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OUR 1595TH ISSUE 09.19.19 By the time you read this, Mohammed bin Salman may have given President Trump orders to attack Iran. If so, throw this paper away (or click to another website — if there are any websites after a nuclear conflagration) and consider this column out of date.

Actually, you can consider almost any column I write about this president out of date by the time you read it. We’re averaging, what, six outrageous things a news cycle now? More than that, actually.

In such a news climate, is it possible that we can remain outraged for more than 24 hours by a president who teases potential war in the Mideast like it’s a Bruce Willis movie? I’m talking about this tweet: “Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked. There is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack, and under what terms we would proceed!”

So now, the “Kingdom,” led by Mohammed bin Salman, the man who authorized a vivisection/butchery of a Washington Post journalist and from whose country 11 of the 9/11 hijackers came — this guy! — is going to let us know under “what terms we would proceed” to war in the Mideast?

This tweet came on the heels of one from Trump about a proposed meeting with the Taliban at Camp David on the eve of 9/11. Opposition to that meeting apparently cost National Security Advisor John Bolton his job. Trump said Bolton was fired. Bolton says he resigned. Like so many things that have happened during this chaotic administration, it’s one person’s word against the president’s. But it’s extra ironic because Bolton would be loving this week’s action. War! Locked and loaded! Yeehaw! His mustache would be erect.

But seriously, when do we admit that we are all being held captive by someone who is the polar opposite of a “stable genius”?

Consider: I just scrolled through 24 hours of the president’s tweets from Sunday and Monday. There were 38 of them, covering such subjects as Brett Kavanaugh (He should sue for liable [sic].), Joy Reed (Doesn’t have the it factor for show biz.), the Deep State (It’s after him.), columnist Kathleen Parker (Good!), Saudi Arabia again (Maybe war! Maybe not!), General Motors (Make a deal with the UAW!), Lou Dobbs and Joe DiGenova (Good!), the House Judiciary Committee (Crooked!), investigating President Obama’s book deal (Do it!), the judges he’s appointed (I’m a great president!), China (They’re losing the trade war!), the Federal Reserve (They don’t have a clue!), the Democrats (They might TAKE YOUR GUNS!), the Mueller Report (Fail!), his hotels (I don’t make a profit. I’m too rich.); the Democrats (They are watching “Obama Netflix.”), Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera (I’m presenting him the Presidential Medal of Honor!).

That’s not even half of them.

It is undeniable to anyone looking at this situation even half-objectively that these are the ramblings of someone who is mentally ill. The emperor not only has no clothes; the emperor has the attention span of a goldfish on Adderall.

I’m old enough to remember when this president spent six days obsessing about a muffed hurricane prediction that finally resulted in his having a cabinet member order the NOAA to back him up. The media can’t possibly keep up with this frenetic pace of “policy” statements followed by insults to media personalities followed by threats of war followed by references to Obama Netflix — whatever the hell that is. The American presidency is in the hands of a genuinely disturbed individual.

There’s no foreign policy strategy. There are no strategies of any kind that I can discern. Trump regularly contradicts his own secretary of state, his own vice N E WS & O P I N I O N president, his own spokespeople. Most THE FLY-BY - 4 department heads are temporary apNY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 pointees. There aren’t even press briefings POLITICS - 7 anymore, because they became pointless.

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MATA sued, election law blocked, and a TVA switch could save money.

Locals only. No fast food. Hot dogs, wraps, and tacos are not sandwiches. These are but a few of the concrete rules for the Memphis Sandwich Clique, a public Facebook group.

The rest is as simple and delicious as you might expect. Get a (local) sandwich. Take a photo of it.

Describe it. Post it to the group and “let the best sammy win.”

The group was founded in late July but boasted 8,833 members as of Monday. Those members help each other find the city’s dankest sandwiches (Phillies, Cubans, BLTs, reubens, clubs, burgers, and more). Sam’s Deli, Rawk’n Grub, Old Whitten Tavern, and Elwood’s Shack are easy favorites of the group.

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B US FAR E Bus drivers with the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) are suing over alleged unpaid overtime wages.

The lawsuit was filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee by Donati Law, PLLC on behalf of the drivers. The defendant is Mid-South Transportation Management, Inc., (MTM) the Ohiobased company that MATA contracts to hire and Clockwise from top left: TVA’s Combined Cycle Plant here, Google, manage its drivers. a MATA bus station, a voter registration booth The company is a subsidiary of First Transit.

The drivers are alleging that the company has violated POWE R M OVE the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by failing to pay them Experts say Memphis could save even more money now on required overtime wages. The FLSA mandates that employa switch to renewable energy than the $240 million to $333 ees are paid at least 1.5 times their regular pay rate after million they predicted it could back in January. exceeding 40 hours of work in a week.

Those early projections came from Friends of the Earth Instead, the company paid drivers their regular rate and, (FOE), an environmental advocacy group that ordered a at times, half their regular rate, according to court docustudy on Memphis Light, Gas & Water (MLGW) switching ments. The plaintiffs are now seeking back pay and liquifrom the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). dated damages.

The group recently asked for an updated version of the numbers as they suspected more savings could be reaped VOTI N G LAW B LO C K E D now by the switch on lower market prices for solar and A state law that places restrictions on voter registration wind energy. efforts and was set to go into effect on October 1st was temThe report says the price of equipment, like solar panels, porarily blocked last week by a federal court. has fallen and so has the cost to run them. The cost of wind The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Tennescontracts, it says, has fallen substantially since the earlier see filed for an emergency preliminary injunction late last report, too. month to halt the law, which mandates a slew of requirements for those participating in voter registration efforts G ETTI N G G O O G LE and penalties for those who don’t comply, from taking effect. A coalition of 50 attorneys general, including TennesThe injunction means the state cannot take any steps to see’s, will review Google’s “overarching control of online “implement, enforce, conduct investigations pursuant to, or advertising markets and search traffic that may have led to assist in any prosecution” under the law. anticompetitive behavior that harms consumers,” Tennessee Earlier last week, the state moved to have the lawsuit Attorney General Herbert Slatery said last week. dismissed, but the judge denied that request, saying in her The review will focus on Google’s business practices in decision that the plaintiffs in the case have presented “plauaccordance with state and federal antitrust laws. sible claims.” She raised many concerns about the law in her Visit the News Blog at memphisflyer.com for fuller versions of these stories and more local news. decision, calling the law a “complex and punitive scheme.”

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The Tennessee lawmaker who targeted a Memphis pro-choice advocate on his talk show faced backlash last week after suggesting higher education should be axed because it’s a “liberal breeding ground.”

Sen. Kerry Roberts (R-Springfield) said on his weekly radio talk show, “The Kerry Roberts Show,” earlier this month that getting rid of higher education would “save America.” Last week, he recanted the statement, saying it was all a joke and hyperbole.

Roberts’ comments came as he was detailing the events of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing last month on legislation that would essentially ban abortion outright in Tennessee. During his show, the lawmaker made targeted comments about Cherisse Scott, founder and CEO of SisterReach, a Memphis organization meant to help women and girls of color, women living in low-income and rural areas, and the LGBTQ community obtain reproductive justice.

Scott, a pro-choice advocate, testified at the Senate’s hearing last month, opposing the proposed legislation. But Scott was cut off by the chairman of the committee, Sen. Mike Bell (R-Riceville), halfway into her allotted 10 minutes.

Roberts called Scott’s testimony a “diatribe on social justice. I don’t even know what to call it. It was ridiculous.”

Roberts on the set of his talk show “You know what the sad thing about it is?” Roberts continued. “There are people who are sitting here applauding her and cheering her on.”

Roberts then attributed Scott’s and others’ stances on the matter to higher education.

“If there’s one thing we can do to save America today, it is to get rid of our institutions of higher education right now and cut the liberal breeding ground off,” Roberts said. “Good grief. The stupid stuff our kids are being taught is absolutely ridiculous.

This is a woman who’s a product of higher education, and she’s learned all of this stuff that flies in the face of what we stand for as a country.”

The “price that we pay” for higher education, Roberts added, is the “murder of over half a million innocent lives every year, with people sitting there justifying it to their last breath.”

According to his Senate biography, Roberts is a graduate of Lipscomb University in Nashville.

In a response posted to Facebook, Scott reveals that she “is a college dropout who left school to help a sick parent.”

“Deal with it and the thousands of other educated black women who are degree-less and yet making moves on behalf of ourselves and our communities,” Scott wrote.

Shortly after Roberts’ comments were brought to light, the lawmaker posted to Facebook saying that his comments were made in a joking manner. “My listeners clearly understood the humor and hyperbole of it,” he wrote. “That was a week ago. But today, it’s a news story.”

Others disagreed that he was joking and took it to Twitter.

“I’m not buying that it was joke/hyperbole,” one Twitter user, @RN_Atheist, said. “Listen to what he says and how he says it. Then tell me where’s the punchline?”

Roberts has since made the videos of his radio show, previously published to Facebook, unavailable to the public.

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infractions of citizens charged with the violations alluded to above and to determine the correct penalties or remedies for them.

It is a job that requires a capacity for — well, judgment, tact, firmness, and an ability to handle a workload.

Division 1 sees a newly appointed Judge, the former Shelby County Schools board member Teresa Jones, facing a challenge from lawyer LaTrena Davis Ingram. Jones was deemed most qualified by 56 percent of the lawyers polled, while Davis Ingram was the choice of 6 percent.

In Division 2, concerning which the Bar Association was not polled, Judge Tarik Sugarmon faces no opposition.

Division 3 sees incumbent Jayne Chandler challenged by Judicial Commissioner David Pool, who finished ahead in the lawyers’ poll with 54 percent considering him most qualified, followed by 38 percent for Chandler.

• Several ballots sponsored by wellknown public figures are being distributed in these last pre-election weeks: Ninth District Congressman Steve Cohen, County Commissioner Van Turner, and former Democratic Chairman David Cocke have collaborated on “The Most Qualified Democrats for Change” Voters’ Guide. Among contested races, they favor Jim Strickland for mayor; Sherman Greer in Council District 1; Patrice Robinson in District 3; Jamita Swearengen in District 4; John Marek in District 5; Gerre Currie in Super District 8, Position 1; Cheyenne Johnson in Super District 8, Position 2; Erika Sugarmon in Super District 9, Position 1; Jeff Warren in Super District 9, Position 3; Myron Lowery for City Court Clerk; Teresa Jones for Municipal Judge, Division 1; Tarik Sugarmon for Judge in Division 2; and David Pool in Division 3.

Former County Commissioner and interim County Mayor Joe Ford’s ballot proposes Strickland for mayor; Greer in Council District 1; Frank Colvett in Council District 2; Robinson in District 3; Swearengen in District 4; Edmund Ford Sr. in District 6; Berlin Boyd in District 7; Chase Carlisle in Super District 9, Position 1; Ford Canale in Super District 9, Position 2; Warren in Super District 9 Position 3; Jones for Municipal Judge Division 1; Sugarmon for Judge, Division 2. Ford also opposes the local option sales tax increase.

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City Court Clerk: Let’s face it, the clerk jobs in a local election are political in a distinctly different sense from other elective positions.

Aside from promising efficiency and/or modernization, there isn’t much that a given candidate can boast to distinguish him/her from other hopefuls.

These jobs aren’t necessarily sinecures, but the clerkships have been treated that way by more than a few incumbents. The trick, if elected, is to hire a competent executive assistant to supervise the work and meanwhile figure out the best ways to spend the nice six-figure annual salary. Maybe do some politicking in your spare time or play some golf. There’s room in a closet for your clubs.

That might be a mite cynical. There’s some important oversight to be managed from the Memphis City Court Clerk’s office, whose official mission is “to collect city revenues generated by the Memphis Police Department through the issuance of traffic citations, traffic summons, and ordinance summons.” And incumbents have been creative in the past about devising formulas allowing hard-pressed citizens to keep driving while paying the fines levied in traffic court. Good for the motorist, good for the city exchequer.

Here are the applicants, in alphabetical order: Joe Brown, Delicia DeGraffreed, De Givens, Carl A. Irons II, Myron Lowery, Lea Ester Redmond, William Stovall, George “Dempsy” Summers, and David W. Vinciarelli.

Some of these are no-names, others are perennial candidates, and a few others are well-respected political veterans.

Name recognition will loom large in voters’ minds; so Lowery and Brown, both former Memphis City Council members, have a distinct advantage.

Lowery also tops a local Bar Association poll of contenders, with 17.88 percent finding him most qualified, followed by DeGraffreed, the current chief deputy, with 8.6 percent.

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Robert R. Church and “Boss” Crump were once viewed as political allies. On the surface, they looked like oil and water, but, for years, they operated like a match made in heaven.

Or so it seemed.

