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

OUR 1573RD ISSUE 04.18.19 So April 15th has come and gone. Did you get a refund? Or did you have to send a check to Uncle Sam? It turns out that millions of Americans who are used to getting a refund from the IRS are having to pay up this year. That’s because of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed by a high-fiving Republican Congress and signed off on by President Trump.

So, if your taxes were cut, why are you having to pay more at tax time this year? Last summer, the Government Accounting Office issued a warning to employed taxpayers to check their withholding status, which for most wage-earners went down under the new law. The reason for the warning being that the less the government withholds from your paycheck, the more you owe at the end of the year. Hence all the surprised — and ticked off — folks who are suddenly having to pay the IRS instead of getting a check.

The bottom line is that, for most people, taxes haven’t gone up (though they will in coming years); it’s just a restructuring of how they’re collected. But the real pay-off in the Republicans’ “tax reform” went to the wealthiest Americans and big corporations, who got a trillion-and-a-half dollar tax cut. Inheritance taxes were also cut way back, and those who own stocks got a nice break, as well.

The national debt is higher than ever, and will continue grow under these cuts, but hey, all that dough will trickle down eventually, say the Republicans. And if doesn’t, well, we’ll just have to cut “entitlements,” like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

This has to stop. This GOP obeisance to a debunked Reagan-era economic policy has driven income inequality in this country to an unsustainable place. Here are a few numbers: 69 percent of Americans have We are becoming a less than $1,000 in savings! More than 93 percent of the stock market is owned by nation of the very wealthy 20 percent of Americans (80 percent of and the working poor.

Americans own little or no stock). Ten percent of Americans own 83 percent of If we don’t reverse the country’s wealth. The other 17 percent course, the American goes mostly to the shrinking middle class, middle class will shrink with less than two percent owned by the bottom 40 percent of Americans. Toss to a non-factor. in the pressures of unaffordable medical care, soaring education costs, and rent increases brought on by gentrification and it’s no wonder the American middle class is a vanishing species.

My wife and I didn’t get hit too badly, but we did have to write a four-figure check to the government. That said, we paid $1,000 and change (plus the taxes withheld from our paychecks) more than Amazon, which made $11 billion in profits in 2018 and got a one-percent refund! We also paid more in taxes than Delta Airlines, Chevron, General Motors, John Deere, Halliburton, Netflix, IBM, Goodyear, and more than 30 other major American corporations who paid no tax or got a refund from the IRS. The top four Big Pharma companies pocketed $4 billion in tax savings. J.P. Morgan landed a sweet $3.7 billion tax cut. The list goes on and on.

The rationale for the corporate cuts was that big companies would use the savings to invest in new factories and employ more Americans. Nope. In reality, what happened was nearly $1.1 trillion in stock buybacks by America’s large corporations. They didn’t reinvest the tax dividend in the economy; they reinvested it in their own stock and gave huge raises to their corporate officers. Many of these companies actually laid off workers.

And here’s another kick in the pants: While the GOP made the tax cuts for corporations permanent, the nominal cuts they gave to most Americans are set to expire over the next eight years. By 2027, most Americans will be paying a higher percentage of their income in taxes than they are now.

We are becoming a nation of the very wealthy and the working poor. If we don’t reverse course, the American middle class will shrink to a non-factor. And if we don’t put spending money in the hands of more Americans, the economy will collapse again, just as it did in 2008 — and in 1929.

It’s not socialism to create a N E WS & O P I N I O N THE FLY-BY - 4 minimum wage that allows people NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 to save and invest and buy cars and POLITICS - 7 homes. It’s not socialism to try to VIEWPOINT - 9 ensure that all Americans have access COVER STORY to affordable health care so that the “THE FUTURE IS GREEN” next medical emergency won’t send

BY CHRIS MCCOY - 10 them into bankruptcy or cost them SPORTS - 13 WE RECOMMEND - 14 their home. It’s not socialism to tax MUSIC - 16 corporations at a reasonable rate.

AFTER DARK - 18 It’s common sense. Amazon needs CALENDAR - 22 customers; so do all of those other ART - 28 corporations who pay less in taxes than FOOD - 30 you do. We’ve been trickled down on BAR REPORT - 32 long enough. It’s time to rebuild — FILM - 34 from the bottom up.

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GAN N ETT G R AB Sorry, folks, no monologue jokes this week. Instead, FOTW is checking back in with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who continues to engage with Alden Global Media, the media-gobbling hedge fund angling to acquire, or otherwise determine, the fate of The Commercial Appeal’s corporate owner, Gannett Co. As the Flyer reported in the March cover story “Going to Pieces,” Schumer sent a sternly worded letter to Alden, expressing concern about what might happen if the company, infamous for slashing its way to double-digit profits with no regard for communities, acquired another newspaper chain.

He’d already weighed in on the Senate floor, noting that Gannett was a troubled example of newspaper consolidation, plagued by layoffs and delocalization. Hedge fund-backed owners like MNG/Digital First depend on deep layoffs and costcutting, including the outsourcing of back office, sales, and certain editorial duties to central hubs, far removed from the places where news is gathered and where the paper is circulated and primarily read. They sell a newspaper’s real estate holdings and sell or shutter poorly performing properties with nothing left to squeeze.

In response to Schumer, the Aldenowned MNG enterprises said it would “right-size overhead costs,” more or less as predicted. MNG Chairman R. Joseph Fuchs wrote, “With respect to real estate, strategic steps might include, where feasible, consolidating print sites, editorial production hubs, advertising production hubs, and financial services.”

The response was deemed unsatisfactory and triggered a second letter from Schumer announcing intentions to involve the Department of Justice and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., in a process of exploring potential regulatory issues.

By Chris Davis. Email him at davis@memphisflyer.com.

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Elvis, Zoo, and Texts TCB on EPB, a new zoo guru, & text for 911.

E LVI S P R ES LEY MAK EOVE R A multi-year makeover of an approximately 3-mile stretch of Elvis Presley Boulevard in Whitehaven is slated to begin soon, city officials announced last week.

The $40 million project will impact the stretch of road from Brooks to Shelby Drive, where sit Elvis Presley Enterprises’ Graceland attractions.

The road will be repaved, widened, and made more “aesthetically pleasing,” said Robert Knecht, director of the city’s public works. “Overall, the enhancements will make the street more usable and more walkable.”

Construction will “start any day now,” and wrap up in 2022, Knecht said.

Clockwise from top left: Jim Dean, trolleys, scooters, Elvis Presley Boulevard When work is completed, it will be a “brand-new street,” he said.

N EW Z O O LEAD E R The corridor will get bike lanes, sidewalks, LED lighting, Jim Dean, the former Sea World and Busch Gardens and other amenities that Knecht said will be up to the executive, will soon helm the Memphis Zoo, in a move residents in the community to decide upon. Knecht said announced last week. this is the first time a community has been really engaged Dean, also a graduate of the University of Memphis, will throughout the entire process. replace outgoing zoo president and CEO Chuck Brady, who Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said the Memphis City served in the role for 15 years.

Council approved the project in 2012, when he sat on the council. When Strickland took office in 2016, he said he TE XT 911 realized “the process had not gone very far.”

You can now text 911 in an emergency.

“We dug in and dealt with a lot of red tape,” Strickland City leaders unveiled the Text to 9-1-1 system here last said. “We negotiated deals with the property owners and week. It’s the first in the state, and the option is meant for put the contract out for bid last fall. And here we are today, use when calling isn’t possible or safe. City leaders said the ready to launch a much-needed and much-deserved work to move is aimed to bring equity to the emergency response bring new life to Elvis Presley Boulevard.” system for the deaf, hard of hearing, and speech-impaired communities.

TR O LLEY R I D I N’ Nearly one year has passed since officials re-opened the M O R E S HAR I N G Main Street trolley line, and the head of the Memphis Area More shareable bikes and scooters will likely cruise the Transit Authority (MATA) said the trolleys have met nearly streets here soon, as city leaders cement deals with sharedall expectations so far. mobility transportation companies.

MATA president and CEO Gary Rosenfeld said since the Together Bird, Lime, and Explore Bike Share maintain steel-wheel trolleys returned to the tracks after a four-year around 1,750 scooters and bikes here. City leaders want to absence, there have been no real issues with the line. Nearly bring that number up to 3,000 during the first year of the 372,000 people have boarded trolleys since April 30, 2017. permanent shared mobility program.

Rosenfeld said the goal is to bring back the Madison and Visit the News Blog at memphisflyer.com for fuller versions of Riverfront lines at some point in the future. these stories and more local news.

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By Maya Smith

Explore Bike Share (EBS) announced the launch of a new pricing system earlier this month. The Flyer talked with EBS executive director Trey Moore to find out more about the new prices, expansion plans, and more. — Maya Smith Memphis Flyer: How does the new pricing system better serve Memphis?

Trey Moore: Pricing can be the biggest barrier for someone wanting to use EBS. The new prices lower the initial cost barriers. We’ve introduced the entry level price of $1.25 per 15 minutes for the many trips that can be taken very quickly. This is one of the more significant changes we’ve made to our pricing.

We’re also excited about the 24-hour pass. Before $5 would get you just one hour, now it gives you a whole day. These prices are easy ways to introduce someone to EBS. MF: How do EBS’s prices compare to those in other cities?

TM: In general, Explore Bike Share prices compare extremely favorably to other cities. I think all bike share systems are going through an evolution of evaluating their programs. Most sustainable bike share programs want to be equitable in the community.

When we look at nearby locations such as Nashville or St. Louis, our prices are equal if not lower. Many

to move safely and access the Greenline.

The other neighborhood we hope to move into is the University of Memphis campus and the area around it. We’re hoping that’s going to materialize this fall. The university area and Binghampton are the main two, but we’ll also do the infill that will be necessary to fully connect the neighborhoods.

New prices, more bikes on the way. factors drive different prices in different cities. Within our market, our prices really aren’t driven by revenue, but driven by increasing access to bikes in a way that encourages more ridership.

MF: Where do you plan to expand this year?

TM: Binghampton will be our first full neighborhood expansion since our launch. This will be a totally new neighborhood we’re moving into that we’re really excited about. We are following the development of the Hampline pretty closely because we know the Hampline is going to be an important artery for those using bike share

MF: How will these two expansions impact the overall system?

TM: What this will help us do is fill in additional opportunities between these neighborhoods. So, between Binghampton and the university, we’ll be able to add more stations and increase the density of the system. Each new neighborhood expansion gives us opportunities to have a greater impact on the areas we are already in through better connectivity.

MF: What do you hope the future of EBS looks like here?

TM: What we hope to do is change the acceptance of biking as a legitimate alternative mode of transportation for any Memphis resident or visitor. But to do that, there’s obviously a lot of work to be done. I see momentum in the city with improved infrastructure for biking and acceptance of shared mobility options. We’re here for the long haul because bike share, frankly, just makes a community feel good.

