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OUR 1577TH ISSUE 05.16.19 Long-time readers of this column know that each May I take a journey to the backwoods of Western Pennsylvania, near the historic town of Ohiopyle, to hang with a few old friends and share lies and whiskey. This year, I added a little bonus trip.

It began with a couple of days in Pittsburgh, where I spent eight years as editor of Pittsburgh Magazine. I spent some time reuniting with a couple of former co-workers, but mostly I just drove around and marveled at the things that had changed. And the things that hadn’t.

The iconic things hadn’t changed — the Carnegie Museum, the University of Pittsburgh Cathedral of Learning (where I once taught undergrads how to write news features), the massive spires of PPG Place, and the rivers and bridges and countless green hills. What had changed is pretty predictable: Old neighborhoods like Lawrenceville are getting repopulated and redeveloped with those ubiquitous, glassy, boxy apartment buildings that seem to be the required urban redesign form these days. There were coffee shops where machine shops used to be. The infamous Sal’s Salvage was nowhere to be seen, replaced by yoga studios and boutiques and hip-looking cafes. The old Steel Town ain’t the same. It’s mostly better.

The next day, I continued my tour of the upper Midwest by driving over to Cleveland, where my son’s band, MGMT, was playing the Masonic Hall.

I got to town before he did, so I did what you’re supposed to do in Cleveland: I went to Hey hey, my my. Rock-and-roll can never die. the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, which sits on the very edge of Lake Erie, Downtown.

The building is a glassy pyramid (sound familiar?) designed by famed architect I.M. Pei, but it’s much smaller than Memphis’ Pyramid. Out in front is a long and linear (and Instagram-unfriendly) slogan: Long Live Rock. After backing up as far as could, I got a picture of “ONG LIVE ROCK.” I paid my $28 and started the tour. It begins below ground level, where you are first forced to walk past a photographer who tries to get you to hold a guitar while he takes your picture and then sells it to you. I bypassed the line of grandmas and geezers waiting for their chance to strike a pose, strolled under a neon sign reading “For Those About to Rock,” and wandered into the dark room that begins the self-guided tour.

It starts with various historic exhibits meant to demonstrate the evolution of rockand-roll — early blues artists, mostly. This area also includes musical artifacts and historic photos from the seminal rock cities, including Memphis (Furry Lewis’ guitar, some old blues records and posters, etc.), Detroit, New York, Chicago, L.A., San Francisco, etc. Notably, Cleveland is not among them. That would be because Cleveland’s claim to be the birthplace of rock-and-roll is specious and overblown, at best. But that’s another story.

The exhibits spiral from bottom to top, with lots of stair climbing from one exhibit level to another. One is forced to accept, after touring the six increasingly smaller floors (that pyramid construct has limitations), that rock-and-roll history is basically comprised of stage outfits and shoes worn by facsimile mannequins, old album covers, posters, vintage photos, music videos, and lots and lots and lots of guitars.

Major icons — Elvis, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Aretha, Springsteen, to name a few — are given individual displays. Michael Jackson, whom I suspect once had N E WS & O P I N I O N a place of prominence, has been downTHE FLY-BY - 4 graded to a single large photograph near NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 an emergency exit — in case you have to POLITICS - 7 beat it, I guess.

VIEWPOINT - 9 The history of hip-hop gets a nod, but COVER STORY “BBQ BATTLE” not much else. This is a pretty caucasion

BY STEVE CAVENDISH kind of place, to be honest. As are most of & CHRIS MCCOY - 10 the visitors.

SPORTS - 13 As you leave, you are funneled — as you WE RECOMMEND - 14 are in most museums, these days — into MUSIC - 16 the gift shop, where a maze of over-priced AFTER DARK - 18 CALENDAR - 21 T-shirts, guitar earrings, miniature pyraTHEATER - 29 mids, guitar picks, posters, snow globes, BOOKS - 30 and other rock chotskies awaits. Meh. FOOD - 31 They say rock-and-roll never forgets, FOOD FEATURE - 32 but honestly, this place is, well, kinda FILM - 34 forgettable.

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N EVE R E N D I N G E LVI S Last week, the official Elvis Presley Twitter account shared a bit of boilerplate: “There will never be another Elvis.”

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Banks, Bail, & ‘Blatant Racism’ Cops cleared in shooting, Mama’s Day Bail Out, & lawsuit up for 3.0 plan.

N O C HAR G ES I N S H O OTI N G The police officers involved during the shooting of Martavious Banks were cleared of criminal charges last week, even though they turned off their body cameras during the event.

Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich said, “there is no evidence of any criminal conduct on the part of these officers.” However, Banks, 26, is now up on a list of charges pertaining to the event.

MAMA’S DAY BAI L O UT Clockwise from top left: Banks, TVA, public art, MICAH, The Official Black Lives Mama’s Day Bail Out, Beale Street Matter Memphis Chapter (BLMMC) bailed out six Memphis mothers last week, in time for 3.0 via executive order on Tuesday. this Mother’s Day weekend. The Mama’s Day Bail Out event was to “bring awareness to the true injustice of money bail and preC OVE R BAC K FO R B EALE trial detention,” according to Erica Perry, a BLMMC organizer.

A $5 cover is back on Beale Street after two shootings and two stampedes there recently.

CONCE R NS RAISE D ON J U DG E The council approved the fee for May but said a permanent A group promised to raise its concern about Judge James Lamsolution without a fee is needed for Beale Street security. mey this week with the Shelby County Commission, after the judge posted racist links on his Facebook page.

M O R E LI G HT F R O M TVA The Commercial Appeal reported that Lammey posted a link Last week, the Tennessee General Assembly and Governor Bill from a Holocaust denier that called Muslim immigrants “foreign Lee approved and signed a resolution to Congress calling for mud” and said that Jews “should get the fuck over the Holocaust.” more transparency from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

However, a chief concern for Memphis Interfaith Coalition Lawmakers want TVA’s committee meetings to be held in public. for Action and Hope (MICAH) is that Lammey “requires defendants he suspects to be undocumented to contact immigration R U LES (MAYB E) E N D ART ‘D E BAC LE’ authorities as a condition of probation.”

A council committee approved a set of guidelines for public MICAH said they’d bring their concerns to the commission’s art projects, hoping to end what one council member called a Law Enforcement, Fire, Corrections, and Courts committee. “public art debacle.”

The council stopped public art projects in March 2018 after G R O U P: 3.0 P LAN ‘B LATANT R AC I S M’ some public outcry on murals that feature a cow skull, a dancing The Memphis City Council once again delayed a vote on the skeleton, and a zombie.

Memphis 3.0 plan, this time because of a lawsuit filed by community members to stop the plan.

M O R GAN M OVES O N M O N EY That suit was filed by Carnita Atwater, president of the New Council member Worth Morgan said progress was made to get Chicago Community Development Corporation. She told the a full accounting of the $40,000 council members approved on a council the plan is “blatant racism.” public education campaign on referenda last year.

The federal suit claims the 3.0 plan does not include imWith that, Morgan pulled a suggestion to hold the council’s provements for New Chicago. However, a Flyer review of the portion of next year’s budget. However, he said he may review plan found that Memphis 3.0 does detail plans for New Chicago, the issue if he doesn’t get all the details.

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A new Tennessee law on voter registration might violate the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, according to a lawsuit filed last week.

The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee by the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee (ACLU-TN), Campaign Legal Center, and Fair Elections Center on behalf of the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center and four other organizations, challenges a law signed by Governor Bill Lee last week.

The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Tim Rudd (R-Murfreesboro) and Sen. Ed Jackson (R-Jackson), lists a slew of requirements for those participating in voter registration efforts and penalties for those who don’t comply.

Some of the requirements include providing the coordinator of elections with information about the drive prior to holding it, completing a training, and filing a sworn statement stating an intention to obey the laws and procedures pertaining to the process.

In a letter sent last week to two of the defendants, Mark Goins, coordinator of elections for the State of Tennessee, and Tre Hargett, Secretary of State for the State of Tennessee, the ACLU-TN explains how the law violates the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993.

The law “impedes the proper exercise of federal law by imposing undue and unjustified restrictions

A voter registration event at University of Memphis last year. and burdens on community-based voter registration activity,” the letter reads.

“The NVRA’s general purpose is to facilitate voter registration, and Congress expressly intended for private groups and individuals to play an active role,” the letter continues. “The law frustrates the ability of plaintiffs and other civic organizations to facilitate voter registration in the manner contemplated by the NVRA by deterring groups and individuals from engaging in voter registration activities, and therefore violates the NVRA.” The letter also calls the provisions of the law

“vague” and “over-broad.”

“Because it does not clearly provide notice as to which organizations and individuals are subject to its terms, the law gives rise to the risk that different county election officials will provide varying interpretations of the law’s application, leading to a non-uniform program or activity in violation of the NVRA,” the letter reads.

The ACLU-TN said that Tennessee is ranked 44th in voter registration, but that there was a surge in registration during the 2018 midterm elections.

The group believes the new law comes as a result of that registration growth and election officials’ lack of resources to handle the influx.

Paul Garner, organizing director of the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center, one of the plaintiffs, said last week that the law is “draconian” and a form of voter suppression. Garner said the law punishes “those that want the democratic process to reflect and represent as many people as possible in communities like Memphis.”

The lawsuit aims to ensure the political participation of all the state’s eligible voters, Hedy Weinberg, executive director of ACLU-TN, said.

“Voter registration drives have long been a way for communities that are historically disenfranchised — including students, people of color, immigrants, and senior citizens — to empower individuals and gain access to the ballot box,” Weinberg said.

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In the Spotlight Judge Lammey, Speaker Casada, and SCDP chair Harris all face actions threatening their survival in office; Kamala Harris staffers visit. the commission both on committee day last Wednesday and on Monday.

Speaking on behalf of the pro-censure resolution on Monday were Rev. Lucy Waechter-Webb of MICAH (Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope); Imam Nabil Bayakly, chairman of Muslims in Memphis; Rabbi Katie Bauman of Jewish Community Partners and MICAH; Marti Murphy of Facing History and Ourselves; and Duane Stewart of the Messianic Jewish Movement, a Christian group.

In his letter to the commission, Lammey protested that both he and his social media posts had been mischaracterized.

Cole, he said, was “Jewish and not a Holocaust denier,” and he appended a note from Cole himself in which that author contended that the term “foreign mud” used in the article posted by Lammey was a reference to the Golem figure in Jewish legend, not immigrants. As for his courtroom behavior toward immigrants, Lammey said, “I believe all immigrants should come here legally. That’s my constitutional right under the first amendment.”

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Commissioner Tami Sawyer Several of the speakers on Monday disputed Lammey’s claims as equivocations, with Rev. Webb contending they “confirmed his lack of judgment.” Stressing the need for a formal judgment, Rabbi Bauman said, “Silence helps the oppressor, never the victim.”

Republican Commissioner Mick Wright, who noted that he and Lammey were Facebook friends and that the judge was his constituent, observed that “some of my constituents believe Judge Lammey has been singled out for political reasons” and continued, “Because of that, I feel it’s important to point out that it’s entirely possible to hold conservative views on immigration, to believe our borders should be protected, and our immigration laws should be enforced, and to also love immigrants and to have compassion and mercy on those who are unlawfully present.

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It was a 12-0 vote on the Shelby County Commission on Monday to support the pending possible censure by the Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct of Criminal Court Judge Jim Lammey for social media posts that consistently contained links to racist, anti-immigrant, and anti-Semitic themes.

The potential 13th vote, which would have made things unanimous, was that of Democratic Commissioner Reginald Milton, who had to miss the meeting for personal reasons but who had made his approval of a censure resolution known.

Even two Republican commissioners who had demurred at endorsing censure for Lammey when a preliminary vote was taken in committee last Wednesday — Amber Mills, who wanted Lammey to be given a chance to present “his side” and Brandon Morrison, who argued that the commission had no judgmental authority over the judiciary — voted with the others on Monday.

Lammey, who was invited to appear before the commission on Monday, did not do so, pleading a “heavy trial docket” for the date, but the beleaguered jurist did submit a letter to the commissioners that Lammey suggested would “set the record straight against those who so maliciously mischaraterize me as an anti-Semite hater of all immigrants.”

