Issuu

05.03.18 / 1523rd Issue / FREE

MUSIC ISSUE 2018

THE FLAMING LIPS

Back: Michael Ivins, Derek Brown, Wayne Coyne, Nick Ley, Steven Drozd Front: Jake Ingalls, Matt Duckworth

GEORGE SALISBURY

THE FLYERâ€™S

BEALE STREET MUSIC FESTIVAL

GUIDE

Southland Park Career Expo Wednesday, May 9, 10am-5pm AVAILABLE POSITIONS: • Valet Supervisor

• Accounts Payable Clerk

• Drop Crew Supervisor

• Barbacks

• Slot Technician

• Bartenders

• EVS Attendants

• Beverage Servers

• Food & Beverage Supervisor

• World Market Buffet: Host/Cashiers; Servers; Bus Persons • Cage Cashiers • Cage Supervisors • Concessions • Cooks • Drop Crew

• Greyhound Handlers • Maintenance: General; Track; Carpenter • Mutuel Tellers (Racing Bet Taker) • Parking Attendants/ Valets

• Players Club Representatives • Players Club Supervisor • Revenue Audit Clerk • Sammy Hagar’s Red Rocker Bar & Grill: Food & Beverage Supervisor; Host/ Hostess; Servers • Security Officers • Stewards • Surveillance Lead

Southland Park Starting Gate Event Center May 3-9, 2018

Complete your application online in advance and move to the front of the line!

Southlandpark.com/Careers

Full time and part time positions available. Must be 18+, some positions require 21+. Play responsibly; for help quitting call 800-522-4700.

OWNED AND OPERATED BY

2 4365 Flyer 5.3 Full Page Career Expo.indd 1

4/27/18 10:10 AM

JUSTIN RUSHING Advertising Director CARRIE O’GUIN Advertising Operations Manager JERRY D. SWIFT Advertising Director Emeritus KELLI DEWITT, CHIP GOOGE Senior Account Executives ROXY MATTHEWS Account Executive DESHAUNE MCGHEE Classified Advertising Manager BRENDA FORD Classified Sales Administrator classifieds@memphisflyer.com LEILA ZETCHI Distribution Manager ROBBIE FRENCH Warehouse and Delivery Manager JANICE GRISSOM ELLISON, ZACH JOHNSON, KAREN MILAM, RANDY ROTZ, LEWIS TAYLOR, WILLIAM WIDEMAN Distribution THE MEMPHIS FLYER is published weekly by Contemporary Media, Inc., 65 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN 38103 Phone: (901) 521-9000 Fax: (901) 521-0129 www.memphisflyer.com CONTEMPORARY MEDIA, INC. KENNETH NEILL Publisher ASHLEY HAEGER Controller JEFFREY GOLDBERG Director of Business Development BRUCE VANWYNGARDEN Editorial Director KEVIN LIPE Digital Director ANNA TRAVERSE Director of Strategic Initiatives LEILA ZETCHI Distribution Manager MOLLY WILLMOTT Special Events Director JOSEPH CAREY IT Director MATTHEW PRESTON Social Media Manager CELESTE DIXON Accounting Assistant BRITT ERVIN Email Marketing Manager KALENA MCKINNEY Receptionist

National Newspaper Association

Association of Alternative Newsmedia

WITH YOUR

COMMUNITY

OUR 18 LOCATIONS HOST EVENTS FOR EVERY AGE AND INTEREST.

HERE ARE JUST A FEW:

ALL AGES STAR WARS DAY May 5 | Noon – 4 pm Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library 3030 Poplar Ave.

MEET AND GREET LOCAL AUTHOR BILL WEBB May 10 | 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Cordova Library, 8457 Trinity Rd.

MOTHER/DAUGHTER TEA May 12 | 2 pm – 4 pm East Shelby Library, 7200 E. Shelby Dr.

BOOKS AND BEYOND WITH MARC PERRUSQUIA Commercial Appeal journalist and author of A Spy in Canaan: How the FBI Used a Famous Photographer to Infiltrate the Civil Rights Movement

May 15 | 10:15 am Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library 3030 Poplar Ave.

ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICITY SEMINAR Various Times During the Month Whitehaven Library, 4120 Millbranch Rd.

TEENS DUE SOUTH PODCAST May 17 | 4 pm – 5 pm South Library, 1929 S. 3rd St.

KIDS CODING FOR BEGINNERS Kids and teens ages 6-14

May 16 | 3 pm – 4 pm Parkway Village Library 4655 Knight Arnold Rd.

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

CARRIE BEASLEY Senior Art Director CHRISTOPHER MYERS Advertising Art Director JEREMIAH MATTHEWS BRYAN ROLLINS Graphic Designers

TO CONNECT

CONTENTS

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

OUR 1523RD ISSUE 05.03.18 The struggles of the daily newspaper business have been well-documented over the past 20 years or so. The internet and social media platforms such as Craigslist and Facebook began offering less-expensive marketing programs, and many advertisers abandoned print. It was a big problem, because covering and publishing the news — and printing a paper — is expensive, while building a website and taking content from your customers is cheap. As a result, the old daily newspaper business model was devastated. Papers around the country began failing, and national chains began buying up those papers on the cheap, turning them into franchise operations, cash cows used to feed corporate profits for stockholders. They cut staff mercilessly. They reduced the size of their papers and the number of stories they covered. They out-sourced editing and design functions to far-away corporate headquarters. In 2018, America’s daily newspapers — most of them, anyway — are shells of what they used to be. This — despite what our current president constantly tells us — is a very bad thing for our democracy. The free press is an essential cornerstone of our republic — the institution charged with speaking truth to power and holding our institutions, office holders, and government agencies accountable. The Flyer, which will be 30 years old next year, has managed to adapt and survive through all the upheavals in the newspaper business, primarily because we’re locally owned and deeply embedded in the cultural fabric of our hometown. Throughout our history, we’ve never had a print-paper pickup rate of less than 90 percent. Our weekly page-counts are down from the early 2000s, but our website is thriving and we post several stories a day, most of which don’t get into the print edition. Bottom line: Memphians still read the Flyer. And because of that, our loyal advertisers keep coming back and Frequent Flyer lapel pin new ones keep buying in. Without them, we wouldn’t be here. In short, we’re doing okay, despite the winds of change all around us. Thank you. But we want to do better. We want to print more pages and hire more journalists. We want to expand and enhance the news, politics, music, film, food, and opinion coverage you’ve come to rely on. And we want to continue to do it for free. We think that’s important, especially in a city like Memphis, where poverty affects so many. Access to news and information shouldn’t be constrained by a lack of money. That’s why the Flyer will never put up a website paywall, and it’s why we’ll keep our print edition free. We do have a proposal, however. We’d like you to consider joining our newly created Frequent Flyer membership program. For as little as $5 a month, you can help support the Flyer’s journalism — and get some nifty perks. Depending on at which level you pledge, you’ll receive a window decal, a snazzy Memphis Flyer lapel pin, a T-shirt, and more — plus, invites to some of our events. We’re also going to begin holding “mobile newsrooms” in our advertisers’ venues, where you can have a drink, meet Flyer staffers, and even pitch story ideas. (Or just have a drink and heckle us.) And we’ll run a full-page thank-you ad N E WS & O P I N I O N in the Flyer every three months, listing THE FLY-BY - 4 our Frequent Flyer members (unless NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 you prefer to be anonymous). You’ll POLITICS - 8 also get emails giving you advance EDITORIAL - 10 notice of our events and other news. VIEWPOINT - 11 For all the details, go to: support. COVER - “THREE FOR BEALE!” memphisflyer.com. The site goes live EDITED BY ALEX GREENE - 12 Wednesday, May 2nd. WE RECOMMEND - 16 AFTER DARK - 18 End of pitch. Onward. We’re BEALE STREET MUSIC GUIDE - 21 Memphis born and bred, and we’re here CALENDAR - 45 to stay, whether you become a Frequent THEATER - 53 Flyer or not. We’ll continue to celebrate BOOKS - 54 all things Memphis, and we’ll continue FOOD - 55 to speak progressive truth to power, FOOD FEATURE - 56 without fear or favor. After all, if The SPIRITS - 57 Memphis Flyer doesn’t do it, who will? FILM - 58 We hope you’ll join us. C LAS S I F I E D S - 60 Bruce VanWyngarden LAST WORD - 63 brucev@memphisflyer.com

#STARTHERE MEMPHISLIBRARIES.ORG

THE

fly-by

ly on the wall

DAM M IT, GAN N ET I know what you’re all thinking. “House committee temporarily halts bill banning sanctuary cities, mandating ICE collabor,” looks like another big “above-the-fold” headline mistake for The Commercial Appeal. Those among us versed in the classics and/or Google Translate will recognize “collabor” as a Latin word meaning to collapse or fail. Could this be the copy editor’s way of saying, “This headline will never fit, so eff-it”? Probably not.

May 3-9, 2018

Also, from the CA’s TV and radio sports listings from Thursday, April 27: Television listings for today: BASEBALL: MLB, N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, FSSE, 6 p.m. Radio listings for today: BASEBALL: MLB, St. Louis at Pittsburgh, WMC 790, 6 p.m. As one baseball aficionado noted upon seeing the listing, “I’m a Cardinals fan, but I don’t think St. Louis can pull this one off.” Lastly, Fly on the Wall would like to thank artist Jim Palmer for sending us his “Damnet; Dayvis” cartoon inspired by the “Dammit, Gannet” feature. For a better look, visit the Fly on the Wall blog at memphisflyer.com

M I LES F I LES Fly on the Wall thought local fans would want to know that former Memphis tele-journalist Jason Miles tweeted his masterpiece last week: “Police in Houston and Louisiana sharing info on severed heads found here and there.” Willy nilly. By Chris Davis. Email him at davis@memphisflyer.com.

{

Questions, Answers + Attitude Edited by Toby Sells

W E E K T H AT W A S By Flyer staff

Elvis, the Riverfront, & God The King wants your money, “Partners” want a park, & the Lord wants a mention. G IVE YO U R M O N EY TO E LVI S Joel Weinshanker, managing partner of Graceland Holdings LLC, said last week, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland has not been willing to work with Graceland on its proposal to construct a performance arena and convention center. Strickland said he’d met with Weinshanker numerous times and “this boils down to one thing: Mr. Weinshanker simply wants more public cash for his business.” S C H O O L SA F E TY D E MAN D S Shelby County Schools students dropped a list of safety demands on the school board last week. The demands came a week after a citywide walkout protesting gun violence. The students asked board members not to arm teachers, to support conflict resolution and mental health, and to do more to stop sexual harassment and sexual assaults in school. PAR KS PARTN E R S H I P R EVS U P Last week was busy for the Riverfront Development Corp. First, it announced a new name, the Memphis River Parks Partnership (MRPP), a new look, an updated mission, and plans to refresh Mississippi River Park. The group, now led by Kresge Foundaiton fellow Carol Coletta, will soon ask permission to use shipping containers to build a tree house, play places, and an open-air pavilion at the park. If approved, it’ll be the first of many ideas from Studio Gang’s riverfront plan brought to reality. I NVESTI N G I N U PTOWN Neighbors, stakeholders, and developers are in the midst of a planning process to decide how to spend $95 million over 14 years to re-invigorate Uptown. The funds are thanks to a tax increment financing (TIF) deal started in 2001. The planning process is one of only few around the country and the first of its kind in Memphis. P R E-K, TH E B U D G ET, AN D C -Y The Memphis City Council approved a special fund last week to help realize a universal prekindergarten program in the city. The council also began talks of an ordinance to fine-tune

Cooper-Young’s historic overlay district guidelines. Strickland delivered his budget to the council last week. It delivers a tax cut, more money for public safety, paving, and minority business development. O H, G O D “Almighty God” made news last week as state lawmakers voted to put the deity — once again — in the state Tennessee Constitution. The proposal would add “and that liberties do not come from government, but from Almighty God” to the state document. If state Senators approve of the measure next year, look for it on a statewide ballot in 2022. B R O K E N “E D G E” The Memphis City Council was scheduled last week to discuss a resolution shifting the structure of the city and county Economic Development Growth Engine (EDGE), but Councilman Philip Spinosa Jr., who recently referred to EDGE as “broken,” said he was too “emotional” to present the resolution. Spinosa said he’s “still real upset” with where the council and the Shelby County Commission are in changing the structure of EDGE and its leadership. “We’re losing the economic development game,” he said. “We’re certainly not winning. I’m tired of that. It’s not about destroying EDGE, but about putting the right people in the right place.” Fuller versions of these stories and even more local news can be found at The News Blog at memphisflyer.com.

For Release Saturday, May 6, 2017

2018-2019 SEASON The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 For Release Thursday, April 20, 2017

Crossword

Edited by Will Shortz

No. 0316

DUNCAN WILLIAMS PERFORMANCE HALL

Edited by Will Shortz SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

No.

Bobby McFerrin

Crossword 37 Loose, now ACROSS DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 Used a black Org. whose SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 marker on … website has to Pipe with a “Know Your 1 One of aRights” the Greatorthreea hintchunks 40 1 Vase style of Powerful D.C. Charles Lloyd tube tab black squares 14 15 16 Narrow grooves in this puzzle lobby Like Lakes out-of& The Marvels Opposite of range stations Unspecified 2 Compatriot of weather, on a group Three times ship 5 Menacing cloud 41 Raiser of OCTOBER 5, 2018 Eco-friendly 17 18 19 Part of many a DOWN Mao seafood wreath Counterpart of awareness, for designation Dhoad Gypsies 10 Sony JavaScript “Aren’t you glad offering --Home to I’m back?” 3 Noted father-orIt might come Bowling Green short of20Rajasthan 21 22 from a tap PlaceSaint’s with 14 home, for Roundabouts picnic tables, Draw out son singer Acted 44 Not accidental oftenshort sycophantically Prince, for one OCTOBER 20, 2018 Peaks Student’s noteHit 23 24 Take Me to the River: 25 taking aid Prom wear, for 4 Ancient New Hawks have 15 Place for a some 45 In opposition sharp ones --Pesticide Yelling New Orleans Mexican applier Christopher barbecue Large wire 28 29 30 31 Hitchens and 7-up, for 46 Guru, maybe --example Marcel Proust, NOVEMBER 2, 2018 Sprint, e.g. for two True or false: 5 Part of a crib 16 Rich finish? 47 Straightens Abbr. Gets away from Played at a Bela Fleck, Asian holiday 32 33 Edgar Meyer 34 Not seriously party, say “Don’t doubt 17 “Don’t give up” “Bacchus 6 Living ___ & Zakir Hussein 49 Firm parts:NovaAbbr. He portrayed me!” and Ariadne” Counting word Put over high Steve Wozniak ___ painter, circa Drawstring, e.g. heat 1523 in “Steve Jobs” Verges on Poem title 19 Rather powerfulunderhanded Attack in an 35 36 starter 50 Hockey team, 7 Major Asian Like river deltas ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE way IDs that are Like many NOVEMBER 4, 2018 engine Catch, in a way often not monuments at Name tag info e.g. carrier displayed in full: night It’s “rarely at an alumni Soweto Gospel Choir Abbr. pure and never event Place to 37 38 39 40 4 simple,” per 20 Brown worship from Big ___ Oscar Wildeon a 51 Words Conference Lone G.O.P. org. 8 Attire The Richard in is ___?” Completely a Shakespeare 21 Some plants “Lord, jacket convinced Arrow part title Back at sea 44 45 46 NOVEMBER 10, 2018 Woman’s name Skier’s obstacle Struggle (with) 9 Like melancholy that sounds Fathers, to like its first two “Picnic” It has a tip for 23 Value 53 Risked a ticket Ellis Marsalis Quintet babies letters playwright game-playing musical keys Rapper with the 47 48 49 2013 #1 album Online subscriptions: Today’s puzzle and more than 7,000 past 25 Spooky quality “Born Sinner” 55 Construction puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). Page in a JANUARY 11, 2019 10 The poor Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay. staples … or 28 Smoothie fruit Hollywood script? Crosswords for young solvers: nytimes.com/studentcrosswords. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver 50 51 52 Mucilaginous a hint to this 11 Not go along with Flatt Lonesome 29 Popular cookie puzzle’s theme 56 12 Prefix with lateral 53 54 JANUARY 12, 2019 55 31 Taking things for 59 Famous Amos Fred Hersch granted on April 13 Bedevil 59 60 61 60 Rocker Steve Pocket Orchestra Fools’ Day and 18 Girl’s name that others 61 “Don’t go!,” e.g. 62 64 JANUARY 26, 2019 63 may precede Ann 32 “Time ___ …” 62 Obnoxious one Dorrance Dance 33 Track, in a sense 63 Subject of some 22 One may be starting in sports PUZZLE BY HOWARD BARKIN codes 34 Not wait for Mr. FEBRUARY 2, 2019 Right, say 36 Actress Wilson ofHorn 54 Autho Jazzmeia 43 Features of 23 What’s shaken 64 Scandinavian wrote Boston accents “Mrs. Doubtfire” when you say capital 35 Huuuuuuuuge MARCH 30, 2019 insan “Shake!” 45 Milieu of the 37 Sch. Monterey with the Jazz Festival long ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE FX series “The 24 Big letters in George Bush OnW. Tour horrib Americans” electronics Presidential MARCH 1, 2019 E P I C P O E M B R O W S E 46 Poetic stanza Library Shawn Colvin D E M O T A P E S H R E W S 25 Ones moving far 56 Burie Opening Act: Amy 48 LaVere & government Will Sexton Like from home 38 Corral K E P T A T I T C Y C L I C bonds MAY 4, 2019 O D E T S S H U S A L M A 26 Fifth in a group 39 StripsBallet at 57 Pull ( Memphis: 49 German of eight breakfast C E N A B O O Z E S I M P Midsummer Night’s Dream preposition H E D P U D D I N G N E A 27 Saginaw-to-Flint 41 Tough, tenacious 51 Oil are qtys. 58 Noted 2018-19 GPAC Season single tickets now on S I Z E S Q U O T E D sorts dir. pseud sale with individual tickets starting $15! 52 They at burn J A C U Z Z I Q U I X O T E 29 Bit of beachwear 42 Wild blue in sh A L O N Z O G U I D O yonder writin 53 Racingavailable letters Save up to 30% on our ticket subscriptions 30 ___ way N A V A F F A I R E B F F online or through our box office at 751-7500. I K E A F U Z Z Y W Y L E 33 It may be added Online subscriptions: Today’s puzzle and more than 7,0 to alcohol puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). T A R O S R E B C A G E S O Z A R K S T O M A T O E S 34 Pitiful Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com R A G T O P T W O P E N C E 5 35 Hit the gas pedal Crosswords for young solvers: nytimes.com/studentc PAID FOR BY TN DEPARTMENT S M E A R Y E L M OFTTRANSPORTATION R E E S hard ACROSS

21 22

55 59

V A L E

E T T A

A B B A

V E R N

E G A N

L A B E L

P R I S M

R Y A I E R O N J O T E M S T A R S E I N S Y I A C D D N A L H A B E S I R W A N O L E O S T

A B H O R S

52 59

PUZZLE BY JOEL FAGLIANO

S I N

R U D S I T A B T I J N O S U A X

E K E S

R E R A N

C U T I E

C C R I D E R

H E E D E D

I M P S T E R A T A I N N O D N T R Y O W E B B A R I Z C H I N T Z L A T E S T A L S A L E C S O M U C H H E N C E O R D E R

20 23

61 62

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

NEWS & OPINION

A G O R A

CITY REPORTER By Maya Smith

Racial profiling got real here last week, and more could be on the way. A local Latino resident said he was racially profiled by a Memphis Police Department (MPD) officer last week while on a routine walk through his neighborhood. On Rondell Treviño’s Tuesday-evening walk in the Berclair area, he said he was accosted by a police officer who asked for his documentation. Treviño, who is the founder of the Immigration Project (a faith-based organization aimed to improve immigrant relations with the church), told the officer he is a U.S. citizen and works at a local church. After the officer insisted that he still needed to show documentation, Treviño gave the officer his Social Security card. “Wow, I thought you’d be an illegal alien because you’re Latino,” the officer responded, according to Treviño. When asked to comment on this incident, MPD Lt. Karen Rudolph said there is no record of it occurring, however it is “absolutely not” standard procedure for the department. “Memphis police officers are not instructed to inquire on any person’s citizenship,” Rudolph said. “The Memphis Police Department does not enforce immigration laws.” Treviño said he decided not to file an official complaint against the officer, whose name or appearance he couldn’t recall “because of shock.” Though no report transpired from the encounter,

Rondell Treviño

which lasted a little less than 10 minutes, Treviño said it was “terrifying” and left him feeling “less-than.” “You know you have a broken system when a legal immigrant is afraid to go on walks in his own neighborhood,” Treviño said. “It makes me afraid for the undocumented immigrant whose fear is probably 100 times worse.” This type of racial profiling is especially scary, Treviño said, after a new “massdeportation” bill passed the Tennessee General Assembly and advanced to the governor’s desk last week. The bill (HB 2315/SB 2332), in sum, prohibits state and local governments from adopting sanctuary policies for undocumented immigrants, while requiring local law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration laws. This means all law enforcement officers, including campus police, are required to inquire about immigration and citizenship status during routine stops. The bill is a “sweeping and extreme measure,” according to Stephanie Teatro, co-executive director of

the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition. Urging the governor to veto the bill, Teatro calls it “one of the country’s extreme, anti-immigration bills,” and said it would make Tennessee a “dangerous place for immigrant families and cement our state’s reputation as hostile and unwelcoming.” “HB2315 sets a dangerous precedent by severely restricting the ability of local police to make commonsense, public-safety decisions, and forcing local governments to bear the risk and expense of federal immigration enforcement,” Teatro said. Governor Bill Haslam has until the end of this week to decide to either sign or veto the bill. Treviño said if the bill passes, fear in Memphis’ undocumented community will be heightened more so than it already is. “Husbands might go to work, kiss their wives and kids, and wonder if it’s the last time he’ll see his family,” Treviño said. “People shouldn’t have to live like that. It’s an injustice.”

Platelet Donors Needed Platelll

If you are between the ages of 18 and 50 and in good health, you may be eligible to donate platelets for support of important research activities. Eligible donors can donate every two weeks. Donations require about two hours of your time and you will receive $150 in compensation. Walk-in donations are not accepted. For more information or to make an appointment contact:

May 3-9, 2018

901-252-3434 info@keybiologics.com www.keybiologics.com

Simply Hemp Shop COME SEE US AT

“The Big One” May 19-20 & The Italian Festival May 31-June 2

We carry CBD oils, CBD honey sticks, CBD Teas & even CBD for Pets. simplyhempshop.com

The Eyewear Salon of Memphis EXCLUSIVE EYEWEAR LINES FOR UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS.

