the truly terrible tyrants of Latin America (Trujillo in the Dominican Republic, the Argentine generals of the late 1970s and early 1980s, or the noxious General Pinochet in Chile), but he was pretty bad. He communicated mostly via long speeches that were repetitive, rambling, and represented the official word of the regime.

Trump’s speeches are also repetitive and rambling, but his preferred communication method, the tweet, is the modern-day Castro speech — only much shorter. The communication is similar in style and substance.

The Trump tweet is one-directional, not to be challenged, and represents (evidently) Trump’s policy plans and ideas, as well as his impulses. There is no room for debate, commentary, or retraction in either a Trump tweet or a Castro speech.

Recently, I’ve heard Trump refer to the United States press as “the enemy of

the people,” and I thought “Where have I heard that?” The term, which dates back to Roman times, was popularized by former Russian leader Joseph Stalin, who referred to anyone with whom he disagreed as the “enemy of the people.”

You’d think that the democratically elected leader of the United States could lift language from leaders who were not Castro or Stalin, but we live in a new age where people forget about history. It translates into a sad reality, where the tyrants of times past seem slightly less terrible when emulated by the elected leader of the free world.

But let’s face it, when it comes to a top 10 list of reprehensible leaders of the 20th century, Stalin probably comes in second. Hitler set a high bar.

The tyrant, by definition, has no new or innovative ideas and fears exposure as a fraud by those who inhabit the world of innovation and ideas.

The truth is, Trump’s political opponents are not scum, and the U.S. press is not the enemy of the people.

All tyrannical leaders hate critics — journalists, artists, writers, freethinkers — because the tyrant, by definition, has no new or innovative ideas and fears exposure as a fraud by those who inhabit the world of innovation and ideas.

Those who support this president and don’t or won’t see the historic danger of his language are refusing to acknowledge a powerful reality: Leaders who dehumanize their political opponents have rarely been democratically inclined. They also signal to their supporters — subtly and not so subtly — that scum should be cleansed away and such enemies should be vanquished, politically or otherwise.

Language matters, and though the dangerous vocabulary used by President Trump might seem to be the least of our troubles right now, it’s likely he’ll be president for another 12 months — maybe longer. The United States needs and deserves a president who sounds more like an aspirational leader and less like Fidel Castro — and a lot less like Joseph Stalin.

Michael J. LaRosa teaches history at Rhodes College.

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New Year, New You Ways to reinvent yourself in 2020.

Resolutions. We’re supposed to have them, right? Become a better you in the new year! Exercise, save money, eat right!

Those things are great and all, but we’ve laid out a few other ideas to help start your year off, as James Brown says, on the good foot. Godspeed.

Clear the Clutter

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Last year, as I prepared for a move, I’d poke my head in the spare room and scan the piles of stuff that had accumulated. After living in the house nine years, it had become a catchall. Thrift store scores, stacks of old magazines, clothes I no longer wore but couldn’t let go of.

Each time I surveyed, I panicked. Why did I have so much stuff? Where would I begin in sorting this mess? The thoughts overwhelmed me. I avoided the room like the plague, until I couldn’t anymore.

I’d bet many of you have the equivalent of my old spare room. Maybe it’s not a whole room, but perhaps a closet or a junk drawer, the backseat of your car or a garage. Studies have shown that clutter creates stress — giving us heightened cortisol (“stress hormone”) levels, preventing our ability to focus, triggering avoidance measures, and hindering creativity.

Let us not carry so much stuff with us in 2020. Start with baby steps, setting 10 aside, say, 20-minute increments to target one area. Ask yourself: Do I

really need three ice cream scoops?

Have I worn this jacket in the past year or two? Am I ever actually going to collage with these magazines I’ve held onto for a decade? Pack up the items you no longer need and donate them to a local charity. (And don’t leave the donation boxes in your trunk for months. Finish this task!) If the items hold no value, close your eyes (like I did) and throw them in the trash where they belong.

Then ride the wave of cleanspace satisfaction.

While you’re at it, declutter your digital life, too. Too many photos saved in your phone, taking up its memory?

Back them up, maybe even print some of them, and “delete all.”

It’s okay, they still exist. Are you a perpetual unread-email offender?

Hell, if you’re not going to read them: 1) select all, 2) de-lete! Do you have 1,700 Facebook friends and only communicate with 50 of them?

Does their existence on your timeline cause you to frequently roll your eyes or quietly assert “Idiot!”? Click that unfriend option.

Tidy up your physical and digital spaces and kick off the new year with a clean slate. — Shara Clark

De-Program

I knew I had a problem when I dreamed in a Reddit scroll.

My dreaming brain did its thing — stress at work or wonder in a fantasy land.

But it was all formatted in the too-familiar structure that included a heading, a catchy title, and a post.

I woke feeling shamefully programmed, kind of like these lines from MGMT’s “TSLAMP” (Time Spent Looking at My Phone): “Find me when the lights go down Signing in signing out Gods descend to take me home Find me staring at my phone …

I’m wondering where the hours went As I’m losing consciousness My sullen face is all aglow Time spent looking at my phone” A wave of developers — the people

who brought the world everything from Facebook to push notifications — have publicly admitted that they designed apps and phones to hook customers using the same brain pathways as gambling and drugs. I wanted to de-program from all that toxic fuckery. Here are some things that worked for me.

Check your screen time — Quantifying the issue allowed me to see it fully, plainly, and start reducing it. This method is a bit like counting calories, though. It can be tedious, but the unfiltered data about your relationship with your phone is right there … on your phone.

Start a fire — When I have a blazer roaring in the fire pit, my phone seems like this inconsequential rectangle full of worlds I no longer care about. My brain de-programs in the trance of orangeand-red flame, the smell of burning wood, and all of the merry hisses and pops. Don’t have a fire pit? Head to Loflin Yard or Railgarten. Grab a drink.

Turn off your phone and tune out.

Take a hike — Nothing deprograms a digitized brain like the woods. Overton Park’s Old Forest Trail has been a refuge for me since I moved here more than a decade ago. Its many trails are clearly marked, but the trees, vines, and brush grow wildly (more or less), much the same as they did when tweeting was something only birds did.

When I’m hiking, I’m not watching to see how many likes I got on my IG breakfast post. I’m watching the trail, making sure my next footstep isn’t into deep mud or on a rattlesnake.

Dive in — Yes, some phones are now “waterproof ” (check tech specs closely there). Yes, some headphones are now fully submersible. So yeah, you might be able to hear The Joe Rogan Experience while lapping the pool, but you

shouldn’t. The pool is another de-program zone. In the water, you focus on more elemental things — not drowning, for one. Also, more likely than not, you will be physically separated from your phone.

Lean into all of that. Be in the moment. Your phone will wait. Mine did. — Toby Sells

Stay Hydrated

What affects your heart, kidneys, metabolism, and cognition? Water. And odds are, you’re not drinking enough of it.

The average human body is comprised of more than 60 percent water. In fact, you could say we’re just walking, talking bags of well-organized water with some trace elements like calcium and iron added for flavor. With that much wet stuff sloshing around and catalyzing the chemical reactions we all need to continue walking and talking, you’d think that a small drop in hydration wouldn’t be a big deal.

You would think wrong. If you’re operating at an aqueous deficit of as little as 2 percent, you will start to feel symptoms of dehydration. If you’re exercising or competing in a strenuous sport, your performance will begin to suffer. You might be more prone

Get Outside Your Comfort Zone

If ever there was a man devoted to his comfort zone, it’s me.

What’s that expression — stay in your lane? I do, and how.

I write about music and books and sometimes booze and nightlife, and I spend a lot of time going to concerts or reading, sometimes while drinking.

Still, for all my devotion to my familiar routines, the most rewarding experiences from 2019 all came when I mustered the nerve to get outside my comfort zone. I played a new game I thought I’d be no good at, tried cooking a new meal or

two, and even went to a health spa while on a press trip. I adopted a kitten despite having unconsciously inherited my dad’s distaste for cats. Turns out, I love cats!

More recently, for the holidays, I took a trip to the mountains of Idaho to visit my girlfriend’s family. In a word, it was terrifying.

Everything was cold, and I was surrounded by rugged, outdoorsy types who looked like they’d never heard of Big Star but could ski down a mountain blindfolded. But I was determined to have a good time. I listened to Elvis’ “Blue Christmas” and Otis Redding’s “Merry Christmas Baby,” and those familiar holiday tunes never sounded as sweet as when they reminded me of my home. I read the local alt-weekly, and I marveled at the high desert scenery as we wound our way up steep mountain roads and through Boise National Park.

I saw snow and lived. And I’m not talking about a light dusting or flurries that never had a snowball’s chance in hell of accumulating. No, I mean snow up to my knees. I rode an inflated inner tube down a snow-covered mountain.

Not only did I avoid breaking an arm or getting frostbite, as I was sure would happen, I had a whole lot of fun.

Sydnie’s family wanted me to ski, but I decided that was a little too much outside my comfort zone.

So I decided to take baby steps. I’ll get there, in my own time and after a lesson or two, and I’ll probably fall down a lot, but that’s okay. For a Southern boy who restocks the milk and bread at the first sighting of snowfall, I think I made some serious strides.

So however you do it, get outside your comfort zone this year. After all, all the things you love now were new to you once, too.

— Jesse Davis

Get Civically Engaged

Do you want to be more civically engaged in 2020 but don’t know where to start? A Memphis City Council meeting is a good option. There, you can learn about what’s going on in the city and some of the issues that elected

officials must tackle. The group meets every other Tuesday at city hall to discuss and vote on things like land use and new developments to utility rates and public transit budgeting.

The meetings are open to the public, and the agenda for each session is published online the Thursday prior. At each meeting, attendees are given the chance to voice support or opposition before the council. For those who can’t make it in person, the meetings are streamed live online.

Another reason to visit city hall is to attend the Civilian Law Enforcement Review Board (CLERB) meetings. The board meets the second Thursday of every month and is tasked with investigating allegations of misconduct by the Memphis Police Department. Under Tennessee’s Sunshine Law, these meetings are also open to the public.

