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OUR 1496TH ISSUE 10.26.17 “The average American family would get a $4,000 raise under the president’s tax cut plan. So how could any member of Congress be against it?”

That was Sarah Huckabee Sanders, speaking about President Trump’s tax “plan” last week. Trump claimed (falsely, amazingly enough) that his plan would be the “largest tax cut in American history.” Not even close, but who’s even counting the lies these days?

As writer Franklin Leonard smartly pointed out: “If I give 10 apples to one person and no apples to nine people, the average person has one apple. Why are nine people mad at me?”

This is a spot-on analogy for Trump’s approach. The real tax breaks under the plans being put forth by the administration and the GOP will go to the wealthy and corporations. The middle class will get squat, and as a bonus, the plan just passed by the Senate cuts $473 billion from Medicare and nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next 10 years. These cuts will affect 125 million Americans.

Some break, eh?

Factcheck.org analyzed the Senate tax plan and released a report that stated in part: “For the highest earners — those in the top 1 percent and top 0.1 percent — nearly all would see lower taxes. Ninety percent of the top 1 percent — those earning about $900,000 and above in 2027 — would get a tax cut, averaging $234,050.”

Conversely, middle-income households ($50,000 to $90,000 incomes) would receive an average tax break of $660, and, according to Politifact.com, “by 2027, more than one of every four middle-income families would pay more in taxes.”

As has been the case in recent weeks, there was pushback from Tennessee Senator Bob Stephen Corker, who urged the presiFincher dent to quit negotiating before the final budget process begins.

Corker has seldom been a warrior for the middle class, but at least he’s not groveling before Trump. That won’t be the case with the Republicans running to take Corker’s seat in 2018 — Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn and former Congressman Stephen Fincher.

Fincher was in the Flyer offices last week being interviewed by Senior Editor Jackson Baker. He talked a good game: “People want somebody to represent us and not fall into the trap of status quo politics, caring only about the next rung up on the ladder,” Fincher said. “Marsha’s a career politician, a career candidate, used to being on Fox News every night.

I’m just a farmer from Frog Jump.”

That sounds good, but then the Frog Jump farmer added: “I intend to support President Trump. I think his policies are 100 percent spot-on.”

Lord help us. I keep wondering when the American public will begin to see this Tea Party/Trump agenda for what it is — a total capitulation to corporatism and oligarchy. It is not “Christian.” It is not “conservative.” It is not “patriotic.” It is a greed-based perversion of our democracy. And Trump’s divisive, childish, selfabsorbed antics are dividing us more with each passing day.

I posted a column by satirist Andy Borowitz on Facebook the other day. The title was: “Trump Says He Is Only President in History with Courage to Stand Up to War Widows.” Borowitz “quoted” Trump as saying “You look at guys like N E WS & O P I N I O N Obama and Clinton and the Bushes, THE FLY-BY - 4 when it came to war widows, they all NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 blinked. For years, we weren’t winning POLITICS - 8 at widows.”

EDITORIAL - 10 VIEWPOINT - 11 I count it as an indication of how far COVER - “PARANORMAL!” down the Trump rabbit hole we have

BY TOBY SELLS - 12 gone that some people who read this WE RECOMMEND - 16 weren’t sure it was satire. “Is this real?”

MUSIC - 18 one woman wrote.

AFTER DARK - 20 Not yet. But when the president of CALENDAR OF EVENTS - 27 the United States is so mentally fragile ART - 36 that he would attack the pregnant THEATER - 37 widow of a soldier killed in combat BAR REPORT - 38 and call her a liar on Twitter, we’re getFOOD - 40 SPIRITS - 41 ting close.

FILM - 42 One assumes Fincher and Blackburn would approve.

C L AS S I F I E D S - 44 LAST WORD - 47 Bruce VanWyngarden brucev@memphisflyer.com

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Mud Island, Amazon, & a New Plan B Mayor dreams on Mud Island, we give retail giant $15M, council wants statue back-up plan.

October 26-November 1, 2017

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VE R BATI M “I’ll just go into every game with the mentality that it’s a road game, if that’s how it’s going to be.” — Chandler Parsons. The injury-prone, $23 millionper-year Grizzlies forward’s feelings were hurt when he was booed.

N EVE R E N D I N G E LVI S People magazine confirmed that Elvis’ ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, is still a member of the Church of Scientology. Recent reports in U.K. tabloids claimed Presley had left the religion founded by science-fiction author L. Ron Hubbard and no longer believed she was an immortal space alien in human form.

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AQ UAR I U M FO R M U D I S LAN D? A freshwater aquarium might soon be a new attraction at the Mud Island River Park.

Memphis City Council members got a formal presentation last week on Mayor Jim Strickland’s plan to enlarge the current Tourist Development Zone (TDZ). It includes Mud Island, the Cook Convention Center, and the riverfront.

Part of the plan includes the aquarium and the Center for Freshwater Studies, which would allow researchers to develop policies at the aquarium that protect and restore deltas, rivers, and aquifers. Other proposals for Mud Island include a museum, upgraded amphitheater, and a pedestrian land bridge connecting the southern end of the island to the riverfront.

State officials will consider the city’s TDZ proposal in December.

AMA Z O N G ETS $15M TA X B R EAK An Amazon distribution center could bring 600 jobs to Memphis after the city’s economic development agency approved a $15 million tax break for the company.

The company plans to build a $62.9 million facility here to receive, repackage, and store products before going to Amazon fulfillment centers. That 615,440-square-foot facility is planned for a site on Holmes and would be one of nearly 50 centers like it in the country.

Of the 600 jobs, Amazon officials say 25 of those would be management positions, paying an average of $80,000 per year.

The remaining positions would be “Tier 1 Associate” and pay about $29,000 a year.

Amazon officials said they are still considering other cities for the facility.

C O U N C I L WANTS BAC K-U P P LAN If a judge does not allow city officials to remove a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, city council members want a back-up plan.

An administrative judge is slated to review the case next month. Council members approved an ordinance last week that directed Strickland to come up with another plan, should the judge veto the removal.

City council attorney Allan Wade said if the city cannot legally remove the statues, the ordinance provides alternative solutions like shutting down Health Sciences Park or re-purposing the park to memorialize 22 individuals lynched in Shelby County.

B R O O KS LO O KS D OWNTOWN The Brooks Museum of Art board of directors announced last week they were officially interested in moving the museum from Overton Park to a site on the Memphis riverfront.

Museum leaders said they are considering a site at Monroe and Front, now a multi-deck parking garage. The site became an option, they said, after consultants suggested the garage be converted into a “cultural amenity.” The deal is not done as “further discussions” remain about the move.

A message from the museum last week said they were considering the site of “some structured parking” on Front. The Memphis Fire Services Division’s headquarters and Station No. 5 sit adjacent to the parking garage on the south. MFSD director Gina Sweat told council members last week the station and the headquarters need to be moved as it soon could be in a tourist development zone. It’s not yet completely clear if the museum would be built across both lots or just on the garage’s footprint.

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Memphis College of Art closing after 81 years.

The Memphis College of Art’s (MCA) “heartbreaking” decision to close will ripple across Overton Park, already in flux after Brooks Museum of Art leaders said they may leave the park, but park and city leaders say the moves will be “challenging” though may be opportunities.

MCA announced Tuesday it has stopped accepting new students and will close, maybe as early as 2020, after 81 years of operation. The school faces “declining enrollment, overwhelming real estate debt, and no viable long-term plan for financial sustainability,” the statement read.

“This has been a heartbreaking process,” said MCA Interim President Laura Hine.

The school will provide sufficient funding to serve the students who remain. But once those students leave or graduate, the school will close.

The full wind-down period has not yet been determined, but college officials said the school will likely be fully closed by 2020. MCA will immediately begin to dissolve its holdings, real estate, and other assets to pay debts and other liabilities.

The MCA board decision to close the school came from a long process “that eventually determined that an independent, private fine arts and design college is no longer financially sustainable in Memphis,” read

MCA’s Rust Hall in Overton Park

the statement. School leaders cut costs recently, but they weren’t enough “to sustain operations beyond the current academic year without continued significant community support.”

The nonprofit MCA generated revenue of $20.8 million in 2015, according to tax documents. That was up $5 million over 2014 thanks in large part to a $4 million bump in grants and a $1 million bump in tuition and housing fees.

After expenses, the school made $263,575 in 2014.

Thanks to bumps in tuition and grants, the school ended 2015 with $5.3 million.

The announcement comes after Brooks Museum of Art leaders said they are looking to move the museum from its 101-year home in Overton Park, possibly to a site on the Memphis riverfront. Also, city leaders

are planning to move a vehicle maintenance facility from the southeast corner of the park that will free up 16 acres of park land.

Tina Sullivan, executive director of the Overton Park Conservancy (OPC), said her organization’s role will be to provide stability, continuity, and careful planning.

“It’s going to be a challenging few years, but this also presents a new opportunity for Memphians to come together and look at what we need in our historic, flagship, central public space,” Sullivan said.

“We’re focusing on these opportunities and how we can minimize the pain of this loss and turn it into something that benefits us all for the next 100 years.”

In a Tuesday-morning tweet, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said a decision on the future MCA’s Rust Hall, which sits inside the park, will likely be decided around the same time as the Brooks and the vehicle maintenance lot “are likely to be transitioning to other uses.”

He said he and his team will work with OPC and other park partners on a use that “enriches this great park in the core of Memphis.”

“I’m confident that Overton Park will emerge from this transition an even stronger asset to the growing core of our city,” Strickland said.

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Dogs and Ponies

October 26-November 1, 2017

It is still 2017, which means that candidates for election in 2018 see their task as introducing themselves to the electorate and, when gathered together on the same stage with their declared primary opponents, are still making nice with each other, more or less.

Such was the case this past Friday night at a gubernatorial forum arranged for GOP hopefuls during the annual convention of the Tennessee Federation of Republican Women, a weekend affair held at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn. There are six declared Republican candidates to date, and they all sat together in a row on stage, ready to be evaluated by several hundred women from Republican clubs across the state.

Although a few of them may have appeared together on ad hoc occasions before, this was evidently one of the first times they were all assembled en masse, and the semiotics of the affair were such as to put them all — four women and two men — on an artificially equal footing.

In fact, three of the female candidates — 6th District Congressman (she prefers the term) Diane Black, state Senator Mae Beavers, and state House Speaker Beth Harwell — all wore nearly identical shades of red. The fourth, Kay White, a Johnson City activist, wore a duncolored outfit, and that shade of difference, no doubt a happenstance, happened to coincide with her status as an outlier of sorts, with nothing like the name recognition or advance ballyhoo of the others.

The two men — former state Commissioner of Economic Development Randy Boyd and Franklin businessman/farmer Bill Lee — both wore standard blue jackets, though Boyd’s belonged to a suit and Lee’s to an informal outfit that included khaki pants and an opencollared shirt.

Here, too, in a way, medium was message: Boyd, the earliest declared candidate, looked like what he was, a key member of Governor Bill Haslam’s state government, the deviser of Tennessee Promise, Drive to 55, and numerous other Haslam initiatives. Lee, by contrast, sported a

folksier look consistent with his professed persona as a non-politician type, a Cincinnatus ready to put down his plow and come to the aid of the commonwealth.

Interestingly, both men are doing idiosyncratic turns on a venerable Tennessee tradition — the solitary crossTennessee trek, whereby a candidate goes from place to place, starting at one end of the state, usually East Tennessee, meeting and greeting all the way, and ends up with a ceremonial final splash in Memphis. That was the literal finale for then-gubernatorial candidate Lamar Alexander in 1978, who walked his way across Tennessee in a plaid shirt and took a tentative dip in the Mississippi River at the very end.

GOP gubernatorial candidates Lee, in fact, had formally arrived in town only the previous day, via tractor (though he is basically a cattle farmer), concluding a “95-Counties-in-95-Days” pilgrimage begun in Mountain City on the North Carolina border. He got here in time for a Thursday night riverboat ride sponsored for the GOP rank-and-file by the Shelby County Republican Party, then met up with some local folks in Millington on Friday at a pizza cafe.

Boyd, who has been in Memphis a multitude of times already, is theoretically still on his way here. A veteran marathoner, he is about mid-way on a run across the state, doing eight miles a day and then holing up in this or that township, making a point of greeting as many local folks as he can before moving on. He went back to his route after Saturday’s forum, though he is liable to be in town a few more times for fund-raisers and such before he technically concludes his trip.

At this stage, the differences between candidates on issues can largely be divined by reading between the lines.

• Meanwhile, former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, one of two declared Democratic candidates for governor (the other is state House minority leader Craig Fitzhugh of Ripley) turned up at a well-attended district meeting of the Shelby County Democratic Party in Collierville, touting three issues in a brief speech: education, jobs, and health care.

Unlike the Republicans, who tended to talk up their opposition to Common Core, Dean emphasized a need to raise teachers’ salaries. And he won tumultuous applause with a promise to pursue Medicaid expansion, something no GOP candidate is likely to entertain.

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On Friday night, all were professed conservatives (as, indeed, all Republicans describe themselves, even the few bona fide moderates in today’s right-tilting GOP), all are four-square for traditional values, all are budget hawks, all want government to create a climate propitious for business.

The most zealous partisans seemed to be Black, who began her political career as a state legislator opposed to TennCare; Beavers, a self-styled “Christian constitutional conservative” with low tolerance for taxes or diversity on social issues, and White, a veteran Tea Partier and former Trump campaign official (who, paradoxically, had kind words for Democratic icons JFK and Harry Truman).

The closest thing to a one-on-one clash was Black’s questioning of optimistic Tennessee employment figures immediately after Boyd had enumerated them, though she did not call him out by name.

The forum was what cynics might call a dog-and-pony show, in that there was more show than substance, though there were ample opportunities for seasoned members of the audience to let their imaginations do some divining.

The GOP gubernatorial primary will be a hard-fought affair, with several of the candidates able to boast both personal wealth and significant financial support, and the eventual nominee will no doubt win by a plurality, probably a narrow one. In such circumstances, major disagreements are inevitable, and the polite relations of Friday night almost certainly will be just a memory.