1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 264 901 | 252-3670 FocalPointCrosstown.com

FocalPoint is a Southern College of Optometry Patient Care and Educational Facility

FACEBOOK

{

Walking While Latino

FUEL THE

Always independent, always free (no paywall - ever), Memphis Flyer is your source for the best in local news and information. Now we want to expand and enhance our work. That’s why we’re asking you to join us as a Frequent Flyer member. You’ll get membership perks while helping us continue to deliver the kind of independent journalism you’ve come to expect.

s u p p o r t . m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

NEWS & OPINION

FR E Q U E N T FLY E R S HEL P K EEP T H E FR E E PR E S S FREE .

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

FREE PRESS 7

POLITICS By Jackson Baker

Democrats on the Move

May 3-9, 2018

Gabby Salinas and Craig Fitzhugh both are determined to challenge the odds.

Best Coffee Roaster in Memphis

Variety of coffee blends to choose from! Fresh Brewed, espressos, cappuccinos, mochas, and blended frappes.

www.uglymugcoffee.com 4610 Poplar Ave, Memphis, TN 38117 • (901) 552-3165 8

Monday-Friday: 6am-7pm Saturday: 7am-7pm, Sunday: 8am-1pm

abundant energy and, as she demonstrated in her remarks to the crowd that turned out for her event, a firm knowledge of what she stands for. The main plank in her platform is a backing for Medicaid expansion, a determination she shares with her current Democratic primary opponent, LeBonheur Hospital chaplain David Weatherspoon, who was briefly profiled in this space last week. The two state Senate candidates, Salinas and Weatherspoon, draw from similar constituencies, as, for that matter, do Fitzhugh and his rival for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean. All four cite health care as their number one issue. Others are education, jobs, child care, the needs of the underserved. As Fitzhugh put it, “We all do better when we all do better. I’m not worried about the folks in

JACKSON BAKER

If voters need a little help in brushing off the dust of the now completed May 1st county primary elections, two candidates in the forthcoming state primary elections of August 2nd may have the right formula. Craig Fitzhugh, Democratic candidate for governor, and Gabby Salinas, who’s running in the Democratic primary for the state Senate in District 31, indicated to supporters on successive weekends that they know how to infuse a little energy into their stump appearances. Fitzhugh did on Saturday, April 21st, at his local headquarters opening on Poplar Avenue, which ended with the place shaking to the strains of Tina Turner’s “Simply the Best,” rendered by a torch singer and band, both in excellent form. The performance was a tribute to the fact that Fitzhugh, a native of Ripley in West Tennessee, had the aforesaid Turner as a baby sitter growing up. And on Friday, April 27th, not quite a week later, Salinas combined a 30th-birthday celebration with a campaign meet-and-greet at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn, and that one concluded with several numbers by Los Cantadores, a mariachi band par excellence, including the piece de resistance, a song called “De que manera de Olvido” (“How can I forget you?”) which was played in memory of Salinas’ father Omar Salinas, who died some years ago, along with her sister Valentina, in a tragic automobile accident. However, the rest of the extended Salinas family, which hails from Bolivia originally, was on hand with numerous local supporters for the celebration — one that flowed naturally and exuberantly around a candidate with movie princess looks and a killer backstory. Not only did Gabby Salinas survive the auto crash that killed two family members, she has survived three separate bouts of cancer, courtesy of the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital — including a case of Ewing’s Sarcoma and two instances of thyroid cancer. For all that hardship, Salinas went on to earn a PhD in pharmacology. She has

(above) Fitzhugh at headquarters opening; (below) Gabby Salinas the skyscrapers. I’m worried about those living in the shadows of the skyscrapers.” Fitzhugh, accompanied to his event by son Tom, wife Wendy, and their newborn child, cited his roots as a West Tennessean. He called himself a “supporter of Memphis” from birth on, one who learned to spell by learning the letters of the now-defunct HumKo shortening plant, which he’d see on trips from the city on Highway 51 North. Like Salinas, Fitzhugh, currently the Democratic minority leader in the state House and one beloved by his troops, knows he’s got a tough primary fight. So does Salinas. “I’m a tough lady” she says, and she figures that, having beaten cancer, her ultimate election opponent, the formidable Republican incumbent in District 31, Brian Kelsey, would be easier pickings.

Director Director Patricia Carreras Director Patricia Carreras Director Patricia Carreras

DeltaARTS

Stage Manager Stage Manager Donia Wade

Crittenden Youth Theatre DeltaARTS Crittenden Youth Theatre DeltaARTS Crittenden Youth Theatre PRESENTS Crittenden Youth Theatre PRESENTS DeltaARTS

Stage Manager Donia Wade

MARK TWAIN’S MARK TWAIN’S MARK TWAIN’S MARK TWAIN’S NOTEBOOK MARK TWAIN’S NOTEBOOK MARK TWAIN’S NOTEBOOK NOTEBOOK NOTEBOOK 4 NOTEBOOKMay May 7 pm4 May 4

Patricia Carreras Director Director Patricia Carreras Patricia Carreras

DeltaARTS

PRESENTS Crittenden Youth Theatre Crittenden Youth Theatre PRESENTS

Stage Manager Donia Wade

Donia Wade Stage Manager Stage Manager Donia Wade Donia Wade

PRESENTS PRESENTS

THE BEST

ENTERTAINMENT IN TUNICA

WHEN WHEN WHEN WHEN

7 pm May WHEN 7WHERE pm4 WHEN 7WHERE pm4 May DeltaARTS May 4 WHERE DeltaARTS 3017S.pm Rhodes WHERE 7S.pm DeltaARTS 301Memphis, RhodesAR West West DeltaARTS 301Memphis, S. RhodesAR WHERE WHERE West 301Memphis, S. RhodesAR TICKETS DeltaARTS West Memphis, AR DeltaARTS 301 S Rhodes 301 S Rhodes 301 S Rhodes

301TICKETS S. Rhodes $10 Adult/$5 Student 301TICKETS S. Rhodes West Memphis, AR $10 Adult/$5 Student WestTICKETS Memphis, AR $10 Adult/$5 Student DELTAARTS.ORG $10 Adult/$5 TICKETS Student DELTAARTS.ORG TICKETS DELTAARTS.ORG $10 Adult/$5 Student Adult/$5 Student Sponsored by Pi Chi Omega Chapter, $10 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. 301 S Rhodes

( (

(12 and under or College ID)

301 S Rhodes 301 S Rhodes

(12 and under or College ID)

(

(12 and under or College ID)

(

(12 and under or College ID)

(

(12 and under or College ID) DELTAARTS.ORG

TYLER HENRY

DARREN KNIGHT’S

MAY 20

JUNE 2

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW JUNE 8

THERESA CAPUTO JUNE 29

FROM THE HIT TV SHOW ‘HOLLYWOOD MEDIUM’

SOUTHERN MOMMA AN EM COMEDY TOUR

(12 and under or College ID) Sponsored by Pi Chi Omega Chapter,( Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Sponsored by Pi Chi Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. DELTAARTS.ORG DELTAARTS.ORG Sponsored by Pi Chi Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Sponsored by Pi Chi Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Sponsored by Pi Chi Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

JUST ANNOUNCED

ELVIS VS. BEATLES AUGUST 17

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER JULY 7

UPCOMING SHOWS Kris Kristofferson (SOLD OUT) Dwight Yoakam (SOLD OUT) Aaron Lewis Donny & Marie (SOLD OUT) Gabriel Iglesias

NEWS & OPINION

Tickets available online at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000.

12782_T3_STA_4.575x12.4_4c_Ad_V2.indd 1

4/25/18 8:27 AM

E D ITO R IAL

The Partisan Snare LET’S GATHER visit

Memphis’ First food hall during

Saturday, may 5 10a – until 409 South Main Street Celebrate BSMF18, Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby DRINK SPECIALS ALL DAY FROM MARGARITAS TO MINT JULEPS SPECIAL MENU OPTIONS LIKE FRESH TACOS AND HOT BROWNS

PLUS

live music, pop-up shopping and more throughout the day

/Thesouthmainmarket

@Thesouthmainmarket

The weekend imbroglio resulting from the publicizing of the involvement of a nominal Republican primary candidate for assessor with a racist and anti-Semitic hate group, and his subsequent shunning by the local GOP, illuminates several issues pertaining to our current system of electing public officials. The most obvious is the simple fact that we are insisting on selecting people for countywide offices — including several ordained by the state constitution — through a process that requires them to profess loyalty to one of two political parties and to pass judgment by that party’s voters in a primary before gaining eligibility to run in the county general election. Yes, yes, we know that technically that’s not the case. We know that no aspirant for county office is mandated to wear a party label. Lots of independents declared for county office this year, and they will be on the general election ballot of August 2nd, right along with the candidates nominated by the two major political parties in the primaries that ended on Tuesday of this week. But let’s face reality. These independents are on a course to lose en masse. To run for office without a party label in a partisan election means to run against what has become an ingrained tradition. It means running without the resources and network of supporters that are built into the party system. It means to attempt the near-impossible. It was not ever thus. There was a time, through the early 1990s, when all candidates for Shelby County office ran as independents, even if they were wellknown activists in the Republican or the Democratic Party. It was not uncommon for major candidates to have prominent members of both parties in their

support networks; in fact, to have good, bipartisan, across-the-board backing was the rule for a successful campaign, not the exception. All that changed in 1992, when the Shelby County Republican Party petitioned the Election Commission to hold a partisan primary for the two county races being run that election year — those of assessor and General Sessions Court clerk. The Democrats found it necessary to follow suit in 1994, when the next fully rostered county election took place. Veteran public servants, in jobs that had little to no bearing on specific political philosophies, were put in a squeeze. Experienced clerks who had always run as independents either had to choose a party or risk losing to candidates who did. Meanwhile, the two parties attracted members whose sole interest was in the protective political cover these organizations provided at election time, not anything to do with their governing philosophies. (To resort to an old saw, what’s the Democratic or the Republican way to register deeds?) Keith Alexander actually became the Republican nominee for assessor four years ago, and his attempted use of that disguise again in 2018 — with the prize at stake being the ancillary advantages, financial and otherwise, of major-party backing — is all the warning we need to abandon the current treacherous and needless partisan structure for future local elections of all kinds. We can’t say we don’t know better.

RESEARCH VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

May 3-9, 2018

C O M M E N TA R Y b y G r e g C r a v e n s

CirQuest Labs is currently seeking adult volunteers for clinical studies. We have studies involving anemia (low blood), heart failure and heart disease. If you would like to learn more about participation, please give us a call for detailed information!

To find out more call: 901-866-1700 or visit

www.cirquestlabs.com/study-participants

VIEWPOINT By Jackson Baker

Family Affair Fathers and sons and the politics of “creative license.”

Just as it is generally frowned upon to visit the sins of the father upon the son, perhaps that axiom works in reverse as well. And this necessary irresolution in lieu of a mandated official opinion is, of course, why the founding fathers chose to append the First Amendment to the Constitution and why that guarantee of free expression is still venerated by bona fide patriots today. And one more thing: Just as it is generally frowned upon to visit the sins of the father upon the son, perhaps that axiom works in reverse, as well. So, are we going to call this candidate out, and lump him in with the exposed Alexander because of his son’s actions, as our interloper so devoutly wished? I don’t think so. For the reasons suggested here, and a variety of others, it’s our right not to, and his right to disagree with us. As he will. Jackson Baker is a Flyer senior editor.

come early STAY LATE turn up STARTING THIS WEEK Thursday Nights • May 3—August 16 6pm-10pm 10-15 • LADIES FREE ‘TIL 77pm $10-15

5.3 Almost Famous

5.10 Waker 5.17 Ghost Town Blues Band* 5.24 Walrus 5.31 Voodoo Gumbo 6.7 Party Planet* 6.14 Seeing Red * $15 special event admission

#PBodyRoof • peabodymemphis.com

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

reviewers, Rolling Stone was enthusiastic about the monster hit, calling it “the platinum rappers’ brass-balled toast to over-the-top opulence,” and quoting Jay-Z as having been inspired to write the song by the indisputably white-themed Broadway musical Annie. As the rapper/composer explained: “Annie’s story was mine, and mine was hers, and the song was the place where our experiences weren’t contradictions, just different dimensions of the same reality.” So what do we have here? A “racial slur,” as some have called it, or an artwork, a proud cultural manifesto by two accomplished black artists? The real question here, of course — and the offense — is whether a young white man should have chosen to perform the song. The father quotes his son as having meant to substitute the term “Sig Ep” (for his fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon) and as having tearfully expressed contrition for his verbal mistake. Maybe. Probably you had to be there. Almost by definition, there are going to be different interpretations of both the words and the manner and agency of their expression.

NEWS & OPINION

As The Commercial Appeal noted this week, in an article by its investigative reporter Marc Perrusquia and in an editorial, Republican county assessor candidate Keith Alexander was on record as making undeniably racist statements as a radio talk-show host and on other occasions. Samples from the radio show (entitled “The Political Cesspool”): “Martin Luther King was really a bad man. … [The communists] had to give him plenty of money to keep him on task [or] he would have just gone on doing what so many black ministers do, which is to, you know, preying on his congregation — and chasing after the women in his congregation, too.” And there was a claim that King et al. were backed by “certain enablers from a certain religious persuasion” intent upon “destroying Western civilization and white heritage” — reference to an attitude frequently voiced by known anti-Semites.) Not much ambivalence there. The CA’s editorial called for Alexander to be repudiated by representatives of the Republican Party, and the GOP’s three candidates for county mayor in this week’s primary dutifully — and appropriately — responded with just that when asked by the Flyer. Once the issue was raised, a member of a rival political party called the Flyer, demanding in effect that the other assessor candidate on the Republican ballot, Robert “Chip” Trouhy, be exposed and denounced as well. His offense? Well, it’s not his, exactly; his son, a student at the University of Memphis, had allegedly started a “race war” by conspicuously using the n-word at a public event while performing a song. Here’s where things get sticky — and, on investigation, complicated. First of all, was there a bona fide “race war”? Not really, though there were some very serious demonstrations by black students and others — and remonstrations from the university administraton, after the offender, performing in a Panhellenic karaoke event, included the word in his rendition of a hip-hop song by Jay-Z and Kanye West. The song — and it has to be spelled out here to make the point — is entitled “Niggas in Paris,” and it’s been a big hit for the two famed rappers, both African-American artists. Among numerous admiring

COVER STORY BY ALEX GREENE

THREE FOR BEALE! THE FLAMING LIPS, VALERIE JUNE, AND TYLER, THE CREATOR HIGHLIGHT AN ECLECTIC BSMF LINEUP. THE FLAMING LIPS

Working for 35 years with a family vibe and a DIY attitude. by Alex Greene “We A Family.” So proclaim the Flaming Lips in last year’s single and closing track on the Oczy Mlody album. And though it’s a cliche that many a rock band pays lip service to, it’s another matter to see one that puts the idea into practice with such creative dividends. The Lips, as they

May 3-9, 2018

THE FLAMING LIPS

are affectionately known, have made the family vibe work for them, having performed and recorded for 35 years. And while some associate family bonds with complacency, the Lips have benefited from an opposite effect: a free-ranging creativity fostered by enthusiastic collaboration. To singer and songwriter Wayne Coyne, playing well with others is The Flaming Lips are (back, from left to right): Derek Brown, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd, Nick Ley, Wayne Coyne; (front): Matt Duckworth, Jake Ingalls

key. “Music especially is really made from collaboration,” he muses. “I can imagine the very first music that was ever made was someone hitting this rock over here, and someone hitting some tree stump over there, and they’re like, ‘Hey, if we work together, we could get something good going.’” The Lips have taken collaboration to greater creative heights than most. Who would have guessed, for example, that this tight-knit family, these kings of alt-rock, would team up with megastar Miley Cyrus as the Dead Petz? Or, having done that, that they’d invite her VALERIE JUNE

into their world for the aforementioned single? Who, for that matter, could have guessed that after a good decade of rising on the college radio charts, they would sweep away their established rock sound in favor of the haunting orchestral atmospheres of 1999’s The Soft Bulletin? Given their ongoing quest for new musical territories, it’s clear that this is more the Swiss Family Robinson than Archie Bunker. Memphian Jake Ingalls knows this as well as anyone. “It’s a big family vibe,” he notes. As a musician attending the University of Memphis, he had little

joined in the early ’90s when an earlier drummer quit, and the three of them have been the steadfast core of the band ever since. All the while, they’ve doggedly avoided current trends. In Oklahoma, Coyne recalls, “We didn’t really know what was cool, what was old, and what should be embarrassing. Early on, in San Francisco, we opened up for the Jesus and Mary Chain. And we played ‘Wish You Were Here’ by Pink Floyd!” Some may have considered it a betrayal of the post-punk aesthetic, but “if we like it, we really don’t care. Sometimes there’s just no way of knowing what’s cool and what isn’t. And to follow your heart and do what you love is probably gonna serve you better. ’Cause what’s cool is changing all the time.” Such an attitude, borne of life in the hinterlands, was clear early in the band’s life. In the 1987 track, “Everything’s Explodin’,” Coyne sings “If you don’t like it, write your own song,” and in a sense, it’s the band's manifesto. Perhaps that maverick spirit has been nurtured by remaining in their hometown. Coyne still lives in the neighborhood where he grew up, and from that secure base, the band has kept evolving, as is apparent in their soon-to-be-released Greatest Hits, Vol. 1. When the sea change of The Soft Bulletin heralded a new cinematic sweep in their sound, they morphed as a live band by using pre-recorded backing tracks. But in recent years they’ve pivoted yet again, back to a bigger band of live musicians. Now, the whole “family” fuels the band’s creativity. As Ingalls says, “With the Lips, you can be as involved or as not-involved as you want. But it’s rare that anything that you come up with is going to come TYLER, THE CREATOR

“SOMETIMES THERE’S JUST NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT’S COOL. TO FOLLOW YOUR HEART AND DO WHAT YOU LOVE IS PROBABLY GONNA SERVE YOU BETTER.” out exactly the way you put it in. Wayne might say ‘What would you sing here?’ and I’ll sing something. Then I’ll go off for a month with [Ingalls’ band] Spaceface and come back, and that vocal melody has suddenly turned into a keyboard part. Or vice versa.” For Coyne, it’s the surprises, and even the mistakes, that make it worth doing. “Boredom, for an artist, is the worst thing that can happen. So that energy you get from being excited about this thing that you’re about to do, that enthusiasm, for us, that’s very contagious. To be creating something together when that breakthrough happens, that’s the thing. Our manager has always been on the side of ‘Do your thing, and let’s make that work,’ as opposed to ‘Let’s figure out what works, and the Flaming Lips can go along with it.’ No, do your thing. I guess we’ve just been lucky that we’ve attracted these people, like Jake, that are like-minded and wanna work the same way. We’ve just been lucky to keep evolving, to keep trying again, and keep discovering new things.” The Flaming Lips play the Beale Street Music Festival’s FedEx Stage on May 6th, at 7:40 p.m. Ingalls’ band, Spaceface, will play Railgarten on May 19th.

… VALERIE JUNE

Around the world and back home again. by Chris McCoy Memphis is a city of musicians, each with their own stories of tragedy, triumph, or something in between. But has there been a Memphis music story in the last decade more satisfying than Valerie June’s rise to stardom? Growing up in Humbolt, Tennessee, Valerie June learned to sing in church. Her father Emerson Hockett was a music promoter, and her brother Patrick Emory is also a musician. She moved to Memphis around 2000 with her then-husband and played in a folk duo called Bella Sun. After her marriage ended, she became a fixture in the Midtown music scene as a solo

artist. For years, she worked all day cleaning houses or at Overton Square’s landmark hippie shop Maggie’s Pharm, then put in long nights playing guitar and singing at places like Java Cabana. She fostered a knack for collaboration with local folkies such as the Broken String Collective, which served her well when she recorded her debut solo album, and she was one of the musicians featured on Craig Brewer’s pioneering streaming series, $5 Cover. Then, in 2011, after raising money for her a new album on Kickstarter, she moved to Brooklyn. There, she met Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, who produced her breakthrough album Pushin’ Against A Stone. They say fortune favors the prepared, and Valerie June was ready to take her shot when opportunity struck. From the opening “Working Woman Blues,” which combined autobiographical lyrics about struggling to make it on her own with a haunting groove, to the smooth girl-group pop of “The Hours,” the record cast a powerful spell. After a stint touring with Sharon Jones, her next album, 2017’s The Order of Time, saw June emerge as more assured band leader. The explosive mix of funk and hill-country drone in “Shakedown” propelled her to international recognition and a world tour that shows little sign of slowing down. “I went everywhere, so many places I had never been before, like Quebec City, Japan, Australia. This world is huge!” she says. “The highlight was Hawaii. I’ve never seen so much beauty in my whole life. We had a lot of time off there after playing, just to enjoy it.” Life on the road can be grueling, she says. “I try to dance everyday. But after you’ve been on the road for two years, you just have to find one moment out of your day to do something healthy. … Some days I’m like ‘I miss my plants!’ Other days, I go to the Botanic Gardens in Hawaii.” Talking to Valerie June for even a few minutes reveals a woman of intense spirituality who values deep introspection. She’s at home on stage, telling stories and singing in a ragged mezzo soprano with her signature trancelike cadence. Her towering dreadlocks and penchant for glamorous bearing make for a magnetic stage presence. But offstage, she’s an introvert who would probably rather be reading. “You have to get in a rhythm to find out how to flow with the day, and how to preserve your energy,” she says. “My guys that I’m around all the time, they know that about me, and they’re really, really sweet and sensitive to my quiet zone. One of my girlfriends is like, ‘How do you survive out there on the road without any women around you?’ The guys just go and do their thing, continued on page 14

COVER STORY m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

inkling that an afternoon volunteering on the Lips’ stage crew in 2009 would lead to a position as a roadie and guitar tech. Or that, three years later, the unthinkable would happen: “I got a call from Wayne and he said, ‘Can you keep a beat?’ I said, ‘I like to think so. I’m in my own band.’ He said, ‘All right, well, we’re about to play all of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots at South by Southwest. We wanna make it special, with extra musicians and no backing tracks. So let’s just say, you need to be in Oklahoma tomorrow for rehearsal.’” Ingalls notes that the band thrives on a “Hey, gang, let’s put on a show!” esprit de corps. Referring to their visually outlandish stage shows, he says, “A lot of people in Memphis, and a lot of people like me, identify with the band as a bunch of regular people who are trying to put together a truly fantastic production. So in a way it tricks people into thinking they’re bigger than they are. When you get up close to the stuff, you see that when Wayne pulls out these giant foam hands that shoot lasers out of them, it’s not something that he ordered in New York. They made the giant foam hands, you know? And put the lasers in there themselves. If a giant inflatable butterfly rips, you freaking repair it with duct tape.” This DIY attitude is likely due to the Flaming Lips’ roots in Norman, Oklahoma, where they were blissfully ignorant of musical trends, and being resourceful was key. Coyne and his brother founded the group as an extension of like-minded friends hungry for extreme thrills, “the Fearless Freaks.” While Coyne’s brother soon left the band, original bassist Michael Ivins is still with them. Steven Drozd

continued from page 13 going to bars, going shopping, meeting all their friends in different cities. I’m just in my little quiet space, like ‘Shhh’. And I’m all right.” Her quiet time, where she strives to be present, is vital to her creative process. “Normally, I just write by hanging out and being around,” she told me shortly after the release of The Order of Time. “As I’m living my life, I hear voices. The voices come and they sing me the songs, and I sing you the songs. I sing what I hear.” When I caught up with her more than a year later, she was working alone in her Brooklyn studio. “That’s the funny thing; I’m always behind on releasing songs, because I’m writing new things all the time. I have stacks of stuff, but I don’t put it out because it takes time to record it, package it, and promote it. Lately, so many poems have been coming to me. I wake up in the morning, and it’s just words, words, words. Beautiful words. I go through the day, riding the subway and writing it down. It’s like, when you see spring and the flowers are growing, that’s what it’s like with inspiration for words with me right now. That’s where I’m at. I’m constantly creating. But that

May 3-9, 2018

TALKING TO VALERIE JUNE FOR EVEN A FEW MINUTES REVEALS A WOMAN OF INTENSE SPIRITUALITY WHO VALUES DEEP INTROSPECTION.

doesn’t mean the world’s going to get it instantly!” Valerie June is eager to return to Memphis for the Beale Street Music Festival. “My music was born in Memphis! It was always a dream for me to be able to play Beale Street Music Festival.” She says her last two Memphis performances, one opening for Sharon Jones and the other at the sold-out Hi-Tone with Hope Claiborne and members of her musical family, have been highlights of her career. “They grounded us so good, with so much Memphis love,” she says. Her rare visits to the Bluff City throw her out of her normal quiet road routine and into a whirlwind of activity. “Coffee here, lunch here, dinner there, I’ll pop in and have one glass of wine with so and so, then go across town to say hey to somebody.

