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BRUCE VANWYNGARDEN Editor SUSAN ELLIS Managing Editor JACKSON BAKER, MICHAEL FINGER Senior Editors TOBY SELLS Associate Editor CHRIS MCCOY Film and TV Editor ALEX GREENE Music Editor CHRIS DAVIS, MICHAEL DONAHUE MAYA SMITH, JOSHUA CANNON Staff Writers JESSE DAVIS Copy Editor, Calendar Editor

OUR 1564TH ISSUE 02.14.19 It was 30 years ago this week — February 16, 1989 — that a stalwart band of dreamers snuck out in the pre-dawn darkness, setting up newspaper boxes all over Memphis and filling them with the first issue of the Memphis Flyer. Later that morning, thousands of Memphians woke up to find a new voice had come to town — one that was progressive, provocative, edgy, and much more free-wheeling than traditional local print media.

It was a year that certainly needed a new voice. The remnants of ’80s music still dominated the pop charts — Paula Abdul, Roxette, Fine Young Cannibals, Bobby Brown, Milli Vanilli (Fake Music!), Madonna, Richard Marx. The grunge years were just around the corner.

On the political stage, Ronald Reagan had just exited, stage right, making way for the transitional four-year presidency of George Herbert Walker Bush.

Americans had no idea what was to come. The Clinton years were just around the corner.

The new paper was a melange of serious news, trivial stuff (celebrity birthdays, anyone?), gossip, movie reviews, art reviews, record reviews, a nightlife column, sports, News of the Weird, and video reviews. Remember when we rented videos?

Yeah, that was cool.

Many of the contributors to that first issue are still around and still doing good work: Dave Woloshin, Tom Prestigiacomo, Tim Sampson, Joe Mulherin, Cory Dugan, to name a few. There was a column by former Commercial Appeal editor, Lydel Sims, who quoted legendary ad-man John Malmo as saying all Memphians should “think outrageous thoughts” about their city. I just saw John on the elevator this morning.

He’s still around and no doubt still thinking outrageous thoughts. The editorial cartoon was by now-noted actor and illustrator, Chris Ellis.

The cover story, by David Lyons, took a hard look at a local chemical company, Velsicol, and its alleged sales of a banned chemical to third-world countries.

The advertising staff back then, led by Jerry Swift, even managed to sell a few ads: Opus 2 Computers, Breakaway Athletics, Zinnie’s, Flashback, 1910 Frame Works, Huey’s, R.P. Tracks.

Is it a coincidence that all those businesses are still around? I think not, my friends.

Behold the power of Flyer advertising!

There was also a letter from publisher (then and now) Ken Neill, explaining just what the heck Memphians were holding in their hands. Literally. “Right now you hold in your hands the first edition of the Memphis Flyer, the city’s new weekly newspaper,” Neill wrote. “We hope this first issue gives you a feel for what the Flyer will be: bold, sassy, controversial, entertaining, and informative … ” Thirty years later, I’d say mission accomplished. We’ve weathered five presidents (though the current one has been something of a strain), at least twice that many mayors and county mayors. We’ve survived where other print media have fallen prey to the digital revolution. We’ve seen the city of Memphis boom and grow in ways we couldn’t have imagined in 1989. And we’ve seen some of the city’s intractable problems endure.

We’re planning to celebrate the Flyer’s 30th anniversary throughout the coming year with promotions, events, a spectacular Best of Memphis party this fall, and a special anniversary issue on April 25th. (If you’re a business or organization interested in becoming part of that issue, contact our ad director, Justin Rushing. If you’re an individual N E WS & O P I N I O N who’s just looking to support our THE FLY-BY - 4 journalism, check out our Frequent NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 POLITICS - 7 Flyer program on the Flyer’s website.)

EDITORIAL - 8 As always, we’re looking ahead VIEWPOINT -9 — and looking forward to another COVER STORY 30 years. We believe the Flyer is an “TALES OF LOVE IN essential part of the news fabric of THE BLUFF CITY” this town, a necessary progressive

BY CHRIS MCCOY - 10 voice at a time when regressive SPORTS - 13 WE RECOMMEND - 14 and xenophobic policies are being MUSIC - 16 pushed at the highest levels of our AFTER DARK - 18 government. The way in which we CALENDAR - 23 get our news and information may BOOKS - 30 change, but we plan to stay “bold, FOOD - 32 sassy, controversial, entertaining, and BREWS - 33 informative.” And we hope you’ll stick FILM - 34 with us.

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R EALITY N EWS Is it just me or is reality bending to look more like reality TV all the time?

According to various reports Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund that controls MNG Enterprises, is positioning itself for a hostile takeover after Gannett, The Commercial Appeal’s parent company, balked at its $1.8-billion acquisition proposal.

Shade has been traded between Gannett and Alden/MNG since the big G initially characterized the proposal as “not credible.”

“Buying Gannett is a tall task … I’m not sure Alden can get the financing to buy Gannett,” a media banker told The New York Post in a story suggesting MNG’s true ambition was to be acquired by Gannett.

“Indeed, given MNG’s refusal to provide even the most basic answers to Gannett’s questions, it appears that MNG does not have a realistic plan to acquire Gannett,” Gannett responded.

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Shortly after the announcement, MNG took its beef live describing Gannett’s plan for the digital news business as “pie in the sky” and “not believable.”

These comments are in keeping with previous disses from Alden, which had released statements dogging “the team leading Gannett” for having, “not demonstrated that it’s capable of effectively running this enterprise.”

“The Death Star of Newspaper Chains,” as MNG had been called, still publicly insists that Gannett overpaid for digital assets and is currently “presiding over a declining core business” and cash flow.

“Gannett’s deep structural problems are better fixed by experienced operators such as MNG,” MNG concluded.

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Gannett, Justice, & Lawsuits Gannett rejects offer, juvenile court records requested, hotel sues city.

OFFER DENIED Gannett Co.’s board of directors unanimously rejected MNG Enterprises’ $1.8 billion offer to buy the company last week, calling the proposal “not credible” and saying it undervalued Gannett.

MNG proposed buying the newspaper company, owner of The Commercial Appeal, earlier this month, in an unsolicited deal worth $12 per share.

The move left many to worry that the company would lay off even more staff at Gannett papers to Clockwise from top left: juvenile justice, Memphis City Hall, immigration bills, drive profitability.

Wendi Thomas, and Gannett.

But Gannett board chairman Jeffry Louis said the board is optimistic about the company’s future C O U N C I L O N M LGW, H OTE L and its digital strategy.

Since December, the Memphis City Council has put off approving rate increases for Memphis Light, Gas & Water R E LEAS I N G R E PO RTS (MLGW) customers, and did so again last week.

All reports related to the Department of Justice (DOJ) The utility is asking the council to approve water, gas, and investigation into the Shelby County juvenile justice electric rate increases totaling 10.5 percent over five years system could soon be released to the public. in order to improve the utility’s infrastructure. The council Shelby County attorney Marlinee Iverson said last week voted 5-5 on the proposed gas rate increase last week before that she has secured authorization from all of the parties delaying votes on water and electric rate hikes for two weeks. related to the probe to submit their work. Iverson said the The council is also considering a move to give $75,000 DOJ has agreed to not object if the reports are completed in fees collected from scooter companies Bird and Lime to and released to the public.

Explore Bike Share, to help it expand by another 300 bikes this year.

J O U R NALI ST S U IT The council also passed a resolution last week in favor of Local journalist, Wendi Thomas, along with a New Yorkthe proposed second convention center hotel in response to based news organization filed a lawsuit last week in Shelby a lawsuit filed by the Sheraton hotel chain against the city.

County Chancery Court against the Memphis and Shelby Sheraton claims that the incentives offered to Loews to County Crime Commission (MSCC), contending that its construct the hotel gives the company an unfair advantage. records should be open to the public.

Sheraton also claims the city didn’t take the necessary steps to follow through on the state’s approval of the Tourism I M M I G R ATI O N B I LLS Development Zone request.

Four lawmakers, including two from Memphis, filed The resolution states that the council did act properly legislation last week to ease some of the impact of an by considering a feasibility study and a hotel-need analysis immigration law that went into effect January 1st. before adopting the action by the Tennessee Building One bill would require the state to reimburse local Commission. government agencies for the expenses incurred while Sheraton’s lawsuit against the city will be heard later this complying with what they call the “anti-sanctuary city” month in Shelby County Chancery Court. law. The other proposes exempting certain agencies from Visit the News Blog at memphisflyer.com for fuller versions of the law. these stories and more local news.

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A hotel industry leader said he was “deeply concerned” a redesigned Tom Lee Park could negatively impact the Memphis in May (MIM) festival last week, but a riverfront leader said the events will fit and prosper in the new park.

Mississippi River Parks Partnership (MRPP) unveiled its design for the park two weeks ago. That plan adds contours, trees, facilities, and more to the now-wide-open Tom Lee Park.

Wayne Tabor, president and CEO of the Memphis Metropolitan Hotel and Lodging Association, said in a recent letter to Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland, that he was told the redesign would reduce festival capacity and attendance. He said this would “reduce the festival’s ability to generate revenue, tourists, room night sales and would reduce the economic impact of the festival.”

“This concerns us because the month of May has consistently been one of the highest hotel occupancy months of the year and one of the largest sales revenue months for Downtown restaurants,” Tabor said in the letter.

However, MRPP president and CEO Carol Coletta, said her team has spent two years and $100,000 focused on the ongoing success of the festival at Tom Lee Park.

The design, she said, has been informed by attendance figures, logistical needs, and event-staging preferences

Tom Lee Park model at Beale Street Landing.

from MIM. The festivals, she said, fit into the redesigned Tom Lee Park.

The three large fields now present in the plan, for example, were created and sized to handle the three main stages and the ever-swelling crowds for Beale Street Music Festival, Coletta said. Maps drawn up by Studio Gang, the Chicago-based design firm behind Tom Lee Park’s new look, show enough space around the stages to handle the capacity and add more.

Tabor said Memphis in May would have to be moved next year during the park’s renovation, and

revenues lost because of it “could never be recuperated.”

Construction of the new park is expected to take 18 months and begin right after MIM this year. So, under this schedule, the park would be under construction for the festival next year.

Coletta said hosting the festival in Tom Lee Park next year is not off the table. But, as MIM requires the entire park for the festival’s production, she said she was unclear if it would work. She said the Downtown Memphis Commission is now identifying other locations Downtown for the festival in 2020.

Tabor said he was also concerned the new park would reconfigure the tent siting for the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, moving many tents to Riverside Drive. Doing so would make it “just like any other competition around the country — Chicago, Kansas City, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis.”

Studio Gang’s configurations show some tents moved to the street, but the majority will still be located in the park, on those large, grassy fields designed for the music-festival stages. All of the tents fit in the space, according to the configurations, with capacity for about 40 more. However, Coletta said the final design for barbecue will be strictly up to MIM.

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Jimmy Rout was elected County Historian to succeed the longtime holder of that unpaid position, Jimmy Ogle.

The case for the mine was made by lawyer Michael Fay, who told commissioners that Memphis Stone and Gravel, in business locally since 1910, was an indispensable source of gravel for construction purposes in Memphis and Shelby County, that there were no alternative sites in the county for the high-grade gravel required for future projects, and that, if the application should be denied, Memphis Stone and Gravel only had enough such gravel on hand to last three years, after which it might be forced to move out of the county.

“We are the only supplier that can meet the needs of the airport,” Fay warned, adding that if the company were forced to import gravel from elsewhere that would end up adding as much as $2.2 million to the costs of an ongoing construction project of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Various employees of Memphis Stone and Gravel also testified to the importance of the mine for their personal livelihoods.

The opposition to the application

consisted mainly of residents of the Rosemark area, including a woman who suffered serious injuries when her car was met on a narrow road by a truck carrying a load from an earlier, smaller gravel plot near the proposed site. Most of the other residents expressed safety concerns, too, as well as quality-of-life issues and potential drops in the value of their properties.

Two former chairs of the commission, Terry Roland and Heidi Shafer, joined the protesters. Roland at one point branded a “bald-faced lie” a claim made by the applicants that no other fully equipped gravel company operated in Shelby County.

Shafer recalled the dilemma she had back in 2011 when a similar proposal came before the commission. She said she deliberated seriously on arguments pro and con and finally opted for the latter.

Shafer’s position of eight years ago was roughly the same as it was this year, said Commissioner Amber Mills, whose District 1 contains the site of the proposed mine.

In the end, the commission majority seemed to reason similarly. The final vote was one for (Commissioner Reginald Milton), eight opposed, and two abstaining.

At the same commission meeting, Jimmy Rout was elected County Historian to succeed the longtime holder of that unpaid position, Jimmy Ogle. Ogle, who is moving to Knoxville, will be honored for his service by the commission at a subsequent meeting.

• Both local political parties are in the throes of reorganization. The Shelby County Republican Party held its precinct caucuses Sunday at Arlington High School, and the delegates elected there will meet at the same location on Sunday, February 24th, to elect new officers, including a chairman to succeed the retiring Lee Mills. The new chair seems certain to be Chris Tutor, a lawyer at the Butler Snow law firm and, so far, the only person seeking the chairmanship.