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Money Talks Strickland soars; Herenton and Sawyer trail; in Nashville, several bills say sayonara; Democrats litigate chairmanship election.

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Sayonaras The 111th Session of the Tennessee General Assembly said farewell to a number of unsuccessful or uncompleted bills last week, and, while the Japanese expression sayonara, has its appropriateness (the word means something fatalistic like “if it is to be that way”) it is probable that the old French and German standbys (au revoir and auf Wiedersehen, both of which mean “till we see you again”) are more applicable.

For it is dead-level certain that several dropouts, notably the fetal-heartbeat antiabortion bill, the several bills to amend

the proscripted status of cannabis, and a measure to arm teachers with guns, will be returning at some point.

Fetal heartbeat was the most dramatic departure and, in some ways, the most surprising. After all, Tennessee is a red state, its legislature is arguably even redder, and this bill certainly conformed to redstate sensibilities. A version of the bill had even passed the House of Representatives last month, and there was evey reason to suppose that the Senate Judiciary Committee was stocked with enough anti-abortion conservatives, including its chairman, Mike Bell (R-Riceville) to pass the bill on its way to ultimate passage on the Senate floor.

However, enough misgivings concerning the bill’s potential legal pitfalls had developed in the Republican leadership and in the councils of the evercautious Governor Bill Lee that Bell did the unexpected and pulled the hook on the bill Tuesday, after a committee session in which witness testimony had been one-sidedly in the bill’s favor. Bell’s motion to send the measure to a set-aside two-day version of summer study on August 13th drew consternation from Senate sponsor Mark Pody (R-Lebanon) but no great outcry from the panel’s GOP members, most of whom went along with the notion.

A carefully articulated statement from Senate Speaker/Lt. Governor Randy McNally following the Judiciary Committee’s action paralleled Bell’s remarks in stating his motion and made the case for the summer-study proposal: “I fully support the deliberative approach the Judiciary Committee is taking on the Heartbeat Bill. As someone who believes life begins at conception, I support the bill philosophically. But constitutionally, as Tennessee Right to Life points out, the bill is flawed in its current form.

Amendment One put the abortion industry on the ropes in Tennessee.

We have done all we can to defund Planned Parenthood. We have put in place reasonable restrictions to help prevent abortion. Passing a constitutionally suspect bill now would give the courts an opportunity to erase the progress we have made. And a losing court fight would likely result in awarding taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood. Protection of the unborn is too important to risk taking a step backward. I appreciate the sponsor bringing this legislation. It deserves the

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The four declared candidates for Memphis mayor all released their firstquarter financial disclosures last week, and there was no surprise on the matter of who topped the list — that was incumbent Mayor Jim Strickland, who began the period with a whopping balance on hand of $757,497.96 and would get his total up to $779,916.87 by the end of the reporting period on March 31st.

The surprise might have been in the matter of who came in second, and that would be one LeMichael Wilson, who bills himself as a “small business owner and an active community member” and who remains utterly unknown to most Memphians after a year or so of preliminary campaigning.

Wilson reported receipts of $34,808, which, after disbursements of some $3,366.31 (mainly for modest campaign sundries) leaves him with a balance on hand of $31,441.69.

Meanwhile, the two better-known challengers to Strickland’s re-election — former Mayor Willie Herenton and current Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer — are running more or less neckand-neck in a tie for third.

Herenton reported non-itemized contributions (those of $100 or less) totaling $2,246 and itemized contributions of $23,700, for a total of $25,846. He reported disbursements (itemized, except for a $100 bank service charge) of $25,846, leaving him with a balance of $18,020.88.

Sawyer reported total receipts for the first quarter of $25,907.84, with disbursements of $6,088.74, leaving her with a balance on hand of $19,819.10.

Her receipts broke down into $8,987.65 unitemized, and $16,920,19 itemized.

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best possible chance for success. But that chance can only be achieved by careful study.”

In any case, the fetal heartbeat bill is over, at least until next year, with the two-day summer-study interval in August destined to serve as a likely re-kindling.

Another issue that has attracted a generous share of attention (if not support) involved the several efforts to ameliorate the status of cannabis in Tennessee. Last Wednesday, as a debate on vouchers (oops, excuse us: “education savings accounts”) wound on in the Senate Education Committee, Senator Steven Dickerson (R-Nashville) rose to allay concerns about whether things could be finished up in the allotted time for discussion.

“I’ll give you some of my cannabis time,” said Dickerson, whose SB 572, which would make a legal place on the shelf for medical cannabis, was due to be first up in the next committee, Senate Health and Welfare, scheduled for the same hearing room. It was one of three such bills on the agenda, bearing his sponsorship, and one of more cannabis bills that had come and gone.

When the vouchers session finally ended on a 5-3 vote to move the measure on, the hearing room emptied out and refilled with Health Committee members, Dickerson, having meanwhile surveyed the landscape of likelihood, rose to make a brief statement: “So all the bills dealing with cannabis have been rolled, so to speak, till 2020. We continue to get right up to the precipice and this year, once again, we’re falling short. I believe Tennessee patients would benefit from this. I believe some of the statements made by law enforcement [have been] unnecessarily inflammatory. But in deference to the committee I will move all those three bills to the first calendar of the

next year.”

And that was that: au revoir.

Later last Wednesday, in House Education, Representative Ryan Williams (R-Cookeville) rose to deliver a benediction of sorts on his HB 1380, a bill that would allow those teachers with carry permits to take their guns to school. The bill had been something of a stealth measure and had unexpectedly squeaked through the K-12 Subcommittee last week. It turned up on the Education Committee menu on Wednesday of both the House and, via its companion measure, the Senate, where the measure had lingered inactively since February.

It had been dispatched to “General Sub” (i.e., limbo) in Senate Education, however, and Williams had had a chance to draw the proper conclusions about his chances in the House as well. So, as the House Education Committee wended its way toward a late conclusion on Wednesday, Williams delivered himself of some lengthy remarks, which involved in part his conversations with such “stakeholders” as: law enforcement, school administrators, and Local Education Agencies.

The upshot: “There’s not a whole lot of time left to modify this bill … but there’s a lot of work left to be done as regards school safety. … We need a lot of collaboration, and a lot more time to do it and I look forward to working with stakeholders.” Auf Wiedersehen.

• Several Democratic litigants have filed a challenge with the state party to the recent election of Michael Harris by a single vote as chairman of the Shelby County Democratic Party. The litigants allege that two ex-officio members should not have been allowed to vote and that four “present, not voting” tallies should have been counted, raising the ceiling for a majority vote.

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Massachusetts politician coming out as a Yankees fan than of a Republican elected official turning on Trump.

Democrats love to say that diversity is a strength. Well, sure. If their coalition is clicking, it can amass a lot of votes — 9.7 million more than the Republicans in last year’s House races. And while they may disagree on tactics, they’re united in wanting to contain and ultimately defeat Trump. They agree on other objectives, too, such as getting everyone health insurance, acting decisively on climate change, and reducing glaring economic inequalities. But on these questions, too, there is a wide divergence about the “how.”

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Those differences won’t be wished away. As Gallup reported in January, 51 percent of Democrats see themselves as liberal, 34 percent call themselves moderate, and 13 pecent say they’re conservative. The liberal number is way up (from 25 percent in 1994), but Democrats are a lot less uniform in their orientation than are Republicans, 73 percent of whom identify as conservative (compared with 58 percent a quartercentury ago). Oh, yes, and if the House Democratic caucus is contentious, consider that 31 of its 235 members represent districts that Trump carried, and an overlapping group of 41 hold seats that went Republican in 2016.

There’s no way this crowd can prevail unless it studies one of the most boring words in politics, forbearance — patient self-control, restraint, and tolerance.

Some forbearance mantras and exercises: Goals are the litmus tests, not the means; the left is right to be frustrated over the excessive caution of earlier Democratic administrations, but moderates aren’t sellouts for asking what the traffic of public opinion will bear; and keep looking across the aisle and think about what those guys — they are mostly guys — will do if they hang on to power.

As for Republicans, they need to learn the opposite of forbearance when it comes to Trump. They should look at those demographic numbers. How many decades do they think it will take to dig out of the wreckage this president will leave in his wake?

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It would save pixels, ink, and talking time if we all agreed on the obvious: Democrats are more divided than Republicans and will remain so for the foreseeable future.

What matters is everything else you say once this reality is acknowledged.

First, the facts: Democrats are more diverse than Republicans in almost every imaginable way: racially, ethnically, religiously, and ideologically. And the Democrats’ diversity is increasing because of the flood of new supporters fleeing Donald Trump’s GOP. Many of these newcomers are not registered as Democrats, meaning that they won’t vote in most of the 2020 primaries and caucuses. But their ballots helped Democrats win control of the House.

As for the Republicans, they are, overwhelmingly, a party of whites and Christians. They tilt male, especially in their leadership: Among women in the House, 89 are Democrats; only 13 are Republicans. The GOP is the party of older people, the Democrats are the party of the young, partly because of the racial and ethnic heterogeneity of the rising generations. In the 2018 House races, according to the exit polling, Republicans won 50 percent among those 45 and older, but only 36 percent of those under 45 — and just 32 percent from the under-30s.

These data points explain a very large share of the standard political commentary.

The question raised again and again about Republican politicians is: Why don’t they have the courage to speak up against a president who, many times a day, violates the most basic norms of decency, values many of these same politicians lauded before November 8, 2016?

The question regularly asked about Democrats is: Why do they fight each other about so much stuff, including single-payer health care, the Green New Deal, immigration, foreign policy, and the shape of this year’s federal budget?

The Republican question is easier to dispose of. The GOP has been working hard for half a century to become monocultural and mono-ideological.

Trump has only accelerated the process.

Most are happy to be bought off with judges and tax cuts. And please, no elitist alibis that this is all about those Trumpist blue-collar folks. As The Atlantic’s Ron Brownstein pointed out, using Quinnipiac polling from last year, 76 percent of white Republicans without a college degree supported Trump’s wall — but so did 71 percent of white Republicans who did graduate from college. And remember that over 80 percent of Republicans are white. There’s a better chance of a

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The Future Is Green

The Climate Reality Project comes to Memphis — and even some Republicans are starting to think green.

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n late March 2019, something remarkable happened in the United States Senate. As the news cycle was consumed with Attorney General William Barr’s maneuvering to suppress the Mueller report, Senator Lamar Alexander, the senior member of Tennessee’s congressional delegation, rose to speak. “I believe climate change is real,” the Senator said. “I believe humans are a major part of causing it. And we ought to do something about it.”

For the vast majority of humanity, Alexander’s opening statement is conventional wisdom, but coming from a 78-year-old, lifelong Republican, it sounded like heresy.

