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OUR 1650TH ISSUE 10.08.20 I was in Fresh Market Sunday morning. I know it’s a little pricier than some places, but it’s smaller and a really buttoned-up store: masks required, six-foot floor markers, one person into the meat counter area at a time, plastic screens at checkout, sanitizer, etc. I feel comfortable shopping there.

I picked out some produce, some fruit, and headed over to the dairy section. On the way, I saw two women at the dessert counter, talking with the baker, masks down around their necks. It ticked me off, but they weren’t my problem and I was in a bit of a hurry.

Then they became my problem.

I was picking out some yogurt when the women walked right up next to me, yakking and laughing, still with their masks around their necks. I turned and said, more politely than I should have, “Please put your masks over your face and stay six feet away.”

Silence. Then one woman looked at me as though I were a crazy man, eyes large, shocked expression on her face, as though the idea of wearing a mask was something an alien might suggest. She turned to her friend, laughed, looked back at me, and said, “Oh, baby, you’re gonna be all right. We’re all good.”

I said, “No, we’re NOT good unless you pull your mask up and back off.”

The woman cocked her head, and said, patronizingly, as though I were six, “It’s okay, sweetie. Don’t you worry. You have a blessed day, now.”

Ah yes, “Have a blessed day” — the verbal closer of choice for passive-aggressive religious types, one step removed from “Bless your heart.” Grrrr.

Anyway, after anointing me with the love of Jesus, the women backed off a few feet (not pulling up their masks) and went back to yakking. I finished shopping and reported them to the checker, who called the manager. I hope they got their blessed butts kicked out, but who knows?

Look, I don’t want to get COVID, but if I do, it’s not going to be because I acted stupidly. And it’s not going to be because I allowed stupid people President Donald Trump salutes to invade my personal space. I’m not as scared of COVID as I am of fools, religious whack-jobs, science deniers, conspiracy believers, most Republicans in Congress, and people who think President Trump is setting a good example. Ignorance is the true killer, and it’s what the president’s enablers in his party and in the right-wing media continue to spread. The fact that Trump himself and half the White House staff have caught the disease hasn’t changed a thing.

In case you missed it, here’s what Trump tweeted on Monday: “I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!” Trump also said he might be “immune” to the disease. What?

Trump could have used his personal experience to spread empathy and awareness, to point out that even someone as protected and rigorously tested as the president of the United States is vulnerable to COVID. He could have acknowledged that millions of his fellow citizens who’ve had the disease didn’t get helicoptered to a hospital as soon as they showed symptoms; they didn’t get dozens of doctors and specialists and tests and experimental treatments and 24-hour care. He could have said something as simple and compassionate as, “This is a scary and dangerous disease. Please wear masks and practice social distancing.”

But that would have required showing humanity, something Trump sees as weakness.

Instead the president opted for Il Duce reality show theatrics: exiting a helicopter on the White House lawn at the precise hour of the evening news, climbing a flight of stairs to a perfectly back-lit balcony, pulling off his mask, and standing manfully for a full minute, before holding a long salute for the cameras and then turning to walk into the White House, still unmasked. So manly, the Fox News pundits got the vapors.

N E WS & O P I N I O N Meanwhile, an average of 40,000 THE FLY-BY - 4 Americans a day are getting COVID; 1,000 NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 6 or so are dying. There are hotspots all over POLITICS - 8 the country. Some states are buttoned-up COVER STORY like Fresh Market. Others, like Florida, are “TACO TIME!”

BY TACO ENTHUSIASTS - 10 wide open, with no COVID restrictions WE RECOMMEND - 16 whatsoever. Yeehaw. And let’s not forget MUSIC - 18 that millions of people have lost their CALENDAR - 20 jobs because of this needlessly prolonged BREWS FEATURE - 23 epidemic.

FOOD - 24 I hope you’ll forgive me, but I’m rooting BREWS - 25 for one more to lose his.

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R HODES? Rhodes College got brief time in the national spotlight last week. President Donald Trump’s press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said prospective Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was a “Rhodes scholar.”

She was not. The Twitterati straightened it out. Bloomberg reporter Josh Wingrove’s tweet on it was retweeted more than 48,000 times. “‘She also is a Rhodes scholar,’ Trump’s @PressSec says of Amy Coney Barrett, who did not receive a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford, but instead received her B.A. from Rhodes College in Tennessee.”

McEnany acknowledged the flub saying, “My bad.”

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The Virus, a Race, & ID Theft Moving in a “positive direction,” a virtual run, and the “Father of Identity Theft.”

VI R US C O U NTS D EC LI N E Monday — new cases: 164; total cases: 31,391; total deaths: 457 Tuesday — new cases: 71; total cases: 31,462 total deaths: 457 Wednesday — new cases: 78; total cases: 31,540; total deaths: 462 Thursday — new cases: 103; total cases: 31,643; total deaths: 469 Friday — new cases: 128; total cases: 31,771; total deaths: 475 New virus cases remained steady last week. However, the overall average weekly positive rate fell to 5.3 percent, the biggest decline in the figure for three weeks and the lowest the figure has been since May 17th.

The number of total tests given here topped 450,000.

Clockwise from top left: Cheers to 15 years with Allan Creasy, the Cooper-Young “POS ITIVE Festival 4-Miler goes virtual, Dr. Alisa Haushalter D I R ECTI O N” Leaders with the Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) said last week that virus resident James Jackson, 58, guilty of 13 counts of mail fraud, numbers here were headed in a “positive direction.” aggravated identity theft, access device fraud, and theft of The new numbers have changed a date for a possible mail, according to U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant. surge in hospitalizations to March. But leaders said last A week-long jury trial outlined Jackson’s efforts in 2014 week such a surge can now be avoided altogether if locals and 2015 to steal the identities of victims — most of them continue to adhere to health guidelines. dead — and steal money from banks, financial companies, The reproductive rate of the virus has returned to and individuals. below one. That means every one person with the virus In a search of Jackson’s mother’s home, law enforcement is spreading it (statistically speaking) to fewer than one agents found a box of Jackson’s business cards, which other person, which shows the transmission of the virus is claimed him to be the “Father of Identity Theft” and an slowing. “identity theft expert.” The card also supposed Jackson to be the owner of a company called “One You Security,” with the C O O P E R -YO U N G R U N slogan “because there should only be one you.”

Runners hit the streets in Cooper-Young Saturday, October “This self-proclaimed ‘Father of Identity Theft’ will now 3rd, for a kinda, sorta virtual Cooper-Young Festival have to change his name to ‘Father Time,’ because he will be 4-Miler. The race is run every year before the Cooper-Young doing plenty of it in federal prison,” said Dunavant.

Festival. Both were canceled on virus concerns.

But Cooper-Young Community Association leaders “B EST” BARTE N D E R M OVES O N urged runners to hit the streets for an unofficial run of the For many years, Allan Creasy has won the Flyer’s Best of race and encouraged residents to support them with lawn Memphis best bartender category for his work behind the parties and their quaran-team pals. bar at Celtic Crossing.

After 15 years there, Creasy started a new job last week, FATH E R O F I D E NTITY TH E F T S E NTE N C E D raising money for progressive political candidates with The “Father of Identity Theft” was sentenced to more than Future Memphis.

17 years in federal prison last week after his conviction for identity theft last October.

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The Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, former Ambassador Bill Hagerty, turned up Friday night at the same aircraft hangar in Millington from which then-candidate Donald Trump addressed a throng in February 2016. Though the crowd of Republican faithful who greeted Hagerty was far smaller than Trump’s was, some of the same themes were sounded.

Listing out loud “the challenges you and I face,” Hagerty mentioned “chaos, rioting, looting, tearing down statues, trying to destroy history,” and cautioned: “Make no mistake, this is coming straight out of the Marxist playbook. And if we let them have their way, they’re going to push us over the cliff into socialism.

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We’ve got to stand up for this, we need leaders that understand it, and have the backbone to deal with it. … I want to be that leader for Tennessee.”