The Shelby County Democrats are scheduled to hold party caucuses on March 30th, electing the party executive committee and a larger parliamentary body called the “grass roots” committee.

The members of these two bodies will meet one week later and elect a party chair, who may or may not be the current chairman, Corey Strong. It has long been assumed by local Democrats, mainly on word from Strong himself, that he would not seek reelection, but a recent news report suggested (on what evidence is unknown) that Strong has had a change of mind.

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Monday’s meeting of the Shelby County Commission began with the attendees under instruction to take a deep breath. This was both because County Mayor Lee Harris had a breath consultant on hand as part of his current public health campaign, and because a controversial — and potentially aggravating — subject was on the agenda. That subject belongs to a type of issue that can be filed under NIMBY (Not in My Back Yard). At question was whether the commission should approve an application from Memphis Stone and Gravel to construct a mine site for gravel excavation in a remote part of the Rosemark community in upper Shelby County, as well as the approaches to that site. (As part of the latter endeavor, the company volunteered to improve an already existing road and to maintain it at the company’s own expense.)

The Office of Planning and Development had given the project a preliminary approval, but the county Land Use and Development Board had turned it down.

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Forward Motion What is it they say? Two steps forward and one step backward? That’s sometimes cited as a formula for the pace of social and governmental advance in this country.

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Count that as a plus, maybe one of two whole steps. On Capitol Hill in Nashville, the air has cleared to the point, for that matter, that the subject of recreational marijuana can be joked about by members of the legislative leadership, as happened in a recent session of the Senate brass with the press when a caucus chair had to endure teasing by his peers when he claimed that he knew no pot-smokers in his county.

But while legislative attitudes have relaxed on that issue, they have firmed up on another one that seemed to have been given a decent funeral only last year. This is the matter of private school vouchers — or, as newly configured, “education savings accounts.” State Senator Brian Kelsey introduced voucher legislation for something like 16 straight years before opting not to do so last year, perhaps because of feedback from his East Shelby County constituents, many of whom now see vouchers as a threat to the municipal school districts they are paying tax money to maintain. But new

Governor Bill Lee likes the idea of what he calls school “choice,” and so does Speaker of the House Glen Casada, who, like Lee, hails from Williamson County, a posh Nashville suburb where the idea of privatizing things traditionally part of the governmental sphere is regarded with equanimity.

So maybe at least one step back.

(That could turn into multiple steps if any of the education bills dealing with “choice” gets some traction.)

The real advance in this year’s session of the legislature is happening in the domain of civil justice, where — as was noted in a recent Flyer cover story — there have been a plethora of bills with bipartisan support seeking to minimize or ameliorate criminal incarceration and to ease the re-entry of convicted felons into society once they have completed their sentences in a satisfactory manner. Criminal justice reform has always been a concern of the political left. That politicians of the right are now also aboard the reform bandwagon is a genuine step forward.

Speculations as to their motivations range from the idea that costeffectiveness comes with reform, to the fact that welcome additions to the labor force are thereby made possible.

In any case, the partisan nature of support for criminal justice reform is one gift horse that should not be looked in the mouth. This is progress, pure and simple, and only the most flagrant kinds of failure could set it back.

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I have a question for those Republicans who, along with Democrats, demand the resignation of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam for the abhorrent photo that appeared on his page in his medical school yearbook: If bigotry is repugnant, why not demand the resignation of Vice President Pence for his ugly views on homosexuality? And while they’re at it, why not insist that Pence’s wife Karen resign her position at a school that discriminates against gays and lesbians?

I can guess their answer: The Pences are deeply religious, and their views on homosexuality are based on their religious convictions. To this, I say, so what? The Bible was used to justify slavery, and in my own time, racists cited this or that biblical passage to assert that racial segregation was precisely what God intended — the “curse of Ham” or the “mark of Cain,” both used to add biblical authority to the rantings of bigots.

The mark or the curse is now on the Pences, who share views that in our nation’s history have caused much suffering, including violence.

The other thing Republicans would be sure to say is that racism is different than “mere” anti-gay bias. Yes, indeed. Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy. Virginia is the state that once led the nation in number of slaves. The inhumanity of slavery is difficult to fathom. It’s more difficult still to comprehend that great men — Washington, Jefferson, Madison … you know the names — not only condoned it, but benefited from it.

Later came slavery’s progeny — the Jim Crow era. I am talking of everything from the absurdity of segregated state parks to the barbarity of lynchings. In Atlanta in 1899, a black man was mutilated and then burned, with portions of his body distributed among the crowd. The man’s name was Sam Hose. He was probably innocent of murder but not, of course, of being black.

The destructive power of blackface and Ku Klux Klan robes in that yearbook picture cannot be underestimated. But let’s ponder, too, the harm of hateful homophobia. It has taken countless lives over the years, caused huge suffering and, like racism, persists to this day.

Homophobia is a staple of the racist right — Nazis, white nationalists, and other adherents of mindless goonery — and, at times, results in the murder

of gay and transgender people. In 2017, 20 gay, bisexual, or queer men were murdered in hate crimes, an increase of 400 percent from the previous year.

The problem is hardly going away.

And, infamously, in 1998, Matthew Shepard, was beaten, tortured, and left to die because he was gay. Last year, his ashes were interred at Washington National Cathedral in a ceremony presided over by a gay Episcopal bishop, with music provided by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington.

And when racial hatred and homophobia are combined, the results can be particularly disturbing. Last week, singer and actor Jussie Smollett was attacked in Chicago by two men who allegedly yelled anti-gay and antiblack epithets.

Pence has long been criticized as being hostile toward LGBTQ issues. He has linked same-sex couples to a “societal collapse” and even once seemed to support conversion therapy, which is a form of torture. A vice president who has expressed such intolerance is a dangerous model.

In certain corners of the rightwing media, criticism of Karen Pence for recently taking a job at the Immanuel Christian School in Springfield was denounced as nothing less than religious bigotry. After all, the argument went, the school is a Christian school, ultraconservative and ultratraditional, and is entitled to teach according to its deeply held beliefs. No doubt. But while the United States has traditionally given religion wide berth — and still does — lines have been drawn. Utah was not admitted as a state until the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints renounced polygamy.

No one is advocating a law requiring Immanuel Christian to practice tolerance, either in its pedagogy or its hiring practices. But the First Amendment that guarantees the school’s rights also gives us the right to criticize. It is simply wrong to foster a belief that homosexuality and same-sex marriage are immoral.

I have been torn about Northam — about whether a single yearbook photo negates a lifetime of tolerance. But I am not torn about Mike and Karen Pence. They are figures of consequence, and their bigotry — regardless of their religious justification — has to be confronted.

Richard Cohen writes for the Washington Post Writers Group.

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or Valentine’s Day, we decided to take a look at love in Memphis — how we try to get it, how we break up, and how to keep it going. I talked to five Memphians, asking for their perspectives.

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Welcome to Junt Land ♥ Munirah Safiyah Jones was raised in Memphis as one of 10 children. “It was hectic, it was fun, and it shaped me into the clown I am now. My mom, who was a legendary stage actress, introduced me and my siblings early and often to the arts. I don’t have a memory of there not being theater or music or dance or storytelling of some kind in the home. It really helped me to shape my art, to appreciate the magic in the magic-making.”

Jones is the creator of Junt Land, a web series set in what she calls “a female driven satirical universe. … It initially started with just my dating woes. It’s terrible out there.”

To prove her point, at a recent Indie Memphis Shoot & Splice presentation, Jones asked her audience to raise their hand if they were dating and enjoying it. Only one hand was raised in the packed house.

That’s why a growing audience has found that Junt Land speaks to them, and why Jones has found herself in that most enviable and scary of 21st-century positions — a grassroots viral hit.

Early last year, Jones created an animated video called “Dating in 2018 — How Men Communicate.” The writer/director did both voices (“out of

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The Stuff Whisperer ♥ If you’ve ever had a breakup, you know that, aside from the yelling and the throwing things and the crying and balancing your renewed fear of dying alone with the urgent need to get this demon who is making your life miserable out of your house, the hardest part is dealing with your stuff. Katie McWeeney is here to help — at least with your stuff.

McWeeney is a consultant who specializes in optimizing living spaces. “In a weird way, I’m playing therapist, too. I’m having to dig through things that their grandmother gave them, and help them make decisions on whether they want to keep it, and how do you display that to honor it?”

In the years she’s been at this job, she says, “I’ve come to find that the common theme is usually people in transition. I’ve worked with people who are moving in together for the first time and don’t know how to marry their things and also get rid of things.”

out the logistics. I think the experience of going through a divorce gave me sympathy and empathy for people who are going through these transitions, because they’re not easy.”

Late in 2017, McWeeney was hired by a couple who was ending a 12-year relationship. They were leaving town for several weeks in December. While they were gone, McWeeney would do her work.

“She had moved out, but they still had a lot of their things in the house. They were also raising children who were growing up, and they just had a lot of things to get rid of.”

She interviewed the couple. “For him, it was, ‘I want to have a dedicated space for my music studio.’ So I set up an ideal space for him to come back to without buying anything. … Since he was out of town, I was staying at the house. I do this a lot, because I had to set up an estate sale, wake up at 5 a.m., and open the sale at 7 a.m. The night he got home, I was cooking some dinner on the stove, and Tom Petty was playing. He said it was weird. He had come home after so long away, and the house was completely different. We ended up staying up and talking for hours. We had known each other for a long time. We both wanted to do sober January, so we ended up hanging out a lot. It just kind of transformed into a relationship.”

Now, a year later, they’re still together.

“I’d like to put on the record that this is not a typical service I provide to all clients.”

The Break-Up Show Girl Gets Married ♥ Katie McWeeney When McWeeney is called to help a new couple, she slips in to therapist mode. “It’s sitting down with the couple and leading conversations that they will probably have over time, but I’m just nipping it in the bud. … I have to get them to open up. Moving in with someone is so difficult, because you learn so much about a person over time. What do you eat? How do you cook? How frequently do you do laundry? It’s those kind of things that I can help pick up on the front end. I think it helps the relationship in the long term, so they don’t have to figure it out on their own. … You’re marrying your furniture together. You don’t know how to make it look good. It’s yours, it’s theirs, you don’t know how to mix it all together.

“That to me is the ultimate fulfillment: Seeing the clients walk into a space after I’ve worked on it and hearing, ‘This makes sense. I don’t know how you did it, but this makes sense.’”

The other big romantic transition is breaking up. “I’ll do a walk-through with the couple. I’ll ask, what do you want to keep? Who wants to keep what? What do you want to get rid of. Is it going to separate houses, or storage units? I’ll figure

For the last seven years, one of the city’s biggest comedy events has been “The Break-Up Show.” Savannah Bearden, Bruce Bui, Jamie Hale, Dustin Holden, Brandon Sams, and Drew Smith have collected stories of relationship dissolution from hundreds of Memphians.

“I’ve learned that if you think you have it bad, someone else 100 percent has it worse in ways you would never, ever imagine,” says Bearden. “Being super hot or attractive doesn’t make things any easier for you. I’ve realized that these breakup stories, these dating horror stories, are one of the biggest Savannah Bearden

bonders of people. You wouldn’t believe how many people would come up to me after shows, or at a bar, and start pouring their hearts out to me, because I’m ‘The Break-Up Show’ Girl.

“The story that always stands out is one where this girl was dating a guy long-distance, and they go to a hotel together in the middle of Alabama.

They get drunk in the hotel room and, long story short, it ends with her pulling her tampon out and throwing it at the guy’s face, and then punching him. Then they woke up the next day and had make-up sex.

“What’s even funnier to me is, the person who sent us the story was the girl who was waving the tampon. It was cathartic for her. We’re just lucky that people trust us with all of their feminine hygiene-related material.”

But the era of “The Break-Up Show” may be ending, with a final one this summer. “We all started out single, and now there’s one man standing,” says Bearden. “We figured after I got married and Bruce Bui got married, we had to do one more, only to make fun of how irrelevant we are.”

Bearden’s road to irrelevance started in 2013, when she met Danny Bader in the WKNO studios on the set of Professor Ghoul’s Horror School. “I thought he was so cute, and asked the producer if he was single.”

Two years later, the pair reconnected at the Hot Wing Festival. “I was in the middle of what I like to call my ‘Spring Sluttery Tour.’ I had just gotten out of a relationship, and I was dating a few guys. I was feeling myself. So when I started dating Danny in the midst of that, I thought he was a really great guy, but I’m not done with my Sluttery Tour yet! I really was scared I was going to lose relevance. But luckily, I’m not a complete idiot, and I chose to pursue a relationship with Danny instead of breaking it off because I wanted my comedy show to be better.”

Bearden’s biggest wish was to be the first wedding performed at the Crosstown Concourse. But other than that, she had few preconceptions. “It was fun just to figure out what people don’t do at a wedding. So of course we had a drag show.”

