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As Thanksgiving approaches, the country is still feeling the fallout from our recent national election. Around 25 percent of the country’s eligible voters are displeased with the results of the presidential race, while 25 percent are pleased. The other 50 percent of the voting pool declined to participate. Thanks, idiots.

For the second time in 16 years, the candidate who won the presidential popular vote lost the election, meaning the country as a whole is now as gerrymandered as most states are.

It isn’t going to change soon, not when the winning party has all the levers of power. There’s going to be a President Trump, for better or for worse, and we’re going to have to adjust to what promises to be a very challenging near-future.

As he demonstrated during his campaign, Trump has little regard for traditional political behavior. With this president-elect, everything is personal, and his skin is remarkably thin. We can only pray that his handlers — and Congress — can find the courage to restrain his more impulsive behavior.

The past two weeks have not been encouraging. Trump has complained relentlessly via Twitter about Saturday Night Live, the cast of Hamilton, and The New York Times all being “unfair.” He called in the top brass and on-air talent of all the major networks to Trump Tower, Monday, for an off-the-record meeting at which he called CNN “liars” and chastised NBC News for using an unflattering picture of him that Trump said made him appear as if he had multiple chins. Trump hasn’t held a press conference since July.

Meanwhile, in the federally owned Ronald Reagan building in Washington, D.C., Richard Spencer, the head of a white supremacist group calling itself the National Policy Institute, gave a speech in which he shouted, “Hail Trump, hail our people, hail our victory!”

(You know how to say “hail” in German, right?) He went on to call the media “lügenpresse,” the nazi name for press critics, and added several anti-Semitic comments. The speech ended with the audience applauding wildly and giving Spencer the one-armed Hitler salute. In a federal building.

Spencer calls his group “alt-right.” As a critic said this week, that’s like calling a pool of vomit “alt-brunch.” They are nazis, and, like the KKK, they feel it’s now safe to come into John McCain (left) and Lindsey Graham the light because of Trump’s victory.

Also problematical for Trump — and the Constitution — is his vast network of businesses around the globe, which present unprecedented risks of conflicts of interest for the new president, who will be dealing with many national leaders from countries where he has operations. In the past, presidents have put their financial interests in a blind trust, so as to avoid any possible appearance of self-interest while serving the country. Trump, on the other hand, has said he will leave the control of his business empire to his children, but he’s also made it clear his children will be involved in his administration, so we will have to blindly trust that he and his children will never discuss the family business. Sure.

It’s one thing to flout the traditional rules of campaigning — revealing your tax returns, for example — and quite another to flout the constitutional rules N E WS & O P I N I O N that restrain a president from acceptNY TIMES CROSSWORD - 4 ing favors from a foreign government, THE FLY-BY - 6 which is classified as treason by the POLITICS -10 Constitution. The bottom line is that we EDITORIAL - 12 will need to rely on what statesmen reVIEWPOINT - 13 COVER — “SHOP LOCAL” main in the GOP to stand up for what’s

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TOTALLY DOWN Does this ever happen to you?

You’re on the internet reading about how Memphis and Nashville were trying to create saner marijuana laws, but then the state Attorney General stepped in and said, “Oh no you don’t,” and then you catch a glimpse of the the West Tennessee Drug Task Force logo and realize sometimes initials mean more than one thing?

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Whites, Weed, & Some Racist B.S. An old man got in big trouble for what he said on Facebook.

Pot law shot down The city’s new pot law is illegal, according to an opinion rendered last week by Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery.

A new law passed here last month gave Memphis Police Department officers the choice of charging those caught with a half ounce or less of marijuana with a $50 ticket or the full state charge of up to a $2,500 fine and a year in jail.

But Slatery said in an opinion that, basically, city law cannot trump state law on drug crimes.

Memphis leaders suspended the issuance of civil tickets on weed possession.

But some remain confident that the new city law will stand.

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county official resigned last week amid outrage over a series of racist posts to social media.

David Barber, Deputy Director of the Shelby County Corrections Center, claimed in a recent Facebook status that the Ku Klux Klan was more American than President Barack Obama. $10M computer glitch A $10 million lawsuit was filed last week against those running the Shelby County Jail as justice has been delayed for numerous inmates who have been lost in the system following the implementation of a new computer system.

Officials have been installing new computer systems for the jail and the court system for the last two weeks. In that time, the jail population has climbed as the confusion caused by the switch-over has led to longer and unjust stays, according to Josh Spickler, executive director of Just City, a criminal justice advocacy reform organization.

Just City joined a class action lawsuit against Shelby County Sheriff Bill Oldham last week. But Spickler said the suit wasn’t really about the money. continued on page 8

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LISTED! Memphis makes a lot of national lists. Usually it’s for things like being fat and/or homicidal, but this time it’s because we’re funny. Memphis was ranked as the fourth funniest city in America, according to a new “humor index” created by Laugh.ly, an online app for streaming standup comedy.

The Humor Index considers things like the number of comedy clubs, improv troupes, and snarky alt-weekly news columns a city has. Well, the first two anyway.

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Dozens of staffers with Memphis-area colleges and universities are now fully free to pack heat on campus without anyone ever knowing.

State lawmakers gave fulltime employees at state-run schools permission to carry a concealed handgun on campus this year with a bill Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam wouldn’t sign but allowed to become law. However, those employees had to have a state license and register with their school’s security office before they could secretly carry their sidearm to, say, teach class, clean the grounds, or type a memo.