Extolling what he said were President Trump’s economic achievements, Hagerty warned, “We can take nothing for granted in Tennessee. … We can get up and vote in record numbers. We can take away that Democrat talking point that the president didn’t win the popular vote.”

The GOP rally at Millington, like another, larger one held Monday night in honor of 8th District Congressman David Kustoff at the sprawling Southeast Shelby estate of GOP Election Commissioner Brent Taylor, took place during the period of Trump’s momentous hospitalization as a COVID-19 patient. Though a few attendees at the Millington affair wore masks into the event, those were shed as soon as it began, and the same phenomenon occurred at the fundraiser for Kustoff.

The coronavirus problem got its due from Hagerty, but mainly on the level of international statecraft. Hagerty vowed “to

stand up to … the China threat,” asserting, “Make no mistake, they’ve delivered this virus to us. They’ve devastated our economy. Our president and his family are now suffering from this virus. They need to be held to account.”

John DeBerry, the former Democratic state Representative de-balloted by his party for coziness with the GOP and having to run for re-election as an independent, seems to get a shout-out of some sort at every Republican conclave these days, and he doesn’t even need to be present to get them. At the Millington hangar on Friday night, he had been a billed guest who didn’t show up. In the case of Monday night, Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton, who was down from Crossville as a special guest, quoted the absent DeBerry on the correct mode of political protest: “It changes lives, it changes the direction of America, if it’s done right and it’s done peacefully, but that’s not what we’ve seen.”

Sexton spent much of his speaking time on the controversial “law and order” bill passed by the Tennessee state legislature upon its return from a lengthy COVID break in August. “If you decide to assault a first responder, you go to jail. Pretty simple, right? It becomes a felony. If you want to burn a building, if you want to obstruct, you want to vandalize, you want to tear down statues, you go to jail. If you want to occupy a state property that’s not supposed to be for camping, you go to jail.”

The Kustoff event involved much milling about in conversation groups, and the Congressman himself in one of them raised the issue of masks, prompting a discussion as to why they were no longer in evidence. It was recalled that when the Republicans opened their local headquarters on Germantown Parkway last summer, everybody present, including Kustoff, was masked. Someone quoted Dr. Anthony Fauci as having said, at the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, that masks were ineffective (if so, the nation’s chief of infectious disease research has since changed his mind). Someone else said that thinking on the mask issue had “evolved.”

The fact remained that, for whatever reasons, masks were not being worn to any great degree these days by Republicans, and the consciousness of that fact became a part of the atmosphere — as obvious, if as largely unspoken, as the October chill that began to settle over the outdoor conclave.

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Juan’s Tacos with Black Beans at Global Café

h, tacos. Who doesn’t love ’em? A hard shell or a soft corn or flour tortilla can be the perfect, handheld vessel for any number of fillings. With the simplest of ingredients (black beans, lettuce, tomatoes) to the more unique (lamb, goat), local restaurants are making some damn-good, flavorpacked delights. We’ve asked a few folks to share their favorites. Read on, and you’ll see why every day can be Taco Tuesday in Memphis.

Fried Fish and Shrimp Tacos at Elena's Taco Shop

ingredients, there’s nowhere to hide.

Juan’s Tacos ($8.95 for four vegan tacos) feature perfectly seasoned vegan black beans inside a double layer of supersoft corn tortillas. These stellar tacos are topped with spicy house-made tomatillo salsa, red onion, and fresh cilantro. Ask them to add avocado because … avocado.

Don’t sleep on the fried plantains and a side of rice to round out your meal. If you want something “wow” to wash it all down, you can’t beat The Messy MangoRita (also a Juan specialty), which features a whole dang mango doused in hot sauce as a garnish. And hey, it’s all vegan, too!

I’m the Chubby Vegetarian, and I approve this taco.

Global Café is at 1350 Concourse Avenue, Suite 157; 512-6890

Fried Chicken Taco at El Mero Taco

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Kim Vodicka — poet This is tough because, though I love the tacos at pretty much any hole-inthe-wall restaurant or busted-ass taco truck on Summer Avenue, I wanna say Elena’s is my fave just because it stands out the most. It’s a totally different thing because it’s beach tacos, but like wow the fried fish and shrimp are excellent, especially if you get decadent and combine the two on one taco.

Their tacos remind me of the ones I had on tour in San Diego a few years ago, which were exceptional.

Maybe the best part of the whole thing is they have, like, 17,000 sauces to choose from. Pre-virus, they would set the sauces out on their own little buffet-like setup, and that’s really what made me fall madly in love. I am a fool for some sauce.

Elena’s Taco Shop is at 6105 Summer Avenue; 417-7915

Juan's Tacos with Black Beans at Global Café

Justin Fox Burks — cookbook author, food blogger, photographer There’s no magic tricks, no smoke, and no mirrors involved in this straightforward dish, and with just five

Cristina McCarter — owner, City Tasting Tours My favorite taco is the fried chicken taco from El Mero Taco. It’s the combo of juicy fried chicken and that damn queso with that pop of fresh jalapeño pepper for me. It’s tacos like that that I will randomly crave. You know it’s good if you drive to the ’Dova for it. But they are in my neighborhood a lot, too. So I’ll grab a six pack of beer while picking up my tacos and brisket quesadilla.

Now I want a taco!

El Mero Taco is at 8100 Macon Station #102, Cordova, or elmerotaco.com/ foodtruck; 308-1661

Enrique Reyes with the asada taco from La Guadalupana La Lucha Libre wrestling matches in Memphis, as well as makes the colorful masks worn by wrestlers. “The food is so delicious there.”

He likes to eat at home. “My girl cooks for me, but when she doesn’t cook, I go straight to La Guadalupana … once a week, something like that.”

Carne asada, Mexican steak, is his favorite dish there, but if Reyes orders a taco, it’s the asada taco, which is “just steak and onions and cilantro.” He puts guacamole on top, “’cause that makes the difference in the flavor.”

Asked how many he eats at a time, Reyes says, “Really, only four. You order with guacamole, it makes it a little bigger. I don’t eat too much. I’m good with four tacos.”

And Reyes doesn’t use any utensils when he eats tacos. “Just pick it up like a real Mexican. You never eat tacos with a fork.” — Michael Donahue La Guadalupana is at 4818 Summer Avenue; 685-6857

immigrants to Mexico. So some of the spices used in al pastor include coriander, hot pepper corns, cumin, chiles, garlic. They marinate the meat in that and then they pile it up on a spit and it rotates and cooks.

They hand-make their own corn tortillas there. And they use double tortillas. They stuff that full of meat, and then use chopped onion, cilantro, and jalapeño, which is typical for street tacos.

Between the homemade tortillas, doubled, the flavor of the meat, and the fresh toppings, to me, they’re the best tacos in town. It comes with your typical red salsa, a badass salsa verde, and more of a smoky, kind of chilibased sauce. They’ll give you all three if you ask for them.

It’s super simple. They’ll give you a small bowl of limes, too. And I always ask for crema, like sour cream but different. I like the way the sour cream contrasts with the more acidic stuff.

Picosos is at 3937 Summer Avenue; 323-7003

Chorizo Taco at Tacos El Gordo

Al Pastor Taco at Picosos

Asada Taco at La Guadalupana

Enrique Reyes — Mexican wrestling promoter The asada taco at La Guadalupana Mexican restaurant is Enrique Reyes’ favorite taco when he and his wife go out to eat.

“La Guadalapuna is my favorite restaurant,” says Reyes, who organizes

Colin Butler — DJ for Big Ass Truck, radio DJ on WYXR at Crosstown Concourse I’m partial to the tacos al pastor at Picosos. Pastor, I think it means “shepherd’s style.” Basically, they grill that pork on a spit, like gyro meat, and they slice it off. It’s based on lamb shawarma brought by Lebanese

Katrina Coleman — comedian I haven’t left my house much, lately.

Working from home, I depend on my husband to bring treasures from the Outside. One day, he came home with five street tacos from Tacos El Gordo.