Earle Fisher, a pastor at Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church and activist, is often at public meetings. Fisher says his faith drives his civic involvement.

“My faith motivates me to fight for social justice and black liberation in a city plagued by poverty, inequity, and political misrepresentation,” Fisher says. “We need more people of good will to be conscious, committed, and connected to what’s going on.”

In an effort to encourage increased political involvement in Memphis and Shelby County, Fisher founded UPTheVote901 in 2017. The nonpartisan collaborative works to empower, educate, and register voters. The group meets once a month, and the meetings are open to the public.

Whatever cause or issue you’re passionate about, there is likely a group created to address it. From the Memphis Bus Riders’ Union to the official Black Lives Matter chapter, grassroot efforts abound.

To find other ways to get involved and see a schedule of local meetings, check out the Memphis Activism Calendar online. The calendar was created to strengthen and unite the activism community. It lists meetings, workshops, trainings, demonstrations, rallies, and other ways to get plugged

into social and community activism around the city. — Maya Smith

Find Your Roots

Viewers of the PBS series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Who Do You Think You Are? on TLC find themselves drawn in to family histories of strangers. Admittedly, some are celebrities, but the various grandmas and uncles of these celebs aren’t famous, and yet their stories are often compelling. It might make you wonder if you have some amazing ancestral tales. Chances are you do, but you’ll need to do some investigating, unless one of your more dogged relatives has constructed a family tree with plenty of history and anecdotes.

Still, much of the fun is in looking through past records to see who’s who in your bloodline. There are a couple of ways to get started.

Google genealogy sites and you’ll find plenty of options. One of the more popular is ancestry.com, a subscription service.

You can build your family tree and research its evergrowing library of data. Be forewarned that there are many variations in so-called facts. Any given ancestor’s name may be spelled various ways, a birthplace may be approximate, dates — birth, wedding, or death — can be all over the place or missing. But if you like puzzles, you’ll enjoy gathering the references and seeing which are likely to be accurate.

Much of the information you get going through these sites is little more than names and dates. You’ll often find places people lived and military services. It’s more of a challenge to find out who they really were. Some professional genealogists and many amateurs gather information that talks about personalities and achievements, and that’s grand if you can come across it.

While you can rely on what someone else has done, there’s lots of satisfaction in doing it yourself. In other words, go talk to the old people in your family and take a recorder. Ask them to talk about themselves (they’ll love that) and about family stories, tales that have been passed on, and who were among the notables. I once visited an elderly aunt and she was happy to unload a big box of photos she’d had stashed away. I made her identify whoever she could until she got tired and threw me out. But I’d gotten a gold mine of information about my forebears and a great appreciation of their lives.

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to cramping, and your reaction times and thinking might get worse. By the time your deficit reaches 4 percent, your body temperature could start to soar, and your heartbeat could get irregular. If it gets worse, you could become disoriented or faint.

If you’re chronically dehydrated, things could go south very badly with very little warning. If you’re one of the 7 percent of women and 13 percent of men who have the right kind of body chemistry, chronic dehydration means you’ll get kidney stones. Trust me, you don’t want that.

So what to do? The answer is simple: Drink water. The number that’s been bandied about for years is eight, 8-ounce glasses of water per day.

That’s not true for everyone, as bodies come in many shapes, sizes, and exact compositions of trace elements. But it can’t hurt. It’s unlikely you’ll drink too much water, although hyponatremia, a condition where the salts in your blood become too dilute, is no fun.

You can get water from coffee (the diuretic effect is too small to cancel out the water you’re gaining, unless you’re chugging java like Special Agent Dale Cooper on a three-day stakeout), from soups and stews, and from foods like lettuce. Sports drinks, like Gatorade, are useful if you’re exerting yourself or are outside in hot weather, but too much over time will deliver too much sugar.

Your best bet is just plain tap water, ingested steadily throughout the day.

If you’re thirsty, you’re already getting dehydrated — especially if you’re older.

Your urine should be a pale color. If it’s dark yellow, have some water.

The best part of staying hydrated? It’s great for your skin. Drink a lot of water, and you’ll look younger. So make a resolution to hoist a few H2Os in 2020!

— Chris McCoy

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Growing your own tomato plants from seed is easy. In addition to being able to pick your own home-grown tomatoes, you get a feeling of self-satisfaction knowing they came from seeds you placed in the soil.

My last summer’s crop began with seeds I planted April 1st. The late Gary Barnett, who owned Bi-County Feed in Holly Springs, told me the first of April is the right time to plant tomato seeds. If you plant them too early, the seedlings will be spindly.

You can use a can with holes in the bottom for drainage, flower pots, or peat pots. I used egg shells. Put the shells back in the egg crate after you break them in half. Tear the top off the egg carton. When you’re ready to use them, poke a hole with a pin or a small nail in the bottom of the shell.

I put regular potting soil in each shell, just a little below the rim, and planted three or four seeds in each. You only need a little soil over each seed. I put them in a north window at my office and sprinkled them with water, using salt and pepper shakers filled with water, until the seedlings emerged.

Turn the plants each day so they’ll grow straight. Don’t let the soil dry out.

2:46:18 PM Four weeks later, the compact plants are ready to plant outside. Keep them watered after you plant them. They like water. I still was picking my tomatoes at Thanksgiving.

I’ve had success with Roma tomatoes, which are a determinate variety. This means all the tomatoes basically will come at one time. You also can plant indeterminate varieties.

These will keep producing all summer and into the fall.

I asked noted garden expert Felder Rushing about which tomatoes are better than others to grow from seed.

“A seed’s a seed’s a seed,” he says.

“Seriously. Seed Savers [Exchange] has over 4,000 types of tomatoes, and they’re all grown exactly the same.”

— Michael Donahue

Help Others

In your search for the new you in the new year, you may find that helping others might be a step in the right direction.

This might involve volunteering time at soup kitchens or homeless shelters, but sometimes, opportunities may find you. This happened to local humanitarian, entrepreneur, and former musician, Matt White, who received national attention in June 2016 for spearheading Chauncy’s Chance,

a fundraising campaign for local disadvantaged teen Chauncy Black.

It all began when Black approached White in a Kroger parking lot, offering his assistance in carrying White’s groceries to his car in exchange for a box of donuts.

“I felt a gentle tug telling me, ‘Buy this kid some groceries,’” says White.

He took Black into the store and bought him $70 in groceries, meanwhile finding out that Chauncy was a straight-A high school student who regularly picked up odd jobs to help his sick mother pay rent. After shopping, he gave Black a ride home, where he saw firsthand how little he and his mother had.

“When we got to his house, I was truly humbled,” White says. “He and his mom had nothing. They didn’t even have beds or furniture … and nothing in their fridge.”

White posted about his experience on Facebook and started a GoFundMe to raise money for a lawn mower for Black so he could earn some extra cash.

To their surprise, the campaign kicked off, earning more than $300,000 within a few short months. This afforded Black and his mother new opportunities, like a new home, car, job, and school.

“I never thought in my wildest dreams that this single post would create such a tidal wave of kindness and encouragement from everyone,” White wrote on his Facebook page.

He has since led other online fundraisers, most recently Rick’s Redemption, which has raised nearly $4,000 for a minivan for a local homeless man.

White attributes his connection to God for allowing him to help people like Rick and Chauncy. “I tried to fill a hole with money, music, jobs, and relationships, but I just didn’t feel fulfilled until God pushed me to help others,” he says. — Julia Baker

Embrace Change

There’s something to be said for the idea that the best response when you’ve hit a wall in your personal development is to challenge it with a wrinkle so new that it not only is different from your habitual mode but may actually run counter to your usual practice. Case in point: I have a friend, a well-known local political figure, who, after a lifetime of being a soft-living sybarite, continued on page 14

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Don’t wear suits? Start dressing to the nines. Conversely, do the jeans and jersey thing if you’re already a Beau Brummel type. Unmechanical? Learn how your car’s motor works. They say that people are, at some level, their opposites. Find that level, and get it to work for you.

As the motivational speaker Jim Hemmerling says, “Self-transformation is empowering, energizing, even exhilarating.” It’s also practical. There’s the example of the frog in a pot of boiling water. That meme is usually cast as a matter of the frog being thrust into the already boiling water, in which case he will either escape or the water will slowly be brought to boil with him already in it and he will get himself cooked. In the first case, the frog reacts to sudden, threatening change thrust upon him.

In the second case, the frog passively accepts a lethal situation. Let us posit a third case — one in which the frog acts, without outside stimuli, to choose his own environment, proactively, and hops out of the pot on his own to investigate other opportunities.

A side effect of dramatic change is the sense of epiphany that normally goes with it. Not all of us will have an experience akin to that of Saul of Tarsus, who, in a flash of blinding insight, we are told, went from being the persecutor of a new religion to a historic role as its major proponent. But we all will have activated a new animating paradigm of some sort to go with whatever new gestalt we’ve created.

The change need not be monumental. Start cooking your own breakfast, if you don’t already. Leave for work 15 minutes earlier every day.

Build in time at the gym. Whatever.

And stay with it. By the time the new mode becomes a habit, you will likely find that your mind is now conditioned to look for other useful changes. Keep ’em coming. — Jackson Baker

Meditate

The benefits of meditation, long extolled in the East, are being widely recognized in Western medical research. Gone are the days when middle America viewed it as mere cultish exotica. This time of year, people from all walks of life are adding meditation to their resolution lists, and it’s easy to see why: We all could use reduced stress, greater focus, and the ability to ride out life’s ups and downs with a more even keel.

One clinical trial noted that the simple act of breathing is key to meditation’s benefits, being directly tied to increased levels of noradrenaline, a

chemical related to our most intense forms of engagement. It even helps the brain grow new connections, “like a brain fertilizer,” in the words of sciencedaily.com.