Registration began at Tennessee schools right around July 1st. So far, the University of Memphis (U of M) said 36 staffers have registered to carry handguns on campus. At the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), 22

have registered. Southwest Tennessee Community College (STCC) officials said 17 have registered to carry guns.

These figures are tiny fractions of the overall hundreds of employees working at these three schools. But all of the continued on page 8

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The third version of Operation: Safe Community will add more police officers to the Memphis Police Department and the Shelby County Sheriff ’s Office, strengthen neighborhood watch groups, expand data-driven policing, help exoffenders stay out of criminal life, help juveniles avoid the criminal justice system, and more.

SURJ surges A group of white folks gathered last week to discuss how they can fight the national and local trends of discrimination against people of color.

The newly formed Memphis chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) met at First Congregational Church. Its aim is simple — to take the burden of discussing complex issues around white supremacy off of black people. In doing so, the group hopes to facilitate conversation which, ideally, will result in unified political actions.

Weirich: evidence never delivered Shelby County District Attorney General (SCDAG) Amy Weirich never saw nor knew about a key witness statement in the Noura Jackson murder case because the Memphis Police Department failed to deliver it to her.

That’s the key takeaway from Weirich’s response last week to a call for additional charges against her from the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Office of Professional Responsibility.

That office has charged that Weirich hid crucial evidence in the Jackson murder case from Jackson’s attorneys. Two weeks ago, the office called for additional charges against Weirich that said at worst, Weirich had actual knowledge of the witness statement and, at least, Weirich failed to fully familiarize herself with the Jackson case.

“Strapped” continued from page 6 figures represent 100-percent more guns possible on the campuses from the year before.

None of the institutions offered comment on the number of gun-carry permits they’ve approved so far. However, a U of M spokesman said the university stood by its July statement on the issue.

“I don’t believe the presence of more weapons will make our campus safer,” U of M president David Rudd said before the policy was implemented. “The University of Memphis campuses have consistently been among the safest in the state, which is critical to student success. We believe our exemplary safety record is due in part to guns being prohibited with the exception of those carried by highly trained police officers.”

The bill was opposed by the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) and the University of Tennessee (UT) system. The two organizations now have to manage the gun-carry programs at the 46 institutions they oversee.

“Our police chiefs and public safety officers will face greater challenges when responding to emergency situations with the complexity this law adds to their responsibilities,” TBR interim Chancellor David Gregory said in May. UT chancellor Joe DiPietro said, “I understand strong feelings exist regarding guns on campus and want to assure you of our unwavering commitment to the safety of our faculty, staff, and students as we implement this change.”

The law does come with a few stipulations, however. Handguns cannot be carried into stadiums, gymnasiums, or auditoriums while school-sanctioned events are in progress. They are not allowed in meetings about student or employee discipline matters or in meetings about faculty tenure.

At UTHSC, handguns cannot be carried into a hospital, student health or counseling center, or into an office that provides medical or mental health services.

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the house. He and a group of York residents met with IC in August to discuss the plan but were told a new bishop had been instated and no decision could be made.

“There’s a lot of investiture from the neighborhood in this church and this school,” Groff said. “Up until the middle of the summer, I didn’t understand what the fuss was. But then I heard what had happened in the past.”

The house located at 1722 York would become the fourth of three previous neighborhood homes demolished for the church’s expansion.

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Two separate homebuyers are interested in a near-century-old Midtown house that was recently deeded to The Church of the Immaculate Conception (IC) to be razed for the expansion of a parking lot and soccer field.

“York had not been on our radar,” said one interested homebuyer who asked to remain anonymous. “We were driving through the neighborhood and saw ‘Save York’ signs. We enjoyed the possibility of what the house provided and liked what it could become.”

Those “Save York” signs represent what 40-year resident Candy Justice calls a “year-long grassroots effort” to preserve the home, located at 1722 York Avenue in the historic Central Gardens neighborhood. Though the homebuyer attempted to reach Ben Wheeler, a church member who bought and donated the property to IC, they were never contacted.

The homebuyer said he found out last week that the house had been officially transferred to the church and that they haven’t discussed the possibility of selling.

IC officials said in a statement they have “been blessed with a generous gift of the property” and “view this gift as an opportunity to grow our campus for the benefit of the Parish and for the children” of the school.

“To explore all of our options and possibilities, we have engaged a team of professionals first to thoroughly inspect and evaluate the current condition of the property,” the statements reads. “Once the final assessment has been made, the team will provide the results to determine the best use of the property and outline the required process. The due diligence process will span the next two or so months. Rest assured, we will comply with the various governmental regulations.”

Criticism of the church’s plans turned to protest last week. About 40 residents and members of neighboring communities stood in front of IC along Central with flashlights and signs that read “IC, love thy neighbor.”

“We don’t hate IC at all, but we hate their efforts to destroy the residential integrity of our street,” Justice said. “York is a very close street. So many of us have been part of four or five generations of families living here, and we love each other even more than the houses.”

Richard Groff moved to York almost three years ago to live behind his church.

Groff attended IC as a parishioner for eight years until two weeks ago — when he stopped due to a “lack of communication.”

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Wellspring Politics wells to be drilled into the natural sand aquifier.

This was an abrupt change from the TVA’s original proposal to use wastewater from the nearby Maxson Wastewater Treatment Plant as its basic coolant.

Arguably, nobody would have regarded that original TVA proposal to use wastewater as constituting a problem for Shelby County.