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Grilled corn tortillas filled with meat, onions, and cilantro. Served with cucumber and carrot slices that are pickled so lightly, it seems as if they heard of the concept once in a dream.

The red chile sauce is good, but the green will light you up like Montag himself decided you were obscene. The sausage inside is perfectly seasoned.

Tossed on the grill with the onions, the texture of the tortilla and minimal crisp of the meat makes such a delightful chewing experience that one might consider that no other food has ever been good.

If you haven’t been, I have to say: WAKE UP, SHEEPLE. Treat yourself to the only chorizo ever to be perfect.

Tacos El Gordo is at 1675 Madison Avenue; 801-0936

Black Bean Tacos at Evelyn & Olive

Bianca Phillips — communications coordinator, Crosstown Arts This year has been a wild one, and if there was ever a time to make sure you’re putting the cleanest, most wholesome food into your body, it’s now.

Greasy comfort food may be calling, but whole-food, plant-based options will provide the nutrition you need to keep your immune system strong.

Lucky for you, the black bean tacos at Evelyn & Olive are both healthy

and comforting. They’re like the taco equivalent of a grandma hug, which you can’t get right now thanks to social distancing, so accept a hug in the form of a vegan taco instead. Two crispy taco shells are generously stuffed with seasoned black beans, sautéed tofu, crunchy cabbage slaw, and sweet-andtangy kiwi salsa. They’re served with sides of fluffy Jamaican rice and peas and cool, refreshing cucumber-tomato salad.

Evelyn & Olive is open for dine-in or takeout, and when you order to-go, they thoughtfully package all the taco components separately so you can avoid the dreaded soggy takeout taco.

Build your own tacos at home, queue up Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds,” and enjoy with a stiff Jamaican rum punch for maximum comfort effect.

Evelyn & Olive is at 630 Madison Avenue; 748-5422

Goat Taco at La Guadalupana

JULIE RAY

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Noelia Garcia — associate artistic director at New Ballet Ensemble and School Happy goats perform dramatic joyous dances to the glee of onlookers — much like the fancy footwork of a

Al Pastor Taco at El Burrito Express

Laura Jean Hocking — filmmaker “For so long, I thought tacos only had hard shells, and had cheese and sour

includes five tacos with your choice of meat. Hocking’s favorite is al pastor, marinated pork said to descend from shawarma brought to Mexico by 19th century Lebanese immigrants.

“I like al pastor because I’m a big pineapple fan. I love the subtleness of the pineapple in pastor. It’s very savory and juicy. It’s a new discovery for me.

I had never had pastor until we went to L.A. in September 2019. Generally, I’m a pescatarian, but when I run into meat products that are very good, like a Soul Burger or some Bar-B-Q Shop glazed ribs, I’ll have them. Now, pastor is on the list because life is short.”

— Chris McCoy El Burrito Express is at 1675 Madison Avenue; 428-9626 continued from page 14 Al Pastor Taco at El Burrito Express cream in them,” says filmmaker Laura Jean Hocking. “But a street taco, or a food truck taco, is all about the quality of the protein. It’s this little showcase for meat or chicken or fish with accents, instead of gloppy, Americanized crap all over it.”

Hocking’s favorite Memphis taco truck is El Burrito Express. Ubalto Guzman started the business six years

ago. “I used to be a contractor,” he says. “We moved from California to Memphis to get into the food business. This is a family business. It’s me and my wife, son, and daughter.”

An El Burrito Express taco plate

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Spanish dancer. Perhaps the secret to Noelia Garcia’s dance superpowers is the $2.75 goat taco at La Guadalupana.

Garcia is the associate artistic director at New Ballet Ensemble and School who studied Spanish dance and flamenco at the Institut del Theatre i Dansa de Barcelona. She lived and worked in Spain, performed throughout Europe, in China, Israel, and the Philippines, and was a founding member of Barcelona’s Increpacion Danza company before landing in Memphis nearly 20 years ago. Her favorite taco is a heaping pile of perfectly seasoned goat meat on two soft corn tortillas topped with onions and cilantro. The meat of this beast has the tender juicy texture of a pot roast with a delightful tangy taste.

Try it. Ewe’ll like it. — Julie Ray La Guadalupana is at 4818 Summer and 8075 Cordova Road; 685-6857

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Cara Greenstein — food and lifestyle blogger Stretching or, as I would argue, elevating the definition of a “taco,” Elwood’s Shack delivers a singular sensation you simply can’t miss on its menu: the smoked brisket taco.

Upon placing in the pizza oven, a single flour tortilla puffs into a pillowy yet crispy foundation for an unconventional combination of delicate field greens (no shredded iceberg to be found here), sliced avocado, pico de gallo, shredded mozzarella, and creamy horseradish. A generous portion of smoked brisket, a perfected in-house recipe that takes center stage across Elwood’s menu, brings this open-faced phenomenon back to its barbecue Memphis roots.

If you ask how many tacos come in an order at the counter, don’t be underwhelmed when they tell you “one.”

One taco from the Shack is just right.

Elwood’s Shack is at 4523 Summer Avenue; 761-9898

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Tortilleria La Unica recently moved across the street to its new home at 5015 Summer in a one-time Wendy’s.

It still has the Mexican fare that made it popular, particularly among the working people out in that area. Among those is the crew at R.E. Michel Company, a distributor of HVAC equipment. One of the bunch is Dave Godbout, a selfdescribed Destroyer of Tacos who is particularly fond of La Unica’s offerings.

A recent lunch spread at the warehouse had half a dozen varieties from chicken to beef to lamb to pork.

“It’s a perfect combination of food,” Godbout says. “You’ve got salsa with tomatoes that has lycopene in it.

You’ve got cilantro, which is good for detoxifying. You got a little bit of fat, a little bit of protein, a lot of carbs. It’s the perfect street food, and especially in our area, it’s the most readily available food you can get.”

“I love tacos, Americanized, authentic, it doesn’t matter,” says manager James Hoffman. “I didn’t even like cilantro until I got older and now I love it more and more. And we do a lot of business in the Hispanic community and they send us tacos from their local taco truck all the time. Man, this lamb taco is really good!” — Jon W. Sparks Tortilleria La Unica is at 5015 Summer Avenue; 685-0097

Join us for the Memphis Taco Takeover Wednesday, October 7th - Tuesday, October 20th!

Babalu $3 Chicken Taco Roasted chicken, fire-roasted corn pico, cumin lime aioli, and cotija cheese on a corn tortilla. This Taco Takeover special is DINE-IN only!

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Humdinger’s Humdingers Taco $3 Includes homemade slaw and made with piri-piri sauce, chicken or fish.

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Moe’s The Funkmeister $3 Ground beef steak carnitas or chicken. Add your favorite fresh ingredients, guacamole and queso not included.

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Pimento’s Kitchen & Market $3 beef or chicken You know us for our delicious burgers, sandwiches, and cocktails - but have you ever tried our Taco? Made especially for the Taco Lover, you’re going to want to taste this deliciousness.

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Salsarita’s $6 Taco Trios Set of three soft or hard shell tacos with chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and sour cream.

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Slutty Salsa Soft Smack Special $3 Fried taco - includes fresh grilled chicken, queso, shredded cheese, spinach, jalapenos, onions, and peppers on a corn tortilla with fresh salsa and sour cream.

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We Recommend: Culture, News + Reviews

Queer Horror

“One, two, Freddy’s coming for you.”

By Julie Ray

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This Friday, October 9th, Black Lodge will be screening two favorite queer camp horrors. One is ironically called Sleepaway Camp. It’s covered with the camp stamp. Teen movie — puh-leese. Made in the ’80s —so campy. If you haven’t seen it, here’s the rundown: A killer is at a teen sleepaway camp, and each night another person is found dead. What secrets lie there? The camp is called Arawak. They deserve it just for thinking they won’t get whacked at a camp with that name.

On their Facebook page, Black Lodge urges attendees not to google this sleeper film, “The less you know about this one, the better. The ending is iconic, and any research will pretty much spoil it.”