The accusations against Lammey stem from a series of articles by Commercial Appeal writer Daniel Connolly documenting, first, a Facebook post by Lammey linking to an article by one David Cole, identified by several sources as a Holocaust denier.

That article stated, among other things, that Jews should “get the f**k over the Holocaust” and referred to Muslim immigrants as “foreign mud.” Lammey’s post called the story “interesting.”

Subsequent Lammey posts and links unearthed by Connolly dealt with a variety of right-wing nativist themes in which disdain for immigrants loomed large. The judge also received negative publicity for his insistence on ordering immigrants with cases before his court to register with immigration authorities.

Ultimately, Lammey’s actions were condemned by a variety of civic organizations and religious groups — Christian, Jewish, and Islamic. Spokespersons for the groups — some demanding the judge’s outright resignation — appeared before

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Commissioner Van Turner, the body’s chairman, worried aloud that Lammey’s attitude over the years may have “infected” others in the legal community.

Summing up before the vote, Democratic Commissioner Tami Sawyer, author of the pro-censure resolution, thanked “all those who have spoken out in support of this resolution,” characterized action on the issue as the kind of thing “we are here to do,” and called for a unanimous vote.

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• Memphis got a visit last Thursday from members of the campaign of California Senator Kamala Harris, who seeks the Democratic nomination for president. The group included Harris’ campaign manager, Juan Rodriguez, senior advisors Averell “Ace” Smith and David Huynh, Southern regional finance director Stephanie Sass, and political director Missayr Boker.

Daphne Rankin, a local representative of the campaign, said that response from Memphis activists to Harris indicated that the city was one of the most receptive areas in the nation to her candidacy. The senator, a former California attorney general and San Francisco district attorney, has attracted considerable attention for her piercing interrogations of witnesses before the Senate Judiciary Committee, including, most recently, William Barr, attorney general in the administration of President Donald Trump.

Harris is considered to be in the first tier of the heavily populated field of declared Democratic presidential contenders. While in Memphis, the Harris representatives were the guests of honor at a reception held at Mahogany Restaurant, hosted by owners Veronica Yates and Colleen McCullough. They also met privately

with Gale Jones Carson, Democratic National Committeewoman from Tennessee, and had a late dinner at the Rendezvous.

• The 2019 session of the Tennessee General Assembly may have ended week before last, but fallout on Capitol Hill from recent revelations concerning Republican House Speaker Glen Casada continues unabated, threatening Casada’s tenure as speaker and possibly even as a member of the House.

Most recently, the legislative Black Caucus, headed by state Representative G.A. Hardaway (D-Memphis), met with Casada on Monday and afterward formally asked for him to step down as speaker. The caucus had earlier sought an investigation of charges that Casada’s then aide Cade Cothren forged the date on an email to Casada from protestor Justin Jones, making it appear that Jones had violated a judicial no-contact order.

That was one of several matters that have the speaker in hot water. He was also recently exposed for having exchanged sexist emails with Cothren and tolerating racist attitudes from his aide, who has since resigned. Casada and Cothren are also suspected by some of illegal electronic eavesdropping on legislators.

The Democratic Caucus as such has also sought Casada’s resignation, as have several Republican legislators, singly.

• Michael Harris, the controversial recently elected chairman of the Shelby County Democratic Party, conducted his first meeting of his executive committee last Thursday at the IBEW Union Hall.

Harris, whom some members seek to unseat because of misconduct allegations that caused the suspension of his law license by the Board of Professional Responsibility, agreed to schedule a meeting in the near future to consider the issue in response to a motion from member Sanjeev Memula.

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Something is broken. The primary system, designed as a reform, has been reformed to the point of absurdity.

In the Republican Party, it produced a nominee who turned out to be Fred Trump’s idiot son, Donald.

For too many candidates, running for the nomination is a no-cost exercise in brand enhancement. They can stay in the House or the Senate or in serene unemployment and see if lightning strikes.

I’m told that the supremely competent Senator Michael F. Bennet of Colorado has said that by running, he has nothing to lose. And he’s right. If he wins, he moves into the White House. If he loses, he stays in the Senate. Either way, his summers will be muggy.

I read political news, as I do the New York Post’s unavoidable Page Six gossip feature. In the tabloid, many boldface names are only dimly familiar, sometimes because they are merely the children of the once-famous who, on their own, are mentioned only for entering and exiting rehab. It’s ridiculous that almost anyone can be a celebrity . . . or run for president.

There ought to be a difference.

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imagine some of today’s Democratic candidates coming to pay the required homage to Daley, and the mayor asking what, precisely, they had done to qualify for the most important job in the world.

I can’t imagine what Beto O’Rourke or Pete Buttigieg would say. They are both endowed with great appeal, sharp minds, a winning exuberance, and the promise of a political spring. But their political experience is thin and untested. Nice to meet ya, Daley would say in lieu of an endorsement. Okay, okay, the bosses were sometimes vile and sometimes corrupt.

But they looked for winners, not ideological soul mates — and winning, as Vince Lombardi reminded us, “isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.” This election, the only thing is defeating President Trump.

But the Democratic Party has opted for increased chaos. The supposedly contemptible superdelegates, unelected party functionaries, have been taken down more than a peg. They now cannot have the deciding vote on the first ballot, which means that, at the very least, they can sleep late.

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I am a stranger in my own land. I read the newspapers in puzzlement. Who are these people mentioned as Democratic presidential candidates? Oh, sure, I know Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders and Cory Booker and Kamala D. Harris and some of the others, but the other day I came across the names of John Delaney, Seth Moulton, and Tim Ryan — I already forgot another who was named — and stopped: Who? Running for president, the story said. The story did not say why.

Delaney ought to be Time magazine’s Person of the Year. He is the very personification of the new kind of presidential candidate. He’s been a successful businessman — health care and such — and was a member of Congress from Maryland. But rather than take the traditional next step — seek the governorship or move up to the Senate — he decided to head straight for the White House instead. He’s officially been a candidate since July 2017 — not that anyone has much noticed.

This is something new under the political sun, and it is not, in my estimation, a good thing. Take Delaney. Soon, he will have spent the better part of two years preparing for a life on the road as a salesman, but not necessarily for the Oval Office.

The same holds for many of the other 21 Democratic declared candidates.

Something is wrong. Something is broken. The primary system, designed as a reform, has been reformed to the point of absurdity. In the Republican Party, it managed to produce a nominee who turned out to be Fred Trump’s idiot son, Donald.

He only occasionally won a majority of the votes in the 2016 primaries. In a field of 12 candidates, his pluralities won him the nomination.

It is always instructive to read Theodore H. White’s classic, The Making of the President 1960. It is the tale of how John F. Kennedy secured the Democratic nomination and won the presidency.

Supporting roles were played by certain big-city political bosses, particularly Richard J. Daley, mayor of Chicago and boss of the mighty Cook County Democratic machine. By the time of his death in 1976, he had been Chicago’s mayor for 21 years, a record broken only by his son.

Daley was a masterful politician, while not always an admirable man. His bigotry was ecumenical — blacks, Jews, etc. — and he was lip-read at the chaotic 1968 Democratic National Convention hurling f-bombs at Senator Abraham Ribicoff on the podium, calling him “you Jew son of a b----.” Yet, Daley served a purpose: He policed the Democratic Party.

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Greetings, Memphians. I come in the name of peace and barbecue, two things you might not normally associate with Nashville.

We’ve been fighting a lot online 10 about ’cue lately, Twittering about who

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has the best this and Facebooking about who has the better that and calling each other names in the process. But our two cities have less of a problem with delicious smoked meat than they do with the newspapers that keep trying to stir up trouble.

Recently, a reporter at The Commercial Appeal took offense at a Nashville joint being selected over someplace from Memphis in a Southern Living list of top barbecue places. So she did what every click-chasing writer seems to do these days — she blogged about her indignancy.

The digital weasels at The Tennessean, seeing her post trending on social media, had their own resident clickbait artist return fire.

You see, these Gannett hucksters make their money online by ginning up controversy and getting you to click and comment on it. And over what? Another list in a magazine we’re reading less and less each year?

They’re playing us, barbecue fans.

What we should be concerned about is where to get our next great sandwich, wing, or rib. And if you haven’t been to Nashville in a while, it’s as good of a time as there has ever been to eat great barbecue. Is it better than what you have in Memphis? I’m not here to say things like “Rendezvous is criminally overrated,”

I’m here to invite you to dinner. Here are five places you shouldn’t miss and what they do best: MARTIN’S Most Nashville barbecue has roots in the same traditions that Memphis has made famous. For Pat Martin, who grew up in West Tennessee, that means the smell of whole hog hits you in the face as you walk into one of his many locations around town. The near-perfect pulled pork sandwiches of Martin’s — topped with slaw, of course — have that deep umami mix of smoke and sweetness that makes every bite satisfying. Martin started with an original joint in Nolensville and then peppered the area with five more places, including a two-story temple to pig Downtown that has become the go-to destination for many folks pregaming a Predators or Titans game. Martin’s redneck tacos (meat, slaw, and sauce on top of a hoecake) are a fine alternative to the traditional sandwich, and every time I’m in there with a group, I order one of his thick pieces of bologna and slice it up for everyone. It’s charred on a griddle and topped with pickles, onion, and mustard and there are never, ever any leftovers.

Peg Leg Porker

PEG LEG PORKER Carey Bringle, like Martin, has deep ties to the western grand division.

After years of success on the pitmaster circuit, including a third-place finish at Memphis in May, he opened his own place near Downtown in the Gulch in 2013. But instead of adding more stores, Bringle built straight up to create a three-story tower complete with an apartment on top. And while his place does some great things with pork shoulders, Peg Leg Porker’s best feature are the ribs, dry-rubbed racks of tender goodness a la the version Charlie Vergos made famous. I’d stack them up against anyone’s. The restaurant’s name comes honestly — Bringle lost part of a leg to bone cancer in his youth — as does the decor of white cinder block and polished concrete. It’s like stepping into the past. If chicken is your thing, his smoked, Springer Mountain yardbirds are scrape-off-thebone delicious and come with a side of Alabama white sauce that’s also the perfect accompaniment to French fries.

GAMBLING STICK For the longest time, I have believed that it was near impossible to get great brisket on this side of the Mississippi.

Kansas City? Tulsa? Austin? Dallas?

Sure. Tennessee? No way. The cut of meat is too finicky and, besides, our tradition has been pig (unless you’re one of those freaks in central Kentucky that insists on barbecuing mutton).

Then the guys at the Gambling Stick changed my mind. Located in the East Nashville parking lot of the best meat shop in town, CIA-trained Matt Russo turns Porter Road Butcher’s immaculate beef into amazing, tender brisket. The simple equation — dry rub plus cherry wood smoke — yields

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ome would say it was the hellnaw-iest of hell naw headlines: “Sorry, Memphis, but Nashville does have the best barbecue.” It appeared in The Tennessean back in April, stirring up a hornet’s nest of hurt feelings, civic pride, and apple-woodsmoked talking points.

Could it possibly be true? Nashville has all the money and the glam, but Memphis … well, Memphis is Memphis: soulful and fun and ridiculous, just like our barbecue.

We had two ’cue-perts speak in their city’s favor. Steve Cavendish is the former editor of the Nashville Scene and is leading the effort to launch a nonprofit news organization in Nashville. Chris McCoy is the Flyer’s film editor and a barbecue savant. What results is a sort of meeting in the middle, where we all agree that barbecue is made for eating and not for arguing.

Meanwhile, this year, Memphis’ 200th, Memphis in May (MIM) decided to honor our city, instead of a country.

Usually, the MIM-honored country has a team in the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. This year, MIM assembled a team of super barbecuers. We check in on them.

SLICK PIG BBQ I grew up driving around during summers with my dad, an insurance salesman, and we hit every meat-andthree and barbecue place between Covington and Cookeville. Not long after moving to Murfreesboro in the 1990s, he called me up to rave about a place called the Slick Pig and the best wings he had ever eaten. I’m not sure what the father-and-son team of Jerry and John Robinson marinate those wings in before they go on the smoker, but they come out blackened, lacquered, and perfect. Every bite is a little bomb of flavor. After trying these, you will have a hard time going back to standard hot wings. Well worth the 30-minute drive south.