But the TVA began to see the wastewater plan as economically problematic, given what spokespersons for the authority said would be the millions of dollars necessary to spend in detoxifying the wastewater. Accordingly, TVA reversed course after consulting what Banbury describes as a “slim document” from the U.S. Geological Survey concluding that the Memphis aquifier could without undue strain supply the same amount of water for the authority’s purposes.

For the record, that would be around 3.5 million gallons of water a day, an amount that Randy Blevins, who, with Banbury and Ward Archer, conducted Sunday’s meeting, called “preposterous” and dangerous and — the authority’s protestations notwithstanding — a strain upon the capacity of the aquifier. At Sunday’s meeting, Archer highlighted Some of the crowd at the Abe Goodman Clubhouse on Sunday

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As Scott Banbury, the indefatigable conservation program coordinator for the Sierra Club, has it, the Shelby County Groundwater Quality Control Board is an honorable and capable enough group, comprised of business people, conservationists, public officials, and just plain citizens, but up until now it hasn’t wielded the clout that the county’s Land Use Control Board, in theory, an equivalently purposed and composed group, has.

The difference undoubtedly lies in the fact that the latter group is, with reasonable frequency, asked to judge on zoning matters relating to commercial or residential developments, while issues relating to groundwater control are correspondingly rare and hardly ever regarded as so momentous.

All that is due to change next Wednesday, November 30th, when the Groundwater Control Board meets at Shelby Farms to hold a hearing on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s intent to drill two new wells into the natural Memphis sand aquifier that is the source of the famously pure drinking water available to Memphis-area citizens via MLGW. Public reaction against that intent has not yet reached the intense 24/7 focus of previous (and ongoing) Save the Greensward efforts, but, to judge by the turnout at a Protect the Aquifier meeting Sunday at the Abe Goodman Golf Clubhouse at Overton Park, one of several recent meetings to protest TVA’s plan, it’s quickly rising to that level.

Next week’s hearing with the board is the result of an appeal filed by Banbury back in August when he learned that TVA, without advance public notice and with non-existent fanfare, had issued a supplement to its existing plans for a source of water to cool the operations at a planned new natural gas power plant, one that is set to open in 2018 to replace the old TVA coal-burning plant, which is being phased out because of pollution concerns.

The supplement called for a total of five

an additional grievance — that the natural-gas plant being constructed by TVA was being “over-built” to larger specifications than necessary, apparently for the purpose of selling electricity to geographical areas far outside the immediate service area of the plant.

And, as Banbury demonstrated at some length on Sunday, the TVA wells into the aquifier would be clustered and operating at such levels as possibly to strain the clay walls surrounding the aquifier, inviting seepage into the city’s drinking-water supply of “young” and relatively polluted water from the Mississippi River alluvial basin. (Incidentally, the alluvial basin itself has been suggested by critics of the new TVA plan as an environmentally acceptable source of water for the new plant’s coolant purposes, but, as Banbury noted Sunday, has apparently never been considered that way by TVA.) In any case, the Shelby County Health Department — which, according to existing county policy, rules on all requests to drill wells into the aquifier — had, by the time Banbury or other citizens at large learned of it, already given approval this year to five separate requests from TVA for permits to drill as many wells. “As far as I can tell, the approval was done by a single individual,” said Banbury.

The statutory time limit for anyone to appeal such a permit is “within 15 days of its issuance,” said Banbury, who added, “Nobody has ever appealed wells before because there was never any public notice of them.” The time limit for any public questioning had already expired for three of the wells, the permits for which were issued in May, June, and July. It is only the permits for the last two wells, issued in September, that Banbury was able to file a timely appeal against.

And it is that appeal which is to be considered next Wednesday by the Shelby County Groundwater Quality Control Board. The hope for those protesting is that a turn-down by the board not only would abort the two new wells whose permits are still hanging but might cause TVA to reconsider the idea of using the three acquifier wells that

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have already been drilled but are not yet in operation.

In answer to a question from one of the attendees at Sunday’s meeting, Banbury said it was the hope of the Protect the Aquifier ad hoc group that TVA might be moved to reconsider the idea of using wastewater as a coolant for the new plant, or, failing that, to use water from the Mississippi River alluvial basin.

The three organizers of the ad hoc Saturday meeting at Abe Goodman — Archer, Blevins, and Banbury — urged those attending to contact members of the Groundwater Control Board prior to next Wednesday’s hearing, and to recruit friends and neighbors to the cause.

“Protect the Aquifier” T-shirts were on sale Sunday at Abe Goodman.

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If that kind of preparation suggests something like a political process, it’s because it is. It’s true grass-roots politics — or perhaps “wellspring politics” is a better name for it — geared not to an election day as such but to a day of reckoning all the same. As Banbury explained, whichever way the hearing goes, the loser — be it the protesting citizens or TVA — is sure to appeal, and the case will likely move on to Chancery Court.

A further political aspect of the protest is that elected officials and public bodies are becoming actively involved in the outcome. Both the Memphis City Council and 9th District Congressman Steve Cohen have formally suggested that TVA consider alternatives to its intended aquifier drilling, and the Shelby County Commission, which has the power to alter the rules by which groundwater drilling permits are issued, has indicated it will place that matter on its agenda in the near future.

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and William Troutt of Rhodes College — signed a public letter this week calling for support of the federal Deferred Action for Children Arrivals program, which protects students who were brought to this country by their parents from the prospect of deportation. President Obama authorized the program four years ago by executive action after the Republican-dominated Congress blocked the so-called Dream Act, designed to achieve the same purpose.

