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OUR 1614TH ISSUE 01.30.20 When someone asks me what an editor does, I like to tell a story from my days as the editor of Pittsburgh Magazine in the late 1980s.

My publisher at the time was a bright, charming woman and very active socially.

One Saturday night, she met a distinguished brain surgeon at a dinner party.

Over the course of the evening, the surgeon regaled my publisher with story after story — the drama and intrigue of surgery, the tragic diagnoses, the miraculous successes, funny tales from the operating room, the ebb and flow of life and death.

He made quite the impression, apparently. I say this because on Monday morning my publisher called me into her office and informed me she’d “assigned” Dr. Raconteur to write a feature for the magazine, putting some of the tales he’d told at dinner down on paper.

I had one question: “Can he write?”

“Of course, he can write,” she responded. “He’s a brain surgeon!”

Silly me.

So, I followed up with “Dr. Anderson” the next day and went over the mechanics of turning in a story to the magazine.

“We’ve got you slated for the December issue,” I said. “So we’ll need the copy November 1st. Around 3,500 words or so.”

“Sure,” the doctor said. “That gives me six weeks to knock it out. No problem at all.”

“Great, I’ll check in with you around that time.”

You know where this is going, don’t you?

The good doctor did not have the story ready on November 1st, when I called.

“When’s the latest I can get this to you?” he asked. (Pro tip: When an editor hears this question from a writer, it means, “I haven’t started writing yet.”)

“No later than November 15th,” I said. “And that’s the drop-dead date.”

On the 15th, I got 6,000 words or so from Dr. Anderson. I say “words” because that’s what I got — anecdotes with no coherent organization, no beginning, no conclusion, just “stories” that read like they’d been dictated to a secretary. Which, I found out later, was exactly what he’d done.

I had no real backup plan to fill the space in that issue, and besides, my publisher had promised him he’d be in the magazine. So, I took the manuscript home and worked on it for two solid days, trying to give it some sort of structure, a narrative flow. Basically, I rewrote the damn thing from scratch, and we managed to get it into the December issue.

My publisher was delighted with the story. The doctor was also delighted, apparently choosing not to notice that what appeared in print under his byline bore very little resemblance to the word salad he’d given me.

Six months later, I was sitting with the publisher and my editorial staff around a dinner table at the William Penn Hotel. We were there for the Golden Quill awards, which annually honor the best journalism in Western Pennsylvania.

You know where this is going, don’t you?

When it was announced that Dr. Anderson’s riveting tales from the operating room had won Best Magazine Feature, the editorial staff ’s eyes rolled so hard you could hear them click in their sockets. I pasted on a smile and went to the podium.

When I returned to our table after accepting the award, my publisher, who knew what I’d been through with the doctor’s story, laughed and said, “See, I told you he could write.”

And that’s basically the life of an editor: You work in the weeds and try to help your writers produce better stories. It’s a collaborative gig, and I’ve loved it for almost 40 years.

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LEGALI Z E IT Sen. Raumesh Akbari (D-Memphis) filed a cannabis-legalization bill last week that would push way beyond failed medical marijuana bills of years past.

Akbari’s bill would decriminalize low-level possession offenses and legalize the sale of marijuana for recreational purposes, with laws modeled after Colorado’s.

The legislation would put a 12-percent tax on the sale of marijuana. Half of the taxes would go to public school funding, about a third would go to road and bridge projects, and 20 percent would Clockwise from top left: Akbari files a recreational cannabis bill, incarcerations up in be returned to the state’s Tennessee, Lee backs laws targeting women and LGBTQ community general fund.

“With marijuana now available closer and closer to our state, it’s time for Tennesbill would ban abortions upon detection of a heartbeat, seans to have a real discussion about repealing outdated much like a bill that failed last year, but Lee’s will have more penalties for low-level possession and investing in our restrictive provisions. It will prohibit abortion motivated economic future and public schools through legalization,” by the sex, race, or diagnosis of a disability of the child and Akbari said. would require women to view their ultrasound.

“We know that when a mother views her unborn child B E H I N D BAR S and hears a heartbeat, hearts and minds are changed,” Lee Tennessee’s incarceration rate is 10 percent higher than the said of the ultrasound provision. national average, its female prison population rate has exThe bill will also specify that if the heartbeat provision is ploded, spending on corrections has surpassed $1 billion, struck down in court, the abortion ban would kick in at 8, and the state has the fourth-highest violent-crime rate in 10, or 12 weeks — the point at which bans have been upheld the country. in court.

That’s all according to researchers with the Crime and Adoption: On Friday, Lee signed a bill that will allow Justice Institute (CJI), who presented their findings Wednes- adoption agencies to discriminate against the LGBTQ day to members of the Tennessee House Judiciary Comcommunity. mittee. Those researchers were tapped to join a task force The bill would shelter faith-based adoption agencies from last year and charged by Gov. Bill Lee to review the state’s lawsuits by any group claiming discrimination. It prohibits criminal justice system. faith-based groups from participating “in any child placeThe task force released its findings in an interim report ment for foster care or adoption that would violate the in December. That report recommended lawmakers review agency’s written religious or moral convictions.” criminal sentencing, reduce sentencing times for some State senators passed the bill two weeks ago, the first parole violations, and more. major move by the body since the 111th Tennessee General Assembly reconvened earlier this month. Some senators LE E O N AB O RTI O N AN D AD O PTI O N warned passing the bill could hinder business in the state, Governor Lee got busy last week, backing laws that discrim- with companies and conventions passing over Tennessee for inate against women and the LGBTQ community. more gay-friendly states.

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Annual count surveys Memphis’ homeless population, aiming to end long-term homelessness.

As dawn broke through the clouds, we drove through Downtown looking for anyone who might be homeless.

I was one of about 100 volunteers who met at Calvary Episcopal Church Downtown last week to help with the annual Point-in-Time Unsheltered Count. The count is done around the country, required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). It’s led here by the Community Alliance for the Homeless (CAFTH), which leads the Memphis effort to end homelessness.

We wore yellow traffic vests and name tags and carried two canisters, one with hot chocolate and the other with coffee. We looked down alleys, on park benches, and in doorways. We even knocked on a Porta Potty door. Christine Todd, the community ministries coordinator for Calvary Episcopal Church, said a man named Marcus told her that’s where he had been sleeping.

Todd has built relationships with homeless people living Downtown through her work with the church.

On Sunday mornings, the church opens its doors to homeless individuals, serving them breakfast and providing them with clothes, blankets, and toiletries.

Our goal during the count was to locate unsheltered people and ask them a list of survey questions, including basic information, such as their birth date, ethnicity, and how long they have been

homeless, as well as more personal questions, such as whether or not someone making them feel unsafe or drugs or alcohol use has contributed to their homelessness.

“Did you sleep outside last night?” Todd asked, as we approached a young man curled in a sleeping bag directly behind Memphis City Hall. The man, who Todd recognized as a regular at Calvary, shivered as he peeked out from under his blanket. He agreed to do the survey, telling us he’s been homeless for four years. He has no job and no sources of income.

During our three-hour shift, we surveyed about a dozen individuals. We encountered most of them in the courtyard of St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral on Poplar, where every Wednesday morning there is a service and free community breakfast. A group of individuals gathered around a fire pit in the church courtyard. Some passed by on their way into the

More than 1,300 were counted in Shelby County last year.

church service, speaking to any familiar face they saw.

I surveyed a man in his late 50s who has been sleeping in a tent on the church grounds for a couple of years.

“I’ve been down on luck” and unable to find a job, the man said as he splashed some lighter fluid into the fire pit, rekindling the flame. “The winters are the worst.”

The man said he spends his days looking for a job, but he doesn’t like to venture too far from his home base, as he worries someone will steal his belongings.

The information collected Wednesday will be submitted to HUD and used to determine what resources Shelby County needs to address homelessness and provide housing for unsheltered individuals.

Last year’s count recorded a total of 1,325 homeless individuals in Shelby County. Of that number, 58 were unsheltered, and 1,267 were in transitional or emergency shelters.

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The current deliberations on whether and by what means Shelby County government should buttress MATA (Memphis Area Transit Authority) provide a case in point. Support for county financing of MATA is strongest among the commission’s city-dwelling Democrats and problematic to the extent that a commissioner’s base is in the suburbs, where Republicans dominate.

This is especially the case regarding the debate on the county wheel tax, the $50 annual fee assessed on automobile ownership that has been proposed as the basis, via a new surcharge, for financing the county’s assistance to MATA. The wheel tax, created in 1957 to aid school construction, has always been controversial, especially as, over the years, it was tapped for purposes rather than education. But this latest proposal to add a $20 assessment earmarked for MATA, has really fired up opposition.

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The initial test vote, the week before last, topped off at five commissioners in committee; nine votes would be needed to enact a fee increase, and that first preliminary vote of 5 to 4, with 2 abstentions, clearly indicated there would be very little progress toward approval without substantial modifications.

Further negotiation proved possible, however, as Sheriff Floyd Bonner added his voice to those of county Mayor Lee Harris and the various commissioners, and a hook was attached to the original proposal that gave it immediate relevance to the distrustful suburban commissioners. The recent de-annexation of several territories from the city of Memphis left those areas without claim to Memphis Police Department law enforcement. It was obvious that new sheriff ’s deputies would be needed in the de-annexed areas and just as obvious that new funding would be needed to pay for them.

Hence the reshaping of the proposed county MATA legislation, earmarking a percentage of the new wheel tax surcharge for the purpose of hiring new deputies. Some version of that concept, with or without specific bifurcation from the wheel tax proper, is currently under discussion both within the commission at large and under the auspices of a new Transportation Ad Hoc Committee created by chairman Billingsley and cochaired by Commissioners Tami Sawyer and Mick Wright, pillars, respectively, of the Democratic and the Republican base.

Meanwhile, the wheel tax itself is under renewed attack. GOP Commissioner Morrison took the lead with a proposed resolution to subtract an annual $5 from the existing $50 wheel tax, to be offset by eliminating the commission’s $2.6 million annual fund for community enhancement grants. Money to make these grants is distributed equally to each member of the commission and then to individuals and a variety of causes deemed worthy by the commissioners. The ability to assign such lagniappe is especially significant for the Democratic commissioners of the economically underserved inner city. They are correspondingly viewed with something approaching indifference in the Republican suburbs.

