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Last Tuesday night, as those of us who were charged with creating the Flyer cover story awaited election returns, a pattern became obvious: Donald Trump was winning in places he wasn’t supposed to win. This was a surprise to nearly everyone — pundits, pollsters, Democrats, and Republicans, alike. The Wall Street Journal later reported that even Trump and his top staff expected to lose.

As Jackson Baker wrote and rewrote the topper on his cover story, and as our print deadline of midnight approached, it appeared that Hillary Clinton’s path to the White House was almost nonexistent. We didn’t know Trump had won, but it sure seemed likely. For those of us in the Flyer newsroom, and indeed for much of the country, it was truly a “WTF?” moment. How did everybody get it so wrong? How did this already bizarre campaign get even more bizarre?

So, we went with the now-infamous “WTF?” cover and went home to bed.

The next morning, the calls and comments started flooding our phonelines and our Facebook page. We got dozens of emails. For the first few hours, almost without exception, the messages from our readers were overwhelmingly, even heart-warmingly supportive, the general sentiment being “Thank you for expressing exactly what I feel.”

“Thank you for being a sane voice in the wilderness,” etc.

Then, as the papers began getting delivered to the outer reaches of our circulation — the suburbs, north Mississippi — the other side began to be heard from. “How could you put such horrible profanity on your cover?” “What about the children who see this?” And my favorite, variations of: “I’m a long-time, loyal reader, and I will never buy your publication again!” The irony of Trump supporters worrying about “profanity” was apparently lost in translation.

Then we started getting photos of Flyers being tossed into dumpsters and ugly personal threats. So it went for a couple days — back and forth — but overall, the positive reactions far, far outweighed the negative.

Trump’s election shook the great majority of our regular readers to the core.

The Flyer’s “base” is, and always has been, thinking, progressive people — accepting of racial, gender, and cultural diversity, environmentally aware, pro-women’s rights.

Though it’s possible he may surprise us, Trump represents the polar opposite of all of that. Indeed, his first announced staff appointment was Steve Bannon, an anti-Semite who runs Brietbart.com, a white supremacist website. His possible choices to head the EPA (a climate change denier), Justice (Rudy Giugliani), Immigration (a “build the wall” guy), Interior (Sarah Palin!) are a further indication of just how hard-line this administration may be.

Hispanics and Muslims are terrified of deportation and harassment. African Americans and Jews fear the legitimizing of alt-right racism. LGBTQ folks fear renewed discrimination and a repeal of their right to marry. Environmentalists fear a rollback to the era when corporations could pollute our air and water with impunity. Pro-choice voters fear the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

The people who care about these things are our people — Flyer people. The Trump administration will likely challenge progressive ideas in ways we haven’t seen in decades, so we all had better be ready to stand up and be heard. It isn’t Democrat N E WS & O P I N I O N versus Republican anymore, it’s sanity NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 4 versus a rollback to the Dark Ages.

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This raises a lot of questions. Questions like, Did it just fall out? Were words exchanged? Did somebody say, “It’s not you, it’s me?”

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TRUMPED Here’s a weird headline from The Commercial Appeal that seems to say a little something about America’s clueless white patriarchy.

“County elects woman, Trump,” tells the story of an unusual Texas town that voted to put Donald J. Trump in the White House, while also voting to put some woman somewhere else entirely.

In the first sentence, we’re told the woman’s also a black Democrat who was running for sheriff. The woman (aka Zena Stephens), finally gets a name down in the fourth paragraph.

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Protesting, a protest, and a protest Memphians let their voices be heard all over town this week.

Bitcoin, anyone? (Seriously, anyone?)

If you’re looking for a little non-Donald-Trump-related, WTF?kinda news, here it is: Memphis got a Bitcoin ATM last week. The machine from Coinsource is the first in the city and the third in the state.

So, if you know how Bitcoin works and you, y’know, have some, head on out to the ATM close to the corner of Dudley and Linden.

Take it to the street Trump’s election was marked with rallies, unity walks, and protests in Memphis last week, just as in many other major cities.

Hundreds gathered in at least three separate actions at Planned Parenthood, downtown, and Midtown.

“This is the worst election result we’ve had in my lifetime and maybe the country’s history,” said Congressman Steve Cohen to a group gathered at Overton Park Friday. “It’s scary the racist

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and xenophobic statements that were said about people by candidates, and the tolerance of them. It’s really important that people come out and show that they don’t believe in this and they don’t endorse it.”

Memphis Police Department officers offered security and traffic protection during the actions.

Dairy plan thumbed down Midtown neighbors scored a win Thursday against a development they said would bring more noise and more congestion from the Prairie Farms dairy facility on Madison, though dairy owners said they will carry on with their expansion plans.

Turner Holdings LLC, owner of the milk plant, hoped to convert a now-empty back lot adjacent to the plant into a space for “vehicle maintenance, repair, warehousing, and temporary parking of trucks and trailers.” The company is beginning a $10 million expansion of the 80-year-old dairy that would add capacity and about 30 percent more

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Memphis Latinos fear for the lives they’ve built in an uncertain future ahead.

Shaking in the cold with his mother, Alex Ortiz, 10, stood in his underwear at the Mexico border — his father’s alcoholism and death threats behind them in Honduras, the United States in front of their eyes.

He gripped her hand as they crossed the river into Eagle’s Pass, Texas, where they were granted a six-month stay at a U.S. Border Patrol Station. Soon they’d be reconnected with family in Memphis, and, soon, they would overstay their visas.

“I remember driving over the bridge into Memphis from Arkansas and seeing the skyline,” Ortiz, now 24, says. “I had never seen anything like it. Coming here as a young kid, it was all an adventure to me. I just saw it as an experience to explore a new place.”

It was 2003 when Ortiz and his mother arrived in the United States, nine years prior to President Barack Obama’s executive order that founded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration program. The initiative protects from deportation those who emigrated to the U.S. before the age of 16, and grants them work authorization and a social security number. About 13,000 immigrants have qualified for DACA in Tennessee, said Lisa Nikolaus, the policy manager with the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition.

With the same executive authority that created the initiative, President-elect Donald Trump could, and likely will, sign it

Alex Ortiz, now 24, emmigrated to Memphis when he was 10 years old. away. Trump said last week immigration would be a top priority and said Sunday he’ll immediately deport 2 million-3 million undocumented immigrants. He’s standing firm on rhetoric that fueled his campaign: “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best … they’re rapists.” Overturning DACA would

truck traffic to the site.

Neighbors and interested Midtowners protested, telling members of the Land Use Control Board (LUCB) last week that the dairy’s trucks are loud, smelly, and already create congestion around the site, just a stone’s throw from the revitalized Overton Square entertainment district. Many said they hoped the dairy would move out of Midtown completely.

The LUCB denied the company’s request. But the Memphis City Council will have the final vote on the matter.

Standing Rock blocked Security guards blocked access at the Clifford Davis Odell Horton Federal Building to Memphis citizens protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline.

About 50 protestors hoped to enter the building and file their grievances with the Memphis offices of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Ganja green light Arkansas voted last week to approve medical marijuana for residents with qualifying conditions, becoming the first state in the Bible Belt to do so. The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment, or Issue 6, was approved on a margin of 53 percent-47 percent.

Correction: A story last week incorrectly stated the homeless youth shelter proposed by OUTMemphis was to be built in Orange Mound. The shelter is planned for a site near Cooper-Young.

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have devastating consequences, Nikolaus said.

“It would have a ripple effect not just for these people and their families, but to the businesses that employ them, to our local economy,” Nikolaus says. “It would drive them underground and be a huge devastation for our state.”

Ortiz, who grew from a fifth-grader who couldn’t speak English to the valedictorian of his high school class, was a sophomore in college on a full scholarship when he qualified for DACA. The program granted Ortiz opportunities like interning with Congressman Bennie G. Thompson, a member of the Committee on Homeland Security.

“DACA took me from having a lot of insecurity about what I was going to do with my life to having some ground to stand on,” Ortiz says.

Mauricio Calvo, executive director of Latino Memphis, said he doesn’t think the president-elect will be able to implement many of his complex and expensive campaign promises. He fears, though, Trump will make immigrants the scapegoat for the country’s economic challenges. Calvo hopes the Trump administration will instead create strategic comprehensive immigration reform through bipartisan efforts.

“Latinos are, and will remain, an important part of our local economy,” Calvo said. “In many ways, we are literally and figuratively helping to build our amazing city, the place that we all now call home.”

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Weirich pleads ignorance Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich said publicly last week she had no knowledge of any payment made to a witness as she prosecuted Andrew Thomas.

Thomas’ case is now under review by a federal appeals court here. At issue is a $750 payment made to a witness in the case. If Weirich knew about the payment, she would have had to disclose it to Thomas’ attorneys during his murder trial here in 2001. But the fact was never revealed to his attorneys or to juries hearing the case.

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Many leaders have imagined the whir of outboard motors pushing water taxis through the Wolf River Harbor for at least six years, but a new state report douses that dream with a cool glass of muddy river water.

High capital costs and heavily subsidized operations highlight the report from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). But the death knell for the project, which Riverfront Development Corp. (RDC) president Benny Lendermon said he heard at least six months ago, was the disqualification of amphibious vehicles (or duck boats) from the project.

Water taxis first appeared in paper here in 2010, a part of the Mud Island River Park Land Use Study. They popped up again two years later in the Uptown West Master Plan. The very basic idea was to run the taxis up and down the Memphis riverfront, connecting key sites.

Riders, mainly tourists, would catch one of three water taxis (large pontoon boats with outboard motors) at Beale Street Landing, according to the report authored by national transportation consulting firm TransSystems. The taxi would make a stop at Mud Island and continue to a landing dock under the A. W. Willis Bridge for walkable access to Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid.

This plan would require taxi riders to enter and exit the boats and traverse walkways, which would all have to meet standards set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This, Lendermon said, increased the cost of the project considerably and put it out of reach.

He imagined a water taxi service that used large amphibious vehicles, commonly called duck boats. Using the boats would only require riders to enter and exit the vehicles once and

Some leaders have long dreamed of having water taxis here.

without the need for dock landings.

But the study said federal funds would not support the vehicles because they are considered tourist vehicles and not strictly for transportation services.

“The bottom line is if you’re going to say amphibious vehicles are not allowed and not funded by the Federal Transit Authority, then there’s no way a water taxi system is feasible in Memphis,” Lendermon said.

The study projects about 21,000 one-way trips per year. One-way tickets would cost $5. Round-trip tickets would be $7.

Here’s where the report drops a cold bucket of reality. Building the dock landings, buying the boats, and more would cost between $4 million and $12 million. That kind of money would get the project off the ground, and then it would cost about $660,000 a year to run it.

Furthermore, the study says the water taxi service would never become a self-sustaining business venture.

Each one-way trip (from Beale Street Landing to Bass Pro or back the other way) would require a subsidy of $26.63, or about $580,300 annually.

If fares from taxi riders were to cover the project’s entire cost, oneway tickets would have to be $31, and there would be no round-trip tickets available, the study says. This, of course, would severely limit ridership and would likely make the project unfeasible.

Lendermon said the study, which took 18 months to complete but no local money, ends the conversation of a Memphis water taxi service.

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Winds of Change The unexpected victory of Donald Trump in the presidential race will likely open up career opportunities for fellow Republicans — including some in the Memphis area.