For many who consider such a state of mind out of reach, meditation retreats can be a great way to jumpstart a new routine. The Memphis area has countless yoga schools and ad hoc retreats, but two in particular jump out if you’d like a little more space.

One is the Magnolia Grove Meditation Practice Center in Batesville, Mississippi. Started some 15 years ago by the renowned Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, it is modeled after his other centers, the Deer Park Monastery in California and the Blue Cliff Monastery in New York. Though one can book personal time whenever they’d like, most visit during group events, such as the silent retreat hosted in the spring (May 20th-24th this year).

Other events, like the January 20th23rd celebration of the Lunar New Year, or “Tết” (an important festival in Vietnamese culture), are scattered throughout the year.

At such retreats, expect to spend mornings meditating in your preferred style with others gathered in the great hall, followed by pitching in with chores and plenty of free time to contemplate one’s breath and steps.

Meanwhile, the Gray Bear Lodge is another nearby space, off the Natchez Trace Highway near Hohenwald, Tennessee. While Magnolia Grove is also a monastery and centered on its own school of Buddhism, Gray Bear is more eclectic. One retreat they’ll host this April is focused on Taoist Healing Sounds. In Chinese tonal therapy, specific notes promote harmony and balance. Other retreats, workshops, and lectures abound.

Sometimes learning how to change your mind, and thus your body, is just a matter of calling “retreat!”

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story, one that cost Memphis a win last Saturday against Georgia.)

Mr. D.J. — The Tigers are 10-1 without Wiseman, and 0-1 without D.J. Jeffries.

The small forward has been the team’s most consistent stat-sheet-stuffer but missed the Georgia game with flu-like symptoms. Let’s ease out on that limb and say the Tigers can’t afford a longterm loss of their starting small forward.

Jeffries has scored at least 10 points in 11 of his 13 games. His season-highs include nine rebounds, eight assists, four blocks, and three steals. He’s shooting 56 percent from the field and 41 percent from three-point range. The Olive Branch native somehow arrived in the shadow of Wiseman and Precious Achiuwa, but he’s vying for MVP honors for this year’s team and is critical to hopes of another lengthy winning streak.

Traveling band — The Tigers have only two more home games in January, with four on the road, starting Thursday night at Wichita State (the only other AAC team currently in the AP rankings).

Road trips are often where a team’s kinks can be addressed, shortcomings either minimized or erased. Fewer family and friends in the stands means focus on the mission at hand, for now the program’s first regular-season AAC championship.

“I’m gonna dig in deeper,” said Hardaway after the Georgia loss. “We’re not gonna go crazy, but we’ll be better prepared for [the Wichita State] game.”

The second-year coach continues to emphasize ball-sharing, the unselfish play so evident in that win over Tulane.

When cracks appear in that team-first approach, the Tigers suffer. “We take the man-to-man challenge,” noted Hardaway, “instead of getting a teammate involved.”

Look for more than 10 assists (the Tigers’ total against Georgia) in games to come.

POY Watch — No Tiger has yet won the AAC’s Player of the Year award, so it will be interesting to follow candidates with this year’s team, particularly Achiuwa.

Currently the league’s leading rebounder (10.2 per game), Achiuwa kept Memphis in the Georgia game with 20 points and 15 rebounds, his seventh doubledouble of the season. His 14.6 points per game are seventh in the league, and he passes every eye test, often looking like the first-round NBA draft pick he’s projected to be. Does he want to make his lone college season unforgettable?

We’ll see in conference play.

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n two seasons as a college basketball player, the longest winning streak Penny Hardaway enjoyed was six games (in 1993, a season he earned first-team All-America recognition).

Merely 14 games into his second season as a college basketball coach, Hardaway has overseen a 10-game winning streak, his pack of freshmen (and three key veterans) having climbed into the nation’s Top 10. Beyond the James Wiseman saga, what will we remember about the Tigers’ season to date? And what does it suggest for this team’s fate come March?

“Chemistry is everything with a young team.” — Hardaway spoke these words after the Tigers beat Tulane on December 30th for their 10th straight win (and first in American Athletic Conference play). Memphis opened the game poorly, falling behind 13-4 to a team charged to play in FedExForum (particularly former Tiger K.J. Lawson). But by halftime the Tigers led by 10 points.

They withstood a late threat by the visitors, Tyler Harris and Alex Lomax — gasp, sophomores! — coming up big in the waning minutes. Five Tigers scored at least a dozen points, and the team dished out 24 assists. Funny, but when a group of basketball players doesn’t care who scores, the team tends to score a lot. Despite playing their first season together, the 2019-20 Tigers seem to enjoy the shared mission. This will be important when roadblocks appear.

A Veteran Bench Goes a Long Way — By “veteran,” I mean the lone senior (Isaiah Maurice) and those two sophomores in Hardaway’s rotation. Maurice started against the Green Wave but played only six minutes. (Lester Quinones came off the bench and played 27 minutes.) Four of the Tiger starters were on the minus side of the plus-minus metric (scoring differential when a player is on the floor), while Harris (plus-19) and Lomax (plus27) were the difference-makers in the victory. Lomax in particular has become Hardaway’s stabilizer, contributing on the offensive end (eight assists against Tulane) and defensively when things get frenzied. Whether Quinones continues to come off the bench or (more likely) Maurice fills a reserve role, the Tigers’ depth is, as Hardaway puts it, making it “hard to guard us.” It’s hard to envision one slumping shooter damaging the Tigers’ chances on game night. (Now a quartet of slumping shooters is a different

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On one fateful February evening in 1918, Memphis police officer Edward L. Broadfoot and his partner L.C. Dowdy were responding to a tip about bootleggers operating out of Preferencia Cafe located at 546 Main Street. When the two officers arrived at the scene and approached three men in the cafe, the suspects opened fire on the officers, wounding Dowdy and killing Broadfoot.

The Broom Closet is now open for business at that location, and the owner, Stephen Guenther, says that Broadfoot’s spirit still lives on within those walls.

“We feel like he’s just hanging around,” Guenther says. “This is where he gave his greatest sacrifice. We don’t feel like he’s trapped or anything because it’s like he’s still on patrol.”

Guenther says Broadfoot’s presence has been picked up by various instruments, like a spirit box that provides a white noise for spirits to speak through.

“Sometimes, we’ll get his name or his wife’s name or different things coming through,” Guenther says. “We’ve also had law enforcement people down here. One gentleman got a little tug on his gun when he was here — not nefarious, but more like, ‘Hey, I used to have one of these.’”

Guenther says this is nothing to worry about, as spirits typically aren’t malevolent.

“It can be a very, very positive thing,” says Guenther. “A lot of it is just friends and loved ones trying to look in on us or get our attention to let us know that they’re okay.”

On Wednesday, Guenther will lead guests in a workshop on the basics of reaching out to Broadfoot’s and others’ spirits.

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Taproom Tarot Crosstown Brewing Company, 1264 Concourse, 6-9 p.m., $15 What’s in the cards for you in 2020?

Wealth? Success? We sure hope so.

Sip a brew and see. Sit down for a 15-minute session with The Broom Closet’s tarot readers and find out what the future has in store.

Jazz in the Box: Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne Germantown Performing Arts Center, 1801 Exeter, 7 p.m. & 8:30 p.m., $25 Settle in for one of two of this evening’s performances by renowned jazz artists, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander and pianist Mike LeDonne.

The Price Ain’t Wrong Railgarten, 2166 Central, 7-10 p.m.

Bring your friends and join in a (free-to-play) Memphis AF version of everyone’s favorite game show, featuring rounds of Plinko, Hole in One, Cliff Hangers, Dice Game, 10 Chances, Safe Crackers, Punch-ABunch, and Check Game. Come on down! Round one begins at 8 p.m.

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Tribute Show Railgarten, 2166 Central, 7-11 p.m.

Workin’ on a mystery. Goin’ wherever it leads, which might be straight to Railgarten for this tribute show featuring Memphis musicians runnin’ down a dream, performing classic Petty tracks.

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Susan Marshall + Reba Russell Halloran Centre, 225 S. Main, 7:30 p.m., $35 Two of the Mid-South’s most celebrated vocalists, Reba Russell and Susan Marshall, join together to offer the audience a soul-filled evening of powerful song.

January Full Moon Ritual TransforMama Studio, 2288 Central, 7:30-9:30 p.m., $20 Explore metaphysical curiosities and discover your inner power as The Kundalini Witch leads this event, which mixes yoga, astrology, chanting, tarot readings, ritual, meditation, reiki, drumming, and howling to observe the magical aspects of the full moon.

Woodruff-Fontaine House Ghost Tour Woodruff-Fontaine House Museum, 680 Adams, 7:30-9:30 p.m., $25 Are you afraid of the dark? Take a spooky tour of the landmark Victorian Village Mansion in a dimly lit setting, with special emphasis on the family members who lived and died there.

Criss Angel RAW: The Mindfreak Unplugged Horseshoe Casino & Hotel Tunica, 1021 Casino Center, Robinsonville, Mississippi, 8 p.m., $67.50-$92.50 Magician Criss Angel brings his theatrical show featuring sleight-ofhand street magic, mentalism, and iconic illusions.

What’s the capital of Nebraska? Who wrote Julius Caesar?

Are all squares rectangles? Are all rectangles squares?

How Smart Are You? Think you’re smarter than a fifth grader? Test your wits at Cerrito Trivia’s “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” game night at either Rec Room or Dan McGuinness Southaven this Tuesday.

Kevin Cerrito, founder and operator of Cerrito Entertainment, says this game is perfect for those who are intimidated by typical trivia nights.

“Oftentimes, people will be like, ‘Oh, it’s too hard,’” he says. “Well, this shouldn’t be too hard for you. These are all questions a fifth grader should know the answer to.”

Cerrito says the idea to quiz people’s fifth-grade knowledge came from their monthly game show night, wherein each round is modeled around different game shows. The Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? theme became such a hit, they built an entire trivia night around it. And with the spring semester beginning this month, Cerrito says this is a great time for teachers to sharpen their thinking skills.

