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OUR 1572ND ISSUE 04.11.19 According to a story in The Wall Street Journal this week, the Memphis City Council “will vote to complete new tax breaks for Graceland to fund a $100 million expansion, a peace offering in a nearly two-year war that included threats of Elvis’s estate leaving his adopted hometown.” Yep, according to the WSJ, the folks out there at Graceland were threatening to pack it all up and move it out of town if the city didn’t give them a tax break. “We’ve had substantial offers to take every piece of wood and panel and move it,” Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc.’s managing partner, Joel Weinshanker, told the WSJ. He cited Nashville, Asia, and the Middle East as possible new homes for Graceland, and said a $79 million incentive package would go a long way “to ensure that the late musician’s home will stay on Elvis Presley Boulevard.” Given the city’s track record on doling out tax breaks, this is probably a done deal. But if you think EPE was seriously considering moving out of Memphis, I have some windmill-cancer meds I’d like to sell you. Let me remind you (since most of you Memphians have never been to Graceland) that Elvis Presley and his mama, Gladys, as well his daddy, Vernon, and even his grandmama, Minnie Mae, are all buried at Graceland. If the current corporate owners of Elvis Presley had ever attempted to dig up the whole damn family and move them to, say, Saudi Arabia, there would have been a world-wide armed revolt by Elvis fans. It would be like moving Bourbon Street to Albuquerque. Some things are intrinsically linked — like Elvis and Memphis. And some things aren’t for sale. Or they shouldn’t be. And Nashville? C’mon, son. That city has enough issues of its own to deal with, these days, without throwing Dead Elvis into the mix. Last week, there was a huge brouhaha from the populace over the city’s decision to cut down a bunch of cherry trees to build a big temporary stage for a televised NFL Draft Day event on ESPN. Talk about short-term thinking! A city with more stages than Wells Fargo decided to destroy a bunch of mature trees to build another stage for a one-day event. And while I’m on the subject of our capitol city, did you happen to see the Southern Living article that cited the best barbecue joint in Tennessee as a Nashville restaurant called Peg Leg Porker. Puh-leeze. This place, in the trendy Gulch area, features, and I quote, “Kool-Aid Brined Pickles,” and a “Memphis Sushi Plate.” And — of course — it sponsors NASCAR events. Give me a break, Bubba. Are you pulling my leg, Peg? Anyone who thinks the best barbecue in Tennessee is in Nashville needs to get to Memphis in the Meantime, girl. Also, Southern Living is dead to me. (Actually, I haven’t read it years, so I guess it was already dead to me.) But still. And to finish off what might be called my Tennesse Tourism week, I got a press release Friday that permanently ended any Nashville-envy I might have ever had. The email proudly announced the addition of a mobile hot-tub truck to Nashville’s burgeoning “ride around downtown while drankin’” fleet. If you’ve been to Nashville in recent years, you’re probably aware that it has become the Bachelorette Party Capitol of the South. Every weekend, legions of bootscootin’, cowboy-hat-wearin’ fillies yeehaw their way around downtown on those ubiquitous pedal taverns or on the back of flat-bed party trucks and monstertire pickups blasting Florida-Georgia N E WS & O P I N I O N THE FLY-BY - 4 Line. NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 The addition of mobile hot-tub POLITICS - 8 trucks takes this to a whole new level COVER STORY of lunacy. I mean, folks riding around, “LET’S GET TOGETHER!” drinking beer and getting loaded, while BY JESSE DAVIS - 10 sitting in warm water? What could EDITORIAL - 20 possibly go wrong? Oh, I don’t know, VIEWPOINT - 21 WE RECOMMEND - 22 but hey, here’s a good slogan, for free: MUSIC - 24 “Ride in Our Hot Tubs! Urine for a AFTER DARK - 26 Treat!” Can you say “IPeeA”? CALENDAR - 29 I don’t know what’s next for BOOKS - 36 Nashville, or how you top mobile FASHION - 38 hot tubs cruising the streets of your FOOD NEWS - 39 downtown, but I do know Elvis FILM - 42 wouldn’t be caught dead there. C L AS S I F I E D S - 44 Bruce VanWyngarden LAST WORD - 47 brucev@memphisflyer.com
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SOUTHERN LYING Dear Southern Living, Your Pesky Fly also enjoys the fine West Tennessee barbecue traditions showcased at Peg Leg Porker BBQ in Nashville and will happily forgive you for being off-your-nut wrong about picking it as the best in Tennessee if you’ll stop encouraging Kool-Aid pickles. Don’t @ me.
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DAMMIT, GANNETT Dammit, Gannett. You did something incredibly cool — you created a digital investigative system for identifying state house bills taken from “model/copy-paste legislation.” That’s huge and amazing! Then a post about Nashville being on the “opposite” side of Tennessee from Memphis made your local product seem a little lost.
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Bike Share, MLGW, & Southland Bike share gets new prices, MLGW to consider other power sources, & Southland gets table games. B I K E R ATES Explore Bike Share (EBS) implemented a new pricing model last week. The Pay as You Go option, which costs $1.25 per 15 minutes, replaces the $5 single ride pass. The 24-hour pass, a new option, lets riders pay $5 for a full day of unlimited 60-minute rides. The weekly pass, originally $12, has been reduced to $10. The monthly membership, which EBS said is the most popular option, remains at $15. Finally, the annual membership fee, which gives users unlimited one Clockwise from top left: MLGW, Explore Bike Share, activists protest new abortion bill, hour rides for a year, will Memphis City Council delays vote, and Southland Casino Racing. drop from $120 to $90. N EW NAM E, N EW GAM ES The new pricing is coupled with other changes to the network, including a new option to dock and lock bikes at Southland Gaming and Racing launched live tables games last any publicly accessible bike rack within the EBS service area week and the casino and dog track has a brand new name. for a $1 service fee. The newly dubbed Southland Casino Racing received its formal casino license from the Arkansas Racing N EW POWE R Commission last week and opened 40 live tables games A Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) official said last where visitors can now play blackjack, craps, and roulette. week that the utility is forming an advisory committee to weigh the option of alternative power sources. C O U N C I L O N 3.0 J.T. Young, president of the utility, told the council The Memphis City Council last week again delayed the first MLGW committee Tuesday that he’s been working with of three votes on the Memphis 3.0 plan. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland to form a committee who The council is now slated to vote on the plan at the will consider power sources other than the Tennessee Valley council’s May 7th meeting. Council Chair Kemp Conrad Authority (TVA). Young said the process will be “rigorous” said the delay will allow for additional input from citizens. and could take months to complete. The group will be comprised of business leaders, D I STR I CT R E D ES I G N community members, and officials, who, Young said, haven’t Work has begun and will continue in the University District been finalized yet. to make it more walkable with slower car traffic and more police cameras to “discourage and decrease criminal activD E F E N D I N G AB O R TI O N ity” in the area. A forum aimed at stopping the passage of abortion ban The intersection of Walker and Highland will soon legislation in Nashville was held here last week. have a new crosswalk, thanks to funds from the Highland State lawmakers are now considering a bill that would Revitalization tax increment finance deal approved for the ban abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected. House Bill district in 2016. Officials expect the deal to generate $21 77 requires health-care officials to record the presence or million for the district over the next 20 years. absence of a fetal heartbeat in a woman’s medical record and The UNDC recently hired local planning and design firm require results of the tests be offered to the woman. Looney Ricks Kiss to “re-imagine” the Highland Strip from Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi Midland to Kearney, with a focus on streetscapes and traffic. says the plan would “criminalize abortion and set back Visit the News Blog at memphisflyer.com for fuller versions of reproductive rights a generation.” these stories and more local news.
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CITY REPORTER By Maya Smith
The new Shelby County Crime Victims and Rape Crisis Center
Officials cut the ribbon last week on a new center for the victims of rape and other crimes. Operating on three floors in a rehabbed county building at 1060 Madison, the Crime Victims and Rape Crisis Center staffs victim advocates and counselors who provide comprehensive victim support with an array of services. The new center is a rebranded version of the two agencies, Sandy Bromley, director of the center, said. The Crime Victims and Rape Crisis Center was formerly located on Madison about a mile away from its new home. Bromley said the two agencies, which were previously separate entities, were combined about nine years ago, but were never rebranded as one “unified” resource. “We are just excited to be able to rebrand under one unified name,” Bromley said. “We’re able to provide services in one safe place where victims can come. The minute you walk in the door, you see everything was intentionally designed to help with trauma. Even the colors are calming. We have lots of blues and yellows.” Victims of any crimes such as sexual assault, rape, gun and domestic violence can receive support from the center. Counselors help clients deal with trauma and develop coping skills, while victim advocates work to help clients figure out what their next step is. That could mean helping them get crime victim compensation, filing a protection order, or walking them through the court process. Though the center is independent of law enforcement, Bromley said it often works with law enforcement and the courts. The decision to press charges or pursue other legal options is always left to the victim, Bromley said. All of the services are free and confidential, Bromley said. Those seeking support can walk in during the center’s business hours (Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.) or call to make an appointment. Working with other agencies and using DNA, the center also assists in solving rape cold cases, “giving victims a small bit of relief,” Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said Monday. Harris said that the center, “an impressive operation,” is doing “some of the most important work the country is involved in right now. “In many ways, the Crime Victims & Rape Crisis Center is the centerpiece for all the various efforts in our
community to provide assistance to survivors and their families,” Harris said. The new space also allows for more space to meet with victims in private and more room to grow, as Bromley said the center is “constantly trying to make sure we are increasingly responsive to victims.”
Currently, the center serves about 650 victims each month and assists with close to 60 forensic exams or rape
kits. Bromley said “we could always do more. “We talk a lot in our community about crime rates, but we have to remember that every time we talk about a crime, a victim has been impacted by that crime,” Bromley said. “That’s why we’re here — to help with that impact.”
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POLITICS By Jackson Baker
What, Again? In August, 2016, Tennessee Democratic Party chair Mary Mancini announced that the state party executive committee had voted to disband the Shelby County Democratic Party, a hopelessly fractious organization that, as Mancini noted, had experienced “many years of
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dysfunction.” One year later, in August 2017, a reconstituted local party took shape at a convention that crowned months of focus-group activity in tandem with the state party. Corey Strong, a Shelby County Schools administrator and a military reservist, was elected chair of a new body that possessed both an executive committee and a larger “grassroots” council. Coupled with the revived Democratic activism that, in Memphis as elsewhere, fueled a “resistance” movement to President Donald Trump, the moment looked promising indeed for local Democrats. But now, a year and a half later, in the aftermath of party successes at the ballot box in 2018 and on the threshold of a presidential election year, the Shelby County Democratic Party is freshly riven by a dispute that seemingly has racial overtones but may actually be the consequence of warring ambitions and an internal power struggle. Months ago, Strong had indicated that he would not seek re-election, and for a long time only one potential successor made his leadership desires public. This was Jeff Etheridge, a retired businessman (Dilday’s TV Sales and Service) and an activist who had pulled his oar in many a party drive and political campaign. Etheridge’s home base was the Germantown Democratic Club, a racially diverse organization whose membership encompassed large sectors of Shelby County well beyond the enclaves of East Memphis and the county’s eastern suburbs. More than most Democratic groups, it had been responsible for organizing the Shelby County party effort, from the reactivation effort onward. Its president, David Cambron, had, with his wife Diane and other core members, taken the lead in making sure the party had a full roster of candidates in the 2018 election. But there were other party power centers, as well. One of them was the Young Democrats of Shelby County, a group that tilted more toward the urban precincts of Midtown and the inner city. Its president, Danielle Inez, had been Lee Harris’ campaign manager during Harris’ successful 2018 campaign for Shelby County mayor, and she had become his primary assistant in the reconstituted county government, someone hugely influential in staffing and logistical decisions. Inez and the YDs were also feeling their oats and looking to make further contributions. They cast about for one of their own to bear the hopes of the younger generation for party leadership, 8 and — for reasons best known to them — settled on one Michael Harris, a young man who had
taken an active role in party outreach activities. Those were the two known candidates when the party met Saturday before last at White Station High School to hold its preliminary caucuses for the convention to be held this past Saturday. In the nomination process other names were put forward — Erica Sugarmon and Allan Creasy, two impressive candidates from the blue wave year of 2018 — but these nominees withdrew, leaving only Etheridge and Harris. There matters stood until the beginning of last week, when Etheridge began communicating with party leaders, complaining of “pressures” and stress he was getting from backers of Harris — some of it, he indicated, with racial overtones (Etheridge is white, Harris black). He had meant to be a unifying force, not a divisive one, he told his auditors, and he saw his opportunity to build bridges being undermined by a whisper campaign. Simultaneously, word was getting out about difficulties Harris had experienced as a young and inexperienced lawyer. As it turned out, there was evidence on the public record that in June 2017 Harris had been suspended for five years from his legal practice by the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee. He was accused by the board of “lack of diligence and commu-
Harris supporter Danielle Inez and nay-voter David Upton muse over the outcome.
nication, excessive fees, improper termination, failure to expedite litigation, failure to perform services for which he was paid, unauthorized practice of law, dishonesty, and conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice.” As a precondition to consideration of listing his suspension, the board ordered Harris to “make restitution” in the total amount of $22,975 to nine clients whose cases he was considered to have mishandled. Knowledge of these facts emerged more or less at the same time that word of Etheridge’s withdrawal was getting out. On Wednesday of last week, which was the formal deadline for any post-caucus applications of candidacy, news was put out that two Memphis state representatives, London Lamar and Raumesh Akbari, had filed petitions to run for local party chair. Both were well-regarded young African Americans, seen as scandal-free legislative stars with wide appeal to all segments of the party. Later Wednesday, stories were hitting the state media to the effect that Lamar had become the consensus choice. In actual fact, both she and Akbari had been desperation hotbox choices and would end up declining to pursue the chairmanship, pleading the press of business in Nashville. That objection was on the level, as anyone who has seen the demanding legislative process at first-hand can attest, but the swirls of internal discontent in Shelby County party circles had become all too obvious by now and were clearly another factor. During the brief period when Lamar’s name was being floated as a consensus choice, Harris was confronted by party elders (former chairman David Cocke and Shelby County Commission chair Van Turner among them) who suggested that he yield the chairmanship to Lamar, thereby saving himself and the party the obvious public embarrassment that would come at Republican hands when his background was publicly vetted, as inevitably it would be. In appreciation of his own efforts and ambition, Harris, now working as a compliance officer for a mortgage company, might serve for a year as a party vice chair, using that interval to make amends for his legal derelictions and refurbish his personal credentials. Harris said he’d think about it. He thought about it, said no, and meanwhile so did Lamar and Akbari. That was the background of events going into Saturday’s party convention at Lindenwood Christian Church. As an ironic complement to the confusion, the party had agreed weeks earlier to conduct the chairmanship vote by the process of Ranked Choice Voting, a method of resolving multi-candidate races by reassigning the votes of trailing candidates in subsequent rounds of recalculation. Given the fact of there being only one candidate (Harris), it was hard to see how the method of RCV could be applied, but Aaron Fowles, a local adherent of the process, provided a methodology which was announced to the voting membership by outgoing chairman Strong. Inasmuch as RCV (also known as IRV, for “instant runoff voting”) required that a winner ultimately receive 50 percent of the vote “plus one,” Harris, as the sole nominee, would be matched against
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Barely recovered from recent problems, Shelby County Democrats face new challenges after a divisive fight over their chairmanship.
jor political parties, the opposing lawyer in several of the cases for which Harris was cited by the Board of Professional Responsibility was one Lang Wiseman, a former county Republican chairman and current deputy governor of Tennessee. This fact underscores the truism that none of Michael Harris’ legal misadventures are unlikely to remain unknown in the public circles he will inhabit as a party chair. And a party chair he is, as of Saturday. Of the 76 eligible Democratic voters present, 72 actually cast ballots, and Michael Harris received 37 of those votes, versus 35 for “none of the above.” He had received precisely 50 percent plus one — the bare
minimum needed for election. Harris’ supporters are optimistic that he can unify his party and lead it to a victorious election year in 2020. His detractors fear the worst, a public catastrophe and implosions yet to be imagined. And the state party, having interceded so dramatically in 2016, is not in the best position to do so again. Chairman Harris and his executive committee will be meeting again soon to determine who the rest of the party’s officers will be. That’s the next round of decisions that will loom large in the Shelby County Democratic Party’s future.