Church, a Republican, was the South’s first black billionaire. Mayor Crump, a white Dixiecrat, was a political provocateur who willed power over Memphis well through the 1940s.

Author Preston Lauterbach’s essay, “Memphis Burning,” describes how their “bipartisan, biracial coalition” ultimately “controlled Memphis politics and elected most of its officials.”

We see a similar longing for this perceived political utopia in the current electoral landscape. We see polished and seasoned politicians (and a few younger aspirants) angling allegiances with unlikely allies — black democratic congresspersons aligning with Republican Governor Bill Lee; black county commissioners and city council persons yielding to the likes of University of Memphis President David Rudd, FedEx CEO Richard Smith, major real estate moguls, and the like.

Wait. Something seems rather onesided here.

It seems that the reach across the aisle is only coming from one side.

In this framework, black political elitism is always hamstrung by an invisible hand of a white economic monopoly.

Check the campaign pledges of the most notable elected officials and there we find commonality in donorship. This means that what most of us view as black exceptionalism is, actually, black tokenism — a few people of color who have proven themselves to be nonthreatening to the establishment and political status quo.

This tokenism has cultivated a generation of people aspiring for office who long more for assimilation than liberation. Too many black people aspire to (and obtain) positions of influence at the expenses of empowering the masses.

They don’t want a more equitable society.

They want to be in closer proximity to power. They want triumphalism — a better seat on the bus of injustice and inequity. And they will exploit social justice talking points to obtain it.

A bipartisan and biracial coalition might be possible, but there is no true partnership if only one side makes all the compromises.

If, for instance, white power brokers were sincere about equitable relationships, they’d be on the front lines advocating for equitable access and inclusion in the political process. However, when it comes

time to increase voter turnout, “mum’s the word.”

What we are left with is a group of aspiring Robert R. Churches being contained by a group of 21st century Boss Crumps. This matrix is the source of black folks’ political apathy. We can point to the decades of black symbolic leadership that didn’t yield much fruit in our perpetually impoverished neighborhoods. And it is hard to point to progressive and productive leadership when out of 150 of the most populated cities in the country, Memphis was 136 in how well it is run, according the website wallethub.com.

If we continue this path, we’ll end up like that deceptive dynasty between Church and Crump.

Lauterbach goes on to detail how “short-lived” that “period of biracial cooperation” was. He writes, “In the late 1930s, Boss Crump turned on his counterpart. In the span of a few years, the Democratic machine banished Bob Church, seized his property, broke the family fortune, and dismantled his Republican organization, crushing the most vital arm of black enfranchisement in the city.”

If white power brokers were sincere about equitable relationships, they’d be on the front lines advocating for equitable access and inclusion in the political process.

Doesn’t that sound familiar? Past is prologue.

Black political elitism is a myth in Memphis if there is no massive political movement of everyday people (that centers black citizens) to support it. And what the myth of black political elitism has done is bind up our political imagination prohibiting black people from seeing what is possible.

What is possible is the ushering in of a more just, progressive, and equitable class of leaders. A group that gleans the support of the elders and inspires the next generation to become more optimistic about their involvement. The municipal elections this October could very well hold the key to the black political independence of the next 25 years. It’s about time we recognize what Dr. Martin Luther King called, “The fierce urgency of now.”

Dr. Earle Fisher is the Senior Pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church and founder of #UPTheVote901.

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ELECTION GUIDE A contested mayoral race and a full roster of city council contests head toward final resolution.

September 19-25, 2019

Action and Hope) at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Westwood — an event featuring thousands of attendees from numerous civic-minded organizations, all energized and in not much need of extra stoking. Of the mayoral hopefuls, only four were in attendance — Sawyer, Terrence T.B. Boyce, Lemichael Wilson, and Pamela Moses. Moses, whose candidacy has been disallowed by the Election Commission but who has filed suit against her exclusion, got to speak; Wilson was not invited to speak, since he had not completed a written preregistration form for the event.

That left only Boyce and Sawyer with a chance to make an impact.

For an unknown, Boyce didn’t do badly in celebrating the event and its participants and in associating himself with it all. Sawyer did not exaggerate when she suggested that her own stated objectives and “every one” of MICAH’s bullet points were one and the same: “from transportation equity and economic equity to support for human rights, so on and so forth, and, most importantly, education and opportunity for our youth.”

For his part, Strickland was at a meet-and-greet at a supporter’s house elsewhere in town, one of a series of such events he has come to employ. And Herenton had, since the beginning of early voting on Friday, been busy organizing the bus “caravans” to the polls that would win the election for him — or so he

Top to Bottom: Incumbent Mayor Jim Strickland, former Mayor Willie Herenton, and current County Commissioner Tami Sawyer

had promised at a rally last month.

So involved had he become in the planning that he was a no-show at an event of his own on Friday evening — a “sunset with Doc on the river” occasion, now postponed until later, that was to have been held on Mud Island.

Early voting is indeed underway and will continue through Saturday, September 28th. Voting will conclude on Election Day, Thursday, October 3rd. Between the mayoral contest and other races, there will be 63 candidates for Memphians to choose from. Besides the aforementioned 11 mayoral candidates, there are 52 candidates on the ballot for 13 Memphis City Council seats, nine for the City Court Clerk position, and five for judgeships in City Court.

There is also a referendum for a half-cent increase in the sales tax, the initial proceeds of which are meant to restore health care and pension benefits lost to first-responder public

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here are 11 names on the October 3rd ballot for Memphis mayor, but that well-watched race is generally thought of as coming down to only three of those names — incumbent Mayor Jim Strickland, former Mayor Willie Herenton, and current County Commissioner Tami Sawyer. A fourth candidate, Lemichael Wilson, maintains that he has enough support to be considered viable, as well.

Of the presumed top three, one, Herenton, has a past record to be judged by; another, Strickland, has a current record subject to voter reckoning; and the third, Sawyer, offers a platform strongly animated by promises of progressive reform. Beyond that, there has been little opportunity to make comparative judgments about the three, inasmuch as there has been no public debate or candidate forum featuring all three.

There have been all kinds of claims and reasons put forth to account for that circumstance, but the root facts are these: Herenton has opposed all efforts to include him in such a mutual confrontation, and Strickland has declined any joint endeavor that excludes the former mayor. For her part, Sawyer has accepted a series of open invitations that both Strickland and Herenton have eschewed.

One of the more recent of these 10 was last Sunday’s conclave of MICAH (Memphis Interfaith Coalition for

dividends), candidate Strickland in the 2015 campaign harped on three issues and three alone — public safety, blight, and accountability — all wrapped in the catch-all slogan of “Brilliant At the Basics.” Strickland defended this triad of talking points as a “vision” in 2015, and it has been transformed over the three and a half years of his tenure so far into the basis, more or less, of the self-administered report card of his reelection platform in 2019.

Launching his official “kick-off ” in early August at his campaign headquarters, the old Spin Street store at Poplar and Highland, Strickland, whose usual practice is to cite pothole repairs as a major achievement, boasted of an accelerated hiring of police officers, a doubling of the city’s paving budget, and the use of “data” to “drive government decisions.” He would quickly amend that formulation to “data and good people,” working in a brag on city employees.

There are 11 names on the ballot for Memphis mayor, but that race is thought of as coming down to only three of those names.

Strickland served up some stats, claiming a quickening of the city’s 911 response to an average of seven seconds per call; an enhanced survival rate at the city’s animal shelter; an increased MWBE percentage (rate of contracting with firms owned by women and minorities); a 90-percent increase of summer jobs for youth; and 22,000 new jobs in three and a half years. “All of that without a tax increase,” Strickland proclaimed, promising more via his administration’s Memphis 3.0 growth plan. “Memphis does have momentum,” he assured attendees.

The Memphis 3.0 initiative, the city’s first comprehensive growth plan since 1981, is an ambitious prognosis of what should be done in the coming years. And in a sense, it involves a reversal of Memphis’ growth patterns since that former prospectus. In the previous 40 years,

the city has sprawled eastward in a helter-skelter response to the various social upheavals of the late 20th century. The process was nonstop, and city government, merely to maintain a tax base and to stay within a country mile of solvency, annexed new developments — Parkway Village, Fox Meadows, Hickory Hill, and a whole array of new Potemkin villages in the vast eastern expanse of Cordova — virtually as fast as developers could create them, incurring thereby an obligation to provide essential services.

Over the decades, there were calls from good-government types for city-county consolidation, but the developing geographic/demographic schism had occurred for a reason.

The occasional referendums on the consolidation issue required “yes” votes in both city and county, and were inevitably defeated.

The last such test occurred in 2010, when the voters inside the city’s boundaries gave a consolidation proposal a bare okay, but voters of the outer county overwhelmingly said no.

The next few years would see a reprise of sorts when the Memphis City Schools Board abandoned its charter, a majority of its members fearing that a new Republican legislative majority in Nashville would diminish state monies for city schools to fund a new special suburban district.

The outcome? An attempt at citycounty school consolidation, which Shelby County’s six incorporated suburbs managed ultimately to fend off with friendly state legislation allowing for new municipal school systems.

These newly hardened buffer provinces magnified the problems of the city of Memphis, geographically spread thin and now effectively landlocked by other new state laws restricting its annexation rights.

Hence, Strickland’s Memphis 3.0 plan, one central thrust of which was to emphasize, not outward-bound growth, but the in-filling of available or vacated urban areas. As Strickland and his surrogates now put it, “Build up, not out.”

While, implicitly, the mayor’s two major opponents accept Strickland’s concept that Memphis’ future is inward-looking, they differ as to what that concept exactly means, and they take issue with the mayor’s basic assumptions.

In appearances before union groups and other, largely AfricanAmerican audiences, Herenton has scoffed at “this so-called momentum,” which he says exists so far mainly for developers.

Herenton disputes Strickland’s claims of being “brilliant with the basics,” saying, “I’ve never seen so many iron plates and potholes on the

streets of Memphis in my lifetime.”

And he calls attention to a recent rise in the city’s murder rate. In a radio interview with Memphis Police Association president Mike Williams, who himself ran for mayor in 2015 but is supporting Herenton this time around, the former mayor said, “Mike, if we don’t get at the root causes of family deterioration, of children being neglected, we’re not going to solve this crime problem.”

While naming economic development one of his own highest priorities, Herenton expressed concern that the current city establishment “gives away the store” by extending excessive tax breaks and incentives while overlooking the needs of ordinary citizens. Mocking the old saw that “a rising tide lifts all boats,” Herenton proclaimed, “If you don’t have a boat, you’re not going to rise.”

The former chief executive sees himself involved in a “one-on-one” contest with Strickland, minimizing candidate Sawyer as a “distraction” and implicitly rebuking her role as a civic gadfly. “I don’t think leadership can tolerate civil disobedience,” Herenton has said.

There’s no question that Sawyer is willing to confront established practices that, as she sees it, militate against less fortunate members of the Memphis population. She began her rise to prominence — and a national reputation — in 2014 as one of the leaders of the local Black Lives Matter movement, highlighting the too-oftendeadly encounters between Memphis police officers and African-American youth. It was as the founder and principal strategist of “Take ’Em Down 901” — an organization determined to rid Memphis of its Confederate statues — that Sawyer earned her stripes and enhanced public awareness.

While Strickland, himself long committed to statue removal, tried to work within the confines of state law and to coax permission from the Tennessee Historical Commission to remove the Confederate monuments from their pedestals in the parks, Sawyer led other activists in aroundthe-clock vigils around the statue of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest in what had been renamed Health Sciences Park.

Said Sawyer at the time: “The people are saying that this is what they want. The people that they have asked to represent them have the power and the right to be radical in making this change.”

After finding himself blocked by the guardians of tradition in Nashville and goaded by the reformers at home, Strickland, working with legal adviser Bruce McMullen, devised a way of accomplishing the statue removal: The continued on page 12

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employees in recent years, with any remaining proceeds to be applied to street maintenance and/or pre-K education.

The election is being held in the year of the city’s own bicentennial; Memphis having been founded in 1819. Our 58th mayor since then, Jim Strickland, took office in 2015, having defeated then-incumbent Mayor A C Wharton, whose comeuppance was due in part to the trimming of benefits mentioned above.

One basic problem for challengers Herenton and Sawyer is that, financially, they lack the means to contend on even terms with Strickland, who brought a campaign kitty of $1 million into the campaign.

And prime media of the free kind — especially, as indicated, in the form of organized debates between the contenders — has been hard to come by.

While both of Strickland’s opponents have appealed to what they hoped were legions of dissatisfied citizens, Herenton’s base is obviously African American as such, while Sawyer’s is, in a paradoxical sense, both broader and narrower.

Herenton’s pitch is basically to the long-depressed citywide population that he had empowered with his precedent-setting victory of 1991, as well as to the residual auld lang syne of his governmental experience and years in power. Important supporters of Herenton are public-employee unions, including the Memphis Police Association.