The first movie of the night will be A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, another ’80s film about teenagers. In this film, the Freddy Krueger story continues when the Walsh family moves into a house on Elm Street. That house just happens to be the former residence of Nancy Thompson, the sole survivor from A Nightmare on Elm Street. Jesse Walsh finds himself up against Krueger. You always knew you were being set up for a sequel if someone survived. It’s a slasher film — I’m sure you know what happens. Nevertheless, you’ll want to follow Jesse and his girlfriend as they try to outsmart the dream slayer.

Black Lodge requests no children in attendance due to the adult nature of the films. Bring a friend for emotional support and a chair or blanket, as the screening is outdoors. Soft drinks will be sold, mask-wearing is mandatory, and donations are appreciated. Message the host on Facebook to reserve a space.

QUEER HORROR NIGHT, BLACK LODGE, 405 N. CLEVELAND, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 7-10 P.M., FREE.

Flat Hat beer flies into Hook Point Brewing Co. in Collierville.

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In which the phrase “stuck in traffic” gets new meaning The Last Word, p. 31

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Chocolat GPAC, 1801 Exeter, Thursday, October 8, 5 p.m., $10 A film about a woman and her daughter who open a chocolate shop in a small French village, shaking up the community.

Featuring complimentary box dinners by chef Roel Mesta, live music by Gerry Finney, and Say Cheese! food truck.

Reader Meet Writer: Dianne M. Stewart novelmemphis.com, Thursday, October 8, 6 p.m., free Author discusses Black Women, Black Love: America’s War on African American Marriage via Zoom. Register online to attend.

Concourse Outdoor Grilling Class: Easy, Breezy, Yummy (Grilled Pizza) Crosstown Concourse, 1350 Concourse, Thursday, October 8, 5:15 & 6:15 p.m., $40 Learn to grill pizza with culinary coach Melissa Petersen. Space limited. RSVP online.

“The History and Philosophy of Black Lives Matter” memphis.edu/moch, Friday, October 9, 3 p.m., free Online lecture featuring Anika Simpson and Charles McKinney in conversation with Remy Debes with Q&A moderator Ladrica MensonFurr. Via Zoom.

Tradition playhouseonthesquare.com, FridaySaturday, October 9-10, 8 p.m., and Sunday, October 11, 2 p.m.

Centers around three actors producing a new work in a pandemic. Each actor pushes past their convention of what constitutes theater. Streams live via Showtix4u.

OUTFlix @ the Drive-In Malco Summer 4 Drive-In, 5310 Summer, Thursday, October 8, 7-11:30 p.m., $25 per car Featuring Cured, a documentary about removing homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses in 1973, and Breaking Fast, about a nightlong walk through West Hollywood by an unlikely pair.

Music by the Lake Festival Appling Lake, 3663 Appling, Friday, October 9, 6 p.m., free Family fun, outside and socially distanced, featuring music by The River Bluff Clan, Nancy Apple, and the WDB.

Ashtanga Yoga + Social Justice : Virtual Yoga Workshop & Discussion with Shanna Small deltagrooveyoga.com, Saturday, October 10, 8:30-11 a.m., $25 Join Shanna Small for a Full Ashtanga Primary Series Ashtanga Yoga class and a discussion on the intersectionality of yoga and social justice.

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Coriolanus

Politi-tragedy

SEASON ONE SEPTEMBER 16 OCTOBER 18

Tennessee Shakespeare Company founder and producing artistic director Dan McCleary will lead the company of actors in the title role in Coriolanus. As well, viewers will be taken into the cesspool of politics of 493-489 B.C.E. It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same.

This political powerhouse has been appreciated by both political leaders and progressive theater companies in the last two centuries for national propaganda and citizen protest mobilization.

“For a story that was ancient and well-known, the play’s ending was and remains surprising and moving,” says McCleary. “It is a harsh, bloody, painful look at a young republic struggling with its checks and balances through the austere nurture of male Roman virtue. This leads to a personal sacrifice that we do well to remember during our own election season. We all must be Tribunes of the people right now. We all must vote.”

A fatherless Martius is raised as a killing machine being of the patrician class. Martius cannot help but speak of his disdain for the office and the plebeian class; and with his potent threats and opposition in the Senate, he is banished from Rome only to join his archenemy in laying vengeful siege to his home and his family. But when the women and children of Martius’ family are deployed in supplication to him, what happens next is knowingly mortal.

The salon will feature approximately 10 scenes extracted from the play, interspersed with conversation about their creation and relevance, both live and online.

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Zootoberfest Memphis Zoo, 2000 Prentiss Place in Overton Park, Saturday-Sunday, October 10-11, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., continues through October 25 Guests can purchase a zoo stein to sip German beer. Local breweries will offer Oktoberfest beers. Draft root beer and root beer floats will also be available.

Soul of the City Film Premiere elmwoodcemtery.org, Saturday, October 10, 7 p.m., free viewing, participation levels starting at $20 Meet historical figures from Memphis’ past: mayors, musicians, tragic figures, scoundrels, judges, and more, broadcast from YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook.

Opening Reception and Lecture for “Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible” Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 4339 Park, Sunday, October 11, 1-5 p.m., free with museum admission Exhibition of the first handwritten Bible that illustrates scripture from a contemporary perspective. Tim Ternes, director of The Saint John’s Bible in Collegeville, Minnesota, will speak on the topic.

Halloween Movie Tuesdays Growlers, 1911 Poplar, Tuesday, October 13, 7-10 p.m., free Tim Burton Night featuring Sweeney Todd and Edward Scissorhands. Socially distanced seating and masks required.

Virtual StoryFest orpheum-memphis.com, TuesdayWednesday, October 13-14, 78 p.m., free Nine students from Overton High School tell their stories, and seven students from Douglass High School share an original documentary, which aims to define and shape their individual legacies.

Music and Movies: Loving Vincent GPAC, 1801 Exeter, Wednesday, October 14, 5 p.m., $10 A story depicted in oil-painted animation about a young man who investigates Vincent van Gogh’s final days. Live music by Gerry Finney, with El Mero Taco food truck, and Amy LaVere’s Chocolate LaVa.

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Rockin’ the backwoods — Sunita Mani (left) and John Reynolds star in Save Yourselves!

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Iris at GPAC Iris Orchestra starts new season with live/virtual hybrid.

We Saw You. with

MICHAEL DONAHUE

October 8-14, 2020

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he Iris Orchestra is a unique creation in the world of classical music. Anchored firmly at the Germantown Performing Arts Center (GPAC), it is actually comprised of players from out of town, for the most part. Traveling from schools and orchestras around the country, or in some cases the world, the members of Iris stay with host families in the Bluff City whenever they are playing. Even the conductor, Michael Stern, son of the legendary Isaac Stern, lives in Connecticut and works primarily with the Kansas City Symphony.

That makes it doubly impressive that the organization is soldiering on through the COVID-19 era with a new 2020-21 season, set to begin Sunday, October 11th. That doesn’t mean subscribers can hear a live concert, but neither does it mean that the players didn’t come here to perform.

Instead, Iris hit upon a hybrid approach: The musicians convened for a special performance at GPAC on Saturday, October 3rd, which was captured on video for a streaming event this weekend.

Even better, the recorded performance will premiere at an outdoor event at The Grove (GPAC’s new outdoor venue) at 2 p.m. Sunday.

Those who would like a taste of the conviviality of a live concert can enjoy a bit of that in the open air, seeing the show on the large screen of The Grove’s stage. And, having witnessed the group’s concert as it was filmed last week, I can attest to the passion and beauty evoked with every note played.

Beyond that, the intermission will feature content that live concerts never include: interviews with the musicians involved, in a short video created beforehand.

Those musicians are skewed to Iris’ nearby members, due to the vicissitudes of the pandemic. As executive director Marcia Kaufmann puts it, “We made an effort to get as many people from within driving distance as possible. We had three

Iris Orchestra rises to meet pandemic challenges.

people fly in, and everybody else drove, from mostly either St. Louis or Nashville. Michael Stern had planned to come, but he lives in Connecticut, which has a 14-day quarantine for people coming from Tennessee.” The conductor, therefore, had to bow out of this performance.