There’s so much love there. I don’t do friends any more. It’s fam, you know? People who I cleaned for or who came to Maggie’s Pharm or who worked in the coffee shops or came in to get coffee, all of these people come. It’s just really beautiful. One of the best emails I got in the last month is from a family I worked for over on Park Avenue. They live in Dubai now, and we haven’t talked for years. But they wanted to let me know that they still listened to my music, and thanked me for working for them. This is what I came from and who I am.” Valerie June plays the Beale Street Music Festival’s River Stage on May 6th, at 3:50 p.m.

… TYLER, THE CREATOR

Provocateur and inspiration for a new generation of hip hop artists. by Andria Lisle

“It is easier to see the beginnings of things, and harder to see the ends,” Joan Didion wrote in 1967. So it is with Tyler, the Creator, who exploded on the national music scene as a member of the Los Angeles-based indie rap collective Odd Future in 2010. When it comes to Tyler, running down a list of all the things that have brought him notoriety as an enfant terrible — internalized phobias that manifested as misogyny, racism, and homophobia — is easy. It’s infinitely harder to pinpoint exactly what makes him stand out — particularly amidst the marquee-worthy creatives he worked with in Odd Future, a roster including Earl Sweatshirt and Frank Ocean. Even among those extraordinary artists, Tyler claims a celebrity status that’s all his own. Consider his activities of the past two weeks: On April 14th, he headlined Coachella, kicking off a 27-date summer festival run that includes stops at Beale Street Music Festival, the Montreux Jazz Festival, Afropunk Brooklyn, and Life is Beautiful. Four days later, he dropped a new song, “Rose Tinted Cheeks,” an unreleased demo from his dazzling 2017 album Flower Boy. The following week, he announced Mono, a collaboration between his clothing line GOLF le FLEUR and Converse. Not bad for a brilliant, yet filter-less provocateur who was expected to flame out soon after staking his reputation on a controversial music video for the song “Yonkers,” which depicted him eating a cockroach, vomiting, and ultimately hanging himself. When I poll the new wave of Memphis’ hip-hop community — younger artists who, like Tyler, are staking their careers on their own left-of-center artistic merits — it’s

THE ARDUOUS PROCESS IS WHAT MAKES TYLER COMPLETE. THE VULNERABILITY AND PROCESS HAVE FURTHER ENDEARED HIM TO CRITICS AND AUDIENCES. most other artists sound outdated and irrelevant. “It was representation during a time when all rappers were either drug dealers or drug addicts, or they were super fucking corny,” recalls contemporary visual artist Lawrence Matthews III, who performs and records under the name Don Lifted. “Tyler is a regular dude who draws in notebooks and has crazy ideas and wants to do other stuff outside of rapping,” Matthews continues. “We both grew up skateboarding. We both grew up in a suburban sprawl. What comes with that is this outcast kind of thing — because you’re black, you can’t really deal with white people, but you can’t fit in with black people either,

because you do white shit. I found a direct connection to him as a person, and the music followed. I didn’t always agree with his subject matter, but I understood it as this post-high school angst. It was very relatable. In the same way that I’m a child of Kanye West and Pharrell Williams and N.E.R.D. and skate culture, he’s a brother in that.” A Weirdo From Memphis agrees. The Unapologetic rapper, who cites the dystopian art film Gummo as an influence with equal footing as, say, British MC and producer MF Doom, says, “Tyler, the Creator was extremely necessary in that environment. At the time, there was a general Lex Luger, 808 Mafia vibe going on, and Juicy J had just made his return. Then Tyler came along, and what he was doing felt so organic, so based on his individuality and personality that it just gave me the feeling that I could be myself, too. It was the first time I really felt that.” Alexander, Matthews, AWFM, and IMAKEMADBEATS are all fans of Kurt Cobain — footage of the late Nirvana frontman even figures into Don Lifted’s performances — but in their world, Tyler easily overshadows the grunge pioneer. He is their Kurt Cobain. He’s someone who looks like them, someone with the same cultural touchpoints as theirs, someone who the outside world identifies as black, but, as Matthews said, someone who is also alienated

ADDICTION HELP?

LESSONS

Suboxone Treatment Center for Narcotic Addiction. Patients in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas are treated. Call 901.848.2234 for info & appointment.

because he doesn’t necessarily fit into his own community. Like Cobain, Tyler’s relationship with fame, and his stability in general, has seemed precarious. But Tyler’s estrangement goes further; it’s become exceedingly clear, as he’s made his way through four studio albums, from 2011’s Goblin to the is-he-out-of-thecloset-or-isn’t-he cryptic beauty of Flower Boy, that Tyler has used his phobias to exorcise personal demons. More than anything, Flower Boy forces listeners to reframe Tyler’s earlier releases. Rife with sexual clues that permeate a hothouse garden motif, the 46-minute album reveals a vulnerability that has unexpectedly bloomed amid all the aggressiveness. The end, it seems, is all about the journey — the arduous process is what makes Tyler fully complete. That vulnerability and process — and the unanswered questions both raise — have further endeared him to critics and audiences. “It’s like seeing a child star growing up; they’re not on drugs, and now they’re doing really well for themselves,” says C.J. “C MaJor” Henry, a producer and engineer at Unapologetic. “Tyler’s influence right now is ridiculous. He’s legitimately being himself and it comes off as so cool that other people want it.” Tyler, the Creator plays the Beale Street Music Festival’s FedEx Stage on May 4th, at 10:50 p.m.

FOR ALL AGES

NEW+ USED

GUITARS

GEAR REPAIR LESSONS

Big selection! Everyday low pricing! Free layaway! We take trade ins! special financing available

5832 STAGE RD. • 901-371-0928 • REVOLVEGUITARS.COM LOCATED IN HISTORIC BARTLETT STATION AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS facebook.com/pages/REvolve-Guitar-Music-Shop

COVER STORY m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

“Yonkers,” recorded and released in 2011, when Tyler was just 19 years old, that made them pay attention. “I saw the ‘Yonkers’ video before I saw Tyler directly, and the world changed after that,” says producer and Unapologetic label owner IMAKEMADBEATS, who founded his label on an ethos that celebrates vulnerability and weirdness. “Tyler challenged every way you’re supposed to act to be a successful artist. His level of offensiveness is okay, because he’s sincere. We’re living in a different era where a young, skinny black kid can say crazy shit!” “When I saw ‘Yonkers,’ I was like ‘Man, who is this dude saying all this wild stuff?’ He was true to himself. He wasn’t adhering to the capitalistic rules set forth by the music industry,” says digital artist and producer Kenneth Wayne Alexander II, an “anime surrealist” who, most recently, contributed to the musical score for Marco Pavé’s rap opera Welcome to Grc Lnd: 2030. In 2011, Tyler provided an inordinately unique voice in an era of rap music that was dominated by mainstream acts like Eminem, Lil Wayne, and Wiz Khalifa. He came, seemingly, from nowhere, drastically shifting the popular music paradigm. Just as Nirvana had done exactly a decade earlier, Tyler instantly made

steppin’ out

We Recommend: Culture, News + Reviews

Derby Party

South of the Kentucky Derby

By Chris Davis

So you can’t make it to Louisville this week to see the big race where thoroughbreds like Justify, Audible, Good Magic, and Mendelssohn make their run for the roses? Oh well, Eads is closer, and Jockeys and Juleps, a benefit for Southern Reins Center for Equine Therapy, aims to duplicate at least part of the experience. Southern Reins executive director Jill Haag paints a classic race-day picture: “Everybody dresses up and shows up,” she says. “You’ll see men in seersucker suits with derby hats on and women with feathers and ribbons and crazy-big ginormous hats. It’s like you are at Churchill Downs for the race.” Haag says she took a “go big or go home” approach to this year’s horse party, which features a Kentucky Derby simulcast, a silent art auction, bluegrass music performed by the River Bluff Clan, Fried Chicken from Gus’s, and a whole hog smoked by Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen. “We’re expecting about 1,000 people on our farm,” she says. “It’s going to be held in our covered arena, in our barn, and on the lawn.” Southern Reins provides equine therapy, therapeutic horseback riding, and equine-assisted services for veterans and people with disabilities. “All of our participants have some disability or hardship to participate in out program,” Haag says. Haag won’t divulge the recipe for this year’s signature juleps other than to say they’re classic and made with Woodford Reserve, the Derby’s official Bourbon. “And we have beautiful silver julep cups as a memento of the event,” she says. “And we also have a big rose horseshoe where people can get their pictures made with our therapy horses.”

May 3-9, 2018

JOCKEYS & JULEPS, BENEFIT FOR SOUTHERN REINS CENTER FOR EQUINE THERAPY, MAY 5TH, 3 P.M.-7 P.M. 916 BILLY BRYANT ROAD, COLLIERVILLE, $150, 290-1011

Interim’s pastry chef, Franck Oysel Food, p. 55

The Flicker of Old Dreams Books, p. 54

THURSDAY May 3

FRIDAY May 4

Zen and Zinfandel Memphis Botanic Garden, 6 p.m., $10 Yoga in the garden with wine. Part of the garden’s 30 Thursdays series. Squaring Up Amurica, 7 p.m., $10 Multi-media art show with stories of human sex trafficking.

Beer & Brats Crosstown Brewing Co., 6-8 p.m. Features grilled brats from Curb Market and pretzel bites by Dave’s Bagels with beer cheese made with Crosstown Brewing beer, and, of course, plenty of beer from Crosstown. Foo Fighters FedExForum, 7:30 p.m. Finally! Foo Fighters perform at this rescheduled concert.

Fun Home Playhouse on the Square, 8 p.m. A woman’s life story told at three different ages. Based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel. The Tempest Germantown Community Theatre, 8 p.m., $24 Shakespeare tragicomedy on good vs. evil, magic, and adventure.

Waiting while black The Last Word, p.63

Turnout Ballet Memphis, 7:30 p.m., $15 Groundbreaking new work by Steven McMahon. First Friday: The Roaring 20s Woodruff-Fontaine House, 5-8 p.m., $15 The museum is decked out for its upcoming Speakeasy party. With light refreshments.

SEE IT AT THE PINK PALACE Ends May 6, 2018

Floyd Newman and his 100-year-old sax

Stax at 15

By Chris Davis

The Stax Museum of American Soul is celebrating its 15th birthday this week with all day free admission and a party featuring music by The Bo-Keys. “We’re also going to have food, drink, and a special Pancho’s cheese dip table,” says museum communications director Tim Sampson. Why a cheese dip table, you might ask? Sampson handily connects the dots between a gooey local delicacy and Floyd Newman, the Stax sideman who’s donating his 100-year-old saxophone to the museum at Thursday night’s party. “1956, Morris Berger, the owner of the Plantation Inn [in West Memphis], opened the first Panchos out on the highway somewhere,” he explains. “Well, a truck plowed into that one and demolished it, so they built the one that’s still there today, next door to the Plantation Inn but still there. Floyd didn’t get his start there, but he spent some of his career there, and when I told Pancho’s current owner Brenda O’Brien that we were honoring Floyd, she said, ‘We’re sending cheese dip and chips!’” Newman was an original member of B.B. King’s band and his saxophone can be heard all over the Stax catalog from performances with the Mar-Keys to Otis Redding’s, “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay.” “It’s a hundred years old this year,” Sampson says. “Floyd’s father bought it for him in the 1940s at a pawnshop on Beale Street. Then they did some research with a serial number and figured out that it had been made in 1918. And he played on everything, with so many artists. And it’s the only saxophone he ever played. He never had another one. Said he only needed one horn.”

LAST CHANCE TO SEE IT!

THE STAX MUSEUM’S 15TH ANNIVERSARY, THURSDAY, MAY 3RD, 6 P.M.-8:30 P.M. FREE. FREE ADMISSION TO THE MUSEUM ALL DAY.

This Exhibition was organized by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology

SATURDAY May 5

3050 Central Ave / Memphis 38111

SUNDAY May 6 P!NK PALACE MUSEUM

Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival Tom Lee Park, 5 p.m., $105 Three-day music fest. Tonight’s featured acts include Alanis Morrisette; Tyler, the Creator; and Queens of the Stone Age. Continues through Sunday. Read all about it starting on page 12. “The Image of Dreams” L Ross Gallery, 6-8 p.m. Opening reception for new works by Annabelle Meacham.

Tree Tour Elmwood Cemetery, 10:30 a.m., $10 A tour of some of the 1,500 trees on Elmwood’s property. Registration: elmwoodcemetery.org. “Cahoots” Crosstown Arts, 7-9 p.m. Collaborative exhibit from painters from the University of Memphis. Cafe du Memphis Tiger Lane, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., $10 Get yer shrimp and grits and beignets during this benefit for the Dorothy Day House.

“‘IN LAK’ECH ALA K’IN,’ Tú eres mi otro yo, You are my other self.” Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 12:30 p.m. Opening reception for this installation by Richard Lou. 2018 Black Family Day National Civil Rights Museum, 3-7 p.m. Celebrating the black family with live music, food trucks, a business fair, and more.

901.636.2362

$2.65 LB

CRAWFISH BY THE BAG STRAIGHT FROM LOUISIANA

RESERVE YOUR BAG! BY THURSDAY BY NOON FOR THE WEEKEND

547-7997

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Ten years into their cinematic universe, the most massive Marvel movie yet is Avengers: Infinity War. Film, p. 58

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

Sponsored by:

BENEFITTING

...WITH More to be announced!

TICKETS

ON SALE

NOW!

memphismargaritafestival.com

BEALE STREET MUSIC FEST 2018

Sample from the city's best margarita makers, vote on your favorite, and we'll crown a winner at the end of this best 'rita fest!

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

SATURDAY June 2

energy

sights

sounds Ludacris

Experience Club Lorraine live music çsilent auction dancingçfood çcocktails

FedEx Stage Chinese Connection Dub Embassy • 2:10 p.m.

This Memphis band creates authentic reggae, with more of the short, sharp sounds of rock steady than many such bands in the U.S. They also have more of a political edge than many an American reggae band, unafraid to sing of the powers that be that “fascist motivation is their creed,” even in the pre-Trump era.

Calexico • 3:40 p.m.

They’ve always evoked the cultural mash-up of the American Southwest, but Calexico are nowadays proving to be deft interpreters of rock history, covering Love and Dylan with aplomb. Their originals, too, have morphed into more indierock sounds, though they keep one foot in the borderlands with songs like “Flores y Tamales.”

Al Kapone • 5:15 p.m.

This perennial crowd pleaser has logged more than 35 years as a rapper, taking his career from underground, cult status to legacy performer. The South Memphis native retains his grittiness, even as songs like “Memphis Pride” and “Whoop That Trick” have catapulted him from the streets to full-fledged star status.

June 9, 2018 ç 7 pm

Action Bronson • 6:50 p.m.

Tickets: $100 ç VIP: $175

Step back in time and experience the energy, sights and sounds of a Night at the Lorraine. Taste amazing food from some of Memphis’ best chefs and caterers while exploring the vibrant history of the Lorraine Motel. For tickets and information visit:

civilrightsmuseum.org

A culinary wizard-turned-rapper and Viceland TV star, Action Bronson is an unlikely addition to the BSMF line-up, let alone a bona fide hip-hop contender. Yet the Queens native, who The New York Times dubbed “one of the most promising prospects in New York hip-hop,” delivers plenty of flavor.

Ludacris • 8:30 p.m.

These days, this Atlanta rapper is as famous an actor as he is a rhyme-spitter. He launched his acting career in Memphis as a star in Craig Brewer’s breakout film Hustle and Flow, and this Saturday, he returns to his trap roots with a prime-time slot on the FedEx Stage.

Logic • 10:15 p.m.

A rapper who cites the Wu Tang Clan and Frank Sinatra as equal influences, Logic gained major traction with music fans via the internet before crossing over to mainstream success with his 2017 album Everybody, which yielded the hit single “1-800273-8255,” released in partnership with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. May 3-9, 2018

NCRM-NATL3-8Vad_5-2-18.indd 1

5/1/18 10:38 AM

Bud Light Stage Tav Falco and the Panther Burns • 2:20 p.m.

In the first years of the Beale Street Music Festival, Tav Falco and his band of merry pranksters known as the Panther Burns organized Counterfest, a competing music festival highlighting the wild corners of the Memphis underground. Today, Memphis’ original punk provocateur returns from European exile to take his proper place of honor on the city’s biggest stage.

Dan Bárta & Illustratosphere • 3:50 p.m.

The Czech Republic’s Bárta, a renowned singer in his homeland, has become a world star over the past 20 years. Bárta can share a stage and hold his own with the likes of Bobby McFerrin. He brings a crack band with him to Beale Street that can pivot from rock to jazz in a downbeat. continued on page 34

For more information about the Main Street Trolley schedule, go to matatransit.com or call 901.274.MATA(6282).

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

RIDES ARE FREE UNTIL MAY 14.

BEALE STREET MUSIC FEST 2018

MAIN STREET TROLLEY LINE IS NOW BACK IN SERVICE.

The BEST for every occasion!

Before The Show Office Party

! Y A D H T R I B Y HAPP

Da t e N ig h t

F in al s

May 3-9, 2018

GAME DAY AFTER the CONCERT Downtown

100 S. Main (901) 5-777-PIE 32

Midtown

DINE - IN | TAKE - OUT | DELIVERY

www.aldospizzapies.com

752 S. Cooper (901) 725-PIES

IF THIS IS THE BAR

YOUR MOTHER

A BAR FOR EVERYONE. 73 MONROE • DOWNTOWN • BARDOG.COM

MON-FRI 8AM-3AM • SAT + SUN 11AM-3AM

AWARD-WINNING KITCHEN UNTIL 2AM 7 DAYS/WK

BEALE STREET MUSIC FEST 2018

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

WARNED YOU ABOUT, WHY IS SHE DRINKING IN THE CORNER?

David Byrne

continued from page 30

Franz Ferdinand • 5:30 p.m.

While these Scottish indie rockers have been performing since 2002, they’ve experienced a rebirth with two new members and the arrival of their latest album, Always Ascending, released in February. Live, expect classics such as 2005’s Grammynominated “Take Me Out” as well as the new dance-rock number “Feel the Love.”

Vance Joy • 7:10 p.m.

Melbourne, Australia, has emerged as an unlikely sister city to Memphis. Its beachside clubs have spawned a thriving rock scene. One of the Australian capitol’s most successful exports is Vance Joy, who gained fame with his surprise hit single “Riptide.” Within a year, he was opening for Taylor Swift. Now, he’s rocking his ukulele in Tom Lee Park.

ONE SHOW ONLY

M AY 4 , 8 P M BALLET MEMPHIS / 2144 MADISON No stage. No assigned seat. No rules.

David Byrne • 8:50 p.m.

David Byrne’s new album is called American Utopia. He witnessed the creation of punk with Talking Heads, co-created sampling culture with Brian Eno, created one of the greatest concert films of all times with Johnathan Demme, and sent pop in new directions with St. Vincent. Who’s to say he can’t usher in a utopia?

Jack White • 10:35 p.m.

Though White has ventured into many new terrains since his White Stripes days, one common denominator has been the desperate soulfulness of his singing, lending his songs’ trials and triumphs a jagged urgency. He’s moved away from classic garage crud to a sound palette with far more electronics, but the human edge remains constant.

Come #explore2144 at night with our first site-specifc work where you are in the middle of the movement.

$12 advance/$15 door includes afterparty with DJ WAHT

••• balletmemphis.org/events •••

River Stage Amasa Hines • 2 p.m.

Though hailing from Little Rock, Amasa Hines and band create an international sound that sits somewhere between Americana and world music, with a healthy dose of rock. It all held together by Hines’ soulful, plaintive voice, punctuated with horn blasts, as he delivers his dramatically personal songs.