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votes for “none of the above.” Should Harris be outvoted by that formulation, it was agreed beforehand, Strong would continue to serve as party chairman until a new convention (hopefully, one with multiple candidates) could be held. Those were the circumstances when what seemed an artificially relaxed buffet feed was concluded, and the delegates elected a week earlier at White Station filed into the church sanctuary, accompanied by a fair number of curious onlookers. Harris had arrived late and had worked the crowd. Now it was his time to take the stage and face the voters and the accusations that hung over him. He began with the device that might have been expected. “Those of you who have never made a mistake, raise your hands,” he asked. Unsurprisingly, there were no takers. He then went on to give a brief bio of his life, admitting at this point, without specifying, that he had made his share of mistakes, and exhorting his audience to think in terms of unity. “We shouldn’t be turning on each other,” he said. “We should be turning up the heat on the Republicans.” Harris said he took responsibility for his actions and cited his generally creditable past performance as vice chair of the party’s outreach efforts. Still, he faced questions. How many elections had he voted in, he was asked. He could not recall in any detail, but said, “I’m an active voter now.” Inevitably, the questions came about his legal issues. Asked how much money was still owed to the past clients, Harris was vague on the amount and slow to acknowledge that much, perhaps most, of what had been dispensed was paid out by the Tennessee Lawyers Fund for Client Protection or other legal-support organizations. The bottom line: He would still need to compensate the organizations that made the payments. “I am not a thief!” Harris insisted, despite the fact that misappropriations of his clients’ money was one of the prime allegations against him. “He has paid his dues,” said supporter George Boyington. Inez praised Harris’ “courage” and what she considered the deftness of his responses, though others, like Danielle Schoenbaum, one of the party’s corps of surprisingly effective suburban legislative candidates in 2018, didn’t think as highly of them: “2020 is very important,” Schoenbaum said. “If you put self first, before party, you’re not fit to be chair.” It was a theme expressed by others, as well. And there was the matter of the detailed evidence against Harris. One speaker noted that people had been foreclosed on and lost their homes because of his ineffective or even nonexistent representation.
Inevitably, in days to come, pages from the case reports against Harris would surface. As one summary said, “Mr. Harris repeatedly took money but did not provide the most basic of services. He took desperate clients, who came to him as a last hope, and did nothing for them. It is not that he took difficult clients and fought the good fight but lost. He took people’s money and did not complete the most basic of tasks. He did not respond to basic discovery requests or summary judgments (ever). He literally did not fight at all.” Interestingly, given the job to which Harris was aspiring, that of leader and figurehead of one of the county’s two ma-
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It’s April. The kids have been bouncing off the walls since New Year’s Eve, or at least since Valentine’s Day. Winter came, and it was cold and full of terrifying tweets. You’re sporting a new beard, and you’re not sure when that happened. You were starting to look — and think, heaven help you — a little like MacReady from John Carpenter’s The Thing. But it’s April; all the signs say it’s spring. The frogs are chirping in the flooded DIY skatepark by your house, and every outdoor surface is coated in a carpet of pollen an eerie radioactive shade of green. You survived winter, and you need a craft beer and some arts and crafts for the kids. You’re clutching the Flyer’s annual Fairs and Festivals issue in your white-knuckled fist, proof that spring has sprung and festival season has arrived. You crave crawfish, samosas, or burgers. You want loud music and a local soccer team, stat. And I’m here to tell you that the Bluff City has what you need. Like a a pair of perfect sunnies and a brand-new bottle of sunscreen, the Flyer’s F&F issue is there for you, your guide to this year’s fairs and festivals season.
APRIL Overton Square Crawfish Festival The crawfish, the crawdad, the humble mudbug has many names, but it’s something of a universal signifier of spring. 10 Once the tents go up, the band strikes up, and the freshwater crustaceans get boiled,
… COVER STORY BY JESSE DAVIS then spring has sprung in the South. This year, Midtown’s annual crawfish festival benefits A Betor Way foundation. Overton Square, April 13th, noon-6 p.m. www.overtonsquare.com. Southern Hotwing Festival The 17th annual celebration of the chicken
hot wing, the drummie, and everything in between. The festival is organized by nonprofit Wings Over Memphis and benefits Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis. Tickets include three “wing bucks,” which enable ticket holders to sample three wings at the
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say that the festival takes over the nearby Mississippi town for a raucous good time. Various locations, Clarksdae, Mississippi, April 11th-14th. www.jukejointfestival.com. Beale Street Wine Race Irish novelist James Joyce was famously not much of one for exercise, but he said, “White wine is like electricity.” Hopefully wine can give the runners a jolt (and a buss) at this boozy foot race Downtown, in which local restaurants and bartenders compete for cash, prizes, and glory. Downtown, April 14th, 1-4 p.m. Free. Africa in April This cultural awareness festival celebrates its 33rd anniversary this year. The festival highlights a different African country
every year, and 2019’s festival salutes the Republic of Nigeria. It’s a family-friendly festival with live performances, food and merchandise vendors, and the annual International Diversity Parade. Robert R. Church Park, April 19th-21st. www.africainapril.org. Mid-South Hempfest Sponsored by Whatever smoke shop, this heady festival is officially the biggest cannabis-centric event in the state of Tennessee. It’s an all-ages educational event to raise awareness about the benefits of cannabis, with over 90 vendors, live music, informational speakers, comedians, and an after party hosted by local hip-hop sensation Marco Pavé. Festival favorites
Chinese Connection Dub Embassy headline the event. The Greensward at Overton Park. April 20th, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Spirits & Soul Festival This whiskey tour stops in Downtown Memphis for a weekend of tastings, meetups, and demonstrations dedicated to the most American of spirits. Various locations, April 25th-27th. Rajun Cajun Crawfish Festival Celebrating 27 years, this festival is all about crawfish. With crawfish eating, crawfish bobbing, and crawfish racing, the Rajun Cajun makes the most of the continued on page 12
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festival. Tiger Lane, April 13th, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. $10. www.southernhotwingfestival.com. Southern Literary Festival This festival dedicated to Southern literature was founded in 1937, and travels between different universities, which play host to it. This year’s edition, held at Christian Brothers University, boasts a packed lineup of guest speakers, readings, and Q&As. Author Chris Offutt is the keynote speaker. (For more information on the SLF, see my Books column on p. 36.) Christian Brothers University, ThursdaySaturday, April 11th-13th. www.southernliteraryfestival.org. Kaleidoscope Food Festival The Binghampton Development Corporation throws this third-annual festival to celebrate diversity in the Binghampton neighborhood, one of the most diverse in Memphis. The festival features multicultural chefs and entrepreneurs, as well as live performances and storytelling. Oh, and the whole thing happens at Wiseacre Brewing Co., so it’s a given that there will be plenty of great local beer on hand. Wiseacre Brewing Company, April 13th, 1-5 p.m. V & E Artwalk The annual festival celebrating and raising funds for the quiet trail that runs through the VollintineEvergreen district is one of my favorite neighborhood festivals. There are food and beer vendors onsite, performances by local musicians, and rows and rows of artists’ and crafters’ booths, all in a tree-lined neighborhood park. V&E Greenline, April 13th, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. www.vegreenline.com, Lucero Family Block Party Every spring, hometown heroes Lucero throw down in the heart of Midtown. As it does this year, the Block Party usually coincides with Record Store Day and a handful of other Memphis fairs and festivals, making it a great rock-and-roll start to the festival season. This year’s performance features special guests Blackberry Smoke, Will Hoge, Austin Lucas, Ben Abney and the Hurts, and the Mighty Souls Brass Band. May your beer stay cold, your Record Store Day bag stay full, and your ears be free of tinnitus. Minglewood Hall, April 13th, $33-$151. www.minglewoodhall.com. Mudbug Bash Fifteenth annual crawfish festival, benefiting Palmer Home for Children. The bash features live music, all-you-caneat crawfish, fare from DeSoto County’s best restaurants, a sponsor’s VIP section, and more. Panola Street, Hernando, Mississippi, April 13th, 6-11 p.m. Juke Joint Festival Clarksdale comes alive for the Juke Joint Festival, an annual celebration of jukin’, jivin’, and raunchy blues and rock-and-roll. With 13 daytime venues and more than 20 participating venues after dark, it’s fair to
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MAY Memphis Made May Day Memphis Made hosts this event celebrating music, bikes, bees, and brews. As part of May Day, the Cooper-Youngarea brewery is home this year to the arts and music festival Bristerfest and to the Tour de Coop bicycle tour, visiting beehives, community gardens, and chicken coops throughout the city. Memphis Made Brewing Co., May 4th. Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival The Beale Street Music Festival, or simply “Music Fest,” as it’s usually called, is the reason for the season. Grab your poncho or grab your sunscreen. Rain or shine, the festival draws crowds of Memphians and Southerners to the banks of the Mississippi for three days of genrespanning performances from up-andcomers, old favorites, and local legends. The Killers, Cardi B., Lord Huron, Gary Clark Jr., Bettye Lavette, and Levitt Shell alums St. Paul & the Broken Bones are just a handful of the performers this year. And the Gibson SG-wielding Liz Brasher, soul sensation William Bell, and ultimate groovers Southern Avenue are just a few examples of the impressive local talent on display. I’ll catch y’all at Tom Lee Park. Tom Lee Park, May 3rd-5th. www.memphisinmay.org. Memphis Greek Festival The Greek Festival celebrates its 61st anniversary this year. Sixty-one years. And I thought the Flyer’s 30 years were impressive (That’s right. Didn’t you see the tab on the cover?). That’s 61 years of dancing, cultural cuisine, the Kostas Kastanis Band, and more. If you haven’t checked out this little cultural festival tucked away off Highland near Summer, isn’t it about time you did? Donate three canned food items to the Mid-South Food Bank for free admission. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, May 10th-11th, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. www.memphisgreekfestival.com. Memphis Margarita Festival Guests can sample from the city’s best margarita-makers, vote on their favorite, and the Memphis Flyer will crown a winner at the end of this fest. Each ticket to the festival is good for 15(!) margarita samples, so it’s as close as Memphis gets to Margaritaville. Food will be available for purchase, and there will also be a cash bar with full-sized drinks available. This festival, held Downtown in Fourth Bluff Park, is guaranteed to be awesome squared, rimmed with salt, and served up chill. Fourth Bluff Park, May 11th, $34. www.memphismargaritafestival.com. Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest It’s all about the party at Barbecue Fest.