That the players were able to realize a world-class performance without him is a testament to the high level of musicianship embodied in Iris.

Watching them assemble on the large stage, fully masked and mostly standing, separated by several feet, I was stunned at the coordination of their playing. Perhaps because some of them have played together in Iris for many years, there was an almost telepathic connection between the players.

But the pandemic didn’t affect only how the players gathered on stage; it directly impacted the instrumentation selected. As Kaufmann notes, “The format for today is all string players.

We thought, ‘Let’s wait and see what they find out about aerosols and wind

players before we schedule winds.’ So we started with all strings players. And the first piece, Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, is all strings.

The personnel for that helped Michael Stern think through the rest of the program. After the Bach is William Grant Still’s Danzas de Panamá. It was originally a string quartet, but has been enlarged to a chamber ensemble.

“After that, we’ll have a George Walker piece, Lyric for Strings. It’s a lovely one-movement piece, a little melancholy, and very thoughtful. Both Walker and Stills are African-American composers from the early 20th century, and it shows you the different ways composers looked at music at that time. And then they finish with Max Bruch’s Octet for Strings. Bruch, of course, knows the violin very well, and this piece is a massive showcase for the first violin player. And it’s also quite a workout for everybody in the ensemble. It’s pure fireworks, a big celebratory piece.”

Kaufmann encourages music aficionados to sign up for a season’s subscription to watch the concert, at irisorchestra.org. After the next Iris virtual concert, on December 5th, consisting of archived performances of Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1 and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, there may be live performances with social distancing next year.

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

Free. Ongoing.

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

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

Fri., Oct. 9, 8 p.m.

Shout-Out Shakespeare Series: Romeo and Juliet, experience the greatest love story ever told in outdoor settings. Visit the website for locations. Free.

Oct. 11-24.

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

203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Playhouse on the Square

Tradition, centers around three actors producing a new work in a pandemic. Each actor pushes past their convention of what constitutes theater. playhouseonthesquare.com.

Free with registration. Fri., Oct. 9, 8 p.m., Sat., Oct. 10, 8 p.m., and Sun., Oct. 11, 2 p.m.

Playhouse on the Square at Home, a series of digital content through POTS website and social media platforms.

View past performances, engage in quizzes, enjoy digital playwriting, and more. Free.

Ongoing.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Tennessee Shakespeare Company

October 8-14, 2020

Like to a Lonely Dragon: Shakespeare’s Election of Coriolanus, literary Salon Series performance curated by Dan McCleary who also leads the company of actors in the title role. Presented both in-person and online followed by a brief talkback with the actors. tnshakespeare.org. $15-$25.

MEMPHISARTANDDESIGNWEEK.ORG.

Memphis Flyer Coloring Book

7950 TRINITY (759-0604).

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

Theatre Memphis

Online on Stage, a Theatre Memphis Facebook group that serves as a clearinghouse for performers wanting to share their talents. Featuring storytime, readings, or performance art. Ongoing.

MEMPHISMAGAZINESTORE.COM.

Pinot’s Palette Virtual Paint

Register online for Zoom invite and an emailed supply list.

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

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

University of Memphis

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

The Orpheum

time events created by artists, designers, and disruptors in as many communities as possible. Through Oct. 10.

VIRTUAL/ONLINE, PINOTSPALETTE.COM.

Or, less than 24 hours after retiring from her spy life, Aphra Behn must juggle a new lover, the sudden appearance of an old friend, temptation to fall in love with her benefactor, and writing her first produced play.

Free with reservation. Sat., Sun. Through Oct. 11.

Read to Relate

Register to participate in virtual discussions about the literary and social context found in the text and production qualities of selected plays. $15. Tues., Oct. 13, 7 p.m.

THEATRE MEMPHIS, 630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND DANCE, STUDIO THEATRE, 3745 CENTRAL.

Reader Meet Writer: Dianne M. Stewart

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

Eclectic Eye

Closing reception for “From Hurt to Heart Becoming Art,” exhibition of paintings by Carisa Perkins. Fri., Oct. 9, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Interactive art installation that will take you on a magical journey. $15. Through Oct. 31.

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

Art for Elephants

Help support elephants in the wild by attending Art for Elephants featuring an online animal art auction benefiting Elephants for Africa. Through Oct. 10.

MEMPHIS ZOO, 2000 PRENTISS PLACE IN OVERTON PARK (333-6500).

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Baron von Opperbean’s Exploratorium of Magic, Science, and the Multiverse

OFF THE WALLS ART, 358 WALNUT, CHRISTOPHERREYES.COM.

First Brush of Fall: Plein Air Season at the Garden Guest artists will be on-site painting and sharing Plein Air techniques. Bring your supplies and create work for consideration into the Plein Air exhibition in December. Free. Sundays, 3-5 p.m.

Through Oct. 25.

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

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ARKWINGS CONFERENCE CENTER, 2034 JAMES (628-6690), ARKWINGS.ORG.

Memphis Art + Design Week

A creative festival offering virtual unique day and night-

Author discusses BadgeOut!: How to Be Your Authentic Self via Zoom. Free with registration. Sat., Oct. 10, 11 a.m.

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

Saturday Sketch

For ages 15+. Sketch in the gardens or galleries with a special guest instructor each month. Bring a pad of paper or a sketchbook. Pencils and colored pencils only. Free with admission. Second Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.

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

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

ArtsMemphis

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

575 S. MENDENHALL (578-2787).

Beverly and Sam Ross Gallery at Christian Brothers University

“Inside-Out,” exhibition of work by Khara Woods.

Viewings are available to the public by appointment only or online. Email Scott Carter for an appointment. cbu.edu. Oct. 10-Nov. 21.

650 EAST PARKWAY S. (321-3243).

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

“Magellan’s Medicine,” exhibition of hand-painted ceramics

by Dr. Malini Gupta. Through Dec. 14.

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

Clough-Hanson Gallery

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

by Jenna Gilley. Visit Facebook page to view virtually. rhodes.edu. Ongoing.

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

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Socially distanced onsite celebration of performance and visual arts, hands-on Creativity Stations, all in a peaceful, spacious outdoor setting.

Virtual festival the following week. Free with registration.

Sat., Oct. 10, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Reader Meet Writer: Miles McKenna

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

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

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301 Washington Ave., STE. 202, Memphis, TN 38103 Telephone number 901-474-8809 Lawofficeofsssuttle@yahoo.com

Frayser Local Arts Festival

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

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

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“Amor Fati” by Margaret Munz-Losch at L Ross Gallery, on display through Saturday, November 14th

Author discusses Black Women, Black Love: America’s War on African American Marriage via Zoom. Free with registration. Thurs., Oct. 8, 6 p.m.

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CALENDAR: OCTOBER 8 - 14 “Second Life, Third Life,” exhibition of work by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Meredith Potter, Melissa Wilkinson, and Emily C. Thomas. Curated by Roland Donnelly-Bullington.

Ongoing.

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

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

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

by Marlo Morales. Visit Facebook page to view virtually. rhodes.edu. Ongoing.

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

Curated by Caroline Koch.

Ongoing. “playground,” exhibition of works by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Elizabeth Alley and Susan Maakestad.

Curated by Dresden Timco.

Ongoing.

“Beauty and Terror,” exhibition of work by Anne Siems.

Oct. 14-Nov. 17.

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“The Beauty of Calligraphy,” exhibition by the Memphis Calligraphy Guild celebrating calligraphy and the resulting gestural art. Through Jan. 3, 2021.

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

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

Through Dec. 20.

“Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible,” exhibition of the first handwritten Bible that interprets and illustrates scripture from a contemporary perspective. A reflection of a multicultural world and strides in science, technology, and space travel. Oct. 11-Jan. 10.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

L Ross Gallery

“Overlay,” exhibition of mixed-media work on paper

by Lisa Weiss. Visit during gallery hours or by appointment. Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Through Oct. 10.

