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OUR 1641ST ISSUE 08.06.20 “Try not to cringe.”

We’ve all had those moments — times when we said or did something that causes us, perhaps even years later, to wince inwardly or take a sharp breath at the thought of it: An email sent to the wrong person. A not-so-white lie exposed. An embarrassing party video. A mistake so dumb, the memory of it still makes you … cringe.

Sometimes we cringe for other people, especially for someone who might be making a fool of themselves — usually because of their cluelessness — but is totally unaware of it.

Bless their heart, you think. Better him than me.

If you haven’t seen Axios reporter Jonathan Swan’s interview with President Trump on HBO, please check it out. I haven’t cringed so much in years, mostly in a kind of weirdly sympathetic way for Trump, who is clearly suffering from some sort of mental disability that renders him incapable of hearing a factual statement or question and responding to it in kind.

Swan points out the high death numbers from COVID-19 in the United States. Trump responds: “Our death rate is one of the lowest in the world!” and pulls out some simplelooking bar graphs to prove it.

Swan looks at the graphs and says, in effect, “Oh, I see. You’re pointing out that the rate of death per case in the United States is fairly low. I’m talking about the fact that the United States has by far the highest number of deaths in the world per person.”

“No we don’t,” says Trump.

Axios reporter Jonathan Swan Swan points out that South Korea, with 51 million people, has 3,000 deaths.

“How do you know that?” says Trump.

By this point, Swan is trying to swim through the murk of Trump’s brain. “The United States is losing 1,000 people a day,” he points out. “The number of deaths per capita is the highest in the world, by far.”

“No. That number’s going way down,” says Trump.

“No, it’s not. It’s going up.”

“You’re wrong,” Trump says. “Look at the manuals. Look at the books.”

“What manuals? What books?”

At this point, Trump is in so far over his head, so cringey and dense, I could barely watch. I imagine, for a brief moment, being a member of his staff charged with showing him “proof” of his magical thinking. He doesn’t want facts. He wants “evidence,” no matter how absurd, that backs up his point of view.

It’s frightening that the president of the United States thinks this way — that facts and statistics and scientific research are all considered nothing but malleable fodder, subject to debate and ideological manipulation. “Don’t think, just listen to me” is Trump’s real message.

Trump says “open the schools,” and all across the country, cities and counties are striving to make that happen, despite the obvious dangers. But Trump’s child’s private school and his grandchildren’s private schools will be closed. Trump says we should have fewer COVID tests, yet he and his staff and everyone who comes near him is tested every day.

Trump says voting by mail is corrupt, yet he and his family vote by mail. His echo chamber on Fox News says wearing masks is silly and we need to get back to normal, yet all of them are still broadcasting from their homes.

Don’t think, just listen to me. And millions do just that: The fools who gathered at a Missouri county fair by the hundreds this week to sing along to country music. The morons who hang out in clubs on Broadway in Nashville and on Beale Street in Memphis, partying like nothing has changed. The 77 seniors who posed for a class picture on the first day of school at Etowah High N E WS & O P I N I O N School in Georgia. Magical thinking. The THE FLY-BY - 4 disease only happens in cities or to old NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 6 people. Masks are for scaredy-cats. The flu POLITICS - 8 is worse.

FINANCIAL FEATURE - 9 COVER STORY Tell that to Herman Cain. Or John “BEHIND THE MASK” Prine. Or 153,000 other dead Americans,

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FOOD FEATURE - 14 The pandemic has made one thing BURGER WEEK - 17 quite clear: There is a lot of ignorance — WE RECOMMEND - 18 proud and belligerent ignorance — in this MUSIC - 19 country.

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FILM - 26 It’s enough to make you cringe.

Bruce VanWyngarden C L AS S I F I E D S - 29 LAST WORD - 31 brucev@memphisflyer.com

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TWE ET O F TH E WE E K “If Trump has proven anything it’s that wanna be dictators really need to be less predictable. Delay the election?

Get the fuck out of here with that bull shit.” — Shea Flinn (@FlinnShady)

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G O O D Q U ESTI O N “Did anyone else start humming Footloose when they got to the part of the current Shelby Co. health directive that says no dancing in restaurants?”

Reddit user u/yodaboat added a poll to this query, and 54 of the 84 voters last week said, “No. I’ve never seen the movie and I hate dancing.”

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Schools, Seeds, & Greyhounds Shelby County Schools goes virtual, seedy seeds, and dog racing targeted.

M O N DAY • Shelby County added 402 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 19,166.

There were 5,439 active cases and 8,053 in quarantine.

• Shelby County Schools superintendent Dr. Joris M. Ray announced last week that classes for the next school year would be all-virtual and would start on August 31st.

Ray cited the growing number of cases of coronavirus and uncertainty of the pandemic as major factors in the decision.

“Safety signage, spacing desks, more hand sanitizer, and masks simply cannot make a school safe in a community that is experiencing a daily Clockwise from top left: Mississippi River mayors, Amazon in Olive Branch, schools, triple-digit increase of virus seed scam, SCS superintendent Dr. Joris M. Ray, and no more greyhound racing cases,” Ray said in a video announcement. students to return to school in person.

Teachers will have the option to teach remotely or in classrooms, but all students will rely on remote learning WE D N ES DAY until further notice.

• Shelby County added 362 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to a milestone of 20,056 cases. Five new TU ES DAY deaths were reported for a total of 268.

• Shelby County added 528 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 5,530. One new death was reported for TH U R S DAY a death toll of 263.

• Shelby County added 362 new cases of COVID-19, • Mayors of cities up and down the Mississippi River bringing the total to 20,238. Five new deaths were reported urged Congress to pass a federal stimulus package last week for a total of 273. to aid them in the worsening COVID-19 crisis.

The county’s weekly positivity rate fell for the first time Mayors of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative since May 4th. The average weekly rate fell to 14.1 percent (MRCTI) described “challenging” situations in their cities for the week of July 19th, down from the 16.2 percent from Tuesday, July 28th. Testing supplies were stretched. Testing the week prior. times were long. Personal protective equipment (PPE) was • New federal legislation was announced to end running low. Hits to their cities’ budgets have been worse greyhound racing nationwide and also ban the use of than the financial crisis of the late 2000s. live animals for greyhound training. Rep. Steve Cohen • Amazon posted 500 new jobs on its site for the new, sponsored the Greyhound Protection Act last week.

1-million-square-foot fulfillment center in Olive Branch.

The bill comes in the wake of a national investigation The full-time jobs start at $15 per hour and come with that found rampant cases of animals abused in Oklahoma, health insurance, 401(k), and more.

Kansas, and Texas.

• Tennessee Department of Agriculture officials asked Last October, Southland Casino Racing stated that they citizens not to plant strange packets of seeds that have would close their West Memphis track by December 2022. arrived recently in unrequested packages.

The seeds were part of a scam by companies to become F R I DAY verified sellers on Amazon. Agriculture officials feared the • Shelby County added 415 new cases of COVID-19. Total seeds may grow, spread, and become invasive. cases were 20,797, and the death toll Friday was 275.

Visit the News Blog at memphisflyer.com for fuller versions of • Governor Lee announced his recommendations for these stories and more local news. the coming school year, showing a strong preference for

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Finishing Up As candidates made their last pitches, early voting stats offered some hints.

Some fun facts: According to the calculations of Election Commissioner Bennie Smith, a statistician and professional elections analyst, some 81,000 voters took part in the early voting period in Shelby County, and the voting skewed Democratic, female, African-American, and relatively elderly.

The final voting figures as of Saturday, August 1st, were 54,400 Democratic, 25,800 Republican; 50,500 female, 30,500 male; 34,400 Black, 26,200 white, and 26,200 other. Of the 81,000 voters, some 69,900 were over the age of 50.

That last figure illustrates the disproportionate tendency of older voters to take part in elections, inasmuch as the over-50 segment of the society as a whole is only 45 percent. The average age of an eligible voter in Shelby County is 48.20.