J. Roddy Walston & the Business • 3:15 p.m.

May 3-9, 2018

Once pigeonholed as “bar band” music, the Business has always just delivered solid rock pop, but it’s grown to a point where the bar sounds more like a stadium. Building a big, stomping sound with Walston’s voice sounding more confident than ever, they somehow conjure up both classic rock and new wave.

Gov’t Mule • 4:45 p.m.

Iced Coffee, Iced Lattes, Iced Yum! 34

409 S. Main Street • 901.341.3838 2170 Young Ave. • 901.272.7210 www.javacabanacoffeehouse.com

Prolific performers on the festival circuit, Gov’t Mule — the brainchild of former Allman Brothers bandmates Allen Woody and Warren Haynes — are reigning kings of the Southern jam band genre. They’re rock-and-roll with a heavy R&B influence — and with their new album, Revolution Come ... Revolution Go, they’re taking a political bent.

All Time Low • 6:25 p.m.

Baltimore emo screamers All Time Low combine power chords and sweet hooks like a good rock band should. They formed while the members were still in high school, and they’ve been touring relentlessly ever since. How can you not love a band with a song called “The Irony of Choking on a Lifesaver”? continued on page 36

SUMMER LINEUP AVAILABLE NOW AT

LEVITTSHELL.ORG OR THE LEVITT SHELL APP

MAY 10 / 8PM

$20 IN ADVANCE / $25 DAY OF SHOW

LAKE STREET DIVE SEPTEMBER 29 / 8PM

$30 IN ADVANCE / $35 DAY OF SHOW

BEALE STREET MUSIC FEST 2018

& PROMISE OF THE REAL

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

LUKAS NELSON

Incubus

continued from page 34

Chevelle • 8:05 p.m.

This veteran Illinois band was named for the favorite car of the father of founding brothers Pete and Sam Loeffler. Since their 1999 debut, they have become a staple of rock radio and a favorite of Beale Street Music Festival fans.

Incubus • 9:45 p.m.

One of the most beloved acts from the alt-metal ’90s returns to Memphis after their long-awaited album 8, and a year that saw them working with DJ Skrillix to produce the Billboard hit “Nimble Bastard” and headlining Warped Tour. Expect to hear songs from their deep catalog as well as their latest single “No Fun.”

Coca-Cola Blues Tent Earl “The Pearl” Banks • 2:15 p.m.

The 81-year-old Beale Street legend started playing guitar around the same time Elvis Presley first walked into Sun Studios. Now, he holds court at Blues City Cafe with an all-star band of Memphis gunslingers. As he told The Memphis Flyer last year before being honored by the city, “I ain’t went too far, but I’m still moving.”

Joanna Connor • 3:50 p.m.

Over more than 30 years, Connor has forged a life in the male-dominated Chicago blues scene. Once she starts playing, you’ll know that she’ll conquer all obstacles with her confident swagger. Blending the heavy distortion of rock guitar with frenetic bottleneck blues, she represents where the heavy North Mississippi drone groove might go if electrocuted.

Blind Mississippi Morris • 5:30 p.m.

May 3-9, 2018

A Clarksdale, Mississippi, native from a family rich with musical heritage, this award-winning harmonica player/bluesman is a perfect fit for Beale Street, reminding us of the sounds that first made it great. Indeed, from the first spinetingling blow of his harp, you’ll know that you’re in the presence of a classic bluesman.

True Story:

Love one another. It’s that simple.

First Congregational Church

She never had a church. He’d never missed a Sunday. They found a church that speaks to both of them.

Together. 36

Eddy Clearwater • 7:10 p.m.

One of the few living authentic Chicago bluesmen still performing, Eddy “the Chief ” Clearwater is a southpaw guitarist and vocalist who cut his first single for the tiny Atomic H label in 1958. Clearwater counts Chuck Berry as a major influence, but his “West Side Strut” style is utterly unique.

Tommy Castro & the Painkillers • 8:55 p.m.

www.firstcongo.com Phone: 901.278.6786 1000 South Cooper Memphis, TN 38104 Sunday Worship 10:30 am

Raised in San Jose, California, Tommy Castro worshiped at the altar of acts like Albert King in rough-and-tumble west coast bars. He’s toured with B.B. King, netted an “Entertainer of the Year” Blues Music Award, and with his four-piece band, the Painkillers, recorded several killer blues albums for Alligator Records.

Marcia Ball • 10:40 p.m.

This honky-tonkin’ blues pianist has built a solid career on her Louisiana-meets-East Texas style, drawing on swamp pop, Southern soul, and boogie-woogie piano — oftentimes within the same song. Ball, who has been playing piano since the age of five, is currently promoting Shine Bright, her just-released 13th solo studio album.

WE’RE ON YOUR WAY TO MEMPHIS IN MAY

Overton Square

cool since 1993

Winner of Best Pizza

in 23 of 25 great years!

A WORLD CLASS BLUES EXPERIENCE WITH BLUES M USIC A WARDS N OMINEES F RIDAY, M AY 1 1TH MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES FRIDAY, MAY 11TH

Blue's City Cafe- Earl the Pearl at 5-9PM and Blind Mississippi Morris at 9:30pm-1am Silky O'Sullivan's- Johnny Rawls with Barbara Blues Band at 7pm-9pm B.B. King's- Memphis Jones at 5pm-8:30pm and The B.B. King's All Star Band at 9pm- 1am

Jerry Lee Lewis- Tas & The Tortured Souls at 7pm-11pm

Coyote Ugly- Vince Johnson and The Plantation Allstars at 8pm-12am Alfred's- School of Rock at 7-8:30pm and Brian Johnson at 9:30- till Tin Roof: Dan Charette and the Amazing Blues Band at 7pm-10pm Jerry Lawler's- Eric Hughes at 5pm-8pm and Chris Hill at 9pm-till Club 152- Carlos Elliot Jr and The Cornlickers at 7pm- 11pm

Tap Room- Cowboy Neal Band at 9pm- 1am Rum Boogie Cafe- Bob Margolian at 9pm-1am

We Saw You.

with MICHAEL DONAHUE memphisflyer.com/blogs/WeSawYou

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

Overton Square - 2087 Madison • 726.5343 East Memphis - 5061 Park • 684.1306 Germantown - 7604 W. Farmington • 753.2218 Collierville - 797 W. Poplar Ave. • 861.7800

Kings Palace Cafe: The Delta Project at 7pm- till

Blues Hall- Myra Hall Band at 9pm-1am

BEALE STREET MUSIC FEST 2018

Our Patio is Rockin!

Better Outcomes for Your Career

You’re Invited to Join U

Friday, September 16, 201 Now Hiring 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Nurse Supervisor • Monday – Friday, 11p – 7a Free Food & Give-Aways • $5,000 Sign-on Bonus to the • BeneﬁtsOpen Available onPublic Day 1 (start date) Friday, September 16, 2016 Registered  Clinical and Non-Clinical Nurses Job Opportunities • Weekend – 7p & 7p –Rehabilitation 7a  Tour of 7a HealthSouth Hospital 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. • M – F, Evening Shift; 3p – 11p  Meet & Greet with the CEO, CNO, Therapy Direct Free Food & Give-Aways • $5,000 Sign-on Bonus  Open to the Public HR Director & other Senior Leaders • Beneﬁts Available on Day 1 (start date)  Clinical and Non-Clinical Job Opportunities

May 3-9, 2018

You’re Invited to Join Us!

 Bring & Submit Resume

 Tour of HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital Physical Therapists  On-the-Spot Application Completion  Meet & Greet with the CEO, CNO, Therapy Director, & Therapy Team Lead, PT HR Director & other Senior Leaders  Openings for Nursing, CNA, Environmental • Monday – Friday, Dayshift  Bring & Submit Resume Nutritional Services, • & $7,500 Sign-on Bonus Medical Records, etc.  On-the-Spot Application Completion Equal Opportunity Employer • BeneﬁtsAn Available on Day 1 (start date)  Openings for Nursing, CNA, Environmental & Nutritional Services, Medical Records, etc.  An Equal Opportunity Employer 4100 Austin Peay Hwy, Memphis, TN 38128

4100 Austin Peay Hwy  Memphis, TN 38128  901 213 5400

Visit: healthsouthnorthmemphis.com to apply

4100 Austin Peay Hwy  Memphis, TN 38128  901 213 5400

An Equal Opportunity Employer

BEALE STREET MUSIC

mind + body + skin

FESTIVAL

ASHTORIA

SUNDAY, MAY 6TH

AE STHETICS & W ELL NESS

Post Malone

LET YOUR FACE BE YOUR BEST ACCESSORY

2:05 p.m. 3:40 p.m. 5:15 p.m. 6:55 p.m. 8:35 p.m.

FEDEX STAGE ...

TBA — Local Hip-Hop flor Porcelan MisterWives The Flaming Lips Odesza

2:10 p.m. 3 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 7:40 p.m. 9:30 p.m.

RIVER STAGE ...

Tank and the Bangas Valerie June Young Dolph DRAM Erykah Badu

2:15 p.m. 3:50 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7:10 p.m. 8:50 p.m.

COCA-COLA BLUES TENT ...

Biscuit Miller and the Mix Reba Russell RL Boyce Love Light Orchestra Delbert McClinton

BLUES SHACK ...

Butch Mudbone Jimmy “Duck” Holmes

2:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 5:20 p.m. 7 p.m. 8:40 p.m.

TIMES VARY TIMES VARY

Ashtoria is the first in the Mid-South to offer the advanced technology of the Fotona laser system, which has the highest ratings of both safety and efficacy and can safely treat ALL skin tones. We offer a variety of laser treatments for skin resurfacing as well as unique therapies for sleep apnea, vaginal rejuvenation, and the removal of benign skin lesions.

MEDICAL FACIAL TREATMENTS

Our unique facials combine result-driven therapies with medical-grade skincare for one all-inclusive price. Each Medical Facial Treatment is customized to your specific skincare needs and may include Diamond Microdermabrasion, Hydrofacial, Targeted peels, and LED/ Photodynamic Light Therapy just to name a few.

INJECTABLES

We offer treatments for volume replacement, scar revision, and wrinkle reduction with temporary and long-term biostimulating fillers. Our services also include Botox, Dysport and Xeomin for muscle relaxation and to alleviate symptoms such as migraines, clenching and grinding of teeth, under arm sweating, and neuropathy pain in the hands and feet. WE ALSO TREAT: acne, broken capillaries, brown spots, eczema, moles, rosacea, skin tags, under-eye hollows, and more.

CONSULTATIONS ARE ALWAYS COMPLIMENTARY! CALL 901-310-3530 TO SCHEDULE YOURS TODAY.

Located at the Shops at Carriage Crossing in Collierville, TN 901-310-3530 • www.ashtoria.com Open Monday–Saturday by appointment only

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

Tora Tora Andrew W.K. Luke Combs Juicy J Post Malone

LASER TREATMENTS

BEALE STREET MUSIC FEST 2018

BUD LIGHT STAGE ...

GATES OPEN 1 P.M.

Juicy J

Staying Cool FedEx Stage flor • 3 p.m.

These Oregon rockers make their Beale Street Music Festival debut on the strength of their debut album on Fueled By Ramen, come out, you’re hiding. Their shimmering indie-electronica unites the sounds of the ’80s with today’s aesthetic.

Porcelan • 4:30 p.m.

Dynamic, beautiful, and soulful, Porcelean was the first act signed to the Made in Memphis record label. Her debut single, “The Real Thing Don’t Change” was cowritten by label mastermind and Memphis music originator David Porter.

Misterwives • 6 p.m.

New York Misterwives, led by singer Amanda Lee Duffy, got attention with a Mad Max-inspired music video for “Machine,” and they have a reputation of being one of the best live bands in America. For a good time, seek out the video of their cover of Hall and Oates’ “Out of Touch.”

The Flaming Lips • 7:40 p.m.

Typically pulling out all the stops in their live shows, Oklahoma’s Lips are memorable, to say the least. Their semi-ironic sci-fi soundtrack sounds can move them to, say, shoot lasers and float through the air in giant bubbles. But the expanded band can also rock, groove, or get orchestral. See cover story on p. 12.

May 3-9, 2018

Jazz up those Winter Blues, because Summer is right around the corner! Remember to keep cool inside when it’s hot outside, and save on your energy usage. • Set the thermostat at 78° degrees or higher for the most energy efficient operation. Each degree below this setting adds 6% to your cooling costs. • Use fans to move the air inside your home. This gives the sensation that it is 5 degrees cooler than the actual temperature. • Have a professional, reputable contractor clean and inspect your air conditioner. This should be done every year, whether you have window or central units. More Energy-Saving Tips at mlgw.com!

Odesza • 9:30 p.m.

The electronic duo of Harrison Miles and Clayton Knight formed while the producers were still students at Western Washington University. Their current A Moment Apart Tour debuted to a sold-out Red Rocks Amphitheater, and they’ve been blazing their way around the world ever since.

Bud Light Stage Tora Tora • 2:05 p.m.

Memphis’ most successful hair metal act is back with a vengeance to make a most triumphant return to Tom Lee Park’s Budweiser Stage. Put on your “Walking Shoes” and get ready for a blast of ’80s power with the Phantom Riders!

Andrew W.K. • 3:40 p.m.

Do you like to party? The answer is yes. You know who else likes to party? “Party Hard” is an epoch defining anthem, but the energetic rocker Andrew W.K. has never rested on his laurels. His latest album You’re Not Alone brings the kind of relentless positivity that has enabled the singer’s side hustle as a motivational speaker. This set will provide the Sunday party pick me up you’ll need.

Luke Combs • 5:15 p.m.

If you just want to surrender to country-pop and sway to the big radio beat, this is your man. The state of the art Nashville production that brings you “Hurricane” can also bring the swinging “Honky Tonk Highway,” always glossy and on-point. Expect fresh songs from his sophomore album, due out June 1st.

Juicy J • 6:55 p.m. 40

Rapper, producer, Academy Award-winning songwriter, and a founding member of Three 6 Mafia, Memphis’ own Juicy J is one of the only trap artists to have true continued on page 42

INVEST IN J’MAERIA & MELANIE The Purdue Center of Hope is home to more than 60 youth ranging from infants to 15 year olds. Focusing on intervention and education in the lives of their mothers and/or primary caregivers, coupled with wrap around family therapy, changes in the trajectory and future of our children is evident. The 40% of children who enter Renewal Place performing below grade level in school would likely never progress to at-or-above grade level, as 100% of Renewal Place children do. The stability, attention, and guidance these children receive at Renewal Place - “home,” as they call it - boosts their academic performance immediately after moving in.

IN THE US 20% CHILDREN LIVE IN POVERTY

WHEN YOU’RE HUNGRY ELEVATE YOUR DINING GAME.

IN MEMPHIS 46% OF CHILDREN LIVE IN POVERTY

FAIRBANKS STEAKHOUSE • 3-course meal starting at $24.95 • Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays

THE BARN

• The only Italian restaurant in Tunica is now open! • Open at 5PM • Wednesday–Sunday

A Very Tasteful Food Blog By Susan Ellis

Dishing it out at

.com.

HOLLYWOODCASINOTUNICA.COM 1STJACKPOT.COM RESORTSTUNICA.COM ©2018 Resorts Casino Tunica and 1ST Jackpot Casino Tunica. Must be 21 years or older. Promotion valid only at Resorts Casino Tunica and 1ST Jackpot Casino Tunica. See Player Services for complete details. Gambling problem? Call 1-888-777-9696.

BEALE STREET MUSIC FEST 2018

61 BISTRO

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

• Surf and Turf • $21.99 • Open at 5PM • Thursday–Sunday

2119 YOUNG AVENUE 901-278-0034 • 901-274-7080 youngavenuedeli.com Monday thru Sunday 11AM - 3AM LATE NIGHT FOOD: Kitchen open til 2AM DELIVERY until midnight 7 nights a week

125+ BEER OPTIONS w/ New beers every week

ROTATING

DRAFTS

HAPPY HOUR

Monday - Friday 4PM-7PM PM $2 dollar domestic bottled beer and $3 well liquor

DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS Monday - Friday LATE NIGHT FOOD Kitchen Open til 2AM TRIVIA Thursday Nights 8pm-10pm with Memphis Trivia League

SPECIAL EVENTS 5/19-5/20:

continued from page 40 crossover success. Since launching his solo career a decade ago, Juicy has landed major collaborations with Nicki Minaj, Wiz Khalifa, and Katy Perry.

Post Malone • 8:35 p.m.

This New York-born, Texas-raised artist’s career exploded in mid-2017 with his “live fast, die young” Gen Z anthem “rockstar,” a folk-meets-hip-hop hybrid that achieved multi-platinum success. From partying with Justin Bieber at Coachella to dropping his brand-new sophomore album Beerbongs & Bentleys, Post Malone is clearly here to stay.

River Stage Tank and the Bangas • 2:15 p.m.

Coming up the river from New Orleans is Tarronia “Tank” Ball and her band of funky soldiers. They made a splash last year by winning the NPR Tiny Desk Concert Contest, but anyone who has seen their electric live shows knows they’re too big to be contained.

Valerie June • 3:50 p.m.

Her tour supporting The Order of Time has taken her all over the world, and now Memphis’ glamor girl returns to the city where it all started. Expect an emotional set of folk-flavored singer songwriter rock. For more, see our cover story on p. 12.

Young Dolph • 5:30 p.m.

AND MIMOSA’S

COOPER YOUNG GARDEN WALK

“I clocked in when I was 12 and never clocked out,” boasts the controversial Memphis rapper, raised in the Castalia Heights neighborhood and now living the highlife in Atlanta. An independent success — and the survivor of several violent shootouts — Dolph has landed five releases on Billboard’s album charts since 2016.

PINT NIGHT Wednesdays 7PM-Close

5/25:

D.R.A.M. • 7:10 p.m.

$3 BLOODY MARY’S Sundays 11:30AM-3PM

DRAG SHOW WITH GOLDIE DEE

His name is an acronym for “Does Real Ass Music,” it’s pronounced like the first syllable in “drama,” and he’s championed by Beyonce. This raspy-voiced, GermanAmerican rapper is best known stateside for the sunny singles “Cha Cha” and “Broccoli,” as well as collaborations with Gorillaz and Memphis’ own Young Dolph.

Erykah Badu • 8:50 p.m.

presents

toward justice:

t A City-Wide Upstanders’ Projec ! All events are FREE and at the

MJCC

May 1–31 • More events at jccmemphis.org/justice

Bob Zellner May 3-9, 2018

KEYNOTE SPEAKER MAY 2 @ 7:00 PM

BESA: THE PROMISE FILM SCREENING MAY 15 @ 7:00 PM

Participating agencies include the National Civil Rights Museum & MLK 50, Facing History and Ourselves, Arts Memphis, Crosstown Arts, Indie Memphis, Latino Memphis, OUTMemphis, Paragon Bank, Memphis Islamic Center, Tennessee Arts Commission, and The Shelby County Government Office of Multicultural and Hispanic Affairs.

6560 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN 38138 jccmemphis.org • (901) 761-0810

For more information, go to jccmemphis.org/justice or contact Marcy Stagner at mstagner@jccmemphis.org or (901) 259-9230.

Drawing on equal parts R&B, funk, hip-hop, and neo-soul, Erykah Badu is one of those rare 21st-century performers who is loved by multiple generations of fans. Her first single, 1996’s “On & On,” astutely predicated a career that has grown exponentially more creative over two decades of recording and performing.

Coca-Cola Blues Tent Biscuit Miller and the Mix • 2:15 p.m.

Miller and his hot band focus on good time blues with a funky back beat. It’s not surprising that he won the 2012 Blues Music Award for Bassist of the Year. But beyond his virtuosity, Miller is a showman of the first order who specializes in blues that bring you up, not down.

Reba Russell • 3:45 p.m.

Russell has been a fixture on the Memphis scene for over three decades, and she’s certainly been schooled in the blues. BluesWax calls her “the best contemporary vocalist out of Memphis” and Blues Revue notes that she “relies as much on brawn as [she] does on control, authority, and emotional nuances.”

R.L. Boyce • 5:20 p.m.

The longtime bass drummer for Otha Turner’s Rising Star Fife & Drum Band, R.L. Boyce has picked up the guitar in recent years, continuing the Mississippi hill country blues tradition. Live, expect a fusion of Mississippi Fred McDowell’s rhythmic guitar work and the more droning, hypnotic sounds of Junior Kimbrough.

Love Light Orchestra • 7 p.m.

Arising partly out of trumpeter Marc Franklin’s tours with the Bobby Blue Bland band, this new Memphis group is premised on the big blues and soul stage shows of the late ’50s-early ’60s. Singer John Nemeth exudes both grit and polish, as the virtuoso rhythm section undergirds the horns with soulful fealty to the original vibe.

Delbert McClinton • 8:40 p.m.

Blues rocker, Grammy winner, and inductee into the Texas Songwriters Hall of Fame, Delbert McClinton just released his 19th studio album, Pick of the Litter. Covered by Emmylou Harris and the Blues Brothers, McClinton is perhaps best known for penning the opening track for the Bill Murray film Groundhog Day.

ODESZA

ERYKAH BADU

POST MALONE

LOGIC

INCUBUS

ALANIS MORISSETTE

TYLER, THE CREATOR

DAVID BYRNE

KALEO

LUDACRIS

CAKE

VANCE JOY

DRAM

THE FLAMING LIPS

JUICY J

THIRD EYE BLIND * DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL * LUKE COMBS * YOUNG DOLPH * CHEVELLE * GOV’T MULE * ACTION BRONSON FRANZ FERDINAND * ALL TIME LOW * MARGO PRICE * CLUTCH * OH WONDER * CALEXICO * DELBERT MCCLINTON * ANDREW W.K. VALERIE JUNE * ROBERT RANDOLPH AND THE FAMILY BAND * TANK & THE BANGAS * NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS DAN BáRTA & THE ILLUSTRATOSPHERE * MISTERWIVES * MARCIA BALL * AL KAPONE * WILDERADO * J. RODDY WALSTON & THE BUSINESS STAR AND MICEY * FLOR * TOMMY CASTRO AND THE PAINKILLERS * LOVE LIGHT ORCHESTRA * TAV FALCO AND THE PANTHER BURNS R. L. BOYCE * EDDIE “THE CHIEF” CLEARWATER * GHOST TOWN BLUES BAND * ZAC HARMON * REBA RUSSELL * JOANNA CONNOR TORA TORA * BLIND MISSISSIPPI MORRIS * CHINESE CONNECTION DUB EMBASSY * AMASA HINES, AND MANY MORE!