After the ceremony in the Crosstown Concourse’s East Atrium, and a reception in Crosstown Arts, the drag show, which Bearden describes as “tastefully sized” kicked off the raucous part of the party. “I hear new stories about what happened at our wedding once a week, at least,” Bearden says.

“Some of them are hilariously shocking, and I won’t say them in print. I think some ‘Break-Up Show’ stories started at our reception.”

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necessity”) of a date between a bright, talkative young woman and a dull, monosyllabic man. The video quickly racked up more than 200,000 YouTube views, and hundreds of thousands of views on other social media channels — not counting the exposure that came when the video was ripped-off wholesale by other comedians.

“It’s something that a lot of women can relate to in the age of a lot of men texting us with minimal effort expecting maximum results,” says Jones. “It’s frustrating. I don’t know if there needs to be a men of America meeting, where everybody sits down and discusses the things that are acceptable and unacceptable. …

Communication in the age of social media and texting is a monster that our parents didn’t have to slay, and it’s one that is particularly scary and frustrating. Now, everything’s a swipe, and nobody knows how to talk to anybody in real life. It’s frustrating, and it’s ridiculous, and it’s alarming. It fascinates me and horrifies me.”

Jones defines a junt as “a lover, a potential lover, someone we find attractive, someone we want to objectify.

I call all my men junts. Junt Land is really about exploring the various ways in which women, who have historically and traditionally been viewed as junts, navigate through this world, how we choose to opt in and out of this construct, what we learn and what we choose to ignore from our life lessons.”

Junt Land is a mix of animated and live-action videos defined solely by what’s on Jones’ mind at the time: “Black Girl Magic, communication, toppling the patriarchy, and selfawareness. These four concepts form the connection of all of my sketches,” she says.

Jones, whose first name means “one who enlightens” in Arabic, hopes Junt Land’s blunt honesty can help her audience take a look at their own lives while they’re laughing. “There’s a lot of fear, in women, of being alone. So we put up with a lot. There are a lot of toxic relationships out there and a lot of unnecessary testimonies, just because women let fear rule them. It’s unfortunate, but it’s something I like to explore.

“I find that, specifically as a woman, my peace is constantly interrupted.

It’s by messages from self and from society. How I should look, what I should say, how to get a man, whose plate I should fix first. There I was, laid out on the beach, looking at this impossibly blue water, wondering if I should freeze my eggs — just interrupting the life that I have with thoughts of a life that I might not even necessarily want. Self-care is so important for women in a world where we are constantly inundated with how we’re not good enough, what we need to be doing, what we should be doing.

It’s just the ultimate form of control.”

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Brantley Ellzey met Jim Renfrow for the first time at Theatre Memphis in 1988.

“I was in rehearsals for a show, and Jim was stage managing Biloxi Blues at the time,” he recalls. “I saw Jim in this Army uniform, and I thought he was really attractive. But he was very, very quiet, and it was difficult to get him to talk.”

Ellzey was brash and outgoing, while Renfrow was quieter and more measured.

“I was almost completely in the closet at age 34,” he says. “I’m not a social person the way Brantley is. He’s very gregarious, very outgoing. I’m a loner; I enjoy being at home by myself. But two years before we met, I decided to audition at Theater Memphis and did shows nonstop. It was a way to get out, and I absolutely loved every minute of it. … Brantley, thankfully, was persistent in seeking me out. I would have just hung out and done nothing.”

The Midtown of the 1980s was something of an oasis for homosexuals in an intolerant world. “There was a thriving gay scene in Memphis — many more gay bars than there are now. There was George’s, Reflections, and there was a cowboy bar … but it was all so undercover,” says Ellzey.

The couple finally got together during a production of Once Upon a Mattress. “The theater community at that time was very close. We would rehearse together, then go out drinking together,” says Ellzey.

“We’re still very close to so many of that same group of people from 31 years ago,” says Renfrow.

“And they’re stunned that we’re still together,” says Ellzey.

Over the course of their three-decade relationship, Renfrow and Ellzey have seen profound change in social attitudes toward their relationship. “Neither of us ever really came out to our parents in a dramatic way,” says Ellzey. “My parents were in town visiting, and I drove them by the house that Jim and I were buying.

My mother said, ‘Now, Brantley, what is going to happen if one of you boys wants get married?’ I just let it sit in the air, and didn’t say anything. And she said ‘Not that I think that either of you ever will.’

But then, the nicest thing was, when we moved in, both sets of parents came and helped us, and got to know both of us.”

“I came out when I changed jobs,” says Renfrow. “I worked for a small insurance broker for 10 years, but in 1993 I moved to International Paper. I decided then I was out, and I was completely

out. One of the reasons I went to work for them was that they had a written nondiscrimination policy. I just retired a month ago.”

Ellzey says by the mid-’90s, social attitudes were relaxing.“People don’t realize how awful it was, even casual interactions. People would ask what I was doing this weekend, and I would say, ‘Me and my buddy Jim are …’ You’re trying to shade it, so it’s not really clear. It was very weird. I remember when my boss said, ‘We’re having a party. Please bring your significant other.’ I thought, ‘I can bring Jim to this! Everybody knows! I don’t have to bring a girl and pretend!’”

When same-sex marriage was legalized in 2015, Ellzey and Renfrow were among the first gay people in Shelby County to get a marriage license. “I think weddings are about beginnings,” says Ellzey. “When you’ve lived a lifetime together, it takes on a whole different meaning. It was a very long engagement.”

Brantley Ellzey (left) and Jim Renfrow The couple decided their wedding should be an intimate affair, so they snuck off to New York to get hitched in Grand Central Station on Valentine’s Day 2016.

“Our first thought was to get two of New York’s finest to be witnesses. Jim’s father was a police officer, so I thought it would be a good gambit,” says Ellzey.

But police regulations prevented that from happening, so Ellzey approached a random couple who looked like tourists.

“The guy was this great big lumberjack type, and the girl was very petite. He said, ‘Is this a scam?’”

A few minutes later, the guy was tearing up as he filmed the ceremony with Ellzey’s iPhone. “People were stopping on their commutes. It gives me goosebumps thinking about it. They wanted to watch our vows. When we said ‘I do’ and kissed, there was this huge applause! Then, everybody just kept going.”

Looking back on the sweep of their relationship, the couple says they feel lucky to have lived through such a seachange. “It’s very gratifying to us to see the younger people plan a wedding, and it’s not radical. It’s normalized,” says Ellzey. “The most radically political act you can do as a gay person is be yourself.”

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Houston’s acquisition of Clyde Drexler on Valentine’s Day in 1995.) They are an accountant’s fantasy league, the addition of not-yet-spent dollars here, the subtraction of contracted dollars there.

I don’t mean to pick on Bobby Parks, ESPN’s “front office insider,” but this was an actual tweet he posted shortly after one of the Grizzlies’ other trades last week: “Avery Bradley has a $12M cap hit this season and $12.96M for 2019-20. Bradley has $2M guaranteed for next season.

Memphis has until July 3 to guarantee his full salary. The Grizzlies will create a $7.6M trade exception.” Explain that to your 12-year-old Grizzlies fan, the one wiping tears away after the Gasol trade, hoping that Avery Bradley is somehow a step in the right direction toward more happy nights at FedExForum. “What’s a $7.6M trade exception?”

Gasol and the Grizzlies needed to part ways, I suppose. Big Spain is 34 years old and would love to be part of a championship team, something the Grizzlies won’t be able to provide in the next three or four years. And maybe that’s your explanation for a young fan: Even our sports heroes are mortal. Father Time remains undefeated. If you love someone, let him go. Something like that.

I’m choosing to leave the beancounting forecasts to Parks and his ilk.

Maybe the numbers — some added, some subtracted — will one day yield a sharpshooting wing who can complement the rising star Memphis has in Jaren Jackson Jr. Maybe the empty pieces acquired last week — What is a Tyler Dorsey? — will be flipped into meaningful salaries for legitimate rotation players, the kind of players who sell jerseys in the FedExForum team store. You know, like Marc Gasol. But for now, any attempt at interpreting what shook down last week between the Grizzlies and their trade partners is a fool’s errand. If you can’t explain it to a pack of middle-school Griz fans, perhaps it needs no explaining.

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hen my daughters were younger, I had some uncomfortable conversations with them, trying to explain why one of their favorite players was traded by one of their favorite teams. It’s the kind of transaction we adults come to expect, accept, even tolerate. But for kids, those “future fans” who are actually a team’s lifeblood for longterm success? It can be a hard conversation.

“David Freese was MVP in the World Series. Just two years ago. Why would the Cardinals trade him?” The question — from my then 14-year-old — was perfectly reasonable. My attempt at an answer: “Well, Sofia, St. Louis feels like Matt Carpenter is a better hitter, a better long-term fit in the lineup, and fits better at third base than second base.” She looked at me, expressionless. Shook her head and left the room. (She’s a David Freese fan to this day.)

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By Chris Davis

Our President tweets the expression regularly these days. Sometimes he uses it as part of a larger message, but sometimes simply the two words typed out in all capital letters: “WITCH HUNT!” It’s an expression, ripe with anti-female and antiknowledge biases, that dates back centuries. Orwell winks at it, but in the U.S.A., its modern and more metaphoric meaning took hold in the middle of the 20th century, alongside the anti-Communist Red Scare, when the country, as it sometimes does, lost its collective shit.

Before Donald met Twitter, the term “witch hunt,” most commonly employed to project images of focused and sustained mass bullying, was also famously hijacked by President Richard Nixon, as Watergate’s noose tightened around his administration. But conceptually, nobody has ever essayed these nine terrifying letters like American social realist playwright Arthur Miller, whose frequently revived drama The Crucible docks at The Halloran Centre this week, with some Memphis actors in the touring cast. Jamie Boller, whose actor/father Greg Boller is currently appearing in Circuit Playhouse’s remarkable production of Sweat, is one of those actors. She’s been touring in the role of witch-accuser Abigail Williams and has a few ideas about witch hunts, and how America responds to these words as you move away from urban landscapes, into the heartland.

“When the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation was going on, lines stood out,” Boller says of the traveling show. “Like, ‘What profits a girl to turn herself about,’ when Mary Warren is being questioned. It makes us think about victims of sexual abuse. What do they profit by telling the truth? But there’s this other line, too: ‘Is the accuser always holy now?’

“The language triggers a lot of responses in modern audiences,” says Boller, who believes her show refines as it tours in response to audience talkback. “There’s a lot of division and fear of people who are different. Part of the National Players’ mission is to go to places where this might be the only theater they see all year.”

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“Active Shooter” Crosstown Arts, 6-8 p.m.

Opening reception for this show of video art by Coriana Close, addressing the militarization of American culture.

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A free concert featuring Jane Gamble on organ.

“Kenturah Davis + Desmond Lewis” Crosstown Arts, 6-8 p.m.

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Spring Mix Ballet Memphis, 8 p.m., $25 Dances with original choreography celebrating earth, water, and sky.

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Opening reception for this exhibition of recent works by Lester Merriweather. Merriweather is also curator of “Recent Acquisitions: Friends of the Brooks Museum of Art,” a group show with works that will be donated to the Brooks after the show closes. “Recent Acquisitions” is in Crosstown’s East gallery; opening reception, 6-8 p.m.

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By Chris Davis Willa Cather once famously wrote, “A soup like this is not the work of one man. It is the result of a constantly refined tradition. There are nearly a thousand years of history in this soup.” The American author was waxing poetic on the nature of a finely crafted French Onion, but she might as well have been describing the scene at Youth Villages’ annual Soup Sunday fund-raiser, where Memphis’ favorite restaurants assemble to serve up sample-sized portions of comfort, tradition, innovation, and steaming hot love.

The Flyer has almost always sent emissaries to this event to sample and respond, and over the years, we’ve identified and described countless styles. We’ve tasted cheddar cheese soups, shrimp bisques, tomato dills, hot & sours, chicken noodles, and more gumbos than you can shake a stick at. There have been she-crab soups, potato soups, tortilla soups, cups of hearty beef stew, and that’s just getting started.

Soup isn’t the only thing up for grabs when one of the year’s tastiest events returns to the FedExForum Sunday, February 17th. There will also be fresh-baked breads, desserts, and specialty items. More than 50 restaurants will be serving, and participating food service providers range from Huey’s, Mosa, and Blues City Cafe to Vanelli’s Deli, Amerigo, and bakers like Cupcake Cutie, etc.

Over the years, the Soup Sunday event has raised more than a million dollars to support the Youth Villages mission of helping children facing mental, emotional, and behavioral problems.

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“The Art of Love: An Artistic Experience” Gallery 430, 6-9 p.m.

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Galentine’s Day Tea Woodruff-Fontaine House, 2-4 p.m.

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Bold New World Germantown Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m., $45-$70 A concert from IRIS Orchestra with guest, Hanzhi Wang, a gifted accordianist.