Morrison’s proposal was a nonstarter in committee and, when brought to the floor of the regular meeting on Monday, begat a parade of vocal opponents from an audience jam-packed with spokespersons for the numerous programs, agencies,

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Although the Shelby County Commission is relatively bipartisan in its functioning, certainly in comparison to other bodies elected by partisan contest (read: Congress, the Tennessee state legislature), the occasional issue can prompt ideological cleavages to surface.

As circumstances at Monday’s regular public meeting demonstrated, there is a Republican hardcore — consisting of (in rough order of ideological purity) Amber Mills, David Bradford, Brandon Morrison, and Mick Wright. The commission’s fifth Republican, chairman Mark Billingsley, is a de facto centrist, using his position to mediate between factions of all sorts, including those that are party-based.

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and causes that have benefited from, and in many cases have depended on, the enhancement grants.

So overwhelming was this response that Commissioner Wright posed the obvious response, an amendment, that passed without objection, to strike all reference to grants from the wheel tax reduction proposal.

As popular (and as inevitable) as that action was, it left the resolution without any visible or obvious means for offsetting the potential loss to the budget, which was recalculated on the spot to be $3.6 million annually.

Even so, the now-denatured measure was submitted to a vote, and four commissioners — all members of the aforementioned GOP hardcore of Mills, Bradford, Morris, and Wright — still voted for it, clearly as a symbolic gesture only.

What all this augurs is the likelihood of vigorous argument over the budget when that process begins some weeks from now, and several ad hoc skirmishes over expenditures between now and then.

• For several years, sentiment had been mounting among local voting-rights activists for new voting machines, and at length the Shelby County Election Commission, county Election Administrator Linda Phillips, and the Shelby County Commission all concurred in the necessity for such refurbishing, inasmuch as scarcely a single election has occurred in the last several decades without some mishap — and often a full-blown scandal — marring it.

The issue is, which kind of new machine. All principals acknowledge that the new machines, which Phillips has said she hopes to have on hand in time for this year’s August round of voting, must have “paper trail” capacity, for purposes of accuracy. The main source

of debate at the moment is whether the new machines should allow for “votermarked” ballots, filled out by hand and subject to a verification process including scanning by machine, or rely instead on machine-marked ballots, the printed results of which can be checked before final casting.

Phillips has said she prefers the latter process, maintaining that there is an 8 to 12 percent chance of voter error with voter-marked paper ballots. Proponents of such ballots deny those statistics and counter that the process of machinemarking ballots allows for fraud by means of computer hacking.

Democratic Election Commissioner Bennie Smith makes the latter point and last week conducted a demonstration before the county commission of how just a hacking could occur.

While the commission must approve the final funding for the new machines, it is the Election Commission which will determine the type to be purchased.

An RFP (“request for proposal”) has been issued by the SCEC, and responses are expected on behalf of both types of voting machine. A group of pro-votermarking activists turned up at last week’s meeting of the Election Commission and were denied permission to speak, on grounds that the RFP process was incomplete, though Smith and Republican Election Commissioner Brent Taylor demurred from the prohibition.

A group of the activists, with Smith in tow, lobbied the county commission on behalf of a resolution backing the voter-marked machines on Monday.

Sponsor Van Turner acknowledged that the ultimate decision lay with Phillips and the SCEC but noted, “We can withhold funding.” Phillips countered: “And we can sue.”

In the end, the county commission sent the matter back to committee for further discussion.

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THE CLASS OF 2020 PRESENTED BY

This is the eleventh year the Memphis Flyer has asked our readers to tell us about outstanding young people who are making the Bluff City a better place. We had a record number of nominees, so narrowing it down to 20 was more difficult than

ever. We do this so Memphis can meet the leaders who will be shaping our future. Even though we live in a time of uncertainty, speaking to these talented 20 never fails to fill us with hope.

Here they are: Your 20<30 Class of 2020.

Special thanks to Central Station Hotel for hosting our photo shoot.

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AUSTIN ROWE Realtor

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Austin Rowe wants you to Make Memphis Home. He adopted the motto three years ago when he got his realtor’s license, and he’s been putting people in houses ever since — he’s on track to sell $4.5 million worth this year. “I tell people all the time that Memphis has an undercurrent of soul that can’t be seen, it can’t be heard, it just pulls you in.”

Rowe lives in Midtown with his partner Taylor and their corgi Rivendell. He is active in Friends For Life and president of the Memphis chapter of the National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals. “I like the diversity in my neighborhood the most. You have African-American families, young white families, and older retired people living here. You have Latino families, Asian families. It’s everything about what America is supposed to be.”

JARED “JAY B.” BOYD Reporter, Daily Memphian

After three years in Mobile, Alabama, Jared Boyd couldn’t wait to return to Memphis. “You know, home is home.”

When the University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media graduate was offered a job at the Daily Memphian, he jumped at the chance. “I think the big thing about working here is how many well-respected stars are in this newsroom,” he says. “It’s like coming to work for the Avengers every day.”

Boyd’s other passion is music. “I started writing and recording in my bedroom when I was 12,” he says.

These days, he is the co-host of Beale Street Caravan, the long-running syndicated radio show that highlights music from Memphis and beyond. On the weekends, he can be found in the DJ booth. “Central Station is my home base … People come there and visit from as far away as London, and I love having conversations with people about music. It’s fun to be in that space and be the total brand ambassador.”

PARIS CHANEL Modeling Agency Owner, Social Media Influencer

This is not the first time Paris Chanel has been on the cover of the Memphis Flyer. Most recently, the owner of the Paris Chanel Agency graced these pages on Valentine’s Day 2019. “I started [modeling] when I was 12,” she says. “It was love at first sight, and I haven’t stopped.

“Growing up in the industry, there weren’t a lot of girls who looked like me. And I thought, the lack of diversity is deep here. So I wanted to do something different. I want to be able to show diversity in all forms.

We represent models who aren’t the standard shape and size. We have plus-size models, and we’re looking to get plus-size men on board, too …

Everybody deserves a time to shine. So that was my thing — I wanted to create a new avenue for people who probably wouldn’t have been given the chance to explore their dreams.”

ETHAN FERGUSON Tech Entrepreneur

The first company Ethan Ferguson founded was Augseption XR, which offered augmented reality services for education uses. The second was Cinilope, which is developing new uses for drones. The most remarkable part of the story is, Ferguson is a 20-yearold sophomore at Rhodes College. “I put down roots in Memphis during high school. I had clients, and I really wanted to keep my job. Being able to stay in Memphis to grow what I have has been really helpful for me.

“Things are changing, and a lot of that has to do with the education system … We need to put education first, and that’s just not happening in Memphis right now … That education needs to be ready for the new, more automated, high-tech economy.

Many of our students are being underserved for that, but it doesn’t take a lot to convert from that whole way of thinking to the new way of thinking because the technology is so ubiquitous.”

“I graduated from Georgetown in 2013,” says Ayo Akinmoladun. “When I was in D.C., I did student teaching, and I realized that a lot of educational inequality popped up in D.C. So I looked all over the world until I saw

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TERRICA CLEABORN-THORNTON Lil’ Miracles Food Truck and Catering

Terrica Cleaborn-Thornton says she got her gifts from her mother. “We’ve catered for dignitaries. We’ve catered for Tom Shadyac, the Hollywood producer and U of M professor.”

When Cleaborn-Thornton thought

it was time to upgrade to a food truck, she approached her mother with the idea. “We went to her right after she found out she had stage one cancer.

‘Mom, we have a gift. People flock to your home for food — all races, nationalities, and classes. Let’s serve.’

She said she wouldn’t do it unless we were giving back. I said, ‘We’re going to make it our mission that every homeless person, or someone in need, gets to eat for absolutely free, no matter what. That’s when we came up with the Pass Forward initiative.

At Lil’ Miracles Food Truck, what would usually be tips are put toward feeding anyone in crisis, no questions asked. Thornton calls the needy people who come to her for help Wandering Angels. “If you give people a reason to give back, they will.”

Alongside Northwestern Mutual, New Memphis is incredibly proud to congratulate and celebrate the Memphis Flyer’s 20<30 2020 class. Memphis is lucky to have such amazing talent!

There are loads of clichés out there about youth being our future, and I, for one, fully embrace them.

The reality is, the young are often best poised to push us forward. They see our city with fresh eyes.

They are able to reframe perspectives and challenge what is possible. They are often more willing to dream big for Memphis, and that excites me.

Age and experience don’t make a leader. What this group has in common is a commitment to excellence, a willingness to innovate, and an ability to mobilize and inspire others.

New Memphis doesn’t build young leaders; we embolden them, sharpen their skills, and connect them to like-minded changemakers. By developing leaders who are accountable to their community, eager to collaborate, and driven to be make a difference, New Memphis is creating a better future for our city.

It’s hard not to be hopeful for Memphis’ future when you read about these 20 amazing people.

They are our city’s potential.

If you are or know a young person who is ready to impact the community, visit NewMemphis.org to learn more about how we can help. And if you happen to be new to Memphis and are looking for ways to get involved, we’re ready to help you explore your new city.

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AYO AKINMOL ADUN Dean of Instruction, Cornerstone Preparatory Elementary

Teach For America. They matched me here in Memphis. I’ve been here for seven years. I’ve seen the effect the political and the educational landscape has on students. I think, how can I change the narrative as a black educator here? As a rising principal, how can I change the narrative so students have access to college and [the same] opportunities as their peers?”

Akinmoladun says just seeing someone who looks like them at the head of the class can help encourage students who might otherwise get discouraged. “Black male teachers make a difference for low-income black boys. [With them], they are 29 percent more likely to pursue college and 39 percent less likely to drop out of high school.”

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DEVENEY PERRY Resilient Communities Manager, BLDG Memphis

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This Spelman College alumna and native Memphian is taking on equitable community and economic development in Memphis. “I’ve been working on a national initiative that works with communities to ensure community voices and decision-making guide equitable growth and development. The growth and development will benefit their health as well as their economic opportunities.”