The eligible voting population comprises roughly 331,000 females and 240,000 males, a split of 57.97 percent to 42.03 percent. Ethnically, the voting population includes 199,000 African Americans, 139,000 whites, and 233,000 who consider themselves “other.” As the last week of the August 6th election round began, candidates were putting their best surrogates on display — hitchhiking, as it were, on other, better established, or more well-known political figures.

In the case of Tom Leatherwood, a Republican running for re-election to the state House of Representatives from

District 99 (Eads, Arlington, eastern Shelby), the doppelgänger was Governor Bill Lee, down from Nashville. The two held forth to a sizable late-Mondaymorning crowd at Olympic Steak and Pizza in Arlington, while partisans of Leatherwood’s GOP primary opponent, former Shelby County Republican chairman Lee Mills, picketed outside.

A little later on Monday, U.S. Senate candidate Manny Sethi, a Nashville physician and Republican newcomer who styles himself “Dr. Manny,” hit the stage of another well-attended event at The Grove in Cordova. He had in tow U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, and Sethi, who is opposed by former Ambassador Bill Hagerty, a Trump endorsee, fairly quickly disposed of any idea that he might be the moderate in the race.

“I’m tired of this coronavirus, aren’t you?” Sethi said, addressing a seated crowd of which roughly a third were maskless.

“Let’s fire Dr. Fauci!” he continued, going on to endorse the glories of hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug President Trump has touted as a potential antidote to COVID-19.

James Mackler, a Democratic candidate in the Senate race, has condemned Sethi’s position as one making him unworthy of serving in the Senate.

Sethi is one of two physicians in the Senate race. The other, Republican George Flinn of Memphis, has denounced Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic as being woefully insufficient.

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FOUR MEMPHIANS ON THE MYTHS, MERITS, AND MAKING OF MASKS.

August 6-12, 2020

ver since the novel coronavirus hit U.S. shores, masks have been a talking point. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that everyone wear face masks in public, but — because of concerns about scarcity — the CDC originally said there were few benefits to cloth face masks. Though those guidelines have been amended and support for widespread use of masks in scientific circles is more or less a given, the original stance has led to no end of consternation.

“COVID-19 spreads mainly from person to person through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, talks, or raises their voice,” the CDC states. “These droplets can land 10 in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the

lungs.” Put simply, masks help you keep your droplets to yourself.

Still, even as some prominent GOP politicians debate the efficacy of masks, State Representative Karen Camper and State Senator Raumesh Akbari announced a new campaign called Mask Up and Live Memphis. Meanwhile, President Trump actually made headlines when he wore a mask for the second time during a recent trip to a facility in North Carolina. Really.

In March, physician and Memphis city councilman Jeff Warren told me during an interview that mask-wearing would be vital to getting a handle on the pandemic.

“I think we’re going to be wearing masks for a long time,” he said. “That’s the only reason everybody in the hospital is not infected. All of the countries that you see where they’ve gotten this under control, everybody’s been wearing a mask.” As case

numbers have continued to climb, the mask debate has raged on, and Gov. Bill Lee has refused to issue a mandatory mask mandate for Tennesseans, instead favoring an individual “buy in” system, it seems Warren was right in his predictions.

So why has a precaution so simple, so inexpensive, and potentially life- and economy-saving become so polarizing?

To shed some light on the mask debate, I spoke with a group of Memphians whose careers have all intersected with masks in one way or another.

MAD MASKS Local artist, producer, petition-starter, and Unapologetic founder James Dukes, aka IMAKEMADBEATS, has a “deep history” with masks. In fact, his public persona is

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indelibly linked to his custom-made mask — also his logo and a promise to himself and his fans — IMAKEMADBEATS. Though his mask isn’t effective against spreading coronavirus, he knows firsthand about the power a mask can hold.

Dukes’ self-branding journey began when he met rapper Busta Rhymes and was given a pearl of wisdom. “He told me that to make it in the industry, you have to first figure out who you are, what you are,” Dukes says, “and you gotta break the knob turning that up.” The message resonated with Dukes, so he began sketching images of a version of himself. “I was trying to draw an understanding of who and what I was, and what I drew was that mask,” he says, remembering finishing the drawing while in sociology class. “I drew what I see when I look in the mirror. If I could draw my dreams, that’s what it would look like.”

That drawing became Dukes’ logo and, eventually, the basis for a custom-made mask. The prolific artist says the mask symbolizes dedication to his goals and his craft; it’s his music-making ethos distilled to the simplest form. “I am using my ability to be a person to convey an idea,” he says.

“The mask is the result of that. James has a life. I don’t know how long I’ll be on Earth, but my ideas can live forever.

“It’s easier for an idea to live forever when it goes beyond one person.”

Dukes says he used to send Unapologetic interns to Midtown or Downtown wearing copies of his IMAKEMADBEATS mask. He would hear from people the next day saying it was good to see him. “Nobody really knew it wasn’t me.”

When people see the mask, Dukes explains, their minds immediately fill in what they know it stands for. “The mask is an idea. It represents values. It represents — what I hope it represents and what other people have told me it represents — dedication to brilliance and a seriousness about your craft. It also represents being unapologetic and being who you are unapologetically.”

Dukes traces his interest in alternate identities in part to his time reading comics as a child. “I am 100 percent a comic book kid growing up, my favorite being Venom,” Dukes says, referencing Marvel’s alien antihero, whose black-and-white color scheme is reflected in Dukes’ mask. “You might be able to see the resemblance.” He appreciated “how the symbiote had a life of its own. It wasn’t just a mask or a suit.”

When it comes to the current brouhaha over masks, Dukes has something to say.

And he sounds straight-up superheroic: “When people decide to wear a mask or social distance, do what’s right for you and your family. And I would also urge people to recognize no living man has gone through what we’re living through right now. Unless you’re 102 years old.

“We all know whenever you’re going through something you have never been through, you err on the side of caution.

Even if you’re walking into a dark room and you don’t know where everything is

IMAKEMADBEATS wears his dreams on his face.

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MASCULINITY University of Memphis professor Marina Levina wrote the book on pandemics and media — quite literally: Her Pandemics and the Media (Peter Lang Publications) was published in 2014. In it, she writes about the intersection of social norms and mores during a crisis, often as portrayed in monster movies. Imagine a book about pandemics that uses vampire and zombie movies as examples. So it’s something of an understatement when she says, “What’s happening is really in my wheelhouse.”

Levina points out that masks figure prominently in both horror and superhero films — the nation’s collective nightmares and aspirational dreams, respectively. “A lot of it is about persuading men especially to wear a mask because there seems to be some sort of weird cultural connection between masks and masculinity,” she explains.

Referencing a recent statement by the president in which he suggested he looked like the Lone Ranger in his mask, Levina says, “What that was is essentially a statement of ‘I look masculine with a mask on.’” Covering up the eyes is considered masculine, she explains, reeling off a list of fictional macho men who also happen to be masked: “Batman or Lone Ranger or Green Lantern or insert your superhero.”

It’s about concealing one’s identity, she adds; moreover, it’s about having the power to conceal one’s identity.

“A mask over the mouth is about concealing weakness,” Levina goes on to explain. “Think about the horror movie serial killers whose mouths are always covered up,” she says, mentioning Michael Myers of Halloween and Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs.

Orality in horror movies is often associated with poor impulse control, the professor says. “Like the way Freud used to talk about the oral stage.” It’s also worth noting that Hannibal is a cannibal, and Michael Myers murdered his sister after seeing her have sex. The worst taboos are all woven into their origin stories. Similarly, while the Lone Ranger wears a domino mask that covers his eyes while leaving his oh-so-manly chin on full display, his enemies are often bandits with the lower halves of their faces obscured by bandanas.

The issue comes down to “specifically making men weaker by taking away their choice,” Levina says. “Whereas the mask around the eyes may be seen as someone exercising control over how someone else

required number of tests, Levina says, citing one example. “On a state level, we don’t have a state-wide mask mandate,” she continues. “On the local level, we don’t have a systematic policy about which bars open, which bars close.”