One possible beneficiary is lawyer John Ryder, a longtime eminence in GOP affairs. Ryder has served as local Republican chairman, as a member of the Republican National Committee from Tennessee, and, currently, as general counsel to the RNC. After the census of 2010, Ryder headed up the Republican Party’s redistricting efforts nationwide, and the map he helped create has strongly reinforced the GOP’s hold on districts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

A partner at the Harris Shelton law firm of Memphis, Ryder was named Republican Lawyer of the Year in a ceremony in Washington, D.C., last month. That follows a year in which he served as a Trump delegate to the GOP convention in Cleveland and was a key member of that conventions’ rules committee.

Considering that Ryder, as general counsel, has essentially been the right-hand man of RNC

John Ryder (l) with Reince Priebus at RNC Memphis meeting in 2014 chairman Reince Priebus, and that Priebus has just been designated by Trump to be the new president’s chief of staff, the question arises: Is Ryder a prospect to succeed Priebus as head of the RNC? “That would be a decision reached by the presidentelect,” Ryder said Monday in a telephone conversation that took place as he drove to Nashville, where he teaches a course at Vanderbilt. “We’re going to see what happens.

A lot of different paths are going to open up in the next few weeks, and I’m looking to where I can best be of service to the republic.”

Ryder emphasized that “nothing’s been discussed so far.” As for the possibility of his being offered other positions in the official GOP network that stands to be expanded in the new administration, Ryder said, “I’m not particularly looking for anything. I’m not particularly expecting anything.”

Elsewhere locally, Shelby County Commissioner Terry Roland, who served as Trump’s West Tennessee chairman, said he expected to have a say in whatever patronage positions might be available in his bailiwick.

Meanwhile, Tennessee Democrats may be looking to change direction in the wake of yet another election in which they failed to advance. Except for one upset win, that of Democrat Dwayne Thompson over GOP state Representative Steve McManus in state House District 96 (Cordova, Germantown), Democratic candidates lost all the legislative races in which they challenged Republicans.

The net result was a loss of one seat in the House, which means that there will be 25 Democrats and 74 Republicans in the House come January; the state Senate

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the winning campaign. As indicated, this was the upset win of Thompson, a genial human resources administrator and longtime Democratic activist, over state Representative McManus, a GOP legislative mainstay, in District 96.

Under the circumstances of the 2016 election cycle, which not only strengthened the GOP super-majority in Tennessee but put Donald Trump into the presidency and gave the Republicans control of the U.S. Senate and House, it is astonishing that Thompson should have won election to the state House from a suburban Shelby County district. It is doubly astonishing that he unseated an incumbent Republican to do so.

Not only was Thompson the only Democrat in Tennessee to unseat a Republican, he believes himself to be the only Democrat in the South to have done so.

Thompson’s victory over McManus, who had been serving as chairman of the state House banking and insurance committee, was by the total of 351 votes out of almost 28,000 cast, and that ultrathin margin can be attributed to oldfashioned work ethic on the winner’s side and what has to be reckoned as complacency and over-confidence on the loser’s.

McManus’ campaign war-chest totaled $155,754.59 as of the third-quarter financial-disclosure deadline, dwarfing Thompson’s $5,088.20. Thompson later received an infusion of financial aid from the Tennessee Democratic Party: $1,500 in a direct outlay on top of a $13,100 in-kind contribution in the form of a “polling survey.”

In October, Thompson’s total expenditures of $13,817 were almost equal to McManus’, and the Democratic challenger targeted his campaign money well, spending some of it on some modest internet advertising that pointed out, among other things, the fact that he had a military record.

McManus’ confidence may also have stemmed from the fact that he had easily dispatched Thompson in their first matchup, in 2014, with 62 percent of the vote to Thompson’s 38 percent.

Thompson was determined to prove that District 96 was a swing district, composed of a working-class/middleclass mix that was susceptible to a Democratic appeal. He boasts that he and his campaign team knocked on a total of 12,000 doors in the course of the campaign, focusing on issues ranging from Cordova’s traffic problems to skepticism about charter schools and the need for reviving Governor Bill Haslam’s dormant Insure Tennessee program for Medicaid expansion, which, he emphasized to voters, had been blocked in McManus’ committee in the special legislative session of 2015.

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remains at its current level: five Democrats and 28 Republicans. The Republican legislative super-majority holds tight.

And that’s not a satisfactory set of affairs for Bill Freeman, the wealthy Nashville businessman who is the chief Democratic donor in Tennessee and, as he made clear in a visit to Memphis earlier this month, has ambitions of running for governor in 2018.

Likening the party’s electoral showing to a dismal season in the NFL, Freeman told the Nashville Tennessean that, “we’ve got to look at every option, including a new chair.”

The current chair, Mary Mancini of Nashville, has no intention of giving up the job, however, and has said she will run for another two-year term.

One of Freemen’s closest associates is former state party chairman Chip Forrester, who has served several chairmanship terms in different decades, who served Freeman as campaign manager in his unsuccessful race for Nashville mayor last year, and will probably head up a Freeman gubernatorial campaign in 2018 if there is one.

But there is no indication so far that Forrester is looking at another run at the party chairmanship, and Freeman is talking up Holly McCall, who early in the year declared for House District 65, then held by bad-boy Republican incumbent Jeremy Durham, an accused sexual predator. She eventually lost her bid for the seat to Sam Whitson, the Republican who ousted Durham in the GOP primary.

In a letter to members of the state Democratic executive committee emailed on Monday, Freeman put the kernel of his argument this way: “First and foremost, for all the effort that we focused on in Tennessee, we gained absolutely no ground in the state senate and had a net loss of one seat in the state house. Instead of moving the needle forward, we went backward. This is unacceptable. … We should have done better and done it more robustly. I believe we need new leadership to do so.”

Of Mancini, Freeman said, “She is a fine person and clearly committed to serving our party, but we have failed to grow as we all had hoped for during these past two years. … The poor results we have seen this past Tuesday show clearly that we need a change.”

Pointedly, Freeman made reference to “a critical statewide race for the United States Senate in 2018,” and said, “We must rebuild our party to have the infrastructure in place so that our Democrat nominees for governor and U.S. senator have the party machinery in place to succeed.”

Tennessee Democrats — and Mancini — did, however, have one legislative victory in the recent election that nobody saw coming except the participants in

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of Republicans, as well, including Donald Trump himself, who in his day-after photo op with President Obama in the Oval Office, had that deer-in-theheadlights look that we associate with the rudest of shocks.

Let us posit this as a truism: If you’re the Democratic nominee running for President, you should not only use previous presidents of your party as surrogates on the stump, you should — very clearly and seriously — take their advice on strategy.

In the aftermath of Hillary Clinton’s defeat, it got leaked about that her very husband, former President Bill Clinton, had advised strongly that she hit the rustbelt states of Michigan, Wisconsin, et al. hard in the last days of the campaign, not only with her physical presence but with specific reference to the hardships of economic privation and depressed wages and job opportunities in those states and with even more specific remedies for those circumstances.

To their everlasting discredit, the powers-that-be in her campaign dismissed this advice — presumably as something old-fashioned and left over from Bill Clinton’s own former successes with those themes in those states.

Remember, “It’s the economy, stupid”?

Well, it was the economy, still. Nobody in charge seemed to remember that Secretary Clinton’s Democratic primary opponent, Bernie Sanders, defeated her in those states with those issues. Nobody in charge seemed to imagine that her Republican opponent could defeat her in the same states with the same issues. But

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he did.

Instead, the Clinton campaign seemed fixated on the concept of Donald Trump as misbehaver and sexual marauder and devoted her late TV advertising almost entirely to that idea — hoping, it would seem, that the suburban professional classes that the campaign was focused on instead would be affronted by evidence of Trump’s boorishness and could thereby be weaned away from their Republican voting habits.

As an example of just how amnesiac the Clinton campaign was, nobody seemed to recall that daily accusations of sexual impropriety, followed up with an actual impeachment, had failed utterly to dent the public popularity of the aforesaid President Bill Clinton in 1998. That was the year, post-Monica Lewinsky, when the Democrats went on, after all the GOP’s fuss and moralistic bluster, to run up numerous successes in the off-year congressional elections.

This was just one mistake by the Hillary Clinton campaign, but it was a fundamental one. Not all the largesse from big-money donors in the world (and her campaign got much of it, vastly more than Trump) could substitute for the kind of focus on working-class economic issues that has guided every victorious Democratic national campaign from FDR on. The section of the voting population that Mitt Romney so arrogantly called “the 47 percent” is still the source of Democratic victories.

There is no “Stronger Together” without this component. There is no Together at all.

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Doomsday Squared Donald Trump’s victory was horrific enough to make the Cubs’ triumph look benign to a Cardinal fan.

Aroldis Chapman. (Please fates, let this photo-op happen.)

Long live the Cubs. Honestly. Should Lucifer himself show up at my doorstep, I’d trade four more championships for Wrigleyville to reverse the election result that makes Donald Trump America’s 45th president. Barack Obama brought intelligence, decency, compassion, grace, and humor to the White House, qualities we know (especially now) are not a given.

Obama was not a perfect president (we’ve yet to see one), but he became a face and voice for the United States that the rest of the world grew to like.

It’s hard to imagine our friends in South America, Europe, or Asia warming up to the idea of Trump in their living rooms. This is unhealthy in an age when the world is connected more than it’s ever been.

Oceans are no longer enough to practice isolationism. Build walls, and, instead of keeping the baddies out, you’re actually closing yourself in. Donald Trump has no conception of this, especially in metaphorical terms.

I considered Hillary Clinton’s election last week a certainty.

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How quickly doomsday is redefined. As a third-generation St. Louis Cardinals fan, my universe was permanently altered on November 2nd, when the Chicago Cubs ended 108 years of miserable baseball and won the World Series. Billy Goats and Bartman became afterthoughts when Theo Epstein’s latest creation took Game 7 in Cleveland with perhaps the best team assembled since the late-1990s New York Yankees.

For those of you insisting we should all — Cardinal fans included — take at least a small measure of joy in the Cubbies finally escaping lovable-loser status, I’ll remind you that a significant part of Cubs culture is hating anything remotely associated with the franchise of Musial, Gibson, Ozzie, and Yadi. In marital terms, make an enemy of my wife, and you’ve made two. Dark baseball days ahead for yours truly.

Then, of course, came November 8th. And perspective on misery. On madness. On the reshaping of what we considered order, normalcy. Watching the election returns Tuesday night felt like slowly impaling myself with a long sword, however impressive CNN’s John King’s mastery of the “Magic Wall” might have been.

A person unfit for the U.S. presidency in ways we didn’t even measure an election cycle ago — he grabbed their what? — was elected to be leader of the free world. As North Carolina and Florida went full Donald, as Michigan and Wisconsin established their Trumpish standards, the world was left to consider the next four years under the watch of a man whose disregard for those who don’t look like himself (especially his actual self) threatens the comfort level of every such person in the country.

I’ve felt the shock of elections before.

When Peyton Manning’s Heisman Trophy was given to Charles Woodson in 1997, I told myself I’d never again consider the result of a vote a certainty. Human opinion is too varied, too cynical, too easily persuaded by today’s weather, stock market report, or promise of walls to keep out all the baddies. But I considered Hillary Clinton’s election last week a certainty.

Foolish me. Foolish 60 million of us.

The irony of these two violent twists — as I see them — of American history’s timeline? Hillary Clinton is a Cubs fan. Think she wouldn’t have relished welcoming Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, and friends to the White House in a few months? Now we’ll likely see the American president insist on comparing his hand size with that of Jake Arrieta or

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t’s a Thursday morning, and the band room at White Station Middle School is filling up fast.

“Look, a baby bass,” one young player shouts, joyously embracing a new smaller-sized upright and plucking strings up and down the neck.