During his 18 years at the helm of city government, Herenton, who was actually the candidate of the Memphis establishment in 1995 and 1999, had enjoyed moments of genuine acrossthe-board support, though most of this has dissipated with time.

Sawyer, with her slogan of “We Can’t Wait,” has appealed primarily to younger voters, white and black.

The county commissioner represents the eternal appeal of idealism per se, and through her determined activism over recent years, Sawyer has already achieved quite a lot — notably in her successful marshaling of opinion against the retention of statues and markers glorifying both the Confederacy and, implicitly, the creed of slavery.

Strickland, assisted by strategist Steven Reid, worked an effective simplification and synthesis of political issues in his campaign of 2015, and it gained him a victory over incumbent A C Wharton, who had once appeared unbeatable. As a councilman for two four-year terms, Strickland had been primarily a budget hawk and antitaxer and had thereby solidified his hold on many Memphis homeowners.

Leaving that rhetoric of austerity aside (even if still coasting on its

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continued from page 11 mayor used a loophole in the law that allowed him to deed over possession of the parks to an ad hoc nonprofit organization, which quickly removed the statues, legally, under cover of darkness.

Sawyer was anything but congratulatory. “You cannot give credit to the mayor and his administration for the removal of the statues and erase the fact that they participated in the arrest, detainment, surveillance, and silencing of the activists and protesters who brought the issue back to the public eye,” she said.

In 2018, Sawyer was elected to the Shelby County Commission, from which vantage point she continues to speak out for what she sees as long-overdue change, highlighting such issues as outmoded public transportation, the need for criminal justice reform, and implementation of a local $15-an-hour minimum wage. In every sense, her slogan, “We Can’t Wait,” is a clear rendition of her worldview.

With only a fortnight left in the race, Strickland remains the clear favorite, with support from a wide demographic range, as would be indicated by a recent prayer breakfast where he was warmly endorsed by a gathering of prominent black pastors.

Herenton has meanwhile been able to hold mass gatherings of mostly African-American supporters. And Sawyer’s enthusiastic reception at last Sunday’s MICAH conclave suggests something about the breadth and energy of her base. The mayor’s private polls show him with a comfortable lead. But both Herenton and Sawyer are determined to take the fight to the incumbent, and anything can happen in the campaign’s final two weeks.

Stay tuned.

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September 19-25, 2019

he Memphis City Council has two decidedly different kinds of seats; the six “Super District” seats — three of which are in predominantly black Super District 8, and three of which are in white-inflected Super District 9. All six contests are, as is the case with the mayor’s race, winnertake-all affairs. The other seven seats are more traditional, representing the seven individual geographic districts that comprise the city. In the “District” seats, runoff elections are held if no one candidate gets a majority on October 3rd. Which raises another point of contention.

Shelby County Election Administrator Linda Phillips had 12 arranged for the 2019 election to be conducted via the process of Ranked

Choice Voting, which obviated runoffs by allowing successive re-samplings of votes cast by out-of-the-running finishers to determine a winner. But a de facto collaboration of incumbent council members and opponents of RCV in the state election coordinator’s office managed to suppress the instituting of that reform, which had twice been approved in referendum votes by Memphis voters. Adherents of RCV, also called Instant Runoff Voting, intend to keep pressing for its use in future elections.

The 13 city council races break down this way: District One (Raleigh, Northeast Memphis): This race is essentially a rematch between incumbent Sherman Greer, a former aide to two 9th District Congressmen, Harold Ford Jr. and Steve Cohen, and Rhonda Logan, president of the Raleigh Community Development Corporation and the protégé of several north Memphis politicians, notably State Rep. Antonio Parkinson. After a prolonged stalemate to fill a council vacancy, Greer got the interim nod from a council vote over Logan last year. Dawn Bonner is a third hopeful.

District Two (Outlying East Memphis, Cordova): Incumbent Frank Colvett, sales director at Greenscape, Inc., is expected to have little trouble with token opposition from novice candidates John Emery and Marvin White.

District Three (Southeast Memphis, Hickory Hill, Whitehaven): Incumbent Patrice Robinson is strongly favored over challenger Tanya Cooper.

District Four (Central City Area): Though she remains favored, incumbent Jamita Swearengen may have a fight on her hands with challenger Britney Thornton, the Ivy League-educated founder of JUICE Orange Mound, a community development organization.

District Five (Midtown, East Memphis): Sales executive Worth Morgan, the incumbent, is what his name sounds like: He’s the son of investment-guru Allan Morgan of Morgan-Keegan fame. Well-funded and well-spoken, he won easily in 2015 and has become a council fixture, though one demonstrably capable of independent actions. In 2019, he is up against John Marek, a stylish maverick, cannabis pioneer, and founder of the Dignity PAC, dedicated to criminal justice reform. This race could catch fire, given the district’s eclectic demographics.

District Six (South Memphis, Downtown, Riverfront): This race has a lot of sideshow activity, with a fatherdaughter contest (Perry Bond vs.

Theryn Bond) and a gay policeman/ minister Davin Clemons bearing the endorsement of County Mayor Lee Harris. But former seat-holder Edmund Ford Sr. is favored in a bid to reclaim his old seat. Other candidates are Paul S. Brown and J. Jacques Hamilton.

District Seven (North Memphis, Frayser): The trick here is to see who can make it into a runoff with incumbent Berlin Boyd, who has constantly been under fire for his imperious attitude and penchant for wheeling, dealing, and flirting with potential conflicts of interest.

Among the eight challengers looking for that ultimate one-on-one are Michalyn C.S. Easter-Thomas, who has the endorsement of this year’s People’s Convention, community activist Thurston Smith, and political newcomer Jerred Price. Others are Toni Green-Cole, Jimmy Hassann, Will “the Underdog” Richardson, Catrina L. Smith, and Larry Springfield.

At issue is the question of whether grassroots candidates any longer have a serious chance against those favored by the business elite.

Super District Eight, Position One: Gerre Currie, the current District 6 incumbent, eschewed that race in deference to Edmund Ford Sr. and is running in this tight field instead. Her major opponent is probably lawyer J.B. Smiley, who is running hard. Reformer Pearl “Eva” Walker has a passel of endorsements and a nod from the People’s Convention, and Darrick Dee Harris is a familiar Democratic Party activist. Nicole Cleaborn rounds out a crowded field.

Super District Eight, Position Two: Incumbent Cheyenne Johnson, running as a Democrat, went

undefeated for several terms as county assessor, even in Republicandominated eras. So she has to be favored here against Marinda Alexandria-William, entertainer Frank Johnson, Craig Littles, and Brian L. Saulsberry.

Super District Eight, Position Three: Incumbent Martavius Jones, a stockbroker and former Memphis School Board member, is often a swing vote on the council, and should prevail over newcomer Cat Allen, R.S. Ford Sr., Gerald Kiner, Pam Lee, and Lynette P. Williams.

Super District Nine, Position One: This is a classic one-on-one contest between developer Chase Carlisle, who is an entry from the big-bucks Caissa Public Strategies stable, and grassroots candidate Erika Sugarmon, the socially conscious daughter of the late civil rights eminence Russell Sugarmon.

Super District Nine, Position Two: Incumbent Ford Canale has important establishment support, but he has challenges from Deanielle Jones and Mauricio Calvo. Calvo, the longtime executive director of Latino Memphis, is a newly naturalized citizen making his first political run and, upon entering the race, made a point of coming out as bisexual.

Super District Nine, Position Three: University of Memphis Development specialist Cody Fletcher would appear to offer the only real challenge to Jeff Warren, a former school board member who has impressively diversified support from numerous sources and has been the leading fund-raiser among council candidates.

Charley Burch raised a policy issue or two before endorsing Warren, and Tyrone Romeo Franklin rounds out that field.

At issue overall is the question of whether grassroots city council candidates any longer have a serious chance against those favored by the city’s business elite, a group which has in recent years used its financial resources, in effect, to bypass the dialogues and forums of pure democracy.

Buttressed by high-dose advertising and veritable forests of yard signs, the favored candidates can — and sometimes do — conduct entire campaigns while remaining remote enigmas to the voting population.

For better or worse, the last several councils might as well have been hand-picked by the development community, which seems determined to prevail in its choices once again.

See “Politics,” p. 7, for information on judicial races and the race for City Court Clerk.

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901 FC eyes the playoffs after three straight wins.

There’s still a gap between 901 FC and the last playoff spot, but the team is playing with confidence down the home stretch after picking up three wins in a row.

Memphis came into its matchup against Loudoun in good form, having won two on the bounce, but the potential for calamity was there with captain Marc Burch missing through yellow card accumulation. And 901 FC fans surely started to bite their nails when the normally imperious goalkeeper Jeff Caldwell raced out of the box to gift Loudoun’s Kyle Murphy an easy 30-yard lob into an empty net only five minutes in. Perhaps earlier in the season, that would have been the catalyst for another poor showing, but Memphis is now a team that clearly enjoys the taste of consecutive victories, so why not make it three in a row? There was certainly a fortuitous development when the opposing Nelson Martinez received a red card for a reckless challenge, but Memphis piled

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Stand-in 901 FC captain Cam Lindley (right) contests the coin toss against Loudoun United captain Kyle Murphy.

on the pressure to snag an equalizer.

With a man advantage, 901 FC controlled the flanks, and attacking the right channel proved effective when chasing the game. Ewan Grandison, filling in at right back, played a linebreaking pass to Elliot Collier, whose cross from the byline produced an own goal to tie the game. Later, substitute Kunga surged to the byline and cut the ball back. Allen ghosted past a helpless Loudoun defense to meet the ball at the near post and score the winner.

Another goal, and another three points for the victory.

For all their qualities, no other player on the roster has Allen’s predatory instinct in the box. He is now Memphis’ leading scorer for the season with six goals. Recent signing Marcus Epps surges upfield with drive and purpose, but is yet to display any composure when taking a shot on goal. On another note, Collier’s recent return from injury shows just how valuable his play is to this team. His dribbling ability remains unparalleled throughout most of the league.

It’s all finally starting to click for Memphis. Each of its three consecutive victories has been won after initially falling behind, speaking to a newfound grit and character. Allen’s ruthlessness in front of goal will be crucial as 901 FC chases a playoff spot. His conversion rate is currently sitting at an impressive 26.9 percent, so if his teammates continue to find him in the box, he’ll put away chances.

When Memphis comes up against top teams, it will be harder to consistently find Allen, so the onus will be on the rest of the attack to create opportunities. The winning streak couldn’t have come at a better time. 901 FC’s next three games are at AutoZone Park. Top-10 opponents St. Louis FC and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds will be tough, but the third match is against a direct rival for that last playoff spot, Bethlehem Steel. With only seven games left in the regular season, it’s time for team leaders to step up and carry the franchise over the line.

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o man is an island, but Brandon Allen probably felt like he was marooned on one for much of 901 FC’s match against Loudoun United. But that’s the life of a central striker; sometimes, there’s naught to do but run around gamely up top as things struggle to come off.

It might be understandable that his head dropped after missing a golden opportunity to equalize early in the second half, but Allen didn’t hide, instead meeting Lagos Kunga’s cross to poach the winning goal in a 2-1 victory on the road.

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By Julia Baker

Last November, River Garden Park opened along the Downtown riverfront where Mississippi River Park, a wide open field, used to be. Now with lots more to do within a beautiful setting, River Garden Park has been host to a number of events, such as Full Moon Kayaking, Tai Chi on the River, and the seasonal Night Market series.

Fall Night Market, the series’ fourth event organized by the Downtown Memphis Commission (DMC) and Memphis River Parks Partnership, will feature an outdoor market full of local vendors.

“Fall Night Market is uniquely Memphis with a beautiful riverfront setting,” says Penelope Huston of the DMC. IV, Najee Strickland Designs, and Mili’s Flowers and Gifts are just a handful of vendors that will be selling their wares.

A performance by Relay of Voices will help provide a unique Bluff City experience. The collaborative group and relay team, led by executive and artistic director Victoria Bradford Styrbicki, has spent some time running (yes, running) 2,400 miles down the Mississippi River, stopping in and exploring around 100 communities to conduct “movement research” to study how people within those communities live around the body of water.

To show what they’ve learned, Relay of Voices will be performing a storytelling piece about their experiences on the Mississippi River and in Memphis. “We love showcasing local talent in this way,” Huston says. “We really like the idea of demonstrating how flexible the River Garden space is and how the park can be used in so many ways: fitness space, educational classroom, shopping and entertainment center, dance studio, kayak launch point, and more.”

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Heavy metal — blacksmith and sculptor Lewis Body (above) sets up shop.