Perry’s work for BLDG Memphis includes things like supporting North Memphis communities to achieve and maintain land ownership, revitalizing public spaces that actually work for the people living there, and building the trust that society needs to thrive.

“We start community engagement at the point of a transactional need. We don’t start at the point of just building relationships. … Community engagement is not a one-time thing that is based on a need or an agenda. It’s a relationship that’s built over time. That’s how we’re able to support and revitalize Memphis neighborhoods.”

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GENE ROBINSON Germantown High School Football Coach

RODERICK ERBY IT Auditor, International Paper

KEVIN BROOKS Filmmaker

VICTORIA YOUNG Attorney, Baker Donelson

firm that has such a rich tradition and a rich history.”

For most people, that would be enough. But not for Young. She started spin classes while in college at Duke University, and when she returned to Memphis, she started Spincult, a boutique cycling studio in the Medical District.

“I wanted Spincult to be a hub for the anchor institutions of the Medical Center, but I was also building a place for me, as a grad student, to enjoy. …

I wanted it to be a place where people

who do the heart work can come and get a hard workout in.”

Earlier this month, Young welcomed her first daughter into the world. “Now, it’s even more important that I’m able to show her that you have to genuinely invest in the people you care about, and the places you care about.”

“I played football at Whitehaven High School, and that was my way to a free education,” says Gene Robinson. “I got a full scholarship to the University of North Carolina. It was there I got my passion for being able to come back to Memphis and show these young people the opportunities. When I got there, I was like, wow, there are all types of people here, and we’re all getting a free education through the game of football.

You hear, ‘This kid can’t succeed,’ but get them on a college campus and get them a degree … well, most of my friends now have good jobs.”

When Robinson returned to Memphis after his collegiate career as a letterman defensive back, he became a coach for Fairley High School football, where he led the Bulldogs to three consecutive regional championships.

As 2020 dawned, he moved to Germantown High School.

“I wanted to come back to Memphis because this is where I learned my grit, my grind. I wanted to give these kids a way out.”

Before Victoria Young went to law school, she was a teacher. “I love teaching, but the changes I want to see made aren’t going to be done in the classroom. In order for me to have the effect I want to have, I would need to understand policy and how policymakers and legislators think. … It feels like the manifestation of a dream. I am blessed not only to practice law, but to be able to practice law in Memphis at a

Roderick Erby has always been a good student. Looking back, he says he realized that he didn’t succeed alone.

“I’ve had many informal mentors who, throughout the years, have taught me things that, at the time, I didn’t know I needed … I didn’t realize the gravity of that until I got to college.”

When he’s not keeping the information systems humming at IP, he devotes himself to mentoring people. “I have a mentee in graduate school and one who is about to graduate from high school. Here at International Paper, we have a scholar group of eight or nine kids we meet with every other Monday.

They’re juniors in high school. One thing I always find I can help people with is professional etiquette … More recently, I’ve become interested in positive mental health practices. That’s where I’ve helped a lot of my friends who are even my age understand what it means to take care of their mental health, to get a therapist, and to be really intentional about making sure they’re okay mentally, as well as physically and spiritually … That’s what it comes down to for me: helping people. I’ve learned things. I’ve had a lot of experiences. Anything I can do to pass that along to other people to help them, that’s what makes me feel good.”

The two-time Memphis Film Prize winner, Sundance fellow, and youngest-ever board member for the Memphis and Shelby County Film and Television Commission started his trajectory when he saw The Matrix at age 6. “I just really loved how that movie was very entertaining, but at the same time, it has moments that I felt were deeper than just action …

That’s just kind of always stuck with me. I want to make entertaining films, but I want it to cause you to really think and leave the theater different than when you came in. That same year, my dad came home with a camera, so it’s like everything kind of played together. It was just meant to be, I guess.”

After the success of “Night Out,” the short he co-directed with Abby Myers, Brooks is working on a documentary and his first-ever feature film, which he plans to shoot in Memphis. “The best artists are the ones who know how to kill the ego and know it’s about serving the audience. That’s what you’re doing: You’re making something that can touch someone, and change someone’s life.”

“When I came to Memphis about six years ago, I saw opportunity. There was so much blight around, vacant lots that I could utilize. I started looking at how to acquire some of these lots and went to the land bank and purchased a few. I was just trying to make urban farming a viable option for people in the city. …

My urban farm is where all the blight is, where people are not likely to end up.

People don’t want to live there. I was in those kinds of communities, trying to inspire people to either grow their own food to eat or to make a viable income for themselves. I haven’t reached that point, where you can sustain yourself from urban ag, but I’m going to keep working until I can do that.”

Woods, who also works as a project coordinator for Memphis Area Legal Services, renovated a formerly blighted house where he lives with his new baby Uriah. “I think we’re fighting toward a Memphis for everybody. Memphis has so much personality, so much flavor. It’s unfair to keep it in just one neighborhood.”

JOI TAYLOR Alumni Director, Choose 901

Joi Taylor’s job is to keep talented young people in Memphis. “I was born and raised here. This is my city.”

She started working at Choose 901 in May 2017. “We have five local partner schools in the City of Memphis,” she says. “The whole idea is, after these kids graduate from these partner schools, they enter our program. Right now, we have over a thousand alumni in this program.

Our objective is to connect them with opportunities, to mentor them. Anything they need to get ahead in life, it’s our job to connect them with that. But at the same time, to equip them with the skills and know-how to apply what they’ve learned from their mentors to the workplace. … Our whole thing is to make sure that the next generation of leaders in Memphis is well-equipped to take over and be the best that they can be. We want to improve the city of Memphis and [to help people] understand the leadership that’s in place now, so they won’t be clueless when it’s their turn to follow their dreams and take their rightful place as leaders of this city.”

DANIEL BASTARDO BL ANCO Ph.D. Student, UTHSC St. Jude Integrated Biomedical Science Program

“We are interested in understanding how the immune system works — how the body defends itself against cancer, against bacteria, and infection. In particular, I’m interested in understanding the molecular processes that drive the development of specialized immune cells. We use a number of tools to dissect which molecular players are

CARA GREENSTEIN Senior PR + Social Media Manager, Doug Carpenter and Associates

KATHERINE KING Senior Engineer, FedEx

Cara Greenstein started her first food and lifestyle blog while she was in college in Austin, Texas. “Caramelized was a school project I started in a public relations writing class in 2012. It combines my passion for writing and story time with cooking and entertaining. When it originally started, it was just to practice my writing skills in the blog medium. But after I turned it in for a grade, I wanted to keep doing it.”

Her writing gained the attention of the Austin Chronicle, and her readership has continued to grow from there. “More recently, I’ve been working with national brands and products to be their lifestyle ambassador while also balancing the great food and lifestyle scene of my city.”

As soon as she graduated, she came back home. “I was watching Memphis’ development get started. I was seeing Downtown and the energy that was being reinvested, and I wanted to be a part of it. I actually met Doug Carpenter, who is now my boss at DCA, when I was a senior and considering my next move.

It was even more compelling after that conversation. … I’m looking to build a city that is better connected.”

“I am looking at what FedEx will be five to 10 years out,” says Katherine King. “My work involves looking at vision systems, robotics, and exoskeleton technology, which falls into general human augmentation technology. I get pretty excited about my job!

“When I was first looking for a way to connect with Memphis, I looked for places where I could find people like me, people in my community. Coming from Mississippi, and as someone who came out in college, I didn’t really have a community that identified with me as being part of the LGBTQ community.

OUTMemphis was one of the first places that I looked. They just had so many opportunities to get involved.”

King has been an advisor for the OUTMemphis PRYSM youth group and met her future wife through the Metamorphosis Project. For the last two years, she has been the director of the Outflix Film Festival. “One thing I’m excited about, and have really tried to push for at the festival, is to broaden the idea of the LGBTQ voice when it comes to film. … I think there will always be a place for the coming out story in our community, but there’s room for more stories beyond that first step out of the closet.”

key in the development of T-Cells, highly specialized white blood cells.”

Bastardo Blanco has a talent for communication that is the envy of many in his field. He has been published in everything from Nature to The Commercial Appeal. He is a freelance journalist and blogger who has advised his colleagues on “Bringing your science out of the journal and into the world.

“I am truly fascinated by the power of science,” he says. “I really believe science has the power to change life and to make the world better. But since I have become

a scientist, I have come to realize there is a disconnect between scientists and the general public. We don’t really make a big effort to bridge the two, and we depend on each other.”

He is the founding president of the Venezuelan Alliance of Memphis and the former head of the UTHSC Graduate Student Executive Council. Next month, his research in Memphis will reach its climax when he defends his Ph.D. thesis.“This is coming in great timing for me because it’s really a conclusion of a very big chapter of my life.” continued on page 14

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CARRINGTON TRUEHEART Cellist, Iris Orchestra

his rarified level. But that didn’t stop the Raleigh/Frayser native from obtaining his master’s degree from the University of Memphis and playing with some of the best conductors and musicians in the world. “One thing that music has taught me is, the more you know, the more you don’t know. I feel like every time I enter a new chapter of my life, that circle becomes bigger and bigger. So if you ask me if I’m a natural, I say maybe. But I have to work at it a lot.”

Trueheart is currently the Artist Fellow for the Iris Orchestra. “Part of the fellowship is addressing social inequity in the arts,” he says. “It’s a wonderful program that allows us to do a lot of community outreach. We get to play for kids at Le Bonheur and Hope House.

We travel all over Memphis teaching kids in schools. It’s been a big part of my transition from being in school to being a professional.”

Carrington Trueheart didn’t start playing cello until the eighth grade, a full decade later than most people who perform at

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GOLDIE DEE Entertainer

Goldie Dee, aka Micah Winter, thrives in the spotlight. “What really gives me anxiety is being in a room that is uncontrolled. When I go into an event space and I’m not an MC or a performer, I want to control it. If things are going off the

rails, I feel it is my duty to jump in and contribute to the success of it. I get more anxiety being offstage watching people fail than I do being onstage failing.”