“It’s adorable,” another student squeals, and an admiring crowd gathers round. The classroom starts to hum with conversation and the sound of instruments coming out of their cases.

In an instant, the practice space is too full to navigate easily, which means it’s time for orchestra director Kristi Harrington to raise her baton and start the class.

Harrington is a challenging director, pushing her sixth-, seventh-, and 14 eighth-grade students to play music at a high school level. While Harrington

MMI fellows offer music instruction and mentoring in 37 Memphis schools. works on a Beethoven piece with most of her orchestra, Marisa Polesky, a first-chair violinist for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, takes a smaller group of string players out into the hall.

Polesky is one of the Memphis Music Initiative’s 13 music-in-school fellows.

Her presence has made it possible for White Station’s students to explore chamber music. She works with several small performance ensembles within the orchestra, giving them the tools they need to work autonomously, leading their own rehearsals without

the aid of a conductor.

“Working in small groups and working independently is a really big deal,” Harrington says. “It helps the orchestra, because when the players come back together as a group, they’re better listeners. It improves every aspect of their playing and adds an extra layer to what we do.”

“What did everybody think about that piece we just played,” Polesky asks her students after a solid first runthrough of a potential performance piece. The unanimous answer from her students: “It’s too easy!”

Memphis Music Initiative founder Darren Isom asks a radical question about music education: “How do we make sure music is seen as a fundamental part of a proper

“Music teaches you about life, and life teaches you about music.�

This isn’t some proposed magic bullet aimed at improving ACT scores. MMI’s teaching fellows aren’t evangelists for any special music curriculum or style of learning. Instead, the program hires artists already active in the community and matches individual personalities and skill sets with teacher interest and the unique needs of participating school programs.

MMI’s director of in-school programs, Lecolion Washington, describes the matching process as a cross between speed dating and a fraternity/sorority bid night. The teachers pick their fellows, the fellows pick their teachers, and everybody works together with a team of MMI coaches to create dynamic teaching opportunities for music programs of every shape and size.

In addition to having a fellow in the classroom year round, MMI also creates field trips and clinic opportunities for the schools it partners with. This semester, for example, Harrington’s classically oriented students will take a workshop with country fiddler Ryan Joseph, best known for his work with Grammy winner Alan Jackson. The aim is to create as many connections and experiences as possible. “Last year we went to see New Ballet Ensemble’s Nut ReMix,� Harrington says. She thought her players could learn from the Memphis company’s

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Memphis Music Initiative Founder Darren Isom is a seventhgeneration New Orleans native who took his schooling on the East Coast, got his start in not-for-profit consulting in San Francisco, and came to Memphis three years ago to work with ArtsMemphis in developing engagement strategies.

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What inspired MMI and the fellows program?

Darren Isom : I joke all the time that arts engagement is a euphemism for helping a white organization talk to black people. It wasn’t any different in Memphis. Memphis is a phenomenally interesting city. It’s a city with an extremely vibrant music and arts culture. It’s also a city that’s controlled by a small percentage of the population that lives out in East Memphis who don’t always know what makes the city interesting. So they’re still peddling what was important 30 years ago, 40 years ago. So you have cultural gatekeepers who don’t know what culture they should be keeping the gate on.

How do you shake that paradigm up?

This work became about making sure that the true cultural makers in the city — which often come from the poor black and brown populations — get the attention and support they need and don’t suffer from the same kind of generational starvation cycle that we’ve offered black and brown organizations in black and brown cities that deal with segregation. That work went really well, and, coming out of that work, a set of funders said, “We’re a music city with a music legacy. How do we make sure we position music in a way that it can be used to drive youth and music outcomes?

How do we make that happen?�

And that’s when you were asked to stay on and develop the MMI project?

I did a six-month project working with consultants in New York, San Francisco, Oakland, New Orleans, and Memphis, and put together a strategy. And if there are any nuggets or gems that stick, it’s this: I remember doing an interview with a grandmother who lived out in South Memphis. As someone who does engagement, you ask things like, “Why haven’t you visited this institution that’s here for you?� “What are the barriers there, etc?�

I’m used to hearing the same three answers: “It’s too far away,� which is a geographic issue. “It’s expensive,� which is a cost issue, and, “I’m not sure what they’re doing,� which is a relevance issue.

You see this in every city, and for each of those answers, there are workable solutions. As I was getting ready to leave — and maybe she offered this to me because I was a black consultant asking something she’s never been asked by a black consultant — she says, “And you know that place isn’t for us anyways.�

That was the first time I’d heard anybody articulate this concept of something not being for them. I’m a black guy from a black city. I know what that means. That means you can offer a bus. You can make it free. You can even put up an installation about me and my culture, but ultimately you really don’t want me there. That’s the baggage of segregation.

How do you overcome things like that?

The work became making things that people see as being for Tchaikovsky redux, with its updated music and fusion of ballet, modern, world, and urban dance. “MMI opens doors that might not otherwise be there.�

Opening doors is something Shayla Jones is interested in doing a lot more of. “I’m a trumpet player. That’s my profession,� she

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them. That’s theirs. They aren’t being invited, they own it.

That became the Memphis Music Initiative.

The idea that music education is enough sounds almost radical when you say it out loud.

I joke sometimes that in New Orleans, after Katrina, they put music in the schools so kids would come back.

There’s value to giving students things that make them look forward to school.

Exactly. That counts for something. Second, the goal was to have music fellows who were coming from different backgrounds. Whatever you do, if it’s musical, we’re all about it. We wanted to bring these people into the schools and have them support instruction — and not just quality music instruction, but quality mentoring that lets students see what success looks like in life. It’s important, particularly in underserved communities, to position kids as cultural leaders and give them something they can own and be good at, as they struggle with other things. You have to be good at something to struggle with everything else.

The fellows are MMI’s most visible element, but the strategy seems more comprehensive.

We’re a granting organization. And we recognized that outside of school only five percent of kids had access to quality music activities. In other cities like New Orleans and Nashville that number’s closer to 20-25 percent.

Children bloom where there’s opportunity, and there’s just a dearth of out-of-school music activities. Underserved communities are where you double down on youth programs, especially after school and in the summer, when kids are likely to lose what they’ve learned or get involved in negative activities.

We work in a grant-making role with groups that are already working with children — groups like Stax Music Academy and the Visible Music College. We want to make it so when you walk into any space created for youth activity, you should be able to engage in a high-quality music-related activity. Because this is Memphis. This should be available at any Boys Club or Girls Club or the YMCA. If you walk into an organization that serves kids, you should have an opportunity to explore music.

says. “And I’m a vocalist, too.�

Jones learned how to play at Memphis’ Overton High School, where she graduated in 2006. “That experience shaped my whole future,� she says. “And I don’t have any other formal training.�

Jones started working the wedding circuit as a horn player as soon as she

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educational experience for kids?�

The question is radical because it cuts hard against the not-for-profit grain, and decades of research justifying art in schools only by showing some measurable relationship between arts engagement and improved test scores in reading, math, and other core subjects. “There’s a lot of research on that topic,� Isom allows, in his prelude to a more direct thesis. “What we’re saying is this: Music engagement itself is valuable enough.�

The Memphis Music Initiative (MMI) is a grant-making organization that’s grown up inside of ArtsMemphis but is slated to become an independent entity in January. The anonymously funded art and artist-forward program pays a diverse team of Memphis rockers, songwriters, hip-hop producers, sidemen, soulsters, and symphony players a living wage to stay in Memphis, make music here, and work with MMI to enhance school music programs, while connecting young players to regional institutions and the broader Memphis music community. Â

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“I thought I’d keep it as a hobby,” she says. Life had other plans.

Like all the other in-school fellows, Jones teaches 20 hours a week. She splits her time between two schools — the diverse and collegiately oriented Maxine Smith STEAM Academy in Midtown and Memphis Business Academy in North Memphis, where the student body is mostly black and Hispanic.

“The two schools couldn’t be more different,” Jones says. “It’s important for young girls [at both locations] to see what I do,” Jones says. “There aren’t a lot of female trumpet players out there, and I’m successful at what I do, so it’s encouraging.”

Jones shares her professional experiences with students, pulling out her horn, teaching by example, and helping other brass players develop their tone and style. “It’s always encouraging to let them know something is going on in the world outside,” she says.

in a school or church choir.” The mentor and his student agreed it was something that needed to change.

Lebo’s been playing trombone with the MSO for four seasons, while continuing to perform as a featured player and soloist in orchestras all over the Southeast. Becoming one of Memphis’ music fellows allowed him to move to Memphis and make the city his full-time base of operations.

“I was looking for an opportunity to be based in Memphis and not bounce around,” Lebo says in a phone interview from South Carolina, where he was rehearsing for a weekend gig. “I moved to Memphis this summer, right after I

got the phone call. Now I can be there in the city and really be a part of it.”

Washington understands that music can just be a beautiful thing — music for music’s sake — or it can make a statement about the city where it’s being played and the things that city values.

Opera Memphis’ recent production of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro was a collaboration with Washington’s Prizm Chamber Orchestra and inspired by his vision of a cast and crew that are diverse as the city of Memphis. “It was transformative,” says Washington, who founded Prizm in 2005. “Most people could count the number of

classical musicians they’ve seen who are black on one hand. And here was an orchestra with 20 people of color. It was special, being able to be around that and having it all be such high quality.”

Washington, who’s been helping Isom develop the MMI’s fellows program since before the pilot launch in 2014, wants MMI to facilitate more transformational experiences.

“We looked at other teaching artist programs,” he says. “But we wanted to innovate. We wanted to make something that uniquely speaks to the musicians we have in Memphis, the students we have in Memphis, and the schools we have in Memphis.”

One of the things that sets MMI’s music fellows program apart from other engagement programs is the special focus it places on empowering its teaching musicians to be performing musicians. The 20-hour work week is designed specifically to give fellows the time and financial support they need to grow as working artists outside the classroom.

MMI makes regular professional development opportunities available, and academic calendars mean summers off, allowing for touring schedules. It also allows musicians who might have chosen to live elsewhere to put down roots in Memphis.

Wes Lebo gets excited by breakthrough moments. “I have this philosophy that music teaches you about life, and life teaches you about music,” he says. The MMI fellow was most recently inspired while working with a young horn player at Ridgeway High School who was more into sports than music. Lebo, who also plays second-chair trombone with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, remembers singing the melody line, trying to help the young musician develop a better sense of musicality, when the student started singing along.

“And he had this beautiful voice,” Lebo says, still amazed. “Kids are usually too intimidated to do that, but he wasn’t.

And I couldn’t believe he wasn’t singing

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Hello, Dolly

Righteous ghosts

By Susan Ellis

Kevin Cain collects dolls. But not just ordinary dolls — haunted dolls.

Cain will be appearing, along with some of his dolls, at this weekend’s Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention as the guest of Historical Haunts Memphis.

Before Cain was into dolls, he was into the paranormal. He came by it naturally. The house he grew up in in Alabama was built on an Indian burial ground, and his childhood was punctuated by otherworldly footsteps and voices. He later joined SCARe (Spirit Communications and Research) of Alabama, and then, a few years ago, a friend told him about a doll she had recently bought that was creeping her out.

The doll, circa-1980s, posed in a crawling position and wearing a bonnet, was onced owned by a little girl named Patty, whose mother was a prostitute. The story goes that Patty died after mistaking a bag of drugs for candy. Patty’s doll was now singing and talking to the woman’s granddaughter. Cain took the doll and conducted an ESP session. Listening to a recording of the session later, Cain heard the doll say, in totally ’80s style, “Righteous.”