The students covered by the program could become vulnerable if Trump should act on a campaign pledge to revoke all of Obama’s executive actions by an executive action of his own.

We think that Obama and defeated Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton struck the right note in calling for Americans to give the new Trump administration every possible benefit of the doubt, but where there is legitimate ground for genuine doubt as to the president-elect’s good intentions — as in the present case — the aforementioned local officials have also spoken wisely and well.

The ultimate irony of President-elect Trump’s threatened overkill on the immigration issue is that we are, as has so often been stated, a nation of immigrants (as have been two of Trump’s wives), and not only have the regular infusions of newcomers over the centuries enriched our national stock, but the whole process of their coming has given the United States its essential reputation to the rest of the world as a beacon of liberty and a place of welcome.

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A case in point is Trump’s recent post-election reaffirmation of his intent to carry out a purge of undocumented immigrants residing within the nation’s boundaries. To be sure, Trump is now insisting that he isn’t targeting for deportation the entirety of an estimated 11 million persons in this category but only “2 or 3 million” who have committed crimes or otherwise proven themselves undesirable. But even that lesser number seems excessive and overstated as a gauge for the kind of extraordinary action the president-elect seems to have in mind.

Allow us, then, to commend Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland, who, like an increasing number of localgovernment officials in the United States, has in effect declared his opposition to such a Draconian overreach by the federal government. Asked last week to respond to possible antiimmigrant actions by the soon-to-be Trump administration, Strickland gave the following forthright answer: “The Memphis Police Department is not in the business of enforcing federal immigration policy, nor do we believe that is MPD’s function or mission. It’s not something that we do, and it’s not something we intend to do. Memphis is a welcoming city that values diversity and each and every one of our citizens. And it will continue to be that way.”

Strickland was not the only representative of Memphis to affirm the city’s reputation as a place of welcome. At least two local college presidents — John Smarrelli of Christian Brothers University

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Apathy, No Mas Indifference to what comes next under Trump is a luxury that Latinos can not afford. whom there are fewer than 250 nationwide, all with jam-packed dockets.

Moreover, President Obama has already deported more immigrants than all other U.S. presidents combined. It is not clear where Trump came up with the 2 to 3 million figure he cited or how he’ll reach that deportation objective, given Obama’s deportation track record.

Trump’s “deportation force” sounds a little too 20th-century European for our sensibilities, but we’re relieved to see that many police departments around the nation have re-stated their commitment to “sanctuary city status,” i.e. local police officers will not act as federal deportation agents, because they want to preserve local public safety and harmony.

One of the most heart-wrenching potential effects of Trump’s election involves undocumented youth who have received protection under Obama’s 2012 executive action known as DACA — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. This program has allowed good, hardworking young people who were brought to the USA as children by their parents to apply for “relief” from deportation proceedings.

About 750,000 young people, the socalled dreamers, have been granted protection under this program. With a stroke of Trump’s pen, though, DACA could die. Eliminating this program would represent a catastrophic setback for kids who are American in every sense of the word, except for their immigration status. We really don’t want to see the president-elect begin his administration by punishing hundreds of thousands of innocent kids.

Those who didn’t vote for Trump — around 2 million more Americans than voted for him — are deeply concerned about this tumultuous transition and worry that the nation is turning an uncharitable, cruel gaze toward our immigrant brothers and sisters.

Election Day anger and apathy has delivered us a Trump presidency. We can’t allow that same apathy to tear apart our communities should Trump try to enforce promises from a quixotic, cruel campaign that won at the polls but tossed the collective serenity of a nation into the sea.

Bryce Ashby is a Memphis-based attorney and board member at Latino Memphis; Michael J. LaRosa is an associate professor of history at Rhodes College.

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The fact is the Latin American presence in the United States is complex and extraordinarily varied.

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Five days after Donald Trump’s presidential victory, the cast of SNL parodied the electoral upset by toasting “the Latinos.”

Ironically, of course, the Latinos neither delivered the all-important state of Florida for Secretary Clinton nor voted enthusiastically for the Democratic candidate, when compared to other elections. Many stayed home on Election Day. Thirty percent voted for Mr. Trump.

We’re guilty, with others over the years, of supporting a fairly simple reductionist argument and referred to Latinos as a monolithic voting bloc. The fact is the Latin American presence in the United States is complex and extraordinarily varied in terms of race, culture, history, place of origin, educational attainment, and economic status.

For example, Puerto Ricans (U.S. citizens since 1917) who moved to New York City in the 1960s aligned traditionally with big-city, Democratic Party agendas and priorities. The grandchildren of those early migrants and more recent arrivals to the mainland (many of whom now live in and around the Orlando, Florida, area) are no longer tied to the old-line Democratic platform. Some, in fact, vote Republican based on social issues (opposition to Roe v. Wade, discomfort with same-sex marriage), and Puerto Ricans who favor statehood for the island support Republican candidates who agree with that agenda.

Many older Cuban-Americans in Florida came out to support Donald Trump, not because they liked him but because they traditionally vote Republican.

They also loath to support Democratic candidates — some still blame President Kennedy’s failed Bay of Pigs invasion for the growth of Communism on the island. Thus, they have been hostile to President Obama’s normalization of diplomatic relations with the island nation. They were unimpressed with Obama’s March, 2016 Cuba visit, which featured a “bromance” with Raúl Castro; the two men sat together during a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays’ minor league team and the Cuban national team.