“Teachers love it,” he says. “Or they hate it, depending on the question.”

While Rec Room will be 18+, attendees at the Dan McGuinness Southaven location may be able to call on their children for help.

“It’s definitely to your advantage if you can bring a fifth grader because a lot of it is based on the TV show,” says Cerrito.

“So much of it is stuff that you just forgot. Things that may not have been a life skill but you really needed to pass school, like outlining a sentence or something.”

PLAY “ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER?” IN MEMPHIS OR NORTH MS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14TH, DAN MCGUINNESS SOUTHAVEN (3964 GOODMAN E., 6:30-8:30 P.M.) AND REC ROOM (3000 BROAD, 8-10 P.M.), FREE, MUST RSVP ON EVENTBRITE.COM.

SATURDAY January 11 SDF Adoption Day Hollywood Feed, 2015 Union, noon-3 p.m.

Want to add a furry family member this year? Meet some of rescue group Streetdog Foundation’s adorable, adoptable pups.

Volunteers will be on hand to answer questions about the animals and the adoption process. A list of available dogs will be published the morning of the event.

Drafts and Laughs Memphis Made Brewing Co., 768 S. Cooper, 7:30-9:15 p.m.

Cheers to more laughs in 2020!

Throw back a craft brew or two while enjoying well-crafted comedy from Comma Comedians.

WEDNESDAY January 15 Folk All Y’all: An Evening with Mia Borders The Green Room at Crosstown Arts, 1350 Concourse, $20 New Orleans-born Mia Borders’ powerhouse vocals and charismatic songwriting have made her a perennial figure in the regional music scene. All ticket proceeds from Folk All Y’all shows go directly to the artist.

Take the MMIc! Memphis Music Initiative, 198 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 6-10 p.m., $20 Support the next generation of Memphis music with live band karaoke starring you! Also performances by Soulsville Gospel Choir, the White Station High Strings Ensemble, Melrose High Drumline, and Lucky 7 Brass Band.

Led Zeppin’ Lafayette’s Music Room, 2119 Madison, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.

There’s sure to be a whole lotta love at Lafayette’s as tribute band Led Zep’n performs a high-energy show featuring Zeppelin favorites.

Ramble on, my friends.

Friends Trivia Various locations, 7-9 p.m.

What is the name of Rachel’s hairless cat? What instrument does Phoebe play? Loflin Yard, Railgarten, and LBOE each host this trivia night. Advance online RSVP recommended.

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The Brophy Sisters were steeped in music early on.

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he Brophy Sisters are a testimony to what can be accomplished when a family embraces music deeply. Though there’s a nine-year gap between them, the culture of discipline and creativity cultivated through many years of homeschooling has forged a bond that flowers every time they play together.

If that didn’t happen for too long while they were in different parts of the country, look for more of their concerts around town, now that they’ve both moved closer to home. In fact, they’re helping to kick off the new year at Crosstown Arts’ live performance series on January 15th at the Green Room. That’s just par for the course at one of the most eclectic venues in this or any other city. I spoke to sisters Maeve (piano) and Linnaea (violin) recently about a lifetime lived with the love of music, and the family support that helped make it happen.

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Memphis Flyer: I take it you two grew up playing together?

Maeve Brophy: Yeah, pretty much. We were both child musical prodigies, and we took music very seriously in our home. My family has lived in the same house in Bartlett since 1992, which was the year Linnaea was born. Our mom, Nancy, plays flute and sings. Our dad is a scientist and owns a small environmental consulting company in Bartlett.

Both parents have a love of the arts?

MB: Yeah, actually, when they first met, they bonded over the love they both had for classical music. It’s not that popular among young people, so when they met and fell in love, that was a part of that. And then we became a musical family.

My mom drove me to Huntsville for my piano lessons when I was growing up. My teacher, who got the silver medal in the 1997 Van Cliburn Competition, is Russian, and the Russian school of pedagogy is very strict and holds you to a very high standard. Then when I was already off to college, Linnaea found a teacher in Nashville who was a perfect fit. And our mom drove Linnaea to Nashville for her violin lessons.

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to play. She helped me to be more relaxed, because I was only like, 10, and trying to practice four hours a day, so it was a lot of work. I still don’t see how we did all that in one day.

You both have distinguished yourselves as students and teachers. Maeve, you taught at the Blair School of Music and Belmont University in Nashville. And Linnaea, you’ve just joined the Arkansas Symphony and the Rockefeller String Quartet in Little Rock, after many years as a student and concertmaster at the New England Conservatory.

Your concerts together must be pretty rare.

MB: We are far apart in age, but we’ve been playing as a duo ever since Linnaea started taking violin lessons, and I would accompany her on piano. We have traveled, but for the most part we’ve always performed when we were both back home in Memphis, which is how we maintained our duo. We’ve been doing that for years.

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I see that your program this month has a lot of names that more casual classical music lovers might not recognize.

MB: For the past couple years, the Brophy Sisters have been making an intentional effort to include non-white and women composers in our programs. These composers are not performed as much as they should be, and the music is fantastic.

William Grant Still’s name should be up there with Copland and Bernstein. That also goes for the composer Amy Beach.

Clara Schumann, the wife of Robert Schumann, was more famous as a concert pianist. In her time, women were discouraged from composing, and most of Clara’s work was done in private. But it was her 200th birthday recently, which was widely recognized. We’re not the only ones drawing attention to marginalized composers.

This is part of a movement in this country, right now. We’ve gotta get these names on the map where they belong.

The Brophy Sisters play The Green Room at Crosstown Arts on January 15th, 7:30 p.m., $10. Maeve Brophy will perform as a solo artist on February 23rd at Buntyn Presbyterian Church.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule January 9 - 15 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 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.; Memphis Jones Sundays, Wednesdays 5:30 p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.

Blue Note Bar & Grill 341 BEALE 577-8387

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

Blues City Cafe

King’s Palace Cafe Patio

Silky O’Sullivan’s

Huey’s Downtown

The Vault

138 BEALE 526-3637

162 BEALE 521-1851

183 BEALE 522-9596

77 S. SECOND 527-2700

124 GE PATTERSON

Sean Apple Thursdays, 4-7:30 p.m.; John Paul Keith Fridays, Saturdays, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Sundays, 5-9 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Landon Lane with Rodney Polk Mondays, 7-11 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

Sonny Mack MondaysFridays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7 p.m.-midnight and Saturdays, Sundays, 2-6 p.m.; Fuzzy Wednesdays, Fridays, 7 p.m.-midnight; Baunie and Soul Sundays, 7 p.m.-midnight.

Handy Bar

Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

168 BEALE 576-2220

200 BEALE 527-2687

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

Itta Bena

Tin Roof 315 BEALE

Semi-Average Joe Thursday, Jan. 9, 6 p.m.; Jerry Patton Friday, Jan. 10, 6 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 12, 2 p.m.; Wayne Harper Band Jan. 10-11, 10 p.m.; Andrew Cabigao Saturday, Jan. 11, 6 p.m.; Mark Bryan Tuesday, Jan. 14, 7 p.m.; Rodell McCord Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

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

Lunch on Beale with Chris Gales Wednesdays-Sundays, 12-4 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

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Saturdays, 4:30-8:30 p.m. and Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Memphis Blues Masters Mondays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight and Fridays, 4-8 p.m.; Jimmy James Band Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.midnight; Cowboy Neil Band Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Soul Street Mojo Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

The Lounge at 3rd & Court 24 N. B.B. KING BLVD 930-0793

John Williams and the A440 Band Fridays, 9 p.m.; Soul Jazz Trios with Joe Restivo Sundays, 7 p.m.

Mesquite Chop House 88 UNION

John Shaw Saturdays.

Paulette’s

Smokestack Lightning Friday, Jan. 10, 8 p.m.; Vintage Saturday, Jan. 11, 8 p.m.

Medical Center Sunrise 670 JEFFERSON

Bailey Bigger Sunday, Jan. 12, 10 a.m.

South Main Spindini 383 S. MAIN 578-2767

3rd Man Jazz Trio Jan. 10-11, 7-10 p.m.

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

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813

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

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium 130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

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

The Halloran Centre

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, 1-4 p.m.

Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020

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

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

225 S. MAIN 525-3000

Susan Marshall and Reba Russell Friday, Jan. 10, 7:30 p.m.

B-Side 1555 MADISON 347-6813

Black Tusk, All Hell, Namazu Thursday, Jan. 9, 7 p.m.; John Németh and the Blue Dreamers Saturday, Jan. 11, 7 p.m.; Marbin Sunday, Jan. 12, 8 p.m.; Chore Boys Wednesday, January 15, 9 p.m.; Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; David Cousar Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Spencer Thomas, Schaefer Llana, Late Night Cardigan Thursday, Jan. 9, 9 p.m.; Leland Sundries Friday, Jan. 10, 8 p.m.; Marcella & Her Lovers Friday, Jan. 10, 11 p.m.; All the Colors of the Dark: Rebirth Saturday, Jan. 11, 10:30 p.m.; Mary Gagz and Her Gaggle of Girlz Monday, Jan. 13, 9 p.m.; Lahna Deering, Doug Easley, John Lightman

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

Eric Hughes Band Wednesdays, Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.; FreeWorld Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Memphis Blues Masters Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Mondays, Tuesdays, 7-11 p.m.

Soul Shockers Sunday, Jan. 12, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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Rum Boogie Cafe

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

162 BEALE 521-1851

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room

Dueling Pianos Thursdays, Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-3 a.m., and Sundays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

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Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight.

Midtown Crossing Grill

East of Wangs

394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

6069 PARK 763-0676

Gary Vincent Sunday, Jan. 12, 4-7 p.m.; John Németh and the Blue Dreamers Sunday, Jan. 12, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Boscos

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.