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Senators from Tennessee — Bob Corker, whom circumstances have induced to itemize out loud the ways in which this president menaces the country, and Lamar Alexander, who has seen his bipartisan efforts to maintain the premium supports for the ACA undermined by Trump.

So we do not grieve over the president’s inability to achieve legislative results in tandem with Congress. The rude truth is that, like all tyrant types, he does enough harm on his own.

Bernal Smith As members of the Memphis community — and the journalistic calling — we mourn the unexpected and untimely passing this weekend of Bernal Smith, the innovative and public-spirited publisher of The Tri-State Defender.

During the four years of his stewardship, Rhodes graduate Smith advanced the long tradition of the Defender as an outlet for the aspirations of Memphis’ African-American population, made it a beacon as well for the entire local community, and all the while he was making the paper a fully independent local publication for the first time.

Beyond all that, Smith was a capital fellow, a genuinely companionable and compassionate friend, a consistent pleasure to be around for all who encountered him. His trajectory was toward ever more productive relationships and achievements. That he died in his prime is to be regretted and mourned.

That he lived among us and left an important legacy behind is a memory for which we remain thankful.

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failed to deliver on his legislative agenda — the idea being that is a seriously unfortunate mischance for the nation.

Really? We can barely restrain ourselves from having a celebration and leading a march down Mid-America Mall. Trump’s “agenda,” to dignify the whimsically erratic and ever-changing stream-ofconsciousness that seems to guide him, is, so far as we can tell, a toxic and dangerous stew of things that augur no good for the nation. If only the protestation of the pundits, that the president can’t get anything done, were true! The fact is — and this definitely cools our joy — that Trump has been able to make some momentous changes by abundant use of the kind of independent presidential directive that he used to condemn when President Obama employed the strategy.

Obama issued his directives — on behalf of DACA (the Dream Act for Childhood Arrivals), for example — in order to advance overdue action when Republican-imposed gridlock had stymied it. Trump uses the device to achieve ends that have never even been taken through an established congressional process. To name just a few: Trump has struck down DACA, eliminated vital environmental safeguards, endangered an important international agreement restricting nuclear activity in Iran, and, most recently, withheld prime-the-pump funding from insurance companies participating in the Affordable Care Act. And Trump is at war not only with congressional Democrats but with responsible members of his own Republican Party. Just ask the two GOP

VIEWPOINT By Joe Hayden

Our Confederate Past Statues aren’t history. They’re statements about history. ians cull their collections all the time. So although his argument may at first sound persuasive, the analogy is wrong. Monuments aren’t books. They’re brands, publicly endorsed and often supported. They enjoy a prominence not easily escaped and a validation not easily denied.

It’s easy to show equanimity or insouciance when you’re not a member of a group that’s been terrorized. It’s easy to say, even with the best of intentions, that monuments to villains are a way to remind us of where we’ve been and how far we’ve come, and “wouldn’t it be splendid if we just used them as a history lesson.”

Yet no one would expect Jews to tolerate a statue of Joseph Mengele in a nearby park.

Or Catholics to put up with a statue of Queen Elizabeth.

It’s true that almost all historical figures have their detractors, but why preserve monuments to people who actively tried to vanquish whole groups?

Why salute individuals with murderous or genocidal reputations?

There are alternatives. Plenty of Americans — North and South, black and white — brought us together. Pay tribute to them.

In the meantime, pack up these old Confederate statues and put them in museums. They don’t deserve to adorn city spaces in the 21st century. Not only do they fail to represent all of us, but these vestiges of apartheid are opposed to and stand as a painful affront to many of us.

They may be a “heritage” in the sense that they have been passed down from ancestors, but some things we inherit turn out to be oddities we’d rather keep in the attic than hang in the dining room.

It works the other way, too. Some things we once celebrated, such as the Forrest statue, obscure ugly truths. As historian Jacquelyn Dowd Hall has written, “Remembrance is always a form of forgetting.” It is a means of coping, too, of trying to make peace with the past and with oneself. That’s the reason we create heroes, memorialize them, and sometimes scorn and eventually replace them.

Ghosts don’t haunt us, it turns out. We haunt them.

Joe Hayden is a historian and a professor of journalism at the University of Memphis.

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Why preserve monuments to people who actively tried to vanquish whole groups?

Why salute individuals with murderous or genocidal reputations?

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Yes, that’s “Confederates in the attic” you’re hearing now, but it’s the living who are rattling their chains, a ruckus caused by our lack of understanding of the past. Like many Southern cities, Memphis is wrestling with ghosts these days.

One of ours is Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, whose bronze likeness sits atop a horse in Health Sciences Park. Calls to remove the statue have sparked controversy, but they shouldn’t.

Defenders of the site today seem to have forgotten who Forrest was, why the tribute was put there in the first place, and even the purpose of monuments generally.

According to historian Charles Royster, Forrest “was a minor player in some major battles and a major player in minor battles.” But he was also responsible for the massacre of black soldiers at Fort Pillow, an atrocity that drew widespread condemnation all across the country.

Before the war, Forrest trafficked in slaves and acquired a “notorious” reputation even within his home state, and he helped found the Ku Klux Klan, the nation’s oldest continuing terrorist organization.

His memorial was completed in 1905, a time when the South was reclaiming its connection to the Lost Cause and trying to rehabilitate its military leaders, and doing so while redoubling efforts to subjugate African Americans through segregation, discrimination, and violence.

The two things were closely connected.

After all, this was the heyday of lynching.

Yet those defending Confederate statues seem keen to ignore or minimize that part of the past.

Many people refer to these artworks themselves as history. But they’re really statements about history. And sometimes we get these salutes wrong or change our minds or rethink what we once thought.

Sometimes we learn things about the individuals commemorated in these tributes that make them embarrassing or worse.

But if you insist otherwise, follow your own logic: If erecting a statue is history, then so is removing it.

Would you have told the Hungarians not to remove the statue of Joseph Stalin in 1956? Were they erasing history?

Whitewashing the past? Hardly. The people who launched the uprising that fall were attempting to overthrow a Soviet puppet regime that oppressed them, and having to stare at the symbol of that oppression was an insult too great and grievous to bear.

A colleague of mine recently compared monuments to books in a library — some good, some not, but would you really want even the disreputable ones taken off the shelf, he asked? Actually, yes. Librar-

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FOR SOME FOLKS, HALLOWEEN NEVER ENDS.

October 26-November 1, 2017

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ig ribs ceremonially dusted with sacred herbs crackle over pit fires.

Reality’s thin veil is pushed aside with the help of magical craft-brewed medicine from local potion-makers.

Thousands of merry-makers, dressed in motley, scary, funny, clever, (and sexy) garb, cavort and caper to modern melodies built on the hymns of their forefathers.

It must be Halloween in Memphis.

The city has an easy, natural magic and its share of heartache and disaster. Mix it together, and that’s a Memphis Halloween.

We eat and drink and dance and party to savor the moment, before the real traditional holiday seasons begin.

But if you look a little deeper into the shadows, beyond Halloween’s traditional pagan revelry, Memphis has a witches’ brew of paranormal and supernatural activity.

“Just on Main Street, you could do a whole ghost show,” says Stephen Guenther, ghost hunter and owner of the local tour company, Historical Haunts of Memphis.

If you’ve mingled with the living on South Main, you’ve mingled with the spirit world there, too, Guenther says, quickly naming three spooky stories from the street. (More on those later.)

“So, is Memphis haunted?” he asks, rhetorically. “Yeah, I think so.”

If you’ve been here long enough, you know about Mary at the Orpheum Theatre or Annie at Rhodes College’s McCoy Theatre. You may have heard about the Lady in the Lake at Overton Park or the haunted jukebox at Earnestine & Hazel’s. Or you may believe Elvis never left Graceland.

For most, these are fun fall yarns, a seasonal delight like a pumpkin spice latte.

For others, stories of the unexplained aren’t stored away each year like an inflatable yard pumpkin. They’re out every day, handy and accessible, like a remote control in the living room.

Meet a few of the locals keeping their fingers on the paranormal pulse of Memphis.

THE WITCHES OF SOUTH MAIN Reverend Emily Guenther blesses a pet and 12 then readies herself to officiate a wedding — typical Memphis church duties.

(from left to right) Rev. Emily Guenther, Rev. Sarah Osborne, Isabella Osborne Incense smolders somewhere out of sight, scenting the air with notes of sweet and spice. Candles, gemstones, clear jars of herbs, stoppered bottles of oils, amulets, spell kits, skulls, and tarot cards line the shelves along the walls.

But this isn’t Guenther’s church. It’s her store, The Broom Closet on South Main, home to “readings, metaphysical supplies, and workshops.” Guenther and others who believe as she does take the candles, spell kits, oils, and the rest to church, to worship. Guenther’s church is in the store’s basement, where I’m told other witches await.

Guenther leads me across the store’s perfectly creaky floor and down a set of perfectly creaky steps. As I turn into the space, I remember I’ve been here before.

It was a stop on a ghost tour by Stephen Guenther, Emily’s husband.

The last time I saw it, the space was dark, rigged with high-tech ghost-hunting gear, and a sepia-toned photo of a well-groomed man on a table. That space, I was told then, was the scene of grisly murder long ago, and the man in the photo was the victim, a Memphis cop whose spirit never left.

But on this visit, the space glows serenely. Soothing art hangs on the wall. An altar, appointed with an animal skin, jewels, candles, herbs, and small bowls of incense, has replaced the stark table and the dead man’s photograph.

I feel a tingle of dread. My wiccan “education” comes from Wikipedia University. I was after spooky stories for a Halloween story, but this was religion and I couldn’t respectfully call it “paranormal,” could I? My advantage lay in my vast pool of ignorance and my willingness to show it.

“Are y’all witches?” I ask.

“I’m a witch,” Emily Guenther says plainly, quickly.

Reverend Sarah Osborne nods, adding, “I would claim that term.”

Relieved and buoyed by the responses, I remember what Stephen Guenther told me when we talked about doing this story.

“It’s Halloween,” he said. “People want to know what the witches are doing.”

Sarah Osborne and the Guenthers are leaders of the Fellowship of Avalon, a wiccan Aquarian Tabernacle Church based in Memphis. The church was officially organized last year, when Osborne and the Guenthers became ordained clergy, but the group has been meeting for three years.

On a good day, 25 to 30 people will attend church services, mainly held on weekends.

“The important thing to know about what we do is that we celebrate our interconnection with the world, with all living things,” Osborne says. “We celebrate the seasons and the cycles of the year. That’s why our holidays fall on holidays, and on full moons, because we’re honoring our place that falls within nature.”

Paganism is the usual umbrella term for their belief system and their church, Guenther says. But much of the Fellowship of Avalon sounds, well, pretty normal.

Then, I ask about Halloween. To wiccans, it’s Samhain (and it’s pronounced SAH-win, not SAM-hane, as I did). That’s when things (for the uninitiated, perhaps) take a turn for the paranormal.

“It is the time of the year that we believe the veil between our world and spirit is at one of its thinnest points,” she explains. “We feel that this is a time when we can more easily communicate with our deceased loved ones.”

So, it’s a good time of year for divination, like mediumship, seances, tarot readings, and rune readings. Rituals honor ancestors, Osborne says, and their connections to them, adding, “Our past influences our future.”

Most people would put those beliefs squarely in the “paranormal” column, I suggest.

“Doing any sort of divination and asking for guidance, trying to communicate with loved ones, or showing them honor, doing magic, it’s essentially just working with energy, which is a very tangible thing,” Guenther explains. “So, it does and could be lumped into the paranormal, but we don’t necessarily see it that way ourselves.”

Samhain, or Halloween, is one of eight major holidays on the wiccan calendar, Guenther says, but it looms large because wicca is more accepted this time of year.

“Coming out and saying you’re a witch or saying you’re going to a wiccan circle or a wiccan ritual or something along that line is much more acceptable at this time of year than it will be in March,” Guenther says.

Osborne agrees. “It’s when we can go out in public wearing the stuff we don’t necessarily wear out in public the rest of the year.”

Eric C. (left) and Carla Worth, paranormal night owls, are hosts of “Talk Spook” on The OAM Network. that featured FBI Agent Fox Mulder, the paranormal believer, and Agent Dana Scully, the scientific skeptic. It’s clear that for “Talk Spook,” Worth is Mulder and C. is Scully.

C. studied chemistry and works IT for Columbia University. He likes collecting information, he says, solving problems, and claims to be “the more scientist-y” of the pair.

“I’d like to believe,” C. says, in a sly nod to Mulder’s famous office poster.

“All of these collective stories maybe say something bigger about people and humanity and our need to explain some things. Yeah, maybe there is some stuff to it. Spooky stuff is cool. Some of our spooky stuff is real.”

While ghosts and demons peppered Worth’s Catholic upbringing, her true paranormal baptism was more terrifying.

Seven years ago, she says, she and her husband, Gil, lived in a haunted house in High Point Terrace.

“We sound crazy!” Worth exclaims, as she begins to tell one of her many ghost stories. “But we’re not crazy! At all!”

She says whispery voices talked about her on the other side of the shower curtain.

Something watched them from mirrors.

Scratching and growling sounds filled the bedroom as they tried to sleep.

Things broke. Once, Worth says, she was attacked as she sat on her couch.

“It was bouncing me around to the point where Gil took me to the emergency room,” Worth said. “They thought I was either epileptic or I was having a seizure or a psychotic breakdown. There were a lot of options there.”

She told her doctor about the physical symptoms (not any of the ghost stuff) and was told, “it sounds like you live in one of those Paranormal Activity movies.”

“What did they prescribe you for that?” C. asks. “No Ghost-O Bismal?”

“Oh, my god,” Worth says. “You are tired.”

The last straw for the High Point Terrace house was a Barbie “I Can Be Anything” Pet Vet doll. It came with a kitten that would say, “meow, meow, meow” when it “birthed” kittens. One day, while playing with the doll, Worth’s daughter asked, “Mommy, do you hear that?”

Worth says at first she heard nothing …

“Then,” she says, “I hear — not from the toy but from some other voice in the room — ‘ME-yow, ME-yow, ME-yow’ in a gravelly, devilish voice!” Worth says she and her daughter bolted from the house. They moved soon after.