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THURSDAY September 19

FRIDAY September 20

The Great Memphis Food Fight Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., $25 (advance), $30 (door) Presented by Grace House of Memphis, the event features five celebrity chefs in a friendly battle to raise funds for women battling addiction.

Southern Junkers Vintage Market Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium and Fairgrounds, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., $5/day, $8/weekend pass Also on Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Shop for vintage items, antiques, jewelry, art, fashion, and more.

Event also features food trucks and live music. Real Good Dog Rescue will be on site, and a portion of proceeds will be donated to them.

Roadshow Patio Sessions Roadshow BMW, 405 N. Germantown Pkwy., 5:30-8:30 p.m.

The Stax Music Academy Alumni Band performs the very best of Memphis soul at this familyfriendly free show. Indie rock group Foot Shooter opens. El Mero Taco and Grub food trucks will be on site, and a selection of local beer will be available.

Opening Reception for “Brick and Blumenthal” Playhouse on the Square, 66 S. Cooper, 5-7 p.m.

Stop by for the opening reception for “Brick and Blumenthal,” an exhibition of new works by V.A. Brick and Kelly Blumenthal.

Bar 409 brings fresh fruit and crafted cocktails to Puck Food Hall.

Bar Report, p. 32

After Hours Tour of Elmwood Elmwood Cemetery, 824 S. Dudley, 6-7:30 p.m., $25 The entire month of September is essentially Halloween Eve, if you ask me. Start celebrating early by communing with the dead on this history-based twilight tour of the cemetery.

Storm Area 51 Area 51 Ice Cream at Crosstown, 1350 Concourse, Ste. 168, 7-10 p.m.

Can’t make it to Nevada to uncover government secrets? Well, storm Memphis’ own Area 51. Enjoy ice cream (free mini alien with every cup purchased!) and take pics with Lin the alien. Giveaway contest for those in alien costume. Far out!

Joel Hilgenberg: a Retrospective Marshall Arts, 639 Marshall, 7 p.m.

A retrospective of works honoring the late artist, teacher, and tattooer Joel Hilgenberg. Friends and fans of his work have contributed some of Joel’s art to display.

Creedence Clearwater Revisited Horseshoe Casino & Hotel Tunica, 1021 Casino Center, Robinsonville, Mississippi, 8 p.m., $47-$77 At this Tunica stop on their Final Revival Tour, the band is sure to perform Creedence classics (and there are so, so many) — “Down on the Corner,” “Suzie Q,” “Lodi,” “I Put a Spell on You,” and more. And I wonder, still I wonder, who’ll stop the rain?

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Find out at the Humane Society’s kitten yoga.

By Julia Baker

Yoga is good for the soul, and, well, so are kittens. So the Humane Society of Memphis thought to combine two good things and introduce kitten yoga.

The organization started with a kitten yoga event in June, and it was so successful, they thought they’d bring it around again.

In the lobby of the Humane Society, kittens will roam around the room, offering participants help with their Marjaryasanas (cat poses), Vriksasana (tree pose), or Adho Mukha Svanasana (downward facing dog).

“There won’t be a spare kitten,” says Kayla Hill, development coordinator. “They’ll all be with people hanging out and cuddling with them. We have lots of people who will do yoga poses with them, as well.”

The best part? All of these kittens are adoptable.

“This event gives people one-on-one interaction with the kittens, and we hope that some people will fall in love and want to take them home,” says Hill.

If participants aren’t looking to adopt and just want to hang out with some cuddly kittens, their $25 admission will serve as a tremendous help for the Humane Society.

“For just one animal, it costs $18 to house them and take care of them,” says Kristen Walker, Humane Society marketing manager.

And, with between 100 and 200 animals housed at the Humane Society at any given time, any dollar helps. Anyone who loves animals, but not yoga, may send a donation at memphishumane.org or attend other Humane Society-hosted fund-raising events like Woof Walk or All Fores Invitational golf tournament in October.

KITTY CATS & YOGA MATS, HUMANE SOCIETY OF MEMPHIS & SHELBY COUNTY, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST, 9-10 A.M., $25.

SATURDAY September 21 Makeda’s 20th Anniversary Block Party Makeda’s Cookies, 488 S. Second, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Chocolate chip? Oatmeal raisin?

We’ll take the classic butter cookie.

Our favorite butterific cookie shop celebrates 20 years with live music, vendors, cookie samples, and a photo op with Makeda’s very own Cookie Monster.

Latin Fest Overton Square, 3 p.m.-9 p.m.

Cazateatro Bilingual Theatre Group invites you to celebrate Hispanic heritage month at this free, familyfriendly event with live Latin music, Latin food and drink, vendors, crafts for kids, and more.

SUNDAY September 22 Rocktoberfest Railgarten, 2166 Central, 4-10 p.m.

Beer and music festival co-hosted

by Memphis Made Brewing Co. School of Rock Memphis peforms rockin’ tunes for an all-ages audience. Must be 21 to purchase and consume alcohol (duh!).

Refugees at the Border Benefit B-Side, 1555 Madison, 7 p.m.2 a.m., $10 suggested donation Featuring live music from Hedgecreep, Los Condores, Devil Train, Richard James, and more.

Funds raised will go toward purchasing over-the-counter medical supplies for asylum seekers, especially children, waiting to be processed at the border.

Harvest Fest Memphis Zoo, 2000 Prentiss Pl., 9 a.m.-4 p.m., included with admission Welcome the fall season and learn from craftspeople how to shear sheep, spin raw fibers, churn butter, and more. Also, hear live bluegrass music and sign up for themed workshops.

Impala with Alicja Pop Harbor Town Amphitheater, 740 Harbor Bend, 3-6:30 p.m., $5 Part of the River Series, a fundraiser for the Maria Montessori School. The second of three fall shows features instrumental R&B band Impala and Memphis songwriter and musician Alicja Trout.

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Bible & Tire Recording Company issues two gospel albums.

W

hile much of the music made in Memphis over the decades has been rightly celebrated, public awareness of it has skewed toward the secular. But many of the local rockand-roll, soul, jazz, and pop performers that have won renown grew up playing in churches, and there are more still who never left gospel in the first place. And as Bruce Watson, head honcho at Fat Possum and Big Legal Mess Records, began discovering rich veins of religious music in the area’s history, an idea began to germinate: Why not create a new label, so all of that material could have a home?

“One of my jobs is collecting old masters and buying old labels and stuff,” Watson tells me. “And that gospel stuff from the 1960s and 1970s was always just so amazing. I just didn’t hear that in modern gospel music. So basically I wanted to create a Memphis-based label that concentrated on recording gospel music and trying to make it sound like it was recorded in the 1960s and 1970s, but could also reissue stuff.”

The result of that idea is the newly minted Bible & Tire Recording Company, the latest label in the Fat Possum family, which officially announces its debut this Saturday at the Green Room at Crosstown Arts. The two flagship releases being debuted also happen to capture the twin missions of the new imprint: recording new tracks with a vintage vibe and reissuing gems from back in the day. The former approach is embodied in the new record, The Sensational Barnes Brothers, and the latter in the new collection, Elizabeth King & the Gospel Souls’ The D-Vine Spirituals Recordings.

“I guess it all started for me 15 or 16 years ago, when I found my first Designer Records stuff,” says Watson of his discovery of one decades-old catalog of gospel material. “And I was like, man, this stuff rocks so hard! And that started me researching who Designer Records was, and how do I put this stuff out? So that put me down the path of really appreciating deep soul gospel stuff.”

The first result of that discovery was The Soul of Designer Records, a box set of the old label’s best material, released by Big Legal Mess. But the Designer catalog lives on in Watson’s new imprint as well, supplying the material reinterpreted by the Barnes Brothers on their debut. “The first time I used the Barnes Brothers was on a Robert Finley record I did at Scott

Bomar’s studio. They sang background vocals, and I was blown away.”

While brothers Chris and Courtney Barnes came up singing gospel with their parents and their siblings, bringing the two brothers to the fore as a headliner act in their own right was initiated for this new record. “All the songs on the new Barnes Brothers record were songs that artists on the Designer Records catalog had done.

Basically, they came in, I used my studio musicians, and we made that record.”

One song from over 40 years ago resonated with the brothers. “We were listening to the song, and the guy on the recording sounded just like my daddy,” says Chris Barnes. “I was like, ‘We gotta do this song!’

And the message really stuck out to us.”

“You can hear all the conversations he used to have with you through that one piece of music,” adds brother Courtney. It’s a poignant moment, for only three months after the brothers invited him to sing on their album, Duke Barnes passed away.

The Barnes Brothers

Meanwhile, the vintage tracks by Elizabeth King and company reflect another label from that era, D-Vine Spirituals. One key player in unearthing that catalog was Michael Hurtt, best known as a member of the Royal Pendletons. “Mike’s really the one who saved these recordings. Clyde Leopard was an early Sun musician who started the Tempo Recording Service in Nashville and produced all the D-Vine Spirituals records there. And the tapes were being stored in his recording studio in his house,” Watson says.

Hurtt then saw to it that they were properly stored until Watson was able to acquire them. More of the vintage tracks will be released as Bible & Tire grows.

Meanwhile, Saturday’s show will also feature Gary “Lucky” Smith, The Vaughn Sisters, the D-Vine Spiritualettes, and Elder Jack Ward — all artists from the heyday of the D-Vine Spirituals label. As Watson has noted elsewhere, “It’s soul without the sex.”

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule September 19 - 25 Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711

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

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

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

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

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

Blues City Cafe 138 BEALE 526-3637

Rum Boogie Cafe

Brass Door Irish Pub

Paulette’s

182 BEALE 528-0150

152 MADISON 572-1813

RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300

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

Itta Bena 145 BEALE 578-3031

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

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

Lunch on Beale with Chris Gales Wednesdays-Sundays, 12-4 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.

King’s Palace Cafe Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851

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.

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

Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

September 19-25, 2019

Sean Apple Thursdays, 4-7:30 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m. and Saturdays, 12:30-4:30 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, Saturdays, 5-9 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Sundays, 5-9 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Landon Lane with Rodney Polk Mondays, 7-11 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

Handy Bar 200 BEALE 527-2687

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Eric Hughes Band Wednesdays, Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.; Pam and Terry Fridays, Saturdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; FreeWorld Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Memphis Blues Masters Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Mondays, Tuesdays, 7-11 p.m.

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

Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY

Wyly Bigger Friday, Sept. 20, 9 p.m.-midnight; Turnstyles Saturday, Sept. 21, 9 p.m.midnight; The Accessories Sundays; Bobbie Stacks and Friends Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Saturdays, 4:30-8:30 p.m. and Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Memphis Blues Masters Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Chris Shamness Saturday, Sept. 21, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Cowboy Neil Band Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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.

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium The Rusty Pieces Saturday, Sept.

21, 7-10 p.m.; Songwriters with Roland and Friends Mondays, 7-10 p.m.

The Halloran Centre

Richard Wilson Saturdays, 3-5 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.

The Vault

225 S. MAIN 525-3000

Jimmy Webb Saturday, Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m.

Harbor Town Amphitheater 740 HARBOR BEND ROAD

Impala, Alicja Pop Sunday, Sept.

22, 3 p.m.

Huey’s Downtown

117 BARBORO ALLEY 249-6580

Regina’s 60 N. MAIN

130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Belle Tavern

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.

Hillbilly Mojo Sunday, Sept. 22, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

The Rusty Pieces at Belle Tavern Sundays, 6:30-9 p.m.

Blind Bear Speakeasy

124 GE PATTERSON

Hillbilly Mojo Friday, Sept. 20, 8-11 p.m.; Laramie Rae Due Saturday, Sept. 21, 8-11 p.m.

Medical Center Sunrise 670 JEFFERSON

Alicja Pop, Zobrodome, Rodulators Friday, Sept. 20, 10 p.m.; Refugees at the Border Benefit Saturday, Sept. 21, 8 p.m.; Blackhorse Sunday, Sept. 22, 9 p.m.; Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; David Cousar Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Outer Ring Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Fever Beam Thursday, Sept. 19, 10 p.m.; Lucky 7 Brass Band Friday, Sept. 20, 10:30 p.m.; Mean Jolene, CATL Saturday, Sept.

21, 9 p.m.; Mary Gagz and Her Gaggle of Drags Mondays, 8:3011 p.m.; Lahna Deering Tuesday, Sept. 24, 9 p.m.; Gonerfest Kickoff: Crud Nite, Charms, B8bot Wednesday, Sept. 25, 9 p.m.

South Main

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South Main Sounds 550 S. MAIN 494-6543

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.

B-Side 1555 MADISON 347-6813

The Barton House

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Colter Wall Tuesday, Sept. 24, 8 p.m.

Savannah Long Sunday, Sept. 22, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Mesquite Chop House Richard Wilson Saturday, Sept. 21, 7-10 p.m.

