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OUR 1508TH ISSUE 01.18.18 On Tuesday — day five of the Memphis snowpocalypse — the Flyer editor sat by the fireplace in his home. It had been a long time since he’d seen his co-workers. Two lifethreatening one-inch snows in less than four days had brought the Bluff City to a standstill. After an early morning group email with the management team, it was decided that no one could possibly get to work in these blizzard conditions, so he and his colleagues would stay home, sitting at their computers, sending electronic files back and forth to each other to be edited and designed.

Just like they did in the office — except without the crappy coffee and people walking by wondering if anyone wanted to take a smoke break. Still, the Flyer had to get to press and nothing — nothing! — would stop them, even if they were scattered in their homes across snow-bound Shelby County.

In Midtown, as the sun gleamed off the thin slice of snow on his lawn, the Flyer editor was drinking stout French roast coffee and eating the fine toast he’d made with Dave’s Thin Slice Organic Bread with 21 grains. The fire was crackling, but he had a column to write, and he needed to get to it.

Except, he thought, he probably needed to sweep the front steps so the mailman wouldn’t slip and fall. That was a lawsuit just waiting to happen. So he went out to his garage and found the the push broom, though it took a minute. It was in the back, behind the lawnmower and stacked flower pots, next to the bikes.

He swept the steps — front and back, can’t be too careful — reveling in the clean cold air, the bright blue winter sky, the warmth of his thick flannel shirt, the comfort of his L.L. Bean duckboots, relics of his days living up north, in Pittsburgh, where the natives would laugh at the idea of staying home because of a one-inch snow. These Southern snowflakes, he thought. Hmph.

And where was the mail anyway?

But enough. The editor had a column to do, so on with it.

He sat back down by the fire, put his feet up, and opened his laptop. There was so much to write about, he thought, it was almost overwhelming: There was Shithole-Gate, with dueling senators arguing over how foul-mouthed and/or racist the president was. Who was lying? Newly nick-named “Dicky” Durbin or Tom Cotton? Did Trump say “shithole” or “shithouse”? Such nuance.

And DACA was still being used as a political football, leaving 800,000 young people and their families in a horrible limbo, with a March deadline looming. Also, the president had declared himself “the least racist person”; how is that even possible? A lot to get into there, the editor thought.

Oh, and almost unnoticed, The Wall Street Journal had published a story claiming Trump’s lawyer paid off porn star Stormy Daniels to be quiet about a tryst Trump had had with her in 2006. How the hell, the editor mused, does that story fall through the cracks?

Actually, to be honest, it was just another week in Chaos Country. The people and the pundits going crazy while the president plays golf and tweets.

The editor sighed. Where to begin? This column wasn’t going to write itself.

As he shifted in his seat, his dogs came alert, their ears raised. The unspoken canine question an obvious one: “Can we go outside?”

So, ever mindful of his dogs’ needs, the N E WS & O P I N I O N THE FLY-BY - 4 editor went to the back door and let them NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 out. He watched with amusement as the POLITICS - 7 Wild Rumpus began, as the dogs did what VIEWPOINT - 8 dogs always do when they encounter fresh COVER - “ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE” snow: They danced, frolicked, spun, rolled,

BY CHRIS DAVIS - 10 and ran in circles, celebrating the wonWE RECOMMEND - 14 drous transformation of their yard. Then, MUSIC - 16 after two minutes of this, they sobered up AFTER DARK - 18 and barked and wanted back in. The editor CALENDAR - 20 sighed and opened the door, stepping aside BAR REPORT - 24 as the hounds bounded through.

SPIRITS - 25 FILM - 26 He was never going to get his column done at this rate.

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3D LIVE! Filthy-minded Fly on the Wall readers have shared questions and concerns regarding the 3Ds over Memphis.

New drawings for a post-renovation Cook Convention Center don’t seem to include an infamous design that’s supposed to look like music notes but, as FOTW pointed out in 2015, actually kind of looks like three ding-a-lings standing next to each other.

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The 3D, which, as evidenced by this reader-submitted photo, looks like it might have been inspired by garbage can designs at the New Orleans Convention Center, is still with us for the time being, though. And more keeneyed observers point to evidence of its staying power.

The accidentally bawdy logo may not be re-erected, but it is very clearly included in the rendering.

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Lauren Tara LaCapra typed this word at the top of a forwarded email from former Memphis Congressman Harold Ford Jr. It’s quoted in a New York Times article about allegations of misconduct and Ford’s fall from grace with longtime employer Morgan Stanley.

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TennCare, Greensward, & MLGW Trump touches TennCare, park plan petitioned, & water rates to rise.

WO R K I N G FO R TE N N CAR E Tennessee lawmakers filed legislation last week to institute work requirements for TennCare, the state’s Medicaid program, after new guidelines were issued Thursday from the Trump Administration.

Tennessee General Assembly House Speaker Rep. Beth Harwell (R-Nashville) and Rep. Dan Howell (R-Georgetown) sponsored the legislation that seeks a waiver from the federal government “imposing reasonable work requirements on able-bodied, workingage adult enrollees without dependent children under the age of six years old.”

“This is exactly the type of flexibility states have been asking for the last several years, and I appreciate the Trump Administration handing that power back to the states,” Harwell said in a statement. “This legislation is about lifting people out of poverty, while still providing the support needed for Tennesseans to be successful and prosperous.”

P ETITI O N: PAR K PAR K I N G P LAN Some of Overton Park’s green space will be paved for the Memphis Zoo’s new parking lot, a city official said last week, though some say the plan is “needlessly large,” with some even calling for protests against it.

The council’s resolution that was enacted to, among other things, end parking on the Overton Park Greensward, calls for now-green areas of the park to be paved, said Doug McGowen, the city’s chief operating officer.

In a note from city hall last week, McGowen said he’d seen alternate plans from independent designers on social media but said the plans won’t work because housing the 415 new spaces on the existing lot “is not possible given the specifics of the resolution.”

A new change.org petition by Louis Grazer believes the spaces can fit on the zoo’s current lot and that the current plan “consumes a great deal of park land and places the sights, sounds, and smells of moving vehicles adjacent to Overton Park and its users.”

But the final lot design is not set in stone. An advisory committee and the public will have one more chance to comment on it before any plan is finalized.

However, some park advocates say no. The Stop Hurting Overton Park Facebook page said last week they felt the process isn’t working.

“Friends of Overton Park, it appears that our attempt to play by the city’s game book is meeting a dead end with a projected bad outcome for the Greensward,” wrote Michael Graber. “Is anyone ready to reactivate protests?”

WAT E R H I K E F U N D S AQ U I F E R R ES EAR C H Water rates will increase by 1 percent for Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) customers beginning next month, after a vote last week by the Memphis City Council. The additional $1 million in revenue will be used for research on the Memphis Sand Aquifer.

The council voted down hikes to gas and electric rates, even though the MLGW president Jerry Collins warned the move could lead to layoffs.

B I K E S HAR E O N TH E M OVE Explore Bike Share, the bike-share system coming to Memphis this spring, made its first hire last week.

Sara Studdard will serve as the nonprofit’s first community engagement and marketing director.

Studdard previously worked as the Explore Bike Share project manager at DCA, a communications consulting firm driving the bike share effort in Memphis.

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Grab a traveler. A new move would give you more places to drink.

If the Memphis City Council okays a change to the city’s current open container law, open plastic containers of alcohol will soon be allowed beyond Beale and onto Main.

This would be to the chagrin of some downtown residents and business owners, though. At a public meeting last week, several voiced concern over the way the new policy could negatively affect the neighborhood.

Under the city’s current open container ordinance, alcohol can be consumed only within two blocks on Beale, but the amendment would extend that zone to Main from A.W. Willis to E.H. Crump.

But, council member Martavius Jones, who is sponsoring the amendment, said he plans to propose changing its language to also include blocks surrounding Main, from Mud Island on the west to Danny Thomas on the east.