Edley’s Bar-B-Que

EDLEY’S BAR-B-QUE When the Nashville Scene held a bracketstyle sandwich contest a few years ago, I put my bet on the Tuck Special, a fixture on the menu at Edley’s Bar-B-Que since it opened in 2011. It is decadence on a bun: layers of smoked brisket are topped with pimento cheese, pickles, red sauce, white sauce, and an over-easy egg. My friend Ashley describes it as being “like Whitesnake or US Weekly, it’s bad for you and embarrassing to consume in public.”

Christ, it’s good. Traditionalists are sure to be horrified, but it’s their loss. Pro tip: You can get Edley’s wonderful banana pudding as a side item instead of as a dessert, making this just about the richest meal in town. — Steve Cavendish

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It Came from Memphis

People of Nashville, I send you greetings from Memphis, Tennessee, the country music capital of the world!

See how silly, how completely out of touch with reality, that sounds? The Memphis-Nashville rivalry is also silly, and counterproductive. The people

of the state’s two biggest urban areas have much more in common than we have differences. We’re all just trying to make a living in a fast-changing, mid-sized Southern city. Let’s not allow those who do not have our best interests at heart to divide us over the narcissism of small differences.

Which brings us to the silly thing we’re supposed to be fighting over, barbecue. Specifically, slow cooked barbecue pork. The truth is, as Anthony Bourdain once pointed out, cultures all over the world figured out thousands of years ago that the tastiest way to eat a pig is to cook it slowly over low heat.

In Hawaii, they bury the pig in the sand with hot coals and let it get acquainted with itself. Here, we cook swine over indirect heat, using smoke to impart the meat with a distinctive flavor. At the risk of sounding like the arrogant loser Memphian who exists in the Nashville imagination, our way is the best way.

Or is it? This clickbait brouhaha has shaken my fragile Memphis arrogance. I needed to reconnect with our source of civic culinary pride.

This is my investigative journalism duty, not just a way to get the paper to pay for three lunches.

I stand in the parking lot of Tops Bar-B-Q, buffeted by sound waves.

Next to me is a tall man whom I deduce from the badge on his belt is a police detective. We watch a helicopter ambulance land on the roof of Methodist Hospital in a stiff crosswind.

“That guy’s got a tough job,” I say, and the detective agrees.

Tops is fast food, but it’s not a late-stage capitalist branding playground. On the walls are faded pictures of Elvis, and an American flag hangs in the window. The detective, who clearly has a lot on his mind, says when he was growing up, his father used to be a dedicated backyard barbecuer. I tell the detective that my job is to explain how Memphis barbecue is better than Nashville. “That sounds like an easy job,” he says.

Last month, Tops Bar-B-Q announced a new ownership group, who took pains to emphasize their commitment to keeping tradition alive. Restaurateur Tiger Bryant called it a “special institution in Memphis … a true gathering place where people from all walks of life — of all ages — come to enjoy.”

Team BBQ

Yeah, Tony Stark may have that fancy Iron Man suit, but I heard his pork shoulder ain’t worth a damn.

A Memphis superhero makes good barbecue. Period. And when the whole world descends upon Tom Lee Park, we’ll need an elite team of ’em to defend our fair city. Good news. We got one.

Memphis in May (MIM) honored Memphis this year for the city’s 200th birthday. So, the honorary barbecue team is from Memphis. Imagine how hard it would be to pick that elite team of barbecue all-stars.

Walter Crutchfield made the cut. You’ll know him from Crutchfield’s BBQ on Hollywood or from his recent appearance on Food Network’s Chopped.

We caught up with another part of the team, a battalion from Hog Wild — Real Memphis Barbeque & A Moveable Feast Catering — John Oborne, executive chef; John Caldwell, sous chef; and Schuyler O’Brien, chef de cuisine. Here they come now, slo-mo walking through a fog of barbecue smoke, tongs in hand.

Memphis Flyer: How did Hog Wild get together?

John Caldwell: Hog Wild and A Moveable Feast Catering have been in the Memphis market for 23 years this summer. [Company founder Ernie Mellor] started out by cooking catfish in the back of his truck. He had some skill on a barbecue rig, and it exploded from there. We think we’re the premier caterer in the Memphis area, and we love what we do.

Ernie, because he cooks on a competition team, is not a member of the — and I’m doing air quotes because we don’t consider ourselves this — the all-star team cooking at the Memphis in May tent.

MF: Have you competed at Memphis in May in the past?

JC: Yes, but it’s the [Hog Wild] team not the company, if that makes sense.

MF: It does. What is the Hog Wild company’s barbecue philosophy?

JC: You’re going to hear it all week long — slow and low.

MF: Talk about your cooking methods.

JC: We’ve had a line of retail and dry rubs available for years. We lay the dry rub on their shoulders, let them sit in that love for a couple hours before it goes on the smoke. Run [the shoulders] at about 210 for 16 hours and then that’s it. It’s a feel thing.

You’ve got to have a little touch, and John Oborne is the master at it. He can tell you when they’re done just by opening the door on the smoker.

MF: All right, well, John, tell me about it.

John Oborne: It’s a process. It takes a long time. You can’t rush good barbecue.

MF: Even though y’all put it in air quotes, you have been picked for the allstar team. It’s got to feel pretty good.

JC: We can’t tell you how excited we are. We are slammed busy. But every day after we finished our shifts and all the parties have gone out and we completed our parties, we’re sitting down and taking notes about the things we want to do for the all-star team, and how much fun that’s going to be and how excited we are about being selected, and representing Memphis on its 200th anniversary. That’s a big deal. — Toby Sells

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continued from page 11 A businessman with a bluetooth headset chooses fries to go with his porkcovered Tops burger, as smartly dressed young men throw around terms like “systems integration.” An older married couple sits in comfortable silence. Two middle aged women are catching up over a pair of sandwiches and Lay’s chips.

“That baby’s got enough onesies!” one exclaims, and they both laugh.

I choose the regular pork sandwich with beans and slaw. “You want slaw on it, right?” the young lady behind the counter drawls. It’s not really a question.

The sandwich is modest perfection.

The key to great Memphis barbecue, as in most things, is balance. The meat is sweet, smoky, and spicy, all at once, in pleasing proportions. The slaw on the sandwich is mostly a texture thing for me, a little contrast, but it also balances out an excess of spicy sauce.

At $7.59, the meal is less expensive than most fast food, and I actually feel good after I eat it. As I walk to the parking lot, I tell two of my fellow diners my mission. They scoff at the assertion that Nashville barbecue is in the same league as Memphis’. “We started it, they copied it, that’s the truth,” one says.

As I start my car, one of my new friends gives me the “roll down your window!” signal. Being true Memphians, they want to tell me about their favorite barbecue spots: A&R in Hickory Hill. The Neely’s on Winchester. Arnold’s on Shelby Drive.

The parking lot of Payne’s on Lamar is crowded even at 2 p.m. If your idea of

a great dining experience is a long-term real estate play cleverly disguised as a hip, yet rootsy restaurant revitalizing a post-industrial space, know this: The look and feel those places are trying to emulate is basically Payne’s. Sitting at the red-and-white checker-clothed tables with a rib sandwich in front of you is a quintessential Memphis experience.

It’s a sandwich in name only — the white bread’s function is not to contain the meat, but rather to act as an edible napkin to keep your fingers clean as you slither the thews from the bone.

At the Bar-B-Q Shop on Madison, Eric Vernon diplomatically declines to comment on the Memphis-Nashville controversy — except to shout out Cozy Corner as another barbecue restaurant that “gets everything right.” We start with a Memphis creation, barbecue nachos.

The ballpark food was made popular at AutoZone Park, but this plate is elevated by the Vernons’ pulled pork. Then, the blockbuster main course. Frank Vernon’s glazed rib recipe must be experienced to be believed. There’s nothing like that whiff of wood smoke that wafts up as the rib slabs hit the table. The slightly crunchy, caramelized exterior contrasts perfectly with the juicy, tender interior.

As we dig in, the dining room fills up with families. It’s graduation day.

Eric’s dad Frank Vernon was a backyard pitmaster turned struggling restaurateur. He was tapped by the owner of Brady and Lil’s, the favorite barbecue joint of the Stax Records, to carry on their legacy. Mr. Brady and Vernon sealed the deal by signing a Bible.

Their story is typical of so many black families in Memphis who clawed their way into the middle class by devoting themselves to perfecting barbecue — and thus preserving a vital part of African American and Southern culture. The cuisine sustained the people and reached across racial barriers. If we can dine together at the same checkered tablecloth, are we not all humans, in this thing together? That’s what barbecue is to Memphis. Not a new foodie frontier to conquer, or a flag to capture, but a pillar of the community, a tangible example of who we are. — Chris McCoy

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U of M prospects read like an Avengers movie.

By now, we know a single Avenger can make a blockbuster. (Iron Man proved this three times.) Had Hardaway merely signed Wiseman — the topranked recruit in the country, a five-star center who starred for Hardaway at East High School — the Memphis program would find itself in new territory come November, one where teams well beyond the American Athletic Conference must now consider Penny power in the national recruiting race. But Wiseman now represents the centerpiece in a collection of NBA-bound talent, a group unlike any seen in these parts in over a decade. (And I’m not convinced any of John Calipari’s classes topped this one.)

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addition to Wiseman, Hardaway — as Nick Fury, minus the eye patch — has landed three other top-50 recruits (according to Rivals): point guard Boogie Ellis (37), Quinones (48) and Olive Branch star D.J. Jeffries (50). Guard Damion Baugh (ranked 84th by Rivals) and Dandridge (123rd) give the class no fewer than five four-star members to surround the five-star Wiseman. Ellis swept into town last week (like Falcon) and decided Memphis basketball is a more attractive option than Duke. With one more scholarship on the table, Hardaway’s pursuing a trio of five-stars: New York forward Precious Achiuwa (a pal of Quinones’), Alabama forward Trendon Watford, and Texas guard R.J. Hampton.

For the first time in a quarter century, the Tigers will open their season without a single starter from the previous campaign. (Hardaway himself was part of the 1992-93 starting five that departed together.) And it’s a good thing those starters are gone, for there are still only 200 player minutes to distribute in a college basketball game. It’s little wonder three members (all reserves) from last year’s team have decided to transfer. There would not be room in next year’s rotation for Antwann Jones, Victor Enoh, or David Wingett. When you boil things down — remember, one scholarship left — at least two five-star recruits will be sidelined by Fury/Hardaway when the final team is assembled.

Recruiting rankings go only so far.

No banner will be hung at FedExForum for Hardaway landing a top-five class.

Ultron (Houston?) is out there, standing between Memphis and its first AAC championship. For the ultimate goal — a national championship — to be attained, Hardaway and his recruits will have to topple Thanos in one form or another (Kentucky? Please?). But here’s the thing: You don’t topple Kentucky without the star recruits. Thus the spring euphoria around the U of M program.

By the time you read this, Achiuwa (Hawkeye?) may be posing for pics in blue and gray with Quinones. Perhaps Hampton will don a cape (Doctor Strange?) to make Memphis the envy of veteran coaches far and wide. However Hardaway’s roster is completed, the 2019-20 season can’t get here soon enough. Marvel fans had to wait an entire year between Infinity War and Endgame. It’s only six months until this Tiger blockbuster premiers at FedExForum.

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’m going with James Wiseman as the incredible Hulk. Then D.J. Jeffries as Iron Man. We’ll find a shield for Lester Quinones and call him Captain America (Captain Memphis?). And Malcolm Dandridge has the arms to play Thor. At least for now. At Penny Hardaway’s current pace, the casting for the 2019-20 Memphis Tiger basketball team is hardly complete.

Coach Hardaway’s second recruiting class has become an Avengers movie.

And if you have trouble focusing during an all-in Marvel battle at the multiplex, just wait for upcoming winter nights at FedExForum. If Hardaway’s second class of freshmen lives up to its ranking and signing-day reactions across the country, Tiger basketball and the NIT won’t again be mentioned in the same sentence.