$125

THREE DAY PASS

TICKETS VIA

$55 SINGLE DAY TICKETS

www.memphisinmay.org

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

BEALE STREET MUSIC FEST 2018

JACK WHITE

May 3-9, 2018

CALENDAR of EVENTS:

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

MAY 3 - 9

For more information, featured artists, and pop-up performances, visit website. First Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

Amurica World Headquarters

Squaring Up, a multimedia theatrical experience to raise awareness about the issue of human sex trafficking in Memphis. Touching stories of three women, based on real-life accounts of HST survivors. $10 suggested donation. Through May 3, 7-8:30 p.m.

COOPER-YOUNG DISTRICT, CORNER OF COOPER AND YOUNG, WWW.COOPERYOUNG.COM.

Open Crit

Monthly critique event where visual artists are invited to bring new and/or in-progress studio work for critical feedback and group discussion particular to each artist’s practice. Free. Tues., May 8, 6-8 p.m.

410 CLEVELAND.

Circuit Playhouse

Stupid F**king Bird, discover how disappointing love, art, and growing up can be in this irreverent, contemporary, and very funny remix of Chekhov’s The Seagull. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $25$40. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2:30 p.m. Through May 13.

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

Whet Thursday: Memphis Artist Meetup

Explore the museum after-hours. Browse a pop-up exhibition with local artists. Learn more about The Artist Commons and The Collective. Music by China Gate. Free. First Thursday of every month, 5-8 p.m. Through Oct. 4.

51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

Germantown Community Theatre

Jitney, the owner of an unlicensed cab station descends into an emotional spiral when his son, Booster, comes home from jail. Characters who come in and out of their lives pose questions about an uncertain future. www.hattiloo.org. $22-$30. Sundays, 3 p.m., Saturdays, 2 & 7:30 p.m., and Thursdays, Fridays, 7:30 p.m. Through May 13. 37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

The Salvation Army Kroc Center

Lion King Jr., www.stagedoormemphis.org. PWYC. Sundays, 2:30 p.m., and Thursdays-Saturdays, 7 p.m. Through May 13. 800 E. PARKWAY S. (729-8007).

New Moon Theatre Company

Othello, outraged Senator Brabantio disowns his daughter Desdemona when he finds she is secretly married to Othello. Intent on revenge, Iago plants suspicions of unfaithfulness. www.newmoontheatre.org. $20. Fridays, Saturdays, 8-10:30 p.m., and Sundays, 2-4:30 p.m. Through May 20. AT THEATREWORKS, 2085 MONROE (484-3467).

Playhouse on the Square

Fun Home, based on the bestselling graphic novel. Author Alison Bechdel is introduced to the audience at three different ages, revealing memories of her uniquely dysfunctional family. www.playhouseonthesquare. org. $25-$45. Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through May 27. 66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

All Rings in stock are

50%

OFF throughout May.

Wed - Sat 11-5 Sun 12-4

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

Agnes Stark Pottery Show and Sale at Stark Country Studio and Gallery, Friday through Sunday, May 4th - 6th Theatre Memphis

August: Osage County, the large Weston family unexpectedly reunites after Dad disappears, and their Oklahoman family homestead explodes in a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets. www.theatrememphis.org. $25. Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m., Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Through May 13. 630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

A R TI S T R EC E P TI O N S

Crosstown Arts

Artist reception for “Cahoots,” exhibition of work by U of M painters Trudy Blackwell Goff, Megan Chen, Ivy-Jade Edwards, Robert Fairchild, Cameron Mallory, Travis Washington, Ras Rossetti, Stephanie Curry, and Jeff Carter. www.crosstownarts.org. Sat., May 5, 7-9 p.m. 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

Opening reception for “’IN LAK’ECH ALA K’IN,’ Tú Eres Mi Otro Yo, You Are My Other Self,” exhibition of installation transforming the Mallory/Wurtzburger Galleries into a work of art by Richard Lou. www.dixon.org. Sun., May 6, 12:30 p.m. 4339 PARK (761-5250).

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

Artist reception for Graphic Design Senior Exhibition, www.memphis. edu. Thurs., May 3, 6-8 p.m. 3715 CENTRAL.

L Ross Gallery

Opening reception for “The Image of Dreams,” exhibition of surreal paintings with patterned borders by Annabelle Meacham. www.lrossgallery.com. Fri., May 4, 6-8 p.m. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

OT H E R A R T HAPPE N I NGS

Agnes Stark Pottery Show and Sale

Fri.-Sun., May 4-6, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. STARK COUNTRY STUDIO AND GALLERY, 12675 DONELSON, ARLINGTON, TN (8679240), WWW.STARKPOTTERY.COM.

“Beneath the Surface: Life, Death & Gold in Ancient Panama” Finds from Pre-Columbian cemetery of Sitio Conte in central Panama, a mysterious and complex society that thrived there more than 1,000 years ago. Ongoing. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

5th Annual Number Presents Art of the South: Call for Artists

Juried exhibition open to artists 18-plus. Entries must be original works created within the last two years for exhibition July 27–September 2, 2018. For more information, visit website. $35. Through May 20.

ONGOI NG ART

20Twelve

“The Visceral World,” exhibition of color photography by William Eggleston, Huger Foote, Adam Bartos, and Stephen Shore. www.20twelve. com. Through July 25. 2531 BROAD.

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

“Monster Marks,” exhibition of work from Memphis collections that make us think about how we define monsters. www.memphis. edu/amum. Through July 28. “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).

ANF Architects

“Suburban Cigar” and “A Perfect Home,” exhibition of photography by Bruce Meisterman and sculpture by Nikii Richey. www.anfa. com. Through May 17.

MIDWIFERY GYNECOLOGY ABORTION FREE IUDS

1500 UNION (278-6868).

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).

Bingham and Broad

“My Kin Is Not Like Yours,” exhibition of works by Debra Edge. Ongoing. 2563 BROAD (323-3008).

WWW.NUMBERINC.ORG.

Casting Demonstration

CHO CES

Memphis Center for Reproductive Health

1726 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38104 901.274.3550 MemphisChoices.org

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

Hattiloo Theatre

421 N. Watkins St Memphis, TN 38104

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

3037 FOREST HILL-IRENE (453-7447).

TUT-UNCOMMON ANTIQUES

Cooper-Young Art Tours

TH EAT E R

The Tempest, robbed of position, power, and wealth, Prospero, a magician able to control the very elements and bend nature to his will, reaches across the ocean to isolate his enemies. www.gctcomeplay.org. $12-$24. Sundays, 2:30 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through May 20.

DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS WILL APPEAR IN THE FLYER’S ONLINE CALENDAR ONLY.

901-278-8965

Saturdays, Sundays, 3 p.m.

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

45 continued on page 46

C A L E N DA R: M AY 3 - 9

continued from page 45 The Cotton Museum

“Went Out for Cigarettes,” exhibition of images and titles that explore and rediscover the American South with contradictions and hidden meanings by Ryan Steed, grandson of a cotton farmer and son of a literature teacher. Through May 31. 65 UNION (531-7826).

Crosstown Concourse

“Goodnight My Love,” exhibition of photographs from the Ernest Withers collection, including works from Withers’ archive of more than one million negatives that have never been seen by the public. www.crosstownarts. org. Through May 13. N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY.

David Lusk Gallery

“Abstracted Still Life,” exhibition of new paintings by Kit Reuther. www.davidluskgallery.com. Through May 19. 97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

recycle we do. this issue is printed on May 3-9, 2018

partially-recycled paper.

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“Contemplating Character: Portrait Drawings & Oil Sketches from Jacques Louis David to Lucian Freud,” exhibition of portrait drawings and oil sketches includes almost two and a half centuries organized thematically, providing the viewer with provocative visual juxtapositions. www. dixon.org. Through June 24. “’IN LAK’ECH ALA K’IN,’ Tú eres mi otro yo, You are my other self,” exhibition of installation transforming the Mallory/Wurtzburger Galleries into a work of art by Richard Lou. www.dixon.org. May 6-July 15. 4339 PARK (761-5250).

Eclectic Eye

“Surreal Memphis in Infrared Photography,” exhibition of photography by Amy Ingram-Curtis. www.eclecticeye.com. Through May 30. 242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

FireHouse Community Arts Center memphis flyer

memphisflyer.com

Mosal Morszart, exhibition of works by Black Arts Alliance artist. www.memphisblackartsalliance.org. Ongoing. 985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

Othello at TheatreWorks, through May 20th Fratelli’s

Brad Behnes Art Show, exhibition of original oil paintings, large and miniature, of the moods and moments of Memphis and the Mississippi River. www.memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through May 31. 750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Germantown Performing Arts Center

“Reflections on Beauty,” exhibition of landscape paintings by Matthew Lee. www.gpacweb.com. Through May 9. 1801 EXETER (751-7500).

Harrell Performing Arts Theatre

“Where We Gather,” exhibition of works by Erika Roberts. www.erikaroberts.studio. Through June 25. 440 POWELL, COLLIERVILLE (8533228).

Jay Etkin Gallery

“Snippets,” exhibition of work in group show featuring Marc Rouillard, Nathan Yoakum, Mickey Bond, David Malkin, and others. www.jayetkingallery.com. Through May 12. 942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“The Image of Dreams,” exhibition of surreal paintings with patterned borders Annabelle Meacham. www. lrossgallery.com. May 4-26. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Marshall Arts Gallery

“Love of Art” and “Memphis,” exhibition of work by Nikki Gardner and Debra Edge by appointment only. (6479242), Ongoing. 639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Memphis Botanic Garden

“Art of a Scientist,” exhibition of paintings by Dr. K. Gopal Murti. All paintings are for sale with 30 percent of the proceeds going to Memphis Botanic Garden. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through May 31.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“Black Resistance: Ernest C. Withers and the Civil Rights Movement,” exhibition focuses on and commemorates the 50th anniversary of the events from March 27 through April 8, 1968. Through Aug. 19. “African-Print Fashion Now! A Story of Taste, Globalization, and Style,” exhibition of dynamic traditions of African dress featuring colorful, boldly patterned printed cloth highlighting the interplay between regional preferences and cosmopolitanism. Through Aug. 12. “Rotunda Projects: Lisa Hoke,” exhibition of over-thetop installation of recycled and repurposed materials reflecting aspirations for the work and fears of expecting too much. Through June 3. “About Face,” exhibition located in the Education Gallery highlighting the different ways artists interpret the connection between emotion and expression. 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).

Playhouse on the Square

“Art and Illustration,” exhibition comparing vocation (illustration) and avocation (art) and how design and technique are used to achieve the artist’s goals by Terry DeWitt. (726-4656), May 4-June 3. 66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Slavehaven Underground Railroad Museum “Images of Africa Before & After the Middle Passage,” exhibition of photography by Jeff and Shaakira Edison. Ongoing. 826 N. SECOND (527-3427).

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

continued on page 48

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

C A L E N DA R: M AY 3 - 9 continued from page 46 St. George’s Episcopal Church

Exhibition of work by Libby Anderson, Danny Broadway, Morgan Brookfield, Mandy Buchanan, Sherry and Wayne Carpenter, Donald Golden, Sandra Hill, Zoe Nadel, Rachel Rieves, and Joy Phillips Routt. (624-9067), www.stgchurch. org. Through May 29. 2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

Stax Museum of American Soul Music

“The Chaos and the Cosmos: Inside Memphis Music’s Lost Decade, 1977-1986,” exhibition of photography by Patricia Rainer. www.staxmuseum. com. Through July 31. 926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

TOPS Gallery

“The Daily Avalanche,” exhibition of new drawings and prints by John Shorb. www. topsgallery.com. Through May 13. 400 S. FRONT.

DAN C E

Turnout

There are no rules as Steven McMahon’s completely new experience is performed for Memphis with a new work. $15. Fri., May 4, 7:30-10 p.m.

May 3-9, 2018

BALLET MEMPHIS, 2144 MADISON (737-7322), BALLETMEMPHIS.ORG.

“Art and Illustration” by Terry DeWitt at Playhouse on the Square

a tour of the Mallory-Neely House and explore the daily lives of Victorian women with Historic Properties manager Holly Jansen. $9. Sun., May 6, 1 & 3 p.m.

C O M E DY

MALLORY-NEELY HOUSE MUSEUM, 652 ADAMS, WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Landers Center

Mike Epps, www. landerscenter.com. $52-$125. Fri., May 4, 8 p.m.

Graceland Excursions Trips: Musical Landmarks of the Mississippi Delta

4560 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662-280-9120).

Local

1,2,3 Comedy, local comedians perform in a local basement for local audience at Local. www.localgastropub. com. Free. Wed., May 9, 7:3010 p.m. 95 S. MAIN (473-9573).

Memphis Made Brewing Company

Bits on the Table, a weekly comedy workshop by The Comma Comedians. www. memphismadebrewing.com. free. Mondays, 5-7 p.m. 768 S. COOPER (207-5343).

P O ETRY / S P O K E N WOR D

Crosstown Concourse

Voices Up! On Feminism & Respect, spoken word performance on theme of feminism and respect. Hosted by poets Janay Kelley and Nadifah R. www.crosstownarts.org. Thurs., May 3, 6:30-8:30 p.m. N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY.

Epiphany Lutheran Church

Opportunity for silent contemplation, followed by inspirational poetry and readings. www. epiphanylu.org. Sundays, 5 p.m., and Wednesdays, noon. 7887 POPLAR (861-6227).

Poplar-White Station Branch Library

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

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

Memphis in May: Distinguished Architects of the World Lecture Series Explore the unique architectural, cultural, social, and economic environment of the Czech Republic. Talk will be led by award-winning architect, Dr. Kamil Mrva. Free. Wed., May 9, 6 p.m.

5094 POPLAR (682-1616).

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

B O O KS I G N I N G S

Southern Writers on Writing

Booksigning by Rick Bragg

Author discusses and signs The Best Cook in the World: Tales From My Momma’s Table. Mon., May 7, 6 p.m. NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (9225526), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.

Join Susan Cushman, Corey Mesler, Niles Reddick, Sally Thomason, and Claude Wilkinson for a panel on writing. Sat., May 5, 1 p.m. NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (9225526), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.

TO U R S

City Tasting Tours

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

Cutting Garden Tours

Garden docents will focus on the cutting garden each week on Saturday morning. Meet in the Catmur Foyer to see the large urn design and start tour. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW. DIXON.ORG.

Take a detour down the backroads and explore the deep roots of blues culture and history, while reliving a musical revolution powered by raw emotion. $119. Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. GUEST HOUSE AT GRACELAND, 3600 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322), WWW.GRACELAND.COM.

Graceland Excursions Trips: Tupelo, Mississippi — Birthplace of Elvis Presley

Experience the rural setting of Elvis’ upbringing and see where it all began in the tworoom house where he was born, the church he attended in his youth and artifacts from his modest beginnings. $99. Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. GUEST HOUSE AT GRACELAND, 3600 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322), WWW.GRACELAND.COM.

First Sunday Talk & Tour: “A Victorian Lady”

Celebrate Mother’s Day with

continued on page 50

Kim Messer

Norvell Spray Tan Specialist

Spray Tans 4 for $99.00

958 Reddoch Cove • Memphis, TN 38119 • 901.277.0175

BEST PRICES BEST SERVICE BEST SELECTION

BEST REWARDS PROGRAM

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

420 S. GERMANTOWN PKWY STE 104, CORDOVA, TN 38018

901-435-6157

7505 HIGHWAY 64, STE 102, BARTLETT, TN 38133

901-207-7779

10% OFF* PURCHASE 25% OFF* ANY E-JUICE

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

*COUPONS CANNOT BE STACKED, LIMIT 1 PER PERSON*

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

*COUPONS CANNOT BE STACKED, LIMIT 1 PER PERSON*

C A L E N DA R: M AY 3 - 9 continued from page 48 Tree Tour of Elmwood

Join Elmwood volunteer Ruth Martin as she leads a tree tour of the cemetery grounds. $10. Sat., May 5, 10:30 a.m. ELMWOOD CEMETERY, 824 S. DUDLEY (774-3212), WWW.ELMWOODCEMETERY.ORG.

Jockeys & Juleps at Southern Reins Center for Equine Therapy, Saturday, May 5th

South Memphis Glide Ride

The Big Jump Teen Ambassadors take scenic routes through South Memphis and consider how to improve bicycle facilities and connectivity within the area. Free. Thursdays, 6-7 p.m. Through May 31.

PLAZA, BETWEEN MAIN AND CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM.

3rd Annual Hanging N Da Hood Community Festival

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/.

HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER, 1560 N. HOLLYWOOD (458-4084).

6th Annual Native American Customs and Traditions Festival

Featuring arts and crafts, educational exhibits, demonstrations, and more. Sat., May 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

E X POS/SALES

Mint Cream Vintage Expo 3

Sun., May 6, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

TADS IMAGINARIUM, 343 MADISON, WWW.MINTCREAMMARKET.ORG.

Soul Market

Enjoy vendors with unique products, great food, music, and more. Saturdays, 12-4 p.m. THE DEN, 656 MARSHALL (773-738-9019).

TISHOMINGO STATE PARK, 105 CO RD 90 (662-438-6914), WWW. MDWFP.COM.

Memphis in May: Beale Street Music Festival

$105-$165. Fri.-Sun., May 4-6. TOM LEE PARK, OFF RIVERSIDE DR., WWW.MEMPHISINMAY.ORG.

Fair on the Square

F EST IVALS

2018 Black Family Day

Featuring live music, food trucks, black business fair, and more celebrating the black family and economic empowerment. Sun., May 6, 3-7 p.m.

SOUTH MEMPHIS FARMERS MARKET, CORNER OF MISSISSIPPI BOULEVARD AND SOUTH PARKWAY EAST (726-6409), WWW.REVOLUTIONSMEMPHIS.COM.

Featuring food, entertainment, information, and more. Free. Sat., May 5, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Featuring 170 local and regional vendors, food, entertainment, and children’s activities. Free shuttle from Collierville United Methodist Church, 454 W. Poplar. Free. Sat., May 5, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sun., May 6, 12-5 p.m.

Memphis in May

Join the fun at MIM Music Festival and World Championship BBQ Contest. Honored country, Czech Republic. Visit website for more information and ticketed events. Through May 31. TOM LEE PARK, OFF RIVERSIDE DR., WWW.MEMPHISINMAY.ORG/.

Memphis in May: International Salute to the Czech Republic

Visit website for cultural events held at community centers, museums, galleries, performing arts centers, and schools throughout the city. May 7-13. WWW.MEMPHISINMAY.ORG.

Memphis in May: International Week May 7-13.

WWW.MEMPHISINMAY.ORG.

2018

NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM

COLLIERVILLE TOWN SQUARE, COLLIERVILLE (826-2669), COLLIERVILLEFAIRONTHESQUARE1950.ORG.

Natchez Festival of Music: “Sound Waves!”

Diverse series of events that celebrate the merging of historic eras, three different centennial seasons, and musical offerings spanning three continents. Opening gala featuring Mac McAnally. For more information, visit website. $10-$315. ThursdaysSaturdays, Tues., May 8, and Wed., May 9. Through May 26. NATCHEZ PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 64 HOMOCHITTO (601-3049488), WWW.NATCHEZFESTIVALOFMUSIC.COM.

MIRIMICHI GOLF COURSE, 6195 WOODSTOCK-CUBA, MILLINGTON (516-2892), WWW.METHODISTHEALTH.ORG.

Dixie Outlaws Extreme Cowboy Race

Free for spectators. For more information, visit website. Sat.-Sun., May 5-6. AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (757-7777), WWW. AGRICENTER.COM.

F-Body Regional Event Featuring road course, drag race, auto-x, and auto show. Thur.-Sat., May 3-5.

S PO R TS / F IT N E S S

MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, 5500 VICTORY LANE, WWW. RACEMIR.COM.

14th Annual Transplant Fore Life Golf Classic

Redbirds v. Oklahoma City

All proceeds from the tournament benefit the Transplant Resource Center account managed by the Methodist Healthcare Foundation. $200$750. Mon., May 7, 11 a.m.

M E ETI N G S

BACC Monthly Luncheon

Featuring speaker John Threadgill, president of BACC. Register online. Open to the public. Tues., May 8, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. UNIQUE CATERING AND EVENT CENTER, 2751 BARTLETT (937-0828), WWW.BARTLETTCHAMBER.ORG.

Meristem Women’s Book Club

Read and explore written works by women and LGBT authors. Second Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m. OUTMEMPHIS: THE LGBTQ CENTER OF THE MID-SOUTH, 892 S. COOPER (278-6422), WWW.MGLCC.ORG.

Thurs., May 3, 7 p.m.

AUTOZONE PARK, THIRD AND UNION (721-6000), WWW.MEMPHISREDBIRDS.COM.

TUPELO ELVIS FESTIVAL THURSDAY,

5 PM

ELVIS HOMECOMING PARADE

june 7

ELVIS THROUGH THE ERAS 6 PM

Research study offering free over-the-phone counseling with 6 months of Chantix™ at no cost.

ﬁtandquit.org

901-448-2000 The movie years with dwight icenhower

1956 Homecoming Reenactment

with cody ray slaughter

FRIDAY,

May 3-9, 2018

june 8

LIVE

featuring

MEMPHIS JONES

ALL FREE 50

6pm

MUSIC

and

MUSCADINE BLOODLINE

also with music from

Aloha from hawaii with Jay Dupuis

the ‘68 comeback special with DEAN Z

AND

BISHOP GUNN

Spunk Monkees

fairpark

tupeloelvisfestival.com

JUNE 6-10

C A L E N DA R: M AY 3 - 9 Jockeys & Juleps

KIDS

4H Club for 4th & 5th Graders: “Nature’s Patterns”

Melisa Knirr and Joni Roberts of the Shelby County University of Tennessee Extension Office to kick off the Urban Earth 4H Club at Urban Earth Garden Center. Free. Sat., May 5, 3:30-4:30 p.m. THE URBAN EARTH, 80 FLICKER (323-0031), 4-H.ORG/.

Boys Hip-Hop Classes

For boys ages 5-10. $135 per semester session. Wed., 6 p.m. Through May 30. BALLET ON WHEELS DANCE SCHOOL & COMPANY, 2085 MONROE, WWW.BALLETONWHEELS.ORG.

Peabody Bike Train

Making stops throughout Cooper-Young. Choose a stop that’s close to you. Arrive with your bicycle a few minutes early, wait for the “train,” then join the “train” and ride to school. Parents are encouraged to ride. Wed., May 9, 7:30-8:15 a.m.