Once on this Island Hattiloo Theatre, 7 p.m., $100 A tour of Black Broadway and a celebration of the Caribbean, with funds going to the Hattiloo.

Love on the Rocks Elmwood Cemetery, 10:30 a.m., $20 A walking tour of Elmwood’s greatest love stories.

Ancient Egypt Family Day The Art Museum of the University of Memphis, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

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want my MTV! The sentiment may seem dated, but many of us feel the same tug: to regain that sense of discovery we had when new music cascaded out of the screen, all day. Yet the network’s concept, which seemed so revolutionary at lift-off in the 1980s, had difficulty profiting from its innovation, and phased out most of its music-only content more than a decade ago. And honestly, by then we were tired of all the hair metal anyway.

Still, the desire for that viewing-asdiscovery experience has remained, and that’s what the Memphis-based DittyTV network is targeting. Since 2014, the storefront studio on South Main has been plying the web-waves with new music, slowly amassing a global reach that most Memphians are oblivious to. And to top it all off, there’s not a trace of hair metal.

I first met Ronnie and Amy Wright soon after they relocated here from Washington, D.C., in 2010, looking for something beyond the Beltway life. Within a couple of years, they had fashioned the studio space that’s still their headquarters, and were shooting professional live performance videos of bands. And they let bands keep the footage and the multitrack audio masters to use however they saw fit. It seemed too good to be true.

But their labor of love, DittyTV, had legs, especially when they refined their operation with a stronger identity. Being roots music buffs, framing DittyTV as an Americana network was a natural fit. For one thing, the term is increasingly inclusive.

“Americana is a wide net, but you’re not going to extremes like EDM or metal,” Ronnie says. “It’s not really a genre, it’s a collection of genres that people seem to love from their 20s into their 60s and 70s. And our viewership bears that out. People write in and say, ‘I put it on for hours and hours.’

That’s what I did in the MTV days. You just let it roll and use it as a soundtrack.”

A major turning point was being invited to broadcast the last Folk Alliance conference held in Memphis before that organization’s move to Kansas City.

Ronnie recalls, “The first Folk Alliance we did was in 2012. We slowly grew, and now we’re up to more than five million viewers every month.”

“One of the things we’re trying to do is expand onto other platforms,” Amy adds. “Like streaming apps with their own channel lineups, or ‘skinny bundles.’ We’re at an advantage, because we’re already a digital network. A lot of the traditional channels have to convert their signal to a digital stream, and that’s caused problems.

But we’re already digital.”

And they’ve smoothed out the wrinkles of their operation into 12 programs of music videos, ranging from the earthy R&B of Soul Side to the solo songwriters of Campfire. Their 12-hour cycle is further peppered with music news and interviews, and at the heart of it are the live in-studio concerts that DittyTV started with. The live coverage of music festivals has only grown, now including Nashville’s Americana Fest and Memphis’ own Ameripolitan Music Awards, coming up next week.

Soon they’ll be opening the space next door as a retail shop, Vibe and Dime, featuring LPs, musical instruments, and

Cameraman Jake Hopkins films Liz Brasher and Steve Selvidge for DittyTV.

Ditty bling. “We’ll have live music on the weekends,” says Ronnie. “It’s sort of a Swiss Army Knife. We can shoot interviews in the window.” The Wrights hope the shop raises their local profile, which has not matched their exponential growth in other markets.

“Thirty percent of our audience watches from outside the United States.

The network definitely has an international feel to it, but most people love the fact that it’s in Memphis, including artists that aren’t from here.” And DittyTV has emulated the same independent spirit that animated other Memphis operations like Sun or Stax. “We can change and adapt,” says Ronnie.” Our programming is more fresh and organic. We’re open to anybody that wants to submit a video.”

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule February 14 - 20 7-11 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

Club 152 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.

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

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

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Sean “Bad” Apple Thursday, Feb. 14, 4-7:30 p.m.; John Paul Keith Thursday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m.-midnight; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 15, 5-9 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 16, 5-9 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Friday, Feb. 15, 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m., and Saturday, Feb. 16, 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.; Jason James and the Delta Beats Monday, Feb. 18,

152 BEALE 544-7011

Sean Apple Thursdays, 5 p.m.; Blues Players Club Thursdays, Sundays, 8-10 p.m.; DJ Ron Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.; DJ DNyce Saturdays, 11 p.m.; DJ Mad Efx Sundays, midnight; A.M. Whiskey Trio Mondays, Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.

Silky O’Sullivan’s

Earnestine & Hazel’s

162 BEALE 521-1851

183 BEALE 522-9596

531 S. MAIN 523-9754

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.

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.

200 BEALE 527-2687

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

Hard Rock Cafe

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room

Belle Tavern

Memphis Music Monday Third Monday of every month, 6-9 p.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 159 BEALE

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

King’s Palace Cafe David Bowen Thursdays, 5:309:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m., and Sundays, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

117 BARBORO ALLEY 249-6580

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

The Rusty Pieces Sundays, 6:30-9 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe

Blues City Pastry Shop & Coffee Bar

182 BEALE 528-0150

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Eric Hughes Band Wednesdays, Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.; Pam and Terry Friday, Feb. 15, 5:30-8:30 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 16, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Debbie Jamison Friday, Feb. 15, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Monolithic Saturday, Feb. 16, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Memphis Blues Masters Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Vince Johnson and Plantation Allstars Mondays, Tuesdays, 7-11 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

Memphis Blues Masters Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.midnight; Embury Blues Friday, Feb. 15, 8 p.m.-midnight; Cowboy Neil Band Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium 130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

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Handy Bar

162 BEALE 521-1851

King’s Palace Cafe Patio

The Rusty Pieces Saturday, Feb. 16, 8-11 p.m.; Songwriters with Roland and Friends Mondays, 7-10 p.m.

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

The Heart Memphis Band Sunday, Feb. 17, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Paulette’s

153 S. MAIN 576-0010

Hi-Jivers Thursdays, 8 p.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813

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

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

Zeke Johnson Friday, Feb. 15, 7-10 p.m.; TOSS Productions Saturday, Feb. 16, 8-11 p.m.

Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY

Adam McClelland Thursday, Feb. 14, 9 p.m.; Someday Now Friday, Feb. 15, 9 p.m.; Chris Johnson Saturday, Feb. 16, 4 p.m.; Eric Hughes Saturday, Feb. 16, 9 p.m.; Bobbie Stacks and friends Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300

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

Regina’s 60 N. MAIN

Richard Wilson Saturdays, Sundays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Open Mic Night Saturdays, 4-7 p.m.

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

The Rusty Pieces Friday, Feb. 15, 6-9 p.m.; Wayde Peck Saturday, Feb. 16, 6-9 p.m.

Medical Center Sunrise 670 JEFFERSON

Ghost Town Blues Band Saturday, Feb. 16, 10 a.m.; Todd Nations Sunday, Feb. 17, 10 a.m.

South Main South Main Sounds 550 S. MAIN 494-6543

Quinn DeVeaux, Scott Southworth, Patrick McGee, Mark Bryan Friday, Feb. 15, 7 p.m.

Spindini 383 S. MAIN 578-2767

Lannie McMillian Jazz Trio Friday, Feb. 15, 7-10 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 16, 7-10 p.m.

430 Gallery 430 N. CLEVELAND 507-8030

Bars and Brushes Friday, Feb. 15, 6-10 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Valentine’s Show with Allison Kasper, Louise Page, and Crystal Shrine Thursday, Feb. 14; Steve Selvidge Friday, Feb. 15; Louder Than Bombs: A Tribute to The Smiths Saturday, Feb. 16; Tennessee Screamers Wednesday, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m.

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KC Johns Friday, Feb. 15, 8:30 p.m.; Vintage Saturday, Feb. 16, 8 p.m.

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

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Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

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

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

Ed Finney & Neptune’s Army with Deb Swiney Thursday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m.; Wayde Peck Friday, Feb. 15, 6 p.m.; Turnstyles Friday, Feb. 15, 9 p.m.; Jonathan Wood Saturday, Feb. 16, 6 p.m.; Bluff City Backsliders Saturday, Feb. 16, 9 p.m.; David Collins Frog Squad Sunday, Feb. 17, 6 p.m.; Tailored Makers Monday, Feb. 18, 6 p.m.; Richard Wilson - Live Original Blues, Gospel, and Jazz Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m.; Ben MindenBirkenmaier Wednesday, Feb. 20, 5 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1934 POPLAR 544-6209

IRIS Orchestra at the Brooks featuring accordionist Hanzhi

the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Open Mic Music Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight; Robert Traxler, Blanket Swimming, Infinity Stairs, and Kenneth Shaw Wednesday, Feb. 20.

Railgarten 2160 CENTRAL

The Foxies Friday, Feb. 15, 9 p.m.; PRVLG Saturday, Feb. 16, 9 p.m.

University of Memphis The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND

DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Bluff City Bandits Friday, Feb. 15, 9 p.m.; Black Stone Cherry Saturday, Feb. 16, 8 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch, the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.

Oasis Hookah

Bartlett South Memphis FireHouse Community Arts Center 985 S. BELLEVUE 948-9522

Voices Open Mic Variety Show Third Friday of every month, 7 p.m.

Jamie Baker & the VIPs Sunday, Feb. 17, 8-11:30 p.m.

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

Two Mule Plow Sunday, Feb. 17, 4-7 p.m.; Even Odds Sunday, Feb. 17, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Frayser/Millington Huey’s Millington

Growlers

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Pamela K. Ward Sunday, Feb. 17, 8-11:30 p.m.

Black Magic Flower Power with Negro Terror, Native Blood Friday, Feb. 15, 8 p.m.; The Brook & the Bluff with Three Star Revival, Airside, Tiny Towns Saturday, Feb. 16, 7 p.m.; Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Sunday, Feb. 17, 7 p.m.; SMUG Monday, Feb. 18, 7 p.m.; Josh Waddell, Anna Grace Beatty, and Andrew Cabiago Tuesday, Feb. 19, 7 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Germantown Germantown Performing Arts Center 1801 EXETER 751-7500

IRIS Orchestra: Bold New World with accordionist Hanzhi Wang Saturday, Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m.; Hanzhi Wang Sunday, Feb. 17, 3 p.m.

Huey’s Southwind

Hi-Tone

7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

AfterDark Sunday, Feb. 17, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

1927 MADISON 726-4372

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Memphis Soul Revue Sunday, Feb. 17, 8-11:30 p.m.

Wang Sunday, Feb. 17, 3-6 p.m.

Midtown Crossing Grill 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.

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

KISS It or Diss It with the Shock Mees Friday, Feb. 15, 7 p.m.; Brent Cobb Saturday, Feb. 16, 8 p.m.; Lettuce Tuesday, Feb. 19, 7 p.m.

Lafayette’s Music Room

Murphy’s

2119 MADISON 207-5097

1589 MADISON 726-4193

Memphis Soul Remedy Thursday, Feb. 14, 6 p.m.; Dirty Streets Valentine’s Day Show Thursday, Feb. 14, 8:30 p.m.; Almost Famous Friday, Feb. 15,

5th Kind Saturday, Feb. 16, 9 p.m.; Area 51 Sunday, Feb. 17, 5:30 p.m.; Red Letter Day Wednesday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m.

Huey’s Collierville

MicroCinema: 2018 Music Video Showcase Tuesday, Feb. 19, 7-9 p.m.

British Fog Sunday, Feb. 17, 4-7 p.m.; Frankie Holly & The Noise Sunday, Feb. 17, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

1350 CONCOURSE AVE., SUITE 280

Huey’s Midtown

3663 APPLING 385-6440

Rumours: A Fleetwood Mac Tribute Saturday, Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m.

Collierville

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20 Love Jokes Thursday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m.; Not Just in Memory: A Show for Blake Friday, Feb. 15, 9 p.m.; Davis Nix Saturday, Feb. 16, 8 and 10 p.m.; Gutter Demons Saturday, Feb. 16, 9 p.m.; The Fresh Drunk Stoned Comedy Tour Sunday, Feb. 17, 6:30 p.m.; Novagolde and Falling Out Sunday, Feb. 17, 9 p.m.; Memphis Songwriter Showcase Monday, Feb. 18, 7 p.m.; Mozes and the Firstborn, the Parrots, and Datenight Tuesday, Feb. 19, 8 p.m.; John Kadlecik with Memphis Mooks Wednesday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m.

Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center

Auntie Willow’s Lonely Heart’s Club Dance Friday, Feb. 15.

Rhodes College West Campus 613 UNIVERSITY 843-3775

Jane Gamble Friday, Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m.

Two Rivers Book Store 2171 YOUNG 630-8088

An Evening with Ihcilon Wednesday, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

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

Young Avenue Deli 2119 YOUNG 278-0034

Devil Train Saturday, Feb. 16, 10 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 17, 10 p.m.

Lounge & Cafe 663 S. HIGHLAND 729-6960

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

East Memphis Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

Young Petty Thieves Sunday, Feb. 17, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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

Memphis Funk-N-Horns Thursday, Feb. 14, 8-11 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Natchez Saturday, Feb. 16, 8 p.m.; Flashback Sunday, Feb. 17, 4-7 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and

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

Karaoke with DJ Stylez Thursdays, Sundays, 10 p.m.; Trio Plus Third Friday of every month.