“Amor Fati,” exhibtion of new work by Margaret MunzLosch. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Through Nov. 14.

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

L E CT U R E /S P EA K E R

The History and Philosophy of Black Lives Matter

Anika Simpson and Charles McKinney in conversation with Remy Debes with Q&A moderator Ladrica Menson-Furr. Via Zoom. Fri., Oct. 9, 3 p.m.

MEMPHIS.EDU/MOCH.

Memphis Botanic Garden

“Color Obsession,” exhibition of paintings by Claudia TullosLeonard. Through Oct. 31.

Tradition at Playhouse on the Square, Friday, October 9th, through Sunday, October 11th

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

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

“Drawing Memory: Essence of Memphis,” exhibition of works inspired by nsibidi, a sacred means of communication

Workplace Wellness: Mental Health America Mid-South

Workplace wellness presentation

by Desireè Kelly. This session will cover mental health vs. mental illness, and self-management tips and techniques.

Thurs., Oct. 8, 11 a.m.

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The Orpheum

Tour de Midtown

Virtual StoryFest 2020: From Where I Stand — Lost and Found, meet Tyler, Arionna, Monte, Nivea, Adrian, Sheniah, Klenisha, Maze, and Jazsmine and hear their stories in their own words. orpheum-memphis.com. Free.

Group run starting from 2109 Madison. Free beer after the run. All paces are welcomed.

Free. Thursdays, 6 p.m.

OVERTON SQUARE, 2101 MADISON, OVERTONSQUARE.COM.

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Crafts Fair Pop-Up Shop

From paintings and home decor to jewelry and candles in a socially distanced pop-up experience. Fridays, Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., and Sundays, 12-5 p.m. Through Dec. 27.

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

Online Fall Plant Sale

Featuring plants for color in the autumn landscape. Order online. Curbside pick-up. Through Oct. 29.

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

Shelby Vote Virtual Job Fair

Register to view ballot processing and poll worker jobs.

Thurs., Oct. 8, 10:30 a.m.

SHELBYVOTE.COM.

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Ashtanga Yoga

Join Shanna Small for an Ashtanga yoga class and a discussion on the intersectionality of yoga and social justice. $25. Sat., Oct. 10, 8:30-11 a.m.

DELTA GROOVE YOGA, 2091 MADISON, DELTAGROOVEYOGA.COM.

Natchez Trace Century Ride

Join over 700 cyclists for routes from an eight-mile fun ride to a 100-mile ride into

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

Tues., Oct. 13, 7-8 p.m.

Virtual StoryFest 2020: Listen Up! Legacy 2, this digital storytelling documentary follows the journey of Antonio, Charles, Detriunna, Dre, Kaiiteaa, Sincere, and Whitney. Free. Wed., Oct. 14, 7-8 p.m.

David Lusk Gallery

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Sat., Oct. 10, 7 a.m.

RIDGELAND RECREATION CENTER, 137 OLD TRACE PARK (601-8566876), RIDGELANDSPORTSANDEVENTS.COM.

Thurs., Oct. 8, 5 p.m.

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

Early Voting for General and Municipal Election

Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Visit website for mail-in ballot, voting locations, and more information. Oct. 14-29.

Featuring movie, Magic Mr. Nick, Mempops, Yippie Trippie & the Porkstars food truck, Vegan Chocolate LaVa, and more. $10. Fri., Oct. 9, 5 p.m.

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A Home for Dogs

Page Robbins Golf Classic

Registration includes breakfast, lunch, beverages, greens fee, cart, driving range, putting contest entry, and a golf shirt.

Thurs., Oct. 8, 7 a.m.-6 p.m.

WINDYKE COUNTRY CLUB, 8535 WINCHESTER (754-1888), PAGEROBBINS.ORG.

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Churches from the Presbytery of the MidSouth: Sunday Worship Livestream

Combined livestream worship.

Visit website for more information and livestream link.

Sun., 11 a.m.

IDLEWILDCHURCH.ORG.

Virtual-T

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

OUTMEMPHIS.ORG.

Pet adoption event featuring socially distant activities. Area shelters will have mini adoption centers benefiting the SPCA. Sat., Oct. 10, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

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

Indie Memphis Movie Club

CARRIAGE CROSSING, HOUSTON LEVEE & BILL MORRIS PKWY. (854-8240).

Witchcraft & Wizardry Memphis

Work with your teammates to crack the clues and solve the puzzles. $48 per team. Sat., Oct. 10, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

CLUEDUPP.COM.

H O LI DAY EVE N TS

Family Planting Party: Pumpkin Planters

Pick a pumpkin and use fall flowers to create a fall planter. $15 members, $20 nonmembers. Sat., Oct. 10, 2 p.m.

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

online. $40. Thurs., 5:15 & 6:15 p.m. Through Oct. 8.

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE.

Downtown Dinner + Music Series

Dine in or carry out at one of Downtown Memphis’ restaurants and enjoy distanced, outdoor, and unplugged live music. Thursdays, 5 p.m.

Through Oct. 29.

MEMPHISTRAVEL.COM.

Drive-In Benefit Brunch

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Concert brunch featuring Amy LaVere and Will Sexton and boxed brunch prepared by City Silo. $35. Sun., Oct. 11, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Concourse Outdoor Grilling Class Series

MALCO SUMMER 4 DRIVE-IN, 5310 SUMMER (681-2020), HANDSOFMOTHERS.ORG.

Themed food classes each week. Space limited. RSVP

Memphis Dawah Association: Mobile Food Pantry

A weekly mobile food pantry organized by Memphis Dawah Association and Mid-South Food Bank. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

MEMPHIS DAWAH ASSOCIATION, 837 CRAFT (601-672-0259).

One Pot Wonders

Promoting healthier meal options for optimal health by providing nutrition education, cooking lessons, and learning how to cultivate an herb garden. Second Monday of every month, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Through Dec. 14.

RALEIGH BRANCH LIBRARY, 3157 POWERS (386-5333).

Natchez Trace Century Ride, Ridgeland Recreation Center, Saturday, October 10th, 7 a.m.

Zootoberfest

Local breweries will offer Oktoberfest beers. Draft root beer and root beer floats will also be available. $8 stein, $3 refills. Saturdays, Sundays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Through Oct. 25.

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

INDIEMEMPHIS.ORG.

Loving Vincent

Featuring film, live music by Gerry Finney, El Mero Taco food truck, and Amy LaVere’s Vegan Chocolate LaVa. $10.

Wed., Oct. 14, 5 p.m.

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

OUTFlix @ the Drive-In Featuring Cured and Breaking Fast. $25 per car. Thurs., Oct. 8, 7-11:30 p.m.

MALCO SUMMER 4 DRIVE-IN, 5310 SUMMER (681-2020).

Soul of the City

F I LM

Chocolat

Weekly virtual screenings, plus online Q&As on Tuesday evenings between programmers and special guests. Visit website for more information and schedule. Ongoing.

Featuring film, chef Roel Mesta, live music by Gerry Finney, drink specials, and Say Cheese! food truck. $10.

Meet historical figures from Memphis’ past. $10. Sat., Oct. 10, 7 p.m.

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Hooked ’Em

Hook Point Brewing Company landing soon.

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a 16,000-square-foot building at 184 S. Mount Pleasant and enlisted the help of fellow military veterans and award-winning brewers Jay Marchmon and Stephan “Tank” Emswiler to help develop new recipes and tweak existing ones.

Six additional core beers were created, all of which center around aviation themes: Inky Barley Scottish Stout, Haze Gray New England-style IPA, Cat Shot Kolsch, Skyhook West Coast IPA, 3-Wire Belgian Tripel, and gluten-free Hangar Queen Bitter.

Only Flat Hat has been distributed here so far, but the group has used local festivals and tastings to introduce their newer creations to the public.

One of the crowd-pleasers has been Inky Barley. Named after a bombing range in California, the full-bodied stout features notes of chocolate and coffee with a hint of smokiness.