P&H Cafe

The Bluff

1532 MADISON 726-0906

535 S. HIGHLAND 454-7771

Rockstar Karaoke Fridays; Reversels Saturday, Jan. 11, 9 p.m.; Open Mic Music Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

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

Eddie Harrison Tuesdays, 6:30-9 p.m.; Lee Gardner Wednesdays, 6:30-9 p.m.

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House 551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

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

Canvas 1737 MADISON 443-5232

Poplar/I-240 Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends 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.

Summer/Berclair

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

Barbie’s Barlight Lounge 661 N. MENDENHALL

Celtic Crossing

Possum Daddy’s Karaoke Saturdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

903 S. COOPER 274-5151

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

High Point Pub 477 HIGH POINT TERRACE 452-9203

The Cove

Pubapalooza with Stereo Joe Every other Wednesday, 8-11 p.m.

2559 BROAD 730-0719

Ed Finney & Neptune’s Army with Deb Swiney Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Whiskey Chute Smugglers Friday, Jan. 10, 9 p.m.; Hurricane Elvis Saturday, Jan. 11, 9 p.m.; Jazz Jam with Frog Squad Sundays, 6 p.m.; Freeman Weems Mondays, 6 p.m.; Comedy with Geno Mondays, 8 p.m.; Gayland Grooms Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Ben MindenBirkenmaier Wednesdays, 6 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Whitehaven/ Airport Graceland Soundstage 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY

Elvis’ Birthday Celebration 2020 Thursday, Jan. 9, 10 a.m.10 p.m., Friday, Jan. 10, 8:30 a.m.-10 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 11, 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Elvis’ 85th Birthday Pops Concert with Terry Mike Jeffrey and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra Friday, Jan. 10, 7:30-9:30 p.m.; Elvis: Live in Concert Saturday, Jan. 11, 8 p.m.

Dru’s Place 1474 MADISON 275-8082

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts 1350 CONCOURSE, SUITE 280 507-8030

World Soul Project Thursday, Jan. 9, 7:30-9:30 p.m.; Folk All Y’all: An Evening with Mia Borders Saturday, Jan. 11, 7:309:30 p.m.; Modern Masters Jazz Series featuring Ed Petersen Tuesday, Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m.; The Brophy Sisters Wednesday, Jan. 15, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Rob Haynes ThursdaysSaturdays, 7-11 p.m.; Live Music Mondays-Wednesdays, Sundays, 7-11 p.m.

Growlers

Hernando’s Hide-A-Way

1911 POPLAR 244-7904

3210 OLD HERNANDO 398-7496

The Emo Night Tour Thursday, Jan. 9, 8:30 p.m.; DJ 007 and IGrindTV.com Presents: Indie Day Radio Live Sunday, Jan. 12, 9 p.m.; PXLS, Native Blood, Risky Whispers, The Skalors Tuesday, Jan. 14, 8 p.m.

Hi Tone 412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

Strooly, DJ DanceAlone Thursday, Jan. 9, 7 p.m.; Reserving Dirtnaps, Red Death, Enforced, Theifs Hand Friday, Jan. 10, 8 p.m.; Radolescents, The Hajj Friday, Jan. 10, 10 p.m.; The Brummies, Vlad Holiday Saturday, Jan. 11, 10 p.m.; Sanguisugabogg, Knoll, Breaking/Entering Tuesday, Jan. 14, 8 p.m.; Lucifer, Savage Master, Overdose Wednesday, Jan. 15, 9 p.m.

Guest House at Graceland 3600 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-3322

Lafayette’s Music Room

Railgarten

2119 MADISON 207-5097

2160 CENTRAL

Blackwater Trio Thursday, Jan. 9, 6 p.m.; Rollin Rosatti Friday, Jan. 10, 6:30 p.m.; Thumpdaddy Friday, Jan. 10, 10 p.m.; Twin Soul Duo Saturday, Jan. 11, 10:30 a.m.; Shelby Lee Lowe Saturday, Jan. 11, 6:30 p.m.; Led Zeppin Saturday, Jan. 11, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Memphis Ukulele Band Sunday, Jan. 12, 4 p.m.; Memphis Knights Monday, Jan. 13, 6 p.m.; Madison Line Mondays Mondays, 6 p.m.; Royal Blues Band Jam Tuesday, Jan. 14, 7 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m.; Alice Hasen & the Blaze Wednesday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m.

The Highway Companions Tribute to Tom Petty Friday, Jan. 10, 7 p.m.; Eric Hughes Band Saturday, Jan. 11, 8 p.m.; Mighty Souls 4 Sunday, Jan. 12, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

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.

Triple S 1747 WALKER 421-6239

Friday Karaoke Fridays, 7-11 p.m.

Ubee’s 521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

Heart Memphis Band Sunday, Jan. 12, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

T.J. Mulligan’s 1817 KIRBY 755-2481

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

Them Durrty Crooks, Jimbo Mathus Thursday, Jan. 9, 10 p.m.; Papa Tops West Coast Turnaround Saturday, Jan. 11, 9 p.m.; Honky Tonk Wednesdays with Dale Watson & his Lone Stars Wednesdays, 9 p.m.midnight.

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

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

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

Rock-n-Roll Cafe

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Elvis Tribute featuring Michael Cullipher Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Live Entertainment Mondays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Elvis Gospel Music Show Fridays,

Craft Republic 5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

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Harpo’s Hogpen

6230 GREENLEE 592-0344

4212 HWY 51 N. 530-0414

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

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Charvey Mac’s Six String Lovers Sunday, Jan. 12, 6-9 p.m.

Pop’s Bar & Grill 6365 NAVY 872-0353

Possum Daddy or DJ Turtle Thursdays, 5-9 p.m.; CeCee Fridays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.; Possum Daddy Karaoke Wednesdays, 6-10 p.m. and Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.

Germantown Germantown Performing Arts Center

Shelby Forest General Store

Jesse Cook: Follow the Road Tour Thursday, Jan. 9, 7:30-8:30 p.m.; Jazz in the Box: Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne Friday, Jan. 10, 7-10 p.m.; The Stanley Clarke Band Saturday, Jan. 11, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

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

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

Amy LaVere Sunday, Jan. 12, 8-11:30 p.m.

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

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Young Petty Thieves Sunday, Jan. 12, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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Huey’s Southwind

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

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

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

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

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

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

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

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

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

The Sensations Sunday, Jan. 12, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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.

7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

Memphis Funk Sunday, Jan. 12, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

John Paul Keith Sunday, Jan. 12, 8-11:30 p.m.

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

Live Music on the patio Thursdays-Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.

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Live Music Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

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Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, candy maker Willy Wonka is opening his mysterious chocolate factory … to a lucky few. That includes Charlie Bucket, whose bland life is about to burst with color and confection. He and four other golden ticket winners will embark on a joyride through a world of pure imagination. $25$125. Jan. 14-19.

203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Temple Israel

Little Night of Broadway, sing in the new year at this year’s Broadway cabaret. Featuring Broadway hits, hors d’oeuvres, and drinks while welcoming 2020. timemphis.org. Thurs., Jan. 9, 7-8:30 p.m.

1376 E. MASSEY (761-3130).

TheatreWorks

When We Get Good Again, when a brilliant, idealistic, but poor college student is tempted by a lucrative job selling term papers to her classmates to pay her tuition, she wonders: Is it ever okay to put being good on hold? $27. Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.

Through Jan. 26. playhouseonthesquare.org.

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

“The 35th Parallel” by Chuck Johnson at L Ross Gallery, Friday, January 10th, 6-8 p.m.

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Germantown Performing Arts Center

Artist Chat and Tour with Jack Kenner

Opening reception for “Take a Closer Look Revisited,” exhibition of photography by Memphis native Jack Kenner. gpacweb.com. Sun., Jan. 12, 2-4 p.m.

1801 EXETER (751-7500).

L Ross Gallery

Opening reception for “The 35th Parallel,” exhibition of works by Chuck Johnson. lrossgallery.com. Fri., Jan. 10, 6-8 p.m.

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

TOPS Gallery

Opening reception for “Allegory of the Unnamed Cave,” exhibition of a large-scale painting installation by Corinne Jones. topsgallery.com. Sat., Jan. 11, 6-8 p.m.

400 S. FRONT.

WKNO Studio

Opening reception for “Enthusiasm,” exhibition of images reflecting the creativity and moment-capturing talent of selected members of The Memphis Camera Club. memphiscameraclub.com. Sun., Jan. 12, 2-4 p.m.

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

Interactive gallery experience and artist conversation. Participants will take a guided tour of the gallery while exploring the inspirations and techniques for creating the artwork. Tues., Jan. 14, 7-7:30 p.m.

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

A Day of Tasters

Special 90-minute introductions to the metalworking processes of welding, blacksmithing, casting, and fold forming. Create your own class schedule for the day. 15+ $50 per session. Sat., Jan. 11, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (9017746380), METALMUSEUM.ORG.

Panel: “Photography in Memphis” Gain an insider’s perspective from participating artists Andrea Morales, Kaitlyn Dunn, Lawrence Matthews and Richard Lou, moderated

by Heather Nickels and Joyce Blackmon. Free. Wed., Jan. 15, 6:30 p.m.

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AFTER-SCHOOL WORKSHOP:

01.09

WHEEL OF COLOR FREE | 3:30pm - 5:00pm West Gallery

Born and raised in New Orleans, Mia Borders’ powerhouse vocals and charismatic songwriting have made her a perennial figure in the regional music scene. Her live shows are regularly praised as “deeply funky” and “confident and cool.” You don’t want to miss this one, y’all.

FOLK ALL Y’ALL: AN EVENING WITH

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Born and raised in New Orleans, Mia Borders’ powerhouse vocals and charismatic songwriting have made her a perennial figure in the regional music scene. Her live shows are regularly praised as “deeply funky” and “confident and cool.” You don’t want to miss this one, y’all.

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Crosstown Arts presents The Modern Masters Jazz Series, a monthly series featuring jazz soloists from around the country. For January’s performance, New Orleans-based saxophonist Ed Petersen will be featured in an unforgettable performance with the series house band, the Ted Ludwig Trio.