1884 Lounge 1555 MADISON 609-1744

Nia Nicholls, Phillip Beasley, Savannah Brister, and Brian Ashley Jones Friday, Sept. 20, 7-9 p.m.; Nashville Songwriter’s Assn. Intnl. (NSAI) Memphis Chapter Meeting Every third Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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Beethoven Club: An Evening with Jenny Lind Tuesday, Sept. 24, 7-8 p.m.

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

Cafe Ole 959 S. COOPER 343-0103

The Rusty Pieces Sunday, Sept. 22, 12-4 p.m.

Levitt Shell OVERTON PARK 272-2722

Los Colognes Thursday, Sept. 19, 7-8:30 p.m.; Jack Oblivian and Some Shieks Friday, Sept. 20, 7-8:30 p.m.; Sam Lewis Saturday,

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Front Country Friday, Sept. 20, 8 p.m.; School of Rock Summer Performance Showcase Saturday, Sept. 21, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Rocktoberfest Saturday, Sept. 21, 4-10 p.m.; School of Rock Summer Performance Showcase Sunday, Sept. 22,

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.

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

The Cove

Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

2559 BROAD 730-0719

Ed Finney & Neptune’s Army with Deb Swiney Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Wayde Peck Fridays, 6 p.m.; Alice Hasen & the Blaze Friday, Sept. 20, 9 p.m.; The Skitch Saturdays, 6 p.m.; Bluff City Backsliders Saturday, Sept. 21, 9 p.m.; Jazz Jam with Frog Squad Sundays, 6 p.m.; Ben MindenBirkenmaier Wednesdays, 6 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Owen Brennan’s THE REGALIA, 6150 POPLAR 761-0990

Lannie McMillan Jazz Trio Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Summer/Berclair Barbie’s Barlight Lounge

Crosstown Brewing

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1264 CONCOURSE

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

The Rusty Pieces Friday, Sept. 20, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

High Point Pub

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477 HIGH POINT TERRACE 452-9203

1350 CONCOURSE

Night of Memphis Deep Soul Gospel Friday, Sept. 20, 7-9 p.m.; Todd Snider Saturday, Sept. 21, 8-11 p.m.

1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Ray Scott, Jessie Wayne Taylor and Amber Rae Dunn, The Mulberries Thursday, Sept. 19, 8 p.m.; Jeremy Pinnell, The Eastwoods Friday, Sept. 20, 7 p.m.; Obscura: Dressed to Frill Friday, Sept. 20, 9 p.m.; Quando Rondo Saturday, Sept.

21, 9 p.m.; Eyes Set to Kill, Roses Unread, Oceans Divide Us, A Rumor of War Sunday, Sept. 22, 8 p.m.; Broadside, Telltale, The Standby, Frenchie! Monday, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m.; The Black Dahlia Murder, Vera, Barren Arrows, Knoll Tuesday, Sept. 24, 8 p.m.; As Cities Burn, All Get Out, Many Rooms, Jadewick, The Ellie Badge Wednesday, Sept. 25, 6:20 p.m.

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

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Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

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

Those Pretty Wrongs Saturday, Sept. 21, 7-10 p.m.; The Mystic Tuesday, Sept. 24, 6 p.m.; Listening Sessions: Woman to Woman by Shirley Brown Wednesday, Sept. 25, 7 p.m.

Young Petty Thieves Sunday, Sept. 22, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

T.J. Mulligan’s

Celtic Crossing

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

1817 KIRBY 755-2481

903 S. COOPER 274-5151

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

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

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

1737 MADISON 443-5232

1474 MADISON 275-8082

551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

Dru’s Place

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House

Streets Are Rivers Tuesday, Sept.

24, 9 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

Shaun Peace Sunday, Sept. 22, 4-7 p.m.; The Chaulkies Sunday, Sept. 22, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

David Kurtz Thursday, Sept.

19, 6 p.m.; Bryan Hayes & the Retrievers Thursday, Sept.

19, 9 p.m.; Shelby Lee Lowe Friday, Sept. 20, 6:30 p.m.; Almost Famous Friday, Sept.

20, 10 p.m.; Chris and Sarah Saturday, Sept. 21, 10:30 a.m.; Alexis Grace Saturday, Sept. 21, 2 p.m.; Memphis Soul Remedy Saturday, Sept. 21, 6:30 p.m.; The Dantones Saturday, Sept. 21, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Rice Drewry Sunday, Sept. 22, 4 p.m.; Madison Line

Sept. 21, 7-8:30 p.m.; Aztec Sun Sunday, Sept. 22, 7-8:30 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.

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 312-6058

12-8 p.m.; Moneybagg Yo Sunday, Sept. 22, 6 p.m.; The Jubu Experience, Black Cream Wednesday, Sept. 25, 8 p.m.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

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.

Eli Young Band, Seth A. Walker Thursday, Sept. 19, 8 p.m.

DJ Willow Friday, Sept. 20, 10 p.m.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rockstar Karaoke Fridays; Bad Idols, Crews and Timmy, Duck

Triple S

The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND 454-7771

DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10

985 S. BELLEVUE 948-9522

Friday Karaoke Fridays, 7-11 p.m.

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

Ubee’s

Whitehaven/ Airport

521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900

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

East Memphis Craft Republic

East of Wangs

University of Memphis

FireHouse Community Arts Center

1747 WALKER 421-6239

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

1589 MADISON 726-4193

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

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5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013

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Maria’s Restaurant 6439 SUMMER 356-2324

6069 PARK 763-0676

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

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

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

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

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The Memphis Yahoos Sunday, Sept. 22, 8:30 p.m.-midnight; Chris & Sarah Tuesday, Sept. 24, 6-9 p.m.

Roadshow BMW 405 N. GERMANTOWN 365-2584

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

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

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova

Fox and Hound Tavern

8071 TRINITY 756-4480

6565 TOWNE CENTER, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-536-2200

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

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

Frayser/Millington Harpo’s Hogpin

Hollywood Casino

Hadley’s Pub

4212 US 51 N. 530-0414

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

Live Music Saturdays, 9 p.m.

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

Rockstar Karaoke with Charlie Belt Thursdays, 8 p.m.

Huey’s Millington

Old Whitten Tavern

Frankie Hollie & the Noise Sunday, Sept. 22, 6-9 p.m.

Horseshoe Casino Tunica

Pop’s Bar & Grill

1021 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 800-357-5600

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, Sept. 21, 12-3 p.m.; Robbin’ Crooks Duo Sunday, Sept. 22, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

Collierville Huey’s Collierville 2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Soul Shockers Sunday, Sept. 22, 8-11:30 p.m.

O’Charley’s 656 W. POPLAR 861-5811

Richard Wilson Thursday, Sept. 19, 7-9 p.m.

8570 US 51 N.

6365 NAVY 872-0353

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

Toni Green’s Palace 4212 US 51 N.

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

Germantown Germantown Municipal Park 1900 S. GERMANTOWN

Germantown Symphony Orchestra: Pops in the Park Saturday, Sept. 21, 5:30-8 p.m.

Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

The Heart Memphis Band Sunday, Sept. 22, 8:30 p.m.-midnight; Delta Rain Wednesday, Sept. 25, 6-9 p.m.

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Fingertrick Sunday, Sept. 22, 8-11:30 p.m.; The Fabulous Doo-Vays Wednesday, Sept. 25, 6-9 p.m.

Ice Bar & Grill Unwind Wednesdays Wednesdays, 6 p.m.-midnight.

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Roadshow Patio Sessions: Stax Academy Alumni Band Thursday, Sept. 19, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

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The Crossing Bar & Grill

Hotel California: Salute to the Eagles Sunday, Sept. 22, 4 and 7:30 p.m.

2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

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1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 318-3030

TRACE ADKINS Saturday, November 2 • 8PM Millennium Theatre

Cordova

Creedence Clearwater Revisited Friday, Sept. 20, 8 p.m.

Huey’s Southaven 7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097

The 45’s Sunday, Sept. 22, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

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

West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas Southland Park 1550 N. INGRAM, WEST MEMPHIS, AR 800-467-6182

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.

SEPT. 19 - 25

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Art Village Gallery

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

NOW ARRIVING AT YOUR

410 S. MAIN (521-0782).

ArtsMemphis

“Unfolding: The Next Chapter in Memphis,” exhibition of visual art by local Memphis artists, curated

by Kenneth Wayne Alexander.

(578-2787), artsmemphis.org.

Free. Ongoing, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

575 S. MENDENHALL (578-2787).

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

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

TH EAT E R

Playhouse on the Square

On Golden Pond, aging couple Ethel and Norman Thayer spend each summer at their home on the lake. They are visited by daughter Chelsea with her fiancé Billy Ray and his son Billy Ray Jr. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. Sept.

20-Oct. 6.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Theatre Memphis

A Few Good Men, an apathetic military lawyer is assigned to the case of two Marines charged with the murder of a fellow squadron member at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. $25. Through Sept. 29.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

TheatreSouth

Wakey, Wakey, Guy seems to rouse from a nap and says, “Is it now? I thought I had more time.”

And then Wakey, Wakey is off to an examination of Guy’s life. $20.

Sept. 20-Oct. 6.

INSIDE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 1000 S. COOPER (726-0800).

Universal Parenting Place

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

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

LEMOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE, 990 COLLEGE PARK.

Various locations

Pericles, Prince of Tyre, a separated family from another land endures extreme trials before being reunited, encouraging audiences to consider their responses to those they meet in similar need. Various times and locations; see website for more information. (759-0604), tnshakespeare.org. Through Sept.

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SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Opening Reception for “Brick and Blumenthal,” with work

by V.A. Brick, at Playhouse on the Square, Friday, September 20th, 5-7 p.m.

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

Eclectic Eye

“My Memphis View,” exhibition of new work by Mary-Ellen Kelly.

Fri., Sept. 20, 6-8 p.m.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Playhouse on the Square

Opening Reception for “Brick and Blumenthal,” exhibition of new works by V.A. Brick and Kelly Blumenthal. Fri., Sept. 20, 5-7 p.m.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Power House

The Great Oxonian Exposition, exhibition of works of art in metal, glass, clay, wood, and fiber, as well as jewelry, sculpture, paintings, photography and more. Thurs., Sept. 19, 1-6 p.m., and Fri., Sept.

20, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

45 G.E. PATTERSON (578-5545).

Ross Gallery

Opening Reception for “The Great Moon Hoax,” exhibition of new works by Mark Schoon and Casey McGuire. The full title is “The Great Moon Hoax: Science and the Recreation of the Artificial.” www. cbu.edu/gallery. Free. Fri., Sept. 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

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

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

30 Days of Opera

Month-long celebration of all things opera. Through Sept. 30.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, OPERAMEMPHIS.ORG.

Artist Talk with Melissa Dunn

The artist speaks about her exhibit “Near-Earth Object.” Sat., Sept. 21, 12:30 p.m.

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

Community Day: Meet the Museum

This event offers a chance to get familiar with the museum. With live-model sketching with instructor Shamek Weddle, shorts from the 2019 New York International Children’s Film Festival, an art activity led by Seize the Clay, music

by DJ Siphne Aaye, and more. Sat., Sept. 21, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6200).

Positively Creative Summit

One-day business conference for creative entrepreneurs to kick off the series of classes hosted in the fall and spring semesters.

Hear from local industry leaders, sharing their stories of community over competition, and learn collaboratively through mediumspecific sessions. $35. Sat., Sept.

21, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART, 1930 POPLAR (272-5100), ARROWCREATIVE.ORG.

Summer Show and Sale

Agnes Stark pottery expo. Fri., Sept. 20, 10 a.m., Sat., Sept. 21, 10 a.m., and Sun., Sept. 22, noon.

AGNES STARK’S STUDIO, 12675 DONELSON (493-9627), WWW.STARKPOTTERY.COM.

ONGOI NG ART

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

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

“New Works by Todd Berry and Jan Shivley,” exhibition featuring paintings by Todd Berry and whimsical jewelry by Jan Shivley.

Through Oct. 28.

60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).

Clough-Hanson Gallery

“Machera Floors,” Johana Moscoso’s “Machera Floors” are a series of large-scale floor sculptures accompanied by process videos in which the artist and her peers dance Colombian cumbia and salsa over unfired porcelain tiles.

The exhibition looks at gender and Latinx culture through dance.

Through Oct. 12.

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

“Counterpoint,” exhibition of new work by Scott Carter, a former Crosstown Arts resident artist.

Through Oct. 20.

“Residual Imprint,” exhibition of new work by Jia Wang, a former Crosstown Arts resident artist.

Through Oct. 20.

“The Sin Park,” exhibition of new work by Wang Chen, a former Crosstown Arts resident artist.

Through Oct. 20.

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

“Let It Last,” exhibition of new work by Hamlett Dobbins.