Politics is one thing, governing another. We’re fearful that President Trump will order immigration enforcement into communities shortly after he takes office; during his first nationally televised interview since the November 8th election, the president-elect stated his intention to deport or incarcerate 2 or 3 million people.

This is worrisome, because immigrants are entitled to due process, and deportation proceedings must be conducted fairly through a federal immigration judge of

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Let’s fantasize for a moment. This holiday season, wouldn’t it feel good to resist the suck of Target or a crowded shopping mall? Consider a gift not made in China or replicated by the dozens in every color and prewrapped so you’re done with absolutely no thought at all. Think about the heft of a lovingly made earthenware bowl or a piece of handcrafted jewelry, made by someone you might very well bump into at your local coffee shop.

Shop local, support your local artisan. This is easy enough to do in Memphis, where there are dozens of makers crafting their wares. We spoke to a few of them, and we have a few ideas …

If you have eyeballs, then you’ve seen the work of Michelle Duckworth. The Bartlett

14 native is an illustrator/artist whose work has hung in local galleries. Duckworth also participates in 10 to 12 artists’ markets a year, selling her mounted wood prints.

Duckworth describes her work as “fairytale-ish — a snapshot from the middle of the story.” She’s inspired by fairy tales and folk tales and old illustrated books from around the world. The works call to mind Grimm’s Fairy Tales — images that are at the same time pleasing to look at but a little scary, too. “They walk the line between being kind of nice and being kind of off,” she says.

Duckworth’s work is available at Five in One Social Club on Broad and through her Etsy shop at MichelleDuckworth.

If this speaks to you, you’ll want to check out the porcelain works of babycreep — pretty baby faces shorn off for planters, a tiny spoon that tapers into a finger. Fingers figure a lot in her work. There’s jewelry, too.

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“I like to make my jewelry so that you see a cohesive design first. The tickle comes from the fact that it’s food,” says Funlola Coker.

Coker is primarily known for her oh-so-tiny and stunningly detailed food jewelry.

Donuts, sushi, peas, asparagus, bacon and eggs, avocados, cauliflower, and more adorn her earrings and rings.

After Lisa Wheeler graduated from college with a degree in ceramics, she was itching to make something … anything. But, she decided, it would have to be something she could use, something she needed. And that’s how she ended up making soap.

Her first batch involved coconut oil, olive oil, and lye. (“The lye really freaked me out,” she says.) She let the soap cure for two months, and then she tried it out. “I loved it,” Wheeler says. “I felt like a chemist.”

After experimenting with ingredients, Wheeler was ready to launch her line — LATHA. First she needed a gimmick. She’d seen cupcake soaps, cake soaps. She then hit upon drink soaps. Among her Bawdy Bars, which come in a cup, are Electric Lemonade, Sparkling Mojito, and Sex on the Beach.

LATHA also sells bath bombs, including the Jager bomb, and scrubs such as On the Rocks. For the recent Crafts and Drafts event, LATHA introduced beer-inspired soaps.

One drink she hasn’t been able to translate into soap is bubble tea. The color was weird. “I’m going to revisit that,” she says.

LATHA soaps are available at lathabar.com.

Need to clean up your act? Check out Gifts from Nature. Some of their bar soaps: the blue-striped Seersucker, Rehab (with charcoal), and the Mannish. Available at www.gfnsoap.com. — Susan Ellis

Naughty and Nice Aunt Margaret would clutch her pearls if she got the “Merry Fucking Christmas” 100 Things to Do in Memphis card from Five in One Social Club, but Before You Die, LATHA soap, and Uncle Bob would love it.

Tater Red’s mints You can’t please everyone all the time, especially when it comes to holiday gifting. But you can get pretty close if you shop locally.

Small, locally owned retail shops dot the landscape from Broad to the river. In them, you can find beautiful, useful things for the nice people on your list, like Aunt Margaret, and funny, kitschy things for those on your naughty list (lookin’ at you, Uncle Bob).

THE NICE LIST You know that friend that is In. Love. With. Memphis? Stock and Belle on Broad offers up tons o’ tasty treats to help get them grit, ground, and Bluff-i-fied.

Look for artist Kyle Taylor’s prints of a melty, good-enough-to-eat Pancho’s cheese dip man and Taylor’s huge prints of a matadored Marc Gasol as Big Spain.

Stock and Belle also carries plenty of Memphis wearables, like the Nine Oh One trucker hat and the house-made “Embrace Your Inner Memphis” T-shirt.

For the luxe-loving jet-setter on your list, hit up 20twelve on Broad. The store focuses on high-end fashion, and, while picking out clothes for somebody else can be tricky, 20twelve has plenty of perfect gift items.

Chocolate-bacon-pretzel bites, anyone? Yes, everyone. That’s but one flavor in Sugarfina’s Vice Collection candy bento box, which also includes maple bourbon caramels and pale ale gummies.

20twelve also sells many high-end fragrance brands — and gift cards, of course.

That friend of yours who won’t stop talking about running probably loves Breakaway Running. Its Overton Square location still feels new and has everything to get your running buddy on the road — or trail.

Picking out clothes for someone else is tough (that’s double for running clothes), but you can’t go wrong with a pair of Yurbuds, the sport earphones that just won’t fall out. Ever. Or, get your runner some nighttime illumination, like a Petzl headlamp.

A sense of adventure fills you up when you open the door at Outdoors Inc., and you see all the gear you could possibly need to enjoy the, well, outdoors.