So Cain collects dolls, as well as other haunted items — paintings, toys, tools, mirrors … Some are good spirits, some negative, he says. He has now about 170 dolls, some newer, some antique, mostly larger, like Raggedy Ann, but not one Barbie.

Cain says he does have favorite dolls, Patty among them. But he makes sure to bring different dolls to different events. Otherwise, he says, “It might tick them off.”

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Playhouse on the Square’s 47th Birthday Celebration Playhouse on the Square, 6-10 p.m., $15-$25 A fund-raising birthday party for Playhouse with entertainment from the company, food and drink, memorabilia, and more.

“Unfolding Shores” David Lusk Gallery, 6-8 p.m.

Opening reception for new works

by Maysey Craddock, which take on the “in-between,” “slippages between here and there.”

66th Annual Holiday Bazaar & Fund-raiser Memphis college of Art, 5-10 p.m., $25 This hugely popular artists market, featuring work from MCA students, faculty, and staff, returns after taking last year off. Tonight is the Early Bird sale and reception, and tomorrow’s bazaar runs from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

“Retos y Retratos” Crosstown Arts, 6-9 p.m.

Opening reception for this exhibit featuring portraits of 25 area Latino/a artists and samples of their work presented by Centro Cultural Latino de Memphis and Crosstown Arts.

Cider Smash Campfire Party Memphis Botanic Garden, 6-8 p.m., $12 Campfire party for the whole family, during which a cider press is used to smash apples. Plus, there will be spiced cider, hot dogs, and s’mores. Reservations required: 636-4131.

Nut ReMix Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m., $15-$50 New Ballet Ensemble’s annual Memphis-ized take on The Nutcracker. Jookin’ hero and NBE alum Lil’ Buck will make an appearance.

Rhapsody in Black The Orpheum, 6:30 p.m., $15 One-man show performed by LeLand Gantt following his journey to understand and transcend racism.

George Winston Germantown Performing Arts Center, 8 p.m., $25-$50 Folk pianist George Winston performs his summer show featuring spring and summer songs and more from his upcoming releases.

Cranksgiving Memphis

Crank It Up

By Susan Ellis The first Cranksgiving Memphis was held in 2012. It’s based on a national event, a “food drive on wheels,” founded in 1999. During the national event, riders go on a grocery-store scavenger hunt for canned foods or other items to donate to food banks. The original Memphis Cranksgiving followed this mold to a degree, with the first years featuring 40-mile rides with riders donating money to the Mid-South Food Bank.

In recent years, as the city has expanded its bike paths and generally become more bike-friendly, the Memphis Cranksgiving has similarly evolved. Jim Steffen, of the Bikesmith, took charge this year after Memphis Cranksgiving driving force Carter Chappell moved out of town. The event is held over two days, with a mountain-bike/cross-country bike race Friday night on the Wolf River Trails and a cyclocross race at Sam Cooper and East Parkway on Saturday. The change from the one long ride to two races, says Steffen, was designed to make the event more inclusive and more spectator- and familyfriendly. There’s a kids’ ride on Saturday, and everyone, from beginners on, can participate in the 40-minute cyclocross. “If you want to do one lap, you can,” Steffen assures.

Another change: All proceeds now go to the Urban Bicycle Food Ministry (UBFM), a nice fit for this cycling-centric event. During the kids’ cyclocross, participants will get a drawstring bag to pick up socks, blankets, and caps at various stops to donate to UBFM. An afterparty at the Bikesmith follows Saturday’s cyclocross race. There will be awards, raffles, food, and beer from High Cotton.

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TUESDAY November 22

Carrot Top Gold Strike Casino, 8 p.m., $29.95-$49.95 Comedian Carrot Top brings his trunk of props to Tunica.

Charlie Vergos High Cotton Brewing Co., 7:30 p.m.

A rib tickler? Charlie Vergos, son of Rendezvous owner John Vergos, performs comedy tonight as part of the Tuesday Show comedy series.

Harvest Party The Warehouse, 7 p.m.-midnight, $75-$100 Music, food, and fun at this party benefiting the Cotton Museum.

Santa Landing Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 9 a.m.

Santa drops in via helicopter. Day includes activities on the lawn.

“Microcosm and More” Memphis Theological Seminary, 6-7:30 p.m.

Opening and donor reception for this series by artist Rollin Kocsis, donated by William and Laura Ellen Wade.

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Memphis Potters’ Guild Annual Holiday Show & Sale Memphis Botanic Garden, 5-8 p.m.

Opening night for this annual show and sale with porcelain, earthenware, raku, and more from area potters.

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Beach Boys, Boppers, and Burnouts

New Music Memoirs

I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir by Brian Wilson and Ben Greenman Brian Wilson has long been the most interesting Beach Boy, but his struggles with mental health have sometimes overshadowed the fact that the California native has won two Grammy awards, in addition to writing some of the Beach Boys’ biggest hits like “I Get Around,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” and “God Only Knows.”

Following the release of the Beach Boys’ 11th studio album, 1966’s Pet Sounds, Brian Wilson was hanging on by a thread. When it came time for the follow-up album, SMiLe, Wilson was in a downward spiral of addiction and mental illness, and the album’s release date was put off before being cancelled completely in May of 1967.

Now, after many years of seclusion, a few tribute albums, and some live shows, Beach Boys fans finally get the scoop from the man himself, with help from author Ben Greenman. I Am Brian Wilson

isn’t necessarily for everyone who rocked out to “Help Me, Rhonda” in the ’60s, but it does provide a crucial blueprint of the rise and fall of one of America’s most interesting pop musicians. Wilson carefully answers questions that many die-hard fans have been wondering for years and doesn’t shy away from exploring the darker, less glamorous side of being in one of the most famous American bands of all time.

Bop Apocalypse: Jazz, Race, the Beats, and Drugs

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These books make the reader feel like they were at classic punk landmarks like the Oki Dog, the Masque, or the Strand.

You can practically smell the sweat when Morris describes the violent mosh pits that took place at Circle Jerks shows.

The book explores musicians’ use of drugs in great detail, starting at the beginning of the 20th century. Highlights include the birth of jazz in New Orleans, the start of swing in Kansas City, the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, and the birth of bohemian culture in cities and college campuses nationwide in the ’60s.

While Bop Apocalypse covers a lot of ground in a short amount of time, Torgoff seamlessly weaves one decade into the next, giving the reader a feel for the era without inundating them with too much information. With the success of The

My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor

by Keith Morris As an enthusiast of Southern California punk culture, I devoured this book, finishing it in about a week while on the road this summer. Much like We Got the Neutron Bomb, Lexicon Devil, and Disco’s Out … Murder’s In!, My Damage does a terrific job of describing the setting for which some of the most memorable American punk rock would be created. These books make the reader feel like they were at classic punk landmarks like the Oki Dog, the Masque, or the Strand. You can practically smell the sweat when Morris describes the violent mosh pits that took place at Circle Jerks shows.

But just like with any tell-all memoir, My Damage isn’t full of good times and “bet you wish you were there” anecdotes. Morris talks openly about his addiction to both alcohol and drugs, how those addictions shaped things in his life for better or for worse, and how he probably shouldn’t be alive to tell the tale. There’s also some pretty big let downs, including Greg Ginn (the lead guitarist of Black Flag) being way too involved with the nu metal travesty known as Korn. Let that sink in for a moment. As a Black Flag/Circle Jerks super fan, the book is a must. As someone who has little interest in what Morris did post Circle Jerks, the last third of the book is pretty hit or miss.

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Just as Can’t Find My Way Home explored how drug use shaped the American cultural landscape during the post-war era, Bop Apocalypse dissects how American drug culture was born and how it shaped American music.

Drug Years and the success of the 1987 Torgoff documentary Elvis ’56, we could see Bop Apocalypse turned into a documentary soon. As for now, you’ll have to track down the book, which is available everywhere in January of 2017.

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— the book that the VH1 show The Drug Years was based on. And while the heinous marijuana term “jazz cigarette” should be forever removed from the American vocabulary, it’s safe to say that Torgoff knows a thing or two about drug culture.

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Gary Hardy & Memphis 2 Thursdays-Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; Roxi Love Thursday, Nov. 17, 9 p.m.-1 a.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.

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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.; Memphis Mojo Tour Saturdays, 11:30 a.m.-4 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.

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

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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 Trio Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.

Sister Lucille Thursday, Nov. 17, 7-10 p.m.; Comedy Night with Chris Ingram Friday, Nov. 18, 9 p.m.; Common Rarity Saturday, Nov. 19, 7 p.m.; Memphis Music Monday Third Monday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

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Maxwell and Mary J. Blige Sunday, Nov. 20, 7 p.m.

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Bad Boy Matt & the Amazing Rhythmatics Tuesdays, Thursdays-Sundays, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.

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Jerry Lee Lewis’ Cafe & Honky Tonk 310 BEALE 654-5171

The Johnny Go Band Thursdays, Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Rockin’ Rob Haynes & the Memphis Flash Fridays, Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.; The Memphis House Rockers Saturdays, 3-7 p.m., and Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.

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Chris Gales Solo Acoustic Show Mondays-Saturdays, 12-4 p.m.; Eric Hughes Thursdays, Fridays, 5-8 p.m.; Karaoke Mondays-Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.

David Bowen Thursdays, 5:309:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m., and Sundays, 5:30-9:30 p.m.; Gracie Curran Friday, Nov. 18, 9:30 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 19, 9:30 p.m.

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Sonny Mack MondaysFridays, 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.

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Big Don Valentine and the Hollywood Allstars Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight; Myra Hall Blues Band Friday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m.midnight, and Saturday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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Grandtheft Saturday, Nov. 19, 10 p.m.; Lil Durk Sunday, Nov. 20, 8 p.m.; Lyfe Is Dope Wednesday, Nov. 23, 6 p.m.

Eric Hughes Band Thursday, Nov. 17, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam and Terry Friday, Nov. 18, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; FreeWorld Friday, Nov. 18, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Saturday, Nov. 19, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Nancy Apple Duo Saturday, Nov. 19, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Taylor Made Blues Band Sunday, Nov. 20, 7-11 p.m.; Gracie Curran Monday, Nov. 21, 8 p.m.-midnight, and Tuesday, Nov. 22, 8 p.m.-midnight; Kirk Smithhart Band Wednesday, Nov. 23, 8 p.m.

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Memphis Bluesmasters Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.midnight; Delta Project Friday, Nov. 18; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Friday, Nov. 18, 4-8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 19, 9 p.m.1 a.m., and Sunday, Nov. 20, 3 p.m.; Plantation Allstars Fridays, 4-8 p.m.; Memphis Mambo Combo Saturday, Nov. 19, 4-8 p.m.; Brian Hawkins Blues Party Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; McDaniel Band Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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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.

Roxi Love Tuesday, Nov. 22, 6-10 p.m.

Blind Bear Speakeasy 119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435

Live Music ThursdaysSaturdays, 10 p.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813

Live Music Fridays.

Center for Southern Folklore Hall 119 S. MAIN AT PEMBROKE SQUARE 525-3655

Delta Cats, Billy Gibson & Linear Smith Fridays, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Center for Southern Folklore 123 S. MAIN AT PEABODY TROLLEY STOP 525-3655

Zeke Johnson with Paulette Reagan Sunday, Nov. 20, 4-7 p.m.

Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY

Bobbie & Tasha Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

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

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

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BLACK DAHLIA MURDER AT THE HI-TONE This Tuesday night, heavy-metal legends Black Dahlia Murder bring their “Abysmal Predator” tour to the Hi-Tone. Formed in 2001, the Black Dahlia Murder entered the booming metal core (aka “melodic death metal”) scene of the early ’00s and helped solidify the genre as a profitable subsect of heavy metal. The band’s latest album, 2015’s Abysmal (released on Metal Blade Records) served as a farewell album for longtime guitarist Ryan Knight, who left the band in February of 2016.