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

Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at The Orpheum, January 14th-19th

FireHouse Community Arts Center

bronze. belzmuseum.org.

Ongoing.

985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

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

Clough-Hanson Gallery ONGOI NG ART

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

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“Catalyst,” exhibition about the Memphis art scene surrounding the artist, writer, and South Main preservation and arts champion Robert McGowan (1947-2012). In 1987, McGowan co-founded the arts journal Number: Inc with fellow artists Don Estes and Cory Dugan (the founding editor). In 1988, he opened the Memphis Center for Contemporary Art. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Jan. 11.

“MASKS: The Art of Disguise,” exhibition curated by the Honors Forum students in consultation with their professor Dr. Leslie Luebbers and the AMUM staff. Through Jan. 11.

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

Ongoing.

“IEAA Ancient Egyptian Collection,” permanent exhibition of Egyptian antiquities ranging from 3800 B.C.E. to 700 C.E. from the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology collection. Ongoing.

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“Out of Africa: Inhabitants of the Earth,” exhibition of work

by Nigerian artist Uchay Joel Chima. artvillagegallery.com.

Ongoing.

410 S. MAIN (521-0782).

ArtsMemphis

“Unfolding: The Next Chapter in Memphis,” exhibition of visual art by local Memphis artists, curated by Kenneth Wayne Alexander. (578-2787), artsmemphis.org. Free. Ongoing, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

575 S. MENDENHALL (578-2787).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art “Chinese Symbols in Art,” ancient Chinese pottery and

Senior Thesis Exhibition, exhibition of work by Rhodes studio art majors Olivia Rowe, Charlotte Sechrist, Qian Xu, Sara Lynn Abbott, and Melissa Kiker. rhodes.edu/events. Ongoing.

RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000).

Crosstown Arts at The Concourse

“Asiko: Moments,” exhibition of new work by Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash. Through Feb. 9.

“Color Schemes: The Value of Intensity,” exhibition of new works by by Anthony Lee, Suzy Hendricks, Justin Bowles, and more. Through Feb. 9.

“Selected Animations,” exhibition of new work by Ezra Johnson. Through Feb. 9.

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

Germantown Performing Arts Center

“Take a Closer Look Revisited,” exhibition of photography by Memphis native Jack Kenner. gpacweb.com. Through Feb. 3.

“The Chosen Ones,” exhibition of works by Danny Broadway. gpacweb.com. Through March 5.

1801 EXETER (751-7500).

Graceland

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

3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322).

Jay Etkin Gallery

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

942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“The 35th Parallel,” works by Chuck Johnson. lrossgallery. com. Through Feb. 1.

1350 CONCOURSE, SUITE 280 (507-8030).

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

David Lusk Gallery

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

“Between a Thought and a Thing,” exhibition of sculptures and paintings by Tad Lauritzen Wright. davidluskgallery.com.

Through Feb. 8.

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“To Disappear Away: Places Soon to Be No More,” exhibition of multi-media works including painting, collage, ready-made sculpture, music, film, and photography by Lawrence Matthews whose images are an exploration of gentrification. Jan. 12-April 4.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

Eclectic Eye

“The Art of My Healing,” exhibition of paintings depicting movement and color by Judy Weintraub. eclectic-eye.com.

Through Feb. 26.

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.

509 S. MAIN (647-9242).

Marshall Arts Gallery

639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Memphis Botanic Garden

“Bicentennial Blues Bed,” new, year-long planting celebrating the Bluff City’s bicentennial, located just outside of the Four Seasons Garden. memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Ongoing.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“Photography in Memphis,” exhibition presents 41 works from the museum’s permanent collection by 26 artists — including William Eggleston, Ernest C. Withers, and William Christenberry — alongside 62 works by 30 artists who live in, have left, or visited Memphis.

Through Jan. 19.

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paintings. suelaymandesigns. com. Ongoing.

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

“Claire Van Vliet: Illustrating Babel,” exhibition of an unbound book of 17 lithographs and one woodcut by Claire Van Vliet.

Through Jan. 12.

“Ernest C. Withers: Baseball Photographs,” exhibition that examines African-American identity and representation as captured through the lens of noted civil rights-era photographer Ernest C. Withers. Through July 5.

Rotunda Projects: E.V. Day’s “Divas Ascending,” artist E.V. Day has repurposed costumes from the New York City Opera archives to make a series of sculptures that transform familiar icons of women’s empowerment and entrapment into new objects that confound conventional readings of these clichés. Through July 5.

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

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

Talbot Heirs

Debra Edge Art, ongoing.

99 S. SECOND (527-9772).

TOPS Gallery

“Allegory of the Unnamed Cave,” large-scale painting installation

by Corinne Jones. topsgallery. com. Jan. 11-March 14.

400 S. FRONT.

Tops Gallery: Madison Avenue Park

“Allegory of the Unnamed Cave,” exhibition of a large-scale painting installation by Corinne Jones. topsgallery.com. Jan. 11-March 14.

151 MADISON (340-0134).

Village Frame & Art

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

Ekpuk. brooksmuseum.org.

Ongoing.

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Metal Museum

“Master Metalsmith: Sarah Perkins,” exhibition of work by the 2019 Master Metalsmith.

For over 30 years, this exhibition series has honored the most influential metal artists of the day, bringing the work of internationally acclaimed metalsmiths to Memphis for solo exhibitions. Ongoing.

Overton Park Gallery

Dorothy Northern and Jennifer Sargent, exhibition of works.

Ongoing.

1581 OVERTON PARK (229-2967).

Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum

826 N. SECOND (527-3427).

St. George’s Episcopal Church

“Map Series” and “Wandering in Color,” exhibition of work by by Kay Coop. stgchurch.org.

Through Jan. 12.

2425 S. GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

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“Images of Africa Before & Af-

January 9-15, 2020

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

“To Disappear Away: Places Soon to Be No More” by Lawrence Matthews at the Dixon

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Stax Museum of American Soul Music

“Run This Town: Memphis Women of Soul,” exhibition of never-before-seen costumes, photographs, and other memorabilia, which tells the stories of 12 Memphis women and how they continue to shape the Memphis music landscape in the 21st century. Through March 31.

926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

Sue Layman Designs

WKNO Studio

“Enthusiasm,” exhibition of images reflecting the creativity and moment-capturing talent of selected members of The Memphis Camera Club. memphiscameraclub.com.

Through Jan. 30.

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

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Argentine Tango Society All level dancers; everyone is welcome. $10. Wednesdays, 6-7:30 p.m.

BERT FERGUSON COMMUNITY CENTER, 8085 TRINITY (341-9282).

Brooks Milongas

Members of the Argentine Tango Society give lessons and tango demonstrations in the rotunda. Included with museum admission. Third Wednesday, Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m.

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

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Midtown Crossing Grill

Three-Course Comedy, a smorgasbord of laughs with a serving of Improv Insanity and an improv jam with the Bluff City Liars. Second Friday of every month, 10-11:30 p.m.

Booksigning by Alice Faye Duncan

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Trunk Show: Garett Leight California Optical and Limetree Handmade Jewelry

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Booksigning by Jordan Hirsch

Featuring the iconic independent eyewear brand and handmade jewelry of glass, resin, and vinyl. Attendees eligible to win a special giveaway of Garett Leight swag and a $200 Eclectic Eye gift card. Sat., Jan. 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Author discusses and signs My Day at School. Sat., Jan. 11, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

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

Booksigning by Nic Stone in Conversation with Kaitlyn Sage Patterson

B O O KS I G N I N G S

NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526), NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.

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

Featuring fashions, samples, seminars, vendors, discount deals, music, and games and prizes with Kirk the Wedding Guy. The first 200 brides who sign up will receive a $200 gift card. Free.

Sun., Jan. 12, 1-5 p.m.

NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526), NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.

Author discusses and signs Clean Getaway. Thurs., Jan. 9, 6 p.m.

Author discusses and signs The Lesser of Two Evils. Sat., Jan. 11, 5-7 p.m.

Memphis Bridal Show

Author discusses and signs Just Like a Mama. Tues., Jan. 14, 6 p.m.

394 N. WATKINS (443-0502).

Booksigning by Amy Pilkington

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Booksigning by Tara Conklin

Author reads and signs The Last Romantics. Wed., Jan. 15, 6 p.m.

NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526), NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.

A Day of Tasters at the Metal Museum, Saturday, January 11th, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

L E CT U R E / S P E A K E R

National Geographic Live: On the Trail of Big Cats Behind-the-scenes stories fresh from the forefront of exploration. This interactive speaker series includes a Q&A session and an opportunity to meet

the explorer. $15. Sun., Jan. 12, 4 p.m.

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

Panel Discussion: “How We Define Our Personal Identity” Marra B. Gad, Johathan Ealy, and Russell Grant talk about how race, religion, and sexual orientation are intertwined with personal identities. Panel moderated by Kate Schaffzin.

Tues., Jan. 14, 7-9 p.m.

MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY

CENTER, 6560 POPLAR (761-0810), JCCMEMPHIS.ORG.

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Woodruff Fontaine House Ghost Tour

Family Fun Hike

Enjoy a unique tour of the dimly lit home with special emphasis on the family members who lived and died in the mansion. $25. Fri., Jan. 10, 7:30 p.m., and Sat., Jan. 11, 1:30 a.m.

WOODRUFF-FONTAINE HOUSE, 680 ADAMS (526-1469), HISTORICALHAUNTSMEMPHIS.COM.

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Educational recreation for adults and children of all ages.

Second Sunday of every month, 2-4 p.m.

SHELBY FARMS PARK, VISITOR’S CENTER, 6903 GREAT VIEW DR. N. (767-7275), SHELBYFARMSPARK.ORG.

C A L E N DA R: JA N UA RY 9 - 1 5 Memphis Grizzlies v.

Golden State Warriors Sun., Jan. 12, 5 p.m.

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Memphis Grizzlies v.