The city council was set to take its final vote on the issue last Tuesday, but Jones said he wanted to hear feedback from downtown stakeholders before moving forward.

The idea to expand the open container zone in the city, Jones said, stemmed from his and other council members’ trip to New Orleans last year. They went to observe crowd-control, among other things, on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter.

“If you look at a Tuesday afternoon, New Orleans is a fun place; Memphis is a fun place as well, but I just think that we can have more life and more vibrancy, more businesses flourishing, more activities for residents and visitors to downtown,” he said.

However, attendees of the meeting said they’re concerned about the possible crime, litter, and safety issues that could arise, as well as the “drunkenness” and “undesirables” that would potentially be attracted to the area — especially with a police shortage downtown. Residents said that they don’t want people

Aldo’s Pizza Pies on Main “sitting on the stoop, drinking in their front yards.”

“Let Beale Street be Beale Street,” said Patrick Reilly, owner of Majestic Grill, “and the rest of downtown be what it is. Not being on Beale Street is an asset to us.”

Reilly said opening up the zone could risk the growth of the city’s core and compromise the “elevated” image and distinction that he said he and other business owners on Main try to attain.

Wayne Tabor, of the Metropolitan Memphis Hotel and Lodging Association, said “on the positive side” it would be beneficial for tourists and conventioneers. He said the association would support the amendment if there are regulations put in place to control “any trouble or drunkenness on the street.”

Ernie Mellor, president of the Memphis Restaurant Association board, suggested that the council pull the ordinance as written, and “do some more homework” before voting.

Jones said a provision could be put in the ordinance that allows the council to repeal it if the crime rates do increase within the zone.

“If we see those ills, we’ll rescind it,” Jones said. “If it is creating the actual fears some of you may have, we take it off.”

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• Even as various local Republicans hanker after the state Senate seat of current Senate majority leader Mark Norris, doubts are beginning to arise as to whether the seat, presumably due to be vacated when Norris becomes a federal judge, will actually come open.

Although Norris’ judicial nomination, made last year by President Trump, has been approved on an 11-9 party-line vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Norris was not included in a confirmation vote by the full Senate this week that saw two other Trump nominees approved — Memphis lawyer Tommy Parker, a former assistant U.S. district attorney, for a seat on the U.S. District Court for West Tennessee and Nashville lawyer William “Chip” Campbell for a U.S. District Court of Middle Tennessee position.

So Norris was back at the same old legislative stand this week as the General Assembly convened in Nashville, still functioning as majority leader, in which partisan role he told his fellow GOP Senators they should be “putting [their] best foot forward and telling people all the good things we’ve done.”

As for his judicial Turner, future, Norris dropped Parkinson hints that he could fail at rebut confirmation, a prospect Trump due to his record of having on behalf espoused in Nashville of Black hot-button positions on Caucus issues like immigration, photo ID requirements for voting, and a series of measures relating to LGBTQ rights.

Norris, who told his fellow Senators, “Y’all may be stuck with me for a while,” was quoted by the Tennessee Journal as saying he had felt “crucified for the sins of others during his Judiciary Committee hearing” and that he had doubts he could command the full component of 51 Republican votes in a final showdown vote on his confirmation.

In any case, Trump formally renominated Norris this week, a parliamentary action required because the Senate had recessed last year without voting on him.

But the senator may not have enjoyed the fact that Trump, speaking in Nashville this week to the Tennessee Farm Federation, garbled his name by referring to him from the stump as “Mark Morris, state Senate majority leader.”

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Officials asked to attend events here in April; King’s legacy cited as antidote to bigotry of Trump remarks.

Appropriately, the first week of organized appreciation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — centered on Monday’s national holiday in his honor and the weekend preceding — focused less on the usual veneration attached to his name and rather more on the continuing challenge to change and human progress that his life represented.

That note was struck during last week’s reconvening of the Tennessee General Assembly, when District 96 state Representative Dwayne Thompson formally asked legislative leaders to suspend business on April 4th and 5th so lawmakers could attend events in Memphis commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Dr. King.

In a letter sent to Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally and House Speaker Beth Harwell, Thompson said, “Dr. King’s death and the events leading up to it had a profound impact on the City of Memphis, the State of Tennessee, and the entire nation” and that state leaders should have the opportunity of attend the Memphis ceremonies.

Thompson went on to say, “Suspending the business of the Tennessee General Assembly should be a rare occasion, but I feel this commemoration is justified as one of those times.” Thompson said he was also working on legislation to encourage Tennesseans to observe this solemn occasion by recalling the legacy of Dr. King and heeding his call for unity, love, and compassion.

That was followed up with a press conference held at noon Monday in front of the Civil Rights Museum by members of the Shelby County Black Caucus of Elected Officials to denounce the reported remarks of President Donald Trump referring to Haiti, El Salvador, and several African nations as “shithole countries.”

Speaking for the Caucus, state Representative Antonio Parkinson and Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner issued a statement calling Trump’s remarks “embarrassing, classless, racist, and not representative of the values of the citizens that are represented by the members of the Shelby County Black Caucus of Elected Officials.”

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Respect the Voters The Memphis City Council is systematically attempting to undo the expressed will of the electorate.

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In 2008, in a series of referendum votes, Memphis voters made clear how they wanted Memphis City Council elections to work. This year, the city council is systematically disrespecting the voters’ preferences through a series of votes for referendum do-overs this November. The result will be voter confusion at best and, at worst, the entrenchment of incumbents in an undemocratic system.

Currently, the council consists of seven members elected from single-member districts, and six members elected from “Super Districts” electing three members each. In the single-member districts, if no one candidate gets a majority, the top two vote-getters advance to a separate runoff round six weeks later. As described by John Marek in these pages last December, these expensive runoffs typically have only 5 percent turnout, a turnout that is disproportionately white and affluent.

In the Super Districts, no majority is required. A candidate can win with 38 percent of the vote if she has more votes than the other five candidates. This “plurality” system can allow the majority to split its votes among several similar candidates, allowing the least-preferred candidate of the majority to squeak by with 38 percent of the vote. That’s how Donald Trump, who polling showed would have lost in head-to-head contests against candidates like Mario Rubio and Ted Cruz, won the early primaries to become the front-runner and eventual Republican nominee.

It’s a system subject to manipulation and collusion. An established candidate can recruit a “shill” candidate to enter the race and split the opposition’s voting bloc, allowing him to prevail with a bare plurality. The plurality system is arguably an even worse system than regular runoffs.

The solution to both problems, overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2008, is Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), where voters rank their first, second, and third choices. This ensures a majority winner, without the need for an expensive, lowturnout second election. It saves time and money, boosts participation, makes the electorate more representative of the district as a whole, and discourages negative campaigning (because candidates want to be the second choice of their opponents’ base and will be loathe to alienate them with mudslinging). IRV is slated to be phased in for singlemember districts in the next city council election in 2019, with eventual implementation in all city council districts thereafter.

Last December, before IRV even had a

chance to be tried once, the council voted to place a repeal of IRV on the November referendum ballot. Now, the council is about to add another competing referendum on the ballot: a proposal to use plurality voting for all city council elections, even the single-member districts that have used regular runoffs. Both measures would kill IRV if approved by voters in November.

Currently, there is no announced plan to withdraw the December “regular runoff” referendum measure in deference to the plurality plan (though that, of course, could change).

If you’re confused about how two contradictory measures can be on the ballot side by side, you won’t be alone. It will cause needless voter confusion in November. Some local commentators have suggested that if both are on the ballot, and they both pass, the plurality measure would make the regular runoff measure moot. That’s not at all clear: The language of the two measures is directly in conflict. Passing both would cause legal uncertainty.

We should reject all these proposals, give IRV a chance, and respect what the voters said in 2008.

The mess underscores how desperate some council incumbents are to eliminate Instant Runoff Voting, which opens up opportunities for lesser-known, lesserfunded candidates to enter the system.