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From its earliest days as a shopfront theater in Downtown’s Edge district, Ekundayo Bandele’s Hattiloo Theatre aimed to become a melting pot for artists from various disciplines. The lobby space doubled as Zora’s Lounge showcasing poetry, comedy, and music. “We were always committed to helping in whatever way we could, to help other artists of color in the city,” Bandele says. When his theater started to attract attention, he took advantage of the moment to launch an annual spring festival in the park. “We didn’t just want to showcase theater,” Bandele says. “We wanted to show the breadth of what was available in the arts locally.”

For the past seven years, Black Arts Festival has brought the spirit of Zora’s Lounge to Overton Park’s Veterans Plaza. The event features dance, a variety of musical performance, spoken word artists, and hip-hop.

“Out of the 10 acts we showcase every year, I would say at least seven of them are regulars,” Bandele says ticking off creative partners like the Memphis Black Arts Alliance, Blues City Cultural Center, and SubRoy Dance Studios.

In addition to all of the performers, this year’s festival is expanding to include a 20x20 tent displaying work by 10 visual artists. “All of this is free,” Bandele says. “We’ve got DJ AO, and I’m always excited to see SubRoy because they represent all the dance forms found here in the city.”

“We’re making it more comfortable this year,” Bandele adds, acknowledging that May’s weather can be tricky. “We get families, and older people out. So we’re adding some big umbrellas for shade.”

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Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest Tom Lee Park, 11 a.m., $10 The big one, y’all. Barbecue all day, all over the park. Ms. Piggie Idol contest begins at 6 p.m. Through Saturday.

Remember the Titans Overton Square, Tower Courtyard, 8 p.m.

Screening of this 2000 film starring Denzel Washington as the coach of a newly integrated football team.

Violent Femmes Graceland Soundstage, 7 p.m., $39.50 Graceland gets a healthy dose of punk today courtesy of the Violent Femmes and X. Peabody Rooftop Party The Peabody, 6 p.m., $10 Bringing the party tonight is Party Planet. And, it being Barbecue Fest weekend, the grub includes popcorn chicken with barbecue sauce and barbecue chips; for VIPs, it’s barbecue sausage and ribs.

Fido Fest Carriage Crossing, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Carriage Crossing has gone to the dogs today. There will be on-site pet adoptions, kids entertainment, a doggie splash zone, an art zone, and more. Benefiting Collierville Animal Services.

Hallmark Channel’s June Weddings Fan Celebration Graceland, 9 a.m., $75 Event for true Hallmark fans, or those who love Jack Wagner.

Includes autograph sessions, panel discussions, and the Wagner concert at 7:30 p.m.

Suds & Cinema Wiseacre, 7-9 p.m.

Screening of short films hosted by CinemaSlice.

Cooper-Young Garden Walk Cooper-Young District, 9 a.m., $15 Garden tour of the CooperYoung District, featuring some 50 gardens. Includes speakers, demos, art vendors, and a car show on Saturday.

Nur Abdalla

By Chris Davis

Bicentennial events are tricky. Everybody celebrating is inclined to touch on similar themes, or remember similar events, reducing complex histories to a series of greatest hits. “We wanted to make sure we weren’t just focusing on the 19th century or on early Memphians, or on Dr. King or Elvis,” Pink Palace curator Nur Abdalla says, describing the bicentennial storytelling event, 200 Has a Lot to Say. “These parts of history are important, of course, but there are so many other places that do a great job of telling those stories, and they may be having bicentennial events of their own. So we wanted to do something that was a little bit more diversified.”

200 Has a Lot to Say brings together musicians, actors, dancers, and characters, all charged with creating unique snapshots of Memphis.

“We decided on storytelling, but we’re using that word in a nontraditional sense,” Abdalla says. “So we’re not just talking about someone standing around telling you a story orally or reading from a book. We have storytelling through dance, and interactive musicals. We have a re-enactor, a theatrical performance, and an open mic-type performance for present-tense stories that will hopefully be more relatable because they’re told by everyday people, so to speak.”

Storytelling mediums range from drumming to dance, and topics include Africa’s influence on the Memphis sound, Memphis’ Latino experience, and a ballet about Robert Church, the South’s first African-American millionaire.

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In Memoriam for Mollie Woodruff Elmwood Cemetery, 2-4 p.m.

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“I was in literature and sociology. Now we’re all out of school. We’re able to take it more seriously.”

But, he says, “I don’t want to say ‘seriously’ because I don’t want it to feel too serious. Now we’re able to tour.

It just felt right to kind of change the name. The next step.”

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Super Low is Adams and drummer John Lewandowski, 24. “The lineup is constantly changing at shows,” Adams says. “It’s not going to be the same people all the time. The only two constant members are me and John.

Bass guitar and keys are going to be switching around based on availability of who can play.”

China Gate, which originally included Adams, Conner Booth, and Jesse Wilcox, was formed in 2013.

“Jesse Wilcox and I were roommates freshman year at the University of Arkansas,” Adams says.

Prior to that band, Adams, Booth, and Walt Phelan played in a band called Berkano. Following that band, Adams, Booth, and Wilcox played in Kilgore Trout. “I guess that was kind of the predecessor to China Gate,” Adams says.

The original China Gate also included Ethan Williford, Harrison Neblett, and his brother, Kyle.

Adams chose the “China Gate” name. “It came from a Sun Ra song.

The jazz musician.”

The music in Super Low and China Gate are “exactly the same,” Adams says. “Power pop. Not really loud rock.

It’s soft. Mid-soft.”

But, he says, the band’s vibe has changed over the years. “I think it’s evolved. A little more dynamic.”

Their first China Gate gigs were at “basement shows, house shows,” Adams says.

Two years later, they began playing at clubs, including Hi-Tone and Bar DKDC. Hunca Munca was China Gate’s first album. “Whether You’re Coming or Not” was the band’s biggest hit at the beginning, says Adams, who writes the music and lyrics. “I do the chord progressions and the melodies.”

As to what their songs are about, Adams says, “I feel like the songs aren’t ever really about anything specific. I feel they’re just kind of vague.

You can apply it to whatever you want.”

The lyrics are surreal. “Not psychedelic.”

Chris Garner, owner of Garner Frame Shop, came up with the new name, Adams says. “John liked the word ‘Super.’”

“I just wanted ‘Super,’” Lewandowski says. “I wanted to do ‘Super Ball’ or ‘Super’ something.”

What kind of reaction did they get from fans after they announced the name change? “I feel with the internet it’s not that big of a deal anymore,” Adams says. “You can just change the name on the internet. Anybody who would know about us would probably follow us on the internet.”

The band recently played its first show as Super Low at Bar DKDC. “I think there were some people who had never seen China Gate play before or knew about us,” he says.

He got comments like, “That’s a really good first show you’re playing.”

They thought Super Low was a new band. “We’ve been playing for four years.”

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule May 16 - 22 Handy Bar 200 BEALE 527-2687

Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711

Gary Hardy & Memphis 2 Thursdays-Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; Karaoke Thursdays, TuesdaysWednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Sundays-Mondays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Mandi Thomas Fridays, Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; The 901 Heavy Hitters Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Flyin’ Ryan Fridays, Saturdays, 2:30 a.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

B.B. King’s Blues Club 143 BEALE 524-KING

The King Beez Thursdays, 5 p.m.; B.B. King’s All Stars Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m. and Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.

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

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

Blues City Cafe 138 BEALE 526-3637

Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE 529-0007

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

168 BEALE 576-2220

130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Ryan Snyder May 17-18, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe

Belle Tavern

145 BEALE 578-3031

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

King Jerry Lawler’s Hall of Fame Bar & Grille 159 BEALE

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

King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE 521-1851

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

King’s Palace Cafe Patio Sonny Mack MondaysFridays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7 p.m.-midnight and Saturdays, Sundays, 2-6 p.m.; Fuzzy Wednesdays, Fridays, 7 p.m.-midnight; Baunie and Soul Sundays, 7 p.m.-midnight.

Eric Hughes Band Wednesdays, Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.; FreeWorld Every other Friday, Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Memphis Blues Masters Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Mondays, Tuesdays, 7-11 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

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

Sunrise 670 JEFFERSON

Alexis Taylor Sunday, May 19, 10 a.m.

The Rusty Pieces Sunday, May 19, 6:30-9 p.m.

Harbor Town Amphitheater

South Main

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

River Series: Obruni Dance Band, Yazan Sunday, May 19, 3 p.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub

RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.

152 MADISON 572-1813

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

Cannon Center for the Performing Arts MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN TICKETS, 525-1515

Mighty Mahler 5 and the Moon Landing’s 50th Anniversary Saturday, May 18, 7:30-10 p.m.

Center for Southern Folklore

Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE 522-9596

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

Medical Center

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

117 BARBORO ALLEY 249-6580

182 BEALE 528-0150

Itta Bena

162 BEALE 521-1851

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium

123 S. MAIN AT PEABODY TROLLEY STOP 525-3655

Zeke Johnson Saturday, May 18, 7-10 p.m.

Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY

Alexis Taylor Friday, May 17, 9 p.m.; Someday Now Saturday, May 18, 9 p.m.; Bobbie Stacks and Friends Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

740 HARBOR BEND ROAD

South Main Sounds

Paulette’s

Nashville Songwriter’s Assn.

Intnl. (NSAI) Memphis Chapter Meeting Every third Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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

550 S. MAIN 494-6543

Spindini 383 S. MAIN 578-2767

Candace Mache Jazz Trio May 17-18.

The Peabody 149 UNION 529-4000

Rooftop Party with Party Planet Thursday, May 16, 6-10 p.m.

Regina’s 60 N. MAIN

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

Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020

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

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

B-Side 1555 MADISON

Model Zero with Paint Fumes Thursday, May 16; Social Oil Friday, May 17; Jerry Joseph Saturday, May 18; Graham Winchester Band Sunday, May 19, 7 p.m.; Devil Train Mondays; Amy LaVere and Will Sexton Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m.; Outer Ring Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m.

Blue Monkey 2012 MADISON 272-BLUE

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight.

The Vault 124 GE PATTERSON

Alexis Taylor Saturday, May 18, 8:30 p.m.

May 16-22, 2019

Sean Apple Thursdays, 4-7:30 p.m.; Eskimo Brothers Thursday, May 16, 8 p.m.-midnight and May 17-18, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, Saturdays, 5-9 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m. and Saturdays, 12:30-4:30 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Sundays, 5-9 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

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

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule May 16 - 22 Sunday Brunch with Joyce Cobb Sundays, 11:30 a.m.2:30 p.m.

Nathan Fouts Monday, May 20, 9 p.m.; BEASTO BLANCO, Jocephus and the George Jonestown Massacre Wednesday, May 22, 9 p.m.

Canvas

Lafayette’s Music Room

Celtic Crossing

2119 MADISON 207-5097

David Kurtz & Billy Maharrey with Zeke Yarbro Thursday, May 16, 6 p.m.; Char Magnifico and Vintage Thursday, May 16, 9 p.m.; Shelby Lee Lowe Friday, May 17, 6:30 p.m.; Almost Famous Friday, May 17, 10 p.m.; School of Rock Memphis

Wild Bill’s

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1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

1747 WALKER 421-6239

590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

The 11th Annual 2019 SCM Awards Sunday, May 19, 6 p.m.; Ella Mai, Mahalia Tuesday, May 21, 8 p.m.

P&H Cafe

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

1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rockstar Karaoke Fridays; Lately David Saturday, May 18; Open Mic Music Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight; New York Wannabes, the Moon Glimmers Tuesday, May 21; When Particles

Friday Karaoke Fridays, 7-11 p.m.

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

Ubee’s

T.J. Mulligan’s

521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900

1817 KIRBY 755-2481

Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

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

2234 LAMAR 421-6476

Whey Jennings Thursday, May 16, 8-11 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Triple X Saturday, May 18, 8 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

The Cove

THE REGALIA, 6150 POPLAR 761-0990

903 S. COOPER 274-5151

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

The CLTV CMPLX A Weirdo From Memphis Friday, May 17, 8:30 p.m.