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

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

North Mississippi/ Tunica Horseshoe Casino & Hotel AT CASINO CENTER, SOUTH OF MEMPHIS, NEAR TUNICA, MS 1-800-303-SHOE

3 Doors Down Friday, Feb. 15.

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

John Paul Keith’s Band Sunday, Feb. 17, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

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

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10 p.m.; Rice Drewry Collective Saturday, Feb. 16, 2 p.m.; Bluff City Bandits Saturday, Feb. 16, 6:30 p.m.; Seeing Red Saturday, Feb. 16, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Jeffrey and the Pacemakers Sunday, Feb. 17, 5:30 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesday, Feb. 20, 5:30 p.m.

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FEB. 14 - 20

by Coriana Close. As American culture becomes increasingly militarized, the exhibit asks: “Is this how we treat children?” www. crosstownarts.org. Fri., Feb. 15, 6-8 p.m.

Opening Reception for Memphis artist Desmond Lewis and Kenturah Davis (an artist working between Los Angeles, New Haven, and Accra, Ghana) who were selected by Delta Axis and Locate Arts/Seed Space to exhibit their work together based on their innovative sensitivity to material, and their exploration of social and relational content. www.crosstownarts.org. Fri., Feb. 15, 6-8 p.m.

Opening Reception for “Every American Thing,” exhibition of new work by Lester Merriweather. www.crosstownarts.org. Fri., Feb. 15, 6-8 p.m.

Opening Reception for “Recent Acquisitions: Friends of the Brooks Museum of Art,” group exhibition curated by Lester Merriweather. www.crosstownarts.org.

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Circuit Playhouse

The Halloran Centre

The Crucible, no one is safe as a reign of terror rips through 1692 Salem. A group of girls who claim to have seen the devil hurl out charges of witchcraft, sending those who won’t confess to the noose. When the accusing finger points to his wife, John Proctor is forced to confront his past and determine his future. www. orpheum-memphis.com. $20. Sat., Feb. 16, 2:30 & 7 p.m.

225 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Hattiloo Theatre

A Stroll Down Black Broadway: Once on This Island, experience the sounds, costumes, food, dances, and celebration of the Caribbean at Hattiloo’s annual fund-raiser. www.hattiloo.org. $100. Sat., Feb. 16, 7 p.m.

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

McCoy Theatre

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, hit musical with newly updated script charting the ups and downs of partnerships.

Through catchy tunes and a playful sensibility, this show celebrates the risks we take when we dare to

Reception for Desmond Lewis and Kenturah Davis at Crosstown Arts, Friday, February 15th, 6-8 p.m.

1350 CONCOURSE AVE., SUITE 280.

Eclectic Eye love each other. (843-3839), www. rhodes.edu/events. Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Through Feb. 23.

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

New Moon Theatre Company

Agnes of God, novice nun Sister Agnes is accused of strangling and then discarding her newborn child. Her pregnancy was kept secret, until Agnes is discovered

unconscious and bleeding. She insists that the child was the result of a virgin conception. A psychiatrist must get to the truth. (484-3467), $20 adult; $15 senior, student, military. Fridays, Saturdays, 8-10 p.m., and Sundays, 2-4 p.m.

Through Feb. 24.

AT THEATREWORKS, 2085 MONROE (484-3467).

Theatre Memphis

Little Women, four sisters live with their mother in New England as their father is away serving as a chaplain in the Civil War. The family recently lost its fortune and struggles to support themselves as the girls grow and face their own personal moral challenges, guided by their religious faith. (6828323), www.theatrememphis.org.

Through Feb. 24.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

University of Memphis

Be More Chill, a new rock musical written by Joe Iconis, with book

by Joe Tracz, based on the novel

by Ned Vizzini. (678-2576), memphis.edu/theatre/bemorechill.php. $20 for students and seniors, $25 adults. Thurs.-Sat., 7:30-9:45 p.m.

Through Feb. 16.

MEMPHIS (678-2000).

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

430 Gallery

The Art of Love: An Artistic Experience, exhibition of love-themed art and musical performance, organized by the A.R.T.S. Initiative, Inc. www.crosstownarts.org. Sat., Feb. 16, 6-9 p.m.

Opening Reception for “#GildTheDelta,” exhibition of new work

by Norwood Creech. eclectic-eye. com/. Fri., Feb. 15, 6-8 p.m.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Jay Etkin Gallery

Opening Reception for “Contemporary Influences of African Tribal Art,” exhibition of African art.

(550-0064), jayetkingallery.com/.

Fri., Feb. 15, 6-9 p.m.

942 COOPER (550-0064).

Metal Museum

Reception & Gallery Talk for “Tributaries,” talk by featured artist Tanya Crane. (774-6380), Free.

Sun., Feb. 17, 3-5 p.m.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

UrbanArt Commission

Open-House Gallery Show, exhibition of “Tiny Gallery,” an installation by Brian Jobe, executive director of Locate Arts in Nashville. www.uacmem.org. Fri., Feb. 15, 6-8:30 p.m.

422 N. CLEVELAND (454-0474).

OT H E R A R T HAPPE N I NGS

Artist Talk: Beth Edwards

Presented in conjunction with “Oh My Heart,” exhibition of new work

by Beth Edwards, who is known for her contemporary still-life paintings. Sat., Feb. 16, 11 a.m.

DAVID LUSK GALLERY, 97 TILLMAN (7673800), WWW.DAVIDLUSKGALLERY.COM.

Artists’ Link Meeting

February speaker is Memphis artist Lisa Tribo. Third Monday of every month, 6:30 p.m.

JASON’S DELI, 3473 POPLAR (324-3181).

430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

Crosstown Arts at The Concourse

Opening Reception for “Active Shooter,” exhibition of video art

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51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

Gallery Talk for “Tributaries” by Tanya Crane at the Metal Museum, Sunday, February 17th, 3-5 p.m.

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Sweat, a group of factory workers struggle to keep their lives afloat, ignorant of the financial devastation looming quietly in the future.

Set in 2008, Sweat is a reflection of America’s economic decline.

(726-4656), www.playhouseonthesquare.org. $25. Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m., and Sun., 2 p.m. Through Feb. 17.

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Saturdays, Sundays, 1:30 p.m.

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

Gallery Talk

Museum staff speak on topics including current exhibitions and works from the permanent collection.

Meet in the lobby of the main building before the talk begins. Free. Saturdays, Sundays, 2-2:30 p.m.

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

Memphis Magazine Fiction Contest

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

Through Aug. 31.

WWW.MEMPHISMAGAZINE.COM.

Open Late

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

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

Painting Out Loud Class Series 3

Process art is an intuitive method of painting. The artist paints the internal landscape, capturing emotions in the

“Every American Thing,” exhibition of new work by Lester Merriweather. www. crosstownarts.org. Feb. 15-March 10.

Memphis artist Desmond Lewis and Kenturah Davis (an artist working between Los Angeles, New Haven, and Accra, Ghana) were selected

by Delta Axis and Locate Arts/ Seed Space to exhibit their work together based on their innovative sensitivity to material, and their exploration of social and relational content. www.crosstownarts.org. Feb. 15-March 10.

“Recent Acquisitions: Friends of the Brooks Museum of Art,” group exhibition curated

by Lester Merriweather. Feb. 15-March 10.

experience. No prior painting experience is required $90 for tuition; $24 for materials.

Tues., Feb. 19, 6-9 p.m.

ART BODY SOUL STUDIO, 1024 SOUTH YATES (207-4161), WWW. ARTBODYSOULSTUDIO.COM/PAINTING-OUT-LOUD.HTML.

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Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

“Film2Fiber,” exhibition of new work by Judith Dierkes.

The artist crocheted old home movies from Memphis in the ’50s into fabric. Through March 1, 3-6 p.m.

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

Ongoing.

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

Art Village Gallery

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

by Nigerian artist Uchay Joel Chima. www.artvillagegallery. com. Ongoing.

410 S. MAIN (521-0782).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

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

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

1350 CONCOURSE AVE., SUITE 280.

“Film2Fiber” by Judith Dierkes at the AMUM, exhibited through March 1st Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

“Into the Shadows,” exhibition of new work by Chelsea Fly. www.buckmanartscenter.com.

Through Feb. 25.

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

Clough-Hanson Gallery

“Monument Lab: Prototypes/ Proposals,” exhibition of new works by Kara Crombie, Jamel Shabazz, Michelle Angela

Ortiz, and Marisa Williamson. The exhibition reflects on the monuments society has inherited and imagines future monuments yet to be built. www.rhodes.edu/events.

Tuesdays-Saturdays. Through March 16.

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

Crosstown Arts at The Concourse

“Active Shooter,” exhibition of video art by Coriana Close.

As American culture becomes increasingly militarized, the exhibit asks: “Is this how we treat children?” www.crosstownarts. org. Feb. 15-March 10.

Crosstown Concourse

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

1350 CONCOURSE AVE.

David Lusk Gallery

“Oh My Heart,” exhibition of new work by Beth Edwards, who is known for her contemporary still-life paintings. www.davidluskgallery.com.

Through March 9.

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

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Eclectic Eye

“#GildTheDelta,” exhibition of new work by Norwood Creech. Each piece is adapted from paint and pastels that incorporate gold and silver gilding, or metallic effects, as a part of the creation process. eclectic-eye.com/. Feb. 15-April 10.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Edge Gallery

Folk Artists, exhibition of work by Debra Edge, John Sadowski, Nancy White, Bill Brookshire, and other folk artists. Ongoing.

509 S. MAIN (647-9242).

FireHouse Community Arts Center

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

985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

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C A L E N DA R: F E B R UA RY 1 4 - 2 0 Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

“Aggregate Optics of Make-A-Do,” exhibition of new work by Erin Harmon. Her paintings and sculptures are filled with longing for places that do not actually exist, invoking both the animated and the arrested, the joyful and the staid, the high and the low. www. memphis.edu/fogelmangalleries/. Through March 8.

3715 CENTRAL.

Gallery 1091

“Improv,” exhibition of new works by the Memphis Camera Club. www.memphiscameraclub. org. Mondays-Fridays. Through Feb. 21.

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

Germantown Performing Arts Center

Visual Arts Exhibit: “See Me, Hear Me, I Am Human,” exhibition of work by Lin Powell. (7517500), www.gpacweb.com/event-list/2019/2/2/ artist-reception-with-jin-powell. Through March 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

1801 EXETER (751-7500).

Graceland

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

Ongoing.

3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322).

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

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Metal Museum

“Crafting a Legacy: 40 Years of Collecting and Exhibiting at the Metal Museum,” in honor of its 40th anniversary, the Metal Museum presents an exhibition of past, current, and future Master Metalsmiths and Tributaries artists, who represent the heights of achievement and the promising future of the metals field. (774-6380), Sundays, 12-5 p.m., and Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through May 12.

“Tributaries,” exhibition of new work by Tanya Crane. www.metalmuseum.org. Through April 7.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Overton Park Gallery

Thurs., 7:45 a.m.-11 p.m. Through Feb. 14.

1581 OVERTON PARK (229-2967).

Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum

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

Ross Gallery

“Forge, Cast, Fabricate,” apprentices Elizabeth Belz, Kacy Ganley, and Cassi Rebman are featured along with the Metal Museum’s staff artists Stephanie Bray, Kevin Burge, Eva Langsdon, Jim Masterson, Jeannie Tomlinson Saltmarsh, and James Vanderpool. www.cbu.edu/gallery. Mon.Thurs., 7:45 a.m.-11 p.m. Through Feb. 14.

“Labor,” exhibition of new work by Katie Maish.

“Labor” maps the journey from the first day she and her husband met their fertility doctor in 2013 to present day, along with the ever-evolving issues and concerns associated with raising a child and being a mother. www.cbu.edu/gallery. Mon.-

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

Black History Month Celebration, in observance of the 400th Year of Remembrance of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, the museum presents a series of events highlighting African-American culture with exhibits, music, artists, poetry, , and entrepreneurs. (527-3427), slavehavenmemphis.com/. Through Feb. 28.

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

Ongoing.

826 N. SECOND (527-3427).

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Java Cabana

“Let It Flow: Art from the Heart,” exhibition of new work by Kevin Chiles. www.javacabanacoffeehouse.com/. Through March 31.

2170 YOUNG (272-7210).

Jay Etkin Gallery

“Contemporary Influences of African Tribal Art,” exhibition of African art. (550-0064), jayetkingallery.com/. Feb. 15-March 16.

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

942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“Grand Reopening,” exhibition of work

by Matthew Hasty, Lisa Jennings, Chuck Johnson, Jeanne Seagle, Niles Wallace, Lisa Weiss, Peter Wright, Laurel Lukaszewski, Erwin Timmers, and Nancy Weisser. www.lrossgallery.com.

Through March 7.