Unfortunately, waiting for clear direction is not an option. It’s up to individuals to take up the cause and wear a mask. And, in this rare instance, maybe it’s safer to be like Michael Myers than Batman and just cover your mouth.

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“Our entire well-being in this country is now situated around convincing men that they’re manly,” she says with a resigned sigh. “It’s the type of emotional labor that women have had to perform constantly and consistently just to keep themselves safe. If that doesn’t make you feel sad and terrible about the state of the world, nothing else will.”

The professor continues: “There is this deep connection between masks and masculinity and the fragility of masculinity in our culture, the fragility of especially white masculinity in this culture,” Levina says. “Which is modeled by, ironically, our president who cannot take a critique, who goes on the attack against private citizens who question him.

“Masks are just another part of that.”

Of course, anti-mask sentiments are not exclusive to men. “There are plenty of women who refuse to wear a mask,” Levina

says, pointing out that those who have even a small stake in a given system have some incentive to preserve it. “Women are just as guilty in the affirming of white patriarchy as men are.

“It is very easy to go after individuals,” Levina continues, but she cautions against shaming individual anti-maskers as an effective technique. Humans are not, generally speaking, excellent at risk assessment. That problem is compounded by conflicting messages about the actual severity of the risk. In the end, she says, it all comes down to leadership — or a lack thereof.

“The important thing, the reason right now we are failing at controlling this pandemic is not because of individual behavior of mask-wearing. It is because of complete failure upon federal, state, and local levels of leadership.” The administration has not mass-produced the necessary chemicals to create the

University of Memphis professor Marina Levina and daughter Sasha aren’t afraid of these monster and mythical creature masks.

To again reference an interview from the Tiger King stage of quarantine, Warren told me he expected to see individuals doing good business making stylish homemade masks: “This is America. Somebody’s going to figure out how to do something fun and make money off it.” As with his other predictions, he was on the money.

Samilia Colar’s Texstyle Shop has been making and selling masks since April.

“My family is Nigerian,” says the North Carolina-born, now Memphisbased owner of Texstyle Shop. “I, myself, was born in the U.S., but all my siblings, everybody was born in Nigeria. So I grew up with a lot of the fabrics that I use in my work — the Ankara, colorful prints, and all that. I remember being really young and always fascinated by all the materials my mom had and would wear.”

Colar says that “being creative, making things with my hands” was always part of her upbringing. So she decided to pursue art as a career and moved to Memphis to attend Memphis College of Art, where she studied design. Soon she began thinking differently about manipulating materials.

“It was a good complement to design.

“I was always drawn to having fabric be functional, and that’s how I got into handbag design.”

Colar graduated from MCA in 2005, and she moved to Philadelphia for a design job. In her free time, she continued to work with fiber arts. “I would do small shows here and there in Philly, and things grew pretty quickly by word of mouth.” So she began putting her products online, and expanded her product line to leather goods.

She decided she “really wanted to provide functional products for men as well as women.” Of course, she had no idea at the time that she would one day make and sell face masks, possibly the ideal example of functional products for everyone.

“I’m in Memphis now,” she says, but most of Texstyle Shop’s business is conducted online. “There is a physical address,” for her shop, she says. “That’s my workshop. I’ll do selling workshops throughout the year, but that’s been on pause with COVID-19. Some people come to my shop and pick up from there.”

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in that room, you don’t walk in that room like the lights are on. You also don’t walk in that room assuming you know what’s in that room and what can and can’t hurt you. Even if you don’t know if a mask is the way to go, that’s a dark room you ain’t never been in before. You gonna act like you know what’s in that room? Err on the side of caution.”

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Memphis College of Art alumna Samilia Colar wears one of her Azalea masks.

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April, when a friend urged her to use her talents to help combat the spread of coronavirus. She remembers that it was difficult to find masks at the time.

“Everyone needed face masks,” she says. “I started working on prototypes one night, and after a few hours I had a pattern I was pleased with,” Colar says of her vibrantly colored masks.

“They’ve just been flying off the site ever since.

“The bags definitely took a lot more working through,” Colar continues, but she says she’s learned a lot in the decade or so she’s been designing and crafting fashions and accessories. “This was the quickest turnaround from idea to pattern to finished product, but it wasn’t as tricky or involved as a bag.”

Colar’s masks sport colorful patterns and names that wouldn’t be out of place in an art gallery. Her “Dune” mask, for example, shows undulating waves. “If you have to wear something, better it be something that’s fashionable,” she muses.

“It’s really one small thing to do to help your loved ones stay safe, help those around you to be safe.”

Find Texstyle Shop masks and more at texstyleshop.com. Follow Colar on social media: Instagram: @texstyleshop; Facebook: @texstylebags; Twitter: @texstyleshop

“We are a social enterprise. We’re headquartered in Uganda,” says Grace Byeitima of Mbabazi House of Style. “We’re a clothing and accessory label that was started with the sole aim of improving the conditions of young women in Uganda.

We collaborate with women through training,” Byeitima explains. “Most of what we focus on is turning our challenges into opportunities through creativity.” That challenges-into-opportunities ethos will come in handy when Byeitima makes the decision to produce masks. But first, the origin story.

The company was officially started in 2007, Byeitima says. “We have a workshop that makes and designs most of the products we have. I’d say 80 percent of what I sell here at the shop is made in our workshop in Uganda.”

The Mbabazi shop in Memphis, which Byeitima started in 2016, is the only physical storefront in the world. Though the primary workshop is in Uganda, the physical store there was closed this month.

Still, “everything starts there,” Byeitima says of Uganda.

In 2015, she says, “I had gone back home and my mom was like, ‘I can’t believe you don’t have a shop, you don’t have a business in the U.S.’ And I’m like, ‘Is this woman crazy? She thinks it’s that easy?’”

So Byeitima got to work. She did research, talked to people. She knew she

Grace Byeitima’s Mbabazi House of Style has produced more than 3,000 masks.

needed insurance. She didn’t have credit.

But she didn’t let that stop her. Those challenges were, after all, opportunities.

Byeitima got a booth at Merchants at Broad and grew her business from there.

When a space became available, she made her move. “I’ve been in this space since 2017,” she says. As her business grew, Byeitima continued to focus on her goals and ideals. “It’s about advocating for African designs through modern fashion,” the entrepreneur explains. “All of what we use is African fabric.

“I did not make masks before the coronavirus,” Byeitima continues, “but I would say really that my life or everything I do has always been to solve an issue. Some of my best designs have been when I really have to solve an issue.

“I was worried. How am I keeping my shop open? I still have rent,” Byeitima remembers. “A lot of people asked me to make some masks.”

So Byeitima mixed up the usual system. Though her designs typically begin out of conversations with her team in Uganda, she began the work on masks in Memphis. “We had gotten a customer who wanted masks, and I had drafted a pattern that we worked with for that specific customer.”

Byeitima challenged herself to make and sell enough masks to pay her rent for the month. She did that and then some. “The moment I started and put it on my social media, people were like, ‘Oh my god! Can

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you make five? Can you make me 10?’”

Her husband told her to double down on masks, put the design up on her website — and so she did. “Little did we know they were going to announce that the CDC recommended that everybody wear the cloth masks,” Byeitima remembers. “In a space of two days, we got so many orders that we were overwhelmed.” She had to shut down her website — temporarily — until she caught up with the demand.

“To this day, I think we have probably made more than 3,000 masks,” Byeitima says. “I’ve been working with local seamstresses here. I had to find a team to work with. The borders were closed.”

To be on the safe side, Byeitima and her husband pre-wash all their fabrics. “It was hard work,” Byeitima admits. “It was just me and my husband in the shop.” They did everything they could to work in the safest way they possibly could.

When asked if she has anything she would say to Memphians about the current health crisis, Byeitima displays the same people-first ethos that guides her business. “Wear a mask. It doesn’t cost you anything,” she says. “Protect other people.