Seriously. The cooking is serious business, but for the pulled-pork pros competing in Barbecue Fest, the cooking is second nature. That means it’s important to tool up for the sauce-wrestling, the karaoke contests, and the drinking. And oh, lord, is there ever drinking. Pro tip: wolf down some ’cue to soak up the suds, and try not to lose your flip-flop in the mud. Tom Lee Park, May 15th-18th. www.memphisinmay.org. Celebrate Memphis The folks at MiM put the tradition of honoring a foreign country on hold for the year, and are celebrating the Bluff City in honor of the city’s bicentennial. As part of the bicentennial festivities, MiM introduces a new event: Celebrate Memphis, honoring Memphis’ rich heritage and colorful history as we ring in a new century of soul. Tom Lee Park, May 25th. www.memphisinmay.org. Memphis Italian Fest With cooking demonstrations, bocce games, the Luigi 5K, and music from Ben Abney and the Hurts, Hope Clayborn and Soul Scrimmage, and more, there’s plenty to entertain at this cultural festival in East Memphis. Marquette Park, May 30th-June 1st. www.memphisitalianfestival.com. Memphis Brewfest Tenth annual Brewfest, with beer from dozens of local, regional, and national craft breweries. Hungry festival-goers can forage for something to soak up the beer at the food trucks onsite, like Central BBQ, New Wing Order, and Cousins Maine Lobster. Drunk Uncle performs. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, May 11th, 4-7 p.m. $25-$100. JUNE Juneteenth Urban Music Festival The Juneteenth festival is an event that truly earns its slogan, “celebrating freedom.” Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., and every year, the Memphis edition of the festival is held Downtown in Robert R. Church Park, with musical performances, food, job fairs, kids talent contests, and the Ultimate Dance Showdown. Robert R. Church Park, June 14th-16th. www.memphisjuneteenth.com. JULY WEVL Blues on the Bluff Okay, full disclosure, I host My Morning Mixtape on WEVL, Memphis’ listenersupported radio station, so maybe I’m not the most impartial observer. But, that said, Blues on the Bluff is a party. And it’s not just the music. There’s a reason so many couples choose to get married at the Metal Museum. The grounds afford a sweeping view of the river and the bluffs, and old trees dot the lawn, offering shade. July, when Blues on the Bluff is usually held, is hot, but the wind off the river continued on page 14
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offers some relief. And last year, Memphis Made teamed up with WEVL to create a special edition version of Junt, the Midtown brewery’s cream ale, to celebrate the volunteer radio station’s biggest fund-raiser party. Oh, and then there’s the music. They don’t call it Blues on the Bluff for nothing. The Metal Museum, date and time to be announced. www.wevl.org. Memphis Flyer Burger Week One of the best burgers I’ve ever had, I ate sitting on the tail of my uncle’s pickup truck, at a rodeo in White River, Arkansas. We were there to fish, not for the rodeo, but we’d gotten into town too late to eat anywhere but at the rodeo concession stand, the last place open at dusk in the sleepy town. I was theatrically starving, as only a 12-year-old on a fishing trip can be, and that burger, once I ate it, was 17 different kinds of satisfying. I’ve been chasing that same kind of burger high ever since, and Memphis Flyer Burger Week has offered my only way to come close to recapturing the beefy bliss of that rodeo burger. What really puts the carmelized onions on my bun, so to speak, are the $5.99 Burger Week prices. So, if you want to recapture your own slice of hamburger heaven, join me for some brand-new burgers and some old favorites all week long, at participating restaurants all over the Memphis area. Various locations, July 10th-16th. www.memphisflyerburgerweek.com. Women’s Theatre Festival of Memphis Considering the time women spent excluded from theater in the early days of the art form, it’s about time that they had their own theater festival. And, good news. The Women’s Theatre Festival of Memphis is now officially an annual occurrence. It’s four days of plays, readings, dance, and networking. Various locations, July 11th-14th. www.womenstfmemphis.org. AUGUST Elvis Week Some readers may know about Elvis Aaron Presley’s identical twin brother, Jessie Garon Presley, who was delivered stillborn. Now, I don’t mean to suggest that my dad was too into Elvis, but my name is Jesse Aaron Davis. All that to say, I’m not entirely sure when I went to my first Elvis Week event, but I have vivid memories of watching concert and movie footage in big venues and tiny restaurants, and I’ve been to at least one Elvis laser light show at the Pink Palace planetarium. And all that was before the planetarium got a state-of-the-art overhaul, and the folks at Graceland built their entertainment complex. (It’s nice. They hosted the Flyer’s Best of Memphis party two years ago.) And though I’m more of a Stax guy these days, I still love the way Memphis becomes Elvis-centric for a week. And I love the way Elvis fanatics from the world over converge on the Bluff City for special
performances, Elvis film screenings, and the Candlelight Vigil. Various locations, August 9th-17th. www.graceland.com. Memphis Bacon & Bourbon Festival The Flyer’s responsible for a lot of great things, but this pairing of bacon and bourbon has to be one of the best. Bourbon is strong and smoky; bacon is savory and smoky. They go together like peas in a pod, like crafts and drafts (but more on that later). The fourthannual edition of the Flyer’s Bacon & Bourbon Fest will contribute a portion of all proceeds to the Memphis Farmers Market. So, besides being a celebration of one of the tastiest pairings since peanut butter met chocolate, it’s a party for a good cause. Beale Street Landing, August 24th, 6-9 p.m., $34. www.memphisbaconandbourbon.com. Ostrander Awards If a party keeps getting thrown year after year for 36 years, then it has to be doing something right, right? In that case, the Ostrander Awards, an annual celebration honoring the best in the local theater, are on a winning streak. Held at the Orpheum, usually on the last Sunday in August, the Ostranders are a Memphis theater tradition. Named after beloved Memphis theater icon Jim Ostrander, a long-standing member of the local theater community, these awards honor excellence in a variety of categories, in both the community theater division and the college theater division. All aspects of stage production will be recognized. The Orpheum, August 25th, $15. www.memphisostranders.com. Delta Fair The Sherman Brothers must have been thinking about the Delta Fair when they wrote that “a fair is a veritable smorgasbord.” With live music from rock to bluegrass, the Royal Hanneford Circus, fair food galore(!), livestock shows, competitions, and the Delta Dash 5K and 10K, the fair has something for everyone. Agricenter International, August 30thSeptember 8th. www.deltafest.com. SEPTEMBER 30 Days of Opera Month-long opera celebration with free events, including performances at the Levitt Shell, during the Central Gardens Home Tour, and during Cooper-Young Festival. Various locations, September 1st-30th, www.operamemphis.org. Germantown Festival So you thought all the fun fairs were Downtown or in Midtown? Not so, Flyer-Friend. With the 48th(!) annual edition of this festival, Germantown gets in on the festival action. The G-town fest jump-starts the September season, as the festival season shakes off the mid-summer doldrums and kicks it into high gear for the home stretch. The Germantown festival boasts arts and crafts, a kids corner, continued on page 16
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continued from page 14 an auto show, and probably the only weenie dog race in Memphis. Germantown Civic Center Complex, September 7th-8th. www.germantownfest.com. Southern Heritage Classic This weekend-long celebration is ostensibly about the football rivalry between Jackson State University and the Tennessee State, but there’s so much more going on. The Southern Heritage Classic is a cultural celebration, a tailgating extravaganza, and it’s jam-packed with food, live music, and more. Oh, and did we mention this year is the 30th anniversary of the festival? Oh, yeah. Liberty Bowl, September 11th-14th. www.southernheritageclassic.com. Cooper-Young Festival I live in the nearby Rozelle neighborhood, so Cooper-Young Fest is pretty much my home turf. And I love C-Y Fest for the food, the friends I unexpectedly bump into, and the live music. And to me, this neighborhood festival always marks the change from summer to autumn. It’s usually a sunny affair, the summer’s last hurrah. And though I court heat stroke every year, there’s something kind of nice about that. Cooper-Young District, September 14th, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. www.cooperyoungfestival.com. Mid-South Fair
Okay, so it’s not exactly cool in Memphis in late September, but the cool weather is on the way and there’s just something right about the lights and smells and sounds of a fair on an early autumn night. With live music, fair food, and rides and lights to spare, the Mid-South Fair is just the kind of fair I’m dreaming of. Landers Center, September 19th-29th, www.midsouthfair.com. Mid-South Pride Festival One of the most fun gigs I ever played was at the Mid-South Pride Festival, about five years ago. The weather was mild, the lawn of the FedExForum was a riot of color, and the crowd seemed happy to dance. Best of all, there was an undeniable feeling of goodwill in the air. And though I haven’t been back to Pride Fest in some years, I imagine that feeling of goodwill is pretty much standard for the festival. As if that’s not enough, there’s a parade, vendors, and live music. Downtown, September 28th. www.midsouthpride.org. Gonerfest 16 I discovered one of my new favorite bands at Gonerfest 15, last year’s edition of Goner Records’ annual festival celebrating alternative music. The band in question, French garage-rockers En Attendant Ana, played the penultimate show of their first U.S. tour at the Hi-Tone, and their harmonies, tasteful trumpet licks, and alternatingly crunchy and jangly guitar riffs hooked me. After their set,
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I interviewed members of the band in the alley behind the Hi-Tone, around the corner from a homemade barbecue cooker hitched to the back of a pickup truck. Smells of cooked meat wafted into the alley; bass throbbed through the walls of the venue. That year, I also saw people crowdsurf to the ecstatic yet haunting sounds of L.A. synth rockers Cobra Man. I heard Harlan T. Bobo play an intimate acoustic set and a barn-burning full-band
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continued from page 16 This festival celebrates the multitude of cultures that mix and mingle in Memphis. With great food, music, and performances representing various cultures, there’s something on offer at this festival for just about everyone. Railgarten, September 29th. Memphis Japan Festival The cherry trees lining the streets make the Botanic Garden an ideal spot for the Memphis Japan Festival, a celebration of Japanese culture. The festival presents Memphians with a family-friendly, handson way to experience Japanese culture, with food, music, entertainment, martial arts, and more. Memphis Botanic Garden, September 29th. Outflix Film Festival This film festival is a celebration of film and LGBTQ culture and art. Founded by Brian Pera in 1992, Outflix has come a long way since it was housed in the University of Memphis psychology department and called Twinkie Museum: First Annual Queer Experimental Film Festival. Various locations, dates to be announced. www.outflixfestival.org. OCTOBER Pink Palace Crafts Fair With great food, handcrafted goods, craft demonstrations, and a petting zoo and train for the kids, the annual Pink Palace
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nerd. And since the proceeds benefit the Cooper-Young Community Association, it’s a drink for a good cause. Midtown Autowerks, Saturday, October 19th, 1-5 p.m. $45-$50. www.cybeerfest.org. MEMPHOFest I spoke with Mike Smith, who’s overseeing MEMPHOFest, Memphis’ new(ish) music festival. Smith couldn’t say much about the lineup yet, but he’s excited about MEMPHO’s role in the Bluff City. “We feel like we have a cool little niche we’re trying to fill,” Smith says. “We try to be on the cutting edge of booking artists, in all demographics — rock, hip-hop, Americana.” When I complimented Smith on the festival’s inclusion of local talent —
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I’m thinking Chinese Connection Dub Embassy, Cory Branan, and Boo Mitchell, for starters — he said his childhood in Memphis influences the booking decisions. “Growing up in Memphis, there’s so much great talent around us,” Smith says. “It would be horrible not to take advantage of that.” But Smith plays his cards close to the chest. When pressed about this year’s performers, all he says is, “We’re finalizing the lineup.” Shelby Farms Park, October 19th-20th. www.memphofest.com. Memphis Tequila Festival There are a handful of songs about tequila, but most of them either have no lyrics or are super depressing (I’m looking at you, Eagles). So let me just say that with DJs, spooky face painting, a costume photo booth, and samples from more than 30(!) different types of tequila, the Memphis Flyer’s Tequila Fest is a party to get anyone in the spirit of the season. Each ticket purchaser will be able to choose 15 tequilas to sample from. Proceeds benefit Volunteer Memphis, so every sip counts. Overton Square, October 25th, $34. www.memphistequilafestival.com. RiverArtsFest RiverArtsFest is an art walk, a street festival, and an educational opportunity all rolled up in one. The festival’s website claims it’s the largest outdoor juried artist market and urban street fair in the Mid-South, and with more than 180 contributing artists, live music, and
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NOVEMBER Memphis Parent School Expo Parents, save the date for this inclusive School Expo presented by Memphis Parent magazine. Meet face-to-face with school staff, see informational videos, and pick up take-home materials for planning your child’s education. Memphis Botanic Garden, November 2nd. Free. www.memphisparentschoolexpo.com. Crafts & Drafts At Crafts & Drafts last year, I caught up with a friend who works at Crosstown Arts, drank a tasty craft beer, got my photo taken by Michael Donahue (and shared on his Instagram page, @flyerdonahue), and not only all that, I bought a lovely handmade coffee cup. Mark that down as a big, ol’ score in my book. Oh, and before exploring the arts fair, I ate a burger from Farm Burger in Crosstown. Now, I can’t guarantee that you’ll have exactly the same excellent experience that I did, but isn’t it worth a shot? You’re not going to get your photo taken by Michael Donahue by
staying home and sitting on the couch. Crosstown Concourse Patio, November 9th. Free. www.memphiscraftsanddrafts.com. SEASONAL Levitt Shell Live Music Series The Levitt Shell’s website says, on white text set against a dancing flower, that the lineup for this year’s free concert series will be announced April 26th. To say that I’m excited is to indulge a gross understatement. The Shell’s free concert series is a seasonal staple. Overton Park sits in the center of the city, biking distance from many folks. The Shell’s amphitheater shape, serious sound upgrades in recent years, and all those soundwave-absorbing park trees make for a concert series that can achieve acoustic bliss. Each season’s programming spans genres, bringing a diverse array of artists to the Bluff City, total music nerd nirvana. And did I mention it’s free? Or at least pay what you can, and for the level of community entertainment the folks at the Shell are offering, I’m always happy to toss a few dollars into the donation buckets when they make their rounds. So, yeah, I’m excited. Overton Park, dates and times to be announced. Free. www.levittshell.org. The Peabody Rooftop Series The Peabody has been steadily racking up wins for Best People-Watching in the Flyer’s yearly Best of Memphis competition, which makes their spring and summer Rooftop Series a go-to stop for live music, views of the Mississippi, and party vibes. The Peabody, Sundays through August 15th. River Series at Harbor Town Amphitheatre This Goner Records-sponsored music series has already kicked off, but there are still a couple of events. On April 28th, multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone, of Wilco and the Memphis-based Mellotron Variations fame, will perform. Memphis garage-rock legend Alicja Trout opens. And on May 19th, Obruni Dance Band and Yazan will perform. Proceeds benefit the Maria Montessori School. (For more information on the River Series, see Flyer music editor Alex Greene’s post in the Music Blog on www. memphisflyer.com.) Harbor Town Amphitheatre, seasonal. www.riverseries.org. Time Warp Drive-In It’s no secret that I love the Time Warp. No, not the song from Rocky Horror Picture Show (Well, yes, the song from Rocky Horror, too), but the monthly cult cinema celebration at Malco’s Summer Drive-In. The series started this year with the annual “Soul Cinema” night in February, and March saw the “Back to the Back to the Future” night, a screening of the entire Future trilogy, but the series runs for the rest of the year. The next screening is April 20th, with “Don’t You Forget About Me: The Teen Films of John Hughes.” Malco Summer Drive-In, monthly, $10. www.malco.com.
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demonstrations and hands-on activities, that’s a fair claim to make. And being a stone’s throw from the Mississippi in the usually gorgeous last week of October certainly contributes to the romance and scenery factors. Riverside Drive, between Jefferson and Beale, October 26th-27th. www.riverartsmemphis.org. Indie Memphis Film Fest In an email exchange with Indie Memphis Executive Director Ryan Watt, I gushed about some of my favorite moments from previous festivals (Boots Riley hosting screenings of Brazil and Sorry to Bother You, and a showing of Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me come to mind). Watt, however, was professional, and did his best to respond to my excitement with some actual information about this year’s edition of the ever-growing film festival. “We recently closed submissions to our Black Filmmaker Residency in Screenwriting. Barry Jenkins [who directed 2017 Best Picture winning Moonlight] is selecting two winners to develop screenplays of feature films to shoot in Memphis; they will participate in the festival events,” Watt told me via email. Watt added that Indie Memphis is reprising last year’s successful Black Creators Forum, “to continue building support for black artists interested in working in film. This is an interdisciplinary event for black musicians, writers, and designers alongside the filmmakers to encourage collaborations.” Watt stressed that, though there are always some showings from the film world’s underground, the festival is for everyone: “The main thing we want the community to know is the festival is accessible and a lot of fun. Some people may have a perception that it is only for the film industry, and that is not the case.” Various locations. October 30th-November 4th. www.indiememphis.com.
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Sprung Spring Spring has come, if you can call it that, what with the morethan-occasional nippy morning, the on-again, off-again temperatures that have been confusing dogwoods’ attempts to blossom, and the sporadic rainy torrents that somehow still feel more wintry than not. Even so, let us count our current seasonal blessings. The document that presumably contains the truth about some alarming allegations against our president (the so-called Mueller Report) remains a distant, inaccessible mystery under the misleading cover of a four-page attorney general’s gloss. Meanwhile, that president is free to resume his assaults on human dignity, including, reportedly, a new plan by his dead-eyed special assistant Stephen Miller to resume separating children from their immigrant parents along our southern border. (Emma Lazarus and her do-goody inscription on the Statue of Liberty to “give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” be damned). And, as if to spread the blessings of Trumpism to those of us who are native-born, the president continues to vow to kill off entirely the Affordable Care Act, which he has so far only managed to cripple or inconvenience, here and there. Never mind the consequences for those rascals among us who have been blessed hitherto by the ACA’s coverage of pre-existing conditions. They can make do, as before — with thoughts and prayers. There are developments on our state government front, too. Among the bills that have been hurtling toward passage in these last few weeks of the 2019 General Assembly are measures
to impose a new state charter-school commission (read: bureaucracy) with the ability to override the wishes of local school boards on charter-school applications; state grants for parents to use in private Tennessee schools, called “education savings account” rather than the justly tarnished term “vouchers,” so as to confuse diehard defenders of public school education; a variety of anti-abortion measures, all anticipating that Trump judicial appointees will at some point achieve the specific gravity needed to ward off judgments of unconstitutionality; more end-run attempts to keep transgenders out of gender-specific restrooms; a bill permitting teachers with carry permits to take their guns to school; and one would-be constitutional amendment attributing all these and other splendors of man’s domain and God’s universe to, well, God. The legislator who gave us this last one is an East Tennessee guy named James, though he calls himself Micah, after the prophet, something he would have us believe was a suggestion emanating from his personal pipeline to the almighty. Maybe we expect too much and are ungrateful to the point of ignoring our real blessings like the ongoing presence of spring football and that avatar of the sport known as Johnny Manziel. Wait. It’s over with already? Oh, well, at least it’s stopped raining. Sort of.