Also illustrative of the incumbency protection is yet another referendum measure about to pass, which would undo another 2008 referendum result: In 2008, referendum voters said they wanted council members limited to two terms.

Again, before there’s even been a chance to put that into effect, council members are pushing a referendum measure which would extend that from two terms to three terms. Conveniently, it applies to current council members.

The consistent theme here is that many city council members don’t care what the voters decided in 2008. They know better, and they’re going to push through referenda to craft a council election system most congenial to them.

We should reject all these proposals, give IRV a chance, and respect what the voters said in 2008.

Steve Mulroy is a University of Memphis law professor and a former Shelby County Commissioner.

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MONSTERS, MUSICIANS, AND MURALS — AND WHY YOU SHOULDN’T BE AFRAID OF PAINT MEMPHIS.

“I haven’t had a single person reach out to me yet,” says Pat Surratt, whose Lamar Avenue property suddenly became infamous after an enormous gray zombie was painted on one of its exterior walls last September.

Since that time, the mural has been denounced as “satanic”

by Memphis City Council members, has been featured on several local TV news broadcasts, and has become fodder for reports and editorials in various local publications.

Everything came to a boil last week at city council, when Chairman Berlin Boyd quoted scripture and said the city would draft letters to begin a process of removing the mural.

All this public sturm und drang remains something of a mystery to Surratt, who says nobody from the city, media, or neighborhood has contacted him to complain, seek compromise, or to even ask, “Hey Pat, what’s up with that ugly zombie on your wall?”

“It kind of blew me away,” Surratt says, describing the disconcerting experience of hearing no complaints from

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overlooked corner since 2015, when he sought out artists to create a Memphis music wall honoring Willie Mitchell, Johnny Cash, Otis Redding, and others. “But it seems to me this isn’t really about the art or about what can be done to help the neighborhood. It seems like some people just want to get more attention for themselves.”

If the City Council follows through and launches a process of removal, Surratt will finally become a part of the conversation. First, a notice will arrive asking him to remove the artwork, which can’t be considered graffiti since it was created with the owner’s consent. Then, if the owner refuses to comply — which is likely — the whole matter gets turned over to Environmental Court, where Judge Larry Potter will determine whether or not the zombie painting is a nuisance.

“I don’t regret anything,” says Surratt, who wants to sell the Lamar property and says he’s encouraged by all the

Karen Golightly (below) heads up Paint Memphis, the not-for-profit art group responsible for murals featuring music icons, butterflies, and, you guessed it, zombies; Lamar Avenue property owner Pat Surratt (inset) doesn’t mind the zombies — and wouldn’t be opposed to a pirate zombie either.

positive attention that’s been paid to his little strip since the music wall went up. And he’s thankful for his partnership with Paint Memphis, a two-year-old organization that facilitates an annual muraling festival.

In 2017, Paint Memphis brought more than 150 artists to Surratt’s neighborhood to create works on more than 33,000 square feet of public and private walls for the largest collaborative outdoor painting project in Tennessee.

“There just wasn’t much here to look at before,” Surratt says of the space his buildings occupy — near where South Willett meets Lamar and where Midtown more or less crashes into South Memphis. It’s a stretch of urban connective tissue defined by a concrete train trestle and underpass where the Rozelle, Glenview, and CooperYoung neighborhoods merge into one another. “It’s mostly just us, the old Lamar Theater, and Payne’s Barbecue,” Surratt says. “Before the murals, it was so easy to just drive past us and never look twice.”

Though it’s hidden from the road by virtue of being below ground, one of the area’s most dynamic spaces is the Altown skateboard park, a community-driven DIY space, which also received the Paint Memphis treatment in 2017.

Paint Memphis founder Golightly says she’s ultimately happy for the attention and thankful so many people are talking about public art. She says it’s paid dividends in the form of new board members, new donors, and more calls about commissioned murals than she’s fielded since launching the project in 2015.

Golightly is a Mobile, Alabama, native who graduated from Rhodes College in 1989 before pursuing advanced degrees at the University of Memphis and the University of Southern Illinois. She’s an author and an associate professor of English at Christian Brothers University who started photographing and writing about street art while traveling across the U.S. and Europe, wondering why the kinds of vibrant public art spaces she found in other cities weren’t more prevalent in an artist-rich place like Memphis.

That’s when she started learning about public policy and permission walls, where street artists, fine artists, and any other kind of artists are allowed to paint whenever they like without seeking advance permission. She started exploring all the reasons a city might want to use graffiti artists as a resource instead of treating them like a problem.

This is the slow-burning origin story of Paint Memphis.

“The corps of engineers agrees with us,” Golightly says, launching into a street art catechism. “Paint preserves concrete.” It’s a practical beginning to a conversation about empowerment, community, and collaboration.

Paint Memphis puts out national calls and chooses artists based on examples of past work. It brings local artists together with schools, community groups, and wall painters from as far away as Seattle and Los Angeles.

Nobody gets paid, but everybody gets fed and works together, following a set of guidelines that were developed in conjunction with the city and residents of the Chelsea/ Evergreen area where Paint Memphis created its first massscale collaborative mural. The rules to date are basic: no nudity, no profanity, and no gang signs or imagery.

Golightly acknowledges that she didn’t directly engage nearly as much with the neighborhoods touching Lamar and South Willett as she did before turning artists loose on the Chelsea Avenue flood wall on an earlier project. As part of an effort to improve future community relations, Paint Memphis has created its first intern position and tasked the new hire with creating more opportunities for neighborhood participation.

Still, Golightly, who also faced criticism for a grotesque image of Elvis Presley with a snake embedded in his face, wonders if even a more perfect process would have kept the undead from rising over South Memphis. “‘No zombies’ is a pretty specific request,” she says. “But who 11 continued on page 10 COVER STORY m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

pundits or politicians who ignored the neighborhood as it slid into decay, then being criticized about a painted cartoon monster straight out of Scooby-Doo. The zombie is just one of dozens of murals around the city that have been painted under the auspices of Karen Golightly’s not-for-profit group Paint Memphis. To be fair, when art groups like Paint Memphis are described as “occultists” in City Council meetings and politicians speechify on art’s power to create demonic “fixation” in people’s minds, it’s hard not to get distracted by the show.

“Everybody’s yelling and pointing fingers, and not a single person has reached out to me,” Surratt says. “I’ve seen stories from every news organization in town, I think, from the Daily News to the Memphis Business Journal. But none of them have called me. They’re all talking about what the city council is saying.

“It’s great you have somebody up there doing what they do,” says Surratt, who’s been enlisting artists to brighten his

continued from page 11 knows, maybe somebody would have said ‘No zombies.’”

Golightly prefers to keep aesthetics out of the debate in favor of conversations about mission, the law, and building a better process. Her points about arguing taste were driven home at last Tuesday’s City Council meeting, when anti-zombie council member Jamita Swearengen and a handful of like-minded residents engaged in a bit of art criticism.

“A true, voluptuous black woman in a bikini — that’s coming back to life,” one man said, offering his opinions on the meaning of positive, family-friendly art and resurrection imagery.

Although he was never asked, Surratt also has some thoughts about about sprucing up the zombie. He thinks people might be more open to a monster mural if one of the gray guy’s eyeballs wasn’t hanging out. “Maybe we could give him an eyepatch,” Surratt says, imagining what kind of response a pirate zombie might elicit. “We could give him a beard and hat at Christmas. Paint him like Uncle Sam for the 4th of July.”

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Golightly doesn’t want anybody to put an eyepatch on the zombie, but she isn’t entirely opposed to repainting certain areas after a reasonable period of time. “I don’t like to paint in places we’ve already been,” she says, pointing to the other things her organization does, in addition to creating murals. “The area around the Chelsea wall had literally become a dump,” she says, describing a weedy stretch where the city had stopped mowing and people had begun to toss old mattresses and tires. “All of that had to be cleaned up and removed. On Willett, we removed like three dead animals and I don’t know how many dirty diapers.”