I would be honest and tell people, like, it’s more protecting the other person than yourself, but if we all do it then we protect each other.”

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Fredric Koeppel, Writer “Our favorite burger in town is the WJ Burger at Acre, a re-enactment of the original burger sold at Wally Joe restaurant that closed in 2007. Acre now offers these on Thursday nights.

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garlic farmer. Sometimes I get it as a turkey burger, too. And it’s consistently good.”

Marjorie Hass, President of Rhodes College “I don’t eat hamburgers very often, but I am partial to the one served at Libro, the restaurant attached to Novel. A chance to browse at an actual brick-and-mortar bookstore is an increasingly rare treat. And then, to sit down to lunch over a new book and a delicious burger — perfectly cooked and covered in caramelized onions and melted cheese — makes for a perfect afternoon.”

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Jared “Jay B.” Boyd, Program Manager, WYXR “My favorite? The black bean burger at The Office @ Uptown. I’m a new vegan, and having veggie options around town is helpful. With more Impossible and Beyond options popping up around town, this particular take on a black bean patty stands out for its taste and texture. Not quite like meat, but still flavorful enough to hold its own.”

Pat Mitchell-Worley, Executive Director, Stax Music Academy “LBOE has a garlic burger. It’s no longer on the menu, but if you ask for it, they’ll make it. It has so much garlic, I can’t be around people after I eat it. But it is just divine. Not only is it flavorful, I love the smell of garlic. It’s just so relaxing. In another life, I would be a

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Queen cheeseburger. In both cases, he says, “There’s something about their cooked-to-order burgers. They both have that same almost diner burger thing about them. It’s the type burger you find in any mom-and-pop store that cooks burgers. And I want my onions grilled. Something about the grilled onion flavor I can’t explain.

When they grill the onions, it gives a flavor the raw onions don’t give. I love that flavor. I think raw onions sometimes can be too strong.” And make sure and toast those buns. “If they toast the fresh bun and brush some butter on it as they toast it — oh, my God. I’m getting hungry. I want one right now.”

If you ask for it, they’ll make it. It has so much garlic, I can’t be around people after I eat it.

But it is just divine.

Mike McCarthy, Director, Sculptor, Preservationist “I have to admit, my favorite burger is generally my most recent burger. Take last night, for instance. It was 9:30 p.m. and I was starving. Tops BBQ and Steak

& Shake were closed, and the golden arches were as dark as burnt french fries. I found myself in the drivethrough at Krystal on Poplar. I soon realized that I was having, perhaps not a favorite burger, but rather a most-ironic burger, a burger based in deep-rooted Memphis memories — yet no different than any other Krystal burger in any other American town. As I waited in line, I saw Krystal’s large poster advertising ‘The Hangover’ burger, which, naturally in these trying times, is now served 24-7.

“But I chose the No. 1 combo. I pulled into a parking space and began the time-honored process of getting shades of red and yellow all over my pants. I thought about how my parents would always eat at this particular Krystal when they would visit from Mississippi and how we process memories through physical shapes.

But those dang Krystal marketing folks kept interrupting my thoughts with their class-struggle advertising: Each individual box containing my four burgers boasted the phrase ‘IF IT AIN’T BROKE …’ — which might really mean ‘If only we weren’t so bankrupt (in all meanings of the word), we could be eating somewhere else or enjoying a better life.’ If only

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Krystal restaurants looked as cool as they did in the 1950s, then I’d be feasting on Memphis history and I’d be doing it 24/7.”

Graham Winchester, Musician Graham Winchester loves Memphis food as much as he loves Memphis music. His Instagram account has been his outlet for “Poor Man’s Food Reviews,” which he calls “30-second bursts of mania and sloppy eating. I love putting in my two cents about some food.”

Winchester won’t commit to naming an all-time winner but says his favorite

burger “right now” is the B-Side Memphis Burger. “It’s new,” he says. “It’s kind of in that classic Soul Burger style, like Earnestine & Hazel’s, but it’s a little bit bigger. It’s a flat-top grilled burger. You get pickles and cheese and onions, and they give you mustard and mayonnaise on the side, so you can dabble with it as much as you want.

“It’s perfectly cooked, perfectly greasy so that the cheese and grease just kind of fill up the front of your mouth. It definitely reminds you of that Soul Burger flavor, but it’s really hardy. And it comes with fries, so you’re pretty fulfilled.”

Mark Greaney, Novelist Memphis writer Mark Greaney (whose Bond-like Gray Man series of spy novels is now a staple on bookshelves everywhere), has two favorites: the house burger at Maximo’s on Broad for high-style days, and for everyday meals, the ever-popular Dyer’s burgers, famously marinated in their own ancient grease.

About the latter he says, “They are the perfect thickness, and the texture is amazing. (Anything fried is amazing!)

They have an incredible beef flavor that blasts past the tanginess of the mustard and pickles.”

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The best thing about hamburgers is that you don’t have to pick just one thing to love. They exist in endless permutations — square or circular patties, 100 percent certified Angus beef or Mexican chorizo, smothered with cheese and sautéed onions or given room to breathe with the classic lettuce-and-tomato-only combination. Burgers can be a simple sandwich or a colossal configuration of artisanal veggies and locally sourced meat.

We’re once again celebrating the plethora of burger-rific possibilities with the return of the Memphis Flyer’s Burger Week. This year, 10 restaurants are offering burgers, from the most-basic to the bougie, for only $5.99 each. Whatever your tastes, we’re pretty sure you can find a few you’d like to try.

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Candlelight Vigil

Elvis Week 2020 is the 43rd year fans will be rockin’ and rollin’ with the King — and this year’s festivities offer the first virtual option.

The gates to Graceland reopened in May, and it seemed Elvis Week would be like every other year. As the Graceland family re-evaluated the health crisis, plans were made to significantly modify Elvis Week by eliminating any potential high-risk activity, including live performances, live appearances, group parties or meals, autograph signings, and meet and greets.

“We are helping Memphis and Tennessee to get back to some sense of normality,” stated Joel Weinshanker, managing partner of Graceland Holdings. “We’re doing this in a safe manner and in the best interest for our community, our employees, and our guests.

Together, we will succeed.”

The modified schedule and virtual option will allow fans to participate in Elvis Week and celebrate the life and legacy of Elvis Presley in the way that feels right for them. Fans planning to attend will enjoy a series of daily screening events between August 8th and 16th that fully comply with recommended government protocols. The Candlelight Vigil on August 15th will be more limited than in past years and will require free advanced reservations, but the longstanding tradition will carry on with a socially distanced fan procession to the Meditation Garden.

Virtual passes are $39 and will include content in a closed Facebook group through the end of August. Fans planning to attend in person can purchase a $50 day pass that will include an Elvis Experience Tour with a mansion tour after 2 p.m., plus all-day access to Elvis Presley’s Memphis and a tour of Elvis’ airplanes. Access to two Elvis Week screenings scheduled for that day and priority access to Candlelight Vigil reservations will also be available.

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Memphis Flyer Burger Week Visit memphisflyerburgerweek.com for participating local restaurants, August 5th-11th Local restaurants serve up $5.99 custom burgers, with additional locations added daily. Takeout and dine-in options available. Benefiting Mid-South Food Bank. Visit the website for commandments and prize information.

Celtic Crossing Whiskey Tasting Celtic Crossing, 903 S. Cooper, celticcrossingmemphis.com, Thursday, August 6th, 7 p.m., $40 Join owner DJ Naylor virtually via Zoom or in person at the pub as he guides you through three unique whiskeys. The three featured whiskeys for the evening are Green Spot Glenfiddich XX, Michter’s American Whiskey, and Clonakilty Bordeaux Cask Finish.

Saturday Shenanigans Court Square, N. Main and Court in Downtown Memphis, Saturday, August 8th, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Meet board members and other members of the Downtown Neighborhood Association. The first 100 people to stop by can enjoy a free treat from MemPops.

Opening Reception for Art Hullender Mid-South Artist Gallery, 2945 Shelby, Bartlett, Saturday, August 8th, 2-4 p.m.