Your pal may do that fake smile thing when she opens the Adventure Medical Kit from Bighorn, but she’ll be praising your name when she’s mending a wound on the trail. If you want to win Christmas, give someone the Yeti Hopper, the indestructible, always-cold cooler that has become a status symbol for the outdoor set.

THE NAUGHTY LIST Breakaway Running headlamp, 20twelve, Outdoors Inc. medical kit, and Maggie’s Pharm socks

Let’s get straight to the penis candles, shall we?

Tater Red’s has been a shopping mecca for Beale Street tourists (and locals alike) for more than two decades.

It’s a cornucopia of the peculiar and profane.

You know you have one friend who would love one of Tater’s penis candles, (which come in red and black). Tater has vagina candles, too, but he was out of those on a recent visit. Also, look for a ton of throwback Memphis sports gear, adult coloring books, voodoo dolls, and Hangover Helper Mints.

Okay, we’re back at Five in One, but we’re on the Naughty List and, well, the Broad Avenue shop is the only place you’re going to find that “Merry Fucking Christmas” card, which is made in-house. Five in One has tons of great, original Memphis-themed stuff, like Samantha Crespo’s new book, 100 Things to Do in Memphis Before You Die Vol. 2, T-shirts and sweaters, and Beerings — earrings made from cans of Memphis beers.

Maggie’s Pharm is another great Nice List shopping place, but Maggie also loves the naughty snark.

That special someone in your life needs a pair of socks that read, “I hate everyone, too.” You’ve got that other friend who needs a bottle of “I Can’t Believe I Fucked That Guy” hand sanitizer. Load up on stocking stuffers like “I Love My Penis” gum, “Coffee Makes Me Poop” gum, or “Mother Fucking Girl Power” gum.

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“I like to think that it’s for everyone,” she says. “A lot of people assume it’s for quirky or alternative folk, but really you can pair a simple pair of donut earrings with a chic grey dress.”

Is it the appeal of the food or working in miniature that drives her? It’s both, she says.

“I love food and food presentation. I feel like I enjoy my food a lot more with good presentation. It doesn’t have to be fancy, just visually appealing. However, I love to dive into the process of my work. Rolling out tiny peas or texturing a little piece of chicken is extremely satisfying. It’s all very time consuming, but the more I do it the faster I get, and before I realize it, I’ve iced 60 miniature donuts by the end of the day.”

Coker’s work is available at Five in One Social Club and at funlolacoker.com.

Looking for a unique set of earrings? Five in One’s popular Grit and Grind earrings are one way to show that you are a homer. Their pretty tinysaw label earrings bring to mind architecture and beehives.

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Head on down to A. Schwab on Beale Street, and bring home a fat sack of 100 percent USDA-certified Memphis kitsch.

You want the authentic hipswiveling Elvis clock? How about a pair of Elvis sunglasses (you know the ones)? A TCB patch legit enough to fool even the Memphis Mafia? Go to Schwab. And what says Christmas more than a pink Elvis snow globe refrigerator magnet?

There’s plenty of great non-Elvis stuff, too, like a “Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go to Beale Street” coozie, an old-school collectible Memphis plate, and Beale veteran John Elkington’s kids book, The Pirates of the Gayoso Bayou. — Toby Sells

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I’m not big on giving gifts of food for Christmas. What with all the ham, weird wedges of cheese, chemically enhanced popcorn, loads of cookies, and tins and tins of peppermint bark — erp! — it’s too much. But there are exceptions. Lots of exceptions …

You can’t go wrong with a bottle of Pyramid vodka. The general reception for this smooth delight: Hells, yeah!

And, if the holiday family-together time is getting to you, we recommend you grab your friends and take a tour of the Pyramid facilities. You’ll learn something, for sure, and the tour is capped off with a taste of the product.

You might want to call to make sure they’re open first, though: 576-8844.

Absolutely nobody complains about a gift certificate from Joe’s Liquor or Hammer & Ale. For the mixologist on your list, there’s the Elixir No. 01 line — simple syrup, mint julep, and orange and green chile syrup — from the Crazy Good folks.

I receive a tin of Aunt Lizzie’s cheese straws every year. If I don’t get one, there’s going to be trouble. Bad trouble.

These are the perfect snack for sportswatching or Netflix-binging during that lovely stretch between Christmas and New Year’s.

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For out-of-town folks, get them an order of barbecue — Corky’s, Rendezvous, Germantown Commissary, doesn’t matter — and you’ll be treated like a damn hero.

Another option: a gift box from Memphis Flavor (memphisflavor. com). The Memphis Flavor Original Sampler box includes barbecue sauce from Central BBQ, a jar of Flo’s Homemade Goodness, Makeda’s

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I’m a sucker for good packaging.

Judy Pound Cakes’ simple brown box, tied in string and stamped with a pound sign, rings all my bells. The cakes come in all sorts of flavors — chocolate cayenne, cherry almond, plum — but the Plain Ol’ pound cake is my favorite. Makes a good hostess/ host gift.

Your dog has been a good, good dog.

(Forget about the couch!) Treat him or her right with a bag of Farm House Santa Paws, yogurt-iced peanut butter cookies, available at Curb Market.

Donuts, brownies, muffins, and cupcakes — why not? At Hollywood Feed Bakery, each treat was created specifically for your pup.

One of my go-to gifts for Christmas, birthdays, house-warmings, whatever is Dinstuhl’s Cashew Crunch. The angels sang when they created this candy. I once gave a friend a box as a thank-you present, and she ended up breaking a tooth. After three or four visits to the dentist, she was totally fine and still eating the crunch.