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A Philosopher-President? The ambient unease people feel is the sense that the ship of state is listing and a lunatic mans the helm.
Trump doesn’t like to read, seems to abhor knowledge, is unreliable, and embraces a gaudevillian, as well as vaudevillian life. At this particular time in history, we have to answer an exceedingly tough question: What does it mean to be human? Technological advances have so overwhelmed us that we may be unable to process their ethical ramifications, which have an increasing impact on our daily lives — from robots and artificial intelligence to synthetic biology. With advances in gene manipulation, we’ll soon be creating improved humans, most likely without the bother of mating and pregnancy. Enough of: Who am I? The question now is: Who are we as a species? Many of these developments are already upon us. And though academics and scientists may be well-versed in various consequential scenarios, no one in the public sphere has yet approached the deep philosophical/psychological implications that could lead to circumstances most unpleasant. If you think income inequality is challenging, wait for gene inequality and its companion privileges. I don’t know who our philosopherpresident could be, but I feel safe in saying that the country is ready for her — or him. Kathleen Parker writes for the Washington Post Writers Group.
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wouldn’t want to be bored. The diverse roster of Democratic candidates is testament to how far we’ve come from the ridiculous era of playboys, fast cars, and the bigger-better-richer-thanthou dogma to which Trump has entrusted his flexible faith. Is there a perfectly just philosopher-president among them? We’ll find out during the next 19 or so months, as stories are shared about humble origins and who has suffered poverty, endured discrimination, or been sexually harassed — or hugged by Joe Biden. But, which one of them is capable of elevating the dialogue, of inspiring citizens to look beyond their immediate needs to something that unites all? We’re not only physical beings with basic needs; we’re also soul-filled and spiritually yearning for something greater than ourselves. It is to the latter that our next president should focus some of his or her attention, because we are entering a new age without much guidance.
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In his most famous dialogue, “The Republic,” Plato, via Socrates, explored the idea that a just state would best function under the leadership of a perfectly just philosopher-king. That is, an intellectually curious person who pursues knowledge, is intelligent, reliable, and wise, and embraces the simple life. To test the hypothesis, Socrates is asked by an interlocutor to imagine a competition between a perfectly just man — who would be perceived by an ignorant public as unjust — and a perfectly unjust man, who is ruthless, immoral, gets away with murder, figuratively, but appears to be just. Though this is more complicated than described here, one unavoidably thinks of Donald Trump, who, apparently seems “just” to — or at least is approved by — 39 percent of the electorate yet meets the very definition of “unjust.” Ruthless and immoral, he somehow always escapes accountability. As we know, Trump doesn’t like to read, seems to abhor knowledge, is unreliable from moment to moment, and embraces a gaudevillian, as well as vaudevillian, life. He’s the opposite of the philosopher-king and, given the pendulum theory of presidential succession, we’re now primed and ready for one. But, who? Does such a person even exist in the land of Twitter and Snapchat? Does our narcissistic culture engender the sort of person we last saw strolling along a wooded path lost in thought? If such a person were to exist, would he or she stand a chance of attracting voters with the kind of message that urges people to think rather than cajoles them with sophistry? The Greek sophists were learned men who made clever arguments that were, in fact, false. This also nearly defines our president, who has manipulated people by invoking emotion rather than reason. It must be sublime to be unencumbered by conscience, weightlessly bloviating to the cheers of admirers without the burden of truth. Then again, maybe not. My guess is that a majority of voters know that they deserve better. And the ambient unease people feel is the very real sense that the ship of state is listing and a lunatic mans the helm. So, let’s say we’re in the market for a philosopher-king — or queen — who understands the extraordinary challenges ahead because he or she has studied them. Someone who is reliable and won’t say one thing today and its opposite the next. Given our dot on the timeline, perhaps he or she might also be a bit witty. We surely
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Ain’t no thing but a chicken wing.
By Michael Donahue
When you hear the strains of “When the Saints [in this case, hens] Come Marching In” played by the Memphis Second Line String Band, you know the Southern Hotwing Festival is in full force. Sixty-two teams will participate in the 17th annual festival, which will take place between 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 13th (rain date April 14th) at Tiger Lane. The parade featuring three hens and two roosters will be at 1:30 p.m. This year’s event will also include a wing-eating contest with a $400 prize and a cornhole tournament, which will include 32 teams. The festival will feature an “array of chicken wings you can sample for a small donation,” says chair/founder Paul Gagliano. “You can try any one of those. Every type of flavor there is.” The event has raised more than $240,000 for Ronald McDonald House. The Southern Hotwing Festival draws about 10,000 people each year, Gagliano says. But he still remembers that first festival, which featured seven teams. It was held at the old Poplar Lounge. About 50 people attended. Buffalo Soldiers, a team that was at that first festival and ended up winning it three times, is “still with us after all these years,” Gagliano says. Southern Hotwing Festival tickets are $17 in advance and $22 the day of the event. Each ticket purchase will include three “Wing Bucks,” which will enable tickets holders to sample three wings at the festival. For more information, go to southernhotwingfestival.com
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MFDN Trunk Show Crosstown Concourse, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. A sale of looks from the Memphis Fashion Design Network. Stick around for the fashion show, starting at 7 p.m. (Tickets start at $35.) Part of Memphis Fashion Week. Read more on page 38. Giselle The Orpheum, 7:30 p.m., $10-$78 A peasant girl suffers from a broken heart. Presented by Ballet Memphis.
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Spring Plant Sale Memphis Botanic Garden, 9 a.m. Annuals, perennials, herbs, et al., are on sale today during this largest plant sale of the year.
“The Deep” David Lusk Gallery, 6-8 p.m. Opening reception for works inspired by Hawaii by Robert Yasuda.
Joan Osborne Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School, 8 p.m., $35 Concert by singer/songer best known for her hit “One of Us.”
Sebastian Maniscalco Gold Strike Casino, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., $50-$90 Appearance by this comedian.
George Thorogood and the Destroyers Graceland Soundstage, 8 p.m., $17 B-b-b-b-bad. Part of the Graceland Live series. Tickets are going fast for this one.
Hoedown for Hope Propcellar, 7:30 p.m., $75 A Southern flavored fund-raiser with food, an auction, and a mechanical bull. Benefiting Hope House Memphis.
Stories of Stone Elmwood Cemetery, 1 p.m., $20 A tour covering the stories the gravestones tell.
2019 Record Store Day Various locations and times Celebrate your indie record stores. At Shangri-La, Mark Edgar Stuart and Art Edmaiston will perform. There will be DJs all day at Goner. And, a shuttle will run between Goner, Shangri La, and Memphis Music and the breweries throughout the day. Kaleidoscope Food Festival Wiseacre Brewery, 1-5 p.m. A festival highlighting the cuisine and culture of 17 countries.
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Spring Has Sprung By Jon Sparks Fifteen years ago, New Ballet Ensemble premiered its Springloaded program, an annual performance that typically blends classical and contemporary dance. The resulting creative fusion has provided some of the most striking and memorable moments of performance arts in the city. This year’s program examines nothing less than a child’s rite of passage into adulthood with movement inspired by ballet, flamenco, African dance, and hip-hop. One of the works is Samuel Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915,” based on the poem by James Agee and choreographed by General Hambrick. The piece, featuring soprano Joelle Lamarre, is something of a coming-of-age experience for the narrator, embracing the traditional while looking to the future. Another significant work is “Dances in the Canebrakes,” by Arkansas-born Florence Price, considered to be the first AfricanAmerican woman symphonic composer. It’s rooted in the rhythms and melodies of the African American experience. Longtime New Ballet artist Noelia Garcia Carmona is doing “Dones, Mujeres, Women,” a Spanish ballet in three movements, with music by Vicente Amigo, Manuel De Falla, and the Gypsy Kings, that describes the journey to womanhood and self. The newest piece in the program is “Matter in Motion” by Elizabeth Corbett, something of a meta work that examines the process of choreography and dance. Bringing it home is a performance of Isaac Hayes’ “Shaft” with choreography by Robin Sanders. The program also includes new works by company artists, Briana Brown, Aaron Atkins, and Travis Butler. “SPRINGLOADED” AT THE GERMANTOWN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, FRIDAY, APRIL 12TH, 7 P.M. AND SUNDAY, APRIL 14TH, 2:30 P.M. TICKETS ARE $15 IN ADVANCE, $20 AT THE DOOR (BOX OFFICE FEES APPLY); ON SALE AT GPACWEB.COM OR THE GPAC BOX OFFICE 7517500. NEWBALLET.ORG
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Bilingual Storytime: Cantos, Cuentos, y Juegos Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 11 a.m. A storytime encouraging bilingualism, with games, songs, and stories in Spanish and English. V&E Artwalk Vollintine-Evergreen Greenline, 11 a.m. Huge art fair benefiting the Vollintine-Evergreen community.
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unter’s Chapel in Como, Mississippi, has venerable links to the blues community. Not only did the legendary Fred McDowell attend services there, he recorded his 1969 album Amazing Grace with the church’s choir. And it was fife and drum master Othar Turner’s church of choice. So it’s rather fitting that the resident pastor is the Rev. John Wilkins, an heir to blues blessings in his own right. To Wilkins, there’s no contradiction between the blues and gospel. “People got to realize I listen to blues,” he says in liner notes for an upcoming new album. “That ain’t gonna send me to hell — the way I live is what’s gonna send me to hell.” And that has long been his credo, perhaps to his late mother’s dismay. “Son, you can’t play both of ’em,” she told him. “Just pick one to play.” By that time, he’d already been mixing them up. He learned music from his father, Robert Wilkins. As an ordained minister in the late 1930s, he recorded blues for the Victor, Brunswick, and Vocalion labels. In the 1960s, while still a preacher, the elder Wilkins recut one of those early tracks, “That’s No Way to Get Along,” as the more sanctified “Prodigal Son,” a song made famous by the Rolling Stones. I asked Wilkins the younger if that led to any royalty checks. “Oh yeah, we still get ’em. After daddy passed, mama was getting ’em. And after mother passed, it was split between the children.” But by the time the Stones’ record came out, young John, growing up in Memphis, had already inherited a far greater reward: his father’s musical acumen. “I started on one of them little toy plastic guitars,” he recalls. “And I kept watching daddy. That’s a gift from the good Lord.” He was soon immersed in the hopping Memphis music scene of the 1950s and 1960s. “I grew up playing with gospel groups there. Old Man ‘Bless My Bones’ Wade at WDIA. Any time a group would come from out of town, if they didn’t have a musician, he would recommend me to play for ’em. I had to play for
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a lot of groups while they was in town.” He also rubbed shoulders with the era’s classic soul singers. “I played a little bit with James Carr. And I played lead guitar on ‘You Gonna Make Me Cry’ with O.V. Wright. That’s the only one I did with him.” By then, he was also exploring a more profane world. “I was playing the gospel until I got to be about 18 years old. And then I started going to Mississippi country ’tonks and playing the blues on Saturday, come on back and play the gospel on Sunday.” He would also play with blues luminaries in Memphis. “I got a chance to play with Fred McDowell, when my daddy played at the shell in Overton Park. I played upright bass guitar for him. And I used to play lead guitar with Memphis Minnie Downtown, back in the alleys and different places.” That all changed in 1985, when Wilkins settled in at Hunter’s Chapel and quit guitar entirely. “I pastored there and had one blues singer that still belonged there, Othar Lee Turner. A lot of people come from overseas to his funeral, ’cause he had played everywhere, you know. And after the funeral was over, they saw my name on the program and said, ‘Hey, did you know a man by the name of Robert Wilkins?’ And that’s Rev. at Hunter’s where I got started Chapel Church again. That was about 2003. And by 2008, I was in London.” The international acclaim keeps building. For our interview, Wilkins phoned from Paris, between sound-checks for shows there, before he returns to kick off the Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi, this week. And, contrary to his mother’s advice, he keeps mixing it up. “I get a little stinky. I call it stinky beat, you know. That blues beat. And I’ve had a lot of people at them blues shows, starting to shout with beer cans in their hand! They tell me, ‘Reverend Sir, I haven’t been to church since I don’t know when, and I’m going Sunday.’ So that makes me feel good.” Rev. John Wilkins opens the four day Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi, this Thursday, April 11th, at the New Roxy Theatre, 5 p.m. Free.
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After Dark: Live Music Schedule April 11 - 17 Handy Bar 200 BEALE 527-2687
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.
The Amazing Rhythmatics Tuesdays, Thursdays-Sundays, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.
Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE 529-0007
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.
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Eric Hughes Band Wednesdays, Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.; FreeWorld Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Memphis Blues Masters Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Mondays, Tuesdays, 7-11 p.m.
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Memphis Blues Masters Mondays, Thursdays, 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.
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Hillbilly Mojo Thursday, April 11, 7 p.m.; Tim Lynch Friday, April 12, 9 p.m.; Broke Tall Folk Saturday, April 13, 9 p.m.; Bobbie Stacks and Friends Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.
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183 BEALE 522-9596
King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE 521-1851
David Bowen Thursdays, 5:309:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m., and Sundays, 5:30-9:30 p.m.
King’s Palace Cafe Patio
138 BEALE 526-3637
162 BEALE 521-1851
Sonny Mack Mondays-Fridays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7 p.m.midnight and Saturdays, Sundays, 2-6 p.m.; Fuzzy Wednesdays, Fridays, 7 p.m.-midnight; Baunie and Soul Sundays, 7 p.m.-midnight.
King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room 168 BEALE 576-2220
Rum Boogie Cafe
Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall
Blues City Cafe
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.
The Rusty Pieces Sunday, April 14, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
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.
The Peabody 149 UNION 529-4000
Rooftop Party with Almost Famous Thursday, April 11, 6-10 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.
Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020
The Silly Goose
Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700
Brad Birkedahl Sunday, April 14, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.
Memphis Cook Convention Center 255 N. MAIN 576-1200
Chaka Khan and Billy Ocean Saturday, April 13, 6 p.m.
Sunrise 670 JEFFERSON
Ghost Town Blues Band Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Katrina Burgoyne Sunday, April 14, 10 a.m.
South Main Ghost River Brewing 827 S. MAIN 278-0087
Emma G with Tiffany Harmon Sunday, April 14, 6-9 p.m.
South Main Sounds 550 S. MAIN 494-6543
K.C. Johns, Katrina Burgoyne, Matt Coppens, and Robert Humphreys Friday, April 12, 7 p.m.
Spindini 383 S. MAIN 578-2767
The Lisa Nobumoto Jazz Trio April 12-13.
Salsa Night Saturdays, 8:30 p.m.-3 a.m.
100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915
Blind Bear Speakeasy Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.
RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300
225 S. MAIN 525-3000
Belle Tavern 117 BARBORO ALLEY 249-6580
Paulette’s
The Halloran Centre Carlene Carter Saturday, April 13, 7:30 p.m.; 2019 Songwriter Showdown Finals Sunday, April 14, 5-6:30 p.m.
119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435
Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece
Songwriters with Roland and Friends Mondays, 7-10 p.m.
Richard Wilson Every other Friday, 5-7 p.m.
Medical Center
DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.
Sleep Out Louie’s 150 PEABODY PL SUITE 111 ENTRANCE ON, S 2ND ST
Jake Reno April 12-13.