Worth says she’s had several other paranormal experiences. During a ghost hunt at the U.S. Marine Hospital in the French Fort, she says a recorder she left behind in the basement picked up a typewriter clacking … in a morgue, all by itself. Before the Crosstown Concourse renovations began, Worth says she got an electronic voice phenomena (EVP) telling her group to “GET OUT!” C. says he likes the storytelling aspect of “Talk Spook.” At a recent Spillit storytelling event, he shared his personal paranormal story about a chupacabra. He declines to elaborate on this evening, however. As for the paranormal in general?

He says, “I like to hear about weird shit.”

Worth’s faith in the reality of the paranormal is ironclad, however, especially given her High Point Terrace experience. She says she called a radio psychic about that experience and was told that her house was indeed haunted, and the psychic added, “They

CROSSTOWN’S FOX AND MULDER As most people are settling in for the night around Crosstown Concourse, Carla Worth and Eric C. are just getting started. Call them paranormal night owls.

They cover their ears in large, studio headphones. “C.” rubs red, tired eyes. Worth pops a beer, jokes with the sound engineer, and tries to go over the show notes with C. He says the lone letter is the last name he’s going by these days.

With some basic mic checks and an informal nod, the “Talk Spook” podcast is up and running. The show is part of The OAM Network, the Memphisbased podcast network. It’s a recent re-brand and re-launch from Worth’s previous show, “901 Paranormal,” which focused specifically on Memphis ghosts. But Worth ran into a supply problem.

“There aren’t any more ghosts in Memphis,” she says. “So, we needed to change the name and come up with something broader.”

“Talk Spook” now covers almost anything spooky, weird, or unsettling. Aliens, Bigfoot, conspiracies, and more get seats at the show’s table.

Worth and C. bonded over their love of The X-Files, the 1990s television hit

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WORTH SAYS SHE CALLED A RADIO PSYCHIC AND WAS TOLD HER HOUSE WAS INDEED HAUNTED.

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THE MAYOR OF SPOOKY MEMPHIS Nothing about Stephen Guenther outside tells you how ghosty he is on the inside. Well, unless he’s wearing his trademark T-shirt that reads: “Keep Calm and Haunt On.” He’s affable, with an easy smile and a friendly voice. In the daylight hours, tourists feel comfortable asking him for directions to a good place to eat. But he thrives in the nighttime hours, when spiritual tourists ask him directions to the other side.

Guenther didn’t plan to own a ghost tour company. He says he was just good at hunting ghosts and then decided to go pro.

“I’d be talking to someone [about ghost investigations] over beers or whatever, and they’d ask, ‘can I go?’” Guenther recalls. Historical Haunts of Memphis started after he’d heard that question a few times.

The company runs three to six tours every weekend. One tour visits the French Fort, the riverfront, downtown, and Victorian Village. Another, Spirits with Spirits, crawls through the pubs of South Main on Friday nights. His company also does guided ghost investigations at the Woodruff-Fontaine House and Maley Manor, a former funeral home in Covington that’s been converted into a bed and breakfast.

Guenther’s paranormal wellspring was the spooky stories he heard told around Boy Scout campfires. He sought out books about vampires, werewolves, or ghosts. He loved In Search Of, the 1970s television show hosted by Leonard Nimoy.

But he says his grandmother’s death is what plunged him headlong into the unseen world for good.

“I was kind of leaning over her when she passed,” he says, “and I’m certain that I felt a little wisp of air, her spirit, leaving her body. Ever since then, I wanted to know if we could make contact [with the dead]. Could I tell my son that, hey, we’re good? Dad’s okay. He’s watching over you.”

For Guenther, ghosts are science. He cites the first law of thermodynamics, or the conservation of energy, which says that energy in a closed system cannot be created or destroyed.

He wonders aloud if the law extended to “the energy that makes us who we are.”

SPOOKY MEMPHIS: THE TOP FIVE 5. Rhodes College: Generations of students in McCoy Theatre have seen fleeting

images in mirrors and heard unaccountable noises when the building was supposed to be empty. The urban legend says a girl named “Annie” hung herself in the building, a former sorority house, when she didn’t get a bid to Zeta Tau Alpha. Theater students “invite” Annie to the shows to bring good luck.

4. Elvis at Graceland: If Elvis isn’t dead, why do so many report seeing his ghost at Graceland? They do, lots of them. YouTube it. The videos are weird, obscure, and/or plain-old hoaxes.

3. Woodruff-Fontaine House: Some visitors smell perfume or tobacco. Some even see the imprint of Mollie Fontaine sitting on her bed. Just looking at the beautiful Victorian Village gem, you know it’s haunted.

2. Earnestine & Hazel’s: Bartender Karen Brownlee knows the “ragged but right” South Main dive is haunted. She’s said the piano upstairs will play on its own. Orbs appear in photographs. And the jukebox seems to have a clear mind of its own.

1. Orpheum Theatre: No doubt the most famous ghost in Memphis is the Orpehum’s “Mary.” The story says the young girl died in an accident in front of the site in 1921, and her spirit never left. Actors and visitors have claimed to see Mary, in her white dress, in the balcony in seat C5.

A FEW HALLOWEEN EVENTS ...

Frightgarten: Railgarten hosts a night of “scary good tunes,” featuring Dead Soldiers, Star & Micey, and more. A blacklight dance party in the ping pong bar and “ghoulish games and tournaments.” Saturday, Oct. 28th. Starts at 4:20 p.m.

Spirits With the Spirits: Elmwood Cemetery’s annual “party for eternity. “Food and frivolity. Music and mystery. This is the party to die for.” Friday, Oct. 27th.

Tickets at emlwoodcemetery.org Day of the Dead Celebration: Agavos hosts its first Halloween party with contests for Catrinas and costumes, specials, and a DJ until 2 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 28th.

Stranger Things Upside Get Down: Rec Room goes ’80s with tunes from BetaMax, and Stranger Things on six huge screens. There’s a costume contest, midnight breakfast buffet, and the seasonal debuts of Wisacre’s Starless. Saturday, Oct. 28th.

Halloween Bash: Young Avenue Deli has a costume contest with “kick ass prizes” plus “free stuff for showing up.” Music by Chinese Connection Dub Embassy. $10 cover. Friday, Oct. 27th. The Deli hosts “Trick or Treat” on Halloween night (Tuesday, Oct. 31st) with music by River City Camaro Club.

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Believing that it does and that electricity runs human bodies, his ghost investigations utilize numerous electronic devices to help hunters find spirits in the dark.

Electromagnetic field meters reveal spikes of electricity — sometimes where nobody (and no body) stands. Thermal cameras show heat and possible ghostly energy “hot spots.”

Guenther also uses electronic devices to communicate with spirits.

He’ll ask questions and they can respond by turning lights on and off. White noise machines, called “spirit boxes” in the ghost trade, create electric environments that spirits can speak through, answering more open-ended questions.

Electronic voice recorders are always on during investigations. Guenther says the recordings can pick up EVPs — words or phrases unheard by the investigators during the investigation.

“We were doing a session [at the Mollie Fontaine Lounge] one night and someone was making a joke,” Guenther says. “They said, ‘I want to make a deal with the ghost.’ Right after that, a very clear voice says, ‘I’m still alive.’” “[It was] very clear. That’s what they call a Class-A EVP. If I played it for you, you could hear it and we’d all agree that that’s what it says — this whispered voice.”

Guenther’s home base is The Broom Closet, he and Emily’s metaphysical supply shop on South Main, next door to The Book Juggler. He knows all the nearby ghosts on that end of South Main.

“You can leave here and stop at The Arcade and they’ll tell you ghost stories firsthand,” Guenther says. “You can go down to The Vault, the old Double J building, and they’ll tell you things that have happened there. Then, you go to Earnestine & Hazel’s and you know the stories there. So, it’s not me saying it. You can go to these owners and they’ll tell you.”

The Arcade’s founder, Speros Zepatos, still “shows up,” Guenther says. And The Green Beetle owner wonders if his grandfather is still in the building.

“You can walk from here to North Main and talk to folks in their own buildings and hear their stories,” Guenther says. “Then, you can go to Victorian Village, Hunt Phelan, and tons of other places. But, just on Main, you could do a whole ghost show.”

Complete interviews conducted for this story and a podcast filled with scary Memphis stories will be posted at memphisflyer.com.

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We Recommend: Culture, News + Reviews

By Chris Davis

“The French have a word for it,” or so the original theatrical trailer for An American in Paris claimed.

According to the French (by way of MGM’s marketing department), the cinema had found “a bright new mood” in this story of a former U.S. soldier, a mysterious Parisian girl, and the City of Light.

“There’s a new sort of thrill to be felt,” the trailer trumpeted, introducing the romantic comedy’s superstar song-and-dance man Gene Kelly, French singer Georges Guetary, and actress/dancer Leslie Caron who’s described as “an exciting girl, like a sunbeam.” Audiences were promised “new and exciting beauty,” in addition to “new enchantment” and “the greatest dance entertainment ever projected on the screen.” That’s a lot to live up to, and Vincente Minnelli’s delivered, picking up a 1951 Academy Award for Best Picture. Sixty-four years later, in 2015, the George Gershwin-inspired classic was reimagined for the stage and Joffrey Ballet alum Allison Walsh (who’ll be playing Lise Bouvier when An American in Paris docks at The Orpheum) was part of the challenging adaptation process, from first readings and workshops to opening night in Paris.

“I know every aspect of this show — maybe too much,” says Walsh, a former dance captain, ensemble member, and the original understudy for Lise.

Walsh explains that MGM wanted to distance their technicolor musical from the still-recent trauma of war. The stage adaptation opens in the immediate aftermath of WWII, setting a completely different tone.

“We see the Nazi flag being torn down and turned into the French flag,” Walsh says. “This changes the story. Now it’s about young people finding themselves in a whole new world after everything they’ve been through.”

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THURSDAY October 26

FRIDAY October 27

Shakespeare’s Women: A Celebration of Women in Shakespeare McCoy Theatre, Rhodes College, 8 p.m.

Scenes and soliloquies from the daughters, sisters, warriors, wits, and bawds of Shakespeare.

Booksigning by Valentine Leonard Burke’s Book Store, 5:30 p.m.

Valentine Leonard signs her new novel Even the Breath in which children’s breath is harvested.

Artist’s Talk: Alexandra Carter Blount Auditorium, Rhodes College, 6 p.m.

Talk held in conjunction with “In Conversation: Celebrating 100 Years of Women at Rhodes College,” a group show, opening tomorrow at Clough-Hanson. The show features works by alumni and faculty and marks the 100th anniversary of the admittance of women at the college.

Memphis Music Hall of Fame Induction Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m., $50-$100 This year’s class includes the Memphis Horns, Roy Orbison, Irvin Salky, Cassietta George, “Cowboy” Jack Clement, Maurice White, and Frank Stokes.

Spirits with the Spirits Elmwood Cemetery, 7 p.m., $70-$125 Annual party with tarot card readings, wagon rides, a silent auction, music, and more.

RiverArtsFest South Main Historic Arts District, 6-10 p.m.

Juried art festival with live music, demos, and more. Through Sunday.

Haunted Happenings Woodruff-Fontaine House, 6-10 p.m., $10-$25 The mansion will be darkened during this tour, and there will be turnof-the-century Halloween treats.

Booksigning by John R. Stevenson V South Main Book Juggler, 6-9 p.m.

John Stevenson signs his photographic history of Libertyland, Images of Modern America: Libertyland.

Friends of the Library Book Sale Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Sale of hardback and paperback books, CDS, DVDs, records, and more. Below $2!

Day of the Dead Fiesta Columns at One Commerce Square, 7-11:30 p.m., $50-$100 Latin music, sugar skull facepainting, paper flower making, and more during this party benefiting Latino Memphis.

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By Chris Davis

Pressed to name heroes of the Memphis sound, even the least committed music fans can probably rattle off a handful. Elvis and B.B. King are obvious enough. Maybe you’ll get Isaac Hayes or Big Star. But there’s at least one name you’ll almost never hear unless you’re talking to serious listeners: bandleader and multi-instrumentalist, Jimmie Lunceford. That’s something local musician and Lunceford enthusiast Ron Herd II has been working to change by creating events honoring Lunceford who — in addition his notable career as a touring musician — started a music class for Manassas High School that formed the template for the Memphis city school’s band program. This year, Herd’s organized his largest Lunceford tribute yet with a week’s worth of events including films, panel discussions, art shows, and concerts.

Lunceford was a bandleader’s bandleader. From the end of the 1920s through the swing era, he built dramatic jazz compositions for a band that was known for top-shelf showmanship in addition to its considerable musical chops. You can see clips of Lunceford in action in the 1941 crime drama Blues in the Night, which screens Thursday, October 26th at 6 p.m. at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music.

The celebration continues Saturday, October 28th at noon with a panel discussion at the Cossitt Public Library: Jimmie Lunceford and the Future of the Memphis Sound. A tribute finale is scheduled for Sunday, October 29th, 4-7 p.m. at Brinson’s Downtown Chicken Lounge.

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Harry Potter Scavenger Hunt Pink Palace Museum, 2-4 p.m., $15 Harry’s things have been hidden around the museum. Find them all and then stay for the screening of Deathly Hallows: Part 2 at 4 p.m.

Doggieboolooza First Congregational Church, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Dog-centric event with a photo booth, pumpkin decorating, music, vendors, games, and more.

Booksigning by Laura Cunningham Barnes & Noble Wolfchase, 3 p.m.

Laura Cunningham signs her book Haunted Memphis featuring ghost stories and scary history.

Flick-or-Treat Memphis Botanic Garden, 7 p.m., $10 Screenings of The Great Pumpkin and Hocus Pocus. There will be pre-show activities for the kids, plus kettle corn and adult spirits.

Rockhaven 2017 Bankplus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove, 2 p.m., $20 Concert with Bret Michaels, Tora Tora, Roxy Blue, Every Mother’s Nightmare, and Under the Radar.