Two other favorites: Haze Gray and Hangar Queen. “There were people who didn’t know that Hangar Queen was gluten-free when they tried it,” says Marchmon.

Hook Point is working on developing non-alcoholic beverages like n/a beer, kombucha, soda, and nitro cold brew coffee. Some of these may be used in brew recipes. “We’re definitely going to be using the coffee in some of our stouts and porters,” Marchmon says.

Sadler hopes to be open for business

by October 31st, but due to Collierville laws requiring that 50 percent of the gross revenue come from food and because of COVID-19 restrictions, they will be open only for curbside service.

Eventually, they may add a restaurant to the Collierville location, but Sadler has also considered opening a taproom in Downtown Memphis.

“There’s a building in place, and a developer interested in bringing us in,” Sadler says. “We’ve had some discussions. But before I commit, I want to get this place up and running.”

Now, Flat Hat can be found at various liquor stores and restaurants.

For a full list of locations and information on the grand opening, visit hookpointbrewing.com or flathat.com.

Hook Point Brewing Company is located at 875 W. Poplar, Ste. 23, #233, Collierville.

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ook Point Brewing Company is due to land in Collierville by the end of the month.

Hook Point has been flapping its wings in the region for the last three years, distributing its flagship beer Flat Hat American Ale to liquor stores and restaurants.

The beer brand was established in 2017 by veteran naval aviator Mike Sadler, who wanted to follow his quest for adventure after his military retirement. He aimed to create a brand from the term “flat-hat,” which originated from the early days of Naval aviation and means “unauthorized, low-altitude flying” or, broadly speaking, to fly outside the rules.

“As the story goes, a pilot was flying very low down a road and hit a pedestrian on the head, crushing his top hat, hence, the term ‘flat-hat,’” says Sadler.

“For us pilots, it was not about being reckless, but about pushing yourself, testing yourself, and being adventurous. Our Flat Hat is meant for those adventurous, active-lifestyle individuals who want to live life full-speed.”

Sadler’s son had been working in the beverage industry and was subsequently linked to a brewery in Atlanta called Second Self Beer Company. From there, a recipe was developed for Flat Hat: a dry, light-bodied ale that could “cool you off without slowing you down.” For the next three years, the beer would be brewed there and distributed here, as well as in northern Mississippi and Nashville.

By 2018, Sadler knew he wanted a home base where he could brew the beer himself. He thought Collierville would be just the place, in part because he lived in the area for 14 years, but also because Collierville didn’t have any breweries.

“Meddlesome was the first to bring something outside of Memphis,” Sadler says. “But there’s still nothing in the southeast. There were a lot of people driving, sometimes every couple of weekends, to taprooms in Downtown Memphis.

I thought this would be a good spot that would be convenient for people in this part of town.”

So Sadler leased

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FOOD By Michael Donahue

THIS WEEK AT

Flavor Fusion

Jimmy Sinh and Temoor Sarwar partner in new restaurant.

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immy “Sushi Jimmi” Sinh and Temoor Sarwar will open JT Fusion on Wednesday, October 7th.

Diners will be able to get everything from a sushi taco to a $250 sushi boat for a group of 10 at the restaurant, which is part of the Cordova location of La Hacienda Mexican restaurant owned by Sarwar and his family. JT Fusion will become its own restaurant when it moves to a brick-and-mortar building in 2021.

The “J” stands for “Jimmy” and the “T” stands for “Temoor.” They’re 50-50 partners in the new endeavor. “That’s why it’s fusion,” Sinh says. “It’s both of us.”

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And, he says, “La Hacienda has been in business since 1996. They’re not going anywhere. JT Fusion is a totally separate concept.”

JT Fusion “is a brand we want to introduce to Memphis. More of an upscale Asian restaurant. Everything we order is shipped overnight. We cannot get it in Memphis. Even our wasabi. If you eat the sushi boat, then you’re going to get real wasabi.”

Those boats will include bluefin tuna and “all your exclusive fish.”

They’ll sell for between $150 and $250, depending on the type of fish and how many it will serve, Sinh says. “It’s not a cheap boat. It’s high-quality fish.”

“We’re just doing things we feel like are really good,” Sarwar says. “Our Pork Belly Philly concept came from the Philly sandwich, but we’re doing it with pork belly. It’s kind of like a chunky bacon. It’s really good.

“And that’s the kind of stuff I’m excited about. A lot of times chefs or

cooks get stuck in cooking one style of food because that’s what’s expected of them.”

JT Fusion has “no rules” in the kitchen, Sarwar says. “We can pick up and do whatever we want with the food and menu. We don’t have to be classical. We don’t have to be regionally correct to any style or any kind of food.”

They will serve what they feel “tastes great,” he says.

The menu, which also will include sushi, will feature Sinh’s take on the sushi taco. “Mine is not fried at all,” Sinh says. “It’s more of a healthier choice.

It’s just wrapped in seaweed. It has that crunch because of the seaweed, and it has the rice that sticks it together. And the flavors, you get it in the spicy tuna, spicy crawfish, spicy crab. You can get it pretty much stuffed with anything.

Also, it has a little bit of pico de gallo and tobiko — fish eggs.”

Like their food, the drinks at JT Fusion also will be fusion. They’ll mix spirits from different countries, Sarwar says.

They fuse Italy with Japan in a cocktail made with limoncello and sake.

The drink list will be “definitely different from anywhere else,” Sinh says. The Ninja, made with sake, peach Smirnoff vodka, apple Cîroc vodka, and cranberry juice, is served in a big fish bowl. You can drink it by yourself or share it with a second person. I put dry ice in it. That makes it cooler.”

For now, JT Fusion will be a section of about six tables at La Hacienda, Sinh says. “We’re just getting a small part of the restaurant to serve our food … a small part of the kitchen. We’re looking for a place of our own right now. I would say 2021 we’re going to open it.

It will be a brand-new year. Everything is going to be good again. And we want to introduce it to Memphis the right way. That way, we can come out with a new year, a new restaurant, and serve you guys better.”

Since JT Fusion now has a limited number of tables, customers must make a reservation to eat there.

“I feel like restaurants have gone away from the experience,” Sarwar says. “Everything is so uptight. We want people to have fun.

“We’re trying to give people an experience. Trying to give people our energy. Jimmy and I are super excited about this.”

JT Fusion is at La Hacienda, 1760 N. Germantown Pkwy. in Cordova; (901) 624-2020.

BREWS By Richard Murff

It’s Tapped!

Exploring the origins of Oktoberfest.

has been canceled, mostly due to war and, this year, the plague. The Nazis renamed it Grossdeutsches Volkfest, which means “Greater German Folk Festival” — because those humorless bastards would.

They canceled it for their war.

To wit: Wiseacre’s Oktoberfest Gemütlichkeit Märzen Lager — weighing in at 5.9 percent ABV — sticks to the traditional style. You’ll see that it is a little darker than the pilsner lager; not heavier, mind you, just a touch toastier.

There is a lot of flavor and a maltiness that ultimately drinks clean and neat.

Which brings us back to the pork.

This is a beer that works well with barbecue, hamburgers, roast chicken, or even the dreaded pork knee. Which, honestly, wasn’t that bad; it was more that the concept was bent.

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I have a friend who owns part of a brewery in North Carolina. He told me he wasn’t into making a pilsner “with a twist,” but just making the best pilsner, or IPA, out there. In their first year, Brown Truck Brewing won a national medal, so maybe they were onto something. Wiseacre’s take on the festival beer fits that mold: If there is a twist, I don’t know where it is. This is simply a great Oktoberfest beer. One that makes me wish I could hear that barking “O’zapft is!” (It’s tapped) in the Munich fall.

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t really is something to see millions of Germans gathering together to celebrate a wedding that took place some 200-plus years ago. Or rather, it would have been, but, like the Memphis in May festivals, Oktoberfest 2020 was canceled. In fact, my daughter’s entire semester abroad was canceled, which was heartbreaking for her but saved me the cost of a dirndl — one of those St. Pauli Girl traditional festival get-ups.