The Vault 124 GE PATTERSON
K.C. Johns Friday, April 12, 8:30 p.m.; Katrina Burgoyne Saturday, April 13, 8 p.m.
1884 Lounge 1555 MADISON 609-1744
Josh Ward, Jake Worthington Thursday, April 11, 8 p.m.
B-Side 1555 MADISON AVE
Lucero After Party with Convoy Saturday, April 13, 11 p.m.
Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830
Allison Kasper Thursday, April 11, 7:30 and 11 p.m.; Steve Selvidge Friday, April 12; Tatsuya Nakatani and Assif Tsahar Fri-
April 11-17, 2019
Blind Mississippi Morris Thursday, April 11, 8 p.m.-midnight; Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, 5-9 p.m.; Hi-Jivers April 12-13, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Saturdays, 12:30-4:30 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Sundays, 5-9 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.
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After Dark: Live Music Schedule April 11 - 17
2120 MADISON 432-2222
Sunday Brunch with Joyce Cobb Sundays, 11:30 a.m.2:30 p.m.
The Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band, Lightnin Malcolm, the Wailing Banshees Thursday, April 11, 9 p.m.; Ben Nichols & Cory Branan Friday, April 12, 10 p.m.; Howling Giant Friday, April 12, 10 p.m.; 19 Stone, Clanky’s Nub Sunday, April 14, 5 p.m.; Pressed, Fashion Week, SkyAcre, Big Grump Sunday, April 14, 10 p.m.; Honest Men, The Made and the Born Monday, April 15, 8 p.m.-midnight; Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes Live Tuesday,
April 13, 6:30 p.m.; Seeing Red Saturday, April 13, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Memphis Ukulele Band Sunday, April 14, 4 p.m.; Savannah Brister Monday, April 15, 6 p.m.; Royal Blues Band Tuesday, April 16, 7 p.m.; The Subdudes Wednesday, April 17, 8 p.m.
Midtown Crossing Grill 394 N. WATKINS 443-0502
Natalie James and the Professor Saturdays, Sundays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Open Songwriter Showcase Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
& Micey Saturday, April 13, 9 p.m.; Tipsy Nerf Battle Brunch Sunday, April 14, noon.
Rhodes College 2000 N. PARKWAY 843-3000
Rhodes Spring Choral Concert Friday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.
Senses Nightclub 2866 POPLAR 249-3739
Unique Saturday Saturdays, 10 p.m.-3 a.m.
Oasis Hookah Lounge & Cafe 663 S. HIGHLAND 729-6960
Live Music with DJ ALXANDR Fridays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Live Music with Coldway Saturdays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.
Triple S 1747 WALKER 421-6239
Friday Karaoke Fridays, 7-11 p.m.
East of Wangs 6069 PARK 763-0676
Lee Gardner Fridays, 6:30-9 p.m.; Eddie Harrison Wednesdays, 6:30-9 p.m.
Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House 551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200
Larry Cunningham ThursdaysSaturdays; Aislynn Rappe Sundays; Keith Kimbrough Mondays-Wednesdays.
Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729
Memphis Soul Revue Sunday, April 14, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.
Canvas 1737 MADISON 443-5232
Karaoke Thursdays, 9:30 p.m.; Richard Wilson Friday, April 12, 8-11 p.m.; Kyle Pruzina Live Mondays, 10 p.m.-midnight.
Laurelwood Shopping Center 422 S. GROVE PARK 682-8436
Shufflegrit Thursday, April 11.
Celtic Crossing
Mortimer’s
903 S. COOPER 274-5151
Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Candy Company Mondays.
590 N. PERKINS 761-9321
The Cove
Prop Cellar
Van Duren Solo Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 4726 POPLAR
2559 BROAD 730-0719
Bob & Friends Thursday, April 11, 6 p.m.
Ed Finney & Neptune’s Army with Deb Swiney Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Wayde Peck Fridays, 6 p.m.; Petty Gene Friday, April 12, 9 p.m.; The Skitch Saturdays, 6 p.m.; J-Train Saturday, April 13, 9 p.m.; David Collins and Frog Squad Sundays.; Tailored Makers Monday, April 15, 6 p.m.; Richard Wilson Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m.; Ben Minden-Birkenmaier Wednesdays, 6 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.
T.J. Mulligan’s 1817 KIRBY 755-2481
Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.
Poplar/I-240 Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300
Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.
Folk All Y’all Listening Room at Studio688 688 S. COX ST 9016266763
Folk All Y’all: An Evening with Kyshona Saturday, April 13, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Owen Brennan’s THE REGALIA, 6150 POPLAR 761-0990
Lannie McMillan Jazz Trio Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Summer/Berclair
1350 CONCOURSE AVE., SUITE 280 507-8030
Songwriters in the Round: Mark Edgar Stuart, Brandon Kinder, and Josh Cosby Tuesday, April 16, 7:30-9:30 p.m.; Dean Owens and Wild Ponies Wednesday, April 17, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Growlers 1911 POPLAR 244-7904
Proving Groundz: Open Mic hosted by Sir Jerold French & Sumo Tre Thursday, April 11, 8 p.m.; Framing Hanley, Shallow Side, Skinny Powers, Allyria, MFC Friday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.; 2019 Spring Music Video and Recording Giveaway Saturday, April 13, 5 p.m.; Kamikaze Queens Sunday, April 14, 4 p.m.; Artifas with Seeking 7 Seven, ŌBLEAK, and Greymane Sunday, April 14, 8 p.m.; Tiny Towns, Jadewick, Wagoneer Monday, April 15, 8 p.m.; The March Divide with Forked, Benjamin Gilbreath Tuesday, April 16, 8 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Void Vator Wednesday, April 17, 8 p.m.
Barbie’s Barlight Lounge 661 N. MENDENHALL RD
Possum Daddy’s Karaoke Saturdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
Maria’s Restaurant 6439 SUMMER 356-2324
April 16, 9 p.m.; Grandpa Grew Trees, Conor Donohue, Josh Shaw Tuesday, April 16, 9 p.m.; Jah9, CCDE Wednesday, April 17, 9 p.m.
Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372
The Fabulous Doo-Vays Sunday, April 14, 4-7 p.m.; Young Petty Thieves Sunday, April 14, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.
Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097
Bonnie Bishop with Clay Parker and Jodie James Thursday, April 11, 7 p.m.; The Rollin Rosatti Band Thursday, April 11, 10 p.m.; The Accidentals Friday, April 12, 5 p.m.; Matt Nathanson Friday, April 12, 7 p.m.; Rice Drewry Friday, April 12, 9 p.m.; Thumpdaddy Friday, April 12, 11 p.m.; Pop 901 Saturday, April 13, 2 p.m.; Bluff City Bandits Saturday,
Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 312-6058
Lucero Family Block Party Saturday, April 13, 3-10 p.m.
P & H Cafe 1532 MADISON
Jocephus and the George Jonestown Massacre, Whiskeydick, Duane Mark Saturday, April 13, 8 p.m.; Rockstar Karaoke Fridays; Open Mic Music Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight.
Playhouse on the Square 66 S. COOPER 726-4656
Beethoven and the Beatles Sunday, April 14, 2:30 p.m.
Railgarten 2160 CENTRAL
Dale Watson Album Release Friday, April 12, 9 p.m.; The Kick Back - “Day La Sol Edition” Saturday, April 13, 5-9 p.m.; Star
Wild Bill’s
Ubee’s
1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975
521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900
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.
Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
University of Memphis, Harris Concert Hall INSIDE THE RUDI E. SCHEIDT SCHOOL OF MUSIC 678-5400
Beethoven and the Beatles Saturday, April 13, 7:30 p.m.
University of Memphis The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND
DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Hear 901 Music Festival Saturday, April 13, 7 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.
Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.
Whitehaven/ Airport Graceland Soundstage 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY BLVD
East Memphis
George Thorogood and the Destroyers Saturday, April 13, 7 p.m.
Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School
Marlowe’s Ribs & Restaurant
60 N. PERKINS EXT. 537-1483
4381 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-4159
Joan Osborne Saturday, April 13, 8 p.m.
Craft Republic
Karaoke with DJ Stylez Thursdays, Sundays, 10 p.m.
5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013
Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.
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day, April 12, 8 p.m.; Jack Oblivian Saturday, April 13; Mittens Saturday, April 13, 8 p.m.; Mary Gagz & Her Gaggle of Drags Monday, April 15; Jughead’s B-day with Alicja-Pop, So Gung Ho, and the McStays Tuesday, April 16; Stephen El Rey Wednesday, April 17; Some Sons of Mudboy Wednesday, April 17, 7:30 p.m.
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Delta Blues Winery
3855 ELVIS PRESLEY 398-6528
6585 STEWART
901 Band Friday, April 12, 7-10 p.m.; Sunday Music at the Winery: Gary Abbott Sunday, April 14, 2:30-5:30 p.m.
Elvis Tribute featuring. Michael Cullipher ThursdaysSaturdays, 8 p.m.; Live Entertainment Mondays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Elvis Gospel music show Fridays, 1-2:30 p.m.; Karaoke hosted by DJ Maddy Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.
Huey’s Cordova 1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 318-3030
Terry & the Wallbangers Sunday, April 14, 8:30 p.m.-midnight; Three Degrees Tuesday, April 16, 6-9 p.m.
T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova
Arlington/Eads/ Oakland/Lakeland
8071 TRINITY 756-4480
The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.
Rizzi’s/Paradiso Pub
Frayser/Millington
6230 GREENLEE 592-0344
Live Music Thursdays, Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.; Karaoke and Dance Music with DJ Funn Fridays, 9 p.m.
Huey’s Millington 8570 US 51 NORTH,
Charvey Mac’s Six String Lovers Sunday, April 14, 6-9 p.m.
Bartlett
Pop’s Bar & Grill
Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center
6365 NAVY 872-0353
Possum Daddy or DJ Turtle Thursdays, 5-9 p.m.; CeCee Fridays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.; Possum Daddy Karaoke Wednesdays, 6-10 p.m. and Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.
3663 APPLING 385-6440
Russell Thompkins Jr. and the New Stylistics Saturday, April 13, 7:30 p.m.
Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006
Rockstar Karaoke with Charlie Belt Thursdays, 8 p.m.; The Brian Johnson Band Friday, April 12, 9 p.m.; Full Circle Saturday, April 13, 9 p.m.; Shotgun Billys Sunday, April 14, 5:30 p.m.; Amber McCain Band Tuesday, April 16, 9 p.m.; Lance McDaniel and Friends Wednesday, April 17, 8 p.m.
Shelby Forest General Store 7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770
Come out and celebrate our 1 Year Anniversary at the Overton Square Crawfish Festival Saturday, April 13th. We will have anniversary specials as well as pre-rolls, flower and disposable vapes.
CHOOSE FROM OUR ASSORTMENT OF PRODUCTS: Oils, sprays, balms, honey sticks, gummies, massage oil, skin care & CBD pet products.
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4212 HWY 51 N
Toni Green’s Palace MondaysSundays, 7 p.m.; Live DJ Thursdays, Fridays, 7 p.m.
Germantown Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911
The Sensations Sunday, April 14, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.
Huey’s Germantown
6565 TOWNE CENTER, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-536-2200
Live Music Thursdays, 5 p.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays.
Hollywood Casino 1150 CASINO STRIP RESORT, TUNICA, MS 662-357-7700
Live Entertainment Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
Horseshoe Casino & Hotel AT CASINO CENTER, SOUTH OF MEMPHIS, NEAR TUNICA, MS 1-800-303-SHOE
Foreigner Saturday, April 13, 8 p.m.
Huey’s Southaven 7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097
Five O’Clock Shadow Sunday, April 14, 8 p.m.-midnight.
Mesquite Chop House 5960 GETWELL
The Rusty Pieces Friday, April 12, 8-11 p.m.
Tunica Roadhouse 1107 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 662-363-4900
Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.
Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576
Open Mic Night Thursdays, 6 p.m.-midnight; Blues Jam hosted by Brad Webb Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.
North Mississippi/ Tunica
1550 N. INGRAM, WEST MEMPHIS, AR 800-467-6182
Collierville
The Crossing Bar & Grill
Huey’s Collierville
7281 HACKS CROSS, OLIVE BRANCH, MS 662-893-6242
Soul Shockers Sunday, April 14, 8-11:30 p.m.
Fox and Hound Tavern
West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas
The Dantones Sunday, April 14, 8-11:30 p.m.
2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455
Acoustic Music Tuesdays.
7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034
Steak Night with Tony Butler and the Shelby Forest Pioneers Fridays, 6-8 p.m.; Possum Drifters Saturday, April 13, 12-3 p.m.; Lee Cagle Sunday, April 14, 12:30-3:30 p.m.
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Toni Green’s Palace
Dan McGuinness 3964 GOODMAN, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-7611
Karaoke with Buddha Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.midnight.
Southland Park Live Music Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
The New Backdour Bar & Grill 302 S. AVALON 596-7115
DJ Stylez Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.
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Ashlar Hall
Rites of Spring, Lost in Found envisions another realm with full-scale art installations, mythical woodland creatures, food and drink, and three muses who will guide guests through the Gothic mansion. www.lostinfound901.com. $30. Thurs.Sat., 7:30-10:30 p.m., and Sun., 5:30-8:30 p.m. Through April 14. 1397 CENTRAL.
Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School The Sex Play 2: Exposing Ungodly Sexual Soul Ties, five women accuse CEO Mike Vandervedee of harassment, intimidation, manipulation, and more at his Memphisbased Cosmetics Company. (314-5932), $25. Sun., April 14, 2-4 & 6-9 p.m. 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).
Hattiloo Theatre
Too Heavy for Your Pockets, when 20-year-old Bowzie Brandon gives up a life-changing college scholarship to join the Freedom Rider movement, he’ll have to convince his loved ones — and himself — that shaping his country’s future might be worth jeopardizing his own. www.hattiloo.org. Through April 14. 37 S. COOPER (502-3486).
Rhodes College
Rose and the Rime, young Rose has a peaceful, carefree life in her tiny wintry town of Radio Falls. It’s been winter all her life until one day when Rose learns the evil Rime Witch is responsible. Rose bobsleds through ice caves, braves haunted forests, and plunges through fierce blizzards before finally confronting the witch to return Radio Falls’ summer splendor. But, how long can the good times last? Soon, the town begins to wonder what else it’s missing. www. rhodes.edu/events. Through April 13, 7:30 p.m., and Sun.,
Opening reception for “Tributaries” by Jill Baker Gower at the Metal Museum, Sunday, April 14th, 3-5 p.m.
Cherry Trees in Bloom
From Southern to Park Avenue, these beautiful, slightly fragrant blossoms are currently pink and will fade to white as they mature over the coming weeks. Through April 14.
April 14, 2 p.m. 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000).
MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW.MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.
Theatre Memphis
The Clean House, a quirky Brazilian maid hired by a career-oriented doctor, Matilde hates to clean; she longs to be a comedienne. www.theatrememphis.org. $25. Through April 20.
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.
630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).
METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380), WWW.METALMUSEUM.ORG.
A R TI S T R EC E P TI O N S
430 Gallery
Artist Reception for “WRONG WAY,” exhibition of new work by Alexander Paulus. www.crosstownarts.org. Sun., April 14, 12-5 p.m.