Hipsters need gifts too. Scratch ’em off your list with a jar of brilliant red Koolickles from Porcellino’s. Pickles and Kool-Aid — it’s a match made in … well, we’re not sure exactly where.

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The caramels from Shotwell Candy are a fine, fine thing indeed. Just thinking about the Craft Beer & Pretzel caramel, I’m misting up. You might want to warn the recipient that this gift is precious and should be hidden immediately in their secret snack drawer.

For those who like to represent, there’s the Nine Oh One coffee mug, available at 387 Pantry. The stoneware beer cup by Erica Bodine Pottery is pretty special, too, and you can put it in the dishwasher. You can find one at Miss Cordelia’s.

Muddy’s Bakery has made its rep on delicious cupcakes and gnometastic adorableness. The “Hustle n’ Dough” T-shirt features gnomes and a tumbling stack of pies. Resistance is futile. — Susan Ellis

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Last year, Felicia Willett of Felicia Suzanne’s and Kat Gordon of Muddy’s Bake Shop teamed up to create Female Warriors: Armed & Delicious, a food and cocktail fund-raiser for the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis. The event returns Tuesday, November 29th, 5:30-8:30 p.m., at Felicia Suzanne’s.

Willett says that she would often bump into Gordon at food-centric events, fund-raisers and the like. They would joke about how they were the two token females, the ones charged to bring the dessert. “It’s a boys’ club,” Willett says.

Willett and Gordon spent about a year getting Female Warriors off the ground. First they got a logo, which features the women superhero-like in capes and Gordon holding a rolling pin and Willett a whisk. Then, they sent out an email to everyone they could think of, with the instructions to “please share and reply all.” The database they built was not just chefs, Willett says, but farmers and writers — any woman actively engaged in the food scene.

The event was held the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, or “Giving Tuesday,” and drew about 100, with 20 women working the event.

About the same number have signed on for this year’s event, and that email database now reads like a who’s-who of Memphis eats — Aryen Moore-Alston (Sweet Potato Baby), Jill Forrester (Whitton Farms), Jennifer Chandler (Cheffie’s, cookbook author), Deni Reilly (Majestic Grille), Brandi Marter (Bedrock Eats & Sweets), Pam Denney (Memphis magazine), and on and on.

There will be 10 or so stations at the party, with fare ranging from vegetarian sushi to short rib grilled cheese. B.J. Tamayo of Alcenia’s is providing cobbler.

The women have been having once-a-month meetings, which Willett says have turned into roundtables. “We’re trying to inspire and mentor,” Willett says. “Over the last year, we’ve gotten to know each other on another level, one on one.”

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Memphis Hungry Turkey 5K Shelby Farms, 9 a.m.-noon A 5K benefiting the Mid-South Food Bank.

Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!

Circuit Playhouse, 2 p.m., $25 A first-grader faces the challenges of a holiday sing-along and Secret Santa. Today’s performance is a food drive for the Mid-South Food Bank. Folks who bring in four cans of food will receive one ticket.

Thanksgiving Potluck OUTMemphis, noon-3 p.m.

A potluck meal with LGBTQ friends and family. Turkey and a vegetarian main dish will be provided.

Memphis Arts Collective Holiday Artist Market 1501 Union, 6-9 p.m.

Opening night for this annual artists’ market. Tonight, there will be a silent auction benefiting Caritas Village. Paul Taylor will perform. The market runs through December 24th.

After Thanksgiving Hike T.O. Fuller State Park, 9:30 a.m.

Walk off some of that turkey (or Tofurky!) during this annual two-mile hike along the park’s Discovery Trail.

North Mississippi Allstars Minglewood Hall, 7 p.m.

True fact: Turkey is digested better with a little Hill Country blues.

Danielle Nicole Band perform as well.

Booksigning by Susan Boles South Main Book Juggler, 6-9 p.m.

Susan Boles signs and discusses her novel Death of a Wolfman, the first in the Lily Gayle Lambert series about the mysterious death of a very hairy man.

A Glorious Tribute to The Band Hi-Tone, 9 p.m.

Locals Glorious Abhor play songs by The Band in recognition of the group’s last performance 40 years ago.

Cassi Conyers

By Chris Davis

Cassi Conyers has a great idea for all those times when life gives you lemons.

Because, in spite of what you’ve heard, you can’t make lemonade from lifelemons because life-lemons are a metaphor for shit, and nobody thinks shitade sounds like a good idea. So when life covers you in crap, there’s no need to curl up in a lonely ball of anxiety. Thanks to Conyers, there’s a safe space filled with like-minded friends, where you can swill booze, load up on cupcakes, and cuss till your heart’s content. Well, unless you’re a dude. Cupcakes, Cocktails, and Cursing — a female-only event — was created to give women a place to deal with life’s shit by saying shit as often as they need to say it while swilling booze and munching down.

Conyers suspects there may be more cursing than usual at this C3 summit, but she always aims for a healthy balance. “It’s been awhile since we’ve had one of these, and it’s the holidays, so everybody’s under a lot of stress,” she says. As hostess, she sets the room in a circle so nobody’s excluded and stresses two rules only — “No gossip” and “What happens in the circle stays in the circle.”

“Cocktails,” is something of a misnomer, but there will be wine to loosen tongues and wash down treats. “The cupcakes I make are usually based on my mood,” she says. “I might make anything. It could be a new flavor. It might be a mutt flavor where I put things together just to see what happens.