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Marshall Arts Gallery

“Love of Art” and “Memphis,” exhibition of work

by Nikki Gardner and Debra Edge by appointment only. Ongoing.

639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

“Cosas Diversas/Diverse Things,” exhibition of nature, animal, and Memphis-area photography

by Bruce McGee. www.memphisbotanicgarden. com. Sundays. Through Feb. 28.

“Origami in the Garden,” exhibition of 24 museum-quality outdoor sculptures depicting origami-inspired works crafted by artists Kevin Box, Te Jui Fu, Beth Johnson, Michael G. LaFosse, and Robert Lang. www.memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through March 24.

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750 CHERRY (636-4100).

“American Haiku,” exhibition of woodcuts by Memphis artist Ted Faiers. www.brooksmuseum. org. Through May 12.

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

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

Through March 20.

“Native Son,” exhibition of sculpture and sound installation by multimedia artist Terry Adkins. www.brooksmuseum.org. Through Sept. 3.

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

Through Oct. 11.

“Visions of Hawai’i,” exhibition of work by pioneering American modernist Georgia O’Keeffe. www.brooksmuseum.org. Through Feb. 24.

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

“Drawing Memory: Essence of Memphis,” exhibi-

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Cotton Patchers Quilt Exhibit, exhibition of a range of quilting styles. (754-7282), Mondays-Fridays, Sundays, 9 a.m. Through March 18.

2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

Sue Layman Designs

Sue Layman Designs Ongoing Art, exhibition of paintings featuring brilliant colors and daring geometric shapes.

(409-7870), suelaymandesigns.com. Ongoing.

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

Talbot Heirs

Debra Edge Art, ongoing.

99 S. SECOND (527-9772).

Village Frame & Art

“20th Century Memphis Photographs,” exhibition of work

by Charlie Ivey and Virginia Schoenster, Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

540 S. MENDENHALL (767-8882).

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Brooks Milongas

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

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

Tami Sawyer and a panel of community leaders and social justice advocates. Space is limited, and registration is required. Free. Mon., Feb. 18, 6-8 p.m.

Heartbreakers v. Knockouts: Rematch!

Sock It to Me Burlesque is back with their annual Valentine’s Day show, Heartbreakers, the Remix edition.

Featuring performers in burlesque, belly dance, ballet, opera, hoop, fire, and more.

DJ Buddy keeps the party going after the show. $10-$200.

Sat., Feb. 16, 9 p.m.-3 a.m.

CLAYBORN TEMPLE, 294 HERNANDO, WWW.CLAYBORNREBORN.ORG.

Communities in Conversation: Quinn Slobodian

Author presents the topic “From the End of Empire to the End of Neoliberalism?: The Alt-Globalization of the Right-Wing Backlash,” based on his most recent book, Globalists. Tues., Feb. 19, 6 p.m.

CLUB SPECTRUM, 616 MARSHALL AVENUE (292-2292).

Invisible: Imprints of Racism

Nine dancers and three poets take the audience on a journey full of emotion, exploration, and, ultimately, love. $5-$15.

Sat., Feb. 16, 6-7:30 p.m.

CLAYBORN TEMPLE, 294 HERNANDO.

Spring Mix

A colorful celebration of the earthly elements, including Steven McMahon’s Flyway, Julia Adam’s waterthemed Dew Point, and a new work from Rafael Ferreras. $25. Feb. 15-16, 8-10 p.m., and Sun., Feb. 17, 2-4 p.m.

BALLET MEMPHIS, 2144 MADISON (737-7322), WWW.BALLETMEMPHIS. ORG/SPRING-MIX.

Economic Challenges Facing Black Men and Boys at the University of Memphis, Tues., Feb. 19th C O M E DY

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Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Farewell Play Tour, Perry made headlines last month when he announced that he would be hanging up Madea’s wig in 2019, with the expected final stage play. www.fedexforum. com. $45-$125. Tues., Feb. 19, 7 p.m.

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Comma Comedians Present: 1,2,3 Comedy, Every other Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

95 S. MAIN (473-9573).

P&H Cafe

You Look Like, a monthly showcase of spite, battle of bitchery, and competition of “Oh, hell no.” Watch the quickest wits from all over the country talk mad shit. (2833814), $8. Third Saturday of every month, 9-11 p.m.

1532 MADISON (726-0906).

B O O KS I G N I N G S

Booksigning by Bridget Vaughan

Author signs and discusses book, Time for Marriage. Free.

Sat., Feb. 16, 1-3 p.m.

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

Booksigning by Joy Fitzgerald

Author discusses and signs her

new book, The Journey to Joy. Fri., Feb. 15, 5 p.m.

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

Booksigning by Wanda Shelton

Author discusses and signs her new book, Paint Her Dead.

Sun., Feb. 17, 2 p.m.

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

LECT U R E /S P EA K E R

200 Years of Race and Place: A Reflection on Race and Class for Memphis’ Bicentennial

The second installment in the In This Place series, the meeting will be facilitated by Shelby County Commissioner

RHODES COLLEGE, HARDIE AUDITORIUM, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3292).

Economic Challenges Facing Black Men and Boys: Beyond the Data to Lived Experience

Dr. William R. Emmons, Ph.D, explores the data from the largest study in U.S. history on intergenerational economic challenges facing AfricanAmerican men and boys. Tues., Feb. 19, 5:30-8 p.m.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, UNIVERSITY CENTER, 255 UNIVERSITY CENTER, PARIS THEATER, WWW. MEMPHIS.EDU/BENHOOKS/ EVENTS/INDEX.PHP.

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Master gardener speaks on the topic “Plants and Aromatherapy” at this brown-bag lecture series. Free for members and students with ID. Wed., Feb. 20, noon.

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

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Calvary Episcopal Church Tours

Docent-led tours discuss stained glass windows, architecture, and symbols in Christian art. Private tours available upon request. Free.

Second Wednesday, Sunday of every month, 11:15 a.m.

CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 102 N. SECOND (525-6602), WWW.CALVARYMEMPHIS.ORG.

City Tasting Tours

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

WWW.CITYTASTINGTOURS.COM.

Cutting Garden Tours

Garden docents will focus on the cutting garden each week on Saturday morning. Meet in the Catmur Foyer to see the large urn design and start tour.

Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon.

A Novel Book Club

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

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

Making Memphis: Storytelling with Jimmy Ogle

The lunch and learn series covers topics such as women in Memphis, black history, Memphis music, the historic riverfront, memorials and historical markers, and more. The event is free, but guests will need to reserve seats at www. pinkpalacejimmyogle.brownpapertickets.com. Mondays, Thursdays, 12-1 p.m. Through March 14.

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

Public Tour

An in-depth and behind the scenes view of the historic theater. An updated schedule will always be available at orpheum-memphis.com/ tours. All proceeds benefit the Orpheum Theatre Group’s nonprofit mission. $10. Third Monday of every month, 10 a.m. & noon Through Feb. 18.

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

Yellow Fever Rock & Roll Ghost Tour

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

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

T.O. Fuller State Park Monthly Meeting Call for more information.

Third Wednesday of every month, noon.

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

Love on the Rocks at Elmwood Cemetery, Saturday, February 16th, at 10:30 a.m. personal tour. Ongoing.

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

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Magic the Gathering fan festival with artist meetings, cosplay, and tournaments. Feb. 15-17.

MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (576-1200), WWW.CFBEVENTS.COM/MTGMEMPHIS.

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Remington College Memphis Campus Career Fair

Job seekers should wear business attire and bring multiple copies of their resumes. Tues., Feb. 19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

REMINGTON COLLEGE, 2710 NONCONNAH (389-5302), WWW.REMINGTONCOLLEGE.EDU

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$12-$25. Wed., Feb. 20, 7 p.m.

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

For writers who specialize in science-fiction/fantasy/etc.

Second Thursday of every month, 7 p.m.

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

Lupus Support Group

Our mission is to ensure that patients in Memphis with lupus, as well as their caregivers, family, and friends, have a safe and supportive place to connect. Free. Third Saturday of every month, 1-3 p.m.

NESHOBA COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, 7715 E HOLMES (7552250), WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ CURELUPUSTN/.

Al Chymia Shrine Circus For more information, call (901) 377-7336 or visit the website at www.alchymiashrine.org. $10 adults, $5 kids. Feb. 14-17.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, SHOWPLACE ARENA, 105 S. GERMANTOWN.

Hot Wheels Monster Trucks

Features the superstars of freestyle motocross, world record attempts, and Megasaurus – the massive, car-eating, fire-breathing prehistoric robot who loves chomping on anything with four wheels.

Sat., Feb. 16, 1:30 & 7:30 p.m.

FEDEXFORUM, 191 BEALE STREET, WWW.FEDEXFORUM.COM.

NOTICE OF PROPOSED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS

IF YOU BURIED A FAMILY MEMBER AT GALILEE MEMORIAL GARDENS CEMETERY (“GALILEE”) OR YOU PAID FOR A BURIAL AT GALILEE FROM JANUARY 1, 2011 THROUGH JANUARY 31, 2014 PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS WILL BE AFFECTED This Notice is to let you know about a proposed partial settlement of a class action lawsuit against three funeral homes in the Akilah Louise Wofford v. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home, Inc. et al., Case No. CH-14-0197 lawsuit. (the “Wofford lawsuit”) To learn more about this partial settlement or to obtain a copy of the Claim Form you will need to send in to get money, please visit [www.galileeclassaction.com] or, you can call 901-859-1009 and these documents will be mailed to you. The folks entitled to get money out of this settlement are called Class Members in this Notice.

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Summary of the Settlement Terms Three funeral homes have agreed to settle the Wofford lawsuit and pay Class Members $7,150,000 (the “Settlement Amount”). The lawyers handling the case for Class Members are going to ask Memphis Court Chancellor Kyle to award $30,000 from the settlement funds to the families that helped get these three funeral homes to settle because they took time out of their lives to help everyone get money for the harm caused out at Galilee. Also, the lawyers working on this case have never been paid and they have spent about $400,000 paying expenses on the case out of their own money.

These lawyers are going to ask the Court to pay 37.5% which equals $2,681,250.00 of the Settlement Amount to them as their legal fee and are going to ask to be paid back their expenses. Chancellor Kyle will consider all of this and he gets to decide how much the lawyers will be paid in this case.

Chancellor Kyle will have a final hearing on this partial settlement to consider whether it’s fair and should be approved so everyone can then get paid money but there is nothing he can do to force the defendants to offer more money in settlement to you. The final hearing will take place in Chancellor Kyle’s courtroom at the Shelby County Courthouse on Adams Avenue at 10:00 a.m. on March 4, 2019. Until Chancellor Kyle decides about the lawyers’ fees and expenses, we can’t tell you exactly how much money you might get from this settlement.

In order to get any money from this settlement, you must have buried a family member at Galilee or paid for the burial of someone at Galilee between January 1, 2011 and January 31, 2014 and you must fill out and mail in a Claim Form by July 15, 2019. You need to mail it to: CMM Settlement Solutions, P.O. Box 341316, Bartlett, Tennessee 38184.

You can hire your own lawyer and object to this settlement if you don’t like it but you must mail your written objection to CMM Settlement Solutions by February 15, 2019. If Chancellor Kyle approves the settlement it is FINAL, you will be stuck with it and the three settling funeral homes will be released from all liability in this case. The case against the rest of the funeral homes will continue to go forward and you might get more money from them later depending on a court’s ruling.

If you have any questions, you may call 901-859-1009 or you may visit [www.galileeclassaction.com]. You can get a copy of a Claim Form on the website. If you don’t have the internet, please call 901-859-1009 and someone will help you get the forms you need to get money from this settlement.

PLEASE DO NOT CALL OR WRITE THE COURT, THE CLERK’S OFFICE, OR ANY DEFENDANT ABOUT THIS NOTICE OR THE SETTLEMENT. ONLY CMM SETTLEMENT SOLUTIONS HAS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO FILE A CLAIM

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Bowlin’ on the River Bowl-A-Thon

The largest fund-raiser of the year from Junior Achievement’s, involving dozens of local organizations and thousands of bowlers at Billy Hardwick’s and Winchester Bowl. Support financial literacy education in local youth. Register at bowlathon. com or call (901) 366-7800 to learn more. Free with fundraising commitment.

Saturdays, Sundays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Feb. 25.

BILLY HARDWICK ALLSTAR LANES, 1576 S. WHITE STATION (3667800).

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The Art of the Fantasy Novel

Join Jenny M. Duggan Jackson, writer and MFA, on a journey into fantasy writing and how to create a novel or story. Reservations required; must be able to attend all three sessions. Please call (901) 761-5250 to register.

Tues., 6-8:30 p.m. Through Feb. 19.

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

Bars and Brushes

Re-build, Inc and Obsidian Comics presents a live art and hip-hop show featuring Yung Jewelz, Aisha RaQuel, and Vitamin Cea. $10. Fri., Feb. 15, 6-10 p.m.