Owen Brennan’s Lannie McMillan Jazz Trio Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

2559 BROAD 730-0719

Ed Finney & Neptune’s Army with Deb Swiney Thursdays, 8 p.m.; The Barnacles Friday, May 17, 9 p.m.; Bluff City Backsliders Saturday, May 18, 9 p.m.; Tailored Makers Monday, May 20, 6 p.m.; Richard Wilson Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m.; Ben MindenBirkenmaier Wednesdays, 6 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Summer/Berclair Barbie’s Barlight Lounge 661 N. MENDENHALL

Possum Daddy’s Karaoke Saturdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

High Point Pub 477 HIGH POINT TERRACE 452-9203

Dru’s Place

Pubapalooza with Stereo Joe Every other Wednesday, 8-11 p.m.

1474 MADISON 275-8082

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts

Maria’s Restaurant 6439 SUMMER 356-2324

1350 CONCOURSE AVE., SUITE 280 507-8030

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

Songwriters in the Round Thursday, May 16, 7:30-9:30 p.m.; Grace Askew, with Marcella Simien Friday, May 17, 7-9 p.m.; Michael Shults Quartet Sunday, May 19, 7-9 p.m.

South Memphis FireHouse Community Arts Center

Growlers 1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Travis Parker with Benjamin Gilbreath Thursday, May 16, 8 p.m.; Roshambeaux Friday, May 17, 9 p.m.; Stephen Michael Saturday, May 18, 5 p.m.; Espermachine with Solemn Shapes, DJ plastic Citizen Saturday, May 18, 8 p.m.; Spite with Fallujah, Buried Above Ground, Caraway, Smoke Signals Sunday, May 19, 6:30 p.m.; Bobaflex with Dark Sky Choir, Midnight for the Masses Monday, May 20, 7:30 p.m.; Amigo the Devil Tuesday, May 21, 8 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Avon Dale, Tony Manard & the Big Ole Band Wednesday, May 22, 8 p.m.

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

Inter Arma, Thantifaxath, Noisem Thursday, May 16, 9 p.m.; Lee DeWyze, Eli Lev, Chloé Caroline Thursday, May 16, 10 p.m.; Pro Wrestling Trainwreck Friday, May 17, 9 p.m.; Jack the Giant Killer, Shamefinger Friday, May 17, 9 p.m.; GRRL Fest III Saturday, May 18, 8 p.m.; Afton Shows Presents Sunday, May 19, 7 p.m.; Lionel Mcafee Presents: Rappin Sunday, May 19, 8:30 p.m.;

985 S. BELLEVUE 948-9522

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

Whitehaven/ Airport Graceland Soundstage 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY BLVD

Saturday, May 18, 1 p.m.; Bluff City Bandits Saturday, May 18, 6:30 p.m.; Seeing Red Saturday, May 18, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Jam for Jimi Jamison Sunday, May 19, 4:30 p.m.; Royal Blues Band Music Jam Monday, May 20, 6 p.m.; Tav Falco’s Panther Burns 40th Anniversary Tour Tuesday, May 21, 8-11:30 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m.; McKenna Bray Wednesday, May 22, 8 p.m.

Midtown Crossing Grill 394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

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

East Memphis

Collide, Mama Honey, Louise Page, Rosey Wednesday, May 22.

Railgarten 2160 CENTRAL

Bailey & Wyly Bigger Thursday, May 16, 6-8 p.m.; The Reverend John Wilkins Friday, May 17, 8 p.m.; The Stolen Faces Saturday, May 18, 7 p.m.; Tipsy Nerf Battle Brunch Sunday, May 19, noon; The Tennessee Queens Tour with LOLO and Garrison Star Sunday, May 19, 7 p.m.; Memphis’ 200th Birthday Bash with Black Cream and STAX Academy Band Wednesday, May 22, 4-11 p.m.

Senses Nightclub 2866 POPLAR 249-3739

Unique Saturday Saturdays, 10 p.m.-3 a.m.

Craft Republic 5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013

University of Memphis The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND

DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.; School of Rock Spring Season Show: Ladies of the ’80s Sunday, May 19, 4-8 p.m.

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

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

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

East of Wangs

Violent Femmes, X Thursday, May 16, 7 p.m.; Jack Wagner Saturday, May 18, 7:30-10:30 p.m.

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

6069 PARK 763-0676

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

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House

Rock-n-Roll Cafe

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

551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

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

3855 ELVIS PRESLEY 398-6528

Elvis Tribute featuring Michael Cullipher Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Live Entertainment Mondays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Elvis Gospel music show Fridays, 1-2:30 p.m.; Karaoke hosted by DJ Maddy Wednesdays,

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1737 MADISON 443-5232

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

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 312-6058

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

Live Music Thursdays, Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.; Karaoke and Dance Music with DJ Funn Fridays, 9 p.m.

Bartlett Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Rockstar Karaoke with Charlie Belt Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Twin Soul Friday, May 17, 9 p.m.; No Hit Wonders Saturday, May 18, 8 p.m.; Area 51 Sunday, May 19, 5:30 p.m.; Triple Annie Wednesday, May 22, 8 p.m.

Old Whitten Tavern 2465 WHITTEN 379-1965

Live Music Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

RockHouse Live 5709 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 386-7222

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

Shelby Forest General Store 7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Steak Night with Tony Butler and the Shelby Forest Pioneers Fridays, 6-8 p.m.; Cecil Yancy Saturday, May 18, 12-3 p.m.; Tony Maynard Sunday, May 19, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

Collierville Dyer’s Cafe 101 N. CENTER 850-7750

Richard Wilson Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m.

Cordova Delta Blues Winery 6585 STEWART

Shara Layne and Memphis Deep Friday, May 17, 7-10 p.m.; Tom Howe Sunday, May 19, 2:30-5:30 p.m.

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

May 16-22, 2019

Hollywood Casino

Southland Park

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

1550 N. INGRAM, WEST MEMPHIS, AR 800-467-6182

819 EXOCET 624-9060

Unwind Wednesdays Wednesdays, 6 p.m.-midnight.

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

8071 TRINITY 756-4480

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

Frayser/Millington Harpo’s Hogpin 4212 HWY 51N 530-0414

9087 POPLAR 755-0092

North Mississippi/ Tunica

Mesquite Chop House

Pop’s Bar & Grill

7281 HACKS CROSS, OLIVE BRANCH, MS 662-893-6242

Possum Daddy or DJ Turtle Thursdays, 5-9 p.m.; CeCee Fridays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.; Possum Daddy Karaoke Wednesdays, 6-10 p.m. and Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.

Toni Green’s Palace 4212 HWY 51 N

Toni Green’s Palace MondaysSundays, 7 p.m.; Live DJ Thursdays, Fridays, 7 p.m.

Germantown

The Hut 475 WEST VALLEY

Kimbrough Cotton Patch Soul Blues Festival May 17-19.

The Crossing Bar & Grill

6365 NAVY 872-0353

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

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

Live Music Saturdays, 9 p.m.

Karaoke with Buddha Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Dan McGuinness 3964 GOODMAN, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-7611

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

Fox and Hound Tavern 6565 TOWNE CENTER, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-536-2200

Live Music Thursdays, 5 p.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays.

5960 GETWELL

The Rusty Pieces Friday, May 17, 7-9 p.m.

Tunica Roadhouse 1107 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 662-363-4900

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

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

West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas

Germantown Performing Arts Center

Private Studio

1801 EXETER 751-7500

Blues Off Broadway: Ms. Zeno, Daddy Mack Blues Band Thursday, May 16, 5-8 p.m.

Mighty Mahler 5 and the Moon Landing’s 50th Anniversary Sunday, May 19, 2:30-5 p.m.

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212 WEST POLK

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

The New Backdour Bar & Grill 302 S. AVALON 596-7115

DJ Stylez Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

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 16 - 22

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

Blues Hall of Fame Museum “The Blues According to Arhoolie,” exhibition honoring Arhoolie Records, an independent record label famed for publishing and promoting obscure folk and blues artists. www.blues.org.

Through Sept. 1.

421 S. MAIN (527-2583).

Clough-Hanson Gallery

Senior Thesis Exhibition, exhibition of work by Rhodes studio art majors Olivia Rowe, Charlotte Sechrist, Qian Xu, Sara Lynn Abbott, and Melissa Kiker. www.rhodes.edu/events. Ongoing.

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

Crosstown Arts at The Concourse

Hattiloo Theatre

The Parchmen Hour: Songs and Stories of the ’61 Freedom Riders, adapted from real-life accounts of the 1961 Freedom Rides, The Parchmen Hour shares these struggles through music that ranges from Bob Dylan to spirituals. www.hattiloo.org. $30-$35. Thursdays, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., Saturdays, 2 & 7:30 p.m., and Sundays, 3 p.m. Through June 2.

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

Playhouse on the Square

Cabaret, it’s the early 1930s in Berlin, and life is changing. But that’s no concern for sensational Kit Kat Klub cabaret singer Sally Bowles, whose only goal in life is to have a good time. As the Nazis take control of the government, the lives of Sally and her boyfriend, writer Cliff Bradshaw, begin to change dramatically.

(725-3008), cabaret.pptnm.org/.

Through May 26, 8-10 p.m.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

TheatreWorks

The Emotions Project, this experience takes the audience through the chakra system by way of varied artforms including ballet, modern, tap, ballroom, Bollywood, Indian classical, bellydance, yoga, aerial dance, acro, hula hooping, flow arts, music, song, poetry, and theater. www.theatreworksmemphis.org.

Fri., Sat., 8 p.m. Through May 18.

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

PlayBack Memphis, bringing stories to life in a safe space to unlock healing, transformation, and joy. Families welcome. (2073694), Free. Third Thursday of every month, 4:30-6 p.m.

LEMOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE, 990 COLLEGE PARK.

OTH E R A R T HA P P E N I N G S

Artist Talk with Dolores Justus

The artist speaks about her exhibit “Where Light and Landscape Meet.” Sat., May 18, 2 p.m.

L ROSS GALLERY, 5040 SANDERLIN (7672200), WWW.LROSSGALLERY.COM.

Artists’ Link Meeting

Speakers include Shane McDermott in May. Third Monday of every month, 6:30 p.m.

JASON’S DELI, 3473 POPLAR (324-3181).

Casting Demonstration

Saturdays, Sundays, 1:30 p.m.

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

Memphis Magazine Fiction Contest

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

WWW.MEMPHISMAGAZINE.COM.

Stitched: Family Crest Workshop

Class led by Amie Plumley, author of the popular Sewing School books. Family groups are invited to come and work together. Sat., May 18, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

CROSSTOWN ARTS AT THE CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE AVE., SUITE 280 (5078030), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Talks & Tapas: Zeinu Mudeser in Conversation with Sheila Urevbu

Talks & Tapas: Zeinu Mudeser in Conversation with Sheila Urevbu Thurs., May 16, 6-8 p.m.

ART VILLAGE GALLERY, 410 S. MAIN (521-0782), WWW.ARTVILLAGEGALLERY. COM.

ONGOI NG ART

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

“Dear Artist,” exhibition of work on loan. Artists include Lisa Alonso, Nakeya Brown, Burton Callicott, Carroll Cloar, Jennifer Crescuillo, William Eggleston, and others. www.memphis.edu/amum.

Through June 1.

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

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

Art Village Gallery

“Visions of Illusion,” exhibition of new work by Zeinu Mudeser. www.artvillagegallery.com.

Through July 31.

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

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

Ongoing.

410 S. MAIN (521-0782).

ASU Mid-South Reynolds Center

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

Through May 17.

2000 W. BROADWAY.

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

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

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

1350 CONCOURSE AVE., SUITE 280 (507-8030).

Crosstown Concourse

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

Ongoing.

1350 CONCOURSE AVE.

David Lusk Gallery

Burton Callicott, exhibition of serene landscapes by the acclaimed artist and influential educator. www.davidluskgallery. com. Through June 7.

“The Deep,” exhibition of work by Robert Yasuda. www. davidluskgallery.com. Through May 31.

“A Lifestyle,” exhibition of work by Joyce Gingold. www. davidluskgallery.com. Through May 31.

“Soft Landing,” exhibition of new work by Emily Leonard. www. davidluskgallery.com. Through June 6.