Through Oct. 12.

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

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

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A NIGHT OF MEMPHIS DEEP SOUL GOSPEL TIME: 7:00pm - 9:00pm PLACE: Crosstown Theater $15

Celebrate the launch of The Sensational Barnes Brothers’ newly recorded, rugged ‘Nobody’s Fault But My Own’ and Elizabeth King & The Gospel Souls’ 1970s gems ‘The D-Vine Spirituals Recordings.’

9.20

STORM AREA 51 ICE CREAM TIME: 4:00pm PLACE: Area 51 Ice Cream FREE and open to the public

T shirts, photo op with Lin the Alien, special ice cream floats, and a giveaway contest for everyone dressed as an alien.

9.21

CROSSTOWN ARTS

DRUMMING DEMONSTRATION TIME: 2:00pm - 2:45pm PLACE: Crosstown Theater FREE and open to the public

Enjoy a private tour of Scott Carter’s Counterpoint, on view in Crosstown Arts West Gallery, following by drumming demonstration.

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

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

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

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The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“Place Shapes,” exhibition of recent work by Elizabeth Alley. dixon.org. Through Oct. 6.

“Central to Their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection,” exhibition spanning the decades between the late 1890s and early 1960s, which examines the particularly complex challenges female artists confronted in a traditionally conservative region during a period in which women’s social, cultural, and political roles were being redefined and reinterpreted. dixon.org.

Through Oct. 13.

“Kate Freeman Clark,” exhibition that brings together nearly 40 paintings

by Southern-born Impressionist. Clark’s work was defined by her intimate portraits of family and friends, bucolic landscapes, and compelling still life paintings. dixon.org.

Through Oct. 13.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

Eclectic Eye

Opening Reception for “My Memphis View,” exhibition of new work by Mary-Ellen Kelly. Sept. 20-Nov. 6.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Rachael Boer

The Hive

Brad Kellum

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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).

Epiphany Salon & Gallery

“Seeing Dots,” exhibition of new works by Dale Martin and Julie Nouwen. Through Oct. 23.

726 NORTH PARKWAY (406-3026).

Opening Reception for “My Memphis View” by Mary-Ellen Kelly at Eclectic Eye, Friday, September 20th, 6-8 p.m.

FireHouse Community Arts Center

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

985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

“Kulcher,” exhibition of photography by Lawrence Jasud.

Through Oct. 11.

“Not Dead Wood,” exhibition of new work by Jean Koeller.

Through Oct. 4.

3715 CENTRAL.

Germantown Performing Arts Center

“New Light,” exhibition of work from the Jack Robinson archives. Through Oct. 31, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

1801 EXETER (751-7500).

Graceland

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

3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322).

Jay Etkin Gallery

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

Ongoing.

942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“Near-Earth Object,” exhibition of work by Melissa Dunn. lrossgallery.com.

Tuesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturdays, 11 a.m.3 p.m. Through Sept. 28.

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

“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.

“Bouguereau & America,” exhibition of work by the French academic painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

His modern and highly polished interpretations of classical subjects as well as his intimate and idealized portrayals of peasant life, were avidly sought by American collectors. brooksmuseum. org. Through Sept. 22.

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

Through Oct. 11.

“Small Passion,” exhibition of work by Albrecht Dürer, who has long been recognized as one of the most influential artists of the European Renaissance and one of the finest printmakers in the history of art. Through Oct. 27.

“About Face,” exhibition

CALENDAR: SEPTEMBER 19 - 25 located in the Education Gallery highlighting the different ways artists interpret the connection between emotion and expression. Ongoing.

“Drawing Memory: Essence of Memphis,” exhibition of works inspired by nsibidi, a sacred means of communication among male secret societies in southeastern Nigeria by Victor Ekpuk. www. brooksmuseum.org. Ongoing.

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Memphis College of Art

“Horn Island 35,” through Oct. 4.

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Memphis Jewish Community Center’s Shainberg Gallery

Sue Layman Designs Art Show, visit the Nathan and Dorothy Shainberg Gallery inside the center to view many of Sue’s oil on canvas paintings.

Through Sept. 29, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.

DA N C E

C O M E DY

B O O KS I G N I N G S

Argentine Tango Society

P&H Cafe

Booksigning by Alan Lightman

All level dancers; everyone is welcome. $10.

Wednesdays, 6-7:30 p.m.

BERT FERGUSON COMMUNITY CENTER, 8085 TRINITY (341-9282).

Brooks Milongas

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

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

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).

TheatreWorks

WWW Dot Dot Dot, the Bluff City Liars reprise their improv show WWW Dot Dot Dot to turn your Google searches and social media feeds into comedy gold. $10. Fri., Sept. 20, 8-10 p.m., and Sat., Sept. 21, 8-10 p.m.

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

Author discusses and signs his new novel, Three Flames. Thurs., Sept. 19, 6-7:30 p.m.

BURKE’S BOOK STORE, 936 S. COOPER (278-7484).

Booksigning by Earnet E. Lacey

Author discusses and signs Three Unsung Heroes of Banking. Free. Sat., Sept. 21, 1-3 p.m.

SOUTH MAIN BOOK JUGGLER, 548 S. MAIN (249-5370).

Booksigning by Susan Bacon

Author discusses and signs her debut thriller, The History Teacher. Sun., Sept. 22, 2 p.m.

NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526).

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6560 POPLAR (761-0810).

Overton Park Gallery

“Feibelman/Gooch,” exhibition of paintings by Lewis Feibelman and sculptures by Mark Gooch.

Through Oct. 10.

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

1581 OVERTON PARK (229-2967).

Playhouse on the Square

“Brick and Blumenthal,” exhibition of new works

by V.A. Brick and Kelly Blumenthal. Sundays, 12-5 p.m., and Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Nov. 3.

“Fiber2Film2Fiber,” exhibition of new work by Judith Dierkes. Mondays-Sundays, noon Through Nov. 3.

“Daily Pleasures,” exhibition of new work by Martha Kelly. marthakellyart.com. Through Nov. 3.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Ross Gallery

“The Great Moon Hoax,” exhibition of new works

by Mark Schoon and Casey McGuire. The full title is “The Great Moon Hoax: Science and the Recreation of the Artificial.” Sept. 20-Oct. 30.

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.

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826 NORTH SECOND STREET (527-3427).

2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

Sue Layman Designs

Sue Layman Designs Ongoing Art, exhibition of oil-on-canvas paintings featuring brilliant colors and daring geometric shapes. (409-7870), suelaymandesigns.com. Ongoing.

125 G.E. PATTERSON (409-7870).

Talbot Heirs

Debra Edge Art, ongoing.

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99 S. SECOND (527-9772).

Village Frame & Art

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

540 S. MENDENHALL (767-8882).

WKNO Studio

“Rural Route,” exhibition of new works by Ellen and Butch Boehm, Deborah Fagan Carpenter, Jimmy Crosthwait, Andrea and Larry Lugar, Geordan Lugar, Marda Lugar Mesler, and Agnes Gordon Stark. Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Through Sept. 27.

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

“September Song,” the Artists Group of Memphis is comprised of local artists who get together to show their art works. Joy Phillips Routt, chairman of the Art Gallery at St. George’s Church, has curated this exhibit which will feature art works by 18 local artists in oils, acrylic, watercolor, and photography. (754-7282), www.stgchurch.org.

Free. Sundays, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., and MondaysFridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Sept. 29.

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

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St. George’s Episcopal Church

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“The Best New Hostas”

Hybridizer Bob Solberg will speak to the Mid-South Hosta Society about the subject. $5.

Thurs., Sept. 19, 7 p.m.

MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (9014899146).

Memphis: 200 Years Together Bicentennial Celebration

Panelists Charles Hughes, Geoff Calkins, and Zandria Robinson will celebrate Memphis’ bicentennial by discussing the book Memphis: 200 Years Together. The panel will be moderated by Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, and the event will be followed by a concert from Motel Mirrors.

In the McNeill Concert Hall.

Free. Thurs., Sept. 19, 6-8 p.m.

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

Talk About It Tuesday

A monthly panel discussion with Q&A designed to bring people from the local community together to inspire discussion about the significant impact of cultural history in movements for economic and social justice. The gallery is free after 5 p.m. Last Tuesday of every month. Through Oct. 29.

September 19-25, 2019

ERNEST WITHERS COLLECTION GALLERY & MUSEUM, 333 BEALE (523-2344), THEWITHERSCOLLECTION.COM.

UTHSC Biomedical Symposium: Pathway to Discovery: From Basic Science to Translational Medicine

E X POS/SA LES

Southern Junkers Vintage Market Memphis Upscale shopping event hosting 50 vendors from Memphis and surrounding states with eclectic antiques, fashion, art, food trucks, and more. Fri., Sept. 20, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sat., Sept. 21, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Two day pass: $8, day pass: $5.

The goal of the symposium is to bring together bright minds to foster an environment of learning, inspiration, and wonder through idea-focused presentations covering a wide range of subjects to provoke meaningful scientific conversations. Free. Fri., Sept. 20, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

MID-SOUTH FAIRGROUNDS, PIPKIN BUILDING, EAST PARKWAY AT CENTRAL (412-5485).

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MEMPHIS BIOWORKS FOUNDATION, 20 DUDLEY (866-1400).

Latin Fest

Cazateatro presents this family-oriented festival with dance, live Latin music, Latin food and drinks, and crafts for kids. Sat., Sept. 21, 3-9 p.m.

C O N F E R E N C ES/ C O NVE N TI O N S

Gandhi-King Forum 2019

Conference on Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of nonviolence and its relevance today. Free. Sat., Sept. 21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM, 450 MULBERRY (521-9699).

TO U R S

Bicentennial History Hikes

Meet at the guest services desk in the Visitor Center.

Tuesdays, 2 p.m.

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

“The Great Moon Hoax”

by Mark Schoon and Casey McGuire at Ross Gallery, Friday, Sept.

20th, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

City Tasting Tours

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

WWW.CITYTASTINGTOURS.COM.

Cutting Garden Tours

Garden docents will focus on the cutting garden each week on Saturday morning. Meet in the Catmur Foyer to see the large urn design and start tour.

Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon.

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

Yellow Fever Rock & Roll Ghost Tour

See what used to be, Memphis-style, with Mike McCarthy. Call to schedule a personal tour. Ongoing.

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

THE TOWER COURTYARD AT OVERTON SQUARE, 2092 TRIMBLE PLACE MEMPHIS, TN 38104 (662-4696095), CAZATEATRO.ORG.

Mid-South Fair

This year, guests can experience more than a dozen new rides, live music, entertaining ground acts, delicious fair food, Miss Mid-South Fair Pageant, and more. $8. Thurs., Sept. 19, 4-10 p.m., Fri., Sept. 20, 4-11:59 p.m., Sat., Sept. 21, 12-11:59 p.m., Sun., Sept. 22, 12-10 p.m., Mon., Sept. 23, 4-10 p.m., Tues., Sept.

24, 4-10 p.m., and Wed., Sept. 25, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

Southaven Sunflower Artisan Festival

Special juried festival with demonstrations, vendors, local musicians, and food. Free.

Sat., Sept. 21, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

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Fitness Under the Stars

Free outdoor yoga, barre, spin, and aerobics classes led by a collective of local fitness studios. Fridays, 6 p.m. Through Oct. 18.

MUD ISLAND RIVER PARK, 125 N. FRONT (576-7241).

Memphis 901 FC vs.

Saint Louis FC Sat., Sept. 21, 7 p.m.

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

Race Judicata 5K

The 36th annual race benefits the Memphis Bar Foundation’s Access to Justice Initiatives.

After party with live music, hot food and cold beer will take place in Memphis Park. $25. Sat., Sept. 21, 9 a.m.noon.

MEMPHIS PARK (FOURTH BLUFF), FRONT AND MADISON (527-3573), RACEJUDICATA.RACEROSTER.COM.

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The Dixon Book Club

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

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

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

Get Lit Book Club

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

Free. Third Thursday of every month, 7-8:30 p.m.

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

Sierra Club Meeting

The September meeting will focus on electric vehicles and their benefits. Free and open to the public. Thurs., Sept.

19-6:30 p.m.

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

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September 19-25, 2019

Cash prizes are awarded, and the senior division Grand Award winner gets to audition with CBS Studios and earns a scholarship to Visible Music College. Junior division (9-12 years) competition is September 20-22, while senior divi-

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drew thousands of people to Washington, D.C., to demand social reforms while living side-by-side on the National Mall in a tent city known as Resurrection City. This poster exhibition explores the history and legacy of this important moment in U.S. history.

Through June 30, 2020.

sion (13-21 years) competition is September 21-29.

LANDERS CENTER, 4660 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662-280-9120), WWW.MIDSOUTHFAIR.COM.