Houston Rockets Tues., Jan. 14, 7 p.m.

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Memphis Grizzlies v.

San Antonio Spurs Fri., Jan. 10, 7 p.m.

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M E ETI N G S

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.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE: ON THE TRAIL OF BIG CATS

NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526), NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.

Explore the newest addition of this series. Decide your destiny by solving puzzles and riddles to pass each challenge and get to the next adventure. For ages 8-12. Free. Sat., Jan. 11, 2-3 p.m.

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

PAW Patrol: Adventure Play

Free-flowing exhibit with activities encouraging teamwork, self confidence, and playing the roles of the rescuing heroes. Included with museum admission.

Through Feb. 2, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF MEMPHIS, 2525 CENTRAL (458-2678), CMOM.COM.

S P EC IAL EVE N TS

The Chambers Escape Room

Escape room located on the second floor of the atrium.

Choose from two rooms where you can Escape Alive as a reluctant group of tourists or find stolen information in Mission Improbable. $25. Fri., Sat., 3 & 5 p.m.

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Fab Fridays: Laser Music Shows & Giant Screen Movies

All shows on CTI Giant Theater or AutoZone Dome Planetarium. Visit website for shows and times or more information. Fridays, 6-9 p.m.

AUTOZONE DOME PLANETARIUM, MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Full Moon Bonfire

Come celebrate the first full moon of 2020 with the Wolf River Conservancy. Featuring a bonfire. Registration requested.

Free. Fri., Jan. 10, 6:30-10 p.m.

WILLIAM B. CLARK STATE NATURAL AREA, COLLIERVILLE-ARLINGTON ROAD ACCESS, WOLFRIVER.ORG.

Grizz Bash

Enjoy games, food, and cocktails while hanging out with Grizzlies players, coaches, and personalities.

Thurs., Jan. 9.

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Horseshoe Casino & Hotel

Criss Angel RAW: The Mindfreak Unplugged, caesars.com. $67-$85. Fri., Jan. 10, 8 p.m.

AT CASINO CENTER, SOUTH OF MEMPHIS, NEAR TUNICA, MS (1-800-303-SHOE).

Look Alive 4 Southern National Bully Bash $25. Sat., Jan. 11, 12-9 p.m.

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Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety

Documentary that explores anxiety, its causes and effects, and what can be done about it.

Includes interviews with kids, teens, educators, experts, parents, and special Michael Phelps interview. Free with registration.

Mon., Jan. 13, 6 p.m.

Apollo 11: First Steps Edition

Film celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Check CTI Theater schedule for show times and ticket prices. Ongoing.

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

Gladiator

Taproom Tarot

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H O LI DAY EVE N TS

Christmas Tree Recycling Through Jan. 10.

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Elvis’ 85th Birthday Celebration

Celebrated over four days and including multiple concerts and parties, one-of-a-kind tours, The Auction at Graceland, and events with Priscilla Presley, Jerry Schilling, and Elvis’ TCB Band. Visit website for schedule of events. Through Jan. 11.

GRACELAND, 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322), GRACELAND.COM.

Before the show join us for an Artist’s Reception!

Jack Kenner - Photographer Take a Closer Look Revisited 2 - 4 PM Everyone is welcome.

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What do the cards have in store for you in 2020? Get a look ahead at 2020 with a 15-minute reading from the tarot readers of The Broom Closet. $15.

Thurs., Jan. 9, 6-9 p.m.

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January FilmFest

Swim with a whale, walk on the moon, and go on safari with Journey to the South Pacific, Apollo 11, Wild Africa, and more. Visit website for schedule. Through Jan. 31.

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Les Misérables

Inspired by the 2005 riots in Paris. Follows Stéphane, a recent transplant to the impoverished suburb of Montfermeil, as he joins the local anti-crime squad. Wed., Jan. 15, 7 p.m.

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“Enthusiasm” by WKNO Camera Club, featuring William Sphar, Sunday, Jan. 12th, 2-4 p.m.

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In an emotional musical journey, Booker T. will perform the songs that make up the fabric of his musical identity.

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FOOD By Michael Donahue

Amplified Foods Meal prep service offers healthy comfort dishes.

service, where he was location manager.

He and Molly then went to work preparing healthy meals for entrepreneurs Jeremy and Matthew Thacker-Rhodes. “Cooking for them at their house … and for their friends.”

They were doing “probably 100 meals a week at their kitchen.”

About two years ago, Richard and Molly opened Amplified Meal Prep at Other Foods Kitchen, a shared commercial kitchen. They now do 1,500 meals a week for 150 customers.

Amplified offers two food packages.

One is a “custom meal-builder, where you can customize all the food you get,” Richard says.

Customization options feature “12 proteins, 12 carbs, 12 veggies. And you can mix and match them.”

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The protein choices include taco beef, mango habanero chicken, eggs, flank steak, salmon, turkey meatloaf, and more.

For carbs, there’s basmati rice, couscous, mashed potatoes, orzo, quinoa, and other options. The vegetables include a cast of characters from asparagus to broccoli, Brussels sprouts to glazed carrots.

“When Richard left Ultimate Foods and we took a couple of years and decided to get back in the food thing, he felt it was important to offer this custom portion, which a lot of local places weren’t offering,” Molly says. “Which allowed people to eat according to their plan.

“I’m a professional bodybuilder,” she adds. “My coach gives me a diet plan. I can get on Amplified Meal Prep and eat according to my specific macro needs. My coach will tell me exactly how much of each to have.”

The Amplified Meal Prep menu changes weekly and can be found at eatamplified.com. All meals, which average $8.50 each, must be ordered by 4 p.m. on Thursdays. “We deliver or you can pick up from noon to 3 p.m. on Sundays.”

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ichard McCracken was a wrestler for 20 years.

He began at the age of 5 in the Iowa Kids Club and continued through Central Missouri State University.

“Pretty much sports all the time,” he says. “Baseball and wrestling.” His diet was also pretty consistent then: pizza and pasta.

McCracken, 43, no longer wrestles, and his diet has changed. He and his wife, Molly, are owners of Amplified Meal Prep.

“Customers can order healthy comfort food or build custom meals according to their specific diet plan,” Molly says.

They can pick up the meals at Other Foods Kitchen at 1249 Heistan Place off Bellevue near Lamar, or meals can be delivered to their home.

“People have a need for it,” Richard says.

“Especially with such a great and diverse food city that Memphis is. People sometimes forget about eating healthy. Suddenly, they’re up 15 pounds. And they go, ‘Oh, I’ve got to do something about this.’

“The good thing is our food tastes amazing,” he continues. “It’s like healthy comfort food.”

Richard got serious about food when he was at Central Missouri State, where he majored in hotel and restaurant management.

His minor was in experimental foods, “[learning things like] if you’re cooking with butter, take butter out and add avocado. Take something unhealthy out and put something healthy in and see if it works.”

Richard pursued his major after he graduated. “I did a little bit of restaurant management, but I just didn’t love it,” he says. He then pursued his minor. About seven years ago, he opened Ultimate Foods, which was a similar concept to Amplified Meal Prep, but customers could pick up the food at four locations.

Richard eventually sold his portion of the restaurants.

He met Molly at a gym. “We used to work in a gym together eight years ago,” he says. “But we reconnected at a Grizzlies game five years ago.”

Molly’s major was exercise science at Morehead State University.

After Ultimate Foods, Richard worked other jobs, including Aramark food

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BAR REPORT By Meghan Stuthard

Juke and Drink

Old 45s and a beautifully simple menu at Bar Keough. cherries, which I’ve really started to miss ever since they began disappearing from bars in favor of that snobby-ass Luxardo cherry. There’s also a small wine list, local and domestic bottled beers, and Miller High Life ponies, for those who would like one more but do not deserve a full beer. On draft, there’s Newcastle, Stella Artois, and Guinness, which is a small, but mighty mix of beers. Fans and haters (who are really just closeted fans) of White Claw alike, join me in thunderous applause! Bar Keough also carries the coveted water beers.

Our go-to move is to have a couple drinks each while writing about bars we go to, but Hutsell was having none of it. “This is a safe space for more than two drinks,” he says. This checks out.

Bar Keough is nestled on the corner of Cooper and Peabody, a quick walk from Central Gardens, Cooper-Young, or the Overton Square areas. It’s important to note that it’s also stumbling distance to the CVS — because who knows what can happen to one’s body after a few Bar Keough Blue Hawaiians. at Bar Keough

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While Hutsell is normally bartending for happy hour, it’s Scott Miles who does the heavy lifting for larger crowds on Friday and Saturday nights, when I can personally guarantee you the Smiths and New Order will be played.

“I’m just winging it as I go,” Keough says when I ask what big plans he might have for the bar’s future. He’s already tinkering with the menu and curating the jukebox’s next rotation. He’s here, just days before Christmas, kicking it with Mike Snodgrass, area jukebox junkie and restoration expert. He’s still on the prowl for more 45s, a process augmented by his newly acquired skill of dinking records (look it up, pervert).

As I finish my final drink, the jukebox lights up and kicks back on. Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” blares. Bar Keough is going to be just fine.

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hen a Bar Keough sign went up at 247 Cooper but the windows remained covered, it was enough for the Flyer to name the space “Best Unopened Bar” in the annual Best of Memphis staff picks. Kevin Keough, owner of Café Keough Downtown, finally opened the doors in late 2019, revealing an intimate, eclectic space with a prize jukebox, recognizable staff, and what I believe to be the world’s only bar food menu featuring tartine.

On the night we visited, Keough himself was there to monitor additional repairs on the Claremont jukebox that looms from the rear of the bar. It houses 100 45s from Keough’s extensive personal collection, and he changes them out regularly. Currently, it’s home to some fantastic ’80s alternative and at least one Van Halen record, which we assume is responsible for breaking the jukebox in the first place. One dollar gets you 10 plays at Bar Keough, and a bonus for old jukeboxes is that no one can skip your track to play “Funky Cold Medina” Mike Hutsell 15 times.