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“William McGregor Paxton and Elizabeth Okie Paxton: An Artistic Partnership,” exhibition of the works of William Paxton and Elizabeth Paxton. William is best remembered for his involvement with the Boston School, and Elizabeth was an accomplished still-life painter, as well as William’s wife, muse, and favorite model. www.dixon.org. Through July 14.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest at Tom Lee Park, Wednesday, May 15th, through Saturday, May 18th

“Stitched: Celebrating the Art of Quilting,” three-month festival celebrating quilting and visual arts, with events, workshops, and two exhibition of not-your-grandma’s quilts. www.crosstownarts.org.

Through July 26.

“Blue: A Regional Quilt Challenge,” a curated exhibition of three-layered, stitched 24”x 24” works by local and regional artists. www.crosstownarts.org. Through July 28.

“Masterworks: Abstract & Geometric,” traveling exhibition of art quilts by 29 internationally known artists www.crosstownarts. org. Through July 28.

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C A L E N D A R : M AY 1 6 - 2 2 continued from page 21 “The Allure of Creative Self-Absorption,” exhibition of photographs of Virginia Oldoini Verasis, the Countess of Castiglione. A great beauty, grande horizontale, and mistress to Napoleon III, the Countess was an iconic figure of the glamorous Second Empire. In an era when the average person might be photographed once in his or her lifetime, the Countess commissioned more than 400 images of herself from the Parisian studio photographer Pierre-Louis Pierson and others. www.dixon.org.

Through July 14.

“First Saturdays: Memphis Urban Sketchers,” exhibition of works by more than 20 artists. “First Saturdays” offers a creative interpretation of Memphis places and landmarks. www.dixon.org.

Through July 7.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

Eclectic Eye

“Myths and Muses,” exhibition of new work

by Carol Buchman. www. eclectic-eye.com. Through May 29.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Edge Gallery

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

509 S. MAIN (647-9242).

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May 16-22, 2019

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If you have been told you have a medical condition caused by infection with HPV, you can help support research into prevention or control of diseases caused by the virus by providing a small sample of your blood. You must be at least 18 years of age and in generally good health to participate.

Participants will receive monetary compensation ranging from $25 to $300 based on the level of participation.

Schedule a 30 minute appointment to take part.

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

985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

Flicker Street Studio

“Inside/Out,” exhibition of works by artists working with vastly differing media, content, and making processes. Featuring the work of Jim Buchman, Nancy Cheairs, Ted Faiers, Lauren Fogg, Taylor Loftin, Meredith Olinger, Nate Renner, Phil Donohue, Pam McDonnell, and Ed Rainey. (674-5855), www.binderprojects.com/.

Mondays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.4 p.m. Through May 25.

74 FLICKER (767-2999).

Graceland

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

Ongoing.

3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322).

Java Cabana

“My Life in Colour,” exhibition of new paintings

by Jessica White. www. javacabanacoffeehouse.com.

Through May 31.

2170 YOUNG (272-7210).

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Jay Etkin Gallery

“Currents,” exhibition of new works by Pam Cobb and Marc Rouillard. www. jayetkingallery.com. Through June 8.

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

Ongoing.

942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“Where the Petals All Unfold/ Where Light and Landscape Meet,” exhibition of works

by Alan Duckworth and Dolores Justus. (767-2200), lrossgallery.com. Free.

Tuesdays-Saturdays. Through May 25.

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Marshall Arts Gallery

“Love of Art” and “Memphis,” exhibition of work by Nikki Gardner and Debra Edge by appointment only. Ongoing.

639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Memphis Botanic Garden

Twilight Thursdays, extended hours staying open until sunset. Each week will have a different highlight from plants to pets. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Thursdays.

“Bicentennial Blues Bed,” new, year-long planting celebrating the Bluff City’s bicentennial, located just outside of the Four Seasons Garden. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Ongoing.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“Natural Curiosity,” exhibition of work by Beth Van Hoesen, displaying the artist’s process, from initial sketch to polished print. Van Hoesen specialized in the intaglio processes of etching, drypoint, and aquatint, primarily focused on natural subject matter like insects, plants, and animals. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through June 30.

“Painted Words: Poets and Painters in Print, 1869 – 1967,” exhibition curated by Donal Harris showcasing three volumes that combine literary and visual art through printmaking. The exhibited works range from Paris in the 1860s to New York in the 1960s, and combine poetry and graphic work. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through Aug. 11.

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

Through June 21, 2021.

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

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

org. Through Oct. 11.

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

Ongoing.

“Drawing Memory: Essence of Memphis,” exhibition of works inspired by nsibidi, a sacred means of communication among male secret societies in southeastern Nigeria

by Victor Ekpuk. www. brooksmuseum.org. Ongoing.

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Memphis Jewish Community Center’s Shainberg Gallery

“Collaborations,” exhibition of collaborative works by Tennessee Craft members. www.jccmemphis.org.

Through May 31.

6560 POPLAR (761-0810).

Metal Museum

“Tributaries,” exhibition of work by featured artist Jill Baker Gower. (774-6380), www.metalmuseum.org.

Through June 30.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (7746380).

Overton Park Gallery

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

1581 OVERTON PARK (229-2967).

Ross Gallery

“Outside Looking In,” exhibition of works by CBU BFA graduates Erin McInnes, Darien Parsons, and Katherine Traylor. www.cbu.edu/gallery. Free.

Mondays-Fridays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Through July 8.

Art Therapy Exhibition, exhibition of works from two groups from Alzheimer’s and Dementia Services of Memphis. www.cbu.edu/ gallery. Free. MondaysFridays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Through July 8.

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

Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum

“Images of Africa Before & After the Middle Passage,” exhibition of photography by Jeff and Shaakira Edison. (527-3427), slavehavenmemphis.com/.

Ongoing.

826 NORTH SECOND STREET (527-3427).

Talbot Heirs

Debra Edge Art, ongoing.

99 S. SECOND (527-9772).

TOPS Gallery

“Camera Obscura,” exhibition of new work by Aaron Suggs. www.topsgallery.com.

Through May 19.

400 S. FRONT.

Village Frame & Art

“20th Century Memphis Photographs,” exhibition of work by Charlie Ivey and Virginia Schoenster, Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

540 S. MENDENHALL (767-8882).

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

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

C O M E DY

The Bluff

Memphis Next Top Comic Night, Jackson Maness hosts this challenge of chuckles.

Competitors include Abanyeh Cunningham, Jared Sturghill, Judeaa Driscoll,John Miller, Tommy Oler, Topher Shaw. $5. Wed., May 22, 7:30-10:30 p.m.

535 S HIGHLAND ST.

Gold Strike Casino

Ranked by Comedy Central as one of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians, Sinbad’s storytelling style of comedy is profound without being profane. (888747-7711). $39.95-$69.95. Sat., May 18, 8-9 p.m.

1010 CASINO CENTER IN TUNICA, MS (1-888-245-7829).

You Look Like, a monthly showcase of spite, battle of bitchery, and competition of “Oh, hell no.” Watch the quickest wits from all over the country talk mad shit. (283-3814), $8. Third Saturday of every month, 9-11 p.m.

1532 MADISON (726-0906).

B O O KS I G N I N G S

Booksigning by C.H. Hooks

Author discusses and signs his new novel, Alligator ZooPark Magic. Thurs., May 16, 6 p.m.

NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.

Booksigning by Jamie Purnell

Author discusses and signs his children’s book, Proud Penguin. Sat., May 18, 11 a.m.

BARNES & NOBLE, 4610 MERCHANTS PARK CIRCLE #521, COLLIERVILLE (861-9517), WWW.BARNESANDNOBLE.COM.

Booksigning by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson

Booksigning by Suzy Askew

Author discusses and signs her new book, Native Plants of Tennessee: A Book of Lists. $20. Fri., May 17, 6-8 p.m.

PALLADIO GARDEN, 2231 CENTRAL AVENUE (276-3806), PALLADIOGARDEN.COM/.

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The 200 Talk: Elmwood and the Memphis Bicentennial

Indoor, seated presentation in the Lord’s Chapel. Guest presenter Willy Bearden shares vintage photos of the city, some Memphis history, and stories of the people who rest at Elmwood. $20. Sun., May 19, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

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

Bicentennial History Talk

Dr. Beverly Bond speaks on the topic “The Burtons: Negotiating Freedom and Family in 19th Century Memphis.” Opening house to follow the discussion.

Sun., May 19, 4 p.m.

Author discusses and signs her new novel, The Exalted, in conversation with Sarah Henning and Amy Tentera.

Tues., May 21, 6 p.m.

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

NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.

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Hallmark Channel’s June Weddings Fan Celebration at Graceland

Hallmark Channel hosts a fan celebration that provides a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get up close and personal with some of the network’s stars. Sat., May 18, and Sun., May 19.

GRACELAND, 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322), WWW.GRACELAND. COM/JUNEWEDDINGS.

TO U R S

The 200 Years Strong Tour

Bicentennial-themed tour of the grave sites of some of the people who laid the foundation upon which Memphis was built. Led by assistant director Bob Barnett. $20. Sat., May 18, 10:30 a.m.noon.

ELMWOOD CEMETERY, 824 S. DUDLEY (774-3212), WWW. EVENTBRITE.COM/E/THE200-YEARS-STRONG-TOURTICKETS-55604383207.

Bicentennial History Hikes

Meet at the guest services desk in the Visitor Center.

Tuesdays, 2 p.m.

LICHTERMAN NATURE CENTER,

energy, and exceptional talent of local black arts groups and artists. With performing art genres that range from spoken word to hip-hop to dance.

Free. Sat., May 18, 12-3 p.m.

5992 QUINCE (767-7322), WWW. MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

City Tasting Tours

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

OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR, WWW.HATTILOO.ORG.

How-To Festival

Makers and DIY experts gather to share a diverse array of talents, including demonstrations, hands-on learning, and handmade goods for purchase. Free. Sat., May 18, 1-4 p.m.

WWW.CITYTASTINGTOURS.COM.

Cooper-Young Garden Walk

Fourth-annual tour of more than 50 quirky urban gardens.

Chickens, bees, speakers and demonstrations, art vendors, and more are part of the tour. Car show on Saturday. $15-$20. Sat., May 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sun., May 19, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

GERMANTOWN COMMUNITY LIBRARY, 1925 EXETER (757-7323), WWW.HOWTOFESTIVAL.COM.

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Bicentennial Beatdown Championship Boxing Fight

COOPER-YOUNG DISTRICT, CORNER OF COOPER AND YOUNG (299-5887), WWW. COOPERYOUNGGARDENWALK.ORG.

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.

Stories of Stone: A Walking Tour

Goat Yoga at Health Sciences Park, Sunday, May 19th, at 1 p.m. hands, grapes, anchors, doves, flowers, and more. $20. Sat., May 18, 2:30-4 p.m.

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

The monuments at Elmwood Cemetery have their own stories to tell. Carved into the stones are wreaths, scrolls,

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/.

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Native Plant Sale

Native plants are the foundation of the natural food chain and essential for attracting and supporting birds, butterflies, and other wildlife. Adapted to Mid-

South’s regional conditions, they promote biodiversity.

Plant sale is rain or shine. May 17-18, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

STRAWBERRY PLAINS AUDUBON CENTER, 285 PLAINS (662-252-1155).

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Hattiloo Black Arts Fest

Sponsored and arranged

by Hattiloo, this festival showcases the diversity,

Ladarius “Memphis” Miller will face off against former Lightweight World Champion Fernando Saucedo in a 10-round bout for the American Boxing Federation Continental Americas Super Lightweight Title. $10. Fri., May 17, 7 p.m.

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

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C A L E N D A R : M AY 1 6 - 2 2 continued from page 25 Runners can race with their leashed pet. $35. Sat., May 18, 8-10 a.m.

PAW PAW’S PETS, 3124 BROAD (286-5488), RACESONLINE.COM/ EVENTS/BARK-ON-BROAD.

The Commercial Appeal Sports Awards

The show celebrates Memphis high school sports player and team accomplishments from the 2018-19 school year with award presentations and a special guest speaker. $12. Fri., May 17, 7 p.m.

THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (5253000), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS. COM.

Goat Yoga

The goats are back in town.

An afternoon of recharging and stretchig, but with goats.