As the new historical marker at Evergreen Theater attests, there has long been an underground drag scene in Memphis.

By performing in nontraditional venues and prestigious events such as the Cotton Carnival, Goldie Dee has been instrumental in bringing drag into the mainstream. “I’m on the board of Friends of George’s. It was one of the original discos here in town, which operated from the 1970s to the 1990s. We now operate as a charitable group. We have about four big shows a year under the TheatreWorks umbrella. We do three major donations a year of $10,000-$15,000.”

During the recent holiday season, she estimates she spent upward of 50 hours a month on stage. “That is my goal with Goldie: To be very visible at all times.”

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KATRINA DORSE Executive Director, Big Heart Fund

“I grew up in Memphis,” says Katrina Dorse. “I was one of those young people who … said ‘I’m never coming back.’”

She was pursuing a master’s degree in social work in Washington, D.C., when she became pregnant. “This was not in the fiveyear plan I had laid out,” she says.

Dorse returned to Memphis to have her baby with support from her family.

“Kellen was born with seven congenital heart defects.”

About 1 in 100 babies are born with heart disease. Kellen spent three of his five months of life at the Le Bonheur cardiovascular intensive care unit, with Katrina by his side. “When I look back on our journey, I see I was very fortunate because we had a lot of support.”

But the other families in the ICU didn’t have that kind of support, so Dorse started the Big Heart Fund, which helps families of ill children with things like housing and other expenses. “You go through this experience that nothing in life can ever prepare you for, but at the end of it you’ve got this wealth of knowledge and experience that you can share with another family. If for nothing else, just to let them know that they’re not alone.”

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SHERRIE LEMONS Communications Director and Clinic Liaison, Planned Parenthood

Sherrie Lemons started volunteering for Planned Parenthood by packing safe-sex kits while she was a student at Rhodes College. Now, 10 years later, she is on the

organization’s leadership board. “I handle all the scheduling and all the communication between our volunteers and the clinic,” she says. “I can’t just do something — I have to do the whole thing.”

In 2018, Lemons was named Planned Parenthood’s Young Volunteer of the Year.

One factor behind the award was her work as an abortion doula. “We’re the handholders of the abortion procedure. We provide physical and emotional support for each patient as needed. If the patient wants us in there with them — consent is a huge factor in what we do — we go into the room with them, we are in there throughout the procedure. … We give them whatever they need.”

Lemons is a native Memphian who is clear-eyed about the kind of future she wants to help build for the Bluff City. “I really want an equitable city. I don’t want to see Memphis associated with the level of poverty that it is currently associated with. … I truly want Memphis to be for everyone. I don’t want that to just be a tagline, putting a smile on a city that has struggled.”

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By Julia Baker

Jerry Garcia is dead and gone, but his music lives on. Thankfully, we can all still get our fill of music inspired by the Grateful Dead from tribute bands like The Grass Is Dead.

The group is due to make a stop in Memphis this Friday at Growlers, but not before they make their way around the solar system.

“We’re going to Jupiter, [we’re going to] outer space, and then we’re going to Mars later tonight,” jokes Brian Drysdale, drummer, percussionist, and a vocalist for the band.

The Grass Is Dead While we can only assume this celestial quest is a ritualistic rite of passage, they’ll be back down to Earth soon, and we can revel in their Dead-inspired sounds, mixed with elements of bluegrass, blues, rock, and soul.

“We’re just a collection of friends,” says Drysdale. “You’ve got Drew Matulich, who’s not only a guitar player, he’s also a mandolin player. He can pretty much play any of the strings, and he’s super talented with swing music, jazz, bluegrass, reggae, all of that. And Ed Richardson, he’s the bass player. He’s a phenomenal musician and knows the Grateful Dead catalog so well. You’ve got Jared Womack with his bluegrass roots, and Billy Gilmore, he’s an encyclopedia of Dead tunes.”

Drysdale rattles off a long list of the group’s musical influences that include greats like the String Cheese Incident, Galactic, Sturgill Simpson, and, of course, the Grateful Dead.

“We’ve just been exposed to this insane kaleidoscope of tunes,” he says. “The best thing about it is to be able to meet these awesome humans and hear them play and be healed by music — because music is therapy, and everybody needs it.”

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Last year, after a 13-year hiatus, rock band Tool released a new album, Fear Inoculum, and now they’re bringing the new tunes to the road with a U.S. tour. Three funnymen, Nick Youssef, Rory Scovel, and Freddy Scott, are big fans, so they’ve decided to follow the band while making a comedy tour out of it. “[The idea] came up at a dinner in Los Angeles, when we all decided to go watch the [Tool] show at Staples Center,” says Youssef. “And almost in passing, I think as just this joke, I was like, ‘Yeah, if they do more dates in 2020, we should start a little tour and go follow them around.’”

Two weeks later, Tool released tour dates for January, and Youssef and the others decided to go for it.

“Everyone who knows us knows we love Tool,” he says. “And this is one of those moments where the stars sort of aligned in the sense that they haven’t had a new album out in a while. We thought we might not have this opportunity for a while, so we jumped on it.”

The three have since followed the band to places like San Diego and Austin, where they had the opportunity to meet Adam Jones, Tool’s guitarist.

“He came to the show in Austin and watched all of us and had a great time,” Youssef says. “He said a lot of very nice things, and we were all beyond thrilled. We all felt like teenagers again. … They have been so supportive. They put out a tweet and an Instagram [post] telling people about our tour, and we were absolutely floored by that because they don’t tweet much about other comedy or music acts.”

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Crosstown 10K and 5K Church Health, 1350 Concourse, 7:30-11:30 a.m., $30-$45 Run the 5K or 10K through Midtown, beginning and ending at Crosstown Concourse, in support of Church Health’s mission to provide health care to working, uninsured patients.

Bluff City Fire and Ice Tiger Lane, 450 Early Maxwell, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

The 14th annual chili cook-off and 21st annual Polar Bear Plunge, benefiting Special Olympics of Greater Memphis. Chili-tasting fee is $5. Entry fee is $50/person for those brave enough to take a dip in frigid water for the plunge.

WEDNESDAY February 5 Imbolg Ball: An Irish Céilí Experience The Brass Door, 152 Madison, 3-6 p.m., $5 Celebrate the coming of spring with Irish céilí dancing. The Memphis Irish Society (MIS) co-hosts this event, featuring live music by local traditional Celtic musicians.

Admission is free for MIS members.

Cut Chemist The Central Station, 545 S. Main, 7 p.m.

Renowned DJ and record producer Cut Chemist performs a Memphisthemed set at this free-to-attend event. Local DJs Red Eye, Capital A, Otis Shredding, and others also spin tracks well into the night.

The Play That Goes Wrong The Orpheum Theatre, 203 S. Main, 7:30 p.m., $25-$90 It’s opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor and things take a turn from bad to worse in this Olivier Award-winning comedy that The New York Times deemed “a gut-busting hit!”

Wednesday Night Titans with HEELS 1884 Lounge, 1555 Madison, 8 p.m., $20 Championship Wrestling-inspired musical event, described as “one part NASA-like brain challenge, two parts video shock treatment, and three parts future-music language lesson.”

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porch, the two began writing music and developing tap dance routines, Middleton says. Swedish Gun Factory was formed shortly after.

They wanted a name people would strongly react to. A “Swedish gun factory” was something that wouldn’t exist, Bergstig says. “Coming from a country where people don’t have guns, we do not have such a thing as mass shootings,” he says. “Of course, every now and then the shooting happens. It’s nothing like in America.”

In 2017, Bergstig and Grace moved to Los Angeles, but Bergstig and Middleton continued to perform in Swedish Gun Factory. Middleton moved to Los Angeles in 2018.

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wedish Jam Factory — formerly Swedish Gun Factory — will make its debut theatrical performance in Memphis at Buckman Performing Arts Center at St. Mary’s Episcopal School this weekend.

The duo, which consists of Thomas Bergstig and Isaac Middleton, tap dances while singing and playing musical instruments.

They formed the group four years ago, but this is the first time they’ve performed their more-than-hour-long show in a theatrical setting in Memphis, Middleton says.

He and Bergstig sing and play several instruments, including guitar, piano, banjo, and mandolin, and employ a range of musical styles from classical to punk rock while they’re tapping.

In 2016, they released an album, Chris Raines, which features their original music.

Describing the Buckman show, Middleton says, “The numbers are basically an accumulation of all of the material that we have made over the last four years.”

The show will feature their original material as well as covers, which range from The Beatles to the Norwegian band A-ha. They also will perform movie and Broadway standards. And classical pieces, Middleton says. “Taking a nod to certain composers like Mozart and Beethoven.”

Bergstig, a native of Stockholm, Sweden, got into musical theater when he was 21. He and some friends formed a tap dancing group called JEERK. Like Swedish Jam Factory, the members of JEERK played musical instruments while they danced.

In 2009, JEERK got a gig in Branson, Missouri. Bergstig stayed after he met Memphis singer Alexis Grace at the Andy Williams Theater. He eventually moved to Memphis, where he and Grace were married. Bergstig taught tap dancing and, later, he became Playhouse on the Square’s music director.

Middleton, who was born in Harlan, Kentucky, but grew up in Chihuahua, Mexico, became fascinated with tap dancing when he was 15 after seeing the movie Singin’ in the Rain.

He moved to Memphis in 2016 to appear in the Playhouse on the Square production of Kiss Me Kate.

After meeting Bergstig on a friend’s

Thomas Bergstig (left) and Isaac Middleton

The duo appeared on Sweden’s Got Talent, a Swedish show similar to America’s Got Talent, in 2017. “Through that we got some steam going,” Middleton says.

About two years ago, they substituted “Jam” for “Gun” because of “the political climate surrounding gun violence,” Middleton says. “‘Jam’ felt like a good way to go. It best encompasses, more or less, what we do.”

Asked their long-term goal for the band, Bergstig says, “Las Vegas would be perfect, but it doesn’t have to be an ultimate goal. It could definitely be something that would be worth aiming at.

I think we both are open to what might happen. I would love to do Broadway.”