As is many times the case with top-tier hardcore and metal bands, the “Abysmal Predator” tour featured some of the biggest names in modern hardcore and metal, including Napalm Death, Pig Destroyer, Power Trip, and Abnormality. But by the time the tour rolls into Crosstown, death-metal band Abnormality will be the only group from the package joining the Black Dahlia Murder. Instead, locals Vera and Prophasis will round out the weekday metal show.

Formed in 2012, Vera got off to a strong start in the local Memphis metal scene but cooled down before making a comeback of sorts earlier this year. While the band hasn’t released new music since January of 2015, the uptick in live gigs could mean new music is on the way. MFG Promotions, the local production company responsible for bringing many a hardcore and metal show to the Hi-Tone and most recently RockHouse Live, has pre-sale tickets available for Tuesday night’s show on their Facebook page. — Chris Shaw The Black Dahlia Murder, Abnormality, Vera, and Prophasis, Tuesday, November 22nd at the Hi-Tone. 7 p.m. $ 15-$17.

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DJ Dance Music MondaysSundays, 10 p.m.

Huey’s Downtown

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The King Beez Sunday, Nov. 20, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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

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Live Pianist Thursdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 5:30-9 p.m., Sundays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and Mondays-Wednesdays, 5:30-8 p.m.

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

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Jack Oblivian Friday, Nov. 18; Sharp Balloons Saturday, Nov. 19; Maitre D’s perform The Beatles’ Revolver Wednesday, Nov. 23.

Blue Monkey 2012 MADISON 272-BLUE

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight.

MAXWELL & MARY J. BLIGE SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20

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

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

Ed Finney and the U of M Jazz Quartet Thursdays, 9 p.m.; Blues Kings Friday, Nov. 18, 10 p.m.; The Bluff City Backsliders Saturday, Nov. 19, 10 p.m.; Justin White Mondays, 7 p.m.; Don and Wayde Tuesdays, 7-10 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

Dru’s Place 1474 MADISON 275-8082

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

Eternal Peace Missionary Baptist Church 1251 S. WILLETT

“We Will Revive Our Souls with the Gospel of God’s Word” 2016 Fall Revival Tues.Thur., Nov. 15-17, 7-9pm.

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

Terry Prince & the Principles, Carmon & Page, the Ellie Badge Thursday, Nov. 17, 9 p.m.; CBDB Thursday, Nov. 17, 9 p.m.; Fingertrick with Cedar Planks Friday, Nov. 18, 9 p.m.; Least of These, Bradley Hathaway, You the Few Saturday, Nov. 19, 9 p.m.; Broncho, China Gate Saturday, Nov. 19, 9 p.m.; The Black Dahlia Murder Tuesday, Nov. 22, 7 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

Joe Restive Four Sunday, Nov. 20, 4-7 p.m.; Southern Avenue Sunday, Nov. 20, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

The Salvation Army Kroc Center

800 E. Parkway S. 7298007 Battle of the Bells Saturday, Nov. 19, 6 p.m.

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Thursday, Nov. 17, 6 p.m.; Elizabeth Cook with Jesse Aycok of Hard Working Americans and Lauren Barth Thursday, Nov. 17, 9 p.m.; John Nemeth Duo Friday, Nov. 18, 6:30 p.m.; Memphis Funk-NHorns Friday, Nov. 18, 10 p.m.; Susan Marshall & Friends Saturdays, 11 a.m.; Johnny Mac Saturday, Nov. 19, 3 p.m.; The River Bluff Clan Saturdays, 3 p.m.; Pam and Terry Saturday, Nov. 19, 6:30 p.m.; Graham Winchester and the Ammunition Saturday, Nov. 19, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Larry Raspberry & the Highsteppers Sunday, Nov. 20, 4 p.m.; Marcella and Her Lovers Sunday, Nov. 20, 8 p.m.; John Paul Keith & Friends Mondays, 6 p.m.; Ryan Peel, Travis Roman, and Brennan Villines Monday, Nov. 21, 6 p.m.; Paul ‘Snowflake’ Taylor Tuesday, Nov. 22, 5:30 p.m.; John Kilzer Tuesday, Nov. 22, 8 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle and New Orleans Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m.; Jason D. Williams Wednesday, Nov. 23, 8 p.m.

Midtown Crossing Grill 394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

Memphis Ukelele Meetup Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m.

Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193

The Fast Mothers Friday, Nov. 18; Ransom Album Release Saturday, Nov. 19.

Otherlands Coffee Bar 641 S. COOPER 278-4994

Blues Benefit for Monic Center Friday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m.

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Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Open Mic Music with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.midnight; Comedy Hosted

by Christine Marie Tuesday, Nov. 22.

Rhodes College, Hardie Auditorium 2000 N. PARKWAY 843-3000

Orchestra/Wind Ensemble Concert: “Attention les apaches!” Friday, Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m.

Sports Junction 1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Live music Saturdays.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

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

Young Avenue Deli 2119 YOUNG 278-0034

wARM with Space 4 Lease Saturday, Nov. 19.

University of Memphis Ubee’s 521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900

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

East Memphis Dan McGuinness Pub 4694 SPOTTSWOOD 761-3711

Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

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

Intimate Piano Lounge featuring Charlotte Hurt Mondays-Thursdays, 59:30 p.m.; Larry Cunningham Fridays, Saturdays, 6-10 p.m.

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Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

Pamela K Ward Band Sunday, Nov. 20, 8:30-11:30 p.m.

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

Karaoke with DJ Stylez Thursdays, Sundays, 10 p.m.

Hillbilly Mojo Thursday, Nov. 17, 7 p.m.; Full Circle Friday, Nov. 18, 9 p.m.; Thump Daddy Saturday, Nov. 19, 9 p.m.; Wolf River Rednecks Sunday, Nov. 20, 5:30 p.m.; Furious George Wednesday, Nov. 23, 8 p.m.

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Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

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819 EXOCET 624-9060

Harpo’s Hogpin Live Music Saturdays, 9 p.m.

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Ice Bar & Grill 4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

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

Mesquite Chop House 3165 FOREST HILL-IRENE 249-5661

Pam and Terry Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar

Mortimer’s

9087 POPLAR 755-0092

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

590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

North Mississippi/ Tunica

T.J. Mulligan’s 1817 KIRBY 755-2481

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

The Crossing Bar & Grill 7281 HACKS CROSS, OLIVE BRANCH, MS 662-893-6242

The Windjammer Restaurant

Karaoke with Buddha Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Dantones Band Friday, Nov. 18, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

786 E. BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 683-9044

Karaoke ongoing.

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East Tapas and Drinks

3964 GOODMAN, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-7611

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

6069 PARK 767-6002

Eddie Harris Thursdays, Fridays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Carlos & Adam from the Late Greats Thursdays, 7-9 p.m.; Elizabeth Wise Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.; Van Duren Solo Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.

Fox and Hound Tavern 6565 TOWNE CENTER, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-536-2200

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

Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Jack Rowell’s Celebrity Jam Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; TripleX with Trey Bruce Saturday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m.; Reba Russell Trio and Wayne Russell Art Show Sunday, Nov. 20, 5:3010 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.

Summer/Berclair

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

Cheffie’s Cafe 483 HIGH POINT TERRACE 202-4157

Leigh Ann Wilmot and Dave “The Rave” Laman Fridays, 6-9 p.m.

High Point Pub 477 HIGH POINT TERRACE 452-9203

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

Maria’s Restaurant 6439 SUMMER 356-2324

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

Arlington/Eads/ Oakland/Lakeland 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.

Bartlett Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center 3663 APPLING 385-6440

Mr. Otis’ Dance Bootcamp Showcase Friday, Nov. 18, and Saturday, Nov. 19.

Old Whitten Tavern

Huey’s Cordova

2800 WHITTEN 379-1965

1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 754-3885

Live Music Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.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.

Shelby Forest General Store 7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

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

The Deftonz Sunday, Nov. 20, 8-11:30 p.m.

2 Mule Plow Sunday, Nov. 20, 4-7 p.m.; The Heart Memphis Band Sunday, Nov. 20, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

T.J. Mulligan’s 64 2821 N. HOUSTON LEVEE 377-9997

Brian Johnson Band Friday, Nov. 18, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.

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

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

Germantown Germantown Performing Arts Center 1801 EXETER 751-7500

An Evening with George Winston Friday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m.; GPAC Youth Symphony Winter Concert Sunday, Nov. 20, 3 p.m.

Carrot Top Saturday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m.

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

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

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

The Chaulkies Sunday, Nov. 20, 8 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke Night Mondays, 8-10 p.m.

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

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

Open Mic Blues Jam with Brad Webb Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas

Huey’s Southwind

Southland Park

7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

1550 N. INGRAM, WEST MEMPHIS, AR 800-467-6182

Memphis All Stars Sunday, Nov. 20, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Breeze Cayolle and New Orleans Sunday, Nov. 20, 8-11 p.m.

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

The New Backdour Bar & Grill 302 S. AVALON 596-7115

Karaoke with Tim Bachus Mondays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.; DJ Stylez Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

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T H EAT E R

The Evergreen Theatre

Drag Me Under the Mistletoe, the holiday program for Krisko County, put together

by Maybelline and Mary Kay, are holding auditions at the Krisko County Elk’s Lodge. www.theatreworksmemphis. org. $25. Fri.-Sat., Nov. 18-19, 8 p.m.

1705 POPLAR (274-7139).

The Halloran Centre

Rhapsody in Black, written and performed by Leland Gantt, this one-man show explores Leland’s personal journey to understand and eventually transcend racism in America. www.orpheum-memphis.com.

Fri., Nov. 18, 6:30 p.m.

225 S. MAIN (529-4299).

Hattiloo Theatre

The House That Will Not Stand, set in New Orleans in 1836, after French rule.

Two daughters, Agnès and Odette, long for romance.

When a handsome bachelor comes calling, a family secret is revealed, and the household is rocked to its core. www.hattiloo.org. Through Nov. 20.

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

Memphis Hunt & Polo Club

The Shakespeare Brunch: The Winter’s Tale, featuring brunch, drinks, and abbreviated Shakespeare readings.

Readings are preceded by a buffet with cash bar. Cocktail/ business casual. www.tnshakespeare.org. $40. Sun., Nov. 20, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

650 S. SHADY GROVE (683-2783).

New Discovery Christian Church

Aladdin, Jr., theatrical education program for students ages 6 and up. Performance by students on December 17th. www.kudzuplayers. com. Thursdays, 5-6:30 p.m.

Through Dec. 17.

November 17-23, 2016

961 VINSON ROAD.

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Send the date, time, place, cost, info, phone number, a brief description, and photos — two weeks in advance — to calendar@memphisflyer.com or P.O. Box 1738, Memphis, TN 38101.

DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS WILL APPEAR IN THE FLYER’S ONLINE CALENDAR ONLY.

Playhouse 51

Artist Lunch

Auditions for Both Sides, original comedy with cold readings from the script for a cast of three women and two men ages 20 to 60-plus. www. playhouse51.com. Fri., Nov. 18, 7-9 p.m., and Sat., Nov. 19, 10 a.m.-noon.

Featuring music and full lunch while you meet the artists and community. Free. Sun., Nov. 20, noon.

INSIGHT GALLERY, 4063 SYKES.

Call to Artists: Arts Accelerator Workshop

Visual artist grant available. For more information, registration, and workshops, see website.

Through Jan. 16, 2017.