Virtually alone among all political parties on planet Earth, the GOP has made denying climate change the core of its political identity. Republican President Donald Trump called climate change “a Chinese hoax.”

So why was Alexander, who the League of Conservation Voters says has voted against environmental bills 80 percent of the time during his three terms in the Senate, suddenly changing his tune?

The answer is the Green New Deal, a proposal by Massachusetts Democratic Senator Edward J. Markey and New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that would mandate sweeping action to curb greenhouse gas emissions and transform American life.

“It’s the national-security, economic, health-care, and moral issue of our time,” said Markey at a Washington press conference on March 26th.

Two weeks earlier, Senate Minority Senator Leader Chuck Schumer had called out Lamar Republican senators. Speaking to The Alexander Hill, he said “We are going to ask our Republican colleagues three simple questions: One, is climate change real? Two, is it caused by human activity? And three, should Congress do something about it?”

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Two Degrees of Warming The occasion of Alexander’s battlefield conversion was a show vote, called by Republican Speaker Mitch McConnell, without the requisite committee hearings, on the Green New Deal proposal. The resolution was defeated 57-0, with all but three Democratic Senators voting “present” in protest. But the fact that McConnell thought it necessary to even hold a show vote in the first place indicates that the “party of no” on climate change is feeling unprecedented pressure.

Survey after survey indicates that the fossil-fuel-industry-sponsored denialist position is crumbling, and that voters want action on climate change. A December 2018 poll conducted jointly by Yale and George Mason University’s Climate Communications programs revealed that 59 percent of respondents were either “alarmed” or “concerned” about climate change — a 16 percent jump in five years. The number of respondents who were “dismissive” or “doubtful” fell 10 points during that same period. Gallup, who has been tracking attitudes toward the issue since 2001, says that 66 percent of respondents believe global warming is caused by human activity, an increase of 11 points since 2015.

Duffy-Marie Arnoult (left) and Vance LaVelle are officially tree huggers.

The Climate Reality Project “The environment has always been important to me,” Duffy-Marie Arnoult says. “I planted a tree in the fourth grade, and now that tree is the only tree standing over the family house in Midtown. That storm that came through two years ago in May just devastated the neighborhood.”

Arnoult left Memphis to attend Notre Dame University. After working as a photographer for Getty Images and other agencies in New York, she decided to pursue a certification in Sustainable Design Entrepreneurship from the State University of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology. There, she learned about the Climate Reality Project from an instructor.

The Climate Reality Project was begun by Vice President Al Gore “He’s been doing this since 2005. It started small, on his farm,” says Arnoult. “Now it’s grown.”

Originally, the idea was to train other people to give Gore’s climate change presentation, as documented in the Oscar-winning 2006 film, An Inconvenient Truth.

Since then, the organization has grown and branched out. Last year, Arnoult went through the rigorous application process to train with the Climate Reality Leadership Corps in Los Angeles. There, she met Vance LaVelle.

LaVelle spent 30 years in corporate America with AT&T, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Sirius XM Radio. She is now a consultant who splits her time between New York and Memphis. She says she first became interested in conservation because of her 93-yearold father-in-law, Dr. Herman LaVelle, a Memphis surgeon who built a timber farm in Fayette County. LaVelle says she had a climate epiphany on an airplane, while reading Gore’s book An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power while flying back to Memphis from Costa Rica, where her daughter and granddaughter live. She looked out the window to see a hurricane brewing in the Gulf of Mexico. “I was reading about superstorms and rain bombs, and I realized I was flying over it. It was no longer abstract to me,” she says.

“My late husband and I would go snorkeling in the Carribean. You could just walk off the shore and see beautiful living coral and fish. I’m just back from St. Lucia in the British West Indies. There are coral reefs there, about 80 percent of it bleached. It’s so sad that my granddaughter will never have the opportunity see an eel come out of the coral.”

The three-day Climate Reality Leadership Training workshop LaVelle and Arnoult attended was the largest one yet. The class numbered 2,500 people, all of whom attended for free, thanks to the sponsorship of Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Corporation. LaVelle says the training, some of which was delivered by Nobel laureate Gore himself, covered “pollution, change in weather patterns, and the migration of huge numbers of people from barren land that used to be rich with food. … We talk about how all this is impacting the life chain, the food chain, farming, and people’s livelihood, security, and civilization. Then, the tables are turned, and you hear about the solutions. That’s the good news. There actually are tangible solutions that we can take to stem the tide.”

The Green New Deal The most complete vision of the Green New Deal is House Resolution 109. Introduced during the first session of the 116th Congress after the Democratic party’s historic victory in the 2018 midterms, it is a non-binding “sense of the House” resolution designed to create a road map for a sweeping climate program that would rival the national mobilization of World War II. It begins by citing the 2018 IPCC report’s findings that greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced from 40 percent to 60 percent by 2030, and taken down to net zero by 2050, in order to make the 1.5 C goal.

But the Green New Deal proposal doesn’t stop there. It draws a direct line between the climate crisis and what the authors call “several related crises,” such as declining life expectancy, clean water, healthy food, housing, transportation, education, wage

stagnation, and income inequality. “… [C]limate change, pollution, and environmental destruction have exacerbated systemic racial, regional, social, environmental, and economic injustices by disproportionately affecting indigenous peoples, communities of color, migrant communities, deindustrialized communities, depopulated rural communities, the poor, low-income workers, women, the elderly, the unhoused, people with disabilities, and youth.”

The bill resolves that it is the duty of the federal government to set the country on a course that would achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by creating new infrastructure based on renewable energy, such as solar and wind. In the process, it would create millions of “good, high-wage jobs and ensure prosperity and economic security for all people of the United States.”

The idea of killing two birds with one stone is not as far-fetched as it might sound.

The New Deal, initiated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he took office during the worst of the Great Depression, transformed the nation in less than a decade, creating vast swathes of new infrastructure, including the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the public utility which brought electricity to rural Appalachia and presided over a vast building program of hydroelectric plants. In the process, New Deal jobs programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration lifted millions of people out of poverty and helped create the huge middle class that defined American continued on page 12

We just don’t know what will happen beyond 2.0 C, except that it won’t look like any Earth humans have ever seen.

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The scientific consensus on the reality of climate change has changed little since 1988, when NASA scientist James Hanson told Congress “The greenhouse effect has been detected and is changing our climate now.”

In October 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its latest report, which began, “Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C would require rapid, far-reaching, and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society.”

That 1.5 degrees of warming is now inevitable, given the amount of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere. Severe weather events are and will continue to become more frequent and more severe. Sea levels will rise, threatening to inundate cities such as Miami and New Orleans.

The difference in a world that has warmed an average of 1.5 degrees C and one that has warmed 2.0 degrees C over pre-industrial levels may not sound like much, but it is, says the IPCC. “For instance, by 2100, global sea level rise would be 10 cm lower with global warming of 1.5 C compared with 2.0 C. The likelihood of an Arctic Ocean free of sea ice in summer would be once per century with global warming of 1.5 C, compared with at least once per decade with 2.0 C. Coral reefs would decline by 70 to 90 percent with global warming of 1.5 C, whereas virtually all (>99 percent) would be lost with 2.0 C.” But there’s another reason climate scientists have made avoiding a rise to 2.0 C of warming their target. After that point, the climate models that scientists have spent decades refining and collecting data for break down. We just don’t know what will happen beyond 2.0 C, except that it won’t look like any Earth humans have ever seen.

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society in the 20th century. The infrastructure the New Deal helped create has proven to be a public investment that has paid for itself many times over.

“I see the Green New Deal as an aspirational proposal,” says 9th District Congressman Steve Cohen. “Some of the specific proposals certainly aren’t going to happen anytime soon. Some of them may not happen at all. But the concept of putting people’s minds and attentions to climate change is very important. We are facing an impending climate crisis, and addressing that will require bold action. For decades, we’ve led the world in coal, oil, and gas development; now we need to lead in the rapidly growing clean-energy markets. We have a last, fleeting opportunity to preserve the planet we have harmed with carbon emissions. We can’t blow this for our future generations. The Green New Deal is a step in the right direction and will help us focus on making the necessary changes to our energy production.”

Senator Alexander also name-checked FDR when he called the proposal he made in response to the Green New Deal the New Manhattan Project for Clean Energy. “One Republican’s response to climate change,” says the short press release.

Some of Alexander’s proposals echoed the Green New Deal, such as encouraging investment in new battery technology that will be necessary to power electric vehicles and store energy produced by solar and wind sources. The Green New Deal and Alexander’s proposal agree on the low-hanging fruit of energy conservation, making homes and buildings more energy efficient. Both call for an increase in research funding. Alexander’s proposal emphasizes the development of advanced nuclear power plants — a carbon-free energy generation method that is the source of much debate in environmentalist circles — as well as fusion power, a technology that has been called “20 years away” from maturity for the last 50 years. Alexander ridiculed the Green New Deal as “an assault on cars, cows, and combustion.”

In the House, the Green New Deal proposal has more than 70 co-sponsors, including Cohen. Senator Alexander claimed to Politico to be working with fellow Republicans on possible approaches.

A Choice of Futures At the Climate Reality Leadership training session in Los Angeles, and at a later, regional training session in Atlanta, LaVelle says they “learned a lot about the science behind climate change, the disproportionate impacts on people of color and lower income communities, the art of storytelling, and government structure. But what we’re really attempting to do is to activate communities: schools, faith communities, media. There’s less focus on government, and more focus on creating a groundswell; 100 percent renewable is one of our big campaigns.”

The Atlanta session took place in March, during the International Student Climate Strike, an international protest started by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. “At my table, I had 16 college students from Georgia,” says Arnoult. “There was so much energy in the room. You don’t know what the future holds, but you know that everyone is there with a common goal.”

The Rev. Dr. William Barber II, leader of the current incarnation of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s Campaign, spoke to the assembled activists. “That’s one of the reasons I needed to be there,” says Arnoult. “We can’t remain in our silos. It’s fusion politics. There’s such an intersectionality with everything that is happening, with environmental causes, with social justice, with equality, with energy efficiency — all of it.

You think one thing affects you, but this other thing doesn’t. They’re all related.”

While in Atlanta, Arnoult and LaVelle decided to start the Greater Memphis and Mid-South Chapter of the Climate Reality Project. The first push was to organize people to submit public comments ahead of TVA’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which will determine the sourcing of all electricity generation in the system over the next 20 years.

Unexpectedly, they got more than a hundred members to join their Facebook group in one week, and submitted dozens of proposals calling for TVA to set a goal of 100 percent renewable generation. “I did so much writing and explaining and recruiting that I barely got my own comments in,” says Arnoult.