The old Erika’s Restaurant aside, Memphis’ German roots are thin, to say the least. The name Murff is a corruption of a German name from what is now Switzerland, where a pair of my ancestors got hired to come over and fight our revolution and never went back. Our two cultures do share an undying bond over schwein (that’s pork to most of you). The Germans have preparations that even a Memphian finds baffling: They’ll serve you a pork knee and it looks exactly like what it is.

And, of course, they wash it all down with beer. So I bought a six-pack of Wiseacre’s Oktoberfest Gemütlichkeit Märzen Lager to celebrate the virtually nonexistent ties between Memphis, Tennessee, and Munich, Bavaria.

Oktoberfest was started in 1810 to celebrate the wedding of local Crown Prince Ludwig to Princess Theresa of SaxeHildburghauser. The Bavarian hoi polloi weren’t exactly invited to the wedding, but they were invited by the royal couple to celebrate at a respectful distance — and hopefully downwind. Even today, the field used for the 16- to 18-day festival is called (officially) Therassenwiesse “Theresa Meadow.” The shindig was such a blast they all decided to do it again in 1811.

After that, no one could think of a reason not to have it.

Oktoberfest is not just a festival where people drink a lot of beer (although they do; in 2013 they polished off 7.7 million litres of the stuff ). It is a festival where they drink a lot of Oktoberfest beer. It’s märzen lager made specially for the festival and is traditionally 2 percent higher in alcohol than normal lagers — because we all need a little help pregaming. And apparently always have.

Since the happy couple wed, there have been only 25 years where the festival

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quarrel that follows Jack’s thoughtless tab erasure (“I use those tabs for work!” Su cries.), they settle on the couch for a little make-up nookie — until Jack gets a text from his friend who is getting married. Distracted again, they retreat back into their smartphone bubbles.

The opening scene is a masterful piece of screenwriting and staging by writing/directing team Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson. Save Yourselves! is their feature debut. It caused a stir at Sundance back in the Before Times of January, and was snatched up by Bleecker Street Films, the New York indie studio behind Logan Lucky and the Memphis-based Brian Banks.

At the wedding, they catch up with their friends IRL. Everyone, it seems, is doing something more meaningful with their lives than Su and Jack. Ralph (Ben Sinclair) quit his job as an investment banker to found a start-up that is 3D printing eco-friendly surfboards inspired by whale tails. As the wine flows and the conversations deepen, Ralph offers to let Su and Jack use his grandfather’s cabin near a lake upstate.

Invasion of the attention snatchers — Sunita Mani (left) and John Reynolds star as internetsavvy millennial love birds trying to unplug and recalibrate in Save Yourselves!

Su jumps at the opportunity to get out of town.

They both need time away from their phones, their laptops, the internet, and life in general, to put things in perspective. “I want us to be better people,” she says.

The plan is to spend a disconnected week at the cabin. No internet, no Alexa, just nature. All this information overload has a tendency to make trivial things seem important. We think we have to keep checking Twitter and Facebook or risk being out of touch, but self-care is more important. What are they going to miss during their week away that’s so paramount?

How about an alien invasion? While Jack and Su are holed up in the cabin, drifting around a lily-padfilled pond in a borrowed canoe, smoking weed, and watching a weird meteor shower, all hell breaks loose back home. The aliens might look like harmless puff balls, but they make quick work of human civilization. Jack must come to terms with the fact that his web design skills are suddenly irrelevant, and he can’t even start a fire.

Save Yourselves! is a sci-fi horror comedy in the tradition of Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland. Like Cloverfield, it’s a ground-level view of an apocalyptic alien invasion, only funny. Fischer and Wilson’s biggest asset is Sunita Mani. You probably recognize her from a Progressive insurance commercial, but she’s been demonstrating her razor-sharp timing in

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ow many times this year have you opened your computer or glanced at your smartphone and exclaimed “Oh my god, this is bad!”? When Su (Sunita Mani) does it in the opening scene of Save Yourselves!, it’s pretty relatable, right? Has the president given COVID to Betty White? Has Kanye tapped a swarm of murder hornets as his running mate? Are we out of toilet paper again?

In Su’s case, the “Oh my god, this is bad!” is because her boyfriend Jack (John Reynolds) has accidentally closed all of her tabs on her internet browser. So, definitely not good, but it could have been worse.

Su and Jack have a cozy little millennial life in Brooklyn. He is a software developer (of course), and she is a personal assistant. They are, like practically everyone else, living in a computer-created bubble of their own making. After the inevitable lovers’

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You can’t help but root for them, even as they find themselves deep in a hole and just keep on digging.

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My flirt with center stage started with routine errands on an autumn afternoon. While driving west on Poplar Pike, I noticed a line of orangeand-white cones looming on the roadway. At every construction split, a decision must be made: one side marks a safe path while the other should at all costs be avoided. As I turned the steering wheel, I never suspected the blunder I was about to make.

Seconds later, my vehicle mysteriously slowed. Baffled, I stepped on the gas. Nothing happened. I tried again, still with no result. A passing driver in a blue sedan rolled down his window, openly gawking. Other drivers pointed, smirked, and snickered. All were snapping pictures with their phones. What was so remarkable about a nondescript minivan plastered with school PTA stickers?

I anxiously peered out the van window and detected a freshly poured substance rising up my wheels to the axle, soon to dry as concrete. Pulling my ballcap over my eyes, I slid down into my seat. My fight-or-flight instinct kicked in, and flight wasn’t an option, so I had to marshal my resources. Grabbing my purse, I retrieved my AAA membership card; my mother-in-law had given us a membership for Christmas, so surely help would soon be on the way. But an AAA employee explained that tow services weren’t covered. She was clear about it. I had to upgrade the plan or allow my minivan to fossilize in wet cement. I dug out my credit card. “Wait there,” she said. Like I had a choice.

My next duty was to alert my loved ones of my plight. Thirty minutes later, my husband Eric arrived at the scene and stalked over. “Have you lost your mind?” he shouted, repeating the question for maximum effect. “You have to get out of there before that stuff hardens!” I considered my scheduled meeting — there was still time to make the appointment — and suggested that we switch cars. With a laugh, Eric quickly returned to his own car and began to drive off. But not before taking a slew of pictures for “show and tell” during the holidays.

So I waited in a lonely, transparent bubble while merrymakers delighted in my sad circumstances. None of the bullies were brave enough to venture close and rap on my window — the fear of paralysis in cement kept them in their places. Hoping for encouragement, I phoned my sister Andrea, but she only inquired about my location. Like my husband, she thirsted for photographic documentation. Seeing straight through her, I hung up. Finally, I notified my professional circle of my altered schedule. “I’ve been grounded,” I explained, withholding details.

Naturally, the tow truck was late, and my 15 minutes of fame was lengthened by hours. My rescuer spoke little, conserving his energy. With a loud groan, he hauled out dozens of tools, chains, and a ramp. Honestly, I don’t recall all the steps involved in my release but do remember rolling down a makeshift ramp angled over the cement pit.

I wiped a tear as I reached dry land. “Get to a car wash as fast as you can and rinse under the van before it dries!” he commanded.

I sped to the nearest carwash only to find it out of order. In desperation, I headed for another and offered up a hodgepodge of coins. Nothing happened. At the third carwash, I cried “Eureka!” at the sight of gushing water. Once the van was clean, I blended in with traffic, but it was too soon to rejoice. At home, Eric crawled under the van and began removing chunks of cement.

Deciding that he would be occupied for several hours, I poured a glass of wine and made one last call. Surely my neighbor Donna would offer supportive words and redeem a grueling day. “I’ve driven on the wrong side of construction zones,” she said. “It can happen to anyone.” Thankfully, I had returned to my warm and caring community.

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But there was nowhere to hide at Thanksgiving. After dessert, Eric shared photographs of my misery and shame. And it appears there will always be those who are curious about my six hours of fame. I still hear about it. And thanks to those photographs, future generations of my family will be able to gawk at my ill-fated drive to the dark side of construction cones.

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