Jack Hanna Gold Strike Casino, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., $10-$20 Show featuring longtime Tonight Show favorite Jack Hanna, along with his furry and not-so-furry animal friends.

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Music Cities Memphis Global convention brings diverse conference to Memphis.

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his week, people will gather in Memphis to talk about music. Sure, that’s hardly news. But this week, Memphis hosts an international conference featuring leading musicand business-savvy minds from as far away as the U.K. and Estonia — and even Tennessee’s other Music City, Nashville — for a symposium on creating strategies to promote music as an engine of growth.

The Music Cities Convention has brought music industry professionals to several cities to discuss how music impacts their identities and economies — and how to help it flourish. This time around, it’s Memphis.

“It’s funny, phones from America can’t call outside the U.S.,” Music Cities Convention (MCC) organizer Shain Shapiro commented when he called me to talk about the conference’s sixth iteration. Shapiro is the managing director of Sound Diplomacy, a Londonbased development agency that helps clients tweak their music strategy and policy, and the conference organizer for Music Cities.

“I’m a nerd,” Shapiro says, so he found himself interested in things like global connections, building codes, noise curfews, and how music makers and

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cities could strengthen a symbiotic relationship to bring more profit to both parties. “It wasn’t planned,” Shapiro says of the path that led him to be the creator of an altogether different music conference.

MCC gathers organizers, performers, legal authorities, and cultural ambassadors to discuss the roles music plays in the life of a city. Because promoters or songwriters don’t often ponder noise curfews or the economics of entertainment, there’s a need for parties with different perspectives to view the big picture. And that’s where MCC comes in.

Talks will include “Smart Music Cities: Data Driven to Support Artists,” “Every City Needs a Music Strategy,” and “Time for the Cities: Let Music ‘Take You There’,” a panel asking “How can property developers and the creative industries work more cohesively?”

Planners who have re-made their cities as music destinations, from Tallinn, Estonia, to Chengdu, China, will offer their success stories. Memphis’ own talents will also contribute, from singer/promoter Tonya Dyson, who helped develop the Memphis Slim Collaboratory, to Lawrence Matthews (aka Don Lifted), who pioneered genre-breaking performances in nontraditional venues. Deron Hall of the

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When asked what drew MCC to Memphis, Shapiro says that it was important to him to bring attention to cities that aren’t necessarily giant culture centers like New York or L.A., yet are positioned to benefit from the convention’s ideas.

Another factor, he notes, was the persistence of Music Export Memphis (MEM), a local nonprofit responsible for the successful Memphis Picnic concerts held at South By Southwest and Americana Fest.

MEM founder Elizabeth Cawein hopes the international attention will bring more Memphians into the conversation. She says diverse perspectives can help a city juggle the many strategies for bringing music front and center. “It’s difficult to see [just] one next step,” Cawein says. “There are so many things already in motion.

So many strategies that work somewhere else might, with a little experimentation, work here.”

Memphis Music Cities Convention Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 25th from 6-9 p.m. at the Stax Museum and the Memphis Slim Collaboratory.

Main Convention: Thursday, October 26th at 9:15 a.m. at Halloran Centre.

Roundtable Sessions: Friday, October 27th at 10 a.m. at the Visible Music College.

Visit www.musiccitiesconvention.com for more information.

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Memphis Arts Engine and Darren Isom of the Memphis Music Initiative will also contribute.

Other speakers include far-flung performers, academics, activists, and attorneys who know how to capitalize on the musical life of a city: Igor Lozada, the head of culture for the city of Guadalajara, Mexico; Australia’s Emily Barker, whose most recent album was recorded at Sam Phillips Recording Service; Justine Avila, executive director of Nashville’s Music City Music Council; and Shawn King, Colorado’s “Music Ambassador” (and drummer and trumpeter for the indiefolk band Devotchka).

The global perspective of the conference has contributed to its success.

Its 2015 debut sold out in Brighton, England. Then in October of that same year, Music Cities made landfall in Washington, D.C. It returned to Brighton in 2016, and the most recent convention was held in Berlin, earlier this year. This week’s Memphis Music Cities Convention will mark the conference’s second hosting in the U.S.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule October 26 - November 1 Blues City Cafe 138 BEALE 526-3637

Beale Street 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, 5:30 p.m.; B.B. King’s All Stars Thursdays, Fridays, 8 p.m.; Will Tucker Band Fridays, Saturdays, 5 p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Sundays, 5 p.m.; Memphis Jones Sundays, Wednesdays 5:30 p.m.; Doc Fangaz and the Remedy Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m.

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

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

Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, 5 p.m. and Saturdays, 5:30 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Thursdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Saturdays, 12:30 p.m., and Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.

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Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

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

Memphis 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; Chris McDaniel Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Club 152

King’s Palace Cafe Patio

Silky O’Sullivan’s

152 BEALE 544-7011

162 BEALE 521-1851

183 BEALE 522-9596

Live Music WednesdaysSundays, 7-11 p.m.; Live DJ Wednesdays-Sundays, 11 p.m.; Third Floor: DJ Tubbz Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Handy Bar 200 BEALE 527-2687

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

Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE 529-0007

Adam Levin Thursday, Oct. 26, 7-10 p.m.; Pinvasion Festival Friday, Oct. 27, 5-9 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 28, 5-9 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Friday, Oct. 27, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Matthew Davidson Band Saturday, Oct. 28, 8-11 p.m.; Travis Bowlin Duo Sunday, Oct. 29, 7-10 p.m.

Itta Bena 145 BEALE 578-3031

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

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

Chris Gales Solo Acoustic Show Mondays-Saturdays, noon-4

King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE 521-1851

Sonny Mack Mondays-Fridays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Mondays, Thursdays, 7-11 p.m., and Saturdays, Sundays, 2-6 p.m.; Sensation Band Tuesdays, Fridays, 7-11 p.m.; Fuzzy and the Kings of Memphis Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.; Chic Jones and the Blues Express Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; North and South Band Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.

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.

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room

119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435

168 BEALE 576-2220

Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

New Daisy Theatre 330 BEALE 525-8981

Highly Suspect Thursday, Oct. 26, 7 p.m.; Daley Friday, Oct. 27, 8 p.m.; Crystal Method Saturday, Oct. 28, 10 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe 182 BEALE 528-0150

Young Petty Thieves Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Eric Hughes Band Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Gracie Curran Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight; Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Earnestine & Hazel’s 531 S. MAIN 523-9754

Amber Rae Dunn Hosts: Earnestine & Hazel’s Open Mic Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

The Rusty Pieces Thursday, Oct. 26, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.; DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium

St. Peter Catholic Church

130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

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

The Halloran Centre 225 S. MAIN 529-4299

Music Cities Convention Thursday, Oct. 26.

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Blind Bear Speakeasy Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.

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

Inna Gorilla Sunday, Oct. 29, 8:30 p.m.-midnight; Scott Thompson’s Dog-Horse Rescue Animals Sunday, Oct. 29, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Paulette’s RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300

Live Pianist Thursdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 5:309 p.m., Sundays, 11 a.m.2 p.m., and MondaysWednesdays, 5:30-8 p.m.

Rachmaninoff ’s Paganini Rhapsody Saturday, Oct. 28, 7:30-9:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 29, 2:30-4:30 p.m.; An Evening with Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt Sunday, Oct. 29, 6:30 p.m.

Purple Haze Nightclub

Dirty Crow Inn

303 S. MAIN 523-0020

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Nancy Apple Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Bobbie Stacks & Her Assets Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.; Bobbie & Tasha Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

140 LT. GEORGE W. LEE 577-1139

190 ADAMS 527-8282

The Memphis Chamber Choir Sunday, Oct. 29, 3 p.m.

South Main Ghost River Brewing 827 S. MAIN 278-0087

Sunday Evening with St. John Sunday, Oct. 29, 5-7:30 p.m.

Loflin Yard 7 W. CAROLINA

Electric Church Sundays, 2-4 p.m.

South Main Historic Arts District DOWNTOWN

RiverArtsFest Friday, Oct. 27, 6-10 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 28, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

South Main Sounds 550 S. MAIN 494-6543

Camille Rae, JB Whalen, Sydney Carty and Paul Crum Friday, Oct. 27, 6:30 p.m.

DJ Dance Music MondaysSundays, 10 p.m.

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

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Disco Night with DJ Wet Velour Thursday, Oct. 26; All the Colors of the Dark Saturday, Oct. 28;

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule October 26 - November 1 Hell on Earth Sunday, Oct. 29; Devil Train Monday, Oct. 30; Dave Cousar Tuesday, Oct. 31.

& Radio Ghost Tuesday, Oct. 31, 5:30 p.m.; Johnny Mac Tuesday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m.

Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library

Midtown Crossing Grill

Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

Sunday Brunch with Joyce Cobb Sundays, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Canvas

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

Turnstyles Thursday, Oct. 26, 7 p.m.; Dan Montgomery Friday, Oct. 27, 8 p.m.; FRIGHTgarten feat. Tennessee Ripple, Jared Allen, Dead Soldiers, Star & Micey, Dixie Dicks & Moth Saturday, Oct. 28, 4 p.m.; Jana Misener Sunday, Oct. 29, 12-3 p.m.

Murphy’s

Rhodes College, Tuthill Performance Hall

1589 MADISON 726-4193

2000 N. PARKWAY 843-3000

Whatever Dude’s Halloween Rocktacular Saturday, Oct. 28;

The Wild Bill’s Band Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.

Young Avenue Deli 2119 YOUNG 278-0034

Halloween Bash with Chinese Connection Dub Embassy Friday, Oct. 27, 10:30 p.m.; Trick or Treat with River City Camaro Club Tuesday, Oct. 31, 4 p.m.

The Settlers Sunday, Oct. 29, 4-7 p.m.; Gary Escoe’s Atomic Dance Machine Sunday, Oct. 29, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

Faculty Concert Series: John Ross Thursday, Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m.

Rizzi’s/Paradiso Pub 6230 GREENLEE 592-0344

Live Music Thursdays, Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.; Karaoke and Dance Music with DJ Funn Fridays, 9 p.m.; Section 8 Band Saturday, Oct. 28, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

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

Bartlett

The Cove

Hadley’s Pub

2559 BROAD 730-0719

2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

David Collins Jazz and Deborah Swiney Thursday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m.; Matthew Golden Trio Friday, Oct. 27, 9 p.m.; Hope Clayburn & the Soul Scrimmage Saturday, Oct. 28, 10 p.m.; David Collins & the Frog Squad Sunday, Oct. 29, 6 p.m.; Halloween Karaoke contest w/ Timiko and Eggroll Tuesday, Oct. 31, 9 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

Twin Soul Friday, Oct. 27, 9 p.m.; Hadley’s Halloween Bash with Nuttin’ Fancy Band Saturday, Oct. 28, 9 p.m.; Almost Famous Sunday, Oct. 29, 5:30 p.m.

RockHouse Live 5709 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 386-7222

Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Open Mic Mondays Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Live Music Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Growlers 1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Shelby Forest General Store

Hi-Tone

7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Steak Night with Tony Butler and the Shelby Forest Pioneers Fridays, 6-8 p.m.; Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob Saturday, Oct. 28, 12-3 p.m.; Cecil Yancy Sunday, Oct. 29, 12-3 p.m.; Robert Hull Sundays, 12:303:30 p.m.

412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

Melt: a visual concept Thursday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m.; The Senior Citizens, Native Blood, Geist, No Love For Lions Friday, Oct. 27, 8 p.m.; Camera Friday, Oct. 27, 9 p.m.; Spaceface, China Gate, Love Bomb Go Go, Harlan, Louise Page Saturday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m.; 1349, Goatwhore Sunday, Oct. 29, 8 p.m.; HEELS with Hombres, Comma Comedians & the Modern Interest Tuesday, Oct. 31, 7 p.m.; Negro Terror, Hanna Chaos, SVMDVDE, J.R. Truth Wednesday, Nov. 1, 9 p.m.

1927 MADISON 726-4372

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

The Southern Edition Band Thursday, Oct. 26, 6 p.m.; The Spazmatics Thursday, Oct. 26, 9 p.m.; Joe Cat Friday, Oct. 27, 6:30 p.m.; The Jason Miller Band Friday, Oct. 27, 10 p.m.; James LeBlanc Trio Saturday, Oct. 28, 3 p.m.; Pearl Saturday, Oct. 28, 6:30 p.m.; Seeing Red Saturday, Oct. 28, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sunday, Oct. 29, 11 a.m.; Swingtime Explosion Big Band Sunday, Oct. 29, 5 p.m.; Loveland Duren Band Sunday, Oct. 29, 8 p.m.; McKenna Bray Band Monday, Oct. 30, 6 p.m.; Brandon Taylor

Songwriter Night hosted by Leigh Ann Wilmot and Dave “The Rave” Saturdays, 5-8 p.m.

Arlington/Eads/ Oakland/Lakeland

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

The Dantones Sunday, Oct. 29, 4-7 p.m.; Bluff City Soul Collective Sunday, Oct. 29, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Cheffie’s Cafe 483 HIGH POINT TERRACE 202-4157

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

1737 MADISON 443-5232

Huey’s Midtown

Summer/Berclair

Side Car Cafe 2194 WHITTEN 388-0285

Brian Johnson Band Saturday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Collierville Good Friends with Shamefinger and Indeed, We Digress Wednesday, Nov. 1.

Otherlands 641 S. COOPER 278-4994

Mike Doughty Saturday, Oct. 28

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; P&H Prom Masquerade Ball Saturday, Oct. 28; DAYS N DAZE Sunday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m.; Open Mic Music with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight; Crockett Hall, Sonic Graffiti Wednesday, Nov. 1.

The Phoenix 1015 S. COOPER 338-5223

The Phoenix Blues Jam Tuesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Poplar/I-240

Rhodes College West Campus

East Tapas and Drinks

613 UNIVERSITY 843-3775

Rhodes Homecoming Collage Concert Friday, Oct. 27, 4 p.m.

Senses Nightclub 2866 POPLAR 249-3739

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

Stanley BBQ 2110 MADISON

Tony Maynard Thursday, Oct. 26; Stereo Joe Friday, Oct. 27; John Kilzer Saturday, Oct. 28; Halloween Party with the Defective Agency Tuesday, Oct. 31.