LaVelle says concerns about the cost of building out a grid powered by renewables are misplaced. “Just as there is with any reinvention and change, it has to be thought through. Look at the costs of releasing carbon, and what’s happening to us. We’re not even thinking about those costs as being related to the behavior that we’re exhibiting. It’s like the aquifer here in Memphis. They were dumping coal ash at the plant, and acting like that’s not going to affect our water. That was part of how we appealed to TVA. We’re going to get lost in the old ways of doing things. The future is now.”

Like LaVelle, Arnoult is new to the world of organizing and activism, but she’s bursting with energy. “We’re just getting this chapter together,” Arnoult says. “We haven’t even had a chance to get together to figure out our strategy. I want to talk to people in the community. We have so many people trying to do good things here. We want to fill in the gaps. What’s missing? What can we do to bridge between communities? We have to bring in people from different walks of life. … We have a choice to make, and we have to make it now. There’s a critical window of 12 years where we can still have an impact. The TVA IRP is for the next 20 years. There’s still time to make choices and reverse it. Why wouldn’t we do that?”

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Johnson) in the dugout and the usual collection of new faces that comes with every minor-league season. The Redbirds have won so much over the last two years, any losing in 2019 will feel like not so much a disappointment as an inconvenience.

We even have pro football! Well, scratch that.

All of this brings us back to the Grizzlies, the one Memphis franchise that appears in standings printed in The New York Times or Chicago Tribune. It’s the one Memphis franchise that should be this community’s rudder in the stormy, emotional seas of sports fandom. Win or lose, we’ll wear Grizzlies gear to remind us we’re big-league.

The Grizzlies will open the 2019-20 season with their fourth coach in five years. (Remember how a broken Tiger program had to survive three coaches in four years?) This is the “stability” model of the Phoenix Suns or New York Knicks, not a club anywhere close to contending for an NBA title. The new hire, of course, will be a primary component of Griz owner Robert Pera’s Robert solution for the Pera recent descent of a franchise only two seasons removed from a seven-year playoff run. If Jason Wexler and/or Zach Kleiman prove savvier with roster building than Wallace (the man who brought Conley and Marc Gasol to Memphis), stability will once again don Beale Street Blue.

But for the time being, Pera might need a breathalyzer before his next move.

Sports are distraction. Heartsqueezing, at times soul-draining distractions, to be sure. Even with last week’s head-scratching news, I happen to believe the overall Memphis sports landscape has never been healthier. (Yes, my Penny-endorsed blinders are a factor here.) We prefer our tackle football in the fall. We’ve embraced 901 FC like we really are a part of planet futbol. We have good baseball for summer nights and an NBA team when winter comes.

Stability wins championships and will be achieved by the Grizzlies before a banner is raised at FedExForum. As for the current state of affairs, embrace the madness and call it a Memphis thing.

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emember when Memphis Tiger basketball seemed to have lost its way? (Go back 14 months on the calendar and you’re there.) Remember when discussion around Tiger football turned toward whether or not the university should field a team? (Larry Porter was in charge merely eight years ago.) Today, this city’s flagship college programs — in particular, those programs’ stability — are the absolute envy of our lone big-league operation. After last week’s shenanigans surrounding the dismissal of Memphis Grizzlies coach J.B. Bickerstaff, we’re left to wonder not just who’s calling the shots for our NBA franchise, but are those shots being called with an ounce of wisdom? With foresight?

I spend my winters wearing blueand-gray blinders, my focus primarily on the fortunes of the basketball Tigers, the Grizzlies’ pay-by-night tenant at FedExForum.

I’m not going to pretend to know the front-office mechanics most recently led by Chris Wallace (assigned last week to scouting duty, it would appear).

But with one franchise icon (Marc Gasol) recently traded and another (Mike Conley) exasperated — and that was before last week’s front-office bloodshed — the Tigers’ landlord seems to be a bit light in the tool belt.

What an odd year it’s been in Memphis sports, and we aren’t even approaching Memorial Day yet.

Penny Hardaway’s first season as Tiger coach raised the community’s collective happy-joy metric to almost unreasonable heights … and the Tigers played in the NIT. The most passionate fan base in town, though, pound for pound, may prove to be the Bluff City Mafia, recently seen in a cloud of blue smoke at an AutoZone Park soccer game. Who gives a kick-in-the-grass if 901 FC scores a goal?

The Memphis Redbirds — twotime defending champions of the Pacific Coast League — are back for their 22nd season, lending some brand stability to the sports landscape.

But they have a new manager (Ben

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The Binghampton neighborhood is named for its founder and first mayor, W.H. Bingham. He was an immigrant who came to America from Ireland and settled in the Memphis area, where he became a businessman and politician. The neighborhood has changed many times in the ensuing years, but in the modern era it has become a haven for immigrants, and the Binghampton International Festival celebrates the community’s global diversity with musical performances, dancing, and a bike parade.

The Binghampton International Festival came about as the result of work being done through the Center for Transforming Communities. “We go to neighborhoods and work alongside people to fulfill their dreams, passions, and aspirations,” says community organizer and festival spokesperson Kate Kananura, recounting work the center has previously done in North Memphis, South Memphis, and Highland Heights. “Binghampton is one of the most culturally diverse neighborhoods in Memphis, and it is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the entire state of Tennessee,” she adds. “There are few other neighborhoods like Binghampton, where there are people from Africa, Mexico, Nepal, and Asia. It’s just a wonderful mix of people who have lived together for a long time and who want to know more about each other’s culture.”

According to Kananura, the Binghampton International Festival was created so, “one very beautiful neighborhood” filled with immigrants and the families of immigrants could “tell its story to Memphis and to the world.”

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By Chris Davis “It’s fair to warn all parties,” 1984 director Courtney Oliver says. “If you have a squirmy thing about blood, teeth, fingers, electrocution, children holding guns, or rats, then you may be triggered.” But it’s not the blood or the rats or any specific threat of mortal harm that make George Orwell’s dystopian novel such an effective horror story. Ever prescient, it stalks us like the killer in a slasher film, and has for the better part of the last century.

“What makes 1984 frightening is the idea that a government can have psychological power over its people,” Oliver says. “The relevance to today is in the power of our current technology. How does everyone know where we are? Because we tell them!

How do ads know what we like? Because we tell them! The terror is more about how much we’re setting ourselves up.”

Orwell also introduced us to “doublethink,” an example of peer-pressure regulated “newspeak.” It’s the word for holding mutually contradictory beliefs without dissonance. Under doublethink, the citizens of Oceania are inured to perpetual war and shifting alliances. They live in a crumbling, but busy world of what POTUS counselor Kellyanne Conway calls “alternative facts.”

Orwell’s two-way telescreens predict the black mirror of modern digital media, as he writes of a culture that helps make and spread the propaganda that traps it.

Oliver cast veteran actor and university professor Gregory Boller as 1984’s villain O’Brien. Boller teaches an unusual ethics class using theater to get his students to see the world through the eyes of a villain. Preparing for the role, he found PTSD and suicide levels for military people who conduct torture are high. “It really messes with guys, but O’Brien doesn’t seemed messed with,” Boller says. “He seems mentally healthy. What kind of person could do torture and not suffer ill effects? I looked into sadism and some pretty disturbing literature, actually.”

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Hopped V Memphis Made Brewing Co., noon-10 p.m.

All about the hoppy beers today, with music from Obruni Dance Band, Alicja Pop, and Aquarian Blood. New Wing Order will be there as well.

Family Egg Hunt Memphis Botanic Garden, 1-4 p.m.

Family egg hunt, with crafts and magic, just like Jesus would have wanted it.

I Read that at the Library Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 2 p.m.

Today’s book club discussion and movie screening is about the smash hit, Crazy Rich Asians.

David Sedaris Germantown Performing Arts Center, 8 p.m.

The author and humorist leads a talk around his latest work, Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002).

International Man Of Mystery

Kool & the Gang Gold Strike Casino, 8 p.m., $65-$90 Celebrate good times … c’mon!

R&B/funk legends perform tonight.

Mid-South Hemp Fest Overton Park, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Booksigning by James B. Jones Novel, 11 a.m.

James B. Jones signs and discusses his book, History in Tennessee: Lost Episodes from the Volunteer State’s Past.

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Pickin’ a Fight

Bluegrass legend Sam Bush has something on his mind.

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n a perfect world, one can easily imagine “Stop the Violence” becoming country radio’s latest summer hit. It’s the catchy new single by bluegrass/newgrass phenom Sam Bush, but don’t worry, Nashville: It doesn’t sound like bluegrass. Sure, there’s an undercurrent of banjo chugging along throughout, but this song is pure Southern Rock, a funky throwdown of stop-start riffs overlayed with Allman Brothers-perfect twin leads of electric guitar and … mandolin?

The single’s hard-driving choogle is a bit out of character, even for this most adventurous of bluegrass virtuosos.

Though Bush is known as one of the founders of progressive bluegrass, beginning with his 1970s groups Bluegrass Alliance and New Grass Revival, rarely has he taken his mandolin excursions so far afield. But for Bush, the song’s rock sound conveyed the sense of urgency with which he and co-writer Jeff Black composed it.

“I don’t really have other electric songs that I want to do at this time,” Bush says. “But I wanted to say this. It just seemed to be the right time. We’ve been playing it for a year or two on stage, and I didn’t know if we wanted to record it. But back in November, I turned on one of the morning news shows, and they had this sickening statistic: ‘This was the worst mass shooting in 12 days.’ In 12 days! And I thought, ‘Wow, this is where we’re at? This is our norm?’ This can’t roll off our backs. It just can’t.”

Indeed, the insistent chorus demands more than just an end to complacency, with the lyrics at times focused squarely on gun violence. “We wallow in the cause, strapped by the mark of Cain/ Living in a barrel of cold blue steel/ Who’s going to save us now?” A seeming refutation of the “good guy with a gun” scenario much beloved by NRA spokespeople, the song exists more as a howl of pain in the face of gun violence’s aftermath, without advocating any action in particular.

“This statement is not a political statement,” Bush emphasizes. “Less violence shouldn’t be a political issue. It’s a humanity issue. We’re just trying to create more dialogue, raise a little awareness.”

It’s much the same attitude with which he and Bluegrass Alliance appealed to younger progressive fans in the Vietnam era. “With New Grass, we’ve always been open to other thoughts,” Bush says. “In 1971, when we sang the song, ‘One Tin Soldier,’ that was somewhat of a con-

troversial idea for bluegrass people to embrace, even though it was a radio hit at the time. Every once in a while, you just have to say something.”

Bush reports that the anthem goes over well with his audiences. Which bodes well for his upcoming show at the Germantown Performing Arts Center (GPAC), where he’ll be playing back-toback sets with the Travelin’ McCourys.