8077 WILKINSVILLE (872-7170).

Playhouse on the Square

Peter Pan, matinee performance on New Year’s Eve will be a special family performance featuring an early evening ball drop and pictures with the cast of characters from Neverland. www.playhouseonthesquare. org. $25-$40. Fridays, 7 p.m., and Saturdays, Sundays, 2 p.m.

Through Dec. 31.

WWW.ARTSMEMPHIS.ORG.

Call to Artists for UrbanArt Public Art

Artist opportunities for murals, sculptures, and more. See website for registration and more information. Ongoing.

WWW.URBANARTCOMMISSION.ORG.

Casting Demonstration Saturdays, Sundays, 3 p.m.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

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

Theatre Memphis

One Ham Manlet, adaptation and solo performance piece of Hamlet by Ryan Kathman. www.theatrememphis.org. $25. Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., and Thurs., 7:30 p.m. Through Nov. 19.

Coloring for Adults

Relax as you color and listen to music. A variety of coloring sheets and colors provided, but feel free to bring your own. Sat., Nov. 19, 1-4 p.m.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

TheatreWorks

The Cemetery Club, two widows make a monthly trip to the cemetery to visit their husbands’ graves. Sam, the neighborhood butcher, invites questions about moving on and what it means to want more. www.theatreworksmemphis.org. $15. Sun., 2 p.m., and Fri., Sat., 8 p.m.

Through Nov. 20.

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

Universal Parenting Place

PlayBack Memphis, bringing stories to life in a safe space to unlock healing, transformation, and joy. Families Welcome. (207-3694), Free. Third Thursday of every month, 4:30-6 p.m.

LEMOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE, 990 COLLEGE PARK.

“Fine Places” at Marshall Arts Gallery through December 5 A R T I ST R E C E PT I O N S

Crosstown Arts

Opening reception for “Retos y Retratos,” exhibition of portraits of Latin artists and samples of their work. www. crosstownarts.org. Fri., Nov. 18, 6-9 p.m.

430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

David Lusk Gallery

Opening reception for “Unfolding Shores,” exhibition of paintings and drawings

by Maysey Craddock. www. davidluskgallery.com. Fri., Nov. 18, 5-8 p.m.

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

Opening reception for “Unsolicited,” exhibition of Fall 2016 BFA Thesis work by four graduating seniors of the University of Memphis Department of Art: Ashli Aaron, Claire Brumleve, Michelle Ventrini, and Su WeiChu. www.memphis.edu. Fri., Nov. 18, 5-7:30 p.m.

3715 CENTRAL.

Memphis Botanic Garden

Opening reception for Thom Kostura Art Show, www.memphisbotanicgarden.com. Wed., Nov. 23, 4-6 p.m.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Theological Seminary

Artist reception for “Microcosm and More,” exhibition series by Rollin Kocsis donated by Dr. William and Laura Ellen Wade. www. memphisseminary.edu. Tues., Nov. 22, 6 p.m.

168 E. PARKWAY S. (458-8232).

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

Art After Dark

Galleries and gardens will be open late. Featuring light refreshments, entertainment, and a cash bar. Free with admission. Every third Thursday, 6-8 p.m.

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

LUCIUS E. & ELSIE C. BURCH JR. LIBRARY, 501 POPLAR VIEW, COLLIERVILLE (457-2600), WWW.COLLIERVILLELIBRARY.ORG.

Crosstown Arts Digital Lab

Six-station computer lab supports Memphis’ creative community by providing artists and musicians full access to industry-standard art- and music-making technology.

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

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

Memphis Magazine’s Fiction Contest

Authors must live within 150 miles of Memphis. Entries must be postmarked by February 1, 2017. For more information, see website. $20.

Through Feb. 1, 2017.

WWW.MEMPHISMAGAZINE.COM.

CALENDAR: NOVEMBER 17 - 23

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

Open Crit

Monthly critique event where visual artists are invited to bring new and/or in-progress studio work for critical feedback and group discussion particular to each artist’s practice. Tues., Nov. 22, 6-8 p.m.

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

O N G O I N G ART

The Annesdale Park Gallery

Robyn Horn, exhibition of wood sculptures and abstract paintings. Through Dec. 6.

“Night Women,” exhibition of mixed-media portraits of Black women depicting haunting gazes that captivate and command attention. www. theannesdaleparkgallery.com.

Through Nov. 30.

1290 PEABODY (208-6451).

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

“This May Surprise You,” exhibition featuring Aztec culture. www.memphis.edu/amum.

Through Dec. 17.

“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

Peggy McKnight & Cecil C. Humphreys Jr. exhibition of paintings and sculptural/ cast pieces. www.anfa.com.

Through Jan. 7, 2017.

1500 UNION (278-6868).

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

Ongoing.

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

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School “Pattern Recognition,” exhibition of new works by Jennifer Sargent. www.stmarysschool. org. Through Dec. 12.

Edge Arts

“Memphis Minimalism,” photography by Stephanie Wexler, Jon W. Sparks, Joey Miller, Houston Cofield, and Tim Barker. Through Nov. 27.

600 MONROE (262-6674).

FireHouse Community Arts Center Mosal Morszart, works by Black Arts Alliance artist. www.memphisblackartsalliance.org. Ongoing.

Jay Etkin Gallery

Roy Tamboli, exhibition of paintings. www.jayetkingallery.com. Through Dec. 3.

942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“Porch Song,” exhibition of found objects and retro print ephemera into imaginative works by Sloane Bibb. www. lrossgallery.com. Through Nov. 28.

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

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

Clough-Hanson Gallery

“Over Time,” paintings by Beth Edwards. www.rhodes.edu.

Through Dec. 4.

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

Collierville Public Library

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Memphis College of Art

Artist of the Month: Margaret Williams, www.colliervillelibrary.org. Through Nov. 30.

2016 Fall BFA Exhibition, www.mca.edu. Nov. 23-Dec. 7.

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

501 POPLAR VIEW PARKWAY (853-2333).

Memphis College of Art, Nesin Graduate School

Crosstown Arts

“Human Nature,” exhibition of the 2016 Fall MFA Thesis. www. mca.edu. Through Dec. 16.

“Retos y Retratos,” portraits of Latin artists and samples of their work. www.crosstownarts.org. Nov. 18-Dec. 3.

477 S. MAIN.

Memphis Jewish Home

430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

The Art of Zoe Nadel Show and Sale, (756-3273), Through Nov. 30.

Diane’s Art, Gift, and Home

“Lineages,” exhibition of wire sculpture by Nikii Richey.

Through Dec. 11.

36 BAZEBERRY (758-0036).

Metal Museum

1581 OVERTON PARK (276-7515).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“A Sense of Wonder,” exhibition of sculptural works out of natural objects that reference organic elements of Earth and its atmosphere by Wayne Edge. Through Jan. 15, 2017.

“Wild Spaces, Open Seasons: Hunting and Fishing in American Art,” exhibition exploring the multifaceted meanings of outdoor subjects in both painting and sculpture, ranging from the Colonial era to World War II. www.dixon.org.

Through Jan. 15, 2017.

Opening reception for “Unfolding Shores” at David Lusk Gallery, Friday Fratelli’s

Fred Rawlinson’s Atelier Artists Show, www.memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through Nov. 28.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Eclectic Eye

Insight Gallery

“Eye on Color,” exhibition of acrylic paintings on canvas or board by Debbie Crawford. www.eclectic-eye.com.

Through Jan. 4, 2017.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

connections, and curiosity.

Through Dec. 4.

“Red Grooms: Traveling Correspondent,” exhibition of work by Red Grooms, a Nashville native who moved to New York City in 1956, a fascinating figure in postWorld War II American art and natural-born storyteller.

Through Jan. 8, 2017.

Rotunda Projects: Nnenna Okore, abstract objects fashioned from burlap, inspired by her immediate environment.

Through April 2, 2017.

Selections from William Eggleston’s Portfolios, exhibition of 18 photographs from most of the portfolios in the Brooks Museum’s collection. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through May 31, 2017.

InSight Gallery Exhibition, Through Dec. 30.

4063 SYKES.

Marshall Arts Gallery

“Fine Places,” exhibition of work by Tom Wixo, Sarah McFalls, Jessye McDowell, Eric Cagley, T. Michael Martin, and Mellow Mountain Coalition (Hamlett Dobbins & Tad Lauritzen Wright). Through Dec. 5.

639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“Cats and Quotes,” exhibition of felines from a variety of periods.

Through Dec. 30.

“Create. Imagine. Explore,” sculpture drawing all about creativity, communication,

“Tributaries: Cozette Phillips,” exhibition of sculpture.

Through Jan. 22, 2017.

Master Metalsmith: Hoss Haley, exhibition of sculpture works in steel, concrete, and bronze including White Series, Erratics, Torics, Coils, Spheres, and Ripples. www. metalmuseum.org. Through Jan. 1, 2017.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

National Civil Rights Museum

“The Purchased Lives,” exhibition covering a 57-year period from America’s abolition of the international slave trade through the end of the Civil War. www.civilrightsmuseum. org. Through Nov. 27.

Ross Gallery

“Abstract Thoughts,” exhibition of abstract art in acrylics and mixed media by Sandra Horton. Through Dec. 15.

“Forge, Cast, Fabricate,” www. cbu.edu. Through Dec. 15.

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

Scottish Rite

“Circuitous Succession Epilogue lll,” exhibition and third installment curated by Jason Miller within the circa-1909 Scottish Rite Building. www. circuitoussuccession.com.

Through Jan. 25, 2017.

825 UNION.

St. George’s Episcopal Church

MGAL Winter 2016 Juried Art Exhibit, (754-7282), www. stgchurch.org. Through Dec. 28.

2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

TOPS Gallery

“Portraits of the United States Congress. 1986-87,” exhibition of 20 portraits by Judith Joy Ross. www.topsgallery.com.

Through Dec. 3.

400 S. FRONT.

Village Frame & Art

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

540 S. MENDENHALL (767-8882).

DAN C E

Brooks Milongas

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

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

Swing Dance Night featuring the Rhodes Jazz Band

Free swing dance lesson taught by Red Hot Lindy Hop. Thurs., Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m.

RHODES COLLEGE, MCCALLUM BALLROOM OF THE BRYAN CAMPUS LIFE CENTER, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000), WWW.RHODES.EDU.

450 MULBERRY (521-9699).

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Booksigning by Alysson Foti Bourque

Cafe Eclectic

The Wiseguys Present: Storytellers Unplugged, combines fast-paced improv, guest storytellers, and scenic improv. $5. Third Saturday of every month, 10:30 p.m.

603 N. MCLEAN (725-1718).

Canvas

Come Get This Laughter, local comedians Q. Wilson, Topher Shaw, Tony Quintero, and Rob Love will be bringing you the laughter all night.

Also featuring music by El’Kevon Sullivan, Brandon Kareem, and MC Madame Mims. (596-1532). $10. Fri., Nov. 18, 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m.

1737 MADISON (443-5232).

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Author discusses and signs Alycat and the Thursday Dessert Day. Sat., Nov. 19, 10 a.m.

THE BOOKSELLERS AT LAURELWOOD, 387 PERKINS EXT. (683-9801), WWW.THEBOOKSELLERSATLAURELWOOD.COM.

Booksigning by Steve Bradshaw

Author discusses and signs The Bell Trilogy mystery/ thriller books. Register to attend on library website. Mon., Nov. 21, 5 p.m.

LUCIUS E. & ELSIE C. BURCH JR. LIBRARY, 501 POPLAR VIEW, COLLIERVILLE (457-2600), WWW.COLLIERVILLELIBRARY.ORG.