Exhibition of work by featured artist Art Hullender. Other artists with works displayed include Jon Woodhams, Becky Ross McRae, Sandra Horton, Quinlan Rhodes, Frederick Lyle Morris, and more.

Virtual Feast on the Farm Gala agricenter.org, Saturday, August 8th, 7 p.m.

Share fun and fellowship virtually.

All ticket options feature a fourcourse meal, gifts and prize eligibility, and an auction benefiting agricultural education programs.

Meals will be delivered or available for pick-up.

Online Cocktail Party with Kate Stayman-London novelmemphis.com, Monday, August 10th, 7 p.m., free with registration Gather online for a cocktail hour to celebrate the launch of the debut novel, One to Watch. Registrants will receive a wine pairing menu by sommelier Tia Subramanian.

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Moneybagg Yo Repping Memphis at the top of the charts and helping local schools.

July release of the extended-length Time Served Deluxe as a complete visual album. Though some of the videos had been released since January, the visual album’s capstone was a new video for “Protect Da Brand,” featuring DaBaby, which has had over 2.7 million views.

As Steel points out, the visual album has become more and more common in recent years. In the case of Moneybagg Yo and others, it’s a way “to go back in and figure out what they can do to re-engage people.

He’s one of these guys that shoots all of these videos constantly, so why not?” The trend is more important now than ever, Steel notes. “People

Moneybagg Yo are connected to their phones. Usage is way up. And people are always looking for something new. Anything but the news. Moneybagg Yo is a good example of someone who’s taken something and run with it, just because he has that captive audience.

They’re gonna watch every one of those videos.”

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— all these masks and PPE and hand sanitizers — which was cool. He technically lives between here, Atlanta, and Miami. But at the same time, he’s still very much tuned into what’s going on in the city. He’s definitely plugged in. I would still consider him a Memphis artist, definitely in the top two or three.”

In donating 10,000 masks to SCS, just two weeks ago, the star used the overnight success of Time Served to help Memphis weather the coronavirus.

“This pandemic has negatively affected so many lives,” said Moneybagg Yo in a press release, “but it has also shown that there is power in numbers, and that no matter who you are you can bring positive change. I hope that these masks play a part in keeping our children and teachers safe as we continue to find more ways that we can assist.”

Meanwhile, the album has continued to have legs through the era of quarantine, culminating in the

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t was exactly three years ago that Zandria Robinson wrote in the Memphis Flyer about Moneybagg Yo’s triumphant pop-up show at Minglewood Hall, celebrating the release of his official debut, Federal 3x. The sellout crowd made for a frenetic, exhilarating night, celebrating both the headliner and Yo Gotti’s Collective Music Group (CMG) organization.

By then, of course, Moneybagg Yo had already built up plenty of momentum since the release of his first mixtape, 2 Federal, in 2016. As Robinson wrote, the show “was a signal of what is to come from CMG. Moneybagg Yo, like CMG compatriot Blac Youngsta, is part of a second generation of the label’s trap artists, men chronicling loss, trauma, gun violence, and intimacy live from the underground drug economy.

Yo, however, pushes the mechanics and intricacies of the trap to the background, marshaling a heavy but nimble flow.”

That flow has since served him well, and in January of this year he signed with powerhouse entertainment agency Roc Nation, Jay-Z’s company, which also represents Rihanna, Big Sean, DJ Khaled, Fabolous, Jim Jones, Lil Uzi Vert, Mariah Carey, Rapsody, Jaden Smith, and Yo Gotti himself. Simultaneously with that announcement, the artist dropped his third album, Time Served, through Roc Nation, CMG, Bread Gang Entertainment, N-Less Entertainment, and Interscope Records. With collaborators like Lil Baby, Blac Youngsta, Future, DaBaby, Summer Walker, Fredo Bang, and Megan Thee Stallion, it made a major impact, peaking at No. 3 in the Billboard 200.

It’s worth noting that Moneybagg Yo instilled the new album with the spirit of Memphis. The video for the original release’s opening track, “Speak 4 Em,” begins with footage of the Bass Pro Shop Pyramid, and some distinctly Memphis-looking porches. Production on “U Played” is by hometown hero Tay Keith. Devin Steel, a major hip-hop DJ and programmer in the city for over 20 years, points out the unique connection that Moneybagg Yo, born Demario DeWayne White Jr. in South Memphis, has maintained with his hometown.

“He does a lot of things for the city,” says Steel. “He just made a huge donation to the Shelby County Schools

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Germantown Community Theatre Annie Get Your Gun, a poor, but spirited and happy country girl named Annie Oakley who lives by her native sharpshooting becomes the star of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.

Student cast. Aug. 7-16.

3037 FOREST HILL-IRENE (453-7447).

Hattiloo Theatre

God’s Trombone, enjoy the original production of inspirational sermons by African-American preachers reimagined as poetry, reverberating with the musicality of spirituals. Free. Ongoing.

Sarafina!, past production about human rights in the 21st century, written by Mbongeni Ngema. Ongoing.

Iola’s Southern Fields, enjoy an online past performance drawn from the writings of Ida B. Wells. Free. Ongoing.

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

Kudzu Playhouse

Kudzu Playhouse Virtual, join Kudzu social media for donation-based classes, games, scholarship opportunities, and more. Download the app for more information. Ongoing.

P.O. BOX 47 (888-429-7871).

The Orpheum

Orpheum Virtual Engagement, join Orpheum staff, artists, and students for activities, interviews, and more on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. Visit website for more information. Ongoing.

203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Playhouse on the Square Playhouse on the Square at Home, a series of digital content through POTS website and social media platforms. View past performances, engage in quizzes, enjoy digital playwriting, and more. Free. Ongoing.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Theatre Memphis

Open on Main: My Memphis View Art & Gallery

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

Visit artist Mary-Ellen Kelly online for “My Memphis View” products including books, prints, T-shirts, drink coasters, and posters.

Featuring virtual gallery tour.

Ongoing.

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

Mid-South Artist Gallery

Opening reception for Art Hullender, works by featured artist Art Hullender. Other artists displayed include Jon Woodhams, Becky Ross McRae, Sandra Horton, Quinlan Rhodes, Frederick Lyle Morris, and more. Sat., Aug. 8, 2-4 p.m.

MY MEMPHIS VIEW ART & GALLERY, 5 S. MAIN, MARYELLENKELLYDESIGN.COM.

Pinot’s Palette Virtual Paint

Register online for Zoom invite and an emailed supply list.

Don’t forget the wine. Visit website for dates and times, $15. Ongoing.

2945 SHELBY.

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

PINOTSPALETTE.COM.

Arrow Creative Online Store

Watercolor Florals 101

All sales benefit local creatives.

Shop locally made jewelry, candles, greeting cards, soaps, and more. Ongoing.

Shelby Brown, studio artist at Arrow, has made a PDF of steps, techniques, and a 25-minute video tutorial about how to make watercolor florals. $10-$50. Ongoing.

ARROW CREATIVE, 2535 BROAD, ARROWCREATIVE.ORG.

ARROW CREATIVE, 2535 BROAD.

Arrow Creative: Positively Creative Quarantined Convos

Woman’s Exchange Virtual Art Gallery

Inspiring conversations live on Instagram with creatives. Free.

Tuesdays, Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. & 8 p.m.

Annual fundraiser featuring original work in mixed media, glass, sculpture, jewelry, woodturning, and more.

Through Aug. 21.

ARROW CREATIVE, 2535 BROAD.

Crosstown Arts Residency Program 2021

Multidisciplinary residencies to visiting and Memphisbased artists and curators working in any creative discipline including visual and performing arts, music, film, and writing in all genres.

Through Sept. 15.

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE, CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

David Lusk Gallery Daily Special

A new piece of art from a gallery artist pops up each day at 12:01 a.m. Check daily for new art offerings. Ongoing.

DAVID LUSK GALLERY, 97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

WOMAN’S EXCHANGE ART GALLERY, 88 RACINE (327-5681), WEOFMEMPHIS.ORG.