Signature fund-raiser for Southern Reins Center for Equine Therapy featuring big hats, bourbon, bluegrass, and live broadcast of the Kentucky Derby. $150. Sat., May 5, 3-7 p.m. SOUTHERN REINS CENTER FOR EQUINE THERAPY, 916 BILLY BRYANT (290-1011), WWW.SOUTHERNREINS.ORG.

“LeMoyne-Owen College: A Beacon of Hope”

Exhibition of a central institution in Memphis since its founding in 1871 as the LeMoyne Normal and Commercial School. Ongoing. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (6362362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Memphis Fighting Game Community Local Play Play, learn, and compete in the classic arcade tradition with local players. Various fighting

games such as Street Fighter, Tekken, and MvC: Infinite. Equipment player provided, extra set-ups welcome. BYO controller. First Sunday of every month, 1-5 p.m. Through Dec. 31. GREATER MEMPHIS MAGIC ARENA, 7505 HWY 64, WWW.MEMPHISFCG.COM.

Nature at Night

Each Thursday night throughout Daylights Saving Time, all 96 acres will be open to members at no cost and to guests with daily fee. Thursdays, 6 p.m. Through Oct. 18. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW.MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.

Night Out With the Vets

LGBTQ veterans will be offering up jello shots for a $1 donation each benefiting LGBTQ Veterans Alliance. $5. First Saturday of every month, 9 p.m.-midnight.

Sprouts

For ages ages 12 to 24 months. Interactive program for toddlers and caregivers to explore the Dixon with all of their senses building social and motor skills while encouraging creative play and having fun. Reservations required. Free for members, $8 nonmembers. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.

Teen Girls’ Therapeutic Art Group

Designed for teens ages 14-17 to give your teen the tools to develop healthy relationships, selfconfidence, and coping strategies for dealing with the challenges her world can bring. 210.00. Thursdays, 6-7 p.m. Through May 31. FERREN FAMILY COUNSELING, 895 S. COOPER (498-9126), WWW.FERRENFAMILYCOUNSELING.COM.

Tennessee Shakespeare Company Education Programs

Featuring an opportunity for students to participate in playshops, performances, and learn about TSC. For more information, visit website. Through June 30.

Peabody Rooftop Parties

Live music and beautiful views of the sun setting over the Mississippi River. Ladies get in free before 7 p.m. Visit website for scheduled entertainment. 21-plus. $10-$15. Thursdays, 6-10 p.m. Through Aug. 16. THE PEABODY HOTEL, 149 UNION (529-4000), WWW.PEABODYMEMPHIS.COM.

Raise Your Voice

Featuring performances by Negro Terror, Friendship Commanders, and Blood Like Wine. Rock and voter registration. Thurs., May 3, 7-9 p.m. CROSSTOWN ARTS, 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW.

continued on page 52

THE BIGGEST AND BEST

REVOLUTIONS COMMUNITY BICYCLE SHOP, 1000 S. COOPER (INSIDE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH) (7266409), WWW.REVOLUTIONSMEMPHIS.COM.

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

DRU’S PLACE, 1474 MADISON (870-740-2992), WWW.LGBTQVETERANSALLIANCE.COM.

SATURDAY, MAY 5 BEGINNING AT NOON

PARTY

FREE PARTY FAVORS, FREE BEER, LIVE MARIACHI BAND, LIME TOSS CONTEST Toss limes for thousands in Promo Cash at

1pm, 3pm, & 5pm

5X POINT VALUE VIDEO POKER EARNS 25% OF THE STATED AMOUNT.

LIVE RADIO REMOTES 4PM-8PM 3 MARGARITAS • $1 TACO STAND

LIVE STAGE BAR ENTERTAINMENT starts at Noon

MEXICAN BUFFET SPECIAL Noon-10pm

WWW.TNSHAKESPEARE.ORG.

S P EC IAL EVE N TS

30 Thursdays at the Garden

On Thursday nights throughout Daylight Saving Time extended hours until sunset open to members at no cost and to guests paying daily fee. Thursdays. Through Oct. 31. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW.MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.

HIGH COTTON BREWING CO., 598 MONROE (896-9977), WWW.BLUFFCITYPINBALL.COM.

First Friday: The Roaring ’20s

After-hours exhibit opening. The mansion will be dressed in glitz and glam as we set the stage for our annual Speakeasy Parlor on May 12th. Light refreshments will be served $15. Fri., May 4, 5-8 p.m. WOODRUFF-FONTAINE HOUSE, 680 ADAMS (526-1469), WWW.WOODRUFF-FONTAINE.ORG.

Friday Night Dance Party

FIGHTS AT FITZ SATURDAY, JUNE 9 7:30PM Hotel Package $189 • Deluxe Room • 2 Reserved Seats

Call 1-662-363-LUCK (5825) and mention code: CPFAF

Tickets Start at $30

Purchase tickets at Fitz or call Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com

Themed outdoor dance parties featuring illuminated dance floor, food vendors on site, and beer and wine available with a valid ID. Free. Fridays, 6-9 p.m. MEMPHIS PARK (FOURTH BLUFF), FRONT AND MADISON, WWW.THEFOURTHBLUFF.COM.

Grant for Student Pet Owners

Maddie’s Fund has given a substantial grant to help offset surgery costs for student pet owners. For more information or to make a surgery appointment, call or visit website. #ThankstoMaddie $20. Ongoing. SPAY MEMPHIS, 854 GOODMAN (324-3202), WWW.SPAYMEMPHIS.ORG.

FitzgeraldsTunica.com • 1-662-363-LUCK (5825) • Must be 21 and a Key Rewards member. See Cashier•Players Club for rules. While supplies last. Tax and resort fee not included in listed price. Advance hotel reservations required and subject to availability. $50 credit or debit card is required upon hotel check-in. Arrivals after 6pm must be guaranteed with a credit card. Management reserves the right to cancel, change and modify the event or promotion. Gaming restricted patrons prohibited. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-522-4700.

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

The first seven weeks of the program are considered qualifying rounds and the eighth week is the League Finals. Visit website for more information. $35 for series. Mondays, 7 p.m. Through May 21.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Bluff City Pinball League

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 10AM!

C A L E N DA R: M AY 3 - 9 continued from page 51 CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Senior Karaoke and Dance Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.

UNDER THE WATER TOWER, 1280 BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE.

Stax Museum 15th Anniversary Celebration Enjoy all-day free admission, food, and drink, special guests, live music by The Bo-Keys, and a special tribute to Stax Records legend Floyd Newman. Free. Thurs., May 3, 6-8:30 p.m. STAX MUSEUM OF AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC, 926 E. MCLEMORE (2616338), WWW.SOULSVILLEFOUNDATION.ORG.

Toward Justice: A City-Wide Upstanders’ Project

JUNE 29 7PM

Local draft beers for $3 each and half-priced pizzas. Sundays, 1-7 p.m.

Cafe du Memphis

Enjoy shrimp & grits, beignets, and cafe au lait. $10-$20. Sat., May 5, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. TIGER LANE, 335 SOUTH HOLLYWOOD (726-6760), WWW. CAFEDUMEMPHIS.COM.

Cinco de Mayo Celebration at Celtic Crossing

Enjoy corned beef tacos, Irish quesadillas, beer specials, and frozen drinks all day. Sat., May 5, 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m.

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

Cocktail Times

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (757-7777), WWW.AGRICENTER.ORG/STRAWBERRIES.

VolunCheers

Drinks and snacks are provided for volunteer happy hour to help a different organization with a specific task each month. Usually held the second Tuesday each month. For location and time, see website. Ages 21-plus. Second Tuesday of every month. VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, WWW. VOLUNTEERODYSSEY.COM.

VR Gaming Date Night

$20. Fridays, 6-10 p.m.

BLUFF CITY VIRTUAL REALITY, 1026 N GERMANTOWN PKWY (585-5964).

FOOD & DR I N K E V E N TS

The 5X5

May 3-9, 2018

COSSITT LIBRARY, 33 S. FRONT (800-6916).

Memphis-based leaders come together to present this project featuring keynote speaker Bob Zellner who was active in the civil rights movement, art exhibitions, and a film screening. Free. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Through May 31.

Through May 17, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

Five drinks at $5 each. Bartender’s choice: a red wine, a white wine, a martini, a spirit, and a draft beer for $5 each. Thursdays-Saturdays, 4-7 p.m. CORNER BAR AT THE PEABODY, 149 UNION (901 529-9000), WWW. PEABODYMEMPHIS.COM.

Bourbon and Jazz with Quelude

Soothe Sunday away with mellow jazz played along with hip hop and trap beats. $3 Four Roses Bourbon drinks all day. 21+ Free. Sundays, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Through June 24. BELLE TAVERN, 117 BARBORO ALLEY (249-6580).

prime rib, and champagne. $40, $14 kids. Sundays, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

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

U-Pick Strawberries

TICKETMASTER.COM BOX OFFICE 800.653.8000

live music, beer, and dogs during a six week series of local musicians. Bring four legged friends to enjoy the sunset, games, books, beer, and Nathan’s hot dogs. Free. Fri., 4:30-6:30 p.m. Through May 4.

Buskers, Dogs, and Cocktails

Wind up the work week with

“Cinco Like You Mean It”

Food and drink specials all day long. Sat., May 5, 11 a.m.11 p.m. ON THE BORDER, 8101 GIACOSA PL. (372-8883).

Loosen your tie and let your hair down in the lounge and enjoy cocktail time by the bottle, by the glass, and by the board. Through July 31, 4-7 p.m. CAPITAL GRILLE, THE, 6065 POPLAR (683-9291), WWW.THECAPITALGRILLE.COM.

Corner Bar Saturday Brunch

Brunch menu includes a brunch pizza and cinnamon s’mores French toast along with brunch cocktails for $5 each. Saturdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. CORNER BAR AT THE PEABODY, 149 UNION (901 529-9000), WWW. PEABODYMEMPHIS.COM.

Get Down & Derby

Gala fund-raiser benefiting the Down Syndrome Association of Memphis featuring Southern cuisine, cocktails, fun attractions, live band, live view of Derby run, silent auction, and hat parade. $75. Sat., May 5, 4-9 p.m. WOODLAND HILLS BALLROOM, 10000 WOODLAND HILLS (5477588), WWW.DSAMEMPHIS.ORG.

Monday Happy Hour: Oysters & Guinness

$1 oysters: raw or char grilled and $4 pints of Guinness while there are oysters to be shucked. Mondays, 3 p.m. BRASS DOOR IRISH PUB, 152 MADISON (572-1813).

Monday Mania

Bartender’s special martini, margarita, and mojito for $3 each. Mondays, 4-7 p.m. CORNER BAR AT THE PEABODY, 149 UNION (901 529-9000), WWW. PEABODYMEMPHIS.COM.

Peabody Sunday Brunch

Variety of breakfast dishes, entrees and desserts, including salads, pastas, freshlybaked breads, croissants, pastries, eggs benedict, smoked salmon, Belgian waffles, applewood smoked bacon,

CAPRICCIO GRILL ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE, 149 UNION, THE PEABODY (529-4199), WWW.PEABODYMEMPHIS.COM.

Sundays on Tap

CORNER BAR AT THE PEABODY, 149 UNION (901 529-9000), WWW.PEABODYMEMPHIS.COM.

Winedown Wednesday

Selection of house red and white wines for $3, $5, and $7 each. Master Taster’s Flight for $15. Wednesdays, 4-7 p.m. CORNER BAR AT THE PEABODY, 149 UNION (901 529-9000), WWW.PEABODYMEMPHIS.COM.

F I LM

101 Dalmatians

Saturdays, Sundays, 4 p.m. Through May 31. CTI 3D GIANT THEATER, IN THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

The Boxcar ChildrenSurprise Island Tues., May 8, 4 p.m.

MALCO PARADISO CINEMA, 584 S. MENDENHALL (682-1754), WWW.MALCO.COM.

Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple Sat., May 5, 1 p.m.

MALCO PARADISO CINEMA, 584 S. MENDENHALL (682-1754), WWW.MALCO.COM.

Dream Big 3D

From the Great Wall of China and the world’s tallest buildings to underwater robots, solar cars, and smart, sustainable cities, Celebrates the human ingenuity behind engineering marvels. Through Nov. 16. CTI 3D GIANT THEATER, IN THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Family Friend

Melodrama taking place in the early ’40s during German occupation featuring special Q&A with director Jan Hřebejk who will be attending the screening. $10. Tues., May 8, 7 p.m. MALCO RIDGEWAY FOUR, 5853 RIDGEWAY CENTER PARKWAY (6812046), WWW.INDIEMEMPHIS.COM.

Like Arrows

Also showing at Malco, Collierville. Thurs., May 3, 7 p.m. MALCO PARADISO CINEMA, 584 S. MENDENHALL (682-1754), WWW.MALCO.COM.

Movie Mania

Movies start at dusk. Bring chairs or blankets. For more information including titles, and activities, visit website. Free. Fridays, 6 p.m. Through Aug. 31. CARRIAGE CROSSING, HOUSTON LEVEE & BILL MORRIS PKWY. (854-8240), WWW.SHOPCARRIAGECROSSING.COM/EVENTS/.

Puffs: Filmed Live Off Broadway Wed., May 9, 7 p.m.

MALCO PARADISO CINEMA, 584 S. MENDENHALL (682-1754), WWW.MALCO.COM.

T H E AT E R B y C h r i s D a v i s

hen August Wilson wrote Jitney in 1979, he hadn’t yet decided on his master plan to chronicle the modern African-American experience by penning one play for each decade of the 20th century. Maybe that’s why, of all Wilson’s Pittsburgh plays, the 1977-set work is, perhaps, the most completely and unselfconsciously of its time. The looks, textures, and sounds echoing inside of Becker’s illegal gypsy cab company couldn’t exist in any other decade. Conversely, Jitney’s themes of legacy, family, inequity, perpetual war, and the roots of violence remain timeless, even as the recent ride-sharing revolution created by Uber and Lyft, threatens to dull some of the play’s edge with false familiarity.

When Becker’s drivers, who work for low pay inside a community that’s been shut out by highly regulated cab companies, say “brown car,” or “red Chevy,” into the pay-phone receiver, their terse instructions mirror the experience of using modern rideshare apps. To fully appreciate what Wilson’s done with this play, it’s imperative to understand that, while this behavior is normal and honorable, it’s also technically subversive, and the playwright has done much more than deliver a handful of funny, touching character studies. He has, with very little attention paid to the more shopworn tropes of white bigotry, created a photo negative of Kaufman & Hart’s screwball comedy You Can’t Take It With You, while painting an extraordinary, humor-infused portrait of an American alternative economy created by racist exclusion. Too often “alternative economy” is treated as a synonym for drug dealers and prostitutes. But for every person working the vice beat, there’s a clutch of shade-tree mechanics, impromptu restaurateurs, door-to-door lawn care professionals, handymen, and skilled and unskilled folks working maintenance for their landlords in exchange for rent forgiveness. Other than the friendly neighborhood numbers man Shealy (played to the deep purple hilt by Jamel Tate), and Philmore, a hotel

bellman with a gift for blowing money (Marcus Cox), these are the flawed, striving, and surviving characters Wilson wants us to know better. Jitney introduces us to Becker, a retired mill worker who has a house, a loving wife, a small pension, and a small underground car service threatened by gentrification. He also has a son, Booster (Steven Fox) who went to jail because he killed the rich white woman who falsely accused him of rape in order to make some truth out of the lie he was going to pay for anyway. More subtly, Jitney tells a story of black wealth (or lack thereof), and inherited values, in a system where poverty’s exacerbated by bad faith policies that make it hard to own anything of value, let alone keep it for your whole life or pass it down to your children. As Becker, Lawrence Blackwell projects a quiet, towering decency at odds with an inability to forgive his son. It’s a rich, unfussy performance the scope of which can only be realized just before the final blackout, when tragic endings transform into a new, uncertain beginnings. Even in his absence Becker’s the boss — a respected patriarch judging, sheltering, and defending his weird extended family like a Bible hero. Hattiloo’s Jitney was directed by Steve Broadnax and boasts a terrific ensemble of character actors including TC Sharpe as Turnbo, a volatile gossip, and Paul Arnett as the level-headed Korean war vet Daub. Bertram Williams Jr. plays Vietnam vet Youngblood, who’s managing flashbacks and working multiple jobs to buy a home for Rena, his kid’s mom (Dawn Bradley). As Fielding, a one time clothier to kings of the jazz age transformed by time and addiction into a feeble mooch, Jesse Dunlap is outstanding. Wilson’s written the character as a walking, talking blues song and clown role in the noblest sense. Fielding’s full of history, wisdom, and value but wrecked by fate and appetite, and Dunlap owns it all — the good, the bad, and the incorrigible. Fences is Wilson’s most celebrated work. And casual theater fans probably know The Piano Lesson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and maybe Seven Guitars or Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. With good humor and a begrudging but real sense of hope, the lesser-known Jitney shows us the human underpinnings of so many things even woke America is still awakening to. Attention must be paid. Jitney at Hattiloo Theatre through May 13th. $22-$30, hattiloo.org

NOW HIRING At ROCKWOOL, we welcome employees with various backgrounds and abilities who share our values and are eager to face new challenges as part of our growing manufacturing team, located in Byhalia, MS—just south of Collierville. Concern for People, Planet and Prosperity go hand-in-hand at ROCKWOOL, the world’s leader in stonewool insulation. Would you be proud to work for a global company that is making a positive impact on global challenges like climate change and energy efficiency? Join us in releasing the natural power of stone to help improve modern living conditions for millions of people worldwide.

We’re hiring for the following positions: • Industrial Maintenance Mechanic • Industrial Maintenance Electrician • Quality Technician

• Forklift Operator • Production Machine Operator • Raw Materials Handler

Qualified candidates may email a resume to HRInbox@rockwool.com with preferred positon in the subject line or stop in to fill out an application on-site.

We offer: - Competitive Pay in Permanent, Full-Time Positions - Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - Paid Vacation Time and Holiday - Generous 401k Plan and Fringe Benefits - Company Provided Uniforms - Career Advancement: We Promote from Within!

Learn more about our company and available jobs at www.rockwool.com/careers

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

Jitney is August Wilson’s underappreciated masterpiece.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Hustle

FEST T DAY SLAY

BOOKS By Corey Mesler

Life and Death Susan Henderson’s The Flicker of Old Dreams.

RESEARCH VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

May 3-9, 2018

Midtown Lingerie ____________ 710 S. COX

#17434638.1

CirQuest Labs is currently seeking Volunteers for a clinical study. Have you been told you that have anemia or polycythemia? If you are at least 18 years old and have been told you have a low or high hematocrit (number of red blood cells), you may qualify for participation.

Participants will be paid. To find out more call:

901-866-1700 or visit www.cirquestlabs.com/study-participants

his second novel by Susan Henderson, after her acclaimed Up From the Blue, is a look at small town living, at the relationship between a father and daughter, and at what it feels like to be considered an oddity, an outsider. It’s also a profound study of loss: loss of life, loss of love, loss of self. Petroleum is a town so small they don’t have a stoplight. They don’t have a hospital or cellphone towers or pizza delivery, a mall or a movie theater. What they do have is a funeral home, which serves Petroleum and a number of surrounding towns. It is here that “Pop” Crampton, and his daughter, Mary, ply their trade. That she embalms and dresses and makes up the dead is part of why she is an outcast. She also makes little effort to fit in. With only her father to raise her, she has walled off the world. She speaks of her late mother this way: “My mother is a collection of stories and inanimate objects. She is a wedding ring in my father’s bedside drawer, a rose-hips-flavored tea bag in the back of our kitchen cupboard … She is a book underlined only to page seven.” Told first person, in Mary’s wistful, independent voice, the story begins with a prologue in which two brothers are working in a grain silo. The elder, Eddie Golden, a local hero and basketball standout, steps into an air pocket in the grain and is sucked in faster than his younger brother, who is referred to as a sissy, can even react or reach him. Only the younger brother, Robert, was wearing a safety harness. This is the book’s key loss, the death of the hero. The ripples from its untimely horror last for decades and color every corner of the narrative. The town cannot accept that the younger, less athletic brother survived, and they blame Robert for Eddie’s death and for the loss of jobs that the destruction of the silo initiates. He is basically hounded out of town. Robert’s return years later to be with his mother,

who is dying, is what triggers the action of this thoughtful and compelling novel. “A mortician is an illusionist. The goal is to cushion reality, slow down how fast the hurt seeps in,” Mary says. But the hurt always seeps in. Reality always reveals itself, even through makeup, even after two feet of snow have melted away. “All I know is I’ve lived a cautious life, and it hasn’t made me happy.” It feels inevitable that the two loners, the two pariahs — Mary and Robert — would find each other. They do and they don’t. It is the author’s ability to see lives in full that allows her to write from a position of such authority that all decisions seem real — tenuous, natural, human. Henderson’s characters are fully realized, happy and sad, flawed and noble, kind and mean-spirited. “In every community, there are always the lost and unloved: transients, prisoners, and elderly who die alone on the prairie.” Henderson has Anne Tyler’s gentle touch with character. She is genuinely fond of these imperfect humans, and readers will leave them reluctantly. She also has Gretel Erhlich’s sense of place and observational technique. Petroleum is a small town brought into shimmering reality by the alchemy of the author’s telling details and memorable denizens. “We all have to make an extra effort during these tough times,” Mary says, “adding a little water to the milk, a little vegetable oil to the gasoline. Everyone gets by as they can.” Henderson gives the grit and the gentleness in equal measure, and her story is stronger for it. And, she has Eudora Welty’s gift of crafting simple, informative, yet elegant sentences. With this sophomore effort, The Flicker of Old Dreams — a truly great title — Susan Henderson has begun a career to watch. She may well be the next Welty, or Tyler, or Jane Smiley. But she will also be Susan Henderson, wise and courageous and skilled, a storyteller of the first water. I, for one, am looking forward to her next novel.

FOOD By Michael Donahue

Sweet Life

Authentic Mexican Dining

Interim’s pastry chef Franck Oysel.

May 5th

DJ’s (2-5pm) and Live Band (5pm til closing) Cinco de Mayo

• Free T-Shirts* & Drink Specials *1 t-shirt per table (minimum of 4 guest) • $3 mixed drinks; Walk Me Downs, Long Island Ice Tea & more! Mother’s Day Tradition Continues... A free Rose for every mother in our restaurant on Mother’s Day. (We appreciate you!) 7565 Goodman Road

@ Hwy 78 Olive Branch

662.890.7174

LOCATIONS: 1100 Church Road 3875 Hacks (just west of Landers Cross Road Center) Southaven

@ Winchester (behind Costco) Memphis

662.280.5160

901.756.1187

535 Perkins Extended

Poplar Ste 101 Memphis

901.779.4115

*NO DJ & BAND AT CHURCH RD. LOCATION.