Sam Bush

The Travelin’ McCourys, for their part, are taking their version of bluegrass to a more political territory as well. The group’s latest single, a somber, rootsy remake of the the 1967 Buffalo Springfield hit “For What It’s Worth,” is sure to be aired at GPAC as well, along with tracks from last year’s eponymous album. Built with players from the Del McCoury Band, that bluegrass legend’s backing group for many years, the brother team of Rob and Ronnie McCoury are now pursuing their own style. “Since the Travelin’ McCourys got Cody Kilby on guitar, they’ve just become their own force,” Bush notes. “Now they sound like their own group. Ronnie’s one of my favorite mandolin players in the world, and I love him. Hey, if the name’s McCoury, I love ’em.”

Bush, a longtime collaborator with the younger McCourys and their father, is hoping the double bill has legs. “We’re kinda hoping we can keep this package going, and this’ll be the first one we’re gonna play.

And of course I like to have both bands play together at the end if we can. Some of it might be planned out and some of it we just might wanna leave to chance.”

Who knows? They might even start a riot or two.

Sam Bush at Germantown Performing Arts Center, Thursday, April 18th, at 7:30 p.m.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule April 18 - 24 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.

Blues City Cafe 138 BEALE 526-3637

Rum Boogie Cafe

Brass Door Irish Pub

The Peabody

Spindini

182 BEALE 528-0150

152 MADISON 572-1813

149 UNION 529-4000

383 S. MAIN 578-2767

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

Itta Bena 145 BEALE 578-3031

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

King Jerry Lawler’s Hall of Fame Bar & Grille

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.

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

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.

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.

King’s Palace Cafe

Silky O’Sullivan’s

159 BEALE

183 BEALE 522-9596

162 BEALE 521-1851

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

King’s Palace Cafe Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851

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

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room 168 BEALE 576-2220

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.

Tin Roof 315 BEALE

Backline Memphis Showcase Tuesday, April 23, 8 p.m.

Regina’s

855 KENTUCKY

60 N. MAIN

Rev Neil Down Band Thursday, April 18, 7 p.m.; Bean Friday, April 19, 8 p.m.; Vintage Saturday, April 20, 8 p.m.; Bobbie Stacks and Friends Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Earnestine & Hazel’s 531 S. MAIN 523-9754

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

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium 130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

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

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

The Sensations Sunday, April 21, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

The Orpheum Celtic Woman Saturday, April 20, 7:30 p.m.; Leon Bridges Wednesday, April 24, 7 p.m.

Belle Tavern The Rusty Pieces Sunday, April 21, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

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

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Rooftop Party with Cruisin’ Heavy Thursday, April 18, 6-10 p.m.

Dirty Crow Inn

203 S. MAIN 525-3000

117 BARBORO ALLEY 249-6580

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Sleep Out Louie’s 150 PEABODY PL SUITE 111

Arthur Buezo Friday, April 19; The Rusty Pieces Saturday, April 20, 6-9 p.m.

The Vault 124 GE PATTERSON

Turnstyles Friday, April 19, 8:30 p.m.; Hillbilly Mojo Saturday, April 20, 8 p.m.

Medical Center Sunrise 670 JEFFERSON

Paul Crum Sunday, April 21, 10 a.m.

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

Evan Ferris Up in Smoke Live Recording Saturday, April 20, 6 p.m.

The Candace Mache Jazz Trio April 19-20.

1884 Lounge 1555 MADISON 609-1744

Ward Davis Thursday, April 18, 8 p.m.; of Montreal Saturday, April 20, 9 p.m.; Flatland Cavalry, Ross Cooper Tuesday, April 23, 8 p.m.; TAUK, Arkansauce Wednesday, April 24, 8 p.m.

B-Side 1555 MADISON

Jam for Justice to Benefit the Community Legal Center Saturday, April 20, 7-11:45 p.m.; Outer Ring Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Goner THIRDsday Thursday, April 18; Marcella & Her Lovers Friday, April 19; Impala Saturday, April 20; Hit Parade Saturday, April 20, 8 p.m.; Mary Gagz & Her Gaggle of Drags Mondays.; MoBoogie Tuesday, April 23; Miki Fiki with Louise Page Wednesday, April 24; Tennessee Screamers Wednesday, April 24, 7:30 p.m.

Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

Canvas 1737 MADISON 443-5232

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

April 18-24, 2019

Sean Apple Thursday, April 18, 4-7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 21, 1-4:30 p.m.; John Paul Keith Thursday, April 18, 8 p.m.-midnight; Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, 5-9 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Saturdays, 12:304:30 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Sundays, 5-9 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

Handy Bar 200 BEALE 527-2687

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule April 18 - 24 Celtic Crossing

Midtown Crossing Grill

903 S. COOPER 274-5151

394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

2559 BROAD 730-0719

Ed Finney & Neptune’s Army with Deb Swiney Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Wayde Peck Fridays, 6 p.m.; Paul Anthony Friday, April 19, 9 p.m.; Paulette & Zeke Saturday, April 20, 4 p.m.; Bluff City Backsliders Saturday, April 20, 9 p.m.; David Collins and Frog Squad Sundays.; Richard Wilson Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m.; Ben Minden-Birkenmaier Wednesdays, 6 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

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

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

University of Memphis The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND

DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Logan Mize Friday, April 19, 7 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch

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

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

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

Five O’Clock Shadow Thursday, April 18, 8 p.m.-midnight; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Natchez Saturday, April 20, 8 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Bartlett Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Super 5 Saturday, April 20, 9 p.m.; Charlie & Juno All Star Experience Sunday, April 21, 5:30 p.m.; Jay Jones Band Wednesday, April 24, 8 p.m.

Collierville

Growlers 1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Young Valley with Avon Dale Thursday, April 18, 8 p.m.; Lola Montez with Under the Radar, Capulet, Magnum Dopus Friday, April 19, 7-11 p.m.; The 69 Eyes with MXMS, the Nocturnal Affair, and the Pop Ritual Saturday, April 20, 8 p.m.; Black Cream Tuesday, April 23, 7 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Johnny Queso, Luii V, Greg Whiskey, Hicksboi4real, Ebo thacoolest Wednesday, April 24, 8 p.m.

Huey’s Collierville 2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

The Heart Memphis Band Sunday, April 21, 8-11:30 p.m.

Cordova Delta Blues Winery 6585 STEWART

Tom Howe and Legal Tender Friday, April 19, 7-10 p.m.

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

2 Mule Plow Sunday, April 21, 4-7 p.m.; Memphis All Stars Sunday, April 21, 8:30 p.m.midnight; The Rusty Pieces Tuesday, April 23, 6-9 p.m.

Hi-Tone 412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

Oryx, Christworm, Pressed, Ritual Vessel Thursday, April 18, 8 p.m.; JT Habersaat Friday, April 19, 8:30 p.m.; Mid-South Hempfest After Party Saturday, April 20, 8 p.m.; Wine Witch, Shake the baby til the love comes out, Future Losers, Big Grump Saturday, April 20, 9 p.m.; William Matheny, Shugar Pills Sunday, April 21, 9 p.m.; Memphis Songwriter Showcase Monday, April 22, 8:30 p.m.; The Bones of J.R. Jones, Smoking Flowers Tuesday, April 23, 8:30 p.m.; Dan Whitaker & the Shinebenders Wednesday, April 24, 8:30-11:45 p.m.

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

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

Frayser/Millington Huey’s Millington 8570 US 51 N.

John Paul Keith Sunday, April 21, 6-9 p.m.

Germantown Germantown Performing Arts Center

Huey’s Midtown

1801 EXETER 751-7500

1927 MADISON 726-4372

The Chaulkies Sunday, April 21, 4-7 p.m.; Jam Cracker Sunday, April 21, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

David Kurtz Thursday, April 18, 6 p.m.; Allen Mack Myers Moore Thursday, April 18, 9 p.m.; Shelby Lee Lowe Friday, April 19, 6:30 p.m.; Almost Famous Friday, April 19, 10 p.m.; Amber McCain Band Saturday, April 20, 6:30 p.m.; Twin Soul Saturday, April 20, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Jeffrey and the Pacemakers Sunday, April 21, 4 p.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Monday, April 22, 6 p.m.; The Faculty Tuesday, April 23, 7 p.m.; Andy Frasco & the U.N. Wednesday, April 24, 8 p.m.

Lamplighter Lounge 1702 MADISON 726-9916

The Moon Glimmers EP Release Friday, April 19.

Cullipher Thursdays-Saturdays, 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.

Railgarten 2160 CENTRAL

Crawfish Happy Hour and Live Music Thursday, April 18, 5-9 p.m.; Alvin Youngblood Hart Friday, April 19, 8 p.m.; 4/20 Grateful Dead Tribute Saturday, April 20, 5 p.m.

Rhodes College 2000 N. PARKWAY 843-3000

Musical Paris Concert Monday, April 22, 7:30 p.m.; Guitar Ensemble Recital Tuesday, April 23, 7:30 p.m.; Bach to the Future: the music of J.S. Bach, Evan Williams, and Jennifer Jolley Wednesday, April 24, 7:30 p.m.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

Juke Joint All Stars Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; The Wild Bill’s Band with Tony Chapman, Charles Cason, and Miss Joyce Henderson Fridays, Saturdays,

with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.; Ryan Daniel Tuesday, April 23, 7 p.m.

Newby’s 539 HIGHLAND

MUID Residency Fourth Tuesday of every month, 8-10 p.m.

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

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

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

Oleta Adams Thursday, April 18, 8-9:30 p.m.

The Sam Bush Band and The Travelin’ McCourys Thursday, April 18, 7:30-9 p.m.

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

Jamie Baker & the VIPs Sunday, April 21, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Independent Presbyterian Church 4738 WALNUT GROVE 685-8206

Sandra McCracken Saturday, April 20, 6-8 p.m.

Laurelwood Shopping Center 422 S. GROVE PARK 682-8436

Charvey Mac Thursday, April 18.

Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

Whitehaven/ Airport Graceland Soundstage

North Mississippi/ Tunica Gold Strike Casino 1010 CASINO CENTER IN TUNICA, MS 1-888-245-7829

3717 ELVIS PRESLEY BLVD

Kool & the Gang Saturday, April 20, 8-9:30 p.m.

Marlowe’s Ribs & Restaurant

7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097

Buckcherry Friday, April 19, 7 p.m.

4381 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-4159

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

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

Elvis Tribute featuring Michael

Huey’s Southaven Terry & the Wallbangers Sunday, April 21, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

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

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The Cove

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

East of Wangs 6069 PARK 763-0676

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

11 p.m.-3 a.m.; Memphis Blues Society Juke Jam Sundays, 4 p.m.