Free Mediation Clinic for Divorcing Parents

Get help filling out worksheets and meet Tennessee Supreme Court listed mediators. Free. Sat., Nov. 19, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

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MAGIC 2016: MidSouth GIS Conference

$75. Wed.-Thur., Nov. 16-17, 8 a.m.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (452-2151), WWW.AGRICENTER.ORG.

The Cove

Santa lands on the Pink Palace lawn Saturday, Nov. 19 at 9am

Comedy with Dagmar, open-mic comedy. www.thecovememphis.com. Sundays, 7-9 p.m.

2559 BROAD (730-0719).

• Polar Express 3D • The Light Before Christmas 3D • Enchanted Forest • Season of Light Planetarium Show

Landers Center (DeSoto Civic Center)

Jeff Dunham, international comic/ventriloquist. (800745-3000), www.landerscenter.com. $46. Thurs., Nov. 17, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

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

High Cotton Brewing Co.

P!NK PALACE MUSEUM

Charlie Vergos, son of Rendezvous owner John Vergos, returns to Memphis with with a new 30-minute set he’s been honing over the past year.

Also featuring D.J. Buckley and Aaron Weber from Nashville. Free. Tues., Nov. 22, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Ready for the Holidays?

598 MONROE (896-9977).

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P&H Cafe

Open Mic Comedy, Thursdays, 9 p.m.

You Look Like, insult comedy show where every joke starts with the phrase “You look like...”. Comedians from across the country come to Memphis to participate, and there is a podcast of the show. $8. Sat., Nov. 19, 9-11 p.m.

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November 17-23, 2016

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341 MADISON (524-0104).

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1737 MADISON (443-5232).

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Spillit Story Grand Slam 2016: Education, brings together the best storytellers in Memphis vying for the title of Grand Master Storyteller of Memphis 2016. Raconteurs include Katie Martin, Evan Katz, Joy Arwood, Tom Simmermaker, Rattlebone Jones, Eilidh Jenness, Julia Hencel, and Teddy Crum. $20. Sat., Nov. 19, 7-9 p.m.

294 HERNANDO.

Featuring guest speaker Evangelist Bernard Mitchell.

Tues.-Thur., Nov. 15-17, 7-9pm.

ETERNAL PEACE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 1251 S. WILLETT (725-9544).

“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the Triple Whammy of Geographic Disadvantage” Presentation by Dr. James H. Johnson Jr. who poses the question, “What would keep Dr. King up at night were he still alive today?” Sat., Nov. 19, 8:15-11 a.m.

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

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Downtown Tour and Ghost Hunt

Unique two-hour tour and investigation hosted by a real paranormal investigator and TAPS family member.

Meet and investigate a site which was the scene of a brutal murder in 1918. $20.

Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Through Dec. 17.

THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), HISTORICALHAUNTSMEMPHIS.COM.

Haunted Pub Crawl

Informative and humorous walking tour of downtown Memphis restaurants, bars, and taverns. Macabre history and spirits with the spirits.

Adults only. $20. Fridays, 7:309:30 p.m. Through Dec. 16.

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Ride along the original rock-and-roll bus with a local musician while hearing stories about how Memphis became the “Home of the Blues and the Birthplace of Rock-and-Roll”! Saturdays, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Nov. 26.

B.B. KING’S BLUES CLUB, 143 BEALE (527-9415), WWW.BACKBEATTOURS.COM/TOURS/MOJO.CFM.

Sprock and Roll Party Bike Tours

Drink and bike during dinner, lunch, and art tours in Midtown and downtown Memphis. See website for tour schedules. Ongoing.

WWW.SPROCKNROLLMEMPHIS.COM.

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Olive Branch Genealogy Club

Will St. Amand from the Lafayette County Historical Society will speak on the society’s genealogical holdings. No dues and all are welcome.

Free. Every third Wednesday, 12-2 p.m. Through Nov. 30.

OLIVE BRANCH PUBLIC LIBRARY, 6619 COCKRUM (662-895-4365).

Wild Family Day

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Enchanting evening just for dads and daughters at the Memphis Zoo. $18. Thurs., Nov. 17, 5:30-9 p.m.

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

Cider Smash Campfire Party

Weekly Meditation Group

Meets in Sisters’ Chapel to encourage and support the daily practice of morning and evening meditation. Includes a reading or a short taped talk, thirty minutes of silent meditation, followed by brief discussion. Free. Thursdays, 12-1 p.m.

ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL, 700 POPLAR (569-6326), HTTPS://ARTESIANMEDITATION.WORDPRESS.COM.

Join us for a cozy campfire for the whole family. Use cider press to smash apples, make hot spiced cider, and plant an apple seed to grow at home. Hot dogs, s’mores, and drinks will be provided. Reservations required. $8 members, $12 nonmembers. Fri., Nov. 18, 6-8 p.m.

MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4131), WWW.MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.

Join a Dixon docent or member of the curatorial staff on a tour of the exhibitions. Free for members. $5 nonmembers. Tuesdays, Sundays, 2-3 p.m.

Family event featuring the exhibition “Wild Spaces, Open Seasons,” fun activities, music, games, art, and garden activities. Free. Sat., Nov. 19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

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

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’80s Night at Celtic Crossing

Celebrate everything from the ’80s. DJ KO will start on the turntables playing hits from the decade.

Dress to impress for the best ’80s outfit contest. Free.

Fri., Nov. 18, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

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

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

Woodland Garden Tours

Celebrate 40 years with garden docents who will be available to discuss specific highlights in the Woodland garden. Emphasis on plants and design representative of Memphis shade garden conditions. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon Through Dec. 31.

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

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2nd Annual Holistic Health Fair

Featuring vendors, movement and art demos, reiki, health screenings, and more. Sat., Nov. 19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

NEW CHICAGO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER, 1036 FIRESTONE (543-0468).

Memphis Flea Market

$4. Sat., Nov. 19, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sun., Nov. 20, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (452-2151), WWW.MEMPHISFLEAMARKET.COM.

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Sundays, Nov. 20 & 27 Earn 200 points to receive a $20 gift card of your choice to Macy’s, Walmart, Kroger or Bass Pro Shops.

Jewish Literary and Cultural Arts Festival

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The Chilly Chili 5K

Benefiting Concord Academy. Sat., Nov. 19, 9 a.m.

MULLINS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 4 N. MENDENHALL (685-8253), WWW.CONCORDACADEMY.ORG.

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Go Ape Treetop Adventure

Course in Shelby Farms Park open for its second season. Ongoing.

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SHELBY FARMS, 500 N. PINE LAKE (767-PARK), WWW.GOAPE.COM.

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B&B: Bold and Beautiful

Trans women of color who come together weekly for fellowship, dining together, and many other social events. Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.

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

Delta Transmasculine

New group for transgender masculine folks.

Fridays, 5 p.m.

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

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Featuring seven authors and one artist inresidence. For more information and event listings, visit website. $45-$200 member, $55-$240 nonmember. Through Nov. 19.

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Guided from any smart phone, teams see the sights while solving clues, completing challenges, and learning local history. Available 365 days, sunrise to sunset. Use promo MEMPHISFLYER for special discount. Ongoing.

(805-603-5620), WWW.URBANADVENTUREQUEST.COM.

“Black Holes”

Fully immersive journey through one of the most mystifying, awe-inspiring phenomena in the universe: a black hole. See website for schedule. $7. Through Nov. 18.

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

Open House

Check out makerspace.

Fridays, 6 p.m.

MIDSOUTH MAKERS, 2804 BARTLETT, WWW.MEETUP. COM/MIDSOUTHMAKERS.

Playhouse on the Square’s 47th Birthday Celebration

Open house featuring memorabilia, entertainment, food and drink, and kids room.

Gift registry at Amazon.com, and wish-list on website. $25.

Fri., Nov. 18, 6-10 p.m.

PLAYHOUSE ON THE SQUARE, 66 S. COOPER (726-4656), WWW. PLAYHOUSEONTHESQUARE.ORG.

Seasonal Stargazing

Suicide Loss Survivors Day Memory Quilt Dedication Memory Quilt will be on display, as well as the SLSD Memory Tree, and the SLSD Impact Statement Board.

Those who have lost a loved one to suicide can find hope and healing by participating in the event. Thurs., Nov. 17, 6-9 p.m.

BOOYA’S, 954 W POPLAR.

“Voices of the Civil Rights Movement”

Interactive exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the march on Washington.

Ongoing.

Hop through constellations, learn cool star names, and groove to planetarium space music in this full-dome audiovisual experience. See

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

Opening reception for “Retos y Retratos” at Crosstown Arts, Friday

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An Evening with Spirit with Kalila Smith and Sid Patrick

Led by internationally known psychics and mediums from New Orleans. Their evenings with spirit are healing and insightful. Many people will receive messages from spirit. $45. Sat., Nov. 19, 8 p.m.

MEMPHIS HILTON, 939 RIDGE LAKE (497-9486), WWW.HISTORICALHAUNTSMEMPHIS.COM.

An Evening with the Haunted Dolls

Evening with Kevin Cain, who will be bringing his dolls and doing a short talk on collecting haunted dolls and items, book signing, and investigation of his dolls. $25.

Fri., Nov. 18, 9 p.m.

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“Firefall”

Ssee how the impacts from comets and asteroids have mercilessly shaped Earth’s surface. $7. Through Nov. 18.

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

Professional School of Beauty Grand Opening

Multi-discipline specialty school offering the only stand-alone program for licensees to attain the credentials needed to become a fully licensed instructor.

Mon., Nov. 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. & 4-8 p.m.

PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL OF BEAUTY, 1524 MADISON (205-9765).

Harvest Party

Enjoy live music from the Earnestine & Hazel’s House Band, dancing, classic Memphis food, silent auction, and open bar, benefiting the Cotton Museum. $75 members, $100 nonmembers. Sat., Nov. 19, 7 p.m.-midnight.

THE WAREHOUSE, 36 G.E. PATTERSON (531-7826), MEMPHISCOTTONMUSEUM.ORG.

Jurassic Journeys

Tour through 4,000 square feet of dinosaurs as they move in their natural habitat. Through Dec. 30, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

DISCOVERY PARK OF AMERICA, 830 EVERRETT (731-676-3556), DISCOVERYPARKOFAMERICA.COM.

website for scheduling. $7.

Through Nov. 18.

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

Shelby Farms Volunteer Opportunities

Sign up to volunteer for Spooky Nights, Greenline Half Marathon, or Starry Nights. For more information and sign-up, visit website.

Through Dec. 31.

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

Soles4Souls

Drive to collect shoes to help the poor. Gently worn and new shoes can be dropped off to benefit Soles4Souls.

Call for more information.

Through Dec. 31.

KATIE LAMB STATE FARM, 811 TIMBER CREEK (567-8000).

Enjoy the museum after hours, participate in the foundry class, explore the galleries, enjoy a drink from the cash bar, food trucks, live music, and more. Free.

Thursdays, 5-8 p.m.

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

Wolf River Greenway Dedication

Celebrate the completion of Memphis-based artist Colin Kidder’s “Raised River” sculpture. The event features an Opera Memphis performance, Wolf River Conservancy informational resources, and coffee and donuts. Sat., Nov. 19, 1-3 p.m.

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Battle of the Bells

Kicks off the Salvation Army’s Red Kettles Campaign. Submit original song and be a part of a live audience performance.

Judged by music pros. Free.

Sat., Nov. 19, 6 p.m.

Holiday Science

THE SALVATION ARMY KROC CENTER, 800 E. PARKWAY S. (270-9120), SALVATIONARMYMEMPHIS.ORG.