The Tower Courtyard at Overton Square 2092 TRIMBLE PLACE

Acoustic Courtyard Last Thursday of every month, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

University of Memphis The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND

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

East Memphis Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House 551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

Intimate Piano Lounge featuring Charlotte Hurt MondaysThursdays, 5-9:30 p.m.; Larry Cunningham Fridays, Saturdays, 6-10 p.m.

6069 PARK 767-6002

Eddie Harris Thursdays, Fridays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Van Duren Solo Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m.

Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Jack Rowell’s Celebrity Jam Thursdays, 8 p.m.; The Rants Friday, Oct. 27, 7-11 p.m.; Dantones Band Friday, Oct. 27, 7-11 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.

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

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

Huey’s Collierville 2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Young Petty Thieves Sunday, Oct. 29, 8-11:30 p.m.

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

Hillbilly Mojo Sunday, Oct. 29, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova 8071 TRINITY 756-4480

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

Frayser/Millington Harpo’s Hogpin

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Beethoven Club Music Series Tuesday, Oct. 31, 7-7:30 p.m.

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.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

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3030 POPLAR 415-2700

Railgarten 2160 CENTRAL

4212 HWY 51 N. 530-0414

Live Music Saturdays, 9 p.m.

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The Chaulkies Sunday, Oct. 29, 8-11:30 p.m.

Old Millington Winery

Ice Bar & Grill

Tunica Roadhouse

4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

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

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

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar 9087 POPLAR 755-0092

6748 OLD MILLINGTON 873-4114

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

Pop’s Bar & Grill

North Mississippi/ Tunica

Drew Mclillie Sunday, Oct. 29.

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.

Shake Rag Bar 8902 RANKIN BRANCH 876-5255

Small Town Trio Friday, Oct. 27, 8 p.m.-midnight; Finger Trick Sunday, Oct. 29, 2-6 p.m.

Germantown Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

Brian Johnson Band Sunday, Oct. 29, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove 6285 SNOWDEN, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662) 892-2660

Rockhaven 2017 feat. Bret Michaels and Tora Tora Saturday, Oct. 28, 2 p.m.

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

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

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

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

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

The Natchez Brothers Sunday, Oct. 29, 8-11:30 p.m.

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

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No More Drama Sunday, Oct. 29, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

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

West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas Mound City COUNTY ROAD 27

Live Music, Corn Maze, Pumpkin Patch Mondays-Sundays, 6-8 p.m. and Mondays-Sundays, 6-8 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.

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Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m., and Sun., 2 p.m. Through Oct. 29.

51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

Landers Center (DeSoto Civic Center)

Willy Wonka Jr., www.dftonline.org. $12. Sun., 2 p.m., and Fri., Sat., 7 p.m. Through Oct. 29.

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

The Evergreen Theatre

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, presented by Teens in Theatre.

Call Playhouse on the Square for reservations and information. (725-0776), www. theatreworksmemphis.org.

Sun., 2 p.m., and Fri., Sat., 7:30 p.m. Through Oct. 29.

1705 POPLAR (274-7139).

Germantown Community Library

Shakespeare Shout-Out Series: Julius Caesar, seven actors perform Shakespeare’s epic Roman story of fate, friendship, and honor. www. tnshakespeare.org. Free. Sat., Oct. 28, 10 a.m.

Shakespeare’s Women: A Celebration of the Women of Shakespeare, through scene, soliloquy, and song, this piece presents an imaginative exploration of the Bard’s women, from his celebrated leads to his lesser-known but no less intriguing characters. www. rhodes.edu. Free. Thur.-Sat., Oct. 26-28, 8 p.m.

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Sue Layman Designs

Art reception for Sue Layman Designs and Memphis College of Art, exhibition of work by Sue Layman Lightman, Robin Jayne Henderson, and Dilland Gregory.

(409-7870), mca.edu/event/reception-ruminationadornment/.

Fri., Oct. 27, 6-8 p.m.

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

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

The Orpheum

OT H E R A R T HAP P E N I N G S

An American in Paris, an American soldier, a mysterious French girl, and an indomitable European city yearn for a new beginning in the aftermath of war. www. orpheum-memphis.com. $25$100. Tues.-Thurs., 7:30 p.m., Fri., Oct. 27, 8 p.m., Sat., Oct. 28, 2 & 8 p.m., and Sun., Oct. 29, 1 & 6:30 p.m. Through Oct. 29.

Art Trolley Tour

Tour the local galleries and shops on South Main. Last Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

SOUTH MAIN HISTORIC ARTS DISTRICT, DOWNTOWN.

Call to Artists for Art Village Gallery Juried Group Exhibition

Opportunity for artists to contribute to the ongoing social and political discussion to inform and influence the perspective of others through art. For more information, visit website. Through Dec. 1.

203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

TheatreWorks

Buried Child, a cranky, sarcastic, ill alcoholic argues with his wife who has an unusually close relationship with the local minister.

The prodigal grandson returns after six years, and secrets rise to the surface. (484-3467), www.newmoontheatre.org/. $20. Fridays, Saturdays, 8-10 p.m., and Sundays, 2-4 p.m.

Through Nov. 5.

WWW.URBANARTCOMMISSION.ORG.

Caged Birds Writing Competition

Currently accepting submissions for the fall 2017 competition organized by graduates from the MFA program of the University of Memphis to encourage at-risk teens to write and affirm their literary voices. For more information, visit website or email cagedbirds901@gmail.com.

Through Nov. 15.

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

1925 EXETER (757-7323).

Germantown Community Theatre

Honky Tonk Angels, musical with country music classic tunes follows three gutsy gals who are determined to make a better life for themselves by following their dreams all the way to the country capital, Nashville. www.gctcomeplay. org. $13-$24. Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., and Sun., 2:30 p.m. Through Oct. 29.

3037 FOREST HILL-IRENE (453-7447).

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

Ameriprise Financial

Artist reception for “Perceptual Divergence,” exhibition of works by metalsmith Darcie Beeman-Black. Drinks and snacks provided. (619-6137), Fri., Oct. 27, 6-9 p.m.

465 S. MAIN.

Clough-Hanson Gallery

Artist talk and reception for “In Conversation: Celebrating 100 Years of Women at Rhodes College,” exhibition celebrating the contributions of women faculty and alumnae from the Department

WWW.CAGEDBIRDSWRITINGCONTEST.WORDPRESS.COM.

Casting Demonstration of Art and Art History. Alex Carter will speak on Thursday in Blount Auditorium/Buckman Hall. www.rhodes.edu.

Thurs., Oct. 26, 6 p.m., and Fri., Oct. 27, 5-7 p.m.

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

Memphis College of Art

Artist reception for “Le Monster, Part Boo,” exhibition by MCA community of reimagined monster drawings by Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital’s child patients. Guests are encouraged to wear monsterthemed attire and enjoy candy,

Opening reception for “In Conversation: Celebrating 100 Years of Women at Rhodes College” at CloughHanson Gallery, Friday, October 27th

Saturdays, Sundays, 3 p.m.

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

Crosstown Arts Digital Lab

Six-station computer lab

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In October, meet our residents and party with history.

Saturday, October 14, Costume Twilight Tour, residents put on their best and tell their best stories, thanks to ArtsMemphis and the Tennessee Arts Commission.

Live, you might say.

Friday, October 27, Spirits With The Spirits, once a year, we party for all eternity, presented by Raymond James. Food and frivolity. Music and mystery. This is the party to die for.

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Pink Palace Museum Saturday, October 28 Harry Potter Scavenger Hunt & October 26-November 1, 2017

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Aspen Santa Fe Ballet at the Germantown Performing Arts Center, Saturday, October 28th

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Tuesdays-Thursdays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

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

Jazz-A-Fire

Performances and bring your own instrument to join. $12.

Last Sunday of every month, 4-7 p.m.

BRINSON’S, 341 MADISON (5240104), WWW.MEMPHISBLACKARTSALLIANCE.ORG.

Next2Rock2017

Register as a solo artist, band, or fan for competition that ends with a national live finale in Los Angeles. For competition registration and fan voting details, visit website. Through Dec. 12.

WWW.981THEMAX.COM.

“Stargazer Garden” Flower-Folding

Stop by and fold a paper flower for collaborative art installation. Mondays-Fridays, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

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

ONGOI NG ART

Scavenger Hunt is 2-4pm, movie starts at 4

Tickets arE $ 15

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

“Desert to Delta: Saudi Contemporary Art in Memphis,” exhibition by 20 artists and a video artist collective from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. www.memphis.edu/amum.

Through Jan. 6, 2018.

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

Ongoing.

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

ANF Architects

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3050 Central Ave / Memphis 38111

901.636.2362

“RiverArtsFest Invitational,” exhibition featuring the work of: Beth Edwards (2017 poster artist), Eli Gold, Judy Vandergrift, Karen Bottle Capps, Maggie Russell, and Terry Lynn. www.anfa.com.

Through Nov. 2.

1500 UNION (278-6868).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

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

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

Bingham and Broad

“My Kin Is Not Like Yours,” exhibition of works by Debra Edge. Ongoing.

2563 BROAD (323-3008).

Brickwood Hall

“Triptych Memphis,” exhibition of work by London Thomas, Nicole Maron, Samilia Colar, Alesandra Bellos, Colleen Couch-Smith, Bree Mayes, and others benefiting Alzheimer’s & Dementia Services of Memphis. Through Dec. 17.

391 S. FRONT.

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

“At Peace: Nature’s Calming Presence,” exhibition of landscapes by Ian Hendry. www.buckmanartscenter. com. Through Oct. 30.

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

Circuitous Succession Gallery

“Anima/Persona,” exhibition of digital collage portraits by Annette E. Fournet. www. circuitoussuccessiongallery. com. Through Nov. 20.

1789 KIRBY PARKWAY.

Clough-Hanson Gallery “Celebrating 100 Years of Women at Rhodes College,” exhibition of work by 12 current and former faculty alongside alumni, including Mary Sims, Erin Harmon, Alex Carter, Esther Ruiz, and Daisy Craddock. www. rhodes.edu. Nov. 1-Dec. 2.

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

David Lusk Gallery

“Angst,” exhibition of painted photographs by Catherine Erb. www.davidluskgallery. com. Through Dec. 23.

“Full Circle Stories on Paper,” exhibition of mixed-media paintings on paper by Dorothy Strum. www.davidluskgallery.com. Through Nov. 4.

“Recent Paintings,” exhibition of water-media works

and monograph by George Dombek. www.davidluskgallery.com. Through Nov. 4.

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper,” exhibition of recreated historic fashions. www.dixon. org. Through Jan. 7, 2018.

“Boukay,” exhibition of mixed-media works by Justin Bowles. www.dixon.org.

Through Jan. 7, 2018.

“Made in Dixon,” exhibition showcasing the colorful and joy-filled artwork created by artists of all ages in the Dixon’s educational programs. www.dixon.org. Ongoing.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

EACC Fine Arts Center Gallery “The Whole Ball of Wax,” exhibition of encaustic paintings primarily made of melted beeswax on wooden panels by artist Kimberly Shawn. www.eacc.edu.

Through Nov. 10.

EAST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 1700 NEWCASTLE, FORREST CITY, AR.

Eclectic Eye

“Immeasurably More,” exhibition of photography by Rachel Rieves. www.eclecticeye.com. Through Nov. 1.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

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

“Sally Heller: Mind over Mayhem,” exhibition of largescale installations out of everyday matter. These improbable landscapes, made of artificial debris, reflect the chaotic state of mass market culture, nature, and consumerism.

(678-2216), www.memphis. edu/fogelmangalleries. Free.

Through Nov. 9.

“There May Be No Before at All,” exhibition of selected

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Lucius E. & Elsie C. Burch Jr. Library

moving image work by an international roster of artists exploring physical transgression, gender expression, the death drive, and the archive.

(678-2216), www.memphis. edu. Through Oct. 27.

“Squared: The Digital Abstract Art of Jon Woodhams,” www. colliervillelibrary.org. Through Oct. 31.

501 POPLAR VIEW, COLLIERVILLE (901 457-2600).

Marshall Arts Gallery

3715 CENTRAL.

Fratelli’s

“Manipulated Memories,” exhibition of mixed-media works by Sharon Grinspan. www.memphisbotanicgarden. com. Nov. 1-28.

750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Germantown Performing Arts Center “The Most Beautiful Color of All,” exhibition of works by Kelly Fischer. www.gpacweb. com. Through Oct. 30.

639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Memphis Botanic Garden

1801 EXETER (751-7500).

Jay Etkin Gallery

“Treasures Along the Path,” exhibition of paintings by John Torina featuring art essay

by Fredric Koeppel. www. jayetkingallery.com. Through Nov. 20.

942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“Local Talent: Memphis, Tennessee,” exhibition of work by Dan Ball, Birdcap, Dwayne Butcher, Jason Miller, Greely Myatt, Pinkney Herbert, and other local artists. www.bdartcur.com. Through Nov. 4.

“Love of Art” and “Memphis,” exhibition of work by Nikki Gardner and Debra Edge by appointment only. (647-9242), Ongoing.

“Southern Horizons,” exhibition of landscape works by Matthew Hasty. www.lrossgallery.com. Through Oct. 28.

“Our Tour de France, an Encore,” exhibition of paintings from the artists’ trips to France

by Ann Aldinger and Michele Allen. www.memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through Oct. 30.

“In the Midst,” exhibition of abstract paintings by Sophie (Kauerz) Canale. www.memphisbotanicgarden.com. Nov. 1-29.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

“By the Book: A Tribute to Dolph Smith,” exhibit focusing on Dolph Smith’s artist notebooks, featuring six on

display. Also includes the work of 11 artists who have worked with Smith. Through Nov. 26.

“Coming to America: Lachaise, Laurent, Nadelman, and Zorach, 1914-1945,” exhibition of sculptures. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through Jan. 7, 2018.

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

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

Ongoing.

colored cartoon style imagery. www.metalmuseum.org.

Through Jan. 14, 2018.

“Cascadian Lines,” exhibition of works by Christopher Gerber in the Museum Store. www.metalmuseum.org.