“Doodling Around”

Download art by gallery artists to print out and color.

Visit website for more art to color. Free. Ongoing.

L ROSS GALLERY, 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200), LROSSGALLERY.COM.

Encaustic Wax Painting with Rebecca Shellabarger

Learn the basic techniques for making a textured and colorful abstract landscape painting using hot wax. $85. Tues., Aug. 11, 6-9 p.m.

ARROW CREATIVE, 2535 BROAD.

August 6-12, 2020

Online on Stage, a Theatre Memphis Facebook group that

serves as a clearinghouse for performers wanting to share their talents. Ongoing.

Order your book today benefiting local artists and journalism. $35. Ongoing.

MEMPHISMAGAZINESTORE.COM.

Metal Museum Online

Peruse the art and craft of fine metalwork digitally. Featuring past gallery talks from previous exhibitions, interviews with artists, and demonstrations. Free. Ongoing.

METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

“For America” by the National Academy of Design, on view at the Dixon through September 27 My Memphis View Gallery: Art Chat

Mary-Ellen Kelly chats with Memphis artists via Instagram Live platform, @downtownmemphis/instagram.

Free. Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m.

Through Sept. 30.

MY MEMPHIS VIEW ART & GALLERY, 5 S. MAIN, MARYELLENKELLYDESIGN.COM.

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Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

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

“IEAA Ancient Egyptian Collection,” exhibition of Egyptian antiquities ranging from 3800 B.C.E. to 700 C.E. from the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology collection. Ongoing.

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

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

“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. Ongoing.

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Memphis College of Art

“Intrepidly Yours,” exhibition of Spring 2020 BFA work by last graduating class. mca2020bfa.com. Through Feb. 28, 2021.

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Memphis Heritage

575 S. MENDENHALL (578-2787).

Clough-Hanson Gallery

“Interiors: A Study of Domestic Quarantine,” exhibition of work by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Paula Kovarik and Sophia Mason. Curated

by Jenna Gilley. rhodes.edu.

Ongoing.

“Quarantine Couple,” exhibition of work by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Lacy Mitcham Veteto and Gregory Allen Smith. Curated by Ben Aquila. Ongoing.

“Second Life, Third Life,” exhibition of work by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Meredith Potter, Melissa Wilkinson, and Emily C. Thomas. Curated by Roland Donnelly-Bullington.

Ongoing.

“Eyesolation: Seeing and Looking in Quarantine,” exhibition of work by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Melissa Dunn, Alexander Paulus, Emily C. Thomas, Mary K VanGieson. Curated

by Katie Clark. Ongoing.

“Home is Where the Art Is,” exhibition of work by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Nick Peña, Ryan Steed, and Nancy Cheairs. Curated by Julia Conway. Ongoing.

“All by Myself,” exhibition of work by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Jesse Butcher and Emily C. Thomas.

Curated by Marlo Morales.

Ongoing.

“Landscapes in Isolation,” exhibition of work by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Clare Johnson, Maysey Craddock, and Susan Maakestad.

Curated by Caroline Koch.

Ongoing. “playground,” exhibition of

“Journey” by Maritza Dávila, on view at the Dixon through September 27

2282 MADISON (272-2727).

work by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Elizabeth Alley and Susan Maakestad. Curated

by Dresden Timco. Ongoing.

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

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“Bonsai: Majestic Miniatures,” exhibition of Bonsai specimens from the Dixon’s collection and local bonsai collectors. Through Aug. 9.

“For America,” exhibition of paintings from the National Academy of Design visually documenting the Academy’s membership and a singular history of American painting from 1809 to the present.

Through Sept. 27.

“Journey,” exhibition of printmaking by Maritza Dávila.

Through Sept. 27.

“Made in Dixon / Hecho en Dixon,” exhibition of artwork

by Dixon program participants of all ages, diverse cultural backgrounds, and interests. Through Dec. 20.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

Fratelli’s

“Selections by Sandy,” exhibition of landscapes, still life, and animals by Sandy Scruggs. Through Aug. 31.

750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Jay Etkin Gallery

Permanent Collection: “The Flow Museum of Art & Culture,” Ongoing.

Metal Museum

“Tradition of Excellence: Japanese Techniques in Contemporary Metal Arts,” exhibition of Japanese metalworking techniques and materials by Japanese and American artists highlighting the influence of Japanese metalworking on contemporary metal arts.

Curated by Hiroko Yamada and originating at Penland Gallery. metalmuseum.org. Free.

Through Sept. 13.

“Tributaries: Sophie Glenn i Rust Never Sleeps,” exhibition of works by furniture maker and metal worker from New York City, NY. Through Sept. 27.

“Staying Connected,” exhibition by member of Artists’ Link. Through Aug. 31.

Bartlett Art Association, exhibition of work by members of the Bartlett Art Association. Through Aug. 31.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

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374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Mid-South Artist Gallery

Art Hullender, exhibition of works by featured artist Art Hullender. Other artists displayed include Jon Woodhams, Becky Ross McRae, Sandra Horton, Quinlan Rhodes, Frederick Lyle Morris, and more. Through Aug. 31.

Gallery 1: Becky Ross McRae, Jon Woodhams, and Lyle Morris Exhibition, Wednesdays-Saturdays, 11:15 a.m.-3 p.m. Through Aug. 15.

Gallery 2: Katie Lindsey, Connie Chavez, and Mark Wheetley Exhibition.Free.

Wednesdays-Saturdays, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Through Aug. 24.

2945 SHELBY.

942 COOPER (550-0064).

Memphis Botanic Garden

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Stax Museum of American Soul

“Beautiful Souls: Joel Brodsky and the Faces of Stax Records,” exhibition of famous Stax album cover photographs. Through Sept. 30.

926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

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“Access Granted,” exhibition of work by ArtsAccelerator grant recipients. Through Aug. 31.

“Unfolding: The Next Chapter in Memphis,” exhibition of visual art by local Memphis artists, curated by Kenneth Wayne Alexander. artsmemphis.org. Ongoing.

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“Newman to Now,” virtual Exhibit, exhibition of historic photographs taken by Don Newman between the 1940s and ’60s and contemporary photographs of the same sites taken by photographer Gary Walpole to explore continuity and change in Memphis’ built environment. Ongoing. memphisheritage.org.

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Dance, laugh, and shine a light on the current situation. Donations accepted, $SPTate and Venmo: SPTate. Fridays, 1 p.m.

400 S. FRONT.

University of Memphis Theatre & Dance: Free Livestream Classes

“Bleeding to Space,” exhibition of three-dimensional work by Ziba Rajabi. Through Aug. 15.

OPERA

“Opera Speed-Runs” Series by Jake Stamatis

Tales of Hoffman on YouTube

by Handorf Company artist.

Free. Ongoing.

a tour around the grounds in groups of 9. Masks required. $5. Ongoing, 10 a.m.

Online Dance Class with Steven Prince Tate

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

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Affordable Wedding Expo

Visit the Facebook page for live streaming with student instructors. Free. Ongoing.

Summer sale featuring wedding packages including venue, table, chairs, decor, and DJ for 80 people. Fri., Aug. 7, 2:20-8 p.m.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, UNIVERSITY CENTER THEATER, 499 UNIVERSITY, MEMPHIS.EDU.

THE AVENUE EVENT COMPLEX, 3589 SUMMER (440-3478).

OPERA MEMPHIS, 6745 WOLF RIVER (257-3100).

Wednesday Opera Time

Join Opera Memphis every Wednesday on Facebook for an assortment of live events including “Opera for Animals,” Bingo Opera, and more.

Free. Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

LECTU R E / S P EA K E R

OPERA MEMPHIS, 6745 WOLF RIVER (257-3100).

Online presentation wherein the deep history of some of this city’s most well-traveled roads will be revealed via Zoom. $10. Thurs., Aug. 6, 6:30 p.m.