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

Enchanted Forest

Guest starring Lil’ Buck and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. 170 dancers take the stage in New Ballet Ensemble’s unique production fusing ballet, hip-hop, jookin’, Spanish and African dance, and more. $15-$50. Fri., Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m., Sat., Nov. 19, 5:30 p.m., and Sun., Nov. 20, 2:30 p.m.

Includes Festival of Trees, the Gingerbread Village, model train, pictures with Santa, and more. Nov. 19-Dec. 31.

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

Holiday Bazaar Art Sale Carefully curated collection of fine art, accessories, and gifts created by MCA’s most talented faculty, students, alumni, and friends, benefiting the MCA scholarship fund. Fri.-Sat., Nov. 18-19.

MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART, 1930 POPLAR (272-5100), WWW.MCA.EDU.

Zoo Lights

Watch as snow appears right before your eyes. See static electricity in action, and learn why tinsel is sticky. Play a holiday song using your palms. Participate in physical science demonstrations in the spirit of the season. $4-$5.

Sat., Nov. 19, 12-1 p.m.

Featuring snow, holiday lights, Santa in his shop with reindeer, ice skating rink, ferris wheel, and more. Tree lighting at 5 p.m. on opening night. $7 members, $9 nonmembers. Nov. 18-Dec. 30, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

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

A Tour of Tastabilities: Black History + Food Tasting Tour

Journey to enjoy delicious but generous tastings from three authentic Memphis restaurants and embrace Southern cuisines and Memphis’ food culture with Cristina of City Tasting Tours. $55. Thurs., Nov. 17, 9:45 a.m.

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CANNON CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (726-9225), WWW.NEWBALLET.ORG.

Santa Landing

Santa arrives by helicopter to open the Enchanted Forest Festival of Trees, Sat., Nov. 19, 9 a.m. Santa’s landing and other lawn activities are free to the public, Enchanted Forest available for admission fee.

Sat., Nov. 19, 9 a.m.

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree

Featuring music, tree lighting, beer truck, holiday treats, and kids activities. Fri., Nov. 18, 5-7 p.m.

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

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Wolf River Greenway dedication at the Wolf River Conservancy, Saturday Scarecrow Contest

Groups and organizations create scarecrows on view through Thanksgiving. Free with admission. Through Nov. 21.

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

Savor tastings at five popular eateries, interact with chefs and managers, and sample a range of local flavors while learning about Memphis historic landmarks. Meeting location disclosed with ticket purchase. $55. Saturdays, 1:30 p.m.

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

Happy St. Practice Day

Grand opening of the Pub at the Brass door and the first special practice day happening every 17th of the month leading up to St. Patrick’s Day. $10.

17th of every month, 7 p.m.midnight. Through March 17.

BRASS DOOR IRISH PUB, 152 MADISON (572-1813).

Memphis magazine Readers’ Restaurant Poll

Vote for your favorite Memphis victuals. Through Nov. 30.

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Art of the Steal

Documentary about the controversial move of the Barnes Foundation, the world’s best collection of post-Impressionist art, from rural Merion, PA, to downtown Philadelphia. $5.

Fri., Nov. 18, 1 p.m.

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

Barton Fink

Cult film written while experiencing difficulty with the script for Miller’s Crossing. $5.

Sat., Nov. 19, 2 p.m.

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

The Big Sleep

Classic Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall film. Sun., Nov. 20, 2 p.m.

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

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Born in Denmark 59 years ago, Erling Jensen made his Memphis debut in 1989 after answering a New York Times ad for a job at a Frenchtraditional restaurant named La Tourelle. Legend has it Memphis restaurateur Glenn Hays, who could also serve as a criterion for Memphis gastronomes, hired him over the phone.

Jensen, who graduated from Tech College Aalborg in Denmark with a culinary degree, took the venerable eatery to new heights, garnering awards and recognition over his seven-year tenure at the turreted house on Monroe.

In 1996, he ventured out on his own to open his eponymous eatery on Yates, with the vision of keeping it real, quite literally.

“My vision has always been to stay within my European background — no cutting corners,” Jensen says.

That means making all his sauces from scratch as well as his veal and fish stocks.

That does not mean staying within any status quo.

“My influences come from everywhere,” he says. “I’m all over the map. I do some Asian things, new American. There’s a lot of good stuff coming up now.”

It all seems to have worked for the venerated chef. Erling Jensen: The Restaurant has made frequent appearances as “Best Restaurant” on various Memphis polls year in and year out.

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Starting Thursday, November 17th through Saturday, the 19th, Jensen will offer a special five-course dinner.

The three days are sold out, but Jensen is considering adding a Sunday dinner if enough interest warrants the move.

On the menu for those nights: Scallops with saffron vanilla sauce, Scottish pheasant breast with lingonberries, roasted lamb loin en croute with lobster glacé, and bison ribeye with foie gras and a demi glacé.

The fact that it ends with his chocolate soufflé deserves its own paragraph.

Each course is paired with wine.

In the meantime, his energy is contagious.

In addition to running a longstanding landing-place, where he can be found every other day and where he designs weekly menus, he’s at nearly every restaurant event in Memphis, and he has a 3-year-old little boy, Blake, to look after as well as a new wife.

“I would say everything’s been going pretty good,” Jensen says. “It’s had its ups and downs, like everything, like life.

“I try not to rest on any laurels. All the restaurants we have now. It’s crazy. It’s good. You have to be on your toes. You have to be on your toes every day.”

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It traces the story of one kid’s journey through adolescence, elevating the little details of life and change to epic storytelling by forcing us to look at them through the changing eyes of a boy trying to find his way in the world.

But Boyhood had some detractors who say the film’s “universal” experience of growing up isn’t really so universal, because the main character, Mason, is a white kid living in a predominantly white community in Texas. Make Mason an African American from a poor, urban neighborhood, and you’d have a vastly different movie, they say. Moonlight seems determined to prove that proposition.

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by Chiron’s quivering vulnerability. Juan takes the terrified youngster back to his apartment where he and his girlfriend Teresa (Janelle Monáe) tend to the boy’s wounds and give him some food and compassion.

One of Boyhood’s great selling points was its audacious experimental side. Linklater shot his film over the course of 11 years, with his stars aging in real time. Moonlight is also formally audacious, but in a different way.

It is divided into three sections, showing Chiron in three different stages of his young life, each played by a different actor. Act one is called “Little,” after the name Chiron is given by the bullies at school. The second is “Chiron,” where the character is played as a high schooler by Ashton Sanders. The title of this segment suggests that we are seeing our hero’s real self. Chiron is still being bullied at school, and his mother’s addictions have

Mahershala Ali plays Juan with compassion in Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight. now spiraled out of control, but there is light in his world, too. His relationship with Teresa continues to be a positive in his life, even as Juan is now out of the picture. And he has some friends, the closest of whom is Kevin (Jharrel Jerome). One day, while sharing a blunt on the beach, Kevin and Chiron’s friendship bubbles over into something more carnal.

For a moment, it seems Chiron may have a sort of happiness that has eluded him all of his life. But then comes a betrayal that seems as inevitable as it does tragic, and brutal violence. For the third act, set 10 years later, Chiron is played by Trevante Rhodes, a former college track-and-field athlete whose supple brawn instantly speaks volumes about where Chiron, now known as Black, has found himself — hardened against the world, but utterly alone, with neither the love of his family nor the comfort of a lover.

Bringing three actors of such varying ages together to create a single, believable, and deeply sympathetic character is only the beginning of Jenkins’ achievement. He takes Monáe, a powerhouse singer and visionary afrofuturist musician, and transforms her into the film’s continued on page 42

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Moonlight is an achingly beautiful film of tragedy, love, and yearning.

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Surviving Trump

Last week, we made a bigot president-elect of the United States. Some folks are feeling partisan disappointment at this. Many others are flush with primal fear, like realizing that you’re trapped inside Jurassic Park just as the news that the raptors have escaped from their enclosure blares from a loudspeaker. But this is our reality, complete with roving bands of Trump supporters carving swastikas on any surface clean enough to bear the mark. If you’re black like me, or brown or Muslim or queer or trans or poor — people living oppressed pre-Trump — you’re probably figuring that this singular event marks the decline of America into the Hunger Games era. For me, waking up to an impending Trumplandia was like taking a sledgehammer to the chest. I sank into an emotional swamp of depression, disgust, and fear for myself, my friends, and my family. Being the target of good old, homegrown American hatred is nothing new for a lot of us, but the reality of life as a target of soon-to-be President Trump’s actual hatred and his forthcoming policies rooted in that hatred has the road ahead looking mighty decrepit.

Facing this reality, how should we prepare to move forward along this road in the direction of progress and justice? Well, I don’t have all the answers, and I can’t tell you how you should be feeling right now. But I can tell you that we have options. Our resilience and resistance is nothing new. Without us and our refusal to be denied our place in the American tapestry, this country would be a bland, music-less republic full of sadness and weird Jell-O casseroles.

Folks suffering from Trump-shock, take a moment to breathe. Or pray. Or cry. Or break some dishes, or swear your fealty to an ancient eldritch horror with tentacles for a head in exchange for the power to make humans spontaneously combust with a blink. Okay, maybe not the last one. But give yourself the time and space to react to this new, horrible reality. Forgive yourself for your fear, because that’s a normal emotion to feel when you’re facing down the hydra that is white supremacist cisheteropatriarchy — its singular goal is to disempower everyone who’s not a cisgender, straight, white dude. Take the time to process and right yourself. You’ll thank you for it. Once you right yourself, check on your people. You’re not alone in your grief and fear right now, and there are people in your networks who will need to lean on you. I wasn’t joking about those roving bands of Trump thugs; they’re real, they’re indiscriminate, and they are drunk at the seeming justification for their hatred. Find your people and cover them. Feed them. Let them vent if they need to. Squad up and watch each other’s backs. Come to their aid if you see them suffering from Trumpression. We’re going to need each other if we’re going to make it through this.

After taking care of yourself and finding your squad, start the work of living and resisting. Despite what some think, you don’t have to accept the fact that a vulgar, racist, misogynistic, xenophobic bigot is our president. Especially when that president has made it very clear that he is going to work against everything that you stand for. Sure, he has a lot of power, but so does the Lich King — and he can be taken down in a 25-player raid.

Now is the time to strategize. Gather and hunker down. Determine which representatives are true to your community’s interests and needs. Develop a longterm strategy for electing them to or placing them in key strategic positions. Understand that voting is not the penultimate resistance, but that equity and justice work also requires personal action — use your skills to support organizations and groups whose work aligns with your values.

Read literature that broadens your worldview. Artists, create kickass art that challenges people. Community leaders, help those around you understand the gravity of our situation and listen to their ideas on progress. Galvanize yourself and others to work toward the common goal of equality and shared power.

Begin to think and act strategically and intersectionally.

And remember, there’s a difference between conversation and debate. Debate has a different aim than conversation; it is used to force people to concede a point, and ultimately silence them.

Conversation is used to communicate, to share ideas and expand understanding. Conserve your energy, and work smart. Don’t fall into the trap of debating individuals when you should be conversing with your squad and working to make our systems equitable. Don’t jump too quickly to the blame game. Even though we know white people and their dedication to preserving systems that privilege them played a huge part in this mess (Trump won the white vote over Clinton in nearly every conceivable way, per exit polling data gathered by Edison Research for the National Election Pool. Feel free to debate your mother about that one), blaming them solves nothing. Hopefully, the ones among them who call themselves allies realize the work that they must do and are committed to doing it.

So, take the time to right yourself, then brush yourself off.

We have work to do, and we’re going to need all squads on deck.

Ring the bells that can still ring.

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

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