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

Galentine’s Day Tea

Celebrate Valentine’s weekend with a traditional Galentine’s Day Tea. An afternoon tea will be served, along with a self-guided tour of the upcoming exhibit, Timeless Romance. $25. Sun., Feb. 17, 2-4 p.m.

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

Guided Meditations

Includes a sitting meditation and a walking meditation designed to increase balance and stability. Visit link to download guided meditations to your mobile device.

Ongoing.

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

“LeMoyne-Owen College: A Beacon of Hope”

Exhibition of a central institution in Memphis since its founding in 1871 as the LeMoyne Normal and Commercial School. Ongoing.

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

Tuesdays at S.T.A.X.

See, Touch, Ask, eXplore with hands-on activities, objects from the archive on display, and soul sounds overhead.

Different themes relating to Black History Month each week. Free admission for Shelby Country residents, 1-5 p.m. Free with museum admission. Tuesdays, 2-4 p.m.

Through Feb. 26.

STAX MUSEUM OF AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC, 926 E. MCLEMORE (2616338), STAXMUSEUM.COM/.

$75 individual. Thurs., Feb. 14, 6:30-10:30 p.m.

THE ESPLANADE, 901 CORDOVA STATION (753-3333).

Valentine’s Day Beer and Dessert Pairing

Enjoy a flight of four Valentine’s Day pastries from Primas Bakery and Boutique paired with a flight of four Ghost River beers. $22.

Thurs., Feb. 14, 7-9 p.m.

GHOST RIVER BREWING, 827 S. MAIN (278-0087).

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Love on the Rocks

These sometimes tragic tales of love gone wrong tell of of those who have loved deeply … and lost. The walking tour begins at the Elmwood Cottage and takes place outdoors, so dress appropriately.

Adults only. $20. Sat., Feb. 16, 10:30 a.m.

ELMWOOD CEMETERY, 824 S. DUDLEY (774-3212), WWW.ELMWOODCEMETERY.ORG.

Valentine’s Class and Party

Beginner dance class and practice party, no partner necessary, BYOB. Reservations preferred. $30 per person for both, or $20 for either the class or party. Thurs., Feb. 14, 7:15-9 p.m.

DANCESMITHS BALLROOM DANCE STUDIO, 376 PERKINS EXT (371-9393), DANCESMITHS.COM/ VALENTINES.

Valentine’s Day at Celtic Crossing

Special three-course dinner with an exclusive gift of Irish Butler’s Heart Chocolates. Reserve a table by calling (901) 274-5151. $40 per person.

Thurs., Feb. 14, 5-11:45 p.m.

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

Valentine’s Day Dance

Join in for a seductive rumba, tango, or salsa 45-minute dance class on Valentine’s Day. For couples who can’t make it on Valentine’s Day, an additional class was added on Saturday, February 16th. $17.50.

Thurs., Feb. 14, 5-5:45, 6-6:45 & 7-7:45 p.m., and Sat., Feb. 16, 7:30-8:15 p.m.

BLUE SUEDE BALLROOM, 3675 SOUTHWIND PARK COVE (7580032), WWW.BLUESUEDEBALLROOM.COM.

Valentine’s Day Dinner

The Best of Memphis awardwinning pizza parlor will be serving up large heart-shaped pizzas to split with your sweetheart. Thurs., Feb. 14.

MEMPHIS PIZZA CAFE, 7604 W FARMINGTON (753-2218), MEMPHISPIZZACAFE.COM.

Valentine’s Soiree

Reserve a sweetheart table for two and enjoy an evening of live music featuring Gerald Richardson and KemUStry Band, a DJ, dancing, a photo booth, open bar, and a complimentary bottle of champagne at each table. $150 couples/

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

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

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

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

Sunday Supper Series

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

Sundays, 3-9 p.m.

THE HIGH KINGS FEB. 23 / 7:30PM

Back by popular demand, this iconic Irish band will knock your green socks off!

Last season sold-out. Get your tickets soon!

THE RUSSIAN STRING ORCHESTRA MARCH 24 2:30 PM

Russian String Orchestra, brings its trademark virtuosity, high energy to BPACC. Impassioned performances linger in the soul long after the last note resonates.

TICKETS – 901.385.5588 – BPACC.ORG 3663 Appling Road – Bartlett, Tennessee

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

Youth Villages Soup Sunday

Serving up soups, bread, desserts, and other dishes by more than 50 popular restaurants and caterers. Sun., Feb. 17, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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Youth take the mic at this event featuring student-created activities, live performances and music, after-school snacks, games galore, and fun. Free. Sat., Feb. 16, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

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The Land of Milk and Funny

Presented as part of the Morris and Mollye Fogelman International Jewish Film Festival, The Land of Milk and Funny.

The story of American Jewish comedian Avi Liberman bringing his colleagues to the Jewish homeland to lift spirits and raise funds for a great cause. $7.

Tues., Feb. 19, 7 p.m.

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

MicroCinema: 2018 Music Video Showcase

An encore screening of national and international music videos from the 2018 Indie Memphis Film Festival, curated by Senior Programmer Brighid Wheeler. Tues., Feb. 19, 7-9 p.m.

CROSSTOWN ARTS AT THE CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE AVE., SUITE 280, WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

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

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

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

nything you like about this book is due to me, and any errors are the fault of those listed above.”

Those words, following a list of acknowledgements, are in the author’s foreword from a new book — and a scholarly one, in fact — that political junkies and, really, all serious writers with an interest in the future of their society can profit from. The sense of humor in the sentence quoted above is a tip-off that the author, who knows his subject, well understands that famous maxim of Aristotle’s: “All art must both amuse and instruct.”

The book is Rethinking U.S. Election Law: Unskewing the System (Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd). The author is one Steven Mulroy, professor at the University of Memphis and, of late, a member of the Shelby County Commission. Even more recently, Mulroy was the sparkplug and primary eminence of the local movement to reject a City Council-sponsored 3:06referendum PM that would have prohibited the use of Instant Runoff Voting.

Back in 2008, Mulroy was the Johnny Appleseed of the IRV process when the original referendum authorizing it was passed by Memphis voters. IRV, in brief, is a means of voting whereby voters, instead of just picking a single candidate, can rank several in order of preference, so that if no candidate succeeds in polling a majority, the voters’ secondary choices are weighted and factored into the results so that a majority winner can prevail.

The result: No plurality winner (as in the last presidential election). No expensive and ill-attended runoff or the anti-IRV referendum emanating from the Council. IRV is scheduled for use in the 2019 city election but still must maneuver its way past a couple of legal actions — one of them from the state Election Coordinator — attempting to block it.

“One common response to any argument for a national popular presidential vote [another cause preferred by the author] is, ‘we live in a republic, not a democracy.’ Indeed, that response comes up in just about any discussion of any significant electoral reform. It is, of course, a shibboleth rather than an argument.

The U.S. is both a democracy (governed by the people) and, more specifically, a republic (governed by the people through elected representatives). … [B]oth terms are consistent with the Founders’ original understanding, and any purported distinction between the two” is irrelevant.

That about says it.

Equally rewarding to the lay reader and the political adept is Jocie (The Hillhelen Group LLC, $20 at Novel), a personal memoir by one of the most thoroughly committed citizens of Shelby County. In the course of this jaunty, passionate, and humble narrative, one encounters a being determined to fully experience the actual world she lives in and equally determined to improve it to the most ideal specifications she can imagine.

The author, Jocelyn Wurzburg, has used her life to graduate from the status of “good little girl” in 1950s Memphis to that of mover and shaker in almost every good big cause there has been in the rapidly changing social ferment of her adulthood.

The singularity and determination to be of her times and not just in them caused Wurzburg to ignore every barricade she encountered — religious, social, political, what-have-you.

She has been active, from the time of the 1968 sanitation strike crisis, in the cause of racial togetherness and civil rights, to the point that the Tennessee Human Rights Commission has not only taken note of her efforts, the THRC has named its highest honor the Jocelyn Wurzburg Civil Rights Legacy Award.

A lawyer, she became a pioneer in the art of domestic mediation once she realized that divorces for most people had become a zero-sum game. She has also been a force in women’s rights movements locally, statewide, and national.

For all her involvements and distinction, though, she remains as down-toearth and gracious as the old cliche of Southern hospitality would suggest. She is famously colloquial in speech and, when circumstances call for it, deportment. If you don’t know her, you should. If you spend your time in the company of people trying to help Memphis find its best self, you will.

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a fine dining restaurant. A few years ago, I realized that’s not the way the world is going.

“What we do here is fun. There has to be a certain amount of whimsy.”

Their food concept has always been “fresh, light, as few ingredients as possible.

No heavy sauces. Everything is meant to be refreshing.”

And, Barker says, “If we can’t make it, we prefer not to serve it. So, at first everything was served on a biscuit because that was the bread we were making at the time.

We’ve expanded into other breads.”

A vegan avocado toast is their most popular item. “We put an entire avocado sliced and fanned out over the two slices of [wheat] bread. Then we make an herb vinaigrette and an herb and olive oil puree.

So, it’s nice and bright and green. Then a little bit of dressed arugula and chia seeds.

“Every recipe is four or five ingredients, and every plate has four or five things on it. Nothing is so complicated that it’s difficult to understand or unfamiliar.”

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s a child, Tim Barker spent summers on his grandparents’ farm in Kentucky.

“We’d be up around 4 a.m. to pick tomatoes,” he says. “And then we’d come in for breakfast and eat tomatoes. And then go out and sell tomatoes. And then for lunch we would eat tomatoes.

“For a long time I didn’t eat tomatoes.”

As chef/owner of Edge Alley, Barker, 38, now includes tomatoes in his popular shrimp and grits. “I [fell] in love with tomatoes. I turned into a tomato snob.”

Barker, who was born in Martin, Tennessee, got his first restaurant job at 13 working at a Shoney’s. He rose from washing dishes to flipping burgers and frying steaks.

Barker studied artistic photography at Murray State University. “My plan was to be a successful photographer.”

But, he says, “I was in school for photography and needed a job.”

He went to work at an upscale restaurant in Murray. “That was the restaurant where I realized this could be more than just a job.”

Instead of just flipping a steak, Barker started “to care about whether the thing is overcooked or not. It stops being just a job and you have to worry about the presentation. The quality. There’s more to it than just food.”

Barker, who briefly went to culinary school, eventually moved to Memphis, where he worked under chef/owner José Gutierrez at the old Encore restaurant at The Peabody and at the Beauty Shop working with chef/owner Karen Carrier.

Deciding he wanted to open a restaurant consulting business, Barker now owns Table and Bar Consulting Group.

“We do restaurant concept and design for ground-up projects. And then we can also help people reorganize and repair their existing operation.”

He wasn’t thinking about opening a restaurant at 600 Monroe when the developer asked him what he thought he should do with the empty space. “I outlined this concept for some retail and art space, a restaurant, and a coffee roastery.”

A year and a half later, Barker opened Edge Alley, which serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and, Saturday and Sunday, brunch. The restaurant space has 60 seats. A photography gallery soon will fill another space.

Owning his own restaurant was his longtime fantasy, but, Barker says, “I’ve always thought that I would end up with

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Their shrimp and grits recipe is simple.

Instead of “a sauce that’s made of Worcestershire hot sauce, all these tons of ingredients,” their sauce “starts off with charred tomatoes” and also includes garlic, onion, shrimp, and “a handful of spices.”

Their chocolate pot de creme dessert is made of dark chocolate, whiskey, whipped cream, and fresh berries.

Edge Alley isn’t the end of the line for Barker. “I think we have a lot of opportunity in 2019 to do other stuff in the neighborhood.”

He’s not ready to talk about it, but Barker says, “We’re working on another concept for the neighborhood.”

Think “bar.”

Edge Alley, 600 Monroe, 425-2605, edge-alley.com

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There is no real history to black IPAs. The brew is still considered an emerging style, although you see it around fairly often, these days. It is an ale with IPA-level hopping that also has a distinct toasted malt flavor. While it looks like a stout, it lacks the heavy body of that style.

I’ll admit that I’ve never been an unqualified fan of some of these “emerging” styles. Some of them can be too clever by half. And there are plenty of very traditional practices that, like the Salem Witch trials, really ought to remain a historical curiosity. I’m looking at you, Sour Beer. On the other hand, it’s no good standing in the way of innovation, either.

It was on a rainy, almost warm day that I headed over to Wiseacre to test Prank Calls to Satan.

It’s available in cans, but a trip to the taproom over on Broad is almost always worth it. The rain coming off the overpass gives the porch an urban groovy backdrop, and inside it looks like a family garage that has been taken over by an artistic, pot-smoking son — the one no one trusted to go to college out of state.

Wiseacre calls Prank Calls “deceiving and fun.” It’s deceptively drinkable is what it is. Honestly, I was annoyed it had taken me this long to try it out. The highly toasted malt gives it a deep, dark color, but it’s much lighter than anything we’d call a stout. With the just right amount of Delta and Chinook hops, this ale has a crispness that isn’t usually found in a toasted beer. It is a solid 6.5 percent ABV, but the 40 IBU hits a great balance of bitter body.