The goal, she says, is to keep moving forward, cleaning up and covering decay with fresh coats. But sometimes editing happens.

“Nobody said anything about the Chelsea wall for the most part,” Golightly says. “But, on the end-piece, someone painted a skeleton holding a scythe, and a minister came to me and said people didn’t want to see images associated with death. He asked if I could fix it, and I said I didn’t know if I could.” The problem was solved when Saint George’s school contacted Golightly looking for a project. She gave them the controversial section of the Chelsea wall, and now there’s an angel where the grim reaper stood.

“People need to actually go out and see the work for themselves,” Golightly says, adding that pictures of individual sections don’t really do the sprawling art experience justice.

The two zombie murals have gotten so much attention, it’s easy to forget they’re a relatively small part of a 33,000 square foot project. “Nobody’s going to like everything,” Golightly says. “But you’re going to like something.”

In addition to zombies, the artists of Paint Memphis 2017 created wavy psychedelic worlds in an underpass beneath the train tracks. They painted pictures of flowers and faces alongside fantastic birds and beasts. Visitors will see Memphis musicians, comedians, and actors. Country music icon Hank Williams inexplicably takes up space across the road from a pair of Beale Street musicians, just around the corner from hula hoopers and a wall dedicated to sponsors and partners, including Clean Memphis, Art Center, and the National Endowment for the Arts. There are realistic paintings of people and places, and conceptual work like “Bulletproof,” by Jamond Bullock, a fine arts grad from Lemoyne Owen College, whose surreal image of a pyramid and lips holding a smoking bullet leaves viewers with something to talk about.

“Sometimes you have those people to step in front of you and become dream killers and they become like a bullet,” says Bullock, a busy artist who ships his art all over the world and has murals in Orange Mound, on South Main, and in Soulsville across the street from the Stax Museum. “This person is catching the bullet. Instead of letting their dreams be killed, they’re stopping the person who’s killing their dreams.”

Bullock’s popular “A Day in the Life” mural attracts tourists who have their picture made in front the work’s giant butterfly wings. He’s been making murals with Paint Memphis from the beginning and describes the work as a positive experience that’s allowed him to network with artists he wouldn’t have met otherwise. Artists like Nashville painter Brad Wells who died in December 2015 and is the only Paint Memphis artist to have his work treated with an anti-graffiti coating to preserve it from being painted over.

“It’s a painting of a butterfly on a flower,” Golightly says of the one preserved image. “I don’t think it’s going to upset anybody.”

The grotesque Lamar Avenue zombie and his lovely bed of roses is another story entirely. It divides viewers — and politicians — who are split as to whether it’s a positive or negative image for residents, motorists, and passers-by. But whether he’s positive, negative, satanic, or a one-eyed angel of pure light, Surratt wants to keep him around. Golightly says any attempt to remove him without a court nuisance ruling becomes a First Amendment problem. So, like factions in a post apocalyptic fantasy, the various factions are hunkering down and preparing for a fight over zombies.

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By Susan Ellis

“Wish Book,” the new film/critics series curated by local artists Terri Phillips and Brian Pera, is named after the famed, huge annual catalogue from Sears. (Yep, the one your perv brother scanned for pictures of women in gigantic bras.)

Wishes are secret, magical things. Something you fling away with a coin into a fountain or puff out at a birthday cake. But the Sears’ Wish Book was manifest, and by putting their wishes out there, Phillips and Pera are making their “Wish Book” so.

The first year, the series will deal with film. This is high art, the stuff that grips. Experimental filmmaker William E. Jones is the first artist of the series with screenings of his films Eyelines, Mission Mind Control, Fall into Ruin, and others. Jones uses found footage a lot — sex sting tapes, CIA recordings, old commercials — and deals in themes like conformity but not fitting in, consumption and being consumed. Not popcorn material, exactly. But, says Phillips, this does not make Jones’ films “art film” difficult. “Not in any way,” she says. The films of the “Wish Book” series, are “outside of the box,” outside of “what is expected,” she says, using terms like “beautiful” and “personal.”

The second year of the “Wish Book” series is dedicated to critics, and the curators’ wish for a celebrity guest is sky high: Camille Paglia. “We’re aiming for the stars,” says Phillips.

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Do you dream of spending your spare time with wiggly puppy bottoms or scritchy-scratchy kitten tongues? We are here to tell you there are avenues you can pursue.

On Tuesday, Memphis Animals Services and the Memphis Public Library are teaming up to host the Helping Hands + Helping Paws Volunteer & Support Fair at Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library. The event is designed to hook up the volunteer with the perfect volunteer opportunity.

“There are a lot of adoption events, which is great,” says Katie Pemberton of Memphis Animal Services. “Not everyone is looking to adopt. Where does that leave you?” There are plenty of groups that can use a spare pair of hands, says Pemberton. Spay & Neuter groups, rescue organizations, trap-neuter-return groups, etc. You can help deliver straw to make animals more comfortable. You can foster. You can stuff envelopes. Make phone calls. Snuggle.

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he Zoo Bar in Lincoln, rhythms of New Orleans.” After a stint in Nebraska, is a hidden the Big Easy, which he credits for much gem tucked away in a cor- of his growth as a singer and keyboardist, ner of the national blues Hoyer toured as a saxophonist for singer circuit. (Full disclosure: I E.C. Scott. “I learned a lot from her. And am a Nebraskan). I recall that was when I realized that I’m not the smallish club hosting incendiary good at being a side man. I had ideas of shows by Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperimy own, and I wanted to write my own als and many other greats. While I did music. From that point forward, I’ve occasionally jam to Booker T. and the been a band leader.”

MGs tunes with friends, little did I realize Following his own muse meant wedhow much homegrown blues, soul, and ding his love of classic soul to a groovefunk were gestating in the modest college based improvisational approach akin to town — or in nearby Omaha — due to Medeski, Martin, and Wood, whom he clubs like the Zoo Bar. cites as an inspiration. The end result But the secret’s out, due to the rising resembles the more ambitious sounds of popularity of one Josh Hoyer, a Lincoln 1970s soul, as Hoyer leads a five-piece native who long ago got hooked on the band, Soul Colossal, through his own songs he heard emanating from the Zoo. particular stew of influences.

“I’d just go listen to music coming outta the back, and I was like, ‘Man, this is the coolJosh est thing!’” he says. “When I Hoyer turned 21, I was a regular there, checking out all of the bands that came through from all over. They needed a spot to stop in that middle-of-nowhere zone. Being able to see these international and national touring blues and R&B bands in such an intimate environment, it really taught me a lot about the energy and magic of the live show — being able to see people like Lil’ Ed and Big John Dickerson. And Magic Slim, of course.”

Hoyer and Soul Colossal are comThat last name holds special meaning ing off a stellar 2017. A month-long for Hoyer — and most of the Lincoln tour of Europe culminated in the live music community. Morris Holt, aka album, Live! at Ancienne Belgique, and Magic Slim, left his native Torrance, last spring found Hoyer singing for an Mississippi, for the Chicago blues scene audience of millions on NBC’s The Voice. while in his twenties, releasing his first As Rolling Stone reported, “Hoyer took record, the incredible “Scufflin’,” in 1966. on The Chi-Lites’ 1972 R&B Number By 1994, with an esteemed career in One hit ‘Oh Girl.’ His smooth interprethe blues under his belt, he resettled in tation, along with his sonorous vocals, Lincoln with his family, a decision that convinced both Shelton and fellow coach would galvanize the local music comGwen Stefani to turn their chairs as he munity. As Hoyer notes, Slim “really confidently soared through the chorus.” influenced a lot of young guys that were Hoyer, reflecting on last year’s good interested in playing. I’d definitely call fortune, says, “I never really intended to him a mentor. And his brother, Nick be on the road again, but people really Holt, was also a great blues and soul liked what we were doing, and it worked singer. People may not think of Lincoln out for me and my family. I wasn’t gunas a blues town or a roots music town, ning for the top when we put the band but there were some gems there that together, we just wanted to write some really taught a lot of us young guys what good music and play it for people, and it was about.” they responded — so we keep going.”