It’s not just the music that sets the place apart, though.

Bar Keough is nothing fancy until you notice the thoughtful details that make up the décor. The red diner-like counter that serves as the bar, for example.

The Zenith speakers peeking out from behind whiskey bottles.

The light fixtures above, which Keough tells me he ordered from Belgium from a German dude with an Italian name who designs racecars. This last fact fills me with remorse that the light fixture has already lived a more exciting life than I. The drink menu itself is also beautiful in its simplicity, containing such collegekid classics as the Madras and Green Tea interspersed with “I’m an adult now” drinks like the Old Fashioned and French 75. Then there’s the most welcome addition of the Tom Collins, which I drank only before I was old enough to drink, but you better believe I sampled one at Bar Keough.

Bartender Mike Hutsell says his favorite drink to make is an Old Fashioned, and I’m delighted to see that he still uses the unnaturally pink maraschino

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FILM By Chris McCoy

Fully Human Director Greta Gerwig crafts a loving adaptation of Little Women.

W

ho could have foreseen that, in the year 2020, I would prefer an adaptation of Little Women over the latest Star Wars movie? Five years ago, it would have sounded outlandish.

And yet, here we are.

Little Women, Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel, has been adapted for the screen seven times, most recently in 1994 by director Gillian Armstrong. This time, it was at the hands of Greta Gerwig, who was originally hired by producer Amy Pascal to write the screenplay before her success with Lady Bird got her into the director’s chair. Gerwig turned out to be the right woman at the right time. Making a film for 21stcentury audiences out of a manuscript written during the aftermath of the Civil War is a daunting high-wire walk. One false step and you fall into boring, staid, or offensive.

The key turns out to be Gerwig’s screenwriting.

Little Women is groundbreaking in its proto-feminist, social realistic depiction of the everyday lives of girls,

but its structure is conventionally linear. Gerwig’s first stroke of genius is to cut up the story and rearrange the scenes to put the themes and callbacks into sharp relief. She also added the meta-story of the writing and publishing of the book, using material from Alcott’s biography and personal letters. Far from being a florid, 19th-century slog, the dialogue is crisp and quotable, beginning with the epilogue from Alcott: “I’ve had a lot of troubles, so I wrote jolly tales.”

“I can’t afford to starve on praise” sounds like a common lament of millennial gig workers. “What women are allowed into the club of geniuses?” would fit neatly into a tweet by a feminist firebrand. And what young person can’t relate to “I want to be great, or nothing!”

What’s undeniably genius is the way Gerwig has reshuffled the deck. For this writer, watching her pull off one impossible transition after another — juxtaposing weddings and funerals, cosmopolitan Paris and small-town Connecticut, a joyful, drunken New York reel with a formal dance — was worth the price of admission.

Lady Bird’s Saoirse Ronan (above) stars as Jo March in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women.

For most audiences, the casting takes paramount importance. The four March sisters are the prototypical American girls, the category you identified with before you figured out which Hogwarts house you would be put into by the Sorting Hat. Speaking of which, the oldest sister, Meg, is played by Hermione Granger herself, Emma Watson.

For the role of Jo, the book’s point-of-view character and Alcott’s stand-in, who has previously been played by the likes of Katharine Hepburn and Winona Ryder, Gerwig tapped Saoirse Ronan. If you’ve seen her as a plucky Irish immigrant in 2015’s Brooklyn, you know she’s perfect for the role of the whip-smart second sister whose most fervent wish (after becoming a famous writer) is to keep the family together.

Florence Pugh plays Amy, the third sister who becomes Jo’s rival for the affections of their neighbor Theodore “Laurie” Laurence (Timothée Chalamet,

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FILM By Chris McCoy also perfectly cast). The radiant Eliza Scanlen plays the youngest sister, Beth, as a wide-eyed innocent.

Gerwig’s ensemble also includes Laura Dern as Marmee March, who gets to deliver the immortal line “I’m angry every day,” and Meryl Streep as the marvelously flinty Aunt March.

The one time I was thrown out of the narrative was when the March sisters’ absent father returned from war, and I involuntarily whispered “Cool! It’s Bob Odenkirk!”

Little Women is a four-headed Bildungsroman (one of my all-time favorite words; it means “a novel dealing with a person’s formative years”). What began as a children’s book for girls has grown over the years into a Rorschach test for femininity, and each new interpreter decides what contemporary

audiences would like to see emphasized. Gerwig’s inclusion of Marmee’s line, “I’m angry every day,” is at the heart of her interpretation. Alcott’s characters go through the full gamut of emotions. Gerwig starts off with joy, restaging her famous run through the streets of New York from Frances Ha with Jo. There is love — both agape and amore — and anxiety. But the anger of being second-class citizens has always lurked in the background of Alcott’s book. What elevates Gerwig’s film above other versions of the story is that these Little Women are allowed to be fully human.

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PUBLIC NOTICE SHELBY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING FISCAL YEAR 2021 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN PUBLIC HEARING Shelby County Department of Housing will hold a public hearing to discuss Shelby County housing, community development, and public service needs in preparation of the Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Action Plan (HUD Program Year 2020) at the following date, time and location: Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. Shelby County Code Enforcement, Training Room, 6465 Mullins Station Road Memphis, TN 38134. Attendees should enter the Code Enforcement Building through the Training Room entrance; upon walking up to the building, attendees will need to follow the signage that leads to the Training Room.

If you plan to attend the public hearing and have special needs, please contact the Department of Housing at (901) 222-7600 by 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 and we will work to accommodate you. Citizen input and public participation is strongly encouraged.

The FY 2021 Annual Action Plan establishes the basis for the use of entitlement funds for the period of July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021. The primary purpose of this hearing is to receive comments on community development needs for the FY 2021 Annual Action Plan which is the entitlement grant application to HUD for the Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership Grant. Shelby County anticipates receiving $1,189,423 in CDBG and $377,362 in HOME funds in Program Year 2020. Shelby County expects to submit the Annual Plan to HUD on or before May 15, 2020 following a 30 day review and comment period.

January 9- 15, 2020

The hearing will also provide an update on current activities under the CDBG and HOME Programs, information on Section 3 contracting opportunities; and will provide information on other programs operated by the Department of Housing.

Persons wishing to comment on the above subject but who are unable to attend the meeting may do so by writing to Ms. Sydney Wright (Sydney.wright@shelbycountytn.gov), Shelby County Department of Housing, 1075 Mullins Station Road, Memphis, TN 38134. Shelby County will schedule an additional public hearing in April 2020 to present the proposed Annual Action Plan for FY 2021 for public comment before it is submitted to HUD. For additional information contact the Department of Housing at 901-222-7600 or TTY at 901-222-2300.

The Shelby County Department of Housing does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services. Equal opportunity/equal access provider.

Para mas información en Español, por favor llame al 901-222-4289.

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2020 Resolutions

In January 2019, I started writing in a red spiral notebook.

I’m not much of a journal person, but apparently in January 2019 I must have thought a last-minute Walgreens notebook purchase would make me one. I wrote nine entries that month, and like many of my past attempts to be someone who journals, I left my notebook with many, many more untouched pages.

This time last year, like many folks, I made a list of things I wanted to do to better myself. I wanted to include healthier habits in my life, like writing daily, being outside more, getting up early to exercise, learning a new language, and reading a new book every week. Today, I can’t say I fully checked off all of those goals. I read books, but not 52. I exercised, but I blame the sporadic, cold Memphis weather and the fear of street harassment and cat-calling for not running outside consistently. Je ne something parle français.

It wasn’t that the goals individually were asking a lot from me. In fact, many were pretty reasonable. For example, another goal was to drink more water. I’d say that’s a pretty low-bar ask of myself. The mistake I made was that I was trying to do too much at once. I was stacking up so many things at the beginning of the year that by the end of the first month, I had forgotten most.

The timeline I set up was not reasonable for me. With all the things I was juggling then, I could have probably found time to read one leisure book a month. One a week was nearly impossible with my work schedule.

I was exhausted by the end of the day, and I felt worse knowing that I hadn’t read through 30 pages of a book. I would even talk myself out of it. I’d think, I didn’t hit 30 pages today, tomorrow I have the same schedule so it’s probably not going to be different. As someone who sets really high personal expectations, the number of daily goals I laid out for myself was stressing me out. No one was forcing me to do this. I wasn’t being evaluated for my progress. What began as simply making goals to better my health was actually steadily doing the opposite.

For someone else, these goals may be a walk in the park. This may also already be a part of someone’s daily routine. It just didn’t work for me. It was too much.

I never paused to think about how these goals aren’t fixed and that I could actually shift them since I was the one who set them.

I was overwhelmed with getting through a day of work, resting, and then getting through the next, and I kept pushing my goals back further until February when I dropped them altogether.

That second month, I threw my list out except for one goal: exercise. My roommate was walking to the gym in the morning anyway, and doing one goal with a buddy, and accountability, helped me keep my goal as a habit. By going to the gym, I inevitably got into the habit of drinking more water. In March, I wanted to learn to skateboard, which many people around me advised against since I’m not a 13-year-old with time to heal any broken bones and, well, health care is expensive. Despite all warnings, I began skateboarding to the gym because I convinced myself that skateboarding would get me there quicker, meaning I could sleep in for a few more minutes. At first, my logic wasn’t sound, as I could barely stay on the board for more than a few seconds, but in time, I was knocking out three goals: exercising, being outside, and drinking water. Four weeks into my skateboarding journey, I actually did fall and break my foot, but now I know more about my body and can name my metatarsal bones. Win, win.

So, this new year, my advice is to hold off on those goals until February. If you do make goals in January, make your list, but give yourself the space to realistically do three, or at least start out at three and then add on. Besides, time is what we make of it, so who’s to say you can’t set up or add resolutions on the second week of March? Any new week or new day can be our time to make small, steady changes in our lives.

Aylen Mercado is a brown, queer, Latinx chingona and Memphian exploring race and ethnicity in the changing South.

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