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MEMPHIS ALUMNI CHAPTER

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MADISON JACKSON White Station High School

ASJAH JOHNSON Center Hill High School

LAILA ELISE JOHNSON Middle College High School

INDIA JONES Germantown High School

JADA POWELL Ridgeway High School

MONEEK LORIELLE SHORTS Germantown High School

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KATEARA MOORE Collierville High School

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CALENDAR of EVENTS: APRIL 18 - 24

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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4.18

SIP OF SOUL

Specially crafted cocktails and classic soul records.

TIME: 5:30pm - 7:30pm PLACE: Art Bar at Crosstown Arts

4.20

BABU PRESS PRESENTS: MAYBE, A MOUSE

Original children’s story featuring audience participation and musical accompaniment. FREE TIME: 11am-12pm PLACE: Theater Stair

Opening Reception for “Storytime” by Qwynto at Germantown Performing Arts Center, Saturday, April 20th, at 4:30 p.m.

TH EAT E R

Circuit Playhouse

1984, under the close eye of Big Brother, Winston Smith has been caught struggling for scraps of love and freedom in a world awash with distrust and violence.

With the brutal “help” of four Party Members, Winston is forced to confess his thoughtcrimes before an unseen inquisitor www. playhouseonthesquare.org. April 19-May 12.

51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

The Halloran Centre

From Where I Stand, a theatrical storytelling project featuring nine students from partner organizations including Facing History and Ourselves, Shelby County Schools, Stax Music Academy, Cazateatro Bilingual Theatre, and the Refugee Empowerment Program. www. orpheum-memphis.com. Wed., April 24, 7 p.m.

225 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Horseshoe Casino Tunica

Million Dollar Quartet, the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical inspired by the electrifying true story. (800-745-3000), Fri., April 19.

1021 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS (800-357-5600).

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Theatre Memphis

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TRIBUTE TO THE DIVAS OF JAZZ

Celebrating the songs of Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, Ruth Brown, Shirley Horn, Abbey Lincoln, and Peggy Lee. $15 TIME: 7-9pm PLACE: Crosstown Arts, East Atrium CROSSTOWNCONCOURSE.COM/EVENTS

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.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

TheatreWorks

Twelfth Night, presented by New Moon Theatre, Viola is shipwrecked in a violent storm off the coast of Illyria, and she comes ashore with the help of a captain. She has lost contact with her twin brother, Sebastian, who she believes to be drowned.

With the aid of the captain, she disguises herself as a young man under the name Cesario, and enters the service of Duke Orsino. www.

NewMoonTheatre.org. $20. Sundays, 2 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.

Through May 5.

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

Universal Parenting Place

PlayBack Memphis, bringing stories to life in a safe space to unlock healing, transformation, and joy.

Families welcome. (207-3694), Free. Third Thursday of every month, 4:30-6 p.m.

LEMOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE, 990 COLLEGE PARK.

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

Germantown Performing Arts Center

Opening Reception for “Storytime,” exhibition of work by Qwynto. www.gpacweb.com. Sat., April 20, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

1801 EXETER (751-7500).

OT H E R A R T HAPPE N I NGS

Art in the Park

Exhibition of work by MCA’s current students and alumni. Sat., April 20, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART, 1930 POPLAR (272-5100), WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ EVENTS/775315712867883/.

Casting Demonstration

Saturdays, Sundays, 1:30 p.m.

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

Gallery Talk

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

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

Memphis Magazine Fiction Contest

Winning authors will be honored with a $200 gift certificate to Novel. For more information, contest rules, and submission, visit website. Through Aug. 31.

WWW.MEMPHISMAGAZINE.COM.

Open Late

Galleries and gardens will be open late. Free with admission.

Every third Thursday, 6-8 p.m.

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

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 African art from the Martha and Robert Fogelman collection. Ongoing.

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

Art Village Gallery

“Out of Africa: Inhabitants of the Earth,” exhibition of work by Nigerian artist Uchay Joel Chima. www. artvillagegallery.com. Ongoing.

410 S. MAIN (521-0782).

ASU Mid-South Reynolds Center

“What We Saw,” exhibition of new works by Jimpsie Ayres and Jeanne Seagle. www.deltaarts.org.

Through 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).

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 work by Joyce Gingold. www.davidluskgallery.com. Through May 31.

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

Eclectic Eye

“Myths and Muses,” exhibition of new work by Carol Buchman. www.eclectic-eye.com. Through May 29.

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.

Germantown Performing Arts Center

“Storytime,” exhibition of work

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. (5760708), 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.jayetk-

CALENDAR: APRIL 18 - 24

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.

Through 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).

St. George’s Episcopal Church

Artists’ Link Exhibition, artists such as Mike Moffitt and Becky Ross will showcase their talents. (754-7282), 24th of every month, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

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.

From Where I Stand storytelling project at the Halloran Centre, Wednesday, April 24th, 7 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).

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Brooks Milongas

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

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Booksigning by Chelsea Clinton

Author discusses and signs her book Don’t Let Them Disappear. This is a ticketed event with limited attendance. Photo opportunity with the author. Tues., April 23, 5:30 p.m.

April 18-24, 2019

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CRYSTAL SHRINE and DJ SCOTT BOMAR DJs at 3:00 · Bands at 4:00 · $5 at Door

For more info, visit RiverSeries.org.

MEMPHIS ZOO, 2000 PRENTISS PLACE IN OVERTON PARK (333-6500), WWW.MEMPHISZOO.ORG.

Booksigning by James B. Jones Jr.

Author discusses and signs his new book, History in Tennessee: Lost Episodes from the Volunteer State’s Past. Sat., April 20, 11 a.m.

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

Booksigning by Kwame Alexander with Randy Preston Author discusses and signs his children’s novels, Booked and The Crossover. Mon., April 22, 6 p.m.

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2700), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.

Booksigning by Marie Bostwick

Author discusses and signs her new book, Hope on the Inside. Tues., April 23, 6 p.m.

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

Booksigning by Shuwanna White

With Infinite Hope at LeMoyne-Owen College, Wednesday, April 24th, 7-9 p.m.

WOLFCHASE GALLERIA, 2760 N. GERMANTOWN PARKWAY (4835313).

TO U R S

Author discusses and signs her new book, The Reject, upstairs by the carousel. $10-$20. Fri., April 19, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

LECT U R E /S P EA K E R

David Sedaris

Author and humorist discusses his latest book, a collection of his diaries entitled Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002).

Sat., April 20, 8 p.m.

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

Sierra Club Presents: Surface Water, Groundwater, and Wetlands in Shelby County

Panel discussion on local water issues. Discussion will including TVA’s coal ash ponds, developments in CAESER’s aquifer research, the city’s initiative to create a Freshwater Institute, the Megasite Poopline, Wolf River Conservancy’s wetland restoration efforts, and updates on local battles over landfills in our floodplains.

Thurs., April 18, 6-8 p.m.

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (383-3680), WWW.ACT.SIERRACLUB.ORG.

City Tasting Tours

Savor tastings at five eateries, interact with chefs and managers, and sample local flavors while strolling down Main Street and enjoying new art installations and historic landmarks. 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.

Still We Rise: AfricanAmerican Women’s History Tour

Volunteer tour guide Mable Barringer leads guests on a tour to visit some of the outstanding African-American women who rest within Elmwood. Tales of political leaders, poets, teachers, civil rights activists, and more

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CALENDAR: APRIL 18 - 24 are shared on this two-hour walking tour. $20. Sat., April 20, 1-3 p.m.

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

Yellow Fever Rock & Roll Ghost Tour

See what used to be, Memphis style, with Mike McCarthy.

Call to schedule a personal tour. Ongoing.

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

F E ST IVALS

Africa in April

This cultural awareness festival celebrates its thirty-third 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. Friday-Sunday, April 18-21.

ROBERT R. CHURCH PARK, WWW.AFRICAINAPRIL.ORG.

Binghampton International Festival

A celebration of this neighborhood’s global diversity with music, dancing, food, games, and art. Sat., April 20, 12-5 p.m.

THE COMMONS ON MERTON, 258 N. MERTON, WWW.CTCMIDSOUTH.ORG.

month, 7-8:30 p.m.

Mid-South Hemp Fest

All-ages educational event to raise awareness about the benefits of CBD, medical cannabis, and the hemp industry. Hosted

by NORML Memphis. Free.

Sat., April 20, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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

Memphis Agricultural Club

Meet in the C Wing of the Expo Building. Lunch provided for $10. Fourth Monday of every month, noon.

OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (3057070), MIDSOUTHHEMPFEST.COM.

Sixth Annual Jewish Literary and Cultural Arts Series

AGRICENTER SHOWPLACE ARENA, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (757-7777), WWW.AGRICENTER.ORG.

Featuring workshops, luncheon, film festival, books, lectures, and more. Visit website for more information and schedule of events. Through April 30.

Morning Buzz

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

CAFE ECLECTIC, 603 N. MCLEAN (7251718), WWW.AIGA.MEMPHIS.ORG.

Be part of the Memphis creative community and AIGA Memphis. Third Thursday of every month, 7:30 a.m.

The Road to We: Memphis Past, Present, and Future

S P O R TS / F I TN ES S

Agape Kids Classic Golf Tournament

Presented by Dunbar Mechanical Contractor and benefiting Agape Child & Family Services. $500. Mon., April 22, 12-5 p.m.

TPC AT SOUTHWIND, 3325 CLUB AT SOUTHWIND (323-3600).

Around the World 5K

Race around the University of Memphis campus. All proceeds go toward sending college students around the world this summer. $35. Sat., April 20, 8-10 a.m.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, UNIVERSITY CENTER (731-592-4922).

Africa in April cultural festival at Robert R. Church Park, FridaySunday, April 18th-24th

Walk ‘n’ Talk

Sunset Yoga

RIVER GARDEN, 51 RIVERSIDE DRIVE (312-9190), WWW.MEMPHISRIVERPARKS.ORG.

Join Peggy Reisser for an hourlong Vinyasa flow class. All levels welcome. If you have blocks, straps, or blankets, please bring them. Free for members, $5 nonmembers. Third Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m.

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

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.

Yoga

Learn how to eliminate stress and improve mind-body connection. Bring your own mat.

No registration for these classes.

Wed., April 24, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

COLLIERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 501 POPLAR VIEW PARKWAY (457-2601).

M E ETI N G S

The Dixon Book Club

Interactive discussion on great reads. For more information, email lschmidt@dixon.org.

Free with admission. Third Thursday of every month, 6-7:30 p.m.

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

Get Lit Book Club

Discuss monthly selections over a beer. Join the group on Facebook to learn more.

Free. Third Thursday of every

Local leaders discuss Memphis’ future, with reference to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Six Principles of Nonviolence.” Hosted by Win Sum Agency and StoryBoard Memphis, in collaboration with the museum’s bicentennial exhibit, Making Memphis. Sat., April 20, 12-4 p.m.