All proceeds benefit Memphis Animal Services Sun., May 19, 1 p.m.

HEALTH SCIENCES PARK, MADISON AND DUNLAP.

Memphis 901 FC vs.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Sat., May 18, 7 p.m.

AUTOZONE PARK, THIRD AND UNION (721-6000), WWW.MEMPHIS901FC.COM.

Memphis in May Triathlon

AA weekend of racing starting with the Memphis in May Sprint Triathlon on Saturday followed by the

historic Memphis in May Olympic Triathlon Sunday, with swimming in Casper Lake, biking around the park, and a 6.2-mile (10K) run.

Proceeds from the events will benefit Edmund Orgill Park.

Post-race party tickets can be purchased at the race site. May 17-19.

Junior Fishing Rodeo

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, SHOWPLACE ARENA, 105 S. GERMANTOWN, WWW.AGRICENTER. ORG.

A day of live storytelling and performances highlighting specific people, events, and communities in our city’s history. Sat., May 18, 11:15 a.m.-3:45 p.m.

EDMUND ORGILL PARK, MILLINGTON, TN (550-2114).

Polliwogs Summer Pre-K Camp

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

The lake is fully stocked with catfish, and children ages 5-13 can participate for prizes in categories of size and number of catfish. Sat., May 18, 7-10 a.m.

Orpheum Golf for Education

Kids camp offering an interactive introduction to all things nature, excellent preparation for kindergarten to come. May 20-24, 9 a.m.noon & 1-4 p.m.

Fund-raiser golf tournament with food, a silent auction, and team prizes for first, second, and third place. Mon., May 20, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

LICHTERMAN NATURE CENTER, 5992 QUINCE (636-2221), WWW. MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

RIDGEWAY COUNTRY CLUB, 9800 POPLAR (853-2247), WWW. ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM.

Sunset Yoga

Join Peggy Reisser for an hour-long Vinyasa flow class.

All levels welcome. If you have blocks, straps, or blankets, please bring them. Free for members, $5 nonmembers.

Third Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m.

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

Walk ‘n’ Talk

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Learn about the metal casting process through hands-on activities, browse a pop-up exhibition on the bluff, and watch as the foundry artists pour molten iron. It’s a fun and educational day for all ages. Free. Sat., May 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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Family-friendly run to raise money for Sweet Cheeks Diaper Ministry and raise awareness for the issue of diaper need in Shelby County and surrounding areas. $25.

Sun., May 19, 2-4 p.m.

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In Memoriam for Mollie Woodruff Celebrating the life of Mollie Woodruff. A light repast will follow at the family home, 680 Adams. Black mourning attire and period mourning attire is encouraged. Free.

Sun., May 19, 2-4 p.m.

May’s event is a journey through African-American music. Mon., May 20, 5:307:30 p.m.

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Though sometimes incomprehenThe numbers range from folk songs and sible as he spits out too many words too spirituals to prison work. Even Pigmeat fast in a thick German accent, Nathan Markham’s “Here Comes the Judge,” McHenry’s intentions are never unclear. puts in a cameo. Combined with the odd As the emcee, he welcomes the audience Bible verse and occasional “yo mama” like a good horror host, and ushers them joke, the help tell the story of America’s back and forth across Cabaret’s intersectfreedom riders. In 1961, young activists ing storylines, on a journey all the way to were dubbed radicals and race baiters for hell. It’s an impressive, athletic perforprotesting segregation on integrated bus mance, but it’s Playhouse stalwart Kim rides through the Jim Crow South. While Sanders who emerges from the chorus to imprisoned in Mississippi’s infamous deliver Cabaret’s crushing blow. She leads Parchman Farm penitentiary, the riders, the cast through “Tomorrow Belongs to whose ranks included organizer and Me,” an infectious, inspirational number activist Stokely Carmichael and future U.S. that begins so sweetly, and ends with Congressman John Lewis, created a kind the earth shifting hard on its axis. From of variety show to entertain themselves, nowhere so many Nazis emerge. Only and help stay on mission. they don’t really come from nowhere; The Parchman Hour is theater as they were there all along. documentary, mixing video projection and movement with music Whitney Branan and a script compiled from public record. Tightly directed by Dennis Whitehead-Darling, with choreography by Emma Crystal, Hattiloo’s production is absolutely alive, and more than occasionally shocking.

Every scene cuts to the quick of heroism and sacrifice, challenging viewers to shake off their own complacency.

The Parchman Hour: Songs And Stories It’s so easy to fall for Sally’s spiel about of the ’61 Freedom Riders runs at Hattiloo the short distance from cradle to tomb, Theatre through June 2nd. and carpe diem, and all that. “Come to the Cabaret,” she belts like a carnival barker, When there’s no light, you’ve got to make pitching all the attractions. Only Elsie, the your own. The Parchman Hour reminds us former Chelsea flatmate Bowles valorizes of the dark and needy places humor and in the musical’s title song, didn’t win a song come from, and how these things prize by dying blissfully ignorant. sustain and galvanize spirits in common I don’t always know why we go to the cause. Kander & Ebb’s more conventional, theater anymore. I don’t think it’s to serve but no less disturbing musical Cabaret any of the old civic functions, but maybe it touches on similar themes, minus the is sometimes. It’s certainly not for any kind heroism. Cabaret shows three snapshots of meaningful moral instruction or else all of Germany during Hitler’s rise to power: those productions of A Christmas Carol a sentimental Berlin, a decadent Berlin, would have fixed us by now. But if Hamand the Berlin where Nazis multiply and let’s right and plays really are conscience metastasize. The first pictures win hearts catchers, many playgoers will see themand other parts before the last picture selves inside the Kit Kat Club when the comes into focus. show’s grimy, accusatory lights come up We experience these pictures through over the audience. That’s the kind of Cabathe eyes of Cliff (Donald Sutton), a writer ret this is. But if it doesn’t move them to do visiting Weimar Germany, looking for inmore than renew their season subscripspiration. The young American gets more tions, we’d might as well start celebrating. than he bargained for when he comes into Right this way, your table’s waiting.

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Journalist Casey Cep, in her debut Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee [Knopf], does her best to answer the question of one of the greatest losses to Southern literature.

The subject of Lee’s unwritten crime novel, Cep explains, was to be a series of murders in a rural town in Alabama, where a so-called “voodoo preacher” picked off family members — and got rich in the process, before getting murdered himself.

The Reverend Willie Maxwell was a dapper dresser, a hard worker, and a collector of life insurance policies, Cep writes. He was known around Alexander City for his fine suits, his pulpwood business, and his voodoo spells, which he used, it was said by his neighbors, to murder two of his wives, his brother, and others. He also maintained the lucrative habit of taking out insurance policies on almost everyone he knew. That everyone he knew seemed to come to an untimely end, the reverend could neither help nor explain.

As the years went by without an arrest or conviction, it looked like Maxwell would get away with murder, and not just once. Until, that is, a murder stopped him. At the funeral of his stepdaughter, Maxwell was shot and killed by Robert Burns. When the time came to arrange for his defense, Burns turned to one of the most well-known attorneys in Alexander City — Tom Radney, the attorney who had helped Maxwell collect on all those life insurance policies.

It’s no wonder that Lee was aware of the trial of Robert Burns and the grisly circumstances surrounding it. Alexander City is only 150 miles away from Monroeville, where Lee grew up and still spent time. And in Furious Hours, Cep traces Lee’s passions carefully, laying out evidence that makes her interest in the Maxwell murders (and Maxwell’s subsequent demise) seem inevitable. From her time in law school to her early short stories, many of them explorations of morality hinging on a courtroom scene, Lee seems to have been training all her life to write The Reverend, as she planned to call her book.

Lee also had prior experience with truecrime, having helped her childhood friend Truman Capote do research for the New Yorker article that would grow to become In Cold Blood.

What stopped Lee from finishing the novel is where the mystery lies, and Cep revels in unraveling the tangle of facts and rumors. Furious Hours is meticulously researched, and Cep delivers her findings with confidence and an attention that neither shies away from or dwells overlong on the disturbing parts of the story. From the godly murderer and the hometown hero vigilante to the writer who made it her mission to tell their stories, the lives entwined, in fact and in Furious Hours, share a moral ambiguity, and Cep draws out the shared theme, acknowledging complexities other writers might try to burnish away to suit their needs.

For a book that deals with a legal case and insurance fraud, Furious Hours is a page-turner. Cep’s roots in journalism are evident in the research, but her prose has a poetic quality: “Ghost bells, war cries, the clanging of slave chains: if ever a land came by its haunting honestly, it is eastern Alabama.”

Cep set a challenging task for herself with her debut, confronting the mysteries of one of America’s most secretive — and favorite — authors. The challenge makes the success of Furious Hours that much more dazzling. While the book might not answer every question it raises, it tells the story Lee couldn’t, proving Cep is a writer to be watched.

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You didn’t have any inkling that this was your year?

I felt pretty good about it. I mean, you know, I felt good about it every year.

You’re one of five people, so the odds are always good. But it’s really hard to tell whose name will be called because they are all really good chefs and we’re all friends.

Do you have any pre-ceremony rituals?

No, no.

We traveled with a group of people wanting to come up. They had more of a feeling than I did. So I had a nice, nice group of coworkers and friends who came up from Oxford.

And so we don’t really have a ritual. We went and had a really nice meal as a group, as family. Then everybody kind of just took it easy in the morning. We all met before the awards and had a couple of cocktails across the street. I mean, that’s sort of a tradition because there’s this restaurant that’s across the street from the Opera House. It’s nice and quiet, right? That time of the day. And so we just go and have a couple of cocktails and then we walk across the street. So that’s what we did.

How do you establish an identity within the John Currence empire?

A lot of the credit goes to John for letting me express myself and letting me experiment with recipes or ingredients.

If I had an idea, he always encouraged me. Always.

Yeah, so that gave me confidence to try more stuff.

How do you describe what you make?

What I make is Southern food. At first glance, it may appear to be [something] you would not have seen in grandma’s kitchen or church picnics, but those are the influences. That’s sharing food with friends and family. That’s what I grew up with.

How do you remain challenged and excited about what you do?

This is my passion. This is what I do for a living. So every day, you want to make people happy. You want to make sure that what you’re putting on a plate in front of somebody is going to make them happy because, you know, otherwise, you don’t have a job. So that in and of itself is a

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Oxford’s a small enough pond where I run into folks who come in to eat. If they didn’t like something there, they tell me that.

When you were a kid and first arrived in Austin at age 17 from India, was this the vision you had for yourself?

I did not. I didn’t really know I was going to be cooking for living until I started working at City Grocery.

I wanted to be a bureaucrat. I thought that was the greatest thing in the world.

Vishwesh Bhatt will cook at the Oxford Bourbon Festival and Auction, set for May 24th and 25th at the Vaught Hemingway Stadium. The event is a fund-raiser for Move On Up Mississippi.

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In the beginning, I would run it by him. And, finally, after doing this for a while, now we both have enough confidence. We’ve been working together for 20 years.

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Dempsey, 46, McEwen’s pastry chef, simplified the restaurant’s old recipe in 2000.

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Fellow McEwen’s employees did a blind taste test to compare Dempsey’s pie with the old version. “They said, ‘That one.’ I said, ‘Good. That’s the new one.

That’s mine.’”

Her banana cream pie recipe isn’t a secret. “It’s out there,” she says. “It’s been in Southern Living. It’s been in Bon Appetit.

There’s a copy of it somewhere on the computer.”

The McEwen’s menu also includes Dempsey’s key lime cheesecake, creme brulee, cobblers, sorbet, triple coconut cake, and chocolate love — a flourless chocolate torte.

Her desserts range from the simple to the elaborate. “I had a friend that loved tequila, so I did a tequila-infused cake at one point. With a lime frosting. It was so good. I did a chocolate-covered bacon chocolate cake one time.”

Which is pretty good for somebody who isn’t into eating sweet concoctions.

“I’m not really a dessert person.”

Lemon Bavarian cream custard (above); mini banana cream pies

She used to eat a lot of hard candy, Dempsey says. “Fruit’s my candy these days. Pineapple. Cherries. An apple.”