DAN C E

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

Neko Mew’s Belly Dance Classes

Local artist and belly dancer Jen Russell offers weekly video tutorials via Facebook Live.

Available via Facebook group Neko Mew’s Belly Dance Classes. Viewers can also receive individualized instruction by donating $5 for the first video lesson and $10 for each subsequent video. Wednesdays.

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Memphis Street Names: A History

Online Author Event with Odie Lindsey in Conversation with Chanelle Benz

Aug. 29.

LICHTERMAN NATURE CENTER, 5992 QUINCE (767-7322).

Memphis Bike Tour

TO U R S

Lichterman Guided Tour Walks

Meet your wilder neighbors on a tour around the lake and through the forest with a Lichterman Nature Center Naturalist. Walks conclude with a live animal ambassador visit. $9 members, $10 nonmembers. Wednesdays, Saturdays, 10 a.m. Through

A fun way to explore the city and learn a little of its fascinating history along the way. Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays, 10 a.m.

Through Aug. 31.

Online Cocktail Party with author Kate Stayman-London, novelmemphis.com, Mon., Aug. 10, 7 p.m. and accompanying audio tour while adhering to safe social distancing. PWYC. Ongoing, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

BACKBEAT TOURS, 197 BEALE (ALFRED’S PATIO BAR) (1-866-392-BEAT).

METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Metal Museum Audio Tour

“My Elmwood”

Explore the Sculpture Garden

staff, board members, and enthusiasts. Through Aug. 31.

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

Old Forest Hike

Walking tour of the region’s only urban oldgrowth forest. Second Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.

OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (276-1387).

Tours for Very Small Groups

Visit Elmwood’s social media for talks and tours by Elmwood

Elmwood Cemetery’s staff is ready to take small groups on

Author discuses Some Go Home in conversation with Chanelle Benz via Zoom.

Register through Eventbrite.

Free with registration. Thurs., Aug. 6, 6 p.m.

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

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Hole sponsorships are also available. $500 Individual, $2,000 team of four. Mon., Aug. 10, noon.

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Visit website for mail-in ballot, voting locations, and more information. Thurs., Aug. 6.

Saturday Morning Meditation

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Unwind and refocus in the Church Health Meditation Garden with Greg Graber. No sign up is required. Open to all levels. Wear a mask, bring a mat/cushion, and hand sanitizer. Free. Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. Through Sept. 5.

Epiphany Community Garden: Pick a Flower Bouquet The public is invited to view all the beautiful flowers planted this year, and pick a bouquet to take home.

Through Aug. 31.

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Taijiquan with Milan Vigil

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

Grind City Designs and Dixie Picker T-Shirt Benefit

Free with admission. Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.

Virtual Training & Group Fitness

YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South offers workouts for anyone to try at home.

Workouts include yoga, barre, bootcamp, exercises for active older adults, and Les Mills training. Visit website to join.

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Combined livestream worship.

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Read in Peace Book Club: Zoom Edition

Online meeting to discuss monthly book. Register for meeting invite. Proceeds benefit Elmwood Cemetery. $5. Ongoing, 5:30 p.m.

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Weekly Zoom gathering for anyone 18+ who identifies as a member of the trans or GNC community. For login information, email ahauptman@ outmemphis.org. Tuesdays, 6 p.m.

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Breakout Games’ Dispatch

Four different box sets that can be ordered online to bring the escape room to your living room. $45-$130. Ongoing.

Elvis Week 2020, virtual and in-person events at graceland.com and Graceland, August 8-16 DIG Memphis Mysteries While at home, do some investigative work to solve a mystery from a collection of images in the digital archives.

New photo posted weekly.

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Local businesses have put together vintage finds and fresh designs for T-shirts. Each shirt sale provides 24 meals provided through Mid-South Food Bank. $25-$29. Ongoing.

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Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus and Andromeda

Retelling of one of the most famous constellation stories using a colorful laser light system. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 5:30 p.m., and Sundays, 4 p.m.

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Prologistix Job Fair

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Open positions for material handlers, forklift drivers, inventory clerks, and quality control. Visit website or an office between 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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United Way of the MidSouth: Driving The Dream

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Aug. 8-16.

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Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest

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Memphis Flyer Burger Week

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Takeout option and dine-in benefiting Mid-South Food Bank. Visit website for commandments and prize information. Through Aug. 11.

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Muddy’s Fun House: Super Fantastic At Home Bake-a-long and Variety Show Visit blog for a new episode each week hosted by Kat. Thursdays.

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Celtic Crossing Whiskey Tasting Join owner DJ Naylor virtually or in person at the pub as he guides you through three unique whiskeys $40. Thurs., Aug. 6, 7 p.m.

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Feast on the Farm Gala

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The Generous Pour @Home

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FOOD By Michael Donahue

Burger Soup

Rizzo’s chef Michael Patrick serves his up cheeseburger soup.

Just about the only thing missing in Patrick’s Cheeseburger Soup is the hamburger bun. “I start out with onions and garlic, and I sweat them out with a little bit of butter. I add a roux with flour.

Then I add milk, heavy cream, and we let that thicken up really nice. And then I add Zatarain’s Creole mustard and English mustard — both spicier-type mustards; not your normal [brands]. It’s got a really good kick,” Patrick says. “Zatarain’s has got horseradish in it, which I like.

“Once I add all that, I brown off a bunch of 80/20 ground beef. Then I’ll add that to the mix. Then I’ll add the cheese, which is a cheddar cheese and cheddar jack blend. I let all that come together.

And then I add lettuce and tomato at the end. I don’t want to break it up by mixing it up. I fold it in. I’ll dice up the tomatoes and kind of shred the lettuce.”

People refer to it as “a cheeseburger in a cup,” says Patrick. “It tastes like a

cheeseburger.”

Patrick, who is from Painesville, Ohio, says he had never heard of Rotel dip before he moved to Memphis. “I noticed it at some people’s house during a football game. Cheeseburger Soup is very similar to Rotel. It’s not nearly as cheesy, but it has some good similarities. So I was telling people: ‘I’m going to make you some Yankee Rotel.’ And all I made was Cheeseburger Soup.”

Rizzo’s also features traditionalstyle hamburgers on Mondays. “Beer and Burger Night is what we call it.”

Describing the Rizzo’s Burger, Patrick says, “I’m always looking for a nice, juicy, kind of dripping-down-my-hand burger. But what makes, I think, my burger unique is the seasoning. I put a little Lawry’s, Worcestershire, shallots.”

And, he says, “There’s something about a burger that’s done on a flat top.We do that here, and it seals in that juiciness of the burger.

“But the Cheeseburger Soup is on the menu all the time,” he adds.

As for the popularity of his Cheeseburger Soup, Patrick says, “It won me Soup Sunday a couple of years.” That’s the annual Youth Villages fundraiser, which just made it under the wire this year before the pandemic shut down fundraisers.

Rizzo’s was closed between March 23rd through June 2nd, Patrick says. It had to shut down again July 24th after a kitchen employee tested positive for the virus. They had the restaurant resanitized and will reopen this week.

Patrick has his tables “six feet apart.

We have hand sanitizer on every table.

As soon as somebody leaves, we break everything down. We temp you when you come in the door. You have to have a mask to enter. These are things we’ve been doing since we got back open June 2nd.”

Patrick wants the public to know what’s going on at Rizzo’s. “Putting those things out there to people, posting about it, kind of solidifies that they know we care and we’re willing to take measures to make the place safe for people.”

And, he says, “If you invite someone into your home, it’s a safe environment.

We’re inviting people into our restaurant.

So it needs to be a safe environment.”

Rizzo’s by Michael Patrick is located at 92 S. Main; (901) 304-6985.

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hanks to chef Michael Patrick, you can have your cheeseburger — and drink it, too.

He created his version of Cheeseburger Soup, one of the hot — as in popular and temperature — items at his restaurant, Rizzo’s by Michael Patrick.

“The very first restaurant I worked at, they had a version of this soup there,” Patrick says, adding, “They had pickle and tomato and a little crouton on it, but I decided to make my own version.”