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

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CALENDAR: APRIL 18 - 24 continued from page 25 KIDS

Earth Day

Celebration with free child admission all day, activity stations around My Big Backyard, mudpies, go on a nature scavenger hunt, and the new “Castle Redeux” Playhouse.

Mon., April 22, 10 a.m.-noon.

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

Pete the Cat’s Springtime Eggstravaganza

Scavenger hunt, crafts, cookies, character meet and greet, and more with the popular children’s book character. Sat., April 20, 4 p.m.

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

S P EC IAL EVE N TS

Velvetina’s Blue Moon Revue

Live music, burlesque performances, and dinner from the Lounge. $30. WednesdaysSaturdays, 7-9 p.m. Through Sept. 28.

MOLLIE FONTAINE LOUNGE, 679 ADAMS ((917) 705-0945), WWW. BLUEMOONREVUEMEMPHIS.COM.

to learn that Nick’s family is extremely wealthy and he’s considered one of the country’s most eligible bachelors.

Thrust into the spotlight, Rachel must now contend with jealous socialites, quirky relatives and something far, far worse — Nick’s disapproving mother. (120 minutes) Free.

Sat., April 20, 2 p.m.

H O LI DAY EVE N TS

Easter at Graceland

Graceland will be hopping this Easter with a bountiful brunch and complimentary Easter baskets at each table. Sun., April 21, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

GUEST HOUSE AT GRACELAND, 3600 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322), WWW.GRACELAND.COM.

Family Egg Hunt

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2726), BIT.LY/2D19GOV.

Family-friendly holiday egg hunt complete with agefriendly areas, crafts, and magic, and garden-wide family hunt with prizes. Sat., April 20, 1-4 p.m.

With Infinite Hope: MLK and the Civil Rights Movement

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

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Flight Tour: A Taste of Memphis

Up to 16 people per bike enjoy a flight of local spirits and brew during this two-hour pub-crawl with Sprock n’ Roll’s bike bar to Old Dominick Distillery and Ghost River Brewing Tap Room.

BYOB, but no glass tour. $315$400. Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 12-8 p.m., and Sundays, 12-5 p.m.

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

Crazy Rich Asians at Benjamin L. Hooks Library, Saturday, April 20th, 2 p.m.

Hopped V

Celebration of hoppy beers with live music by Obruni Dance Band, Alicja-Pop, and Aquarian Blood. Hopped V glass to first 100 customers.

Gourmade and New Wing Order food trucks onsite. Free.

Sat., April 20, 12-10 p.m.

MEMPHIS MADE BREWING COMPANY, 768 S. COOPER (207-5343).

Sunday Supper Series

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

Sundays, 3-9 p.m.

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

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I Read That Movie at the Library: Crazy Rich Asians

Monthly page-to-screen book club movie screening.

Rom-com adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s 2013 debut bestseller about a wealthy Singaporefamily scion who brings his American-born Chinese girlfriend home to meet his disapproving family. Rachel Chu is happy to accompany her longtime boyfriend, Nick, to his best friend’s wedding in Singapore. She’s also surprised

Free screening of this film With Infinite Hope: MLK and the Civil Rights Movement at the Alma C. Hanson Student Center. The documentary film takes a look at the life and leadership of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and many of the people who played a role in some of the most important events of the Civil Rights Movement. Wed., April 24, 7-9 p.m.

LEMOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE, 807 WALKER (435-1500).

Hail Satan?

Film traces the rise of the Satanic Temple: only six years old and already one of the most controversial religious movements in American history. But are they for real?

Wednesday, April 24, 7 p.m.

MALCO STUDIO ON THE SQUARE, 2105 COURT (725-7151).

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ART By Michael Donahue

Pure Energy

Friends and frequent collaborators James “Captain” Stovall (below, left) and Frances Berry met at an artist residency in New York. Since then, the two artists have been charting their own path and making murals.

The work of Frances Berry.

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April 18-24, 2019

lot of activity goes on in Frances Berry’s studio when her friend, James “Captain” Stovall, is in Memphis. Berry works on her stream of consciousness paintings while he works on his. Or they’ll work together on a painting or a mural.

“It’s more of an energy thing with us,” says Berry, 34. “It’s almost like dance when we’re working. We move independently of one another.”

Berry paints on big sheets of paper.

The paintings and her method of working are reminiscent of when, as a child, she drew on the back of old blueprints her grandfather, who was an engineer, brought home from the office.

“My work is just pure energy moving through me. The reason I started doing time lapse videos of

me doing it is because sometimes I would step back when they were done. I’m like, ‘Holy shit. Where the fuck was I, and what the fuck is this?’”

Berry constantly works when she’s in her studio. “I made at least — solidly — 5,000 paintings and maybe 8,000 drawings in the past three years.”

Her murals can be found at private residences and businesses, including Crosstown Arts, mind/body HAUS yoga studio, and Altown Skatepark. She recently painted a mural on the vert ramp at Society Memphis skatepark. “I did the whole skatepark in like 15 and a half hours over three days.”

Berry feels comfortable in her skin these days. “I must say that I’m

as closely, authentically ‘Frances’ as I’ve ever been, and more comfortable with myself than I have ever been.

I’ve always, always been painfully uncomfortable, painfully selfconscious. Painfully self-conscious like to the point where it made me a little agoraphobic almost. Like, honestly, I felt like I had no confidence whatsoever.”

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Growing up in Columbus, Mississippi, Berry went to a small private school. She made her debut in the Southern Debutante Assembly in Greenwood, Mississippi. She was in Chi Omega sorority at the University of Alabama.

“I was engaged at 25. I called off the wedding. I tried to do that thing that I saw everybody else doing and they seemed so happy doing it. But anytime I ever got close to it, I just felt like I was dying and I’d end up in this space where I’m living one foot trying to do one thing and one foot trying to do another. I finally decided to put both feet on one side and just roll with it.

“Don’t get me wrong. Look. I tell people this all the time. You want me to describe myself? I am one part self deprecating, one part silently thinking I’m a genius. And they keep each other in check.’”

But, she says, “Basically, there was some part of me that just knew that I didn’t want to be like everybody else.”

Berry got into the interior design program in college until she realized three weeks later it wasn’t for her. “I was a photojournalism major for like five and a half hours one day. I went to one class. They asked me what an adverb was. And I was like, ‘I think I’m in the wrong class.’”

After taking her first photography class during her senior year, she took photographs for the next seven years.

“I took photos of everything. I went through a phase where I photographed underneath people’s furniture for like a month.”

Things changed after she went to graduate school at Memphis College or Art. “My first semester, I sold all my cameras. Every single one of them.”

The only photos she now takes are with her phone to document things, she says. “I went from taking about

1,500 a week to not taking any.”

Berry, who’s won numerous photography awards, says taking pictures “quit being interesting. It was magic for the longest time, and then one day it wasn’t.”

She then got into projectors. “I would go to Dollar Tree and I would buy anything that was transparent, reflective, anything. I was using tin foil, Mylar balloons, fucking shower curtains.”

Berry made installations, which might include 15 projectors “battling one another. I was using still projectors with moving projectors.

I would have them coming at different angles.

“The space between a projector and the surface it lands on and then what happens once it does makes you very aware that light is a real thing.”

Her “Memory Machine” installation in La Rochelle, France, incorporated moving images from the ’50s to the ’80s.

It included images from the La Rochelle archives and audio crowdsourced from her Facebook friends.

After she graduated from MCA, Berry took drawing paper, went to the beach with friends during Memorial Day weekend, and began drawing. One of those drawings will be in “Flower Show” in April 2020 at Dixon Gallery and Gardens.

Berry and Stovall, who lives in Henderson, Nevada, met at a residency 18 months ago in upstate New York.

“In the first three days of hanging out, we made something like 60, 70 pieces of work.”

She describes their relationship as “seven-year-old playground friends.”

Stovall studied advertising at the Art Institute of Philadelphia before transferring to the Art Institute of California in San Diego. He dropped out in 2017. “I knew I wasn’t going to do advertising,” he says. “I didn’t have any interest in sitting in an office. I knew what I wanted to do, which was create.”

He describes his paintings as conceptual with random, dreamlike themes.

For now, it’s strictly painting and drawing for Berry. She is currently painting on leather purses designed by native Memphian Rich Fresh, who lives in Los Angeles.

“All the shit’s been in me this whole time, and it’s not had a way out,” Berry says. “It’s in me and the world convinced me I was something I wasn’t.”

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And then one part orange curacao.

You can use a triple sec, but I like the orange curacao, though, because it’s a little richer and it’s not any more expensive.

And one part agave nectar. I always cut that with about half water, too, because it’s so thick.

Quick and simple: two parts tequila, two parts juice, one part orange curacao, one part agave syrup.You can make them, no problem, in no time at all.

What’s your view on margaritas?

It brings in spring. Coming out of the cold weather, most people are leaning toward heavier, more warming drinks — whiskey, things like that.

And then when the weather starts to warm up, people want something that’s a little lighter, a little more refreshing, and margaritas kind of epitomize that ringing in of spring.

When someone is drinking a margarita, what should they be tasting?

I like dry and citrusy.

Sometimes if you want something that’s a little richer, you can go with a Reposada tequila. You can smell and taste a little toffee or caramel in it.

Do you like making them?

Oh, yeah.

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Do you have a view on the way they’re made?

Okay, mixes … how about no.

They’ve got way too much corn syrup in there and flavorings, and they hurt so bad the next day, even if you use a decent tequila. You use other ingredients that are pretty good, and when you use the mix, it’s not good. It’s gonna hurt tomorrow.

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What’s your approach?

I’ve always used a straightforward, easy-to-remember formula. It’s 2:2:1:1.

I do two parts tequila, and in margaritas, I always go with a white tequila. As long as it’s one that’s a decent quality. There are ones out there that are really inexpensive like Espelon. Or, you can go a little higher with Casa Noble.

So, two parts tequila, two parts lime juice. I like fresh lime juice. If you’re feeling lazy, Nellie & Joe’s makes a commercial key lime juice. And if you cut that with half water, it’s perfect. You can

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year for all y’all who like an expertly crafted margarita surrounded by good friends and good food. This year, as always, area restaurants will be vying to win Best Margarita.

Among the contenders are Agavos, Blue Monkey, Babalu, Regina’s, Mi Tierra, My Favorite Place, and many more. Proceeds from the event go to Volunteer Memphis, and tickets always sell out. This is a 21 and up event and is set for May 11th, 3 to 6 p.m., at Fourth Bluff Downtown.

To talk us through the beautiful mysteries of the margarita, we turned to one of Memphis’ most notable bartenders, Dave Parks. (Many know him as “Parks!”) Parks has been behind the bar at all of Memphis’ most happening restaurants. He’s currently serving drinks at Iris.

At some places, you can order multicolored margaritas and the like. What’s your take on the novelty margarita?

All to taste, if you’re looking for that sort of thing. You feeling festive?