“I definitely see us going that route,” Middleton says. “It’s funny ’cause we’ve been making all these short-term goals, but I don’t think I’ve even thought about long-term goals.”

Swedish Jam Factory will perform Friday, January 31st, at Buckman Performing Arts Center at 60 Perkins Ext. Tickets are $28.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule January 30 - February 5 Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

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.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.; Brimstone Jones First Saturday of every month, 5 p.m.; Memphis Jones Sundays, Wednesdays 5:30 p.m.; P.S. Band First Wednesday, Sunday of every month, 7 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

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Sean Apple Thursdays, 4-7:30 p.m.; International Blues Challenge; Endless Blues Records Showcase Thursday, Jan. 30, 10:30 p.m.; Ghost Town Jam Band Friday, Jan. 31, 10:30 p.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.;

168 BEALE 576-2220

Tool Friday, Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m.

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

Handy Bar

Rum Boogie Cafe

FedExForum 191 BEALE

200 BEALE 527-2687

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

Itta Bena 145 BEALE 578-3031

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

King Jerry Lawler’s Hall of Fame Bar & Grille

182 BEALE 528-0150

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

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

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.

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.; Cowboy Neil Band Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Soul Street Mojo Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

King’s Palace Cafe

Silky O’Sullivan’s

159 BEALE

162 BEALE 521-1851

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

King’s Palace Cafe Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851

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

Round of the Tennessee Songwriters Week Showcase Tuesday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m.

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room

183 BEALE 522-9596

Atomic Rose 140 LT GEORGE W. LEE 922-5645

Blind Raccoon Nola Blue Showcases Wednessday, Jan. 29-Friday, Jan 31, noon-5 p.m.

Blind Bear Speakeasy

Richard Wilson Saturday, Feb. 1, 7-10 p.m.

Mollie Fontaine Lounge 679 ADAMS 524-1886

119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435

Brass Door Irish Pub

203 S. MAIN 525-3000

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.

152 MADISON 572-1813

Live Music Fridays; Imbolg Ball: An Irish Céilí Experience Saturday, Feb. 1, 3-6 p.m.; 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 225 S. MAIN 525-3000

Robert Moody Presents the Orchestra Unplugged: The Complete History of Music: Abridged Friday, Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m.

Tin Roof

The Lounge at 3rd & Court

Semi-Average Joe Thursdays, 6 p.m.; Jay Jones Band Friday, Jan. 31, 10 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 1, 10 p.m.; Rodell McCord Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

88 UNION

Dim the Lights featuring live music and DJs First Saturday of every month, 10 p.m.

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

315 BEALE

Mesquite Chop House

24 N. B.B. KING BLVD 930-0793

John Williams and the A440 Band Fridays, 9 p.m.; POPE Saturday, Feb. 1, 9 p.m.; Soul Jazz Trios with Joe Restivo Sundays, 7 p.m.

Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum

The Orpheum International Blues Challenge Finals Saturday, Feb. 1, noon.

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

Live Pianist Thursdays, 5:308:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 5:30-9 p.m., Sundays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and Mondays-Wednesdays, 5:30-8 p.m.

1884 Lounge 1555 MADISON 609-1744

Wednesday Night Titans, HEELS Wednesday, Feb. 5, 8 p.m.

B-Side 1555 MADISON 347-6813

Joe Shicke Friday, Jan. 31, 9 p.m.; Sons of Mudboy Saturday, Feb. 1, 2 p.m.; James & the Ultrasounds Saturday, Feb. 1, 9 p.m.; Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; David Cousar Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Outer Ring Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

DJ Matty Friday, Jan. 31, 9 p.m.; Marcella & Her Lovers Friday, Jan. 31, 10:30 p.m.; Swamp Soul Boogie Dance Party Saturday, Feb. 1, 10:30 p.m.; Mary Gagz and Her Gaggle of Girlz Mondays, 9 p.m.

The Silly Goose

Blue Monkey

100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

2012 MADISON 272-BLUE

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

South Main Eight & Sand 545 S. MAIN 524-5247

Soul Service presents Cut Chemist Saturday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m.

South Main Sounds 550 S. MAIN 494-6543

Amy Jamison, Dan Montgomery, Bree Ogden, and Andrew Ryan Friday, Jan. 31, 7-9 p.m.

191 BEALE, SUITE 100 205-2533

West Tennessee Qualifying

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

Canvas

1737 MADISON 443-5232

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

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

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

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TOOL FRIDAY, JANUARY 31

HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1

MADEA’S FAREWELL TOUR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7

Memphis Grizzlies face off against the Detroit Pistons, starting at 7pm.

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Grammy Award winning rock band Tool makes a stop at FedExForum.

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The world-famous Harlem Globetrotters bring their all-new show Pushing the Limits to FedExForum.

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Actor, filmmaker and comedian Tyler Perry is making a stop at FedExForum.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule January 30 - February 5 The Cove

Railgarten

2559 BROAD 730-0719

2160 CENTRAL

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.

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School 60 N. PERKINS EXT. 537-1483

Guest House at Graceland

East of Wangs

3600 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-3322

6069 PARK 763-0676

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

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

Whitehaven/ Airport

Swedish Jam Factory Friday, Jan. 31, 8-9:30 p.m.

Rob Haynes Thursdays-Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.; Live Music MondaysWednesdays, Sundays, 7-11 p.m.

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

Live Music Thursdays, Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.; Karaoke and

1474 MADISON 275-8082

7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

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

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

Frayser/Millington Pop’s Bar & Grill 6365 NAVY 872-0353

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts New Memphis Colorways Album Release Friday, Jan. 31, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

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.; DJ Turtle or CeCee First Sunday of every month, 5-9 p.m.

Growlers

Germantown

1350 CONCOURSE, SUITE 280 507-8030

1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Funk You: Perpetual Groove After-Party Thursday, Jan. 30, 11 p.m.; The Grass Is Dead Friday, Jan. 31, 9 p.m.; Riff Raff: Cranberry Vampire Tour Wednesday, Feb. 5, 8 p.m.

Germantown Performing Arts Center 1801 EXETER 751-7500

Jazz in the Box: Master Jazz Guitar - Steve Masakowski Friday, Jan. 31, 7-10 p.m.; Ms. Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton Saturday, Feb. 1, 8-10 p.m.

Hi Tone 412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

My One and Only, Josh Waddell Thursday, Jan. 30, 8 p.m.; Corey Hunt Band, Todd Allmon Thursday, Jan. 30, 9 p.m.; JuJu Bushman and Friends Friday, Jan. 31, 9 p.m.; Strooly, DJ DanceAlone Saturday, Feb. 1, 9 p.m.; Sir Jerold French Sunday, Feb. 2, 10 p.m.; Jeremy Scott, Sun Studies, Joshua Carpenter Monday, Feb. 3, 9:30-11:45 p.m.; Random Open Mic Comedy Tuesday, Feb. 4, 9 p.m.; Ryan Zimmerman Wednesday, Feb. 5, 9 p.m.

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

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

North Mississippi/ Tunica Como Catfish Bar and Grill 204 MAIN 662-426-3166

Jam with Big Blues Mane R.L. Boyce Saturday, Feb. 1, 8 p.m.

Lafayette’s Music Room

Hollywood Casino

2119 MADISON 207-5097

Perpetual Groove Thursday, Jan. 30, 8 p.m.; Mary-Heather Hickman Friday, Jan. 31, 6:30 p.m.; Walrus Friday, Jan. 31, 10 p.m.; 3 Degrees Saturday, Feb. 1, 2 p.m.; Twin Soul Saturday, Feb. 1, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Jeffrey & the Pacemakers Sunday, Feb. 2, 4 p.m.; Madison Line Mondays Mondays, 6 p.m.; The Justus Brothers Tuesday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m.

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

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

Horseshoe Casino Tunica 1021 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 800-357-5600

Young Avenue Deli 2119 YOUNG 278-0034

Lucky 7 Brass Band Friday, Jan. 31, 10 p.m.

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

Frog Squad Friday, Jan. 31, 9:30 p.m.

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

Midtown Crossing Grill

Mortimer’s

Lamplighter Lounge 1702 MADISON 726-9916

394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

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 1532 MADISON 726-0906

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

University of Memphis The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND 454-7771

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

Triple S 1747 WALKER 421-6239

Friday Karaoke Fridays, 7-11 p.m.

590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

Hernando’s Hide-A-Way 3210 OLD HERNANDO 398-7496

Goner Records Night featuring Tyler Keith and the Apostles, Opossums with DJs Zac and Hot Tub Eric Friday, Jan. 31, 9 p.m.; John Paul Keith Saturday, Feb. 1, 9 p.m.; The Memphis Hang Suite Tuesday, Feb. 4, 8 p.m.; Honky Tonk Wednesdays with Dale Watson & his Lone Stars Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

Poplar/I-240

Marlowe’s Ribs & Restaurant

Neil’s Music Room

4381 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-4159

5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Pulse: A Tribute to Pink Floyd Thursday, Jan. 30, 7-11 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

Rock-n-Roll Cafe 3855 ELVIS PRESLEY 398-6528

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

The Fab Four: the Ultimate Tribute to The Beatles Friday, Jan. 31, 8 p.m.

Dance Music with DJ Funn Fridays, 9 p.m.

Bartlett Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center 3663 APPLING 385-6440

A.J. Croce Sings Jim Croce Saturday, Feb. 1, 7:30 p.m.

Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Rockstar Karaoke with Charlie Belt Thursdays, 8 p.m.

RockHouse Live 5709 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 386-7222

Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Karaoke Mondays, Tuesdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.-2:30 a.m.; Live Band Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 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.

West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas Southland Casino Racing 1550 N. INGRAM, WEST MEMPHIS, AR 800-467-6182

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

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Dru’s Place

Shamarr Allen Friday, Jan. 31, 8 p.m.; The Harmed Brothers Saturday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m.

Shelby Forest General Store

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Ed Finney & Neptune’s Army with Deb Swiney Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Rattlesnake Whip Friday, Jan. 31, 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 Minden-Birkenmaier Wednesdays, 6 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Show Fridays, 1-2:30 p.m.; Karaoke hosted by DJ Maddy Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

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JUST KIDDING WORLD TOUR Thursday, February 6 • 9 p.m.