Growing up in Hollywood Beach, Florida, Dempsey didn’t eat Southern desserts such as chess and pecan pies. She taught herself how to make them after she moved to Memphis. “How to incorporate Southern items, using either nuts or maple syrup. Just the fresh fruit that comes in season here.”

Dempsey’s first kitchen experience was helping her dad with the cooking at home.

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Dickerson later moved to McEwen’s and asked Dempsey to be her pastry chef.

“Really taught myself pastries at that point.

Jennifer Dickerson and I would sit down and say, ‘This is what we’re thinking about doing. Let’s try to throw these ingredients together. Let’s make it a cake. Let’s do that.’

And it worked out.”

Dempsey worked for McEwen’s for five years before “taking a hiatus.” She went to work at the old Encore restaurant with chef Jose Gutierrez for two years, and then Yia Yia’s and Bari Ristorante. She worked for chef Karen Carrier at Mollie Fontaine Lounge, Beauty Shop Restaurant, and the old Do Sushi. She still works for Carrier at Another Roadside Attraction catering company.

Dempsey returned to McEwen’s as pastry chef in 2000.

Her days are busy. She began a recent day by churning a prickly pear sorbet and making cobbler, her ice cream base, a double batch of chocolate chip cookies, creme Anglaise, and chocolate sauce. “Tomorrow will be ganache-ing the flourless chocolate cake, coconut cakes — frost and bake; churn the ice cream. Creme brulee tomorrow. And that’s all I know right now. Oh, cheesecake. I need to make cheesecake, too.”

She makes 30 individual cobblers. “The latest one I did was a cinnamon mango.”

Dempsey tries to “maintain a happy demeanor” in the kitchen.

Crystals keep her calm. “I always have crystals in my pocket. Different ones give you energy. Different ones help pacify maybe something that’s not making you happy at the moment. And it’s just going to breed a bad energy.”

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dropped me off at the mall and said, ‘Go ahead and get a job.’”

She was interested in cooking, but she was also interested in art. “I took a lot of art classes in high school,” Dempsey says. “Especially toward the latter part.

Clay artwork, drawing, painting, things like that.”

Dempsey worked in an insurance agency for eight years until the company dissolved. In 1998, her aunt, Kathy Dempsey, an owner of Erling Jensen: The Restaurant, invited her to move to Memphis and work at the restaurant.

“Back in the day, you didn’t hear of too many women chefs. And I was like, ‘I’m going to do this. This is what I’m going to do.’”

“I liked the creativity of using my hands. And then the passion. I wanted to learn how to cook,” she says. “I’d watch cooking shows. Jacques Pepin was my favorite Saturday morning. Jacques Torres, too. I was really into it. My dad, back in the day, we used to watch Justin Wilson together. Hilarious.”

Dempsey got into making desserts when she went to work with Jennifer Dickerson at Koto. “She would allow me to come up with the dessert special every week. It was hard to do. Japanese and classic French. Or American-style fusion dessert.”

The ingredients included “any kind of green tea and things like that. Crystalized ginger. Something along those lines.

Poached pear plum wine.”

Dempsey wasn’t just interested in desserts. “I loved it all. I wanted to know all of it. I asked a lot of questions all the time. And as soon as I could get a position or a night that I could get on the grill or I could get on the saute, it was like, ‘Yeah.’”

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have a theory about reality television.

I have a lot of theories, and if you ever meet me and don’t move fast enough, I’ll tell you about them. Here’s my theory of reality television: It’s representative of the way television producers see the world. The scourge of reality television as we know it today began with The Real World in 1992, when two MTV producers who set out to do a youth-oriented soap opera like Beverley Hills 90210 decided they didn’t want to pay writers. What are TV shows, after all, but attractive young people standing in front of cameras, saying words? The producers never really understood what value writers or actors or costumers added to the product of attractive people standing in front of cameras saying words, and they bet no one else did, either.

They were not entirely wrong. In fact, since The Real World has run almost as long as The Simpsons, (which cost exponentially more to produce), you could say they were entirely correct in their assumption that putting nonunion attractive people in front of a camera and telling them to say something would fool audiences into thinking a television show was

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taking place. The audience accepted the rough edges, which were entirely the result of the producers’ cost cutting, as signs that what they were seeing was “real.”

Conflict sells, but that can be contrived by manipulative editing. The more cynical the vision, the more successful the show. You could put any old loudmouth idiot on TV, such as the loudmouth joke of the New York tabloid press Donald Trump, and people would watch for the sheer perversity of it.

Similarly, the John Wick films are how stunt men see the world, and their product. Director Chad Stahelski broke into the business as a stunt man in The Crow. He was Keanu Reeves’ stunt double in The Matrix trilogy, so when he pitched his film idea about a retired assassin who starts killing people because someone stole his car and killed his dog, he had a star lined up. At least Stahelski understands the concept of character motivation.

So how do fight choreographers understand films?

Some boring talky parts getting in the way of the stuff that pays: pretending to fight. Now that we have progressed to the ungainly titled John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum (A colon AND an em-dash — a punc-

Keanu Reeves (above) faces off against impossible odds in the fight choreographer’s dream that is John Wick: Chapter 3. tuation lover’s dream!), they have almost dispensed with the boring parts where attractive people say words in front of the camera. And yet, the film has four credited writers (one of whom presumably did the punctuation), and a bloated 131-minute running time. The Real World producers would like a word.

No matter. John Wick would just kill them. The “story”picks up where John Wick: Chapter 2 left off.

John Wick killed people for two hours, then was allowed an hour to escape justice by Winston (Ian McShane), the proprietor of the Hotel Continental, a secret base for a network of globe-trotting assassins called the High Table. Stahelski and his four writers have exactly one narrative trick up their sleeve: Start a clock counting down, then start another one. The more clocks ticking, the greater the tension!

Visually, though, Stahelski has a lot of tricks. The bloated contemporary James Bond films wish they had this kind of style. Since these are basically an

FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy Americanized wuxia movie, the fight choreography is the entire point. It’s structurally a dance picture. Add a tapping Jet or Shark, and Stahelski’s street fights become West Side Story. The climactic fight — a spectacular reimagining of Bruce Lee’s house of mirrors sequence from Enter the Dragon — is even kicked off by a literal needle drop.

It might sound like I’m being too cynical about a little slapstick gun fu.

It’s all in good fun, right? The good stuff from The Matrix, done on the cheap. But at least the Wachowskis had an anime-inspired, pulp neo-Gnostic vision. Their message was for their audiences to look beyond the illusions thrown up by the powerful and “see things as they really are”; a world of oppressors and the oppressed playing out the same script over and over

throughout history. John Wick is an amoral killer killing other killers who exist to serve only money and power.

He operates in an authoritarian parody of the rule of law, where criminal oligarchs posing as hoteliers expect absolute fealty from their well-heeled murder servants. He goes on about “rules” and “consequences,” but the only rule here is might makes right.

John Wick is the slick, empty, cruel hero the age of Trump deserves — but hey, at least he likes dogs!

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Taking It to the Street Last week, the Memphis City Council voted to instate a temporary entrance fee for Beale Street. The $5 cover charge will be in place on select nights for at least the rest of May. The move came after a weekend of stampedes and shootings on or near Beale Street. In the past, an entrance fee for Beale, previously known as Beale Street Bucks, has been a source of disagreement and contention for council members, as well as residents.

Now, Memphis Police Department director Michael Rallings says that the fee is needed to help with crowd control, which he said will lessen the likelihood of violent incidents occurring.

Obviously, something should be done to keep the street safe.

But, is it fair to charge people to enter a public street?

Fairness especially needs to be considered when you hear people make comments like, “a fee will keep the bad crowd out.”

As some council members mentioned last week, this fee is on the verge of being discriminatory. Because it was originally put in place on Saturday nights, when the crowd is mostly African American, the notion of a fee still puts a bitter taste in the mouths of some.

The intentions of the fee are probably good, but we live in a world where the implications of an action must also be considered. Because implication matters.

This fee implies that there is a certain group of people (thugs, hoodlums, gangbangers, etc.) that officials don’t want on the street.

In a city where the average household income is less than $40,000 and more than a quarter of residents live in poverty, this move also implies that officials don’t want the average Memphian to be able to enjoy a night out on Beale very often. Whether the council realizes it or not, the fee is alienating.

Granted, $5 isn’t much by itself. But, it’s the principle of the matter. Also, once you consider the price of parking or ridesharing, the cover fees that some of the venues charge, and the price of drinks in those venues, on top of the $5 paid to get on Beale Street, a Saturday night out can quickly get expensive.

It’s a temporary measure for now, but the council can vote to bring it back “on a needs basis.” That’s a pretty subjective arrangement that needs to be reconsidered.

So what can be done to ensure safety on the street without charging folks to walk down a public street? What about more secure entrances and exits? What about having security screenings at all entrances on Beale? What about posting signs that say “no weapons”? What if cops walked up and down the street engaging with visitors?

Currently, MPD has the authority to stop letting people onto Beale on any given night that they deem the street to be too crowded. This is a tool that MPD already has at its disposal, but according to Rallings, it hasn’t been implemented this year because there hadn’t been any incidents until now. Why not try this method first before jumping straight to a cover fee?

On the nights that the recent incidents occurred, MPD could have been proactive in controlling the crowd instead of now being retroactive.

At the end of this month, I hope that council members and officials can come up with a solution that does not enforce a fee to enter a public street. There has to be a way to control the crowd without putting a fee in place that targets a certain group of people.

It makes sense that those in charge want the famed Beale Street, a tourist hotspot, to be pretty, shiny, and crime-free.

No one wants one of the city’s most iconic landmarks to be a shooting range, but it’s almost like officials want to put a bandaid on an issue that really needs surgery. The truth is Memphis has a violent crime problem. The incidents that occur on Beale Street are just a drop in the bucket.

The problem reaches farther than the three-block Beale Street Entertainment District. If officials want the violent incidents to stop occurring on Beale, then they need to start addressing the root causes of that violence. They can charge all the fees they want on Beale, but that only means the violence will move elsewhere. And we shouldn’t tolerate it anywhere.

Maya Smith is a staff writer for the Flyer.

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Thur May 16: Bailey & Wyly Bigger, 6 - 8p Fri May 17: The Reverend John Wilkins, 8p Sat May 18: The Stolen Faces, 7p Sun May 19: Tipsy Nerf Battle Brunch, 12p, The TN Queens Tour w/LOLO & Garrison Starr, 7p Wed May 22: Memphis’ 200th Bday Bash w/Black Cream, 4p - 1 Fri May 24: Ghost Town Blues Band, 9p Sat May 25: Obruni Dance Band, 8p, Kingpin Skinny Pimp Birthday Bash, 10p Sun, May 26: Magic Brunch, 12p

5/15: Rodell McCord, 8p 5/16: Andrew Cabigao, 6p 5/16: AM Whiskey, 9p 5/16: DJ String Bean 5/17: Jerry Patton, 6p 5/17: Henry J. Martin, 10:30p 5/21: Backline Memphis Showcase, 7p 5/23: Myly Bigger, 6pm

tinroofmemphis.com | 315 Beale St.

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TUT-UNCOMMON ANTIQUES 421 N. Watkins St. 278-8965

50% OFF ALL NECKLACES through the month of May

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.

CARPET RESTRETCHING & REPAIRS • 901-254-0256

WE BUY RECORDS 45’S, 78’S, LP’S

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

Coco & Lola’s MidTown Lingerie

Finest Lace - Coolest Place cocoandlolas.com Memphis’ Top Lingerie Shop

Follow us on IG/FB/TW @cocoandlolas 710 S. Cox|901-425-5912|Mon-Sat 11:30-7:00

ALL ABOUT FEET $35-$55 Mobile foot care service, traveling to you for men & women, ages 50+. Over 25 years of experience. Traveling hours M-F, 9a-6p.

Call now 901-270-6060

*TEAM CLEAN*

All natural cleaning for your home • office • studio environment Contact Candace @ 901-262-6610 or teamcleanmemphis@gmail.com

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

$CASH 4 JUNK CARS$

Non-Operating Cars, No Title Needed.

901-691-2687

SIMPLY HEMP SHOP

Come see us at Music Fest • May 3,4,5.

We carry a variety of CBD products.

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