Yummy. Blue curacao — you know that turns drinks blue. Well, it’s just a colored version of orange curacao. It’s a novelty item.

Are you a frozen or on the rocks guy?

I don’t like them frozen. I like them on the rocks. I actually drink them chilled and then strained.

Anything else we should know about margaritas?

Spend money on your ingredients; you’ll be a lot happier the next day.

Don’t don’t end up with heartburn.

It’s because [your favorite place to get a margarita is] using a lime juice that will claim to be a lime juice. You know, there are several brands out there, when you look at the ingredients in there, they’re water, corn syrup, citric acid, and food coloring. So it’s not the food that’s giving you the heartburn, it’s the poor quality margarita that they’re making you.

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Mi Tierra is nestled in a bizarre shopping center, but it’s hard to miss with its bright colors and Colombian flags. The first thing that greets you is a sandy beach out front. This is a beachside bungalow of a restaurant, complete with two covered patios and fake parrots aplenty. Inside, no surface goes uncovered. From the windows to the walls, it’s a tropical canopy, a mish-mash of tiki and

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Garcia opened Mi Tierra nearly 16 years ago; this Halloween will mark her official anniversary. She has had plenty to celebrate in those 16 years.

Besides her weekly reggae parties and Saturday late nights, she is also a regular competitor in the Flyer’s annual Margarita Festival. Last year, she won second place with her passion fruit margarita, a delicious concoction that wholly masked the tequila, which

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Mi Tierra is absolutely covered. The flowers above hide large speakers (and at least one speaker is wearing a soccer kit) and televisions. There’s a fish bowl in one wall, small houses embedded in another, and a large drop-down screen that, the night we visited, was showing some salsa dancing. Mi Tierra celebrates its regulars and its history by showcasing photos on each table and I aim to make it in a table photo one of these days (disregard that print film is on the outs; I’ve always wanted to be a table photo person and this seems like the place to be one).

Mi Tierra is yet another place that caters to the very deserving service industry crowd. As Garcia says, “At 10 p.m., the lights go down and the music goes up!” She keeps the bar open until 3 a.m. and the kitchen open until 2 a.m. on the weekends for late-night entertaining, dancing, and revelry. For those looking for delicious food afterhours, this is the place.

We enjoyed a large platter between four of us full of plantains, empanadas, arepas, various meats, and a cilantro dipping sauce that was unbelievably good.

None among us, however, was willing to order the mysterious bebida con queso. My Spanish is at the intermediate level, but if my translation is correct, it’ll take more than three margaritas for me to try a cheese drink. But the margaritas! They were delicious. It’s easy to see why this group took second place in the Margarita Festival and why I’ll be rooting for them to take home the first place prize this year.

As is well-established, I often go to bars in the Midtown and Downtown areas and don’t venture out to the Bartlett area for much.

We could all take a page from Bartlett’s book, though, and support such a thriving Latino-owned culinary scene. Mi Tierra is one of many treasures in the area, and with a patio and drinks like that, it should be a go-to spot for not just Bartlettdwellers but all the rest of us, too. Don’t believe me? Check out the length of their line at the Margarita Festival and let that do the talking.

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could be dangerous on a warm patio day.

Speaking of patios, Mi Tierra does it right. Besides their front porch patio, they also feature a large covered patio to the side of the building.

It’s the perfect place to throw a real afternoon rager. There’s a bar, TVs, and enough seating to accommodate 50 of your most fun-loving friends.

Owing to its roof, this is a patio to be enjoyed whenever it’s warm, rain or shine. The patio is just one of many hidden gems lurking in the restaurant, though.

While exploring the restaurant, there’s a lot to take in. More so than any other place I’ve visited (and I’ve been to a lot of Cracker Barrels),

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ost Horizon was Frank Capra’s dream project. After the runaway success of It Happened One Night, he got Columbia Studios to bankroll the literary adaptation for $1.25 million — the largest film budget to date in 1936. It took Capra about three months to blow through that budget shooting the story of an English diplomat who crashes in the Himalayas and accidentally finds Shangri-La. When he and his crew manage to leave the sheltered valley’s utopia, ruled by a benevolent High Lama philosopher-king, and return to civilization, he finds the “real world” is not all its cracked up to be.

Missing Link, the latest film from the animation studio Laika, takes a lot of inspiration from Lost Horizon. Sir Lionel Frost (voiced by Hugh Jackman) bears a physical and attitudinal similarity to Ronald Colman, embodying all of the stuffy hubris of the late-stage British Empire. But even though he has a peerage title, Sir Frost still feels like an outsider. He wants desperately to be a member of the Explorer’s Club, one of those oak-walled institutions where great men, surrounded by taxidermied animal heads, drink brandy from snifters and brag about their deeds

amid clouds of cigar smoke. Derided as a “monster hunter,” Sir Frost enters into a bet with the Explorer’s Club leader, the unsubtly named Lord Piggot Dunceby (Matt Lucas); if he can return from a trip to America with proof of the existence of the Sasquatch, he will be admitted to the fold. But when he finds the Bigfoot (Zach Galifianakis), it’s a little anti-climactic. There’s no epic battle in the wilderness, but instead a conversation with a shy, self-depreciating, and unexpectedly articulate beast. Sasquatch, who takes on the name Mister Link, is lonely, and wants Sir Frost’s help to travel to Shangri-La, where he can live among the Yeti.

Laika is an animation studio, but it doesn’t create with 3D computer animation like Pixar or Dreamworks.

Created by Nike founder Phil Knight and his son Travis, and based in Oregon, Laika is hands down the best stop motion animation operation on the planet. The opening sequence of Missing Link, where Sir Lionel and his ill-tempered assistant pipe bagpipe music into the depths of Loch Ness to flush out its monstrous inhabitant, is an absolute tour de force of the painstaking, time consuming technique. We’re so inured to weightless CGI wonders that when the camera rushes in from far away and wheels

Sir Frost (Hugh Jackman) discovers Bigfoot, aka Mister Link (Zach Galifianakis), in Missing Link, the stop-motion film from Laika studios. around the tiny boat bobbing in the dark Scottish loch, it’s hard to believe that this is a real camera, really moving across an actual tiny landscape, built on a soundstage. Ray Harryhausen, the stop motion super genius who created the iconic alien spaceships in Earth vs. The Flying Saucers, married stop motion and live action with the skeleton battle in Jason and the Argonauts, and brought the Medusa to life in Clash of the Titans, never worked out how to move his camera like this.

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If only the other elements of Missing Link were as strong as the visuals, we’d have a masterpiece on our hands. The images are the equal of Pixar, but the scripting of Missing Link is no Toy Story. The character arcs — Sir Frost moving from self-involved colonial adventurer to empathetic explorer, Mister Link carving out a

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But for the younger members of the audience, at whom Missing Link is aimed, this is a far, far better story than say, The Angry Birds Movie, which will be getting a sequel this year. If you’re an animation fan, Missing Link’s visual wonders deserve a viewing on the big screen.

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Tennessee Just Says No

THE LAST WORD

A bill that would have allowed medical marijuana in certain forms was abandoned last week

by Tennessee lawmakers. Tennessee was poised to join the 33 other states where residents can legally use marijuana for medical purposes. The Tennessee Agriculture Medicine Act would have created a legal medical marijuana system, allowing 75 licensed businesses around the state to sell or grow cannabis, and registered Tennesseeans to buy and consume cannabis.

But, like most could have predicted, the measure hadn’t garnered enough support as of last week, and its sponsor, Senator Steve Dickerson (R-Nashville) withdrew the bill. The senator does, however, promise to bring it back for consideration next year.

The bill would have allowed Tennessee residents diagnosed with “debilitating conditions” to be legal medical marijuana users. That means those with cancer, chronic pain, posttraumatic stress syndrome, and a laundry list of other ailments will now have to wait at least another two years before marijuana could be legally available to them.

I applaud Dickerson because it’s high time the state opens its eyes to the pay-offs of the cannabis industry and the real benefits marijuana has been shown to have for those with certain ailments.

If people are already using the drug, which has largely been shown to be not harmful, why not streamline the process? Instead of treating the cannabis business like a back-room industry, it should be embraced and regulated for both medical and recreational use.

Another bill, SB0256 sponsored by Senator Sara Kyle (D-Memphis), would have helped to do just that by decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana. No action has been taken in the Senate on that one since January, and it’s unlikely to pass this year.

With a legal system in place for growing and selling the plant, there’d be fewer sketchy drug deals in empty parking lots, fewer arrests, fewer drug convictions, and less violence. A legal network to dispense marijuana would phase out the cannabis black markets and cripple cartels, street gangs, and other organized crime groups who use violence to conduct their marijuana business.

Legalizing cannabis would also be beneficial to theTennesseans who are arrested and convicted for selling or possessing the drug. ProCon.org, a nonprofit organization that researches and reports on controversial issues, found that nearly 600,000 Americans are arrested for marijuana possession each year. That’s a little more than one person every minute. In Tennessee, it’s estimated that there are about 18,690 convictions for possession each year.

The average fine a person pays for a simple possession charge is about $250, but it can range up to $2,500, depending on the circumstances. Those convicted face up to 11 months and 29 days imprisonment, though the average sentence is 15 days. It seems ridiculous that in one state you can be fined or incarcerated for possessing something that is completely legal in 33 other states.

ProCon recently compiled a report highlighting the pros and cons of recreational marijuana. One of the biggest pluses is the effect the cannabis industry has on the economy, with additional tax revenue, newly created jobs, and freed-up police resources. State lawmakers recently stated that local governments in Tennessee could save $1,794,240 a year in incarceration expenditures if possession of less than an ounce of pot were decriminalized.

Aside from saving money, the state could bring in additional millions of dollars each year by legalizing recreational or medical cannabis. In Colorado, a trailblazing state for legalizing marijuana, ProCon reports that the cannabis industry brings in three times more tax revenue than alcohol. Colorado took in $78 million during the first year of legal sales and $129 million the second year.

Imagine what Tennessee could do with those kinds of funds.

If any pro-cannabis bills are passed this year or in the next three years, the biggest challenge might be getting them approved

by Governor Bill Lee, who has spoken against medical marijuana in the past. During a gubernatorial debate last year, he stated that the “data is not substantive enough to show that medical marijuana is the right approach right now” and that he would “pursue other options first.” Lee also said at the time that he doesn’t support the decriminalization of small amounts of pot.

Thirty-three states have legalized either medical or recreational marijuana, or both. Will Tennessee ever follow suit?

At the current rate, Tennessee probably won’t see any form of marijuana legalized soon, which is too bad, considering all the financial benefits it could bring to the state. But even more important, the state is denying help to all of the Tennesseeans who could benefit from the legitimate medical benefits of cannabis.

Maya Smith is a Flyer staff writer.

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