LUNCH

SPECIALS

HALF POBOY

CHOOSE A SIDE: FRIES, CHIPS, or SIDE SALAD

Drink Included. Upgrade the side to a cup of gumbo or etouffee for $1.

PLATE LUNCH

CHOICE OF MEAT & TWO SIDES with roll and drink included.

SUNDAY BRUNCH (11-3) with live bluegrass music

535 SOUTH HIGHLAND AVE.

MEMPHIS, TN 38111

LIVE TRIVIA ON TUESDAYS

901.45 4.7771

THEBLUFFMEMPHIS.COM

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

He and Hanna were married in Memphis. Oysel made a puff pastry French wedding cake — two hearts shaped like the countries of France and America. Oysel went to work as a pastry chef for Jose Gutierrez at River Oaks restaurant. He also worked at the same time as pastry chef at Interim. Working in an American kitchen was “very hard because I needed to learn everything. New product, new atmosphere, humidity.” He was given free rein to make what he wanted. “I could go back to the French pastries, and it made me feel better.” Oysel also made American pastries, including pecan pie and cheesecake, but he made them his way. He substituted honey for corn syrup and changed the quantity of pecans in his pecan pie. Like he does now, Oysel ordered butter, chocolate, and other ingredients from France instead of in the United States. “It’s very hard to find the same quality. It’s very expensive, but the quality is awesome.” Oysel and Hanna now are the parents of a seven-month-old daughter, Emelia. Oysel still keeps his house in France, but he doesn’t plan on moving back. “I don’t think I want to go back to France. I told my wife it’s easier here.” He plans to open his own pastry shop in two years or sooner in Memphis. He already has the name — The Sweet Life. And he knows the location, which is in East Memphis. “I would do pastries, a little bit of bread. I would do croissants, chocolate. And I want to do lunch. “Four years I’m here. Now, I can speak English. I can write. I can do stuff now. I can order my own product. Now, it’s time for me to open something.” Oysel doesn’t plan on working his way up to opening a chain of pastry shops. “If there are 20 people coming into my shop and 20 people are happy, I’m done. I have enough. I’m not a 2 million-a-day guy. I don’t want that. I like quality. I like family. I like a small place. I want to have enough money to have a life, but I don’t want to open 20 shops to make $20 million. “I want to know my people. I want to sit down and talk. And not be stressful.” He likes to make people happy. “When you change your tire on your car, it does not make you happy. When you go to the lawyer, that doesn’t make you happy.” Pastries, he says, “make you happy.”

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MICHAEL DONAHUE

he first thing chef Franck Oysel bought when he moved to Memphis from France four years ago had nothing to do with food. “When you’re born in France, you have a few things you would love to have one day,” says Oysel (pronounced “Wah-ZELL”), 33. He bought a pair of goat leather Lucchese cowboy boots. “It was my first thing I wanted to have here because I always saw that on TV.” Next on the list was, he says, to “test drive a Mustang. That’s what I did, too. Little steps you have in your head and you want to do it.” Oysel, executive pastry chef at Interim restaurant, said moving to Memphis wasn’t part of his game plan when he made his first pastry — a croquembouche: a puff pastry with caramelized pastry cream on top — when he was 10 years old. His father, a chef at a fine dining restaurant in Oysel’s hometown of Lonsle-Saunier, France, helped him make the mousse for a wedding. Oysel knew he wanted to be a pastry chef because making pastries was “more artistic.” “I think it’s more technical to do pastry than to do food,” he says. “I just like the complexity of molecules and all this.” He went to culinary school at Besancon and C.F.A.I. de Gevingey, where he was first in his class all four years. “I graduated in pastries, in chocolate, in ice cream, bakery, and candies.’’ After he graduated, Oysel got jobs as a master pastry chef, a master chocolatier, and a baker. “I learned to make bread, brioche, croissants.” Oysel planned to eventually open his own pastry shop in France, but he met his future wife, the former Hanna Kate Gordon, who is from Memphis. “She was an English teacher in my town.” They met when they were exchange students. “She taught us to speak English, and we taught her to make pastries.” Oysel made the first move. He said, “Do you want to drink something with me?” He proposed six months later. “It was fast because I knew it. I knew she was the right one.” They decided to move to America. “I like challenge, you know? I told Hanna, ‘You know, I think it’s time for a change.’” He said, “Let’s start a new life in Memphis.” Oysel learned to speak English by watching TV shows — everything from children’s programs to police dramas.

F O O D B y A r i L e Va u x

Instant Parma An easy eggplant Parmesan recipe.

Regular Pork Sandwich w/ Fries, Baked Beans & a Drink

$9.99

Two Convenient Locations: • 6721 E. Shelby Drive • 331 Madison Ave. (2 blocks from AutoZone Park)

HOME OF THE

May 3-9, 2018

CHAR-GRILLED

OYSTER NOW OPEN IN

CORDOVA PRIVATE PARTY SPECIALISTS

FRESH FISH DAILY

8106 CORDOVA CENTER DRIVE 901-425-4797 OPEN DAILY AT 11AM

299 S. MAIN ST. • OPEN DAILY AT 11AM 901-522-9070

PEARLSOYSTERHOUSE.COM

three-stage breading assembly line. In a big mixing bowl, mix flour with paprika, garlic powder, nutmeg, black pepper, thyme, and anything else you think will taste good. I lay off the salt, as the eggplant/zucchini have absorbed quite a bit. For a cup of flour, which will coat about two eggplants or similar sized zucchini, add a teaspoon or so of each spice and see how it tastes. Toss your slices in the seasoned flour until all are coated. The second bowl, which contains the egg wash, doesn’t have to be as large. Beat an egg with a quarter of a cup of cream. I also add a large tablespoon of Vegenaise, for extra goodness. Beat until smooth. Using tongs or a dedicated hand, submerge each piece in the egg wash, then hold it up for a moment while the excess drains off. Then drop it in bowl number three, which contains bread crumbs or panko flakes. Flip it around until fully coated, then lay on a cookie sheet. When the sheet is filled with cutlets

ARI LEVAUX

have an eggplant Parmesan recipe that’s so quick and easy to prepare it could qualify as fast food. Like many of my recipes, this one arose from having seasonal abundance of certain ingredients on my hands. In this case, tomatoes, eggplant, and zucchini. For years, I solved this puzzle by making massive quantities of ratatouille, so much that I actually found myself needing to take a little break from that. The magical blending of those diverse ingredients can get a little old, especially after some time in the freezer. So now, I make breaded cutlets of the eggplant and zucchini, and oven tomato sauce out of the tomatoes. This oven sauce also includes other seasonal ingredients like onions, garlic, and small amounts of zucchini. Today we focus on breaded cutlets. If you have breaded cutlets in the freezer, it’s easy to come up with tomato sauce, one way or another. And if you don’t have tomato sauce and eggplant or zucchini cutlets squirreled away, then guess what? Now is the ideal time to get on it. The recipe, basically, is to layer cutlets of breaded eggplant and zucchini in between layers of tomato sauce, along with cheese (provolone or mozzarella, ideally), fresh garlic (grated, pressed, or pounded), and maybe some fresh veggies like spinach, basil, sweet peppers, tomatoes, and so on. Sometimes I include some greasy, crispy, browned burger or shards of rotisserie chicken. If your tomato sauce is thick, like my oven-roasted tomato sauce is, dilute it with water to make it the consistency of Prego or similar store-bought marinara. And if you don’t have any homemade tomato sauce, buy a jar. The whole thing takes like 10 minutes to put together. Then you bake it at 400 for an hour. Garnish with raw onions and hot pickled peppers. The hardest part is waiting for it to cool down enough that it doesn’t burn your mouth. The other hardest part is making those cutlets. So here we go: Slice the eggplant or zucchini about a half-inch thick or less, keeping the thickness as consistent as possible. Place the slices in a big tray or bowl, sprinkling salt between the layers. The salt pulls out the water, shrinking the slices and making them more pliable and accepting of breading. Lay them in such a way that they will easily drain. Overnight in the fridge is best. Then, set up your typical

(but don’t let any touch one another), bake at 400. After about 10 minutes, or when you smell browned toast, flip the cutlets. The bottoms cook faster, so if you are waiting for the tops to brown, the bottoms will burn. When slightly brown on both sides, remove the tray from the oven and allow to cool. Then put the cutlets in the fridge to cool further, so they won’t release moisture when you transfer them to freezer bags. Then do just that. If properly cooled before freezing, they won’t stick together, so it’s very convenient to take out as many as you wish in order to make your meal, and put the rest back in the freezer. All winter long, you will have eggplant parmigiana at your disposal. For me, this dish has morphed from comfort food to healing food. For everyone else, it’s good food. Quick food. Local food. And most importantly, delicious food.

S P I R ITS By Andria Lisle

Wild About Harry that original drink — and, at a private gentlemen’s club called the Pendennis Club, the bourbon Old Fashioned was born. It all makes sense — though Missouri claims Truman, his ancestors were old-stock Kentuckians. To make an Old Fashioned the old-fashioned way, simply dissolve a teaspoon of sugar into a little bit of water in the bottom of a whiskey glass. Add two dashes of Angostura bitters, an ice cube, a lemon peel, and a jigger of whiskey. Stir, and sip. For an updated version — think mid-1960s Don Draper — garnish the drink with a cherry and an orange wheel. Or, go full Truman-style and just pour yourself a bourbon on the rocks. If neither a straight whiskey shot nor an Old Fashioned floats your boat, consider saluting Truman with a Manhattan next Tuesday. It’s not too much of a stretch — the drink shares similarities with an Old Fashioned, and, after all, Truman oversaw the Manhattan Project after FDR’s death. Truman is (so far) the only president to have employed the nuclear option, when, in August 1945, Fat Man and Little Boy were detonated over Nagasaki and Hiroshima, respectively. To make a Manhattan cocktail, combine ice, two parts whiskey, one part sweet vermouth, and two dashes of Angostura bitters in a shaker. Rub an orange peel around the rim of your glass, and fill it with the shaken and strained cocktail ingredients. Add a maraschino cherry, and drink. One footnote: Most people don’t know that a few years into his two-term presidency, Truman had to close the nation’s distilleries for a 60-day period. He needed to send the grain to starving Europeans. The move garnered a frontpage headline in The New York Times on October 26, 1947. “Plants with capacity for producing more than 95 percent of the country’s whisky and industrial alcohol are closing at midnight tonight,” the article read. “The saving in wheat, corn, and other grains is estimated at 10 million to 12 million bushels.” Honor Truman’s decision, and don’t waste your drink.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

here’s a big, boozy holiday just around the corner — and it’s not Cinco de Mayo. I’m talking about Truman Day, the May 8th celebration of our 33rd U.S. President, Harry S. Truman, who occupied the White House from 1945 to 1953. Truman, who was born in Lamar, Missouri, is well-known for helping found the United Nations, enacting the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe postWWII, and spearheading a new era of civil rights reforms, including integration of the armed forces. He was also an unapologetic drinker with a predilection for bourbon. White House gift records note that Truman’s cabinet presented him with matching bourbon and Scotch crystal decanters for Christmas 1946; five years later, his haul included a case of Old Grand-Dad. According to his biographer, David McCullough, who won a Pulitzer for his 1992 tome, Truman, the president began most days at 5 a.m. with a shot of bourbon — Old Grand-Dad and Wild Turkey were his favorites. With his doctor’s approval, Truman would enjoy an egg, a slice of toast, a slice of bacon, a glass of skim milk, and a shot of Old Grand-Dad — the latter was purportedly drunk after his morning constitutional. It “got the engine running,” Truman said. You can try it yourself at home, or take a trip to Louisville’s Dish on Market restaurant, where the Presidential Breakfast will set you back $10. Legend states that Truman’s cocktail of choice was an Old Fashioned — but, humorously, sans bitters, sugar, citrus, or a maraschino cherry. The Old Fashioned has its roots in the very first so-called cocktail, which appeared in print in a Hudson, New York, newspaper called The Balance and Columbian Repository published, fittingly, the first week of May, 1806. That drink was made with spirits, bitters, water, and sugar. In antebellum Louisville, the Old Fashioned was so deemed because its recipe harkened back to

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

President Truman was a bourbon man, so give it a shot.

FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

The Great Shark Jump Marvel sinks under its own weight in Avengers: Infinity War.

octor Who premiered on November 22, 1963. It was an immediate hit, and over the years, the hokey show about a time traveling weirdo became a cultural touchstone. By 1983, the production team was at the height of its powers. The lead role was in the hands of the young and charismatic Peter Davidson, the show had finally made the jump to America, and the budgets were bigger than ever. The BBC decided to celebrate the 20th anniversary with the greatest crossover event in television history: They would bring together all the actors who had ever played the Doctor for one universe-shattering adventure. After months of hype, “The Five Doctors” premiered on November 23, 1983. It was a disaster.

Getting the giant cast together was a nightmare of bruised egos and diva behavior. William Hartnell was dead and had to be recast, and the most popular actor, Tom Baker, pulled out late in the process, so writer Terrance Dicks had to rewrite around some clips of Baker salvaged from a scrapped episode. The ratings were good, but not significantly better than a normal week’s viewership. The real problem was that “The Five Doctors” exposed the weaknesses that the show’s fanbase had learned to overlook. There were still great episodes to come — in 1984, the series produced “The Caves of Androzani,” now regarded as an all time high — but viewership faltered, and before the decade was out, Doctor Who was cancelled. In the internet comment board fever swamps, this is what’s known as “jumping the shark.” I think you can see where I’m going with this. Picking up where Thor: Ragnarok left off, Avengers: Infinity Wars gets off to a strong start. Spaceships full of refugees from destroyed Asgard are intercepted by Thanos (Josh Brolin), who slaughters them and extracts the Infinity Stone from the Tesseract held by Loki (Tom Hiddleston). Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) narrowly escapes the destruction and rides the Rainbow Bridge, opened by Heimdall (Idris Elba) to Earth, where he warns Doctor

BREAKFAST SPECIAL

We’re not only delivering excellence in service but also in living. We offer amenities like: - Bike Racks

Two Breakfast Platters & Coffee only $12 The Midtowner

- Free Wifi

- New Kitchen Appliances and Kitchen Cabinets

Tues.-Sat. 8am-10:30am

199 S McLean Blvd | Memphis, Tennessee 38104

The Midtowner

We’re not only delivering excellence in service but also in living. We offernot amenities like: excellence in service but also in living. We’re only delivering

Spike your coffee for - -Free BikeWifi Racks $4 more! - -New Kitchen Appliances and Kitchen Cabinets Free Wifi - We Bikeoffer Racks amenities like:

Researchers are developing therapies that could program a person’s own white blood cells to target and destroy these types of cancer. If you have been diagnosed with one of these types of cancer, your blood cells may be useful to help with development of new ways of treating the disease in the future. The researchers would use your blood cells only for research and they would not be used to create a therapy for you. Financial compensation is provided.

- -New Floors andand Countertops NewHardwood Kitchen Appliances Kitchen Cabinets 199 S McLean Blvd | Memphis, Tennessee 38104 - New Hardwood Floors and Countertops 199 S McLean Blvd | Memphis, Tennessee 38104

The Midtowner

Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) of Thanos’ plan to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of immense power that control Mind, Soul, Space, Time, Power, and Reality, and use them to destroy half of all life in the universe. One thing Infinity War has going for it that other superhero movies have struggled with is a compelling villain. Brolin’s Thanos, until now a barely glimpsed, purpleskinned mound of muscle, turns out to be surprisingly complex. He gets some fine scenes with his two adoptive daughters, Gamora (Zoe Saldana) and Nebula (Karen Gillan, who has emerged as one of the best Marvel actors). Directors Anthony and Joe Russo are at their strongest when they take time to concentrate on pairs of characters, such as the doomed romance between Vision (Paul Bettany) and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), or the science/ magic rivalry between Stark and Strange. Chris Hemsworth’s Thor gets paired off with Rocket (Bradley Cooper) and teenaged Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel), which makes

Multiple Myeloma Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

The Midtowner

- New Hardwood Floors and Countertops

Tom Holland (left) and Robert Downey Jr. star in the massive Marvel movie Avengers: Infinity War.

730-0384 60 N. Main

Email: info@keybiologics.com or call: 901-252-3434

at Court Square

reginascajunkitchen.com We’re not only delivering excellence in service but also in living. We offer amenities like: - Bike Racks - Free Wifi

May 3-9, 2018

- New Kitchen Appliances and Kitchen Cabinets - New Hardwood Floors and Countertops

199 S McLean Blvd | Memphis, Tennessee 38104

199 S McLean Blvd Memphis, TN 38104 We’re not only delivering excellence in service but also in living. We offer amenities like: - Bike Racks - Free Wiﬁ - New Kitchen Appliances and Kitchen Cabinets - New Hardwood Floors and Countertops

MIDTOWNER

The 58

NOW TAKING RESERVATIONS

Marilyn

The

on MONROE

We’re delivering all the perks of apartment living, with the extra added features that make renting easier and accessible. The Marilyn on Monroe

We offer amenities like: We’re delivering all the perks of apartment living, with the extra ad Free Utilities • Free WiFi • Fully Remodeled Inside & Outeasier and accessible. We offer amenities like: Marilyn on Monroe Onsite Laundry • All New Appliances • Courtyard with The - Free Utilities We’re delivering - Free WiFi all the perks of apartment living, with the extra add Outdoor BBQ • Gated Parking easier and accessible. We offer amenities like: 1639 Monroe Ave | Memphis, Tennessee 38104

Text or Call Chelsea @ 461.2090 or Tom @ 483.7177

Fully Remodeled Inside & Out

- Free Utilities - Onsite Free Laundry WiFi

New Remodeled Appliances Inside & Out - All Fully

with Outdoor BBQ - Courtyard Onsite Laundry

Parking - Gated All New Appliances

- Courtyard with Outdoor BBQ 38104 1639 Monroe Ave | Memphis, Tennessee -

Gated Parking

The Marilyn on Monroe

1639 Monroe Ave | Memphis, Tennessee 38104 @ 461.2090 or To Now Taking Reservations. Text or Call Chelsea We’re delivering all the perks of apartment living, with the extra added features that m ake renting easier and accessible. We offer amenities like: -

Free Utilities

Fully Remodeled Inside & Out

The Marilyn Monroe - Freeon WiFi

Now Taking Reservations. Text or Call Chelsea @ 461.2090 or Tom

FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy ence realizes that the catharsis they seek will never come. The demands of capitalism means there can never be a satisfying ending, so each installment of the story is reduced to a commercial for the next one. One way to read the ending of Infinity War is as a bold departure from formula. Another, more accurate way to read the ending is the plot equivalent of the moment in A Christmas Story when Ralphie uses his new Little Orphan Annie decoder ring to discover that the secret message is “Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.” Avengers: Infinity War will be remembered as the moment when all of the superheroes team up to collectively jump the biggest, most expensive shark of all time. Avengers: Infinity War Now playing Multiple locations

MEMPHIS IN MAY: CZECH REPUBLIC @ MALCO RIDGEWAY

TUESDAY, MAY 8 FAMILY FRIEND

Three young women and two children await the return of their imprisoned husbands and fathers from Nazi concentration camps. Featuring special Q&A with director Jan Hřebejk attending the screening.

MEMPHIS IN MAY: CZECH REPUBLIC @ MALCO STUDIO ON THE SQUARE

TUESDAY, MAY 15 DAISIES (1966)

Considered one of the great works of feminist cinema, Věra Chytilová’s absurdist farce follows the misadventures of two brash young women.

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

ALL SHOWTIMES START AT 7PM

TICKETS AT

INDIEMEMPHIS.COM

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

for some pleasantly goofy comedy beats. But everything else seems rushed, thin, and worst of all, calculated for maximum fan service, such as when the Guardians of the Galaxy are introduced singing along to The Spinners’ “Rubberband Man.” Our heroes make a stand in Wakanda, but the snap director Ryan Coogler brought to Black Panther is missing. A potentially touching reunion of Banner and Natasha Romanov (Scarlett Johansson) is completely botched. For a while the Russo Brothers float Avengers: Infinity War on spectacle. What ultimately sinks it is the same unsolvable problem that sank “The Five Doctors” — the need to fit in references to 19 other Marvel movies. This is a film designed for superfans, and it will please many. But there inevitably comes a moment in longrunning episodic serials when the audi-

EMPLOYMENT • REAL ESTATE Legal Notices

Employment

VEHICLE AUCTION 05/19/2018 8:30AM @ DNS Auto Repair Center, 3402 Elvis Presley, Memphis TN 38116. ‘98 Honda CRV JHLRD2840WC010598 Malcolm Jackson III;’07 Mercedes WDDDJ72X67A085115 Christine Strong lien holder ATT CO;’07 Chevy Trailblazer 1GNDS13S872297720 Travis Rodgers Lien holder Easy Money; ‘04 Pontiac GTO 6G2VX12G94L173853 Anthony Bradberry Lien holder Springleaf Financial Service.

COPELAND SERVICES, L.L.C. Hiring Armed State Licensed Officers/Unarmed Officers. Three Shifts Available. Same Day Interview. 1661 International Place 901-258-5872 or 901-818-3187 Interview in Professional Attire.

Beverly Spring

Overton Place Communities Overton Place Communities Studios,1 1& & 2 bedroom Studios, 2 BR apartments, apartments, duplexes, and duplexes, and houses are homes are Now Available NOW AVAILABLE for occupancy! for occupancy! 1214 Overton 1214 Overton ParkPark 901/276-3603 (901)276-3603 Office hours – Monday – Friday 9 A.M. – 6 P.M. Office Hours: Saturday – 10 A.M. – 5 P.M. Monday-Friday Saturday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Cost - $120.00/week

A PA RT M E N TS 2879 BEVERLY HILLS

If you have a strong work ethic and a good attitude, we would like to hear from you.

Call 272-8658 or cell 901-488-1321

Come in and ﬁll out an application!