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Memphis Bluesmasters Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Fridays, Saturdays, 4-8 p.m. and Sundays, 3-7 p.m.; Brian Hawkins Blues Party Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Sensation Band Monday, Jan. 22, 8 p.m.-midnight; Chris McDaniel Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule January 18 - 24 Clayborn Temple 294 HERNANDO

Bach Brandenburg - a special concert in memory of George Riley Thursday, Jan. 18, 7:309:30 p.m.

Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY

Nancy Apple Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Bobbie & Tasha Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Wolves Friday, Jan. 19, 8 p.m.; Refreshingly Catchy Saturday, Jan. 20, 5:30 p.m.; Little Miss Nasty, Gina and the Eastern Block Sunday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m.; Devon Gilfillian Wednesday, Jan. 24, 8 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

John Paul Keith Trio Sunday, Jan. 21, 4-7 p.m.; Dirk Quinn Band Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:30 p.m.12:30 a.m.

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

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

INSIDE THE RUDI E. SCHEIDT SCHOOL OF MUSIC 678-5400

Bach Brandenburg Saturday, Jan. 20, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

V3Fights 66 Saturday, Jan. 20, 6 p.m.

East Memphis

P&H Cafe

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House

1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; You Look Like Saturday, Jan. 20; Open Mic with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

Collierville

University of Memphis, Harris Concert Hall

551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

Intimate Piano Lounge featuring Charlotte Hurt MondaysThursdays, 5-9:30 p.m.; Larry

Huey’s Collierville

South Memphis FireHouse Community Arts Center 985 S. BELLEVUE 948-9522

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

2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Young Petty Thieves Sunday, Jan. 21, 8-11:30 p.m.

Cordova Huey’s Cordova 1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 754-3885

2 Mule Plow Sunday, Jan. 21, 4-7 p.m.; The Chaulkies Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Frayser/Millington

The Halloran Centre 225 S. MAIN 529-4299

Mandy Gonzalez Friday, Jan. 19.

Huey’s Millington

Huey’s Downtown

The Kevin Carson Trio Sunday, Jan. 21, 4-7 p.m.

8570 US 51 NORTH,

77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Scott Thompson’s Dog Horse Rescue Unit Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Germantown Germantown Performing Arts Center

Purple Haze Nightclub 140 LT. GEORGE W. LEE 577-1139

1801 EXETER 751-7500

2018 Blind Raccoon & Nola Blue Showcase Wed.-Fri., Jan. 17-19, noon-5 p.m.; DJ Dance Music Mondays-Sundays, 10 p.m.

Storm Large Friday, Jan. 19, 8-10 p.m.; Big Barton Saturday, Jan. 20, 9:30 a.m.; John Scofield Saturday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m.; Bach Brandenburg Sunday, Jan. 21, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Bar DKDC

The Heart Memphis Band Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

964 S. COOPER 272-0830

James and the Ultrasounds Friday, Jan. 19; Mighty Souls Brass Band Saturday, Jan. 20; Danny and the Spanks Sunday, Jan. 21; Devil Train Monday, Jan. 22; The Dull Drums Tuesday, Jan. 23.

North Mississippi/ Tunica Ground Zero ZERO BLUES ALLEY, CLARKSDALE, MS 662-621-9009

The Cove

Carla Cooke Presents A Sam Cooke Birthday Tribute Friday, Jan. 19.

2559 BROAD 730-0719

Jazz with Ed Finney, Deb Swiney & David Collins Frog Squad Thursday, Jan. 18, 8-11 p.m.; Faith Ruch Friday, Jan. 19, 9 p.m.; Bluff City Backsliders Saturday, Jan. 20, 10 p.m.; David Collins & Frog Squad Sunday, Jan. 21, 6-9 p.m.; Russel Lee Weaver Monday, Jan. 22, 6-9 p.m.; Ben Minden-Birkenmaier Wednesday, Jan. 24, 6-8 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

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

Vintage Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Raleigh

AfroSpace: Intergalatic Sounds of African Diaspora Wednesday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m.

Growlers 1911 POPLAR 244-7904

ONUS, Sluethfoot, Victory Fives, Pop Ritual Friday, Jan. 19, 9 p.m.; Wrangler Space Saturday, Jan. 20, 9 p.m.; HAVOK Sunday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m.; Band & A Beer with Ross Johnson Tuesday, Jan. 23, 8 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Red Fang with Demons Wednesday, Jan. 24, 8 p.m.

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

Oak House, Louise Page Wednesday, Jan. 17, 9 p.m.; macseal, Retirement Party, Joybomb, Hardaway Thursday, Jan. 18, 8 p.m.; Hardaway, Two Houses, Pezz, Negro Terror, Wolves & Wolves & Wolves &

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

Railgarten 2160 CENTRAL

Ben Danaher Thursday, Jan. 18, 6 p.m.; JD Wilkes Thursday, Jan. 18, 9 p.m.; The Hootz Friday, Jan. 19, 6:30 p.m.; Ghost Town Blues Band Friday, Jan. 19, 10 p.m.; Alastair Greene Saturday, Jan. 20, 6:30 p.m.; Forever Abbey Road Saturday, Jan. 20, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sunday, Jan. 21, 11 a.m.; Melodime Sunday, Jan. 21, 4 p.m.; MonkeyJunk Sunday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m.; Jason Lee McKinney Band Monday, Jan. 22, 6 p.m.; Michael Brothers Tuesday, Jan. 23, 5:30 p.m.; Chris Johnson Band Tuesday, Jan. 23, 8 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesday, Jan. 24, 5:30 p.m.; The VIP’s Wednesday, Jan. 24, 8 p.m.

Folk Soul Revival Saturday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke with Public Record Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

Midtown Crossing Grill

DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.

394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

Natalie James and the Professor

Sounds Good Memphis 831 S. COOPER

Josh Waddell’s EP Release Show with Bailey Bigger Thursday, Jan. 18, 7-10 p.m.

Cunningham Fridays, Saturdays, 6-10 p.m.

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

Brandon Taylor and Radio Ghost Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

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

University of Memphis The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND

Germantown School of Rock Saturday, Jan. 20, 1 – 6 pm; Pangea with Grape, 8 pm; Mo Boogie Sunday, Jan. 21, 6 – 10 pm; Jack Rowell’s Celebrity Jam Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas Arlington/Eads/ Oakland/LakelandBartlett Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center 3663 APPLING 385-6440

The Nightowls Friday, Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m.

Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Thump Daddy Friday, Jan. 19, 9 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 20, 9 p.m.; Cruisin’ Heavy Sunday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m.; The No Hit Wonders Wednesday, Jan. 24, 8 p.m.

Phillips County Community College 1000 CAMPUS 870-338-6474

American Spiritual Ensemble Thursday, Jan. 18, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

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

Amber McCain Band Acoustic Performance Saturday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke Mondays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

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

Crosstown Arts 430 N. CLEVELAND 507-8030

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CALENDAR of EVENTS:

January 18 - 24

Send the date, time, place, cost, info, phone number, a brief description, and photos — two weeks in advance — to calendar@memphisflyer.com or P.O. Box 1738, Memphis, TN 38101. DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS WILL APPEAR IN THE FLYER’S ONLINE CALENDAR ONLY.

Through Feb. 4.

T H E AT E R

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

The Evergreen Theatre

Civil Rights/Civil Wrongs II, presented in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, and the 50th anniversary of his demise. www.womenstheatrefestivalofmemphis.org. $20.

Sundays, 3 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Through Jan. 28.

1705 POPLAR (274-7139).

Hattiloo Theatre

Sunset Baby. www.hattiloo.org. Through Feb. 11.