Through Nov. 12.

“A Few of Our Favorite Things,” exhibition of selections by employees, apprentices, interns and volunteers from permanent collections. www.metalmuseum.org.

Through Nov. 5.

Master Metalsmith: David Secrest, exhibition by sculptor and blacksmith well known for his incorporation of textures and patterns in forged iron, fabricated steel and bronze sculptures, and furniture. www.metalmuseum. org. Through Dec. 31.

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Mid-South Community College

Memphis College of Art

“Le Monster, Part Boo,” exhibition by MCA community of students, faculty and staff who have reimagined drawings of monsters originally created by Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital’s child patients. www.mca. edu. Through Nov. 4.

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Metal Museum

“The Tributaries: Zachery Lechtenberg,” exhibition of enameling techniques applied to jewelry and illustration combined creating brightly

Consignment Music

“Horseshoe Lake: The Arkansas Delta Project,” exhibition of photographs by Jack Kenner. www.deltaarts.org.

Through Nov. 30.

2000 W. BROADWAY, WEST MEMPHIS, AR ((870) 733-6722).

Orange Mound Gallery

“Maintaining Place | Making Space,” exhibition of work

by Felicia Wheeler, Matthew Thomas, and Lawrence Thomas III. www.artsmemphis.org.

Through Nov. 4.

2232 LAMAR.

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

Slavehaven Underground Railroad Museum

“I Can’t Believe It’s Colored Pencil!,” exhibition by local chapter 108 of the Colored Pencil Society of America and tribute to Mary Lawrence Allen featuring some of her works. www.stgchurch.org.

Through Oct. 30.

TOPS Gallery

“Late Works,” exhibition of sculptures and collages by Marja Vallila. www.topsgallery.com. Through Nov. 11.

400 S. FRONT.

Tops Gallery: Madison Avenue Park

“Presencing a Scene,” exhibition installation including audio and visual by Corinne Jones. www.topsgallery.com.

Through Nov. 22.

151 MADISON (340-0134).

Village Frame & Art

Gallery Artists, exhibition of work by Charlie Ivey, Virginia Schoenster, Lou Ann Dattilo, and Matthew Hasty. Ongoing.

WinterArts Preview, exhibition of work by participating artists for WinterArts holiday artists’ market which opens after Thanksgiving. www.wkno. org. Through Oct. 27.

“Somewhere in Time,” exhibition of photographs by Karen Pulfer Focht featuring Memphis music images, smaller art, cards, and ornaments for sale. www.wkno.org. Nov. 1-30.

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

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99 S. SECOND (527-9772).

WKNO Studio

826 N. SECOND (527-3427).

2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

Debra Edge Art. Ongoing.

540 S. MENDENHALL (767-8882).

“Images of Africa Before & After the Middle Passage,” exhibition of photography

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“Forgotten Fables and Footlong Fractals,” exhibition of works by Jimmy Crosthwait, including marionettes and Zen chimes, a series of penand-ink “maze” drawings, and sculptural pieces. www. cbu.edu/gallery. Through Dec. 6.

“Noumenon and Beyond,” exhibition of 18 paintings inspired by the writings of Native American author Vine DeLoria Jr., other Native writers, and the teachings of the Buddha by Tom Murray. www.cbu.edu/gallery.

Through Nov. 12.

4040 PARK 901-458-2094

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Most hallowed evening of performances featuring ceremony of dance and movement. $13.

Sat., Oct. 28, 6-9 p.m.

OPERA

Opera Omakase: Music to Chill Your Blood

In Japanese cuisine, omakase refers to a meal made up of dishes specially chosen by the chef. Michael Sakir borrows the term for music omakase — music selected just for you. $10. Fri., Oct. 27, 7 p.m.

CLARK OPERA MEMPHIS CENTER, 6745 WOLF RIVER PARKWAY, WWW.OPERAMEMPHIS.ORG.

DAN C E

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet

Featuring top global choreographers, distinctively groundbreaking pieces, and virtuoso dancers. Come early for cocktails and conversation before performance. $35. Sat., Oct. 28, 8 p.m.

The 2017 Jimmie Lunceford Jamboree Festival

Featuring concerts, movies, jamboree, and special events.

For more information and schedule of events, visit website. Through Oct. 29.

Midtown Crossing Grill

Improv So Funny It’s Scary: Memphis Improv and Sketch Collective, evening of laughs. $5. Fri., Oct. 27, 8-10 p.m.

394 N. WATKINS (443-0502).

VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, WWW.MADMIMI.COM.

B O O KS I G N I N G S

Indie Memphis Film Festival 2017

Booksigning by John R. Stevenson V

Author discusses and signs Images of Modern America: Libertyland. Fri., Oct. 27, 6-9 p.m.

WWW.GPACWEB.COM.

Booksigning by Laura Cunningham

PLAYHOUSE 51, 8077 WILKINSVILLE (800-1873), COLLAGEDANCE.ORG/FALL.

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

The season opener features the Memphis premiere of Sir Frederick Ashton’s The Two Pigeons Pas De Deux, new work

by Arturo Fernandez, and favorites by Nicolo Fonte and John Alleyne. $25. Sat., Oct. 28, 7:30-9:30 p.m., and Sun., Oct. 29, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

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

RUMBA ROOM, 303 S. MAIN (523-0020), WWW.BENDYBEAST.COM.

GERMANTOWN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 1801 EXETER (751-7500),

Collage Dance’s Fall Season 2017

Oct. 28, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Poleluminati Halloween

Day of the Dead Fiesta at the Columns at One Commerce Square, Friday, October 27th L E CT U R E / S P E A K E R

Addressing Grief & Loss

Author discusses and signs Haunted Memphis. Sat., Oct. 28, 3 p.m.

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

Booksigning by Valentine Leonard

Author reads and signs Even the Breath. Fri., Oct. 27, 5:30 p.m.

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

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A Two-Part Series and topics will include self-assessing, stages of grief, symptoms of grief, legacy building, and good grief for children. Free.

Sat., Oct. 28, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

MONUMENTAL BAPTIST CHURCH, 704 SOUTH PARKWAY (946-2529).

Celebrate What’s Right: Urban Renaissance

Conversation on urban revitalization featuring local leaders and panelists Montgomery

Todd’s Auction Service

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS HOLIDAY INN, 3700 CENTRAL (678-8200), WWW.NEWMEMPHIS.ORG.

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Collierville Business Expo & Holiday Market

Thurs., Oct. 26, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

COLLIERVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 101 WALNUT (853-1949).

TO U R S

Scandals & Scoundrels

Join us for a look at the lives of those who contributed the notorious stories of Memphis history that we love to hear.

This tour is for grown-ups only. Advance registration required. $20. Sat., Oct. 28, 1 p.m.

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

True Story:

Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale

Great books at reasonable prices featuring special preview party Thursday for Friends members only.

Memberships will be available for purchase at door. Member enjoy refreshments, fun, discounts, and first pick. Thurs., Oct. 26, 4-7 p.m., Fri., Oct. 27, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., and Sat.,

WWW.INDIEMEMPHIS.COM.

RiverArtsFest

Street celebration of fine arts and local music featuring live artist demonstrations and hands-on art activities for all ages. Free-$5. Fri., Oct. 27, 6-10 p.m., Sat., Oct. 28, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sun., Oct. 29, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

SOUTH MAIN HISTORIC ARTS DISTRICT, DOWNTOWN (901.261.5534), RIVERARTSMEMPHIS.ORG/.

Love one another. It’s that simple.

First Congregational Church

Personal Property Liquidation

3449 Summer Ave. Memphis TN 38122

Auctions: Every Thurs. & Sat. 6pm Preview opens at 2pm

Antiques, Collectibles & Home Furnishings!

Auctioneer: Col. Lamar Todd TAL# 5911 TAF# 5415

October 26-November 1, 2017

Martin, McLean Wilson, Eric Robertson, and Archie Willis.

Mon., Oct. 30, 12-1:30 p.m.

Opening night party at Halloran Centre followed by films, competitions, parties, and more. For more information and schedule of events, visit website. $10-$250. Nov. 1-6.

Bicycles. Actors. Dancers.

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H O LI DAY E V E N TS

Grizzlies Pink in the Paint Night

Adams Family Halloween

Grizzlies take on the Houston Rockets. A portion of every ticket sold through this purchase link benefits Susan G. Komen Memphis-MidSouth’s local fight against breast cancer, $30- $105. Sat., Oct. 28, 7 p.m.

Towering Victorian mansions will serve a a backdrop for this spooky shindig which will include trick-or-treat stations, food trucks, beer sales, and dance music by DJ Cashmere. $2-$90. Sat., Oct. 28, 5-10 p.m.

WWW.GRIZZLIES.COM.

VICTORIAN VILLAGE, WWW.VICTORIANVILLAGEINC.ORG.

Human Walking Program

Booffalo Bash

FEDEXFORUM, 191 BEALE STREET (205-1461),

Adoptable dogs from Memphis Animal Shelter will lead office workers on lunchtime walks on select Tuesdays and Fridays, October-December.

Tuesdays, Fridays. Through Dec. 31.

MEMPHIS PARK (FOURTH BLUFF), FRONT AND MADISON, WWW.THEFOURTHBLUFF.COM.

Susan G. Komen® Memphis-MidSouth Race for the Cure

Meet at the First Tennessee Foundation Visitor Center for trunk-or-treating, photo booth, nocturnal nature hikes, music, food trucks, and more.

Free for members, $10 per car for nonmembers.

Tues., Oct. 31, 5-8 p.m.

SHELBY FARMS, 500 N. PINE LAKE (767-PARK), WWW. SHELBYFARMSPARK.ORG.

Crosstown Trunk or Treat

stations and hands-on activities alongside David Rogers’ Big Bugs exhibit. Kettle corn, food truck concessions, photo opps, and adult “spirits.” $8 members, $10 nonmembers. Sat., Oct. 28, 7 p.m.

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

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

Doggieboolooza

Enjoy activities such as the Haunted River Walk with trick-or-treat stops along the way, hay rides, train rides, games, costume contests, and more fun for the entire family. Tues., Oct. 31, 6:30 p.m.

Cars will be parked on the Crosstown Concourse plaza, and volunteers will hand out candy. Tues., Oct. 31, 4-7 p.m.

Get the costumes ready for your pups and bring them for fall photo booth, pumpkin decorating, games, local animal businesses, live music, food truck and favorite market vendors. Free. Sat., Oct. 28, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 1000 S. COOPER (288-4894).

Flick-or-Treat at the Garden: The Great Pumpkin & Hocus Pocus Pre-show activities including bug-tastic treat

Halloween on the Island

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

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Featuring 5K or one-mile fun walk, survivor photo, entertainment, and survivor brunch. Sat., Oct. 28, 7 a.m.

AUTOZONE PARK, THIRD AND UNION (721-6000), WWW. MEMPHIS.INFO-KOMEN.ORG.

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Disney Jr. at the Movies: HalloVeen Party

Thurs., Oct. 26, 10 a.m., and Sat., Oct. 28, 1 p.m.

MALCO PARADISO CINEMA, 584 S. MENDENHALL (6821754), WWW.MALCO.COM.

Harry Potter Scavenger Hunt and Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Over 30 items have been hidden in museum collection. Movie starts at 4 p.m. $5-$15. Sat., Oct. 28, 2 p.m.

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

Tennessee Shakespeare Company Education Programs

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

Through June 30, 2018.

WWW.TNSHAKESPEARE.ORG.

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Asexuality Week Flag Ceremony

CASINO PROMOTIONS

Raise the asexual flag on the lawn and add the flag to the other pride flags over the entrance.

Use #AceMemphis to share your Ace pride and connect with others in the Mid-South area. Sat., Oct. 28, 1 p.m.

OUTMEMPHIS: THE LGBTQ CENTER OF THE MID-SOUTH, 892 S. COOPER (278-6422), WWW.OUTMEMPHIS.ORG.

Day of the Dead Fiesta

THE COLUMNS AT ONE COMMERCE SQUARE, 120 MONROE (366-5882), BIT.LY/DAYOFTHEDEADFIESTA.

Gold Strike Casino

Jack Hanna, see Hanna and all of his fun and furry friends. (1-888-747-7711), goldstrike.com. $10-$20. Sat., Oct. 28, 3-4:30 & 7-8:30 p.m.

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

Memphis Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Featuring special performances by John Prine, Bootsy Collins, Maria Muldaur, and others. $50.

Fri., Oct. 27, 7 p.m.

CANNON CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (TICKETS, 5251515), WWW.THECANNONCENTER.COM.

Radiothon

Join 98.1 The Max to raise funds for the Ronald McDonald House of Memphis. Available outside the listening area by downloading the free app from website. Thur.-Fri., Oct. 26-27, 6 a.m.-7 p.m.

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE, 535 ALABAMA (1-800-230KIDS (5437)), WWW.RADIOTHONMEMPHIS.COM.

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

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Celebrate life, culture, and tradition. Dance to Latin rhythms. Enjoy food bites, sugar skullinspired facepainting, flower-making station, photo booth, Mariachi, and Catrinas by Cazateatro. Dress in black and white. Benefiting Latino Memphis. $50 -100. Fri., Oct. 27, 7-11:30 p.m.

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HATTILOO THEATRE, 37 S. COOPER (502-3486), WWW.HATTILOOTHEATRE.ORG.

Haunted Happenings

Join us this evening as mischief unfolds. Walk the darkened halls as spectral docents lead the way. Turn-ofthe-century Halloween treats will be served while you enjoy Victorian-themed fun. $10$25. Fri., Oct. 27, 6-10 p.m.

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

Howl-O-Ween

Pet costume contest benefiting Spay Memphis. Mon., Oct. 30, 6-9 p.m.

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

Mid-South Maze

Featuring corn maze, haunted hayride, and haunted maze. $5-$15. Through Nov. 4.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (757-7777), WWW. MIDSOUTHMAZE.COM.

Monster Market

Find your Halloween fix at Lauren Holtermonster’s popup shop. Through Oct. 31.

October 26-November 1, 2017

MONSTER MARKET, 88 N. MAIN, WWW.HOLTERMONSTER.COM.