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.
430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).
ASU Mid-South Reynolds Center
Opening Reception for “What We Saw,” exhibition of new works by Jimpsie Ayres and Jeanne Seagle. www.deltaarts. org. Fri., April 12, 5-6:30 p.m. 2000 W. BROADWAY.
Clough-Hanson Gallery
Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception, exhibition of work by Rhodes studio art majors Olivia Rowe, Charlotte Sechrist, Qian Xu, Sara Lynn Abbott, and Melissa Kiker. www.rhodes.edu/events. Fri., April 12, 5-7 p.m. RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000).
David Lusk Gallery
Opening Reception for “The Deep,” exhibition of work by Robert Yasuda. www.davidluskgallery.com. Fri., April 12, 6-8 p.m. Opening Reception for “A Lifestyle,” exhibition of work by Joyce Gingold. www.davidluskgallery.com. Fri., April 12, 6-8 p.m. 97 TILLMAN (767-3800).
WWW.MEMPHISMAGAZINE.COM.
Saturday Sketch Eclectic Eye
Opening Reception for “Myths and Muses,” exhibition of new work by Carol Buchman. www.eclectic-eye.com. Fri., April 12, 6-8 p.m. 242 S. COOPER (276-3937).
Memphis Botanic Garden
Opening Reception for “Reflections,” exhibition of new work by NJ Woods. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com. Sun., April 14, 2-4 p.m. 750 CHERRY (636-4100).
Metal Museum
Opening Reception and Gallery Talk for “Tributaries,” exhibition of work by featured artist Jill Baker Gower. (7746380), www.metalmuseum. org. Sun., April 14, 3-5 p.m. 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).
Woodruff-Fontaine House
Opening Reception for “Eye Candy,” one-night exhibition of work by Rojo. (484-6788014), free. Sun., April 14, 1-3 p.m. 680 ADAMS (526-1469).
OT H E R A R T HAPPE N I NGS
Artists’ Link Meeting
Speakers include Marc Rouillard for April; Shane McDermott in May. Third Monday of every month, 6:30 p.m. JASON’S DELI, 3473 POPLAR (324-3181).
Casting Demonstration
Saturdays, Sundays, 1:30 p.m. METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380), WWW.METALMUSEUM.ORG.
For ages 15+. Sketch in the gardens or galleries with a special guest instructor each month. Bring a pad of paper or a sketchbook. Pencils and colored pencils only. Free with admission. Second Saturday of every month, 10 a.m. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW. DIXON.ORG.
O N G O I N G ART
Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)
“Dear Artist,” exhibition of work on loan. Artists include Lisa Alonso, Nakeya Brown, Burton Callicott, Carroll Cloar, Jennifer Crescuillo, William Eggleston, and others. www.memphis.edu/amum. Through June 1. “Africa: Art of a Continent,” permanent exhibition of Afri-
can 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).
ASU Mid-South Reynolds Center
“What We Saw,” exhibition of new works by Jimpsie Ayres and Jeanne Seagle. www.deltaarts.org. April 12-May 17. 2000 W. BROADWAY.
Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art
“Chinese Symbols in Art,” ancient Chinese pottery and bronze. www.belzmuseum. org. Ongoing. 119 S. MAIN, IN THE PEMBROKE SQUARE BUILDING (523-ARTS).
Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School “This Place, This Time,” exhibition of new work by Siphne A. Sylve. Through April 15. 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).
Clough-Hanson Gallery
Senior Thesis Exhibition, exhibition of work by Rhodes studio art majors Olivia Rowe, Charlotte Sechrist, Qian Xu, Sara Lynn Abbott, and Melissa Kiker. www.rhodes.edu/ events. Ongoing. RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000).
Crosstown Concourse
“R&D,” a collection of artwork from the fall 2018 University of Memphis sculpture students. Ongoing. 1350 CONCOURSE AVE.
David Lusk Gallery
“The Deep,” exhibition of work by Robert Yasuda. www.davidluskgallery.com. Through May 31. “A Lifestyle,” exhibition of
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CALENDAR of EVENTS:
Send the date, time, place, cost, info, phone number, a brief description, and photos — two weeks in advance — to calendar@memphisflyer.com or P.O. Box 1738, Memphis, TN 38101. DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS WILL APPEAR IN THE FLYER’S ONLINE CALENDAR ONLY.
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“Eye to Eye: A New Look at the Dixon Collection,” exhibition of select works from the Dixon’s collection, shown in a new light. The works will be organized by theme, highlighting some of the major ideas that influenced the art produced in Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. www.dixon. org. Through April 14. 4339 PARK (761-5250).
Eclectic Eye
“Myths and Muses,” exhibition of new work by Carol Buchman. www.eclectic-eye.com. April 12May 29.
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MEMPHIS FASHION DESIGN NETWORK TRUNK SHOW
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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).
Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis
“So yeah umm … ya know, but right?,” exhibition of works by nine graduates of the University of Memphis Department of Art. (678-2216), Through April 19. 3715 CENTRAL.
4.16
SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND
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Germantown Performing Arts Center
“Storytime,” exhibition of work by by Qwynto. (751-7500), www. gpacweb.com. Through May 5, 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).
Jack Robinson Photography Gallery “Memphis Ten Group Show,” exhibition of works by Houston Cofield, Brandon Dill, Ivy-Jade Edwards, Paige Ellens, Amy Hutcheson, Ziggy Mack, LaAndrea Deloyce Mitchell, Sara Moseley, Robert Sims, and Najee Strickland. (576-0708), Free. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through April 30. 44 HULING (576-0708).
Java Cabana
“My Life in Colour,” exhibition of new paintings by Jessica White. www.javacabanacoffeehouse.com. Through May 31. 2170 YOUNG (272-7210).
Jay Etkin Gallery
David Hall, exhibition of watercolor works on paper. www. jayetkingallery.com. Ongoing. 942 COOPER (550-0064).
L Ross Gallery
“threshold,” exhibition of work by Michael Barringer. www.lrossgallery.com. Saturdays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., and Tuesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through April 27. 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).
Memphis Botanic Garden
“Reflections,” exhibition of new work by NJ Woods. www.memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through April 30. 750 CHERRY (636-4100).
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
“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. “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. “About Face,” exhibition located in the Education Gallery highlighting the different ways artists interpret the connection between emotion and expression. www.brooksmuseum.org. Ongoing. “Drawing Memory: Essence of Memphis,” exhibition of works inspired by nsibidi, a sacred means of communication among male secret societies in southeastern Nigeria by Victor Ekpuk. www. brooksmuseum.org. Ongoing. 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).
Memphis Jewish Community Center’s Shainberg Gallery “Listen to Learn. Learn to Act. Act to Change,” exhibition of work by Darlene Newman. Presented as part of the Memphis Jewish Community Center’s “Power of the Collective: Our Journey Together.” www.jccmemphis.org. Through April 30. 6560 POPLAR (761-0810).
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 work by featured artist Jill Baker Gower. (774-6380), www.metalmuseum. org. April 14-June 30. 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).
Overton Park Gallery
Dorothy Northern and Jennifer Sargent, exhibition of works. Ongoing. 1581 OVERTON PARK (229-2967).
Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum
“Images of Africa Before & After the Middle Passage,” exhibition of photography by Jeff and Shaakira Edison. (527-3427), slavehavenmemphis.com/. Ongoing. 826 NORTH SECOND STREET (527-3427).
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
“Passing Through: The Friends of Don Nix,” exhibition of work by Nix. Includes photos of many of the friends Nix made along the way, including George Harrison, Leon Russell, Furry Lewis, and others. www.staxmuseum.com. Through April 30. 926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).
Opening reception for “WRONG WAY” by Alexander Paulus at 430 Gallery, Sunday, April 14th, noon-5 p.m. Sue Layman Designs
Sue Layman Designs Ongoing Art, exhibition of oil-on-canvas 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).
TOPS Gallery
“Camera Obscura,” exhibition of new work by Aaron Suggs. www. topsgallery.com. Through May 19. 400 S. FRONT.
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).
WKNO Studio
“FourSights II,” exhibition of paintings by Sandra Horton and Frederick Lyle Morris, and photography by Becky Ross McRae and Jon Woodhams. www.wkno. org. Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Through April 26. 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).
OPERA
The Falling and the Rising
This world premiere opera chronicles the imagined journey of a soldier suspended inside a coma after a roadside attack. Through April 13. PLAYHOUSE ON THE SQUARE, 66 S. COOPER (726-4656), WWW.OPERAMEMPHIS.ORG.
Midtown Opera Festival
Seventh-annual opera celebration, with performances, music, improv, and Q & As. Through April 14. PLAYHOUSE ON THE SQUARE, 66 S. COOPER (726-4656), WWW.OPERAMEMPHIS.ORG.
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Members of the Argentine Tango Society give lessons and tango demonstrations in the rotunda. Included with museum admission. Third Wednesday, Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).
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Ballet Memphis presents the story of a peasant girl who descends into madness and dies of a broken heart after learning that her beloved, Albrecht, is betrothed to someone else. $10$78. April 12-13, 7:30 p.m., and Sun., April 14, 2 p.m. THE HALLORAN CENTRE, 225 S. MAIN (525-3000), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM.
Springloaded
New Ballet Ensemble presents this collection of works including Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Dances in the Canebrakes by Florence Price, and Noelia Garcia Carmona’s Dones, Mujeres, Women, a Spanish Ballet in three movements. $15-$20. Fri., April 12, 7 p.m., and Sun., April 14, 2:30 p.m. GERMANTOWN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 1801 EXETER (751-7500), WWW.NEWBALLET.ORG.
Comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco at Gold Strike Casino, Friday, April 12th, 7 and 9:30 p.m.
Aziz Ansari Road to Nowhere, the star and writer/director of Master of None brings his comedy tour to Memphis. $38-$67.50. Wed., April 17, 7:30 p.m.
B O O KS I G N I N G S
Booksigning by Ann Fisher-Wirth
MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (TICKETS, 525-1515).
Author discusses and signs her new book, The Bones of Winter Birds. Thurs., April 11, 6 p.m.
Landers Center (DeSoto Civic Center)
BURKE’S BOOK STORE, 936 S. COOPER (278-7484), WWW.BURKESBOOKS.COM.
Cracking Up Comedy Tour, featuring the talents of Ricky Smiley, Deray Davis, Michael Blackson, Jess Hilarious, B. Simone, Bruce-Bruce, and Red Grant. www.landerscenter. com. $54-$101. Sun., April 14, 6:30 p.m.
Booksigning by Joshua Douglas
Author discusses and signs his new book, Vote For Us: How to Take Back Our Elections and Change the Future of Voting. Sat., April 13, 6 p.m.
4560 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662-280-9120).
NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (9225526), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.
Gold Strike Casino
Sebastian Maniscalco, the actor, best-selling author, and the star of the Netflix original special, Stay Hungry, performs. ((800) 745-3000), www.sebastianlive. com/. $49. Fri., April 12, 7-8:30 & 9:30-11 p.m. 1010 CASINO CENTER IN TUNICA, MS (1-888-245-7829).
Local
Comma Comedians Present: 1,2,3 Comedy, Every other Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. 95 S. MAIN (473-9573).
Booksigning by Keel Hunt
Midtown Crossing Grill
Three-Course Comedy, a smorgasbord of laughs with a serving of Improv Insanity, a helping of Musical Armando with pianist and songwriter Jason Pulley, and to top it all off, an improv jam with the Bluff City Liars. Second Friday of every month, 10-11:30 p.m. 394 N. WATKINS (443-0502).
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Cafe Eclectic
Poetry Society of Tennessee Open Mic Reading, readings of original poetry. Traditional readings and performance poetry welcome. Free. Wed., April 17, 7:30-8:30 p.m. 603 N. MCLEAN (725-1718).
Author discusses and signs his new book, Crossing the Aisle: How Bipartisanship Brought Tennessee to the Twenty-First Century and Could Save America. Tues., April 16, 5 p.m. NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (9225526), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.
Author discusses and signs her new collection, I Miss You When I Blink. Wed., April 17, 6 p.m.
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Memphis Fashion Week Speakers Panels
Discussion event as part of Memphis Fashion Week. Sat., April 13, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE AVE., WWW.MEMPHISFASHIONWEEK.ORG.
West Tennessee Fair Housing Conference
The Tennessee Human Rights Commission in partnership with Memphis Area Legal Services presents this conference on fair housing. $50. Thurs., April 11, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM, 450 MULBERRY (521-9699), MAILCHI. MP/8F7AA4F47AAB/SAVE-THE-DATEWEST-TENNESSEE-FAIR-HOUSINGCONFERENCE-2307357.
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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
Camp Lichterman
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. WednesdaysSaturdays, 1:30 p.m. WWW.CITYTASTINGTOURS.COM.
Cutting Garden Tours
Garden docents will focus on the cutting garden each week on Saturday morning. Meet in the Catmur Foyer to see the large urn design and start tour. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.
Polliwogs Pre-K Summer Camp AGES 4-5 YEARS OLD • MAY 20 – 24 • 9 am – 12 pm and 1 pm – 4 pm
Memphis Record Ride for Record Store Day 2019
Music, food, and drink shuttle ride running between all Memphis Record Store Day participants, Goner Records, Shangri-la Records, and Memphis Music on Beale Street. With afternoon stops at local breweries venues for live music, grub, and brews. Sat., April 13, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. GONER RECORDS, 2152 YOUNG AVE (722-0095), WWW.GONER-RECORDS.COM.
Old Forest Hike
Walking tour of the region’s only urban old-growth forest. Second Saturday of every month, 10 a.m. OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (2761387).
Stories of Stone
April 11-17, 2019
Nature Explorers Summer Camps AGES 6–12 YEARS OLD • MAY 28 – 31 • • JUNE 3 – 7 • • JUNE 10 – 14 • 9 am – 3 pm For registration forms and information, visit www.memphismuseums.org, call reservations at 901-636-2221, email nature.reservations@memphistn.gov.
ELMWOOD CEMETERY, 824 S. DUDLEY (774-3212), WWW.EVENTBRITE. COM/E/STORIES-OF-STONE-TICKETS-59083184395.
Yellow Fever Rock & Roll Ghost Tour
See what used to be, Memphisstyle, with Mike McCarthy. Call to schedule a personal tour. Ongoing. (486-6325), WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/YELLOWROCKGHOST/.
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AHLEM Trunk Show
Show of handcrafted eye wear from France by AHLEM. A brand rep will also be on-site with the collection. Sat., April 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ECLECTIC EYE, 242 S. COOPER (2763937), ECLECTIC-EYE.COM.
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Informational tour about the monuments at Elmwood Cemetery and the stories they tell. $20. Sat., April 13, 1-2:30 p.m.
WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG
Kaleidoscope Food Festival
The third annual festival showcases minority food entrepreneurs involved in Kaleidoscope’s programs, with performances and artistic storytelling highlighting the 17+ nations and cultures represented in Binghampton. Free. Sat., April 13, 1-5 p.m. WISEACRE BREWERY, 2783 BROAD.
Overton Square Crawfish Festival
Crawfish, crafts, live music, and more. Sat., April 13, noon-6 p.m. OVERTON SQUARE, 2101 MADISON, WWW.OVERTONSQUARE.COM.