183 Beale St

Kismet Property

Cooper- Young Apartments 1103 S. COOPER 1, 2 & 3 BR Apartments

1BR - $525 2BR - $695 3BR - $795

Call 901-272-7252 or 901-272-8658

Kismet Property

FREEZER ASSOCIATES, STOCKERS, & CASHIERS

POSITIONS AVAILABLE

All 2 Bedrooms 2BR - $625

ON BEALE is looking for Food Runners & Barbacks

RES TAU R A N T SU PPLY

Apply in person or send email to jobs@litsupply.com

MERTON MANOR APARTMENTS

2bedroom/1 bath $595 3bedroom/2 bath $750 Laundry facility on-site. Gated community. Call 272-8658 or cell 281-4446 Kismet Property

LIT ON UNION 309 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN 38103 LIT JR. ON SUMMER 2965 Summer Avenue, Memphis, TN 38112 LIT JR. ON WINCHESTER 1665 Winchester Road, Memphis, TN 38116 LIT JR. ON AUSTIN PEAY 3292 Austin Peay Highway Memphis, TN 38128

Better Outcomes for Your Career

You’re Invited to Join U

NOW HIRING

Friday, September 16, 201 Now Hiring 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

At ROCKWOOL, we welcome employees with various backgrounds and abilities who share our values and are eager to face new challenges as part of our growing manufacturing team, located in Byhalia, MS—just south of Collierville.

Nurse Supervisor • Monday – Friday, 11p – 7a Free Food & Give-Aways • $5,000 Sign-on Bonus Concern for People, Planet and Prosperity go hand-in-hand at ROCKWOOL, the world’s leader in stonewool insulation. Would you be proud to work for a global company that is to the • BeneﬁtsOpen Available onPublic Day 1 (start date) making a positive impact on global challenges like climate change and energy September 16, 2016 Registered  Clinical and Non-Clinical efficiency? Join us in releasing the natural power of Friday, stone to help improve modern living Nurses Job Opportunities conditions for millions of people worldwide. • Weekend – 7p & 7p –Rehabilitation 7a  Tour of 7a HealthSouth Hospital 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. We’re hiring for the following positions: • M – F, Evening Shift; 3p – 11p  Meet & Greet with the CEO, CNO, Therapy Direc Free Food & Give-Aways • Industrial Maintenance Mechanic • Forklift Operator • $5,000 Sign-on Bonus  Open to the PublicOperator HR Director & other Senior Leaders • Industrial Maintenance Electrician • Production Machine • Beneﬁ ts Available on Day 1 (start date)  Clinical and Non-Clinical Job Opportunities • Quality Technician • Raw Materials Handler

May 3-May 8, 2018

You’re Invited to Join Us!

 Bring & Submit Resume

 Tour of HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital Physical Therapists Qualified candidates may email a resume to  HRInbox@rockwool.com  On-the-Spot Application Completion Meet & Greet with thewith CEO, CNO, Therapy Director, preferred positon in the subject line or stop in to fill out an application on-site. & Therapy Team Lead, PT HR Director & other Senior Leaders  Openings for Nursing, CNA, Environmental • Monday – Friday, Dayshift We offer:  Bring & Submit Resume Nutritional Services, - Competitive Pay in Permanent, Full-Time Positions • & $7,500 Sign-on Bonus Medical Records, etc.  On-the-Spot Application Completion - Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Equal Opportunity Employer • BeneﬁtsAn Available on Day 1 (start date)  Openings for Nursing, CNA, Environmental - Paid Vacation Time and Holiday & Nutritional Services, Medical Records, etc. - Generous 401k Plan and Fringe Benefits  An Equal Opportunity Employer - Company Provided Uniforms - Career Advancement: We Promote from Within!

Learn more about our company and available jobs at www.rockwool.com/careers 4100 Austin Peay Hwy  Memphis, TN

4100 Austin Peay Hwy, Memphis, TN 38128

4100 Austin Peay Hwy  Memphis, TN 38128  901 213 5400

Visit: healthsouthnorthmemphis.com to apply

38128  901 213 5400

An Equal Opportunity Employer

EMPLOYMENT • REAL ESTATE • SERVICES

TAXES

901-575-9400 classiﬁeds@memphisﬂyer.com

General ANIMAL LOVERS Bring Your Dog to Work. Carriage Drivers needed downtown. Valid license required. UptownCarriages.com 901-496-2128

*2018 Tax Change Benefits* Personal/Business + Legal Work By a CPA-Attorney Practicing in Midtown & Memphis Since 1989

Hospitality/ Restaurant

(901) 272-9471

CAMY’S IS NOW HIRING ALL POSITIONS: Asst. Managers, Drivers, Cooks. Apply in person 2886 Walnut Grove Rd. Anytime. No Phone Calls. _____________________

1726 Madison Ave

Bruce Newman | newmandecoster.com Midtown Friendly!

VW • AUDI MINI•PORSCHE

German Car Experts

Specializing in VW & Audi Automobiles

Also Servicing

Mini • Porsche Factory Trained Experience Independent Prices

EVELYN & OLIVE Jamaican and Southern Cuisine is now hiring for Wait Staff & Kitchen Help. Apply in person, Mon-Fri between 2-4pm. 630 Madison Ave Memphis, TN 38103. _____________________ EAST MEMPHIS MEXICAN RESTAURANT is looking for Servers & Hostess We are looking for Servers and Hostess with prior experience. Must have ﬂexible schedule and be able to work 4-5 shifts lunch and or dinner weekly. Experience is preferred but will train the right person with the right attitude towards learning and growing from within the restaurant. Hourly pay is negotiable upon hiring for Hostess. Discounted employees meals, fast upbeat environment. We have 26yrs of business in the same location serving East Memphis guests and will need servers of which we do promote from within long term and for the upcoming season. _____________________

4907 Old Summer Rd.

(Corner of Summer & Mendenhall)

RAFFERTY’S HIRING Servers & Dayshift Greeters Are you a hardworking & service minded individual that loves to smile & earn $$ Join us @ #65 4542 Poplar Ave Apply Now – www.raffertys.com _____________________

(901) 761-3443 www.WolfsburgAuto.com

Call today for an appointment!

BORDEAUX POINT RV PARK 3707 Macon Rd. • 272-9028 lecorealty.com Visit us online, call, or office for free list.

The Midtowner We’re not only delivering excellence in service but also in living.

RAFFERTY’S We are looking for service minded individuals, that don’t mind working hard. We work hard, but make $. Apply in the store. 505 N Gtown Pkwy

Commercial Space RESTAURANTS FOR LEASE: 916 S. Cooper $3000 2551 Mt. Moriah $6500 6255 Winchester $3000 2120 Merchants Row $3500 NNN leases, 3 - 5 year leases. Sherry Harbur, Harbur Realty 901-496-8193 rsharbur@gmail.com

Midtown Apt 2209 MADISON 1 Block from Overton Square.2BR/1BA Apt, CH/A, hardwood floors. W/D in unit & all appls. Blinds, gated pkg. $1050/ mo. No pets. 901-726-1344 _____________________ CENTRAL GARDENS 2BR/1BA, hdwd floors, ceiling fans, french doors, all appls incl. W/D, 9ft ceil, crown molding, off str pking. $750/mo. Also Large 1BR, $720/mo. 833-6483 or 569-0847. _____________________ CENTRAL GARDEN TOWNHOUSE 209 S. IDLEWILD: Very private, 1400 sq ft. Available July 1st. 2BR, H.W. floors, large closets w ceiling fans, 1.5 baths, L/D combo, den w/ ceiling fan, adjoining private patio. W/D furnished, 2nd private 25x35 side yard, covered parking. Yard and pest service furnished. $1075/mo. 207 S. Idlewild, same as above without second side yard. $1050/mo. _____________________ EVERGREEN HIST. DIST. XL Studio $395, remodeled, hardwood floors,screened porch, pets ok. Great neighbors. Only 1 apt available. $25 cc fee. 452-3945

MIDTOWN ROOM for rent near Medical District. Fridge, utilities, wiﬁ, $100/week + dep. No Drugs. 901-725-0895. NICE ROOMS FOR RENT S. Pkwy & Wilson. Utilities and Cable included. Fridge in your room. Cooking and free laundry privileges. Some locations w/sec. sys. Starting at $435/mo. + dep. 901.922.9089

Buy, Sell, Trade MATTRESS LIQUIDATION SALE Queen Sets starting at - $150 First Come First Served. Call or Text Mike (901) 426-6616 MEMPHIS IN MAY POSTERS Rare. Signed. Limited Ed. prints for sale. Italy, Israel, Egypt & others.901-270-8550.

Massage TOM PITMAN, LMT Massage The Way You Like It. Swedish/Deep Tissue - Relaxation, Hot Stones. Credit Cards. Call 761-7977. tompitmanmassage.com, tom@tompitmanmassage.com _____________________ WILLIAM BREWER Massage Therapist (Health & Wellness offer) 377-6864

Mind, Body, Spirit RELAX WITH BEAUTY 8a-10p. 1/2hr notice req. No text or blocked calls. 901.653.1197 @facebook RomanRelaxationMemphis

Nutrition/Health MAKE THE CALL TO START GETTING CLEAN TODAY. Free 24/7 Helpline for alcohol & drug addiction treatment. Get help! It is time to take your life back! Call Now: 855-732-4139 (AAN CAN)

We offer amenities like: - Bike Racks - Free Wifi

Houses & Duplexes for Rent ALL AREAS

TUNICA LAKE

- New Kitchen Appliances and Kitchen Cabinets - New Hardwood Floors and Countertops

The1000 Midtowner LOGGERHEAD LANE — TUNICA, MS ThenotMidtowner We’re only delivering excellence in service but also in living. We offernot amenities like: www.tunicarvpark.com We’re only delivering excellence in service but also in living.

199 S McLean Blvd | Memphis, Tennessee 38104

taitselden54@gmail.com 662-357-8521 (Tait) - -New FreeKitchen Wifi Appliances and Kitchen Cabinets 30 & 50 Amp-City Water & Sewer Service - -New Floors andand Countertops NewHardwood Kitchen Appliances Kitchen Cabinets 199 S McLean Blvd | Memphis, Tennessee 38104 $30 Nightly | $180 Weekly - New Hardwood Floors and Countertops 199 S McLean Blvd | Memphis, $175-$300 Tennessee 38104 Monthly - We Bikeoffer Racks amenities like: - -Free BikeWifi Racks

The Midtowner

No Crime, Scenic, Fishing, Casinos, Golf, Affordable Rates

We’re not only delivering excellence in service but also in living.

Visit us @ www.lecorealty.com come in, or call

Shared Housing FURNISHED ROOM in Cordova. Very nice. Next to Greenline & Shelby Farms. Refs. req. $400/mo. 901-385-1872 _____________________ FURNISHED ROOMS Bellevue/McLemore, Willett/ Southern, Airways/Park. W/D, Cable TV/Phone. 901-485-0897 _____________________

Dating Services LIVELINKS - CHAT LINES Flirt, chat and date! Talk to sexy real singles in your area. Call now! 844-359-5773 (AAN CAN)

Leco Realty, Inc. @ 3707 Macon Rd. 272-9028

- Bike Racks - Free Wifi

- New Kitchen Appliances and Kitchen Cabinets - New Hardwood Floors and Countertops 199 S McLean Blvd | Memphis, Tennessee 38104

MIDTOWNER

The

NOW TAKING RESERVATIONS

Marilyn

The

on MONROE

We’re delivering all the perks of apartment living, with the extra added features that make renting easier and accessible. The Marilyn on Monroe

CLASSIFIEDS memphisﬂyer.com

We offer amenities like:

We offer amenities like: We’re delivering all the perks of apartment living, with the extra added fea Free Utilities • Free WiFi • Fully Remodeled Inside & Outeasier and accessible. We offer amenities like: Marilyn on Monroe Onsite Laundry • All New Appliances • Courtyard with The - Free Utilities We’re delivering - Free WiFi all the perks of apartment living, with the extra added feat Outdoor BBQ • Gated Parking easier and accessible. We offer amenities like: 1639 Monroe Ave | Memphis, Tennessee 38104

Text or Call Chelsea @ 461.2090 or Tom @ 483.7177

Fully Remodeled Inside & Out

- Free Utilities - Onsite Free Laundry WiFi

New Remodeled Appliances Inside & Out - All Fully

with Outdoor BBQ - Courtyard Onsite Laundry

Parking - Gated All New Appliances

- Courtyard with Outdoor BBQ 38104 1639 Monroe Ave | Memphis, Tennessee -

Gated Parking

The Marilyn on Monroe

1639 Monroe Ave | Memphis, Tennessee 38104 @ 461.2090 or Tom @ 48 Now Taking Reservations. Text or Call Chelsea We’re delivering all the perks of apartment living, with the extra added features that m ake renting easier and accessible. We offer amenities like: -

Free Utilities

The Marilyn Monroe - Freeon WiFi

Now Taking Reservations. Text or Call Chelsea @ 461.2090 or Tom @ 483

DATING

1 Month

FREE

with promo code:

Playmates and soul mates...

MEMPHIS

Your place or mine? The mobile hookup site for gay and bi men

Memphis:

901-612-2969 Visit Squirt.org on your mobile to hookup today

18+ MegaMates.com

Real hot chat. 30 MINUTES FREE TRIAL

901-896-2433

May 3-May 8, 2018

Vibeline.com 18+

FREE TRIAL

Safe & Honest. Trusted & Discreet.

Private, Personal Adult Entertainers 901.527.2460 62

Discreet Chat Guy to Guy

901.896.2438

Real Singles, Real Fun... 30 MINUTES FREE TRIAL

1-844-725-7467

A.Aapris/Best Entertainment Agency

18+

THE LAST WORD by Maya Smith

Culture Blindness

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

If a new anti-immigration bill passes in Tennessee, local officers will have the authority to enforce federal immigration laws and will be required to ask for documentation during routine traffic stops. Undocumented immigrants, many of whom have only known life in this country, will face the fear of being uprooted from their home and deported because of the bill. If I’m being honest, it’s already a little scary, sometimes, being a person of color in America these days. Standing in your own backyard, waiting for a friend at a coffee shop, or disputing paying for plastic utensils at a diner — these are just a few things black or brown people have done recently and have been threatened, harassed, or even killed because of. This is not okay. A black man getting pulled over by a cop shouldn’t have to worry if a traffic stop will cost him his life. A Latino man walking in his neighborhood for exercise shouldn’t have to worry about being approached by a cop asking for his documentation. It’s an injustice. I know by now some of you are probably tired of hearing the same sad song over and over, because it’s not your sad song — it’s someone else’s. It’s a song you’ll never know or relate to or have to sing. But it’s the song of your neighbor who lives on the other side of the tracks. It’s their reality. The reality is that there is a real problem in this country. People are being profiled, mistreated, and sometimes physically harmed because of how they talk, how they dress, or how their skin looks. It’s out of hand, and everyone has a part to play in breaking this cycle that colors America’s history and is slowly bleeding into its future. If you have never been on the receiving side of prejudice or racism, then maybe it’s time to acknowledge that for some people, unfortunately, it’s a normal occurrence. Listen, be compassionate, and seek to be understanding. Stop judging. Maybe next time someone feels uncomfortable around or threatened by a person who doesn’t look like them, they should stop and ask themselves why they feel that way. They should stop and ask themselves: Is this person really a threat, or am I just unfamiliar with their culture? That’s probably what the employee in that Philadelphia Starbucks should have done before calling the cops on two black men sitting in the cafe waiting for a business meeting. And perhaps dozens of young black men would still be alive if people would have reconsidered the so-called threat of their presence before alerting the authorities or before the authorities came and neutralized the “threat.” Still, it wouldn’t be fair to put the ball completely in the court of non-black and brown people when it comes to changing the narrative of this country. As people of color, we must decide to rise up, move on, and do our part in changing that narrative. The sad song that’s been repeated for years and years can turn into something new. But, the tune will never change and the wounds of the past will never heal if they’re not tended to in the right way. Sulking and pointing fingers is like reopening those wounds again and again. It’s time we forgive the past and forgive the system that for years deemed people of color as inferior. It’s time to move forward. Challenges are still present. That goes without saying. Racism, stereotyping, and hatred will always exist in society; it’s just a symptom of the human condition. The justice system still needs work, lots of our neighborhoods need care, and public education in low-income areas needs a revamp. But none of those factors stop us from taking pride and responsibility in our communities and doing what we can with what we have. We can start with lending a hand in our own neighborhoods, and filling in where needed so that children don’t grow up without role models and mentors. We have to encourage our youth to stay in school, stay off the streets, and seek a better life. As people of color, we can work our way out of the disadvantages that were years in the making. But it will take intentionality and a resolve to never give up. Maya Smith is a Flyer staff writer.

Still waiting

THE LAST WORD

Racial profiling hurts all of us, and it needs to stop.

MINGLEWOOD HALL

JUST ANNOUNCED: Jason Eady [7/6] Shaun Martin [6/5] Doobie [6/6]

5/8: Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul 5/12: 1st Annual Nurse’s Ball 5/19-21: SCM Awards 6/14: Ledisi w/ Melanie Fiona & Tweet 6/16: V3Fights MMA 6/28: Trixie Mattel 9/20: SuicideGirls 11/1: Gary Clark Jr

Celebrating 75 Years UPCOMING:

Mon May 7 - Todrick Hall Tue May 8 - Black Veil Brides / Asking Alexandria Fri May 11 - MoneyBagg Yo Sun May 13 - Jimmy Eat World Mon May 14 - Fifty Shades Male Revue Fri May 18 - Daisyland presents: Barely Alive and Virtual Riot Wed May 23 - Stone Temple Pilots Fri May 25 - Butcher Babies w/ Cane Hill Sat May 26 - Sevendust Tue June 5 - Big Boi Sun Jun 17 - Tech N9ne Fri June 22 – Daisyland presents: Blunts and Blondes Sat June 23 – Lyfe Jennings Mon July 2 – Bush Fri Aug 3 - Tory Lanez

VOTED MEMPHIS’ #1 ALTERNATIVE SMOKE SHOP 4 YEARS IN A ROW!

1884 LOUNGE 5/11: Of Montreal 6/29: The Steel Woods

MORE EVENTS AT MINGLEWOODHALL.COM

Perfect for this weekend’s BEALE ST. MUSIC FEST! Specials on pocket vaporizers for tobacco leaf or concentrate, plus everything else you need for the weekend!

NEW DAISY THEATRE | 330 Beale St Memphis 901.525.8981 • Advance Tickets available at NewDaisy.com and Box Office

YOUNGAVENUEDELI.COM

Kitchen Open Late! Now Delivering All Day! 278-0034 (limited delivery area)

$CASH 4 JUNK CARS$

Non-Operating Cars, No Title Needed.

901-691-2687

ROSIE’S HAULING SERVICE • Spring Clean Up • Delivery & Pick Up Service • Light Debris & Junk Removal

HOT Festival wear for all sizes! www.cocoandlolas.com

Finest lace - Coolest place 710 S. Cox|901-425-5912|Mon-Sat 11:30-7:00

TUT-UNCOMMON ANTIQUES 421 N. Watkins St. 278-8965 1500 sq. ft. of Vintage & Antique Jewelry. Retro Furniture and Accessories. Original Paintings, Sculpture, Pottery, Art & Antiques. We are the only store in the Mid-South that replaces stones in costume jewelry.

SINCE 1971

We carry the very best in pipes, incense, tshirts, water pipes, tapestries, vaporizeres, hand-blown glass, rolling papers, clothing, hookahs, Memphis As F*CK, locally-made products and so much more!

MEMPHIS IN MAY POSTERS Rare. Signed. Limited Ed. prints for sale. Italy, Israel, Egypt & others. 901-270-8550.

MidTown Lingerie

All Rings in stock are 50% OFF throughout May.

2119 Young Ave • 278-0034 5/2: $3 Pint Night! 5/3: Memphis Trivia League! 5/10: Human Society Pup Crawl 5/12: UFC 224 Nunes Vs. Pennington 5/19-5/20: Cooper Young Garden Walk 5/25: Drag Show With Goldie Dee

Coco & Lola’s

HIGHLAND STRIP 555 S HIGHLAND 901 452 4731

THREE MEMPHIS LOCATIONS CORDOVA 981 N GERMANTOWN PKWY 901 654 3678 whatevershops.com

MIDTOWN

2027 MADISON AVE 901 590 0048

GROWLERS 1911 Poplar | 901growlers.com 5/2 - Fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis feat. 7 bands 5/3 - Vandoliers w/ Greg Schoeder 5/7 - Viva L’AMerican Death Ray Music 5/8 - Shawn James 5/9 - Tommy Stwerat’s Dyerwulf 5/10 - Brother & The Hayes (7pm) 5/10 - Clownvis Presley (9pm) 5/12 - Ron Gallo 5/14 - Parker Millsap

*MATTRESS LIQUIDATION SALE* Queen Sets starting at - $150 First Come First Served Call or Text Mike (901) 426-6616

Call 901.512.7686 SIMPLY HEMP SHOP

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

768 S. Cooper • 901.207.5343 Free brewery tours Saturday & Sunday at 4 p.m

GONER RECORDS

Come See Us at “The Big One” May 19-20 and the Italian Festival May 31-June 2 We carry CBD oils, CBD honey sticks, CBD Teas & even CBD for Pets. simplyhempshop.com

Frankie Kash Waddy’s Funk House

Loflin Yard May 11th 9pm. Cover $10

BOOK REPAIR

Have an old book or bible that needs repair? Call Art, 2nd Editions Bookstore at 901.483.0478.

New/ Used LPs, 45s & CDs.

We Buy Records!

2152 Young Ave 901-722-0095

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

CHIP N’ DALE’S ANTIQUES 3457 Summer Avenue • Memphis, TN 38122 EVERYTHING ON SALE! Open Tues-Sat | 901-452-5620 “Celebrating 30 years in Business”

Thur 5/3: Relentless Breeze and Cassette Set, 8p Fri 5/4: Mark Edgar Stuart Friday Night Showcase, 8p Sat 5/5: Lucky Seven Brass Band, 8p Sat 5/5: The Official Flaming Lips pre-party w/ Brothers Griiin, 9p Sat 5/5: Cinco De Mayo, 9p Sun 5/6: Rooster & Railcars Brunch Series, 12p Fri 5/11: Eric Hughes and John Primer, 8p Sat 5/12: Travis Linville , 7p Sat 5/12: Christy Hays, 7p Sat 5/19: Free Spaceface Show w/ Model Zero, 7p railgarten.com • 2166 Central Ave • 231-5043

I Buy 45RPM Records & Old Windup Phonographs And Old 78 RPM’s on labels: Paramount, Okeh, Gennett, Vocalion, Champion, Supertone, Superior, QRS, Black Patti, Perfect, Romeo, Conqueror, Victor, Columbia, Edison, Sun, Meteor, Flip Many others. Call Paul: 901-435-6668