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

The Orpheum

Finding Neverland, the story behind one of the world’s most beloved characters: Peter Pan. $25-$85. Jan. 23-28.

203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Playhouse on the Square

Experience LIVE MUSIC at downtown’s newest entertainment destination.

Once, tale of a Dublin street musician who’s about to give up on his dream when a beautiful young woman takes a sudden interest in his love songs. www.playhouseonthesquare. org. $25-$45. Sundays, and Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.

Through Feb. 11.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Theatre Memphis

January 18-24, 2018

Fences, set in the 1950s, the evolving African-American experience is explored as a former star of the Negro baseball league is excluded from the major leagues during his prime. www.theatrememphis.org. $25. Sundays, 2 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.

AN EVENING WITH NATURALLY 7 February 3 With their rich a cappella harmonies and a stage presence that can be felt in every seat of the house, these musicians use their voices in unison to recreate different musical instruments from drums to brass to guitars.

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TheatreWorks

All Saints in the Old Colony, after emigrating from Ireland to South Boston, Kierman’s family fell apart. www.theatreworksmemphis.org. $15. ThursdaysSaturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m. Through Jan. 28.

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

WKNO Studio

Artists reception for “Street Talk,” exhibition of juried photographs by 15 artist members of the Memphis Camera Club.

(458-2521), www.wkno.org.

Sun., Jan. 21, 2-4 p.m.

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

OT H E R A R T HA PPENINGS

Crosstown Concourse

Artist Talk and Screening for “Wish Book: William E. Jones”

N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY.

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE (FORMERLY SEARS CROSSTOWN), N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY, WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Opening reception for “Wish Book: William E. Jones,” exhibition of new work, screening of film Mission Mind Control, and themed drink inspired by Jones’ work: the “Straight to Hell” cocktail. www.crosstownarts.org. Fri., Jan. 19, 6-9 p.m.

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

Opening reception for Virginia Overton, exhibition of sitespecific installation, sculpture, and video. (678-2216), www. memphis.edu. Fri., Jan. 19, 5-7 p.m.

3715 CENTRAL.

Germantown Performing Arts Center

Opening reception for “Temporal Narratives,” exhibition of photography by three Memphis-based photographers: Yasmine Omari, Andrea Morales and Louis Tucker. www.gpacweb.com. Fri., Jan. 19, 5:30 p.m.

1801 EXETER (751-7500).

Metal Museum

Opening reception and gallery talk for “Alchemy4,” exhibition of contemporary enamels produced in the last two years with 150 objects created by 98 students in accredited degree programs throughout the world. www.metalmuseum. org. Sun., Jan. 21, 3-5 p.m.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Screening of William E. Jones’ Fall Into Ruin, a meditation on time, individuality, art, and sexuality, among other themes.

Sat., Jan. 20, 7-9 p.m.

Artist Talk for “Dimension”

Exhibition of paintings on panel and velum by Jared Small. Sat., Jan. 20, 11 a.m.

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

Follow the Thread with Paula Kovarik

Channel your inner thoughts through simple exercises that spur ideas for drawings, stitching, and journaling. Materials included. $35 members, $45 nonmembers. Wed., Jan. 24, 1-4 p.m.

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

Memphis Empty Bowls Project

Local artisans donate handcrafted and hand-painted bowls. Guests enjoy soup and bread donated by local restau-

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Crosstown Getdown: Memphis Style

Pat and Rose Moore bring the Smooth Steppers for dance lessons and dance party. Thurs., Jan. 18, 68 p.m.

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE (FORMERLY SEARS CROSSTOWN), N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY, WWW. CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago $28. Fri., Jan. 19, 8-10 p.m.

aways, and more. $10. Wed., Jan. 24, 4:30-7 p.m.

OLD DOMINICK DISTILLERY, 305 S. FRONT, WWW.MEMPHISFLYER.COM.

2018 Blind Raccoon & Nola Blue Showcase

Donation at door includes three-day wristband and Blind Raccoon Collection: Volume Four CD. Net proceeds benefit the Blues Foundation’s HART Fund. $10 donation. Wed.-Fri., Jan. 17-19, noon-5 p.m.

PURPLE HAZE NIGHTCLUB, 140 LT. GEORGE W. LEE (5771139), WWW.BLINDRACCOON.COM.

34th International Blues Challenge

$100. Tues.-Sat., Jan. 16-20.

BEALE STREET, DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS (529-0999), WWW.BLUES.ORG.

Get Lit Book Club

To start, we are reading Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. Thurs., Jan. 18, 6-9 p.m.

GHOST RIVER BREWING, 827 S. MAIN (278-0087), WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/EVENTS/1986697674876254/.

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis’ 2018 Tool Box Bash $75. Fri., Jan. 19, 7-10 p.m.

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE (FORMERLY SEARS CROSSTOWN), N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY (322-3535), WWW.TOOLBOXBASH.COM.

Monster Jam

$23-$93, $10 pit pass. Sat., Jan. 20, 1-3 & 7-10 p.m., and Sun., Jan. 21, 2-5 p.m.

LANDERS CENTER (DESOTO CIVIC CENTER), 4560 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662-280-9120), WWW.LANDERSCENTER.COM.

FO O D & D R I N K EVE NTS

Pub’s Kathy Allen Memorial Chili Contest

Bring your best chili and have it judged by your peers. Free. Sun., Jan. 21, 12-11 p.m.

HIGH POINT PUB, 477 HIGH POINT TERRACE (452-9203).

TEP Gumbo Contest 2018 $15-$40. Sun., Jan. 21, 4:30-7 p.m.

MEMPHIS HILTON, 939 RIDGE LAKE (684-6664), WWW.TNEP.NATIONBUILDER.COM.

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Mon., Jan. 22, 7 p.m., and Wed., Jan. 24, 7 p.m.

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

BUCKMAN ARTS CENTER AT ST. MARY’S SCHOOL, 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483), WWW.BUCKMANARTSCENTER.COM.

C O M E DY

Gold Strike Casino

Bill Engvall, recording artist and one of the top comedians in the country. (1-888-747-7711), goldstrike.com. $34.95, $54.95, & $64.95 plus tax and service fee. Sat., Jan. 20, 7 & 9 p.m.

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

P&H Cafe

You Look Like, watch the quickest wits from all over the country talk mad shit. (283-3814), $8. Third Saturday of every month, 9-11 p.m.

1532 MADISON (726-0906).

B O O KS I G N I N G S

Booksigning by Christopher Knott-Craig, MD

Author discusses and signs Weird Animal Club. Sat., Jan. 20, 3 p.m.

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

Booksigning by K.J. Howe

Author discusses and signs The Freedom Broker.

Wed., Jan. 24, 6 p.m.

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Booksigning by Michael Nelson

Author discusses and signs Trump’s First Year. Sun., Jan. 21, 2 p.m.

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Booksigning by Perre Coleman Magness

Author discusses and signs The Southern Sympathy Cookbook: Funeral Food with a Twist. Thurs., Jan. 18, 6 p.m.

F ES T IVALS

Rhodes Theatre Guild 24-Hour Play Festival

Beginning Fri., 7 p.m,, four writers work all night on scripts, four directors take over in the morning, and actors put on the plays in the evening. Pizza provided. Proceeds donated to a local charity. Fri.Sat., Jan. 19-20.

MCCOY THEATRE, RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000), WWW.RHODES.EDU/MCCOY.

S P O R TS / F IT N ES S

Harlem Globetrotters $26-$67. Sat., Jan. 20, 2 p.m.

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

Wolf River 5K

$20-$40. Sat., Jan. 20, 6 a.m.

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Paradise Alley The Belle Tavern — don’t spoil it for the rest of us.