Rise Yoga Spring Fest
This rejuvenating festival will present over 15 classes from a variety of instructors and partnering studios, live music, food, indoor and outdoor sessions, vendors, and more. $25 in advance/$35 day-of. Sat., April 13, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. BETTER BODIES YOGA, 692 W. BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE (767-9642).
Sixth Annual Jewish Literary and Cultural Arts Series
Featuring workshops, luncheon, film festival, books, lectures, and more. Visit website for more information and schedule of events. Through April 30. MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, 6560 POPLAR (761-0810), WWW.JCCMEMPHIS.ORG.
Southern Hotwing Festival
The 17th annual celebration of the chicken hot wing, the drummie, and everything in between, the festival is organized by nonprofit Wings Over Memphis and benefits Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis. Tickets include three “wing bucks,” which enable ticket holders to sample three wings at the festival. $30. Sat., April 13, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. TIGER LANE, 335 SOUTH HOLLYWOOD, SOUTHERNHOTWINGFESTIVAL.COM.
Southern Literary Festival
Festival, founded in 1930, dedicated to Southern literature. With readings, workshops, and more. April 11th-14th.
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V & E Artwalk
Literary festival with a theme of Memphis’ bicentennial celebration. Sat., April 13, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2700), WWW.MEMPHISLIBRARY.ORG/BOOKSTOCK/.
The eighth annual artwalk will feature 70 artists selling their crafts. It will also include a silent auction, large children’s area and youth art competition, local musicians, and food, craft beer, wine, and soft drinks. Free. Sat., April 13, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
VOLLINTINE-EVERGREEN GREENLINE, CORNER OF TUTWILER AND DICKINSON (276-1782), WWW.VEGREENLINE.ORG.
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Family Fun Hike
Educational recreation for adults and children of all ages. Second Sunday of every month, 2-4 p.m. SHELBY FARMS, VISITOR’S CENTER, 6903 GREAT VIEW DRIVE NORTH (767-7275), WWW.SHELBYFARMSPARK.ORG.
Memphis Express vs. Atlanta Legends Sat., April 13, 7 p.m.
LIBERTY BOWL MEMORIAL STADIUM, 335 S. HOLLYWOOD (727-4344), WWW. THELIBERTYBOWLSTADIUM.COM.
Taste of Fitness Memphis
A choice of workouts, a tasting tour of the distillery, health and wellness vendors booth, and more at this boozy fitness bash. $29. Sun., April 14, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. OLD DOMINICK DISTILLERY, 305 S. FRONT, WWW.EVENTBRITE.COM.
Walk ‘n’ Talk
Sip on a cup of tea or coffee from Fourth Cup while you listen to Memphians’ stories and share ideas with others. Wednesdays, 6:45-7:30 a.m. RIVER GARDEN, 51 RIVERSIDE DRIVE (3129190), WWW.MEMPHISRIVERPARKS.ORG.
Whitehaven Healthy Community Day
A community health-conscious event with a 5K, walk, and health screenings. No need to register for the walk, but runners are encouraged to register at www.methodisthealth.org/healthwalk. Free. Sat., April 13, 8 a.m.-noon. METHODIST HOSPITAL SOUTH, 1300 WESLEY (516-3580), WWW.METHODISTHEALTH.ORG/EVENT/WHITEHAVENHEALTHY-COMMUNITY-DAY.
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
Class led by a certified instructor. $6. Thurs., April 11, 9-9:45 a.m. METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380), WWW.METALMUSEUM. ORG/WELLNESS-SESSIONS/.
Your Next Step Is the Cure Memphis Run/Walk
Participants can walk, jog, or run in this fund-raiser to help find a cure. $30 pre-registration, $35 day of registration. Sat., April 13, 7:3011:30 a.m. SHELBY FARMS, VISITOR’S CENTER, 6903 GREAT VIEW DRIVE NORTH (650598-2857 EXT. 222), MEMPHIS2019. YOURNEXTSTEPISTHECURE.ORG/.
Stories of Stone informative tour at Elmwood Cemetery, Saturday, April 13th, 1-2:30 p.m. M E ETI N G S
Fantastical Writers of the Mid-South
For writers who specialize in science-fiction/fantasy/etc. Second Thursday of every month, 7 p.m. BARNES & NOBLE, 2774 N. GERMANTOWN (386-2468).
A Novel Book Club
A wide variety of genres, interests, and reading styles, with book club members involved in choosing future selections. Third Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m. NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.
T.O. Fuller State Park Monthly Meeting
Call for more information. Third Wednesday of every month, noon. T.O. FULLER STATE PARK, 1500 MITCHELL (543-7581).
KIDS
52nd Annual Kite Day
A day of kite-flying on the river bluff behind the Church of the River. Bring your own kite, or get one from our youth group for a small donation. Brown bag picnic lunches also available for a donation. Free. Sun., April 14, 12-2 p.m. CHURCH OF THE RIVER, 292 VIRGINIA (526-8631).
Bilingual Storytime: Cantos, Cuentos, y Juegos This program for children encourages reading and bilingualism in Spanish and English, with songs, stories, and games in both languages. Free. Sat., April 13, 11-11:45 a.m.
BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (843-3070).
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Hoedown for Hope
Red-white-and-boots event featuring DJ Nugget, dancing, Southern food, beer and wine, a silent auction, a photo booth, and a mechanical bull. $75-$1,000. Fri., April 12, 7:30-10:30 p.m. PROPCELLAR VINTAGE RENTAL, 2585 SUMMER, WWW.HOPEHOUSEMEMPHIS.ORG.
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Fashion Night Out
Memphis Fashion Week celebrates local and regional fashion through designers, photographers, models, and boutiques. Proceeds from official events benefit the Memphis Fashion Design Network. Thurs., April 11, 5:30-8 p.m. CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE AVE., WWW.MEMPHISFASHIONWEEK.ORG.
Featured Designer Shows
The featured designers from around the region show their latest collection on the runway. Fri., April 12, 8 p.m. CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE AVE., WWW.MEMPHISFASHIONWEEK.ORG.
Friends of George’s presents Dragnificent ’70s
Back in the ’70s, drag queens actually had to sing and nobody had anything more than a boombox to accompany them. This crazy drag family will bring the swinging 1970s back from the dead with this annual variety show. $25. Fri., Sat., 8 p.m. Through April 13.
HI-TONE, 412-414 N. CLEVELAND (490-0335).
Spring Plant Sale
The largest plant sale of the year features an assortment of perennials, annuals, tropicals, herbs, shrubs, and trees, plus specialty garden items by local artisans. Garden staff and Master Gardeners on-hand to assist with purchases and plant care tips. Proceeds from plant sales directly support the educational and horticultural growth of the garden. April 12-13, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
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Saddle Creek Emerging Designer Runway Local featured and emerging designers showcase their pieces for the first time. Sat., April 13, 8 p.m.
MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART, 1930 POPLAR (272-5100), WWW.MEMPHISFASHIONWEEK.ORG.
The Scout Guide Soiree
The after party to the Fashion Night Out. d Thurs., April 11. HU HOTEL, 79 MADISON (3331200), WWW.MEMPHISFASHIONWEEK.ORG.
Sock It to Me Burlesque: LaFleurs!
Featuring local faves Frankie LaFemme, Brenda Newport, Dyna DiVine, Seren Synn,
GRAY CANARY, 301 FRONT, WWW.THEGRAYCANARY.COM.
A Community Called Orange Mound
Get the first pick of the plants at this party with botanical bites, herbal cocktails, live music by Kenneth Jackson. Members $15/non-members $25. Thurs., April 11, 5:307:30 p.m. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4131), WWW.MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.
Velvetina’s Blue Moon Revue
Live music, burlesque performances, and dinner from the Lounge. $30. WednesdaysSaturdays, 7-9 p.m. Through Sept. 28.
H O LI DAY EVE N TS
A massive pet adoption event by myriad Mid-South rescue agencies. The celebrity pet wash is a $10 minimum donation, with proceeds to be split among participating rescue organizations. Sat., April 13, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
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.
Spring Plant Sale Preview Party
Memphis Fashion Design Network Trunk Show
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Shop the designs of both local designers as well as designers featured on the runway. Fri., April 12, 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m., and Sat., April 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
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.
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Two Easter events. First, a fun pancake breakfast bar and tons of fun activities. Then, the Eggstravaganza, where you can have your photo with the Easter Bunny. Breakfast $8, $12 for breakfast. Sat., April 13, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF MEMPHIS, 2525 CENTRAL (458-2678), WWW.CMOM.COM.
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The bash features live music, all-you-can-eat crawfish, fare from DeSoto County’s best restaurants, a sponsor VIP section, and more. $85-$150. Sat., April 13, 6-11 p.m. PANOLA STREET, OFF HERNANDO TOWN SQUARE, HERNANDO, MS (662-328-5704), PALMERHOME. ORG/EVENTS/.
Beale Street Wine Race
Boozy footrace in which local restaurants and bartenders compete in four events for cash, prizes, and glory. Sun., April 14, 1-4 p.m. BEALE STREET, DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS (529-0999).
Flight Tour: A Taste of Memphis
Up to 16 people per bike enjoy a flight of local spirits and brew during this twohour pub-crawl with Sprock n’ Roll’s bike bar to Old
Screening of this film about a southeast Memphis neighborhood with a surprising legacy. Free. Fri., April 12, 6-8 p.m. MORGAN CARES SENIOR CENTER, 850 HANLEY (327-8160).
MicroCinema: 2019 Slamdance Anarchy Shorts
The 2019 “Anarchy” shorts program by Slamdance Film Festival is an anti-genre form of resistance to dominant cultural paradigms. Tues., April 16, 7-9 p.m. 430 GALLERY, 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.
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The Stolen Caravaggio
Valeria pens anonymous scripts for a successful screenwriter, Alessandro. One day she is approached by a mysterious man who gives her an unusual gift: the plot for her next script. The story without a name is, in fact, about the mysterious 1969 theft of a famous painting by Caravaggio, The Nativity, carried out in Palermo by the Mafia. Fri., April 12, 7 p.m.
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Cary Holladay on her new book, Southern Literary Festival.
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ary Holladay has had a busy year so far. She released a new work of fiction, her eighth, the collection Brides in the Sky: Stories and a Novella; she’s giving a reading at the Southern Literary Festival this Thursday, April 11th; and last week, she celebrated another release of The Pinch, the University of Memphis’ graduate student literary journal. Not a bad start for being less than four months into the year. “I’ve loved stories all my life,” says Holladay, an author and a professor of creative writing at the University of Memphis. “I love the intrigue of how a story starts, the suspense of how it ends, and I love the lingering power that stories have.” Holladay’s passion for stories has led her to get involved with this year’s edition of the Southern Literary Festival, a traveling festival originally founded in 1930. This year, the festival is being hosted at Christian Brothers University, but Holladay says the U of M is offering assistance, as well. “Last year, it was held at UT Martin,” Holladay says. “It moves around.” While the general public is encouraged to attend, Holladay notes that the festival is especially for students, who may not have had the chance to participate in that aspect of writing. “It’s a chance to go to panels and readings and workshops,” Holladay explains. “It’s a real celebration of books.” Holladay will give a reading and Q&A from her new collection, Brides in the Sky (Swallow Press), which was released earlier this year, in January. “The title story has to do with two sisters who marry two brothers, and they all go on the Oregon Trail in 1855,” Holladay says, before adding that she enjoys the research aspect of her profession. The motif of sisterhood in the title story became a unifying thread for the collection. “The theme is the bond between women, particularly sisterhood,” Holladay says, adding that she hadn’t planned to adhere to any particular theme, but as she wrote more stories, the recurring connection
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became apparent. So she ran with it. “The stories vary by time period and subject matter and mood, but they’re all unified by women’s experiences,” Holladay adds, pointing out that not all of her stories are works of historical fiction. “The novella was actually based on my own childhood as the middle child of three daughters,” she says. “The title deals with a hornet’s nest that a minister supposedly tangled with. It’s my comic novella.” When asked if she had roots in poetry (a rumor this writer heard), Holladay laughs and says she doesn’t, but her husband does. “My husband, John Bensko, is a poet and fiction writer.” The couple met at Rhodes College, where they both worked for a time, before moving on to the graduate department at the U of M. And their shared profession adds a layer to their relationship. “You hear about some literary couples who used to fight over their material, … and we’ve never done that,” Holladay says. “The kind of writing that we do is different enough that it’s never been an issue. We encourage each other.” After 23 years working at the U of M, Bensko recently retired. In addition to her upcoming reading at CBU, Holladay, herself a graduate from College of William & Mary for her undergraduate degree, and graduate studies at Pennsylvania State University, has been busy helping to organize celebrations for an important anniversary at the U of M. “The MFA program at the University of Memphis is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year,” she says. They kicked off the celebration with a release party for the university’s literary magazine, The Pinch, and the celebrations will continue throughout the academic year. “Readers read for experience,” Holladay says. “And at a basic level, writers owe that to them.” And Holladay seems to be pulling out all the stops to give readers the best experience they can get. The Southern Literary Festival is at Christian Brothers University, ThursdaySaturday, April 11th-13th. www.southernliteraryfestival.org.
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emphis Fashion Week is always an impressive event, yet this year will be different — in a good way. Fashion lovers, influencers, and the local fashion industry will get a closer look at the design talent of Memphis. As the energy is building in celebration of Memphis’ bicentennial, Memphis Fashion Week is magnifying the intensity by highlighting local design and fashion with this year’s lineup of shows and events. “Memphis has always been at the center of innovation and creativity,” says Karina Benziger, co-chair and designer liaison of Memphis Fashion Week. “Fashion is no exception, and each year we are amazed at what is coming out of this region. We’re thrilled to have even more local talent in our Featured Designers, as yet another way to recognize and celebrate our city’s 200th anniversary.” The countdown is on! Memphis Fashion Week events start on Thursday evening. “Fashion Night Out” kicks things off with a party for a cause at Crosstown Concourse. The momentum continues with the Scout Guide’s Soiree at the new Hu. Hotel with sunset views
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and stylish influencers and a veritable Memphis Who’s Who. Friday, Memphis Fashion Design Network, nonprofit organization benefitting local design talent, hosts its Trunk Show at Crosstown Concourse. The night continues with the LRK Featured Designer Runway Show, as guests will view collections from noted national designers. And don’t miss the highly anticipated Saddle Creek Emerging Designer Runway Show. The Emerging Memphis Designer Project was constructed for local emerging designers to have a platform to present their pieces to a wider audience. Memphis Fashion Week works with selected designers through a seven-month process to educate and promote local designs. This year’s featured designers — TIENA, Tangie Seay, and Mary Ambrose (pictured below) — will be among those showing their collections during the Emerging Designer Runway Show. What else is happening this week? Follow Memphis Fashion Week on Instagram @memphisfashiondesign and memphisfashionweek.org/events for a more detailed lineup of events and shows for the entire MFW 2019 schedule, including what to expect — and what to wear.