Millennium Theatre

CALENDAR of EVENTS: JAN. 30 - FEB. 5 T H E AT E R

Circuit Playhouse

Indecent, in 1923, a Jewish theater troupe was arrested on the grounds of obscenity. Playwright Paula Vogel recounts the controversy surrounding this play and the lives of the actors who created it. playhouseonthesquare.org. $47.

Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m. Through Feb. 16.

51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

Germantown Community Theatre

BILL ENGVALL Saturday, February 22 7 p.m. & 9 p.m.

Millennium Theatre

Next to Normal, explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness. gctcomeplay.org. Sundays, 2:30 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through Feb. 16.

3037 FOREST HILL-IRENE (453-7447).

Hattiloo Theatre

Detroit 67, it’s the summer of 1967, Chelle and her brother, Lank, are running an unlicensed after-hours joint out of their basement. They must navigate the chaos both outside and within. hattiloo.org. $35.

Sundays, 3 p.m., Saturdays, 2 & 7:30 p.m., and Thursdays, Fridays, 7:30 p.m. Through Feb. 9.

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

The Orpheum

MICHAEL CARBONARO LIVE! Friday, February 28 • 8 p.m.

Millennium Theatre

The Play That Goes Wrong, welcome to the opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous.

The actors trip over everything — including their lines. orpheum-memphis.com. $25-$100. Mon.-Wed., Feb. 5-7, 7:30 p.m., Sat., Feb. 8, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m., and Sun., Feb. 9, 1 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.

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Memphis the Musical, in the 1950s, on the Downtown streets of Memphis, rock-androll was born. In a seedy bar on Beale, music spoke to the soul of a local country boy. playhouseonthesquare.org. $27. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m.

Through Feb. 8.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Tennessee Shakespeare Company

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, based on the children’s book by Kate DiCamillo about the voyage of a toy rabbit that travels the world, including the bustling streets of Memphis. tnshakespeare.org. $15-$29. Wednesdays, Thursdays, 10:30 a.m., Fridays, 6 p.m., Saturdays, 11 a.m. & 4 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m.

Through Feb. 16.

7950 TRINITY (759-0604).

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

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

Opening reception for “37th Annual Juried Student Exhibition: Juror Tyler Stallings,” memphis.edu/amum. Sat., Feb. 1, 3-6 p.m.

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

The Caritas Village

Opening reception for “New Landscapes,” exhibition of original artwork by Amelia Lovel (BrainStormArts). Prints and other merchandise will also be available. caritasvillage.org.

Fri., Jan. 31, 5-7 p.m.

2509 HARVARD (324-5246).

Emily Jones Pointer Library

Opening reception for “Como Folk,” exhibition of photographs documenting folk life in Mississippi by John Shaw. rlboycepicnic.com. Sat., Feb. 1, 5-7 p.m.

104 MAIN.

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

Opening reception for “To

Send the date, time, place, cost, info, phone number, a brief description, and photos — two weeks in advance — to calendar@ memphisflyer.com or P.O. Box 1738, Memphis, TN 38101.

DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS WILL APPEAR IN THE FLYER’S ONLINE CALENDAR ONLY. Weave Blue (Poema al tejido),” exhibition of work related to weaving by six contemporary artists and poets from Guatemala. These works seen together encompass ways of understanding history, relationships, and legacies within Maya communities. (678-2216), memphis.edu/fogelmangalleries. Fri., Jan. 31, 5-7 p.m.

3715 CENTRAL.

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

Art Trolley Tour

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

SOUTH MAIN HISTORIC ARTS DISTRICT, DOWNTOWN.

Artist Talk and Tour with Laura August for “To Weave Blue (Poema al tejido)” Curator conducts exhibition walkthrough in Spanish (translated into English) with artists Hellen Ascoli and Antonio Pichillá. Coffee reception to follow.

Free. Sat., Feb. 1, 1:30-3 p.m.

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Germantown Performing Arts Center

Artist Talk for “Between a Thought and a Thing”

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Conversation led by Memphisloved artists Tad Lauritzen Wright and Hamlett Dobbins.

Sat., Feb. 1, 11 a.m.

DAVID LUSK GALLERY, 97 TILLMAN (767-3800), DAVIDLUSKGALLERY.COM.

1801 EXETER (751-7500).

Casting Demonstration

The Comedians Following Tool on Tour: The Tour, featuring comedians Rory Scovel, Freddy Scott, and Nick Youssef. minglewoodhall.com. $26. Thurs., Jan. 30, 7 p.m.

Saturdays, Sundays, 1:30 p.m.

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

Incognito: Art Soiree and Silent Auction

Join special guest host Kacky Walton, of WKNO for an evening of art, drinks, and hors d’oeuvres. Purchase your favorite painting outright for $250 or at auction. $25 members, $35 nonmembers. Fri., Jan. 31, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

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

Leadership Memphis Exhibition

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The Withers Collection Museum & Gallery has partnered with Leadership Memphis to display a monthly exhibit open to the public the last Friday of every month. Free. Last Friday of every month, 6-8 p.m.

LEADERSHIP MEMPHIS, 365 S. MAIN ST. (523-2344), WWW. THEWITHERSCOLLECTION.COM/ EXHIBITIONSEVENTS.

Open on Main: My Memphis View Art & Gallery

Artist Mary-Ellen Kelly will be selling “My Memphis View” products including books, prints, t-shirts, drink coasters, and posters, as well as featuring a local emerging artist every three weeks. Ongoing.

MY MEMPHIS VIEW ART & GALLERY, 5 S. MAIN, MARYELLENKELLYDESIGN.COM.

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compensated for their time — from $50 to several hundred dollars depending on the study.

Argentine Tango Society

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

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

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An Evening With Jason Alexander, music, comedy, and conversation in memory of Mary Shainberg. Complimentary light desserts will be served. timemphis.org. $80$100. Tues., Feb. 4, 7-8:30 p.m.

Minglewood Hall

1555 MADISON (312-6058).

TheatreWorks

Beginner’s Improv, if you’ve ever wanted to try improv comedy but don’t know where to start or if you love doing improv and just want to do more, this is a perfect space for you. Drop-in and pay what you can. First Monday of every month, 6-7 p.m.

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

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

Epicenter Memphis

Spillit Center Stage: What I Bring with Chalkbeat Tennessee, evening of true stories.

The theme is “What I Bring,” hosted by Spillit Memphis, New Memphis, and Chalkbeat Tennessee. spillitmemphis.org.

Free. Sat., Feb. 1, 7 p.m.

902 S. COOPER (505-0675).

Poplar-White Station Branch Library

Poetry Society of Tennessee Monthly Meeting, (361-0077), First Saturday of every month, 2-4 p.m.

5094 POPLAR (682-1616).

B O O KS I G N I N G S

Booksigning by Mystery Writer R.J. Lee Author discusses and signs Playing the Devil (The second book in the A Bridge to Death Mystery series). Thurs., Jan. 30, 6 p.m.

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

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Immigration Forum

Forum with Charlie Pazar and Jack Richbourg, moderated

by Paul McLain. Lives Worth Saving, Thistle and Bee, and Community Legal Center will be in attendance. Sun., Feb. 2, 11:15 a.m.

CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH,

102 N. SECOND (525-6602), CALVARYMEMPHIS.ORG.

C O N F E R E N C ES/ C O NVE NT I O N S

One Brother to Another Conference Designed to allow young men throughout the Memphis community to learn and network as one. Featuring panel discussion and keynote speaker John Hope Bryant.

Free with registration. Sat., Feb. 1, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, UNIVERSITY CENTER, MEMPHIS.EDU.

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Kids Town

Consignors bring quality, gently used children’s and nursery items (clothing, furniture, baby equipment, activity centers, toys, shoes, books, crib bedding, and accessories) to sell. Free.

Thurs., Jan. 30, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., and Fri., Jan. 31, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, SHOWPLACE ARENA, 105 S. GERMANTOWN, CONSIGNKIDSTOWN.COM.

Teach901 Educator Job Fair

Meet on the fourth floor of the Central Atrium. Educators of all experience levels network with more than 25 school operators to find the right fit for the 2020-21 school year. Tues., Feb. 4, 6-7:30 p.m.

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE., JOBS.TEACH901.COM.

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Black History Month Celebration

Kick-off on February 1st features Spirit of African Music with Ekpe Abioto and photography exhibit. Other weekends include poetry, book signings, and more. Saturdays. Through Feb. 29.

SLAVE HAVEN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MUSEUM, 826 N. SECOND (527-3427), SLAVEHAVENMEMPHIS.COM.

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Crosstown 10K

Features a post-race party inside Concourse. Packet pick-up begins at 6 a.m. on race day with an 8 a.m. race start time. Benefits Church Health.

Sat., Feb. 1, 6 a.m.

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE, CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

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SAM’S TOWN HOTEL & CASINO, 1477 CASINO STRIP RESORTS (662-357-7686), SAMSTOWNTUNICA.COM.

Kick-off for 10-Week Indoor Walking Program. Meet at the red spiral staircase in the East Atrium. Commit to getting your steps, receive a health assessment, nutrition education, chance to win a gift card, and swag bags. RSVP by email, porsche@crosstownarts.org.

Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, noon Through April 1.

City of Hope: Resurrection City and the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign

The Poor People’s Campaign — a grassroots, multiracial movement — drew thousands of people to Washington, D.C., to demand social reforms while living side-by-side on the National Mall in a tent city known as Resurrection City.

This poster exhibition explores the history and legacy of this important moment in U.S. history. Through June 30.

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE, CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Harlem Globetrotters Sat., Feb. 1, 7 p.m.

FEDEXFORUM, 191 BEALE, FEDEXFORUM.COM.

Memphis Grizzlies vs.

Detroit Pistons

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

Mon., Feb. 3, 7 p.m.

FEDEXFORUM, 191 BEALE, FEDEXFORUM.COM.

Memphis Tigers vs.

Temple Owls Mens Basketball Wed., Feb. 5, 7 p.m.