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ver the past month several people have recommended the Belle Tavern to me, citing great drinks, an impressive bar food menu, and the happy hour, and service industry prices. I had not heard of it before and, frankly, I’m disappointed that you guys held out on me so long. I might not still be in the service industry, but I still have that look in my eye of perpetually needing to unwind. It’s the one you get only after years of dealing with the boobs who terrorize servers and bartenders. So sure, it took me a hot minute to discover the Belle Tavern, but I finally made it.

Seven of us braved the icy roads over the weekend to seek shelter and whiskey, and God bless them for being open and willing to accommodate us.

Arctic winds and ice would seemingly kill a bar crowd, but not at Belle Tavern. The place was half-full when we arrived and stayed occupied the whole time we were there. The bartender, Q, suggested a hot mug of mulled wine to start and, people, let me tell you, that alone would’ve made it worth the trip. Friends had suggested the 3 Whiskey Old Fashioned, which we also ordered. It, too, was incredible.

One of my buddies had the Bourbon Cherry Limeade. Its color is such that it could be mistaken for an actual cherry limeade, if you need something to pour in an old Sonic cup and carry to your kids’ sporting events. The Belle Tavern also has a huge selection of whiskeys, a welcome sight to the snow-drunk masses and connoisseurs alike.

A good bar can get by on the booze alone, but a competent menu never hurt, either. The Tavern used to be a part of Belle Southern Bistro before it closed, and it still maintains a lot of the great grub that was showcased at the Bistro. We ordered the Butcher Board, a selection of meats, cheeses, and more for $15, and it was enough to pass around the whole group.

In fact, it was such a large amount of food that the conversation turned to the cost of living in Memphis, with the Butcher Board serving as the affordable housing offered here as opposed to, say, the skyrocketing Nashville market.

The bar itself is both elegant and cozy.

There were several tables, a lounge area,

and a stately horseshoe-shaped bar (my favorite style of bar, if you are wondering) with super-cushy bar stools. The Tavern is accessible only by alleyway which serves two purposes: One, not as many dummies can find it, and two, it makes me feel like I’m walking into an illegal poker game — something I’ve yearned for since my first viewing of A River Runs Through It. There is also a huge window that opens into the alley, which will lend itself to awesome alley parties and open-window rainstorms once it warms up. To find Belle Tavern, take a right down Barboro Alley from 2nd and look for the blue neon sign, like a beacon shining bright.

The Tavern’s tag line is “The Place Your Friends Haven’t Told You About.” It’s a mix of speakeasy and pub, divey with the alleyway entrance, yet comfortable owing to lack of crust punks passed out in the restroom. It’s dark and romantic, but can Look for the sign

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ailor Jerry Rum might evoke visions of native girls beckoning on Hawaiian beaches and deeply tanned sailors at Fleet Week, but the day I talk spiced rum with Sailor Jerry brand ambassador Daniel “Gravy” Thomas, the view outside my office window, Memphis is frozen under an inch of ice and snow.

Yet I gamely whip up a Sailor Jerry Hot Chocolate to sip during our conversation.

Thomas, a Philadelphia native, lives what he likes to refer to as a “360 roll” working for Sailor Jerry. He’s a natural evangelist for the brand — like the spiced rum’s namesake, Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins, he’s an enthusiast of hard work, good times, tattoo art, music, and the doit-yourself ethos. This week, he’s celebrating what would’ve been Collins’ 117th birthday; the American icon was born on January 14, 1911.

What exactly does being a brand ambassador entail?

You can find me in the morning at the local distributor, speaking to a sales team and telling them about Sailor Jerry working with Iggy Pop, or explaining what a shave-and-a-haircut pop-up is, or talking about an upcoming motorcycle event.

I’ve brought in a tattoo artist to a conference room, and asked, ‘Does anyone want to volunteer?’ They’re the ones selling the brand, so I want them to understand the ethos of it. Do they know what the brand is up to and where we’re going? Do they know that we hit a million cases last year? I give them the 101 on Sailor Jerry: Why we are a spiced rum, why we’re 92 proof.

I break it down so they can be well-equipped when they talk to the bartenders.

Then I might run over to a news station and do a drink segment.

Later, I’ll go to the local bartenders’ guild and talk to the bartenders who are movers and shakers in the community. We make sure that waitstaff know what the hell they’re saying. We’re not that pirate, we’re not that sea monster — we’re the O.G. Then I might host a party — maybe something with a band or a DJ. The next

morning, I get up and do the admin work — all the recaps and expense reports.

It sounds more like a way of life than a career.

Yes! It’s working with tattoo artists and musicians who love that spirit of “I’m going to live life my way; I’m gonna get all in with what I do.” I come from that generation of hustle, when people were out there street-teaming it. There was no social media back then. I got my start because I was skateboarding down the street and walked into GYRO [Worldwide, a Phillybased advertising agency that became Quaker City Mercantile, the creative team behind Hendrick’s Gin and Narragansett Beer, as well as Sailor Jerry Rum] to visit a friend. Someone said, “Yo, I like your tattoos. What do you do?” Next thing you know, I was doing events.

How did last year’s hurricanes affect your rum production?

Our rums are sourced from Puerto Rico, and we’re good; our supply is steadfast. It’s blended stateside in Edison, New Jersey.

We’re very proud to be employing American workers.

What’s your preferred way to drink spiced rum?

I’ve got my low-brow way and my sorta high-brow way. I like a taste that’s a little sweet and a little sour, so I’ll do a shot of Sailor Jerry with a pickleback.

I also really enjoy a Sailor Jerry ginger daiquiri that’s garnished with candied ginger.

Jerry loves ginger; it’s full of vibrant Caribbean spices that go extremely well with it. It’s not that old-school rum and cola flavor that reminds people of what their parents’ parents drank. This has the tasting notes of a true brown spirit, comparable to a whisky or a scotch.

It’s 25 degrees in Memphis; what about drinking spiced rum in wintertime?

It’s perfect for hot toddies or hot chocolate. Or a Negroni, a Manhattan, or an Old Fashioned.

You can use it like any good brown liquor.

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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

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esson number five in Yale history professor Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century is “Remember Professional Ethics.” Snyder writes, “When political leaders set a negative example, professional commitment to just practice becomes more important.”

Few people have ever accused Hollywood of having “professional ethics.” Long gone are the days when Dalton Trumbo would write a patriotic paean like Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo and then get hauled in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee for his troubles, or where John Sturges could condemn Japanese internment with Bad Day at Black Rock, or where Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford could star in All the President’s Men and make it one of the biggest movies of the year. Nope, these days it’s all $100 million toy commercials and fascist dreck like 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. Do successful filmmakers have a duty to the Republic? Don’t make Michael Bay laugh into his Porsche collection.

This is why, even if The Post wasn’t a rip roaring great movie, it would still be a remarkable presence

in the theaters of 2018. At age 71, with an estimated net worth of $3 billion, Steven Spielberg didn’t have to make this movie. Producer Amy Pascal, former head of Sony, didn’t have to pony up for a script by struggling screenwriter Liz Hannah about Katharine Graham, the legendary publisher of the Washington Post in the Watergate era. Who in their right mind would do such a thing when My Little Pony is just hanging there, ripe for transformation into a cinematic universe?

Maybe they did it because The Post is the movie that needs to be made right now. Maybe that’s the same reason Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks signed on, as Graham and Post editor Ben Bradlee, respectively.

Hanks has another potential reason: He’s an obsessive typewriter collector, and the newsrooms of 1971 would be like Candyland for him. Dial-up phone fans will also be in heaven for the 116-minute running time.

So will political junkies and actual patriots who value the First Amendment, the separation of powers, and representative democracy.

If you’re a fan of good film craft — as all rightthinking people should be — you will flip for The Post.