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Mound City Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch

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Maze design is based off the Sultana, a steamboat that sank in the Mississippi River in 1865. Pumpkins available M-F, 3-6 p.m. $6. Fri., 5-9 p.m., and Sat., Sun., 1-8 p.m. Through Oct. 31.

Symphonic

Celebrate this year’s release of Symphonic, a wild bock made with Michigan tart cherries.

Featuring music from Iris Orchestra, four pairings from local chefs Andrew Ticer and Michael Hudman, and more. $130. Sat., Oct. 28, 6 p.m.

MOUND CITY, COUNTY ROAD 27.

Phantom Phavorites Halloween Concert

WISEACRE BREWERY, 2783 BROAD.

Featuring Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in d minor, Saint-Saëns’s Danse Macabre, Hitchcock theme, and vocal selections from The Phantom of the Opera.

Costumes welcomed. Free. Sun., Oct. 29, 7 p.m.

ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL, 700 POPLAR (527-3361), WWW.STMARYSMEMPHIS.ORG.

Shelby Forest Trail of Terror and Harvest Fest

Harvest Fest for the kids with a hay maze, pumpkin and face painting, and lots of candy. Follow the signs from Shelby Forest General Store, 7729 Benjestown. $10. Through Oct. 30.

MEEMAN-SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK, NATURE CENTER, NATURE CENTER.

Sinners for Saints Halloween Ball III

Featuring DJ SuperBrad & the ’80s rock tribute band, AQUANET, Charvey Mac, karaoke, open bar, food, and costume contests with over $1,000 in prizes. Costumes strongly encouraged. 21-plus. $60. Sat., Oct. 28, 9 p.m.-3 a.m.

Vine to Wine at the Garden: Spooky Spirits

Jack Hannna at Gold Strike Casino, Saturday, October 28th STOP 345, 345 MADISON (4942814), WWW.SINNERSFORSAINTSBALL.COM/.

Spirits with the Spirits Visit Elmwood’s storied grounds by night. $70. Fri., Oct. 27, 7-11 p.m.

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

Superhero Trick or Treat

Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Batman, Nightwing, and other superheroes will visit and take photos with kids. Also costume contest for kids 10 and under, arts and crafts, raffle, and silent auction benefiting Hernando Animal Shelter.

Sat., Oct. 28, 12-3 p.m.

GALE COMMUNITY CENTER, 2601 ELM (662-429-2688).

Trunk or Treat in Cooper Young

Tues., Oct. 31, 6:30 p.m.

COOPER-YOUNG DISTRICT, CORNER OF COOPER AND YOUNG.

Wicked Ways Haunted House

Benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. For more information, visit website. $20.

Through Oct. 31.

CUMBERLAND WAREHOUSE, 160 CUMBERLAND, WWW.WICKEDWAYSHAUNTEDHOUSE.COM.

Zoo Boo

From hayrides to candy stations to straw mazes, fun for ghosts and goblins of all ages benefiting Le Bonheur. $12 members, $15 nonmembers.

Through Oct. 31, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

MEMPHIS ZOO, 2000 PRENTISS PLACE IN OVERTON PARK (3336500), WWW.MEMPHISZOO.ORG.

Indulge in adult “spirits” and frighteningly-delicious hors d’oeuvres. Come in costume.

Tree Readings by The Amazing Grayson. Must be 21 to attend. $30 members, $45 nonmembers. Tues., Oct. 31, 6-8 p.m.

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

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Harry Potter Movies

Eight weeks of the original Harry Potter series. Sat., Sun., 4 p.m. Through Oct. 31.

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

Little Shop of Horrors The Directors Cut Tues., Oct. 31, 2 p.m.

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

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ART By Michael Donahue

Art Is Cool Artistry on Campus unites artists.

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f Jarvis Howard hadn’t run away from home, Artistry on Campus might not be a reality.

Howard, 23, is one of the founders of the organization, which was designed to unite artists, writers, dancers, and other creative types at University of Memphis by promoting their talent and giving them exposure through events on and off campus.

Howard, who began drawing as a child, ran away when he was in the fifth grade.

“I was trying to fit in with my friends,” he says. “I was hard on my mom because she couldn’t afford the stuff my friends had.

Shoes and clothes. Like Jordans. Nike’s were popping at the time.

“I took my sketchbook outside, and I ripped my sketches into pieces. I walked down the street. Then I came back home.

My sketchbook was back in the house. My grandfather went outside and he taped every piece together.”

That’s the point when Howard began to take pride in his work. And, he says, “As I got older, I apologized to my mom.”

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Johnathan Russell (left) and Jarvis Howard

Artistry on Campus was born after Howard, Johnathan Russell, and Sumojaih Archer got together at the student center.

Howard painted a ’90s-type cartoon character on a jacket, Archer customized a hat, and Russell worked on a picture of a lion. “We were just sitting up there drawing and painting and sketching,” Howard says.

“Next thing you know in my head I was thinking, ‘We need to start an art club.’”

“We all just showed each other our art work, [the] different styles, different things that we’re interested in, and decided to have an organization,” Russell says.

They wanted to “find others who are also interested in the arts and just continue to grow and connect,” he says.

“We were just trying to come in contact with and make a family of a lot of visual artists,” Russell says. “People who did

photography, people who did journalism, people who were interested in music. We wanted to include as many different crafts and forms of art as we could because we know we all draw inspiration from all those areas of life. So, we didn’t want to exclude anybody from the opportunity.”

“I love the idea,” says their advisor, Devon Thompson, administrative assistant in U of M’s student leadership and involvement department. “I’m always willing to support students who have ideas to broaden their talent.”

Artistry on Campus in particular?

“Their love for wanting to give back. They don’t do it for the accolades or recognition for themselves. They want to take their talent and give back to their institution — the university — and the community as well.”

“Sip and Paint,” where Kool-Aid combined with creativity, was Artistry on Campus’ first event.

They then held an art event at a nearby community center. “We were able to work with a good number of kids,” Russell says.

“We would walk around and help them draw little Halloween symbols.”

The next planned event was to join forces with Tiger Records, a student-led record label, and host a showcase of art and music in front of the student center.

A group arts project — a mural at a McDonald’s — hopefully will become a reality. “They need a mural, so our job is to provide a sketch,” Howard says. “Basically, just get everyone’s idea. Then we just come up with one sketch.”

Long range plans? “Have a pretty big presence in the community and continue our work with community centers and just working with kids,” Russell says. “We want to work at elderly homes. And just get a chance to do artwork for elderly citizens.

“A lot of us came up being told, ‘Yeah, art is cool. Yeah, whatever your craft is, it’s cool, but you can’t live off of that. You can’t make a career out of that.’ I want us to disprove that and just be passionate and work on our art. And take it as far as we can.

And prove that this is who we are. This is part of what we do.

“Since it’s something that we were blessed with, it’s ours to say how far we want to go with it.”

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Far be it from me to suggest that there’s no place in country music for jazz hands, but if you’re going for verisimilitude, it’s probably a look you want to avoid in a show called Honky Tonk Angels. Then again, between show-tuney arrangements of classic country songs and a paperthin script full of cringe-worthy lines, verisimilitude may not be a big concern in this cruise-ship-ready musical revue.

There’s something intrinsically nostalgic about Honky Tonk, which was always city music for country people. It’s the electrified steel-guitar-laden sound of rural people chasing economic opportunity in the aftermath of WWII. Folks who landed in town with a guitar slung over their shoulder wrote plaintive songs about displacement, temptation, loss, and longing for a simpler life more mythic than real. Honky Tonk Angels, currently on stage at Germantown Community Theatre (GCT), chases a version of that story that’s both contemporary and contrived. If follows the trials and tribulations of three women who meet and form a band on the bus ride between Memphis and Nashville.

What GCT’s production has going for it is a strong cast that approaches the material from such an honest, loving place they almost make a pandering script sound as honest as a Tammy Wynette song.

Tamara Wright plays Sue Ellen, whose backstory is loosely rooted in the song “9 to 5.” She brings the sass and sizzle on tunes like Parton’s pink-collar anthem and Pam Tillis’ uptempo novelty, “Cleopatra (Queen of Denial).” On the other end of the country spectrum, songs like Loretta Lynn’s “Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’” and “The Pill” sound perfect coming from Ashley Whitten-Kopera’s Angela, a homespun narrator whose backstory revolves around life in a double-wide with an inattentive husband named Bubba.

From her simple-but-effective acoustic guitar accompaniment to her strong voice and wholesome girl-nextdoor approach, Courtney ChurchTucker is something of a miracle worker in the role of Darlene. Her history is inspired by an ridiculous interpretation of Bobbie Gentry’s hit “Ode to Billy Joe,” and, to her credit, Tucker somehow makes you believe.

Honky Tonk Angels runs at Germantown Community Theatre through October 29th.

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am Shepard’s Pulitzerwinning family drama Buried Child is nearly 40 years old but contains MAGA threads that could have been written last week. Employing a unique brand of kitchen sink surrealism, Shepard mapped the American dreamscape like nobody else. The territory he explored was lonesome as a Hank Williams ballad, jazzy as a Miles Davis joint, funny as a Buster Keaton pratfall, vast as the Texas sky, and confining as a snow globe. His celebrated family plays are populated by desperate people lost inside history’s funhouse, using old photos, movie clips, sports trophies, Lefty Frizzell records, flags, and family stories to construct artificial realities as sturdy and enduring as bronze statues of frail men in military garb.

Buried Child, now onstage at TheatreWorks, is an Oedipus redux, telling the story of Vince (Stephen Garrett), a young man who brings his girlfriend home to meet the family.

Only when he arrives, nobody seems to Buried Child recognize him. Vince’s sickly grandfather Dodge (James Dale Green) is all paranoia and cranky defiance as he drinks, watches TV, and falls apart piece by piece. His grandmother Haley (Emily Peckham) slips around with the preacher, and his mentally incapacitated father (Jeff Kirwan) wanders in and out of a torrential rain with vegetables he’s found growing on infertile land that hasn’t seen a crop in 40 years. Except for the one time when he wanders through with the family’s secret shame cradled in his arms like a doll.

New Moon’s Buried Child is too brightly lit, and never the moody, TV-haloed nightmare it needs to be. The acting’s good, but the ensemble’s neither as focused or as tightly wound as the cast for last season’s terrific production of Killer Joe. Attention to details, a hallmark of the New Moon’s best work, is in shorter-than-usual supply here, but the acting is generous and brave all around. James Dale Green and Jeff Kirwan are especially satisfying as the cantankerous Dodge and Tildon, a raggedy man who moves through the world like someone who’s grown accustomed to random horror but doesn’t want to step in it.

Buried Child is at TheatreWorks through November 5th.

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BAR REPORT By Meghan Stuthard

Deep Dive At Lefty’s, buy a round and pour one out for Hollywood.

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o fetch that damn ball, you lazy dog.”

The ball rolled across the carpet and came to a stop while Sally, a Schnauzer, watched. Sally’s owner got up and went after the ball himself. His friend said, “Now, why would she go get the ball if she knows you’re going to get it for her?”

Dogs, big and small, are allowed inside at Lefty’s Sports Pub as long as they don’t bite.

It’s been two minutes since I walked in the door, and I am all in on any bar where dogs can hang out.

I try to write about bars that haven’t received a lot of attention, but it turns out Lefty’s Sports Pub has been featured on the cover of the Memphis Flyer before, back when it was known as Shirley’s

Michelle Ellison (left) with remains of a regular in a Miller bottle; dogs welcome.

Overtime Inn. The article was prominently displayed in the bar until Shirley sold it and it became Lefty’s, some 10 years ago. It has existed under one name or another for over 50 years, tucked away on Summer in a sea of used appliance stores. Now it is home to Sherry, the greatest bartender in the whole wide world. I told her I would write that, but it is not a lie. She might be the world’s greatest bartender.

Sherry, as it turns out, is the cherry on top of what is the most colorful cast of characters that the bar scene might ever know. I met Elvis, the large stuffed dog who sits propped up at the bar with a handle of tequila. There was Sally, of course, who was too tired to play fetch by the time I got there. There was Kathy, a bar regular who has since passed on, but whose cremated remains fill a Miller Lite bottle behind the bar. Mr. Cecil wasn’t there, but I felt like I knew him by the time I left. The same goes for Hollywood (so named after winning big on a scratch-off)

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who is recently departed from us after sustaining injuries from being hit by his own van back in September. But Sean, Larry, and the Toms are very much alive, happy to kick it with you at the bar over $2.25 domestics. They don’t serve liquor, but you can bring your own and pay $2.25 for a set-up, same as a beer. They also don’t serve food, but it’s a block away from Elwood’s Shack and you can bring your own takeout.

Sean pointed out that neighborhood beer joints for working folks are dying out, and while I see his point, I don’t think we have anything to worry about as long as Lefty’s is around. This place is what you picture when asked to conjure up an image of a neighborhood dive. NASCAR cutouts adorn the walls. A “No Guns Allowed” sign hangs behind the bar. They even have Ms. Pacman!

There are a couple of pool tables, too, but I can’t imagine any pool game being preferable to sitting at Sherry’s bar and listening to stories. She told me about a police officer who would park across the street and watch them with binoculars, so Sherry brought her binoculars so she could watch him back. Then they’d send a sober bar regular swerving out onto the street, just to watch the police officer take off after him. Bar regulars knew to bring their cars by here for Hollywood to work on. Mr. Cecil arrives every day when Lefty’s opens at noon, after telling his wife he’s going out for ice cream. I think the thing that Sean laments isn’t the loss of a neighborhood bar, but the loss of the sort of genuine people that give a place like this its character.

I can’t tell you everything I learned at Lefty’s that night, like why that cop had it out for Lefty’s or Larry’s nickname for the matriarch of a prominent Memphis family. I’m still not sure why “714” was scrawled in various places in the bar or the unfortunate circumstances that led to the toilet paper being chained to the wall. I don’t want to spoil Tom’s idea for interacting with the dead for you, and I certainly don’t want to divulge everyone’s opinions on Princess Diana. I don’t want to explain the situation with the squirrels in the attic and the untimely demise of a Cabbage Patch doll collection. I’d rather you go find out for yourself. Tell Sherry I said hey, buy them all a round, pour one out for Hollywood and Kathy, and for the love of God, don’t do anything that gets you on the receiving end of Sherry’s double bird-flip.