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aron Winters recently taught a cooking class on how to make beef bourguignon, that fancy French dish that seems so complicated and time-consuming to prepare. It wasn’t. “Instead of cooking on the stove top, we use an Instant Pot, which is a pressure cooker and a slow cooker all in one,” Winters says. “It speeds up the cooking time. Instead of taking six hours to make beef bourguignon, it takes 40 minutes.” Winters, 43, who opened Porcellino’s Craft Butcher with Andrew Ticer and Michael Hudman and was executive chef at The Vault, is now head chef at Sur La Table in Germantown. “If you would’ve asked me a year ago if I’d be a culinary instructor at a cooking store, I’d have said, ‘You’re out of your mind.’ I was all about the ‘I want to be number one at this,’ and ‘I want to be the next this.’”
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family and food and the love for it and such. I told them, ‘I make sausages and salamis and stuff in my house.’” Winters, who learned charcuterie from his grandfather and from reading, never stopped cooking. “I catered events and I cooked for family all the time because I just loved to cook. It was my relaxation. I’d work a 12-hour day in retail, and then go and spend hours researching and cooking.” He quit his job and eventually became chef de cuisine at Hog & Hominy. Winters, who joined the Butchers Guild, met Dario Cecchini, who invited him to become one of his apprentices. He flew to Panzano, Italy, and lived above Cecchini’s butcher shop. “I butchered every day from sunup till 4 in the afternoon. Then I worked in the restaurant after that until about 1 in the morning. “I worked with these butchers and I sweated with them. Got yelled at a lot. I realized I knew nothing about butchery before I went there.” Cecchini introduced him to Filippo Gambassi, a member of a prominent family of salumerias, who asked him to become an apprentice. “I worked at Terra di Siena in Poggibonsi, Italy, learning how to make prosciutto, salami Toscana, guanciale, coppa, all that.” When he returned to Memphis, Winters helped open Porcellino’s. He then opened his own business, Burning River Chef, which he still owns. “I supply private chefs. And I do private butcher training. I do private dinners at people’s homes. And I also manage a stable of chefs who work at high-end hunting clubs.” While at The Vault, Winters brought “some New Orleans flair” to the menu. “I did the Louisiana crab claws with spicy chili agrodolce. We did a ton of stuff. We did a four-hour roux on our gumbo. And it was traditional gumbo with homemade andouille.”
After The Vault, Winters and his wife bought a home in Germantown. He went to work at Sur La Table, which specializes in high-end merchandise for home chefs. “I have five chefs that work for me. They’re culinary instructors. We teach classes every day. They’re not just basic classes. We’ll do ‘Exploring Thailand,’ which is homemade pad thai, spring vegetable green curry over lemongrass-scented rice. Coconut lime sorbet.
“It’s a couple of hours, and you get to eat what you’re making. And you get to play around with everything we have.” Learning to make French-style macarons is one of his most popular classes. “We did them with a cassis buttercream and lemon curd. We just do those standard macarons. And we dip them in chocolate ganache. And then roll them in pistachios. We then put cassis buttercream around the edge like a little moat, put lemon curd in the middle, and close it up like a little sandwich. Roll it in lavender. Delicious.” Sur La Table is the right place to be, Winters says. “We’re in the Food Network generation now, where a lot of people can cook better than most of the restaurants out there.” Winters sounds like a natural for a TV cooking show, but he will say only, “There’s one in the works.” Sur La Table, 509 Poplar Suite 106 in Germantown, 758-3691
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Two local beers that stand up nicely to Southeast Asian food. obvious one to adapt to hot and steamy climates like Thailand or Midtown. It is a great beer to go with something spicy, maybe something with lemongrass and sesame oil. The flavors just click with that palate of ingredients. If the ginger is a little too out there for you, High Cotton Brewing has another good option on tap these days. It’s called Thai Pale Ale. Now, anyone who has spent any time in Southeast Asia knows that they are not big ale drinkers over there. Primarily, they stick to what we’d call the kind of watered-down lager that, until the 1990s, was about the only beer you could get stateside. And it’s popular for a good reason: The weather is hot, the food is spicy, and the beer goes down easy. In some parts of the world, there is always a thirst to quench.
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don’t drink too much, I’m just a victim of great weather,” I said, sensibly — although it’s possible my mother would classify that as more excuse than explanation. Any way you look at it, though, the weather is nice. Spring has sprung. The onset of spring in Memphis is like watching a very amiable couple decide what to have for dinner — it’s a lot of back and forth. Then summer shows up and obnoxiously delivers some sadistic combination of heat and humidity. We aren’t quite there yet, so if you didn’t know that spring was here by standing on your front porch you can always turn on one of the eating channels for this season’s “newest” warm-weather food trend: Southeast Asian. Which is fine by me as I love those wild, colorful, spectacular flavors. Not sure how “new” any of this is, because people in Southeast Asia have been eating for a long time. Still, innovative twists on old recipes abound, and if you want to stay on trend, you’ll need to find the perfect beer before the million little pieces of what we’re calling the modern media runs the idea completely into the dirt. Last weekend, we headed over to Hammer & Ale to squat on their parking-lot themed patio and think this one over. I ordered a Soulful Ginger, brewed just down the street by Memphis Made, a brewery that has never been afraid to monkey with new ingredients. It was weird, or more charitably, unexpected. Not bad, though. I liked it; it just took a sip or two to grow on me. Good Japanese whisky will do the same thing to you. With the first sip, you think, “This isn’t Scotch!” and the second you think, pleasantly, “No. No it’s not.” Soulful Ginger is weirdly good: a light, refreshing, saison style with hints of ginger and peppercorns to give it a little spice and a clean finish. Originally from France and Belgium, saisons were brewed in the cooler months by farm workers who weren’t too busy to keep them hydrated in the warmer months when they were. The French name for seasonal workers was “saisonniers.” Saisons are some of the great unsung beer styles, and an
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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy
The High Cost of Living
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eath. It happens to the best — and worst — of us, eventually. It’s the one time you’re sure to get your name in the paper, even if you’re not going to be around to enjoy it. It is, as writer Neil Gaiman called it, the high cost of living. “It’s natural. We all die eventually,” says Dr. Louis Creed (Jason Clarke) to his daughter Ellie (Jeté Laurence) when she asks why pets don’t live as long as their human masters. Louis should know. As a doctor who has worked the graveyard shift in a busy Boston emergency room, he’s seen a lot more death than most people. But now that he’s moved to the small town of Ludlow, Maine, with his family in tow, he hopes to see a lot less of it. Living in the rural community, he can afford a big farmhouse surrounded by 50 acres of forest, and his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) can stay home with Ellie and their son Gage (played by twins Hugo and Lucas Lavoie). Louis’ precise but dispassionate explanation of the relative metabolic rates of humans and dogs is scientifically accurate, but does nothing to assuage Ellie’s bedtime trepidation about mortality. Rachel, who has her own
unresolved issues about death stemming from her sister’s untimely demise, scolds him for scaring their kids. But he thinks it’s better to be honest with them. You don’t have to like death — most people agree it sucks — but you have to accept it as a part of life. But since Pet Sematary is an adaptation of a novel even author Stephen King thinks went too far (“It just spirals down into darkness,” he writes in the introduction), Louis is going to get a chance to learn that lesson anew. Way out back of his new house, far into the spooky Maine woods, Ellie discovers the place where the neighborhood kids have been burying Spots and Rexes for generations. And a bit beyond that, through a tall wall of brambles, bees, and downed trees, is another cemetery on a hill surrounded by swampland. When Ellie’s cat Winston Churchill falls victim to one of the trucks that blaze by on the narrow logging road, neighbor Jud (John Lithgow) shows Louis that if you bury something in the hidden boneyard, it will come back to life. Had Louis reviewed the existing literature on resurrection, he would have known that bringing someone back from the dead is usually a very bad idea. Sure,
Didn’t anyone tell them sometimes dead is better? Jason Clarke (left) and John Lithgow contemplate breaking the barrier in the new Pet Sematary remake.
it worked out okay for Jesus, but for everyone from Persephone to Dr. Frankenstein to Buffy Summers, it would have been better just to let the dead stay buried. In exchange for an all-too-brief relief from grief, complications invariably arise with the revenant. Even after a deceased patient (Obssa Ahmed) returns as a ghost to warn Louis that “the barrier must not be broken,” the doctor still can’t resist playing god when death touches his own little family. This is the second time King’s Pet Sematary has been adapted for the screen. The first was in 1989, when director Mary Lambert (who did Madonna’s classic “Like a Virgin” and “Material Girl” music videos) worked from a script by the writer himself. It came toward the end of a slew of King adaptations that ranged from the transcendent (Kubrick’s The Shining) to the cocaine-fueled fiasco
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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy (Maximum Overdrive, still King’s only director credit). That film is definitely in the top tier of ’80s horror, mostly thanks to iconic performances by Fred Gwynne as Jud and Miko Hughes as the murderous zombie toddler Gage, and a classic theme song by the Ramones. This version, co-directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, definitely carries the stamp of the art horror movement. Even more so than the 1989 incarnation, it relies on visual atmospherics and a slow burn pace. Unsurprisingly, Lithgow is the most compelling onscreen presence. His Jed is a darker, more subtle version than Gwynne’s avuncular Mainer. Clarke plays Louis as a likable but bland everyman, leaving a brittle Seimetz to trace the family’s decaying emotional orbit. Laurence is the film’s breakout star,
if only for her delivery of the line, “I’m dead, aren’t I?” Pet Sematary is a perfectly functional little horror movie. It doesn’t truck in ’80s nostalgia, and its significant changes to the source material mostly turn out to be improvements. Unfortunately, the viewing experience suffers from hitting theaters two weeks after Us turned the genre inside out. That’s not the film’s fault, of course — being upstaged by a genius happens to the best and worst of us — but if you’re not a genre diehard or King completist, you can be excused if you find it a bit underwhelming. Pet Sematary Now playing Multiple locations
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Somehow, “President Hickenlooper” just doesn’t sound right. But then neither does “President Trump.” But the former Colorado governor is one of nearly two dozen candidates running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020. And despite his state having the No. 1 economy in the nation, Hickenlooper has no real chance of winning. So why do they do it? Is it to embellish their profiles or just to raise money? And what happens to that money when they invariably drop out? Money talks and bullshit walks these days, so the most cash talks the most trash. Already, records are being broken for fund-raising, and the campaign hasn’t officially started yet. There are so many aspiring Democrats that you can’t tell the players without a program, so in no particular order, here are the top contenders for the opportunity to crush and humiliate the cruelest president in American history. Joe Biden: Leave it to the Democrats to kneecap the front-runner before the race begins. Biden’s latest controversy comes from former Nevada state assemblywoman Lucy Flores, who has accused the 76-year-old pol of smelling her hair and giving her a “big slow kiss” on the top of her head. Ever seen Biden swearing in new members of Congress with their families? Joe hugs and kisses everyone. He’s just a hands-on guy. Some find it endearing, but Joe has promised to stop giving neck massages and sniffing hair. Biden comes with enough baggage to fill a cargo plane, already: failed runs for president, plagiarism accusations, the Anita Hill circus, his Iraq war vote. In his favor, Biden said of Trump, “I wish we were in high school. I could take him behind the gym. That’s what I wish.” If that event were put on pay-per-view television, we could clear up the national debt. And to his credit, when Biden was Obama’s Veep, it was a big fucking deal. Bernie Sanders: I thought I was “feeling the Bern,” but it turned out to be just a urinary tract infection. Bernie’s no longer a novelty, so it will be a lot tougher for him to gain traction this go-round, despite raising $18 million and counting. Ever notice how he throws up a lot of “air quotes” when speaking? I can’t watch him anymore without thinking he’s doing a poor impression of Larry David doing an impression of Bernie. Now that Bernie’s ideas have reached the mainstream, who needs a 77-year-old Jewish Socialist from Vermont? Sit down, Gramps, you’re making me nervous and I’m holding a baseball bat. Beto O’Rourke: Does he charge for those table dances, or does he do them for free? The former Texas congressman is this year’s golden boy, but just coming close to defeating Ted Cruz, the most loathed Senator in Congress, is not enough for a run at the presidency. He’s loved by millennials for being in a punk rock band called Foss, which is the Icelandic word for “waterfall.” As a teen, O’Rourke was in a computer-hacking group known as the Cult of the Dead Cow, named after an abandoned Lubbock slaughterhouse, where his nom de plume was the “Psychedelic Warlord.” Willie Nelson opened for him at a rally outside of Austin where Beto strapped on a guitar and joined the band in a version of “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die.” He’s been compared to Robert Kennedy, but when you’re still skateboarding at 46, you’re no RFK, sir. Pete Buttigieg: “Mayor Pete” of South Bend, Indiana, has become a phenom because he’s intelligent and informed, qualities that used to work in your favor. Buttigieg, pronounced “Boot-edge-edge,” is a tough name to put on a bumper sticker, but he could use the slogan, “Go out on a ledge with Buttigieg.” Mayor Pete speaks seven languages other than English and although he is the first openly gay candidate, he would not be the first gay president. That honor goes to James Buchanan, the “lifelong bachelor” who was often considered the worst president in history until the orange putz emerged. At least he won’t be grabbing anyone by the pussy. Elizabeth Warren: The Massachusetts Senator already has her nickname from the evil one, “Pocahontas,” for bungling her old family yarns about her alleged Cherokee heritage. But since Orangeface speaks with a forked tongue, she can get past it. Warren is the favorite for taking it to Trump, but the galloping palomino of history might have passed her by in 2016. Still a formidable foe who has suggested breaking up “Big Tech,” which is fine by me. We could use a trust-buster like Teddy Roosevelt, someone who Trump thinks is a Democrat. Kirsten Gillibrand: Appointed by the New York governor to fill Hillary’s Senate seat, Gillibrand has morphed from a “Blue Dog” Democrat with a 100 percent rating from the National Rifle Association into a “Yellow Dog” Democrat who’s tilted mightily to the left. Known as the main cheerleader for drumming Al Franken out of Congress before it became known that it was a Republican hit job, Gillibrand voted to repeal D.C. laws banning semi-automatic weapons. That translates into no shot for the presidency. Cory Booker: Rhodes Scholar, former jock at Stanford, vegetarian, and former mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Booker would be our first bald president since Eisenhower, if you don’t count whatever that mess is on Trump’s head. Passionate even when not needed, Booker lived in a low-income housing project called Brick Towers while serving as mayor, so at least he wouldn’t think the White House was a dump. Booker also saved his next-door neighbor from a burning building, making him the first potential Marvel Superhero candidate. Kamala Harris: A former California prosecutor who made Brett Kavanaugh squirm, Harris would be the perfect candidate to try Trump for his high crimes and misdemeanors. While 27th District Attorney for San Francisco, Harris famously dated the then married mayor Willie Brown. Savvy and politically astute, Harris supports Medicare for all and legalization of marijuana. What’s not to like? Julian Castro: The former San Antonio mayor is the first Latino candidate, but President Castro? I don’t think so. Too soon. At least he would have a built-in body double. Not enough space to get to Amy Klobuchar (mean to her staff), Tulsi Gabbard (first Hindu member of Congress), Eric Swalwell (appeared with a frosted buzz-cut in his high school yearbook and annoying presence on cable TV), or Andrew Yang (do we need another businessman?). There are just too many also-rans when the only objective is to boot Mr. Nasty out of office. The word “orange” has no rhyme, but that’s the color he’ll be wearing when he’s doing time. My pick for the Democratic ticket: Warren/Harris. Make America Maternal Again, (MAMA). Randy Haspel writes the “Recycled Hippies” blog.
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