PAW Patrol: Adventure Play

Exhibit with activities encouraging teamwork, self-confidence, and playing the roles of the rescuing heroes. Through Feb. 2, 2020, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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

Community Mental Health Fair

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF MEMPHIS, 2525 CENTRAL (458-2678), CMOM.COM.

Featuring information and vendors from Memphis-based mental health services and programs. Free. Sat., Sept. 21, 9 a.m.-noon.

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Corporate Knowledge Bowl

Annual contest covering a multitude of topics to prove who’s “The Smartest Company in Memphis.” Preliminary rounds will take place during the lunch hour Monday-Thursday, with finals being held Friday at 5:30 p.m. All proceeds go to the Memphis Library Foundation.

Mon., Sept. 23, noon, Tues., Sept. 24, noon, and Wed., Sept.

25, noon.

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2831), MEMPHISLIBRARYFOUNDATION.ORG.

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Career resource fair presented

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PURSUIT OF GOD TRANSFORMATION CENTER, 3171 SIGNAL (516-7718).

Making Memphis: 200 Years of Community

School of Rock at the Tower Courtyard at Overton Square, Thursday, September 19th, 7 p.m. nessee Department of Human Services, Southwest Tennessee Community College, Workforce Investment Network, and various local employers.

Free and open to the public.

Fri., Sept. 20, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 1234 FINLEY (323-3600).

Back to the Moon: For Good

Planetarium show that lets the audience relive the thrills of lunar exploration. Various times, see website for details.

Ongoing.

AUTOZONE DOME PLANETARIUM, MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Backyard Bash

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of My Big Backyard, the Garden hosts this adults-only fund-raising event that with live music, local food, open

bar, and a silent auction, all with an outdoor birthday-party feel. Funds raised will help support ongoing maintenance and upkeep of the current My Big Backyard spaces, as well as construction of future projects and educational activities and exhibits. $75. Sat., Sept. 21, 7-10 p.m.

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

City of Hope: Resurrection City and the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign

The Poor People’s Campaign

Bicentennial celebration, the exhibit illustrates how the threads of Memphis history form a larger story or web of history. Through Oct. 20.

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

Memphis Paint on the River

Social-networking event with riverside painting and custom cocktails. $45. Sat., Sept. 21, 6-9 p.m.

MEMPHIS PARK (FOURTH BLUFF), FRONT AND MADISON (949-1731), MEMPHISPAINTONTHERIVER.COM.

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The pageant is divided into three age groups: 5th-7th grade, 8th-11th grade, and 12th grade-college seniors.

A luncheon will kick off the festivities, followed by the interview portion and evening gown competition. Sat., Sept.

21, 7 p.m.

Sun, Earth, Universe

A new interactive museum exhibit about Earth and space.

Ongoing.

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

Black Girls Wine Society Memphis Meet-Up New Memphis-based group meets to share their love for wine. $20. Sun., Sept. 22, 5-7 p.m.

KNIFEBIRD, 2155 CENTRAL (461-9071).

Egbert IPL Release and Ghost Tour This is a beer release like no other, with a tour of the Woodruff-Fontaine House Museum as Wiseacre debuts the Egbert, a dry-hopped India Pale Lager named after

from Paula Hawkins’ 2015 debut bestseller about an alcoholic divorcee inserting herself into a missing person investigation. Discussion following the movie. Free. Sat., Sept. 21, 2 p.m.

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

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2726).

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

My Brother’s Wedding

It’s Harry’s third year at Hogwarts; not only does he have a new “Defense Against the Dark Arts” teacher, but there is also trouble brewing. Convicted murderer Sirius Black has escaped the Wizards’ Prison and is coming after Harry. Sept. 21-22, 4-6:30 p.m.

LANDERS CENTER, 4660 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662-890-9120), MIDSOUTHFAIR.COM.

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meet-and-greet with Ginnifer Goodwin after the screening.

Seating limited. Reservations required. $75: Meet and greet and admission to film, or $10: Movie screening only. Wed., Sept. 25, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

CTI 3D GIANT THEATER, IN THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362).

Hispanic Film Festival

Dreamgirls, starring Beyoncé Knowles (center), at the Orpheum, Thursday, September 19th, 7 p.m.

funds to benefit Grace House of Memphis. $30. Thurs., Sept.

19, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

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

MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), GRACEHOUSEOFMEMPHIS.ORG.

Dreamgirls

Molly Woodruff ’s husband. $40. Sat., Sept. 21, 6-9 p.m.

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WOODRUFF-FONTAINE HOUSE, 680 ADAMS (526-1469).

Great Memphis Food Fight

Five celebrity chefs will display their skills, creativity, and artistry in a friendly “fight” to take on addiction by raising

A trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way. $8.

Thurs., Sept. 19, 7 p.m.

Apollo 11: First Steps Edition

THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Film celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Check CTI Theater schedule for show times and ticket prices.

Ongoing.

Five

Screening of this anthology of five short films exploring the impact of breast cancer on various lives. Q&A and

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UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, UNIVERSITY CENTER.

I Read That Movie at the Library: The Girl on the Train

Monthly page-to-screen book club screening, featuring the taut 2016 thriller adapted

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

School of Rock

After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn them into a rock band. Thurs., Sept. 19, 7 p.m.

THE TOWER COURTYARD AT OVERTON SQUARE, 2092 TRIMBLE PLACE MEMPHIS, TN 38104.

Superpower Dogs 3D

From hurricanes, earthquakes and avalanches, canine rescuers use their incredible super senses to locate and rescue victims of disasters. Various showtimes, check website for more details. Ongoing.

CTI 3D GIANT THEATER, IN THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362).

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Irons in the Fire Metal sculptor Lewis Body sets up shop in Memphis.

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ewis Body was a “misfit artist” during his teen years in Michigan.“I wasn’t interested in school,” he says.

Except art. His art teacher let him spend as much time as he wanted in the art department. “She gave me confidence because she saw something in me.”

Now the owner of L. B. Metal Design in Memphis, metal sculptor/blacksmith Body, 27, recently completed two bus shelters for Athens, Georgia. He takes commissions for furniture, sculpture, and architectural metalwork. But, he says, “Public art is the main thing we’re pushing.”

Body began working with metal when he was 12. “I would find old Schwinn bikes in dumpsters, and I would chop them up and put long forks on them,” he says. “And make goofy art bikes.”

When he was 14, he got a job in a body shop, where he learned the basics of fabrication and how to weld.

His first metal sculpture was a 3-foot tree made of rebar, which he took to Metal Inc., an art fabrication studio. He was told, “It looks good, but what you need to do is spend time.

Really look at a tree and study it. Study each part and what it does.”

Body continued working on his tree, which he wanted to taper. “Working out how I was going to make it taper was what made me realize blacksmithing was even a thing,” he says.

A man at Metal Inc. gave Body an old forge — and, eventually, a job.

A year later, Body began apprenticing with master blacksmith Scott Lankton at Lankton Metal Design. “All the forging, blacksmithing techniques in the beginning were learned from him,” he says.

That’s when Body knew his career path. “As soon as I saw what blacksmithing could produce, it was over.” He created a table and then progressed to more contemporary furniture and sculpture.

Body got numerous commissions, but after a year in business, he decided to sell his anvil, buy a plane ticket, and move to Hawaii, where he helped restore a 150-year-old Chinese temple.

After returning, almost a year later, to the mainland, Body began working at Bondi Metal Designs in Oakland, California. While there, he got an apprenticeship at the Metal Museum, which was “maybe the most important thing” he’s done for his career. “It gave me the time and resources to develop my own style,” which he describes as “minimalist” and “volumetric.”

“It’s not flat,” he says. “Every dimension takes up space.”

While at the museum, Body was chosen to do a public arts commission for a guard rail for Johnson City, Tennessee. “I’m grateful to the museum for that experience because they really let me take the reins on it,” he says. “I did all the design work and coordinated with the builders and kind of led the fabrication in the museum shop.”

He decided long ago to stay here. “I fell in love with Memphis through my time

Eva Langsdon sits under “Synergy,” a bus shelter by metalsmith Lewis Body.

here,” he says. “It’s got a real charm to it.”

Body moved all the machinery he’d collected over the years to a warehouse, which he converted to his blacksmith shop. He and his girlfriend, painter/metalsmith Eva Langsdon, who works with him, live in Midtown.

After the move, he got commissions for the Georgia bus shelters. “Synergy” is a contemporary minimalist design with a cantilever roof and a stainless steel bench.

“Civic Sprout” is “inspired by a sprouting plant, but the forms are still pretty contemporary in nature,” he says.

Body feels he’s in a good place. “I couldn’t ask for too much more.”

As for Memphis, Body says, “I don’t plan on leaving any time soon.” But, he adds, “I’d like to retire to Hawaii.”

L. B. Metal Design is at 309 West Olive Avenue; (248) 410-0765.

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Event tickets are $250. Each ticket comes with a free goodie bag from Ounce of Hope. Those bags will include a joint, honey sticks, and samples of salve, melatonin pills, and oils.

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Chef Justin Hughes of Cafe 1912 will prepare a four-course menu matched with products from Ounce of Hope at Comeback Coffee on Saturday, September 28th.

Dinner will be paired with approximately 70 milligrams of CBD, with Ounce of Hope experts serving as guides for each course, highlighting the products used, according to the event’s Facebook page.

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On Friday, Azer began formal coverage for her company, another first in the industry, according to Yahoo! Finance.

She said three companies will beat expectations — Green Thumb Industries, Curaleaf, and Cresco Labs.

Azor predicted U.S. cannabis sales will hit $80 billion by 2038.

Ark-annabis In five months, more than $9.1 million worth of medical cannabis has been sold in Arkansas’ eight dispensaries, according to the latest figures from the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission.

The state’s ninth dispensary, Acanza, opened for business in Fayetteville on Friday. The commission is working on a final inspection date for Harvest Cannabis Dispensary in Conway.

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hree friends and a dog on Prozac walk into a bar. The bar this time around is Bar 409 inside of Puck Food Hall at 409 South Main. The dog is a well-medicated Italian greyhound named Tiger. The friends, probably also wellmedicated, are just here for the drinks and conversation.

Puck Food Hall is a collection of various types of cuisine, including places that serve pizza, pasta, gelato (and vegan sorbet!), coffee, Chinese fusion, baked goods, and salads, but tonight, friends, we are here for the bar. We’re choosing spirits over sustenance.

Bar 409 is no dank hole in the wall.

It’s a bright, airy space painted the deep reds, dark blues, and bright whites of a Memphis riverboat.

Harvey Grillo is our bartender, and this man, when we walk in, is hard at work squeezing 100-plus oranges for drinks.

Bar 409 is bright and airy — and wellstocked with makings for fine cocktails.

He’s a Memphis transplant, having been here about seven years, but he eases into conversation with us like a born-andraised Memphian.

Two of Bar 409’s featured drinks are the Purple Rain and the Kentucky Palm Tree.

The Purple Rain is Wheatley vodka with Campari, hibiscus syrup, and a flowery liqueur, and it is as delicious as it is purple.

The Kentucky Palm Tree “tastes like the end of summer,” Harvey points out, and it does! It’s made with Buffalo Trace, Passoa, and fernet. We also tried the Ancho & Lefty, a drink with mezcal and Japones pepper syrup.

Like most brilliant mixology bars in town, Bar 409 employs homemade bitters and syrups and sets drinks off with unique garnishes. And unless the mountain of fruit before us is a mirage, the drinks’ fruity ingredients are freshly squeezed.

opportunity for a collective Big Lebowski/ White Russian gathering.

Bar 409 is not just accommodating of the liquor drinkers among us. They also offer a variety of local beers on tap and a small wine list, and those who want to dine can order food from any of the restaurant spaces and bring it to the bar to eat.

The night I visited, it was the middle of the week and not every restaurant space was open, but there was a decent crowd of people hanging out. It’s also an airconditioned inside space that allows dogs, so no more heatstroke on a patio for our canine friends!

Three friends and a dog on Prozac walk out of a bar. One, a photographer, accidentally leaves his camera but, thankfully, remembers the dog. We’ve enjoyed some drinks in a place that was left empty for many years, only occasionally used as a wedding venue.

It’s another great new space for Downtowners and another beautiful building repurposed into something we can all get behind: spirits and sustenance.

Bar 409 is located inside Puck Food Hall at 409 S. Main.

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This is a bar made for some peoplewatching. It’s the first thing you see when you enter the food hall, and it’s a good place to park it if you want to take it all in. The place must be a circus with South Main’s monthly Trolley Night events since it can accommodate so many people, but, unlike most other places, it’s built for a large crowd.