In short, this is a beautiful note to hit on a Memphis afternoon that can’t decide if it’s winter, spring, or summer.

And I imagine that it would go well in the fall as well.

As for what to eat with it, the hoppy crispness opens up possibilities, because it likely won’t overpower other flavors.

All kinds of tapas and appetizers would do the trick, especially the stinky cheeses. To be clear, Ramen noodles wouldn’t stand up to it, but this Black IPA will play well with a cheeseburger or a pizza. As much as I love barbecue, however, I can see how it might confuse the issue.

The guys over at Wiseacre named the beer after a Far Side cartoon that made them giggle. For me, all I could think of was making phone calls at 2:30 a.m. (8:30 a.m., London time) looking for a chap whose parents had saddled him with some ridiculous name I’d just made up. Mentally, that’s a strange place to go for a beer, but it was fun. The perfect beer to toast idiotic collegiate foolishness ruined by technology, and the manual transmission, while I’m at it, and, of course, one Mortimer Underhill, Esquire.

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nce, in my younger days, I thought it was a terribly clever idea to prank call the planet.

Which is how I know that at one point in history there were three people named Mortimer Underhill living in London, England.

With long distance rates being what they once were, I didn’t pull a stunt like that on my phone. So, about three weeks later, there was also one set of parents in Baton Rouge who had a terrible time reconciling their daughter’s overseas phone bill. She later admitted it was pretty funny, but I was still on the hook for dinner.

So when I saw that Wiseacre Brewing had a black IPA called Prank Calls to Satan, I was intrigued. And why not? My ill-advised yet expensive quest for Mr. Underhill was entirely fueled by barley-water. This is the sort of imbecility we used to do in a world before the internet and Caller ID.

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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

Gender Flipped Out What Men Want is Taraji P. Henson.

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ne of these days, someone’s going to write a leading role worthy of Taraji P. Henson.

Maybe that seems like an ignorant thing to say about one of the most-seen actresses in America. As Cookie Lyon on Empire, she has become an icon of bold, empowered black womanhood. She’s got the career everybody in the business wants.

But here’s the thing: Henson’s a damn movie star.

That’s been obvious ever since Hustle & Flow, where she first teamed up with Empire co-star Terrance Howard and director Craig Brewer, who now writes and directs for the show. Since then, she’s generally been bigger than the roles she’s taken. The possible exception is her role as NASA scientist Katherine Johnson in Hidden Figures, but even that hit film didn’t do either its subjects or its actors justice.

While I was watching Henson flat murdering every stupid scene of What Men Want, it really drove home to me that the chief skill of a movie star is to get people to relate to them on screen. Maybe it’s even deeper than “relate.” You want to be this person. Their success feels like your success. Their failures sting,

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and we need to see their defeats redeemed, because it kind of makes up for all the unredeemed failures in our own lives.

If a movie star can deliver that, it’s enough. But Cary Grant, the consummate movie star, not only had a string of flaccid potboilers where he’s the best thing on the screen, he also had Notorious, North by Northwest, and Bringing Up Baby. That’s what Taraji needs: A challenge for her formidable talents.

I admit that I remember very little about the 2000 film What Women Want starring Mel Gibson. This is probably because it is the 2000 film What Women Want starring Mel Gibson. The basic concept is that Mel was shocked by a hair dryer and instead of dying he gained female telepathy, which he then uses to succeed in advertising and woo Helen Hunt. In this time of changing expectations, the war between the sexes seems more literal than ever, so gender flipping that idea could work. Perhaps we could achieve understanding between the sexes with a little intercranial communication.

Except, I listen to a man’s thoughts all day, and trust me, ladies, you want no part of it.

Taraji P. Henson (above) rules the screen in Adam Shankman’s What Men Want.

This is a lesson that Henson, as crackerjack sports agent Ali Davis, learns very quickly. She’s the kind of person who wakes up at 3 a.m. to conduct negotiations while walking a treadmill without even getting short of breath. After she meets a tarot cardreading psychic named Sister, played by neo-soul diva Erykah Badu, and drinks a Haitian herbal tea, she gains the ability to read the thoughts of men.

Unfortunately, the firm where she works is populated exclusively by square-jawed, mouth-breathing douche nozzles, and their thoughts are even worse than mine.

The telepath tortured because she can’t turn it off is an old sci-fi trope, and every now and then you can see one of the seven writers who have had a spoon in this stew flirt with actual thought, like when Ali accidentally helps someone kick a cocaine habit, or plays matchmaker between her openly gay assistant Brandon (Josh Brener) and a closeted co-worker (Pete Davidson). But for the most part, Ali is just

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In fact, her movie star charisma ends up undermining one of the film’s plot points. The lead character is supposed to read as an egotistical jerk who is taught a lesson in humility by their experience. Mel Gibson fits that bill.

Henson? I’d pay to watch her read the phone book.

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If there’s a guy to take a talent like Henson and build a subversive #MeToo screwball comedy around her, it’s not The Wedding Planner director Adam Shankman. You want to spin comedy gold out of the idea that the little deceptions and deflections of everyday life might just be the basic glue of civilization, and total honesty would be an ongoing disaster? Too bad, here’s a Fiji Water product placement shot and a drunken, wig-snatching wedding brawl. He lingers too long on jokes, and the film has as many endings as Return of the King.

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Let’s forget about the Giant Orange Menace for a moment, if that’s at all possible, and check out how “The Best People” are doing. You remember, President Trump promised to staff his cabinet with only the best.

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Space doesn’t permit an examination of all the abominations that have traversed this fetid swamp of greed and incompetence, so we’ll have to narrow our commentary to a select few. So let’s just stick with the Cabinet, starting with: Agriculture: Former veterinarian George “Sonny” Perdue was a Democrat until 1998, before switching parties and becoming the first Republican governor of Georgia since Reconstruction. Before his tenure ended, Perdue wracked up 13 complaints filed with the state Ethics Commission, including accepting $25,000 worth of illegal gifts. In 2004, Perdue sued the Environmental Protection Agency saying, “Liberals have lost all credibility when it comes to climate science, because their arguments have become … so obviously disconnected from reality.”

In November 2007, while Georgia was suffering through the worst drought in decades, Perdue led a large crowd in prayer on the steps of the state capitol, saying, “We’ve come here for one reason and one reason only, to very reverently and respectfully pray up a storm.” It didn’t work. After severely cutting funds for food and safety regulations, Georgia suffered one of the century’s deadliest outbreaks of food-borne illness. Perdue is now in charge of the nation’s food safety.

Commerce: After being tapped as Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross maintained partial ownership in Chinese state-owned businesses, a shipping company tied to Russian oligarchs, a bank in Cypress, and an auto parts industry. Ross was accused of swindling his business associates out of $120 million. Before divesting his holdings to a family trust, Ross shorted stock in the Russian-linked shipping company, Navigator Holdings, making a small fortune before the price of shares plummeted. He was fined $2.3 million by the Security and Exchange Commission.

Education: Perhaps the most despised member of the Trump Cabinet, Betsy DeVos used her billion-dollar fortune from the Amway pyramid scheme company to advocate for directing taxpayer funds to private, religious, and charter schools. A major GOP fund-raiser, DeVos called for the deregulation and privatization of the American education system. With zero experience as an educator or administrator, DeVos home-schooled her own children. She rolled back Obama-era policies on campus sexual assault and fought to end a school loan borrower protection program that made it easier for defrauded students to get their loans forgiven. After a failed attempt to kill an inquiry into for-profit colleges, DeVos named a dean from DeVry University to lead a group of investigators.

In a comical Congressional hearing, DeVos called for arming school personnel because Wyoming schools might need guns to defend against grizzly bears. The sister of Erik Prince, soon-to-be-convicted felon and founder of the Blackwater mercenary security group, DeVos registered her personal yacht as a foreign vessel to avoid state taxes.

Health and Human Services: After Trump’s initial appointee, Tom Price, was bounced from his position for insider trading, such as purchasing shares in companies manufacturing replacement knees and hips and then introducing bills to affect the cost of such surgeries, Trump tapped Alex Azar as his replacement.

As U.S. Division President of pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, Azar increased the cost of a crucial diabetes drug by three-hundred percent, doubled the price of insulin, and was fined for colluding to keep prices high in Mexico. Oh yeah, he also worked on the first two years of the calamitous Clinton Whitewater Investigation under Kenneth Starr.

Homeland Security: Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is the face of migrant family separation. After tweeting, “We do not have a policy of separating families at the border.

Period,” Nielsen said, “We will not apologize for the job we do,” like putting kids in cages. According to The New York Times, nearly 12,000 immigrant children spent last Thanksgiving in federal custody.

HUD: Hapless presidential candidate Ben Carson was most likely put in charge of Housing and Urban Development because it had the word “urban” in the title. Knowing nothing about housing policy or HUD’s work, Carson is mainly known for the redecoration of his office, including the purchase of a $31,000 dining room set, which he blamed on his wife. Citing a “secular progressive movement in this country,” Carson halted an investigation into housing discrimination practices. Dr. Ben stated that, “poverty, to a large extent, is also a state of mind,” and that slaves should be seen as “involuntary immigrants.”

Carson tried to impose work requirements on recipients of housing assistance. After Trump’s egregious comments about the neo-Klan rally in Charlottesville, Carson claimed the mayhem and murder were, “little squabbles being blown out of proportion.” Since all the corruption can’t be covered in one page, let’s just skip to: Treasury: As Chief Information Officer for Goldman Sachs, Steve Mnuchin advocated for the reduction of corporate tax rates, making him a perfect fit for Trump’s Cabinet of thieves. Despite the murder and dismemberment of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Mnuchin traveled to Saudi Arabia to meet with Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) just two weeks after Secretary of State and farright Christian zealot Mike Pompeo held a similar meeting. Mnuchin said they discussed “combating the financing of terrorism.” Best known for requesting a government jet for his European honeymoon with sometime actress and nude model, Louise Linton, the Mnuchins were photographed exiting a government jet in Kentucky, which Mrs. Mnuchin then posted on Instagram. The trip was ostensibly to meet with amphibian Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, but just happened to coincide with a primo viewing of the solar eclipse.

And we haven’t even had the chance to discuss the acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, Scott Pruitt, Ryan Zinke, or Crypt Keeper wannabe Rudy Giuliani. We’ve yet to touch on Michael Cohen, Mike Flynn, Paul Manafort, Don Jr., Jared, Ivanka, or Nixon fanboy Roger Stone. When the multiple investigations are finally completed, I’m confident that they’ll be “the best people” that prison can hold.

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2/13: $3 Pint Night!

2/14: Memphis Trivia League!

2/16-2/17: Devil Train Kitchen Open Late! Now Delivering All Day! 278-0034 (limited delivery area)

GONER RECORDS

1884 LOUNGE

2/15: KISS Tribute 2/16: Brent Cobb w/ Adam Hood 2/23: BAS 2/24: Ameripolitian Awards Showcase

New/ Used LPs, 45s & CDs.

We Buy Records!

2152 Young Ave 901-722-0095

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Tap Room Hours: Thurs & Fri 4-10 p.m., Sat 1-10 p.m., Sun 1-7 p.m.

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Kevin Cerrito Trivia, Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.

Bingo, Friday at 8 p.m.

*TEAM CLEAN*

Coco & Lola’s LO

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1500 sq. ft. of Vintage & Antique Jewelry.

Retro Furniture and Accessories. Original Paintings, Sculpture, Pottery, Art & Antiques.

We are the only store in the Mid-South that replaces stones in costume jewelry.

WE BUY RECORDS 45’S, 78’S, LP’S

Don’t “give them away” at a yard sale We Pay More Than Anyone Large Quantities No Problem Also Buying Old Windup Phonographs Call Paul 901-435-6668

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Fri Feb 15: The Foxies, 9p Sat Feb 16: The PRVLG, 9p Sun Feb 17: Tipsy Nerf Battle Brunch, 12p, Drunk Charades, 7p Fri Feb 22: Mike Farris, 9p Sat Feb 23: Frayser Boy w/Special Guests, 9p Sun Feb. 24: Magic Brunch 12p Fri Mar. 1: Rev. Sekou with the Tennessee Mass Choir & Talibah Safiya 6p Sat Mar. 2: Mighty Souls Brass Band 4p Jared & the Mill 8p Sun Mar. 3: Drunk Arm Wrestling 7p

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GRÁ DÍLSEACHT CAIRDEAS Celebrate Valentine’s Day at Celtic!

SPECIAL 3-COURSE DINNER

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SIMPLY HEMP SHOP We carry a variety of CBD products. Full Spectrum oil, sprays, skin care, and even CBD for Pets. Find us at Foozi Eats in Clark Tower, Blue Suede Do’s in the iBank or online at. simplyhemp.shop 901-443-7157

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ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES Anniversary Sale!

21,000 sq ft. 100 + booths 5855 Summer Ave. (corner of Summer and Sycamore View ) exit 12 off I-40 | 901.213.9343 Mon-Sat 10a-6p | Sun 1p-6p