FEDEXFORUM, 191 BEALE, FEDEXFORUM.COM.

Memphis Tigers vs.

UConn Huskies Mens Basketball Sat., Feb. 1, noon.

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The Play That Goes Wrong at The Orpheum, through Sunday, February 9th KIDS

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PAW Patrol: Adventure Play

Back to the Moon: For Good

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

Planetarium show that lets the audience relive the thrills of lunar exploration. Various times, see website for details.

Ongoing.

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

Black Folks Day on the Hill

Depart with SisterReach on a bus to advocate for policies impacting the black community.

Lunch and dinner provided.

Registration required. Visit website for more information.

Wed., Feb. 5, 6 a.m.

SISTERREACH, 2725 KIRBY (748-5058), SISTERREACH.ORG.

Crosstown Concourse Scavenger Hunt Celebrating Black History

Featuring displays and artifacts pertaining to black history. Free. Sundays, 2-4 p.m.

Through Feb. 29.

BARTLETT MUSEUM, 2969 COURT.

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 re-

Free family activity. Pick up a scavenger hunt guide at the front desk in the Central Atrium. Show your completed book at Area 51 or MEMPopS for half-off a frozen treat.

Ongoing.

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE, CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

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Mental Health Breakfast Tuesday, March 10, 2020 7:30 & 8 a.m.

Breakfast & Keynote Speakers

9:30 a.m.

Breakout Session: “Why People Die By Suicide: Recent Developments” with speaker Thomas Joiner, Ph.D.

SATURDAY FEB 29 9:30 & 10:30 AM

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When Kevin Berthia attempted to take his own life at The Golden Gate Bridge, the only thing that stopped him was the listening ear of California Highway Patrolman Kevin Briggs.

Join us as these men share their story of hope, suicide survival and the impact one person can have in the life of another.

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01.31-02.01 INTRODUCTION TO THE ENNEAGRAM & NINE TYPES PANELS

Snacks, Breakfast and Lunch will be provided.

Registration cost is $125. Join us as we gain a deeper understanding of the nine distinct perspectives the Enneagram offers. As we deepen our self-awareness, we become less reactive, more curious and compassionate, moving from automatic patterns to authentic response.

Church Health Community Room

02.01

This third annual race benefits Church Health and features a post-race party inside Concourse.

Packet pick-up begins at 6 am on race day with an 8 am race start time.

8:00am - 11:00am Plaza Registration fee between $20 and $45

Join us at Operation HOPE to learn about establishing or increasing your credit score, creating a budget, how to read a credit report, and what can be done to correct errors that may 11:00am - 12:30pm SunTrust Financial Confidence Center negatively affect your credit rating. RSVP to Judie Hayes at judie.hayes@operationHOPE.org.

FREE

CROSSTOWN ARTS Crosstown Arthouse presents

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TIME AND PLACE 7:30pm - 9:30pm Crosstown Theater $5

Mid-day bicycle ride with Revolutions Bicycle CoOp. Meet at the northwest corner of Front and Monroe and ride with Downtowners to a restaurant within 15 minutes of The Fourth Bluff.

COSSITT LIBRARY, (726-6409) REVOLUTIONSMEMPHIS.ORG.

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.

The Magic Basement

Featuring close-up magic tricks from between the 1860s to the early 1950s and exploration of the playfulness of the Woodruff-Fontaine mansion’s most famous ghost, Mollie Woodruff. woodruff-fontaine.org. $40. Fri., Jan. 31, 7 p.m.

Looking for your chance to walk the runway with a bevy of talented designers? The ninth annual model call. RSVP online. Sat., Feb. 1, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

ARROW CREATIVE, 2535 BROAD, MEMPHISFASHIONWEEK.ORG.

Sun, Earth, Universe

An interactive museum exhibit about Earth and space.

Ongoing.

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

Super Bowl Grand Finale’ Party

Featuring host Hardnard, DJ Sketchz, drink & food specials. raffles, and door prizes. Call to reserve a table. $5. Sun., Feb. 2, 4-10 p.m.

PICASSO’S SEAFOOD & PASTA, 6110 MACON (650-2986).

NEW MEMPHIS COLORWAYS ALBUM RELEASE SHOW 7:30pm - 9:30pm The Green Room $10

Family Workshop:

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR? 10:00am - 12:00pm Crosstown Arts, West Gallery FREE

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Bluff City Fire and Ice Polar Bear Plunge and Chili Cook-Off

Model Auditions for Memphis Fashion Week

FREE CREDIT & MONEY MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP

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Downtowners’ Bike to Lunch

680 ADAMS (526-1469).

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Toy Train Show

Prizes are awarded for Best Chili, Best Salsa, People’s Choice, and Showmanship.

Then jump into the frigid waters on Tiger Lane to cool off. Benefits Special Olympics athletes. Sat., Feb. 1, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

TIGER LANE, 335 S. HOLLYWOOD, SPECIALOLYMPICSMEM.ORG.

Crosstown Brewing Co. Bluegrass Brunch Get your brunch on with a rotating list of visiting food trucks and music by The Late Greats. Sundays, 1-4 p.m.

CROSSTOWN BREWING CO., 1264 CONCOURSE, CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

Enjoy the best coffee in the world while learning about the history and cultural significance of Ethiopian coffee. $25.

Sat., Feb. 1, 2-4 p.m.

OOTHOON’S, 410 N. CLEVELAND (287-9103), OOTHOONS.COM.

GenerosiTEA Party 2020

Enjoy lunch, vendors, a silent auction, fashion show, activity stations for the kids, a photo booth, Empire Beauty School’s work with hair and nails, and more benefiting Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Sat., Feb. 1, 11 a.m.

WOODLAND HILLS BALLROOM, 10000 WOODLAND HILLS (754-2000), GENEROSITEAPARTY. BLOGSPOT.COM.

Sunday Supper Series

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

GRAY CANARY, 301 FRONT, THEGRAYCANARY.COM.

The Casey Jones Chapter of the Train Collectors Association is kicking off their 2019-2020 train show season. There will be lots of O-gauge trains and accessories available to browse, also activities for young children. $5 per family.

Sat., Feb. 1, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Wines for Your Valentine hosted by John Vego

ST. GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282), MEMPHISMODELRAILROADERS. COM/TCA.

CAFE SOCIETY, 212 N. EVERGREEN (722-2177), BUSTERSLIQUORS.COM.

Twilight Thursdays

Extended hours staying open till sunset. Each week will have a different highlight from plants to pets. Thursdays.

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

Taste wines for your Valentine hosted by Buster’s senior wine manager, John Vego. Call for reservation. $25. Tues., Feb. 4, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Women, Whiskey, and Chocolate

Taste local whiskeys paired with luscious chocolates to benefit the Women’s Council. $25. Thurs., Jan. 30, 5:307:30 p.m.

ANF ARCHITECTS, 1500 UNION (278-6868), MEMPHISWOMEN.ORG.

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2020 Morris and Mollye Fogelman International Jewish Film Festival Jan. 30-Feb. 25.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, JCCMEMPHIS.ORG.

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.

Earth/b>

Documentary about people in mines, quarries, and large construction sites in a constant struggle to appropriate the planet. $10. Wed., Feb. 5, 7 p.m.

MALCO RIDGEWAY FOUR, 5853 RIDGEWAY CENTER PARKWAY (6812046), INDIEMEMPHIS.COM.

January FilmFest

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

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

The Keeper

Part of the International Jewish Film Festival. Tells the true story of Bert Trautman. $5 members, $7 nonmembers. Thurs., Jan. 30, 7 p.m.

MALCO PARADISO CINEMA, 584 S. MENDENHALL (682-1754), JCCMEMPHIS.ORG.

Overton Square Movie Night: Groundhog Day Free. Sat., Feb. 1, 6 p.m.

OVERTON SQUARE, 2101 MADISON, OVERTONSQUARE.COM.

The Princess Bride

A comedy fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love.

Saturdays, Sundays, 4 p.m.

Through Feb. 29.

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

Superpower Dogs 3D

From hurricanes, earthquakes and avalanches, canine rescuers use their incredible super senses to locate and rescue victims of disasters. Various showtimes, check website for more details.

Ongoing.

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

Time and Place

A music prodigy, Lee Moses (1941-1998), is considered one of the greatest unknown musicians. This film aims to connect the time of Lee Moses with the place Atlanta is becoming now. $5. Thurs., Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m.

CROSSTOWN THEATER, 1350 CONCOURSE, CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

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going so well with [New Wing Order] and I was kind of bouncing around different concepts, and everything was pointing to ‘Hey, we’re successful as a competition team, let’s turn this into a business.’ So I came home, and that’s what we did.”

New Wing Order recently underwent a flavor update and launched a batch of new sauces — like Spicy Garlic and Mo-Rockin’ — at Wiseacre in mid-January. In total, the menu now includes 24 sauces, including many with Memphis names, like Grind City Gold, Mud Island Jerk, and Midtown Masala. They’ve also introduced two new premium fry options — Nikki’s Hot Fries and lemon pepper fries — and two new seasonings, Riverside Ranch and Caribbean Heat.

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ew Wing Order started out as a group of friends who love hot wing festivals. In less than a decade, they’ve catapulted themselves into the wing scene, sweeping competitions, running one of the city’s most popular food trucks, and launching a successful catering business.

And it’s not all about the wings: New Wing Order also has some of the best nachos around (both the fried chicken barbecue nachos and the hot wing nachos are creative and delicious) and a vegan avocado taco that puts other tacos to shame.

Partners Cole Forrest and Jesse McDonald have even more planned for New Wing Order in the year ahead.

“We’ve been competing since 2012,” says Forrest. “We started the team in 2012, and [Jesse McDonald] definitely put a lot of work into developing the recipes. Then 2015 is when we won our first grand championship. And every year since, it’s been first place, third, first, second, second, and some other grand championships here and there.”

New Wing Order has won multiple awards, including first place in the Southern Hot Wing Festival, The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest (exotic category), and the Bluff City Wing Contest.

“I don’t really have a culinary background,” says McDonald. “I don’t call myself a chef, but it’s my passion, and I’m self-taught.