It’s a multi-level hall that beckons to be occupied to the max on busy nights. On a date? Ditch them in the throngs! Have a kid? Plop them in the pop-up library adjacent to the bar! Have more than one kid? Stuff a $20 bill in one of their grubby fists and send them to get some ice cream!

Have an affinity for fine drink? Venture no further than the bar!

A contained crowd in a place where there’s something for everybody is a nice change from spilling wine in a gallery, like we are wont to do most Trolley Nights, right? On top of that, Bar 409 has just installed a projector to show movies on the vast, empty wall behind and above the bar.

The bar staff is envisioning themed movie nights for bar and food hall guests, and suddenly drinking alone while watching a movie seems way less lonesome. This is now our city’s big

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FILM REVIEW By Jesse Davis

Independent Women Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu steal the show in Hustlers.

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ho doesn’t love a Robin Hood story? The merry bandit of Nottingham is an especially appealing hero in an age when graft is so commonplace no one bats an eye at any but the most egregious corruption. That’s why there could hardly be a better film for the moment than Hustlers, the new movie about strippers at a high-class New York club who stole mountains of cash from a succession of Wall Street suits.

Hustlers is based on the 2015 New York magazine article “The Hustlers at Scores” by Jessica Pressler. The article’s subhead says it all: “Here’s a modern Robin Hood story for you: a few strippers who stole from (mostly) rich, (usually) disgusting, (in their minds) pathetic men and gave to, well, themselves.”

The action starts when Destiny (Constance Wu) lands a new job at a strip club in New York. A high school dropout and the daughter of Cambodian refugees who left her on her grandmother’s doorstep, Destiny still lives with her grandmother, who she supports. She’s fresh from a smaller club and eager to make some real money in the big leagues, but she

lacks the confidence necessary to swim with the sharks. Enter Ramona, played by Jennifer Lopez.

On her first appearance, Lopez commands the room. After her set, Ramona reclines on a rooftop smoking a cigarette in a metallic bathing suit and a giant fur coat. She’s joined by a coatless Wu, eager to make a good impression and soak up some stripper pointers. The film revolves around the bond between these two women, which begins when Ramona offers to share her coat with the new hire: “Here, climb in my fur.”

Things go well for a while. Ramona shows Destiny the ropes, and the two women make a killing.

In a scene where the more experienced performer demonstrates some moves, free from the audience and the flashing strobes, Lopez and Wu tease out the beginnings of a sisterly intimacy. When the two women are in sweats, the striptease becomes a workout, highlighting the grace and athleticism required to pull off the moves. They look like gymnasts. After an especially successful night, a newly confident Destiny struggles to zip up a knee-high boot stuffed with cash.

Of course, there wouldn’t be a movie if everything didn’t eventually go wrong.

Hustlers is like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid set in a high-class strip club in 2014 — but with J.Lo. The dynamic in the club changes when the Wall Street tycoons don’t have the same wealth to throw around. A card announces the 2008 financial crisis, and suddenly the days of boots stuffed with dollar bills are over. The clientele and the performers are more desperate, and managers, announcers, and DJs at the club all still expect a cut. Some dancers relax their values, letting the changed circumstances dictate how far they’ll go. Ramona, on the other hand, goes fishing. The ladies — along with Keke Palmer as Mercedes and Lili Reinhart as Annabelle — find big spenders and bring them to the club, where they’ve negotiated a percentage of the money spent. Eventually, they cut out the club completely, stealing credit card numbers and maxing out the cards. “This game

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FILM REVIEW By Jesse Davis is owed to writer/director Lorene Scafaria, who got her directorial debut with 2012’s Seeking a Friend for the End of the World.

When it gets too easy to cheer on Lopez and Wu, Julia Stiles appears as Elizabeth, a stand-in for reporter Jessica Pressler, to interview a remorseful Destiny and remind the audience that these women did surreptitiously drug and rob a lot of people. Scafaria makes use of every tool at her disposal, using sound design, wardrobe, and soundtrack cues to guide the viewer through the moral minefield.

Crime and punishment aside, there is something undeniably satisfying in seeing a band of self-proclaimed sisters fleecing the Wall Street crowd.

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is rigged,” Ramona rationalizes. “And it does not reward people who play by the rules.”

Both Lopez and Wu hand in impressive performances, and the script gives them juicy roles to sink their teeth into, strong but hurt women fiercely devoted to each other. There’s a Breaking Bad moment when they try to tweak the drug cocktail they use to make men more pliable and forgetful, and the fumes put the pair on the kitchen floor. Later, Reinhart gets laughs as the criminal with a nervous stomach. “I don’t know why this happens,” she says after the third time a close call makes her vomit into her handbag.

As sensational as the story is, the acting chops on display are the most dazzling thing on screen.

Hustlers is balanced on a knife edge of moral ambiguity, and much of its success

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Combined Public Notice [1] Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact on the Environment; and [2] Notice of Intent to Request Release of Funds On or about October 14, 2019, Shelby County Government will submit a request to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the release of grant funds under Grant Number B-13-US-47-0002 of the HUD National Disaster Resiliency Grant under Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1984 P.L. 93-383 to undertake a project known as South Cypress Creek Watershed and West Junction Neighborhood Redevelopment for the purpose of helping the community address unmet recovery needs from the 2011 flood and preparing the community to weather future storms better than in prior flooding events.

Nature/Scope of the Project: The proposed project includes watershed restoration within the South Cypress Creek Basin and Redevelopment in the West Junction Neighborhood. Specific elements include: creek restoration; wetland creation & restoration; construction of raingardens and other stormwater BMP’s; creation of park areas; construction of trails; voluntary buyout of properties at risk within the flood plain; identification of properties for infill development and/or side lot acquisition; and creation of open fields.

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Estimated Funding Sources: Funding Source: U.S. Department of HUD National Disaster Resilience Grant Funds Estimated Funding: $8,988,097.00 Funding Source: City of Memphis Estimated Funding: $1,600,000.00 [1] FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT It has been determined that the proposed project will not constitute an action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment and, accordingly, Shelby County has decided not to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement under

the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 as amended ([P.L. 91-1 190, 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347, January 1, 1970, as amended by Pub. L. 94-52, July 3, 1975, Pub. L. 94-83, August 9, 1975, and Pub. L. 97-258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982).

Environmental Review Records regarding the proposed project have been made available by Shelby County and document the environmental review of the project and more fully set forth the reasons why such a Statement is not required. Environmental Review Records are on file and available for public examination and copying upon request at the Shelby County Department of Roads and Bridges, 6449 Haley Road, Memphis, TN 38134 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. No further environmental review of this project is proposed to be conducted prior to the request of release of Federal funds.

All interested agencies, groups, and persons disagreeing with this decision are invited to submit written comments for consideration

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[2] NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS [NOI / RROF] At least one day after the termination of the public comment period for the FONSI, but not before comments on the FONSI have been considered and resolved, Shelby County will submit a Request for Release of Funds [RROF] and Certification to HUD. By doing so, the County will ask HUD to allow it to commit funds to the project, certifying that [1] It has performed the environmental review prescribed by HUD regulations [“Environmental Review Procedures for Title 1 Community Development Block Grant Program” -24 C.F.R. Part 58, and [2] Shelby County and Lee Harris in his official capacity as Mayor consent to accept the jurisdiction of the federal courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review or resulting decision making and action. The legal effect of the certification is that by approving it, HUD will have satisfied its responsibilities under the National Environment Act, thus allowing the County to commit Community

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HUD will accept objections to its approval of the release of funds and Shelby County’s certification for a period of fifteen days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only on one of the following bases: [a] that the certification was not in fact executed by the Certifying Officer; [b] that applicant’s Environmental Review Record for the project indicated omission of a required decision, finding, or step applicable to the project in the environmental review process required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58, [c] the grant recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by HUD; or [d] another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality.

Objections must address specifically the RROF separately from the FONSI comments and these comments must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedure [24 CFR Part 58] and may be addressed to the U. S. Department of HUD, Office of Community Planning and Development, Knoxville Field Office, John J. Duncan Federal Building, 710 Locust Street S.W., Suite 300, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902-2526.

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Coco was a tortie with golden, owl-like eyes. At 11 months, she still hadn’t grown into her ears, pointy and perky like her personality. I was at the Memphis Humane Society to look at another cat that may well have been her litter-mate. She wasn’t interested.

But Coco, then called Yaya, had something special. Of course, she wouldn’t replace our calico, who had passed suddenly four months prior, but she would fill the space she had left behind. I was pretty sure she’d get along with our other cat; this would prove to be an understatement.

I didn’t notice Coco was missing two toes on her front paw until a few months later, when I was trimming her claws. I wondered what misadventures and misfortunes befell her during her time on the streets, her life before rescue. I swore I’d give her the comfortable, pampered life a cat deserves. I’d keep her belly full, her bed soft, her scratching posts tall.

I noticed a lump on Coco’s hind leg in January, a few weeks before her estimated fourth birthday. I took her to the vet — it was big, that’s not normal, we need to operate, she said. She removed the tumor, the adjacent lymph node, and most of Coco’s leg. My resilient cat quickly adjusted to life as a “tripawd.” After a few days, she was escaping her makeshift recovery suite and right back to jumping on counters. We were optimistic we had saved her. I was convinced that fourth leg was just for looks because its absence didn’t slow my kitty down.

About six months later, I opened Coco’s dinner and she didn’t come running. She had arthritis and an upper respiratory infection and tumors in her lungs. I spent the hardest month medicating, cuddling, spoon-feeding on my lunch break; every night I went to bed worrying that I was more committed to her life than she was. How would I know when it was time to let her go? Turns out, you just know. It was a Friday morning. I woke up and ran 10 teary miles to make sure I really thought it through. Sweating and sobbing, I called the vet to make an appointment. “She’s ready.”

I filled Coco’s last few hours with treats and chin scratches before I put her in the carrier with her blanket and favorite toy. I left the empty carrier in the car and went straight to bed, where I spent most of the weekend lonely and defeated. I had tried so hard.

Ten years ago, one of our candidates for city mayor would have found that hilarious, I guess. I try to imagine a context in which a stranger’s reaction to the pain of euthanizing a pet would inspire anything but empathy and pity — maybe she had a really ugly cry face? Still, no. It’s a hideous thing to say. I will never understand it. But 10 years seems like plenty of time to outgrow a bad attitude, so I can offer a little grace.

Experiences are like a playlist, a compilation of chart-toppers and experimental phases playing in the background whether we’re listening or tuned out. They matter, whether you validate them with a tweet or a TikTok or whatever. People forget this sometimes. That’s why I decided not to share anything about my cat’s passing on my Instagram or Facebook, opting instead to talk about her in person, the old-fashioned way, and only if I’m asked.

Until right now, that is. It’s not that I welcome the discomfort of explaining to everyone who asks “How are your cats,” but because you can’t put it away, once it’s out there in pixels.

You have a public archive full of consequences. A bot will comment “Lovely!” in six months and bump a sad memory to the top of the feed, just as you were starting to get over it.

Facebook in a year will show you what happened on this day because its algorithm sees all the likes and comments, but not the content. There’s an app called Timehop that curates everything you’ve posted on a certain date, to remind you how much fun you’ve had. Unfortunately, it also shows you how much you’ve evolved by reminding you how cringey your opinions once were. It doesn’t discern the moments you want to revisit from the ones you don’t. They’re all out there because you put them there. Whether you have public ambitions or are disinterested in reliving private pain, consider: Not everything is fit for publication.

Jen Clarke is a digital marketing specialist and an unapologetic Memphian.

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Will buy R&B, Soul, Jazz & Blues Vinyl Records!

901.286.8164

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The Raconteurs • Brandi Carlile Wu-Tang Clan • The Revivalists

Call 901-646-8452 Let’s Talk

Margo Price • Lovely the Band • Valerie June • PJ Morton • DJ Paul of Three6Mafia • Matt Maeson Reignwolf • Missio • Lord T & Eloise • Smith & Thell • Marcella & Her Lovers • Mark Edgar Stuart • Summer Avenue • Sun Studio Tribute

Coco & Lola’s

GONER RECORDS

MidTown Lingerie

New/ Used LPs, 45s & CDs.

We carry HOT in all sizes !! cocoandlolas.com Memphis’ Top Lingerie Shop

We Buy Records!

2152 Young Ave 901-722-0095

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

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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

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

50% OFF ALL EARRINGS throughout September

SIMPLY HEMP SHOP

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.

$CASH 4 JUNK CARS$ Non-Operating Cars, No Title Needed.

901-691-2687

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We carry a variety of CBD products.

Full Spectrum oil, sprays, skin care, and even CBD for Pets. Find us at South Main Hemp at 364 S. Front,Two Rivers Bookstore at 2172 Young Ave, Foozi Eats in Clark Tower, Blue Suede Do’s in the iBank or online at simplyhemp.shop 901-443-7157