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What’s Cooking Testing out Logan Guleff ’s Chef ’d line.

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Come celebrate the survivors and supporters with: A live performance from Arnishia King and the “Lady Parts” Band FREE photos from Amurica Photo Booth Extended Happy Hour at Bluefin Restaurant & Silly Goose Discounts for Komen Race registrants with Bib’s at Margie’s 901 IceCream and Lennys Subs!

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ifteen-year-old Logan Early Bird Nachos. This recipe called Guleff, winner of for a bed of nacho chips topped MasterChef Junior, with melted cheddar cheese, bacon, cookbook author, one cilantro, eggs, and refried black of Time magazine’s beans with sour cream and ranchera Most Influential sauce to go on the side. There were Teens, and a Southern Living Best a few hiccups along the way; I had New Southern Cook, has teamed up misplaced the tortilla chips and with Chef ’d to create easy-to-make bacon. Luckily, it was an easy fix. I gourmet meals for the aspiring chef to grabbed chips from the store around try at home. the corner and found an extra package I am that aspiring chef. of bacon in the freezer. Ironically, we Chef ’d is a planned meal delivery had this plate for dinner. But breakfast service, much like Blue Apron, that is good at any time of day, right? focuses on recipes designed by over Third time’s the charm. There were 650 distinguished chefs and food absolutely no problems with the third brands throughout the world. meal (Pimiento Mac and Cheese).

The meals I opted for: Pimiento Mac This recipe necessitated five different and Cheese, Jerk Salmon and Charred cheeses (jack/cheddar cheese blend, Pineapple Slaw Burger, and Early Bird mozzarella, gruyere, and monterey (breakfast) Nachos. Others include jack cheeses), garlic powder, paprika, Sweet and Spicy Chicken and Waffles, milk, egg, and pimiento peppers Shrimp and Grits, and the Mushroom mixed in with boiled macaroni Monster Burger, featured at the James noodles and a cornbread topping. This Beard House and on the Today show. meal was so cheesy, cornbready, and Chef ’d doesn’t require a monthly sweet, and it was my personal favorite subscription, and members who have of all three. particular diets or restrictions — vegetarian, pescatarian, or gluten-free — can personalize their meals through the website.

Members can also search for meals by category; among them: Quick and Easy, New Arrivals, Chef of the Month, and Refreshing Meal Inspirations.

Now that we know a little more about Chef ’d, let’s get cookin’. Chef ’d sent me all of the ingredients I needed in order to cook the meals (minus olive Logan Guleff and vegetable oils and various equipment). The first thing I cooked was the Salmon Burger.

The salmon called for a jerk rub, and According to Guleff, Chef ’d wanted the coleslaw mix was combined with him to focus on Southern cooking. charred pineapple, Greek yogurt, hot “They really wanted to showcase where sauce, rice wine vinegar, honey, and I’m from … I wanted to do shrimp and celery. A side of sweet potato fries was grits and pimiento mac and cheese — added to the plate, and voila: a lighter Southern classics that I could put a version of a beef burger that mixed spin on,” Guleff says. sweet and spicy flavors wonderfully.

One of the best things about Chef ’d The sweet flavors of the slaw mix may be how much time it saves. With really complemented the spicy jerk my busy schedule between work and seasoning on the salmon, and the school, it can be hard to find the time sweet potato fries with a little bit of for grocery shopping. Using Chef ’d salt sprinkled on top only added to the cut out so much time by shipping the harmonious flavors of the meal. Out ingredients and recipes to my door. of all of the meals I cooked, this one Guleff says, “What could be cooler was the one my father and boyfriend than to have [a] line of food that you preferred — although the sweet potato can deliver on demand?”

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The devil is in the details: Rim your drinking glass with lime juice and colored sugar, found in the baking aisle of the grocery store. Make eyeball garnishes, using large, seedless grapes augmented with blueberry pupils — or get the same effect with pitted olives stuffed with chunks of baby carrots. If you have time, peel radishes to create a “bloodshot” effect, then use a melon baller to scoop out enough space for a halved pimento-stuffed green olive, which makes the perfect iris and pupil.

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If you’re pulling out all the stops for a costume party, place dry ice under your punch bowl, and fill and freeze surgical gloves to make ice cube “hands” to cool the concoction inside it. Or, if you’re serving hard cider, create shrunken heads by carving faces into Granny Smith apples a few days before the party, then float them in the cider.

What I don’t recommend for Halloween: drinking Zombies or any variation thereof. The name sounds apt for Halloween, but a Zombie can take most mortals from a good time to a black-out drunk faster than you can say Victor Frankenstein. And the last thing you want to have happen this weekend is to turn from Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde. Save the Zombie for another night. Drink safely, and have fun!

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hether you’re hosting friends for Halloween fun this weekend, sipping drinks while manning the candy bowl for trick-or-treaters, or ringing doorbells with your own costumed kids, I urge you to get into the “spirit” of the season with a specialty cocktail.

Go for the jugular, and try making a deep purple or red drink that would make Dracula salivate.

Martha Stewart’s website has a recipe for a crowd-pleasing Spiced (and Spiked) Concord Grape Punch, which combines vodka with Concord grape juice, cardamom pods, cinnamon sticks, nutmeg, and simple syrup.

An alternative is Real Simple’s Vampire Punch, a blend of Campari, gin, orange juice, club soda, simple syrup, and pomegranate seeds.

Saveur, meanwhile, offers the Little Devil, a mean blend of tequila, mescal, cherry liqueur, agave, lime juice, and Ancho Reyes ancho chile liqueur, a major flavor booster that I plan to write about in a future column. Traditionally served in a rocks glass, the Little Devil could be decanted into a Mason jar for door-to-door trick-ortreating. Thanks to the Ancho Reyes, the drink packs a nice heat that will keep you warm on a crisp fall evening.

You can also use that cherry liqueur to mix up a classic Blood and Sand, a Scotch and vermouth concoction named for the 1922 silent film starring Rudolph Valentino. Or “bloody” your beer with a michelada-like recipe I found via Bon Appetit’s website, which combines tomato juice, lime juice, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and light beer in glasses rimmed with a blend of salt and red pepper flakes.

If you prefer your Halloween more silly than spooky, I recommend making the Jack-O-Lantern, a nice cocktail to nurse while you’re greeting trick-or-treaters at the front door.

The drink is simple to make, but, thanks to its bright orange color, feels particularly Halloween-y. Just pour 1 ounce cognac, 1 ½ ounces orange juice, ½ ounce ginger ale, and ½ ounce Grand Marnier into a cocktail shaker,

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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

A Visitation

Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween.

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t is what felt like hour three of the 101-minute Boo 2! A Madea Halloween. Freshly 18-yearold Tiffany (Diamond White), had long ago played her divorced parents Brian (Tyler Perry) and Debrah (Taja V. Simpson) against each other so she could go to a frat party at Lake Derrick, where, years before, 14 teenagers had been mercilessly slaughtered by killers still at large. Brian’s Aunt Madea (also Tyler Perry) knew something bad was going down, so she dragged Aunt Bam (Cassi Davis), Hattie Mae (Patrice Lovely), and Uncle Joe (also Tyler Perry) out into the woods, where they are being menaced by inept parodies of Samara from The Ring, Leatherface, and Jason Voorhees. A few rows in front of me, someone is snoring loudly while the No. 1 movie in the country unspools before him.

Then, a blue light. I turn to see the slender figure of a man dressed in an Air Force flight suit. His long legs are propped up lazily on the theater seat in front of him as he puffs on a long cigar. He glows a pale, television blue and appears slightly translucent, as if …

“Force Ghost Will Smith!” I stage whisper.

The apparition grins. “Technically, I’m Captain Steven Hiller …”

“… from Independence Day, who was killed offscreen when Will Smith refused to the sequel.

How did Suicide Squad work out for you?”

Tyler Perry is Madea (and Brian and Uncle Joe) in Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween

He blows an ectoplasmic smoke ring. “Haven’t seen it. I assume it was great.”

“That’s the beauty of it. They’re before the credits!

What do you have against Tyler Perry anyway?”

“Uh, yeah. What are you doing here? You’re not in this movie.”

“What do I have against … He’s awful!” I clutched my pearls in disgust.

“I wasn’t in the last one either. And I wasn’t in Star Wars, so why am I a Force ghost?”

“It was a hilarious juxtaposition I came up with to illustrate the fact that no one involved in Independence Day: Resurgence cared.”

“Hilarious?” A ghostly eyebrow rises. “If you say so. I see you’ve put away your notebook. Going somewhere?”

“I’m ready to bolt as soon as this horror show is over! Double Triple Threat Tyler Perry is taking years off my life.”

“Aw naw,” Force Ghost Will Smith says. “You gotta stay for the bloopers. They’re the best part!”

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“I am not sitting through these credits.”

“They’re the best part!”

In the darkness, the snoring man sleep apneas himself awake.

“When did you start wearing pearls?”

“It’s poetic license!”

“Don’t front like you’ve seen a Tyler Perry movie before.”

“Front? Why … I’m sure I have.”

“When?”

“At some point. I watched one on TV. Some of it.

Possibly while high.”

“Possibly?”

“Come on! I know he’s producing, writing, directing, and playing three parts at once, but this is awful! Has he ever even met an editor? I’ve seen better-written YouTube cat videos. I think he attempted a Get Out joke, and it made me want to just re-run that review and tell everyone to watch it again.”

“Okay, so. It’s bad. But you gotta respect Tyler

FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy Perry. He makes movies on the cheap so he can keep control of them every step of the way. He’s exactly what you say you want.”

some rest.”

“I don’t want this! This is like Mama’s Family for black people.”

“I may have drifted off during Kingsman 2 …”

“YOU don’t, but lots of people do.

When Tyler started, African American audiences were so underserved that they would take anything, as long as it had people who looked like them in it. He proved how wrong Hollywood was, stayed independent, and now he’s worth $600 million. And now, because of Tyler, movies like Moonlight and Get Out get made.”

The snoring has resumed. “If that’s his audience, at least they’re getting

The glow is gone. I am once again alone in the theater with Mr. Sleepy Man. THE END flashes on the screen, followed immediately by a raft of snappily edited line flubs, crack-ups, and outtakes. Force Ghost Will Smith was right. The bloopers are the best part.

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Why are you watching me so closely? Is it because my body and my skin make me a walking violation of the unspoken rules here? Are you worried that I’m going to rob you? Don’t. You don’t have anything I want. I love my life. I don’t want to have what you have or be a part of you or drive your car or eat your food. And I’m certainly not going to jeopardize my future over you and your insecurities.

But I’m irritated. Despite my innate status as a habitual line-stepper, I do follow the rules. Obsessively, even. I have created my own internal taxonomy of the unwritten rules, research spearheaded by my decades of necessary study of how you move through the world and the hateful current you leave in your wake. I clean up my trash; I leash my dogs; I don’t make too much noise. I am loud sometimes sure, but that’s just how I am sometimes. You’ll be all right. I hold the door and smile and stand up straight and don’t walk toward you too fast and jingle my keys or cough when it’s dark outside so that you know I’m coming and don’t accidentally call the police to have me arrested for the crime of breathing too close to where you’ve decided you want to be. All of this in 2017, a time when I’m more than justified in cursing you out for slights old and new. But I’m trying to be nice, stupid me.

And what’s really screwed up is that I don’t have time to worry about you. I have to worry about my city being the “bankruptcy capital of the U.S.” I have to worry about the Tennessee Historical Commission blocking us from removing the honorable racist general and his horse from our public parks. I have to wonder how my little brother is getting home from work and whether or not my dog can go another week without a bath and whether I’ve wasted $30 because I didn’t freeze the three pounds of catfish still sitting on the bottom shelf of my refrigerator. I have to worry about whether or not Amazon or “public improvement projects” or any number of contentious developments are going to once again extract labor and time and pain from poor people here and use it to pad their pockets. I have a lot of worries, you see.

You’d think that black neighborhoods were cesspools of savagery, with broken-down cars and untended yards and robberies — all reasons why they deserve to be kept in disinvestment purgatory. But the folks in my previous neighborhood were calm and kind. They let my dogs run in their yard and pulled my trash can to the street if I forgot and let me borrow their jumper cables. They gave me spare change when I needed it and brought me back bags of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos from the corner store even when I didn’t ask them to. The way they looked at the space that we shared included me, saw me and my family for what I was in truth, not for what I represented based on their silly biases and lack of empathy.

You’re not good at sharing, which is what you’re supposed to do in spaces like this. You’re not good at sharing because you’ve been centered in everything since the beginning of this grand experiment, and this centering, all this attention paid to you is so deeply ingrained in our collective consciousness and in our operation that you feel truly justified in the disgusting ways that you behave toward me in this space that we’ve both paid for access to.

I don’t have room to be a bad neighbor, which sucks, because if I could I’d invite my thuggish rapper friends over and I’d pay them to jump up and down and spit fire verses over those dank beats y’all like to play in your Prius. But this would be in the middle of our shared street, and all of the other black people over here would dance around the glow of my rapper friends’ gold chains like it was a bonfire and we were casting a dark magic spell to banish you from our space.

But I’m not a bad neighbor, so I won’t do that. Instead I’ll continue to find joy in being better than you and making you so uncomfortable that you’d rather disappear than chance a meeting with me in the hallway.

Oh, and my address has finally been confirmed on NextDoor.com, so be careful, because I’m lurking. The next time you make a frantic post about how scared you are because there are strange black men walking down the street like crazed gorillas, I’m gonna spam your posts with that picture where somebody photoshopped buttholes over Donald Trump’s eyeballs and mouth. In the meantime, I’m going to get to work on having my rapper friends come over to our part of town. It’s gonna take us a while to get this dark magic spell cast, and I want to make sure it’s done just right.

Troy L. Wiggins is a Memphis writer whose work has appeared in the Memphis Noir anthology, Make Memphis, and The Memphis Flyer.

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