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Rizzo’s offers “cheeseburger in a cup.”

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FILM By Chris McCoy

Eternal Champion Charlize Theron comes out swinging in The Old Guard.

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fantasy, Moorcock’s works haven’t gotten the film adaptation treatment. The closest we’ve come is Highlander, a franchise responsible for both some tasty ’80s cheese and the worst film ever made. (Highlander II: The Quickening is the answer to the unasked question, “What would it be like if an insurance company made a movie?”)

Enter The Old Guard. Based on a comic series

by Greg Rucka and directed by Love and Basketball helmer Gina Prince-Bythewood, the Netflix film introduces Andromaché of Scythia (Charlize Theron), a nigh-immortal warrior who has been taking names for several thousand years. She impersonated the goddess Athena, rode with the Mongol hordes, and advised General Grant at Vicksburg. Andromaché — Andy to her friends — has assembled a tight-knit group of fellow long-lived freelance sword-swingers to take on good causes.

But after centuries of intervention, Andy has come to believe it’s all in vain. She’s coaxed out of retirement by CIA agent James Copely (Chiwetel Ejiofor) to help rescue a group of trafficked Sudanese

(above) Charlize Theron plays the immortal Andromaché of Scythia in The Old Guard; (below, l-r) Luca Marinelli, Theron, Marwan Kenzari

kids in the sprawling Juba refugee camp. But when Andy arrives, she finds a setup: Someone has gotten wind of their immortality, a secret they try very hard to keep. They can’t be killed, but immortality has its own drawbacks, like being locked in a prison cell for decades. Or even worse, trapped at the bottom of the ocean, drowning afresh every few minutes like Andy’s first partner Quynh (Veronica Ngo), the victim of a Puritan witch hunt.

Copely is in league with pharma CEO Steven Merrick (Harry Melling), who wants to study the immortals and sell their secrets of instant healing.

As Andy and her friends Nicky (Luca Marinelli), Joe (Marwan Kenzari), and Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts) regroup, they are bombarded with psychic visions from Nile Freeman (KiKi Layne), a Marine who wakes in Afghanistan after being pronounced dead from a mortal wound. The companions must save Nile from the clutches of the military industrial complex while keeping a step ahead of Merrick’s private army.

The good news is, The Old Guard is better than Highlander II — but that’s true of literally every movie ever. Mostly, that’s due to the presence of Furiosa. Theron is among our finest actors, and while not every film can be Monster or Mad Max: Fury Road, she needs material worthy of her gifts. This ain’t it. I would have settled for

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n the early 1960s, writer Michael Moorcock created Elric of Melniborné. The albino emperor of a dying kingdom, he is weak and sickly until he acquires Stormbringer, a black sword that transforms him into a near-immortal hero. But the cost is great.

The life energy Stormbringer grants Elric is drained from the people he kills, and the sword is always hungry for more blood. Constant death is the price for eternal life.

As Moorcock’s writerly fame grew, he expanded Elric’s world into a multiverse, eventually revealing that the antihero was an incarnation of the Eternal Champion, a supernatural warrior fated to incarnate and kick ass when the cosmic balance tipped too far off plumb. It was not a new idea. General George S. Patton believed he was the reincarnation of a Roman legionary and a Napoleonic soldier. The idea that immortality would be more curse than blessing goes back to the Wandering Jew, a man present at the Crucifixion cursed to live long enough to see the Second Coming.

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The Old Guard takes four cuts to show our heroes simply walking down a hill.

In the occasional emotional moment, Prince-Bythewood’s talents become more apparent. Theron’s Andy is soul-sick from the constant killing. Nicky and Joe are lovers, and they get a nice moment professing their love while chained in the back of a police van. But then, there’s the inevitable non-ending designed to set up a lucrative franchise, and it all kind of feels pointless. In a world plagued by too much mortality, the problems of immortals seem very remote.

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another Atomic Blonde, a Theron-led beat-em-up which at least showed some stylistic panache. Instead, The Old Guard is mostly a slog. It wants desperately to appeal to the John Wick cult, serving up long sequences of Andy and company shooting and slicing their way through legions of faceless security contractors.

Staging and editing action sequences is an exacting art. I’m on record as Wick-skeptical, but I admit the Keanu Reeves vehicle delivers the goods. If pop-soundtracked ultraviolence is your thing, you’ll recognize that The Old Guard is not top flight. Prince-Bythewood gives over to the temptation of using every angle she can shoot. The John Wick movies at their best shoot their stunt

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Why Trump Can Win

Four years ago in mid-July, polls said Hillary Clinton was leading Donald Trump by 12 points, much as they say Joe Biden leads him now. The former secretary of state had 49 percent support compared with Trump’s 37 percent, according to a Bloomberg poll. Libertarian and former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson — remember him? — had 9 percent.

Most confounding given the final results, 55 percent of those surveyed said they would never vote for Trump, while just 43 percent said the same about Clinton. The survey of 750 people was conducted shortly after Trump said a federal judge of Mexican descent couldn’t be impartial in a case against Trump University because of the candidate’s push for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.

This comment earned him a stern rebuke from then-Speaker of the House Paul Ryan — remember him? — saying Trump’s comment was “the textbook definition of a racist remark.” Ryan was Mitt Romney’s running mate in 2012, the year Trump, while watching Romney sink during his second debate with President Barack Obama, said to himself, “I can win.”

What emerged from the Bloomberg poll, as well as dozens of others leading up to Election Day, was the inescapable conclusion that Clinton would win. Even Trump believed so, despite his rally-to-rally “winning” refrain.

In other words, what we think we know isn’t always so.

When Trump was elected in 2016, the news was received in the nation’s capital, where I lived at the time, like the arrival of unwanted, unexpected out-of-town visitors. Usually friendly neighbors stared vacantly at one another as they reached for their morning papers. Wordlessly, they quickly retreated back inside, away from the searing light of unbearable truth.

Everyone had been so sure! The models and internal polling had all agreed! But models and polls, like reporters and columnists, are only as good as their sources.

And political history hasn’t been coy about the pitfalls of relying too heavily on textbook scenarios. Politics has a scent, and the nose usually sniffs out outcomes before the eyes can see.

Sweat equity wins every time. How much are people willing to wait in lines, make cold calls, give of their own money and rally strangers to support their candidate? Which candidate is most able to rally people to do the hard work? We speak in terms of authenticity, but that’s not the whole of it. For good or ill, winners have a certain instinctual allure.

This makes Biden’s current status as the front-runner a bit uncertain. Biden-in-the-basement has worked well so far, but he may not be able to compete with a fully unleashed Trump on the hustings. Trump is part showman, part chief marketing officer, part bomb-thrower.

Past elections remind us, too, that voters sometimes lay their own explosives when the pollster rings. Many won’t even take that call, or stay on it for very long. (This is such a problem that many pollsters have given up surveying by telephone.)

And when the calls do go through, other problems arise: Even in those places where Trump won handily last time, folks are reluctant to express political views. We’re still a relatively private and polite society, and nothing brings out the “bless-their-hearts” (genteel Southern code for a long eye-roll) like a conversation about politics.

Still other Trump supporters might say to a pollster that they will vote for Biden just to mess with the guy and his clipboard.

Americans have a strong what-the-hell, troublemaking streak.

Four years ago, I wrote about that sort of voter: the kind who pulled the lever for Trump just to tick off all the right people.

That same voter, likely well-entertained these past four years, is more concerned now about the socialist bent of the Democratic Party and whether Biden is strong enough to stem the tide.

There’s also concern that Biden may not be as cognitively nimble as in earlier years, and that his vice-presidential pick won’t be seen as presidential.

Which is to say, Trump could win re-election despite his unfavorable numbers or the galloping pandemic. In his recent, free-ranging interview with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, Trump defaulted to “fake polls” when asked about his “losing.”

“I’m not losing,” he insisted. And, contrary to everything we think we know, he may not be wrong.

Kathleen Parker writes for the Washington Post Writers Group.

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