Spielberg may be the best steward of old-school film

Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep lead a star-studded cast in The Post, Steven Spielberg’s remarkable new film about the release of the Pentagon Papers grammar we have left, and all of the classic virtues are on display. The Post tells the story of the 1971 release of the Pentagon Papers, which explained in great detail that former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (Bruce Greenwood) and the U.S. Government knew that the Vietnam War was unwinnable as early as 1965, a full decade and tens of thousands of casualties before it ignominiously ended. It is that most dreaded of script genres: People talking in rooms without brandishing guns. The practice of journalism is mostly people on telephones, or as film producers call it, slow box office death. There probably aren’t five people on the planet who could have pulled off this story with the same excitement and urgency as Spielberg. What most contemporary directors would take five cuts to accomplish, he can do with a focus pull, such as when Bradlee crashes Graham’s birthday party with urgent clandestine news, and Spielberg meticulously reveals McNamara, the one person who can’t know what’s

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Information is revealed at exactly the right pace, and dense exposition flows like drawn butter.

Hanks leads a murderer’s row of contemporary acting talent that includes Sarah Paulson as Bradlee’s wife Tony, Bob Odenkirk as reporter Ben Bagdikian, Matthew Rhys as leaker Daniel Ellsberg, Jesse Plemons as Post lawyer Roger Clark, and David Cross as reporter Howard Simons. But it’s Streep who shines brightest. Graham starts the film as a socialite and dilettante as interested in rubbing elbows with the rich and powerful as she is in running a paper. By the end, she walks

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PUBLIC NOTICE SHELBY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING FISCAL YEAR 2019 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN PUBLIC HEARING AND AMENDMENT TO THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN Shelby County Department of Housing will hold a public hearing to discuss Shelby County housing and community development needs in preparation of the Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Action Plan (HUD Program Year 2018) at the following date, time and location: Tuesday, February 13th, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. Shelby County Code Enforcement, Training Room, 6465 Mullins Station Road Memphis, TN 38134.

Attendees should enter the Code Enforcement Building through the Training Room entrance; upon walking up to the building, attendees will need to follow the signage that leads to the Training Room.

If you plan to attend the public hearing and have special needs, please contact the Department of Housing at (901) 222-7600 by 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 6, 2018 and we will work to accommodate you. Citizen input and public participation is strongly encouraged.

The FY 2019 Annual Action Plan establishes the basis for the use of entitlement funds for the period of July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019. The primary purpose of this hearing is to receive comments on community development needs for the FY 2019 Annual Action Plan which is the entitlement grant application to HUD for the Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership Grant. Shelby County anticipates receiving $1,122,171 in CDBG and $297,307 in HOME funds in Program Year 2018. Shelby County expects to submit the Annual Plan to HUD on or before May 15, 2018 following a 30 day review and comment period.

The hearing will also provide an update on current activities under the CDBG and HOME Programs, information on Section 3 contracting opportunities; and will provide information on other programs operated by the Department of Housing.

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Additionally, Shelby County Department of Housing is proposing an amendment to the Consolidated Plan which would cancel the Fair Housing activity. This amendment would allow for the Fair Housing services to be brought in-house and would result in the reallocation of $50,000 to rehabilitation and minor home repair activities. Citizens may comment on this proposed amendment during the public comment period which ends February 21, 2018.

Persons wishing to comment on the FY 2019 Annual Action Plan and/or the proposed amendment to the Consolidated Plan may do so by writing to Ms. Sydney McGhee (Sydney.mcghee@shelbycountytn.gov), Shelby County Department of Housing, 1075 Mullins Station Road, Memphis, TN 38134. Shelby County will schedule an additional public hearing in April 2018 to present the draft Annual Action Plan for FY 2019 for public comment before it is submitted to HUD. For additional information contact the Department of Housing at 901-222-7600 or TTY at 901-2222300.

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TH E LAST WO R D by Aylen Mercado

A Dream in Limbo Keeping Up with D. Trump is one of the most difficult reality TV shows to follow. It’s probably the longest-running series I’ve ever watched (I tend to trust the binge-able shows on Netflix that offer some sort of consistency). But with Trump, it seems that we can never trust him to be consistent, or even comprehendible.

In the past week alone, Trump has gone from, “We want the wall. The wall is going to happen, or we’re not going to have DACA” at a press conference at Camp David to saying on Tuesday that he’ll “take the heat” for a sweeping immigration deal, which he referred to as a “bill of love,” to protect over 700,000 young undocumented youth. He later backtracked and stated on Wednesday that any deal would have to include millions of dollars in investment towards the militarization of a border wall.

Imagine this recap preceded by your favorite voice-over of “Previously on ___” but instead of Lost, Ugly Betty, or The Walking Dead, it’s Trump’s White, Cishteropatriarchy America. Now you have an interesting comedy-drama and apocalyptic horror show that airs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, whether you want it to or not.

Having watched almost a full year of this, er, production, I can’t say that I’ve picked up on a consistent plot or theme. If anything, the stress of not knowing what will happen next is the only thing I can be sure of.

I say this jokingly because humor is one of my coping mechanisms; however, this is my reality and the reality for anyone in the U.S. (and the world) who is poor, brown, black, indigenous, undocumented — or “made undocumented,” if we want to challenge the construction of borders and recognize the displacement of people who inhabited the land for hundreds of years before us. We have essentially been living in an apocalyptic episode that our friends and allies are only recently waking up to. We can’t really hit pause or take a commercial break from the stress and anxiety when we’re constantly having to defend our humanity. We can’t all go running into country fields and roast marshmallows over a bonfire after a good ol’ hike in the woods like Justin Timberlake.

For those of us who’ve been “resisting by just existing” our whole lives, the feeling of living during the Trump era is not unfamiliar. We remember the record number of deportations during the Obama administration and President Clinton’s NAFTA, which basically destroyed Mexico’s agriculture and economy, and Bush’s “Special Registration” program that disproportionately targeted Arabs and Muslims.

While Trump may seem like a culture shock to the average, apolitical person, we’ve been living under high levels of uncertainty for quite a while, long before Number 45 came into office. White men, fueled by power, have disenfranchised our youth and workers, defunded our education and public transportation, created barriers against the development of our businesses and livable housing, and have separated our families. We’ve been made immobile physically and economically by policy for years. The difference is that in the past nearly 365 days, things have intensified and accelerated. And the squabbles in Congress and Trump’s inconsistency don’t ease our concerns.

Hundreds of thousands of DREAMers and undocumented folks are dealing with the rollercoaster of reactions to Trump’s statements and tweets. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge William Alsup ruled to block the administration’s plan to end the DACA program, arguing that no action can be taken while the program is being legally disputed.

Bruna Bouhid of United We Dream, the largest immigrant youth-led network in the U.S., responded, “We can’t keep relying on lawsuits and different presidents to come in and upend our lives. I don’t want to go through this anymore. It’s too hard. As a DACA recipient, it’s too much back and forth. You don’t know what your future looks like.”

On the one hand, the ruling gives a glimmer of hope, but undocumented people know the game and know to wait. Time reveals the truth in politicians facing reelection in 2018, and Trump’s cryptic stance(s) this week offer further evidence of how undocumented people’s lives are repeatedly used as bargaining chips.

Back in December, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was criticized for using DREAMers for photo-ops and pandering to the Latinx voter, leaving them with empty promises of work dedicated toward an immigration reform. At the end of 2017, Democrats were not willing to push further the inclusion of a clean DREAM Act in the spending deal. This past week has also seen the end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 200,000 Salvadorans, many of whom have been living and working in the states for at least 20 years.

So what do you do when your life is just part of someone’s political agenda? For some, the answer is to take action (I highly recommend this to allies who have certain securities and privileges that undocumented folks and people who are targeted for their race, ethnicity, sexuality, faith, and nationality do not). To those who, like Bouhid, are tired of their existence being left on a cliffhanger with each episode of Keeping Up With D. Trump, please take a rest. In order to keep you and your love alive, we need you to check in with yourself, find your people for support, and do what you think is best for your body and mind.

Aylen Mercado is a brown, queer, Latinx chingona and Memphian pursuing an Urban Studies and Latin American and Latinx Studies degree at Rhodes College. A native of Argentina, she is researching Latinx identity in the South.

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