“I started out in the logistics world,” he continues. “I was at FedEx Ground for a long time as a manager there.

I liked it and was good at it, but it didn’t satisfy me.” After gaining some experience in the restaurant world while living in Nashville, McDonald knew he was ready to go out on his own.

“I kind of knew I wanted to start a business. Everyone kept telling me to start a food truck,” he says. “I’m from Memphis, so I decided to move back home and start it here.

“At the time, the competitions were

“The Memphis Buffalo sauce is a me-and-Cole collaboration,” McDonald says. “Once we figured out the flavor profile, we knew it could be a winner. So literally every weekend, I’d make a batch and do a little tweak, and then he’d make a batch and do a little tweak, and we just went back and forth until we perfected it. And it won us some awards, so we kept going with it.”

New Wing Order has also ramped up its catering activities and is looking forward to a busy Super Bowl season.

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I can’t say that it took me back to those long, strange days in Kharkov.

Which is probably a good thing: I recall being packed into one of the city’s buses and seeing a boy, maybe 12, walking down the street with an unlit cigarette dangling from his lips, holding a 16-ounce beer. I wasn’t the only one who saw him, just the only one who thought the whole thing was a little bent. He stopped to say something to a policeman. I don’t know if the kid was speaking Ukrainian or Russian, but the cop gave him a light.

In sum, Oskar Blues is a good beer for a picnic, after work, or to look across a surreal political climate and say, in that English-as-a-second-language accent, “We’re screwed. We are so totally screwed.”

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f you’ve ever been to Ukraine, specifically the city of Kharkov, about 20 miles from the Russian border, you realize that the fact that they’d elect a comedian and star of such rom-coms as Office Romance 1, 2, and 3 as president is entirely plausible. Even advisable.

It’s not an easy place to get to either: an eight-hour flight to Amsterdam, another four hours to the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, and then a final hour leg on a hulking Soviet-era Anatov that moves through the clouds like a barely sky-worthy sofa.

When I was there, the Russians hadn’t pulled their little cross-border stunt yet, and while everyone knew that they were cooking something up, no one knew what form said stunt was going to take. So the Ukrainians did what most of us do when an ill-advised ex shows up musing about getting back together. They started drinking heavily.

Of course, given the over-abundance of history in these parts, they never really stopped drinking. And they’ve gotten very good at it. They aren’t ale folk over there; they mostly go in for Bohemian pilsners to wash down a local spirit called pertsivka, which is just horilla made with hot peppers. (Horilla, it was explained to me, was what Americans who don’t know the difference call vodka). All of which is soaked up with black bread and sausage. What is an intrepid writer to do when he finds himself in a place like Kharkov? He goes native.

Contrary to popular belief, Bohemia is not the home of the University of Colorado, nor is it a neighborhood in San Francisco; it is the westernmost region of the Czechs. Since the last reshuffling of Europe, it’s been located in the Czech Republic. It is also the place where sneers about pilsners being boring go to die.

Admittedly, this was an odd line of thought to be having in that great whacking beer isle of the Midtown Cash Saver, but it’s also pretty bent to get paid to drink at 9 a.m. on a Wednesday. So, there we are. I was staring at a six-pack of Oskar Blues Mama’s Little

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FILM By Chris McCoy

Golden Treasure The documentary Honeyland has a chance to make Oscar history.

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That’s what director Bong Joon Ho said to Vulture when he was asked about Parasite becoming the first Korean film to be nominated for Best Picture. It’s funny because it’s true.

Hollywood has been called a “mill town,” and the Academy Awards are basically just an annual industry banquet with an incredible PR team. The awards are usually settled by voters who are either too busy to see enough films to make a meaningful decision or hopelessly out of touch with the zeitgeist or both. Controversy is guaranteed — this is a feature, not a bug.

Originally, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences didn’t even consider films made outside of the United States. After giving out honorary awards for several years to films like Bicycle Thieves and Rashomon, the first Best Foreign Language Film was Federico Fellini’s La Strada in 1957.

One reason non-Hollywood films have always been an afterthought at the Oscars is because non-English films

with subtitles have traditionally been a hard sell in America. But as the country becomes more diverse, that has been changing. These days, Malco Theaters regularly devotes screens to Bollywood movies. As I write this, the Telugu film Disco Raja is playing at the Majestic. The mainline Hollywood studios have become more and more dependent on foreign box office, which might be another incentive for the Academy to open up internationally.

The subtitled Roma won Best Foreign Language Film and earned a Best Director award for Alfonso Cuarón in 2018, but a subtitled film has still never won Best Picture.

Parasite, which I think is the best film from a pretty good year, has a chance to make history.

And another subtitled nominee has a chance to make history this year. Best Foreign Language Film got a longoverdue name change to Best International Feature Film, and Honeyland is nominated for that honor and for Best Documentary. It’s no surprise the film has resonated. It’s a humane and fascinating story told with nuance and compassion for all of its subjects by directors Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov.

Hatidze Muratova, the last female bee-hunter in Europe, tends to her hives with traditional methods.

The project reportedly began life as a short film about efforts to preserve the area around the River Bregalnica in North Macedonia, until the directors met Hatidze Muratova. She is a beekeeper living with her 85-year-old mother in some of the roughest and most remote terrain in Europe. When we first meet her, Muratova is climbing along a treacherous mountain ridge to get to a rocky outcrop where a hive of bees has taken shelter. She takes a honeycomb and gently coaxes bees into her handmade, conical hive. She sings to the bees as she works, giving the impression that she’s not so much robbing the hive as she is recruiting workers.

Muratova’s world is timeless, idyllic, and lonely.

She and her mother are the last two inhabitants of an abandoned village. Her beehives are tucked into nooks and crevices in crumbling stone walls that look like they

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Although she frequently works without protective equipment, we never see her get stung by a bee.

The natural rhythms of Muratova’s life are interrupted by the arrival of a family of itinerant farmers — Hussein Sam and his wife and seven children. They arrive in a caravan of cattle, trailers, and tractors, filling the silent hills with noise. At first, Muratova is happy to have new people to talk to. The Sams clearly have their hands full, and she’s got the farmer’s instinct for cooperation. But when Sam decides to take up beekeeping, conflict becomes inevitable. The contrast between his boxy, mass-produced hives and her handmade, organic hives becomes the film’s central vi-

sual metaphor. Muratova patiently tries to explain the sustainable, traditional beekeeping methods developed over thousands of years, but Sam has hungry mouths to feed and a pushy client who wants to move as much product as possible.

There are no good guys and bad guys here, just struggling people responding to incentives. Honeyland is cinéma vérité, which means there’s no voice-over and no talking head interviews. But there is more character and story in the film’s 87 minutes than in most $100 million blockbusters. As Bong Joon Ho said in his Golden Globe acceptance speech, “Once you overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.”

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Republican Tennessee lawmakers are at it again. Oh, right, they’re always at it. More specifically, they’ve returned to their pursuit to deny women of a basic right: the option to safely access abortions.

Last week, Governor Bill Lee announced that he would be submitting a “comprehensive pro-life” bill this legislative session that will put the state “at the forefront of protecting life.” The bill would ban abortion when there is a heartbeat. It also would specifically ban abortions based on sex, race, or disablilties.

Additionally, it would require women to undergo an ultrasound and view the photo before having an abortion.

These provisions suggest that women are just popping into abortion clinics having abortions for flippant reasons. That’s not the case; women are having abortions because of their health or their financial situation or for a number of other serious reasons that one couldn’t understand unless they have been in their shoes.

As the governor made his announcement, he was surrounded by — what else? —a group of men. Men, who have never and will never walk a step in these women’s shoes, attempting to dictate what women do with their bodies. What a concept.

They say the bill is “stronger” than the “heartbeat bill” that passed in the House but failed in the Senate last year.

If the bill does pass, it will surely be challenged in court. That means thousands of dollars of taxpayers’ money will fund fruitless litigation for a cause that most Tennesseans likely don’t support. In fact, a study done by Vanderbilt University in the fall found that 54 percent of respondents believe Roe v. Wade should be upheld.

If abortions are banned in Tennessee, as many experts have said, women will not stop seeking abortions. But abortions will be become more difficult and dangerous for them.

The governor made the announcement of the near-total abortion ban just one day after the 47th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. Nearly half a century ago, the country’s highest court ruled that the Constitution gives women the liberty to choose to have an abortion. Why would we now, 50 years later, attempt to rip that liberty away and regress back to the time when women didn’t have autonomy over their own bodies?

We cannot go back. Only forward.

Laws like these are utterly intrusive and grossly overreach into women’s personal lives. No government entity or any entity, quite frankly, should interfere with a woman’s decision about what to do with her body. The government cannot coerce women into bearing a child they don’t have the capacity to raise or choose not to have for medical or other reasons. It’s a very personal choice that should remain that way.

Views on abortion are just that — views. Whether or not one supports abortion, it’s a personal conviction. And personal and/ or religious convictions should not be mandated through laws.

These lawmakers shouldn’t force their faux moral-high-ground beliefs on others.

Why does it matter so much to these old white men what women in Tennessee do with their bodies? Why do they talk so much about the life of the unborn child and how important it is to defend it and so little about the women who bear the pregnancy?

Perhaps the most cringeworthy quote from Lee’s announcement was this: “My passion for developing this legislation stems from my commitment to defending the intrinsic dignity of all people.”

It’s the “intrinsic dignity of all people” bit that got me. The intrinsic dignity of many is abused every day in this state, and he doesn’t seem to be doing anything about it. Here in Shelby County, the state’s largest county, 45 percent of children are living in poverty. What about their dignity? I wonder if the governor cares just as much about them and their limited access to fresh food or quality health care or decent education. Do lawmakers care just as much about the pregnant workers in Tennessee who receive bare-minimum accommodations in the workplace?

The governor and lawmakers pushing the legislation refer to it as “pro-life,” but does their pro-life view extend beyond women’s vaginas and apply to all people? No one can truly claim to be pro-life if they don’t defend the basic rights of all people and fight to uplift the poor, welcome immigrants, and engage the disenfranchised.

Maya Smith is a Flyer staff writer.

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