“Everybody leaves feeling better than they did when they arrived,” Conyers says. “It really is uplifting.”

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BEATLES N’ BIG STARZ W/ BRANDON MCGOVERN & DAVID SMITH 6PM JOHN KILZER 9PM NOV 25

CITY MIX 10PM NOV 26

MEMPHIS UKELELE BAND 3PM NOV 27

SATURDAY November 26 The Peabody Tree Lighting Ceremony The Peabody, 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

A day filled with holiday festivities, including performances by local school and church choirs and the 5 p.m. Duck March accompanied by music by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. The tree gets lit at 5:05 p.m.

The Magic of the Holidays 6928 Briarhill, Bartlett Holiday display featuring more than 45,000 lights and computer animation.

Poetry vs. Hip-Hop The Den, 9-11:45 p.m., $15 It’s on, son. Five area poets go up against five Memphis emcees in this “All Peace and All Love” battle.

The Polar Express 3D CTI 3D Giant Theater, 3 p.m., $9.50-$12 Recommended if only for the excellent example of the “uncanny valley.”

Winter Arts 5058 Park, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Opening day of this market featuring hand-crafted works in glass, metal, clay, fiber, and more.

Love Jones the Musical The Orpheum, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., $53-$78 Chicago-set musical about love and poetry.

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Operation Band-Aid Local musicians unite to help drummer, guitarist Abe White.

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easily be paying medical bills for the next decade. Thankfully, many of the Memphis musicians he has shared the stage with over the years are coming to his aid this weekend in the form of a benefit show.

I caught up with White the day before his latest surgery to find out how one of Memphis’ most-known punk musicians is holding up. — Chris Shaw The Memphis Flyer: What have the last couple of weeks been like for you?

Abe White: Well, man, pretty surreal, to be honest. I really don’t know how to go about it. It’s been pretty cool to see

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garage-punk labels, toured the U.S.A. wo weeks ago, local countless times, and has the battle scars musician Abe White to prove it. was shot in the arm While White has a long road to in the Cooper-Young recovery, the medical bills facing the neighborhood. Around Memphis musician are staggering.

2:45 a.m., police officers With no health insurance, he could found White in the Mulan Asian Bistro parking lot. He was taken to Regional Medical Center, where Abe White he was in critical condition before being announced in stable condition a day later.

As a member of the Oscars, Useless Eaters, True Sons of Thunder, and the Manateees, White has been an integral part of the Memphis punk community.

He’s released records on world-renowned

first injury I had [a few years ago, White shattered his foot after trying to rescue a bandmate’s cat from a tree] set me back about 75 grand, and there’s not a chance in hell I can ever pay that back. Also, I wanted to pay the bands something. I didn’t want all these bands to play for free. But I think the benefit is going to be a lot of fun, and I think people will see the camaraderie here, and that we take care of our own.

to them, they were saying I’m going to get a plate in my arm. It is an outpatient surgery, so I’ll go in tomorrow morning around 5 a.m., and I’ll pop right back out tomorrow afternoon.

I’m hoping I’ll be able to get ready for my upcoming tour in January. I was going to go on a West Coast tour with Lenguas Largas. Hopefully, I won’t have to cancel that, because I’ve already canceled more tours than I’d like to.

“The situation sucks, but it has been overwhelmingly positive in terms of everyone’s feedback.”

How do you think this experience will influence your music?

I really don’t plan on dwelling on this experience. I don’t want to shed any kind of light through my music onto this situation honestly. I see it as a breaking point for a lot of the darker aspirations I had when it comes to writing music about Memphis.

I’ve been involved in a lot of real shit, but this is kind of like the breaking point. I’m kind of sick of composing music about fear, anxiety, and frustration at this point. I’m ready to take a fucking chill pill and work from a different angle.

Benefit for Abe White featuring Chuck Vicious, Fresh Flesh, Black Cat, Jack Oblivian and the Sheiks, and True Sons of Thunder, Saturday, November 26th at Murphy’s. 9 p.m., $7 (or more) donation.

What kind of surgery are you having tomorrow?

They’re going to do surgery on my forearm, which is where I was shot. I mean, I was shot point blank with a .45 caliber. The bullet went through my arm and hit the bone. I like to keep things light and make jokes, but this situation obviously could have been a lot worse.

We’re kind of a family here. The music scene is our tribe. Even though I’m a wildcard most of the time, I recognize that this is my family, and I’m glad that everyone came to my side here. I’m not just a sinister dude who writes dark music, and it was nice to see people acknowledge that.

What was your reaction when you heard that a benefit show was getting put together for you?

Honestly, I didn’t really want to publicize the medical relief fund. The

Did the doctor give you any kind of timetable for when you’ll be able to use your arm again?

I’m not really too sure. I know that from what I ascertained last time I talked

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people be so supportive. But, it was pretty odd seeing people I don’t even know trying to add me on Facebook and stuff. There’s been a lot of support from people I don’t know, which is cool but also kind of weird.

I think it’s kind of a rude awakening for me. It’s made me get back to the roots of people who I thought were friends of mine. I don’t think this was necessary, but it has been a pretty enlightening experience in some ways.

The situation sucks, but it has been overwhelmingly positive in terms of everyone’s feedback. I guess I’m still taking it all in at this point.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule November 24 - 30 Blues City Cafe 138 BEALE 526-3637

Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711

Gary Hardy & Memphis 2 Thursdays-Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; Roxi Love Thursday, Nov. 24, 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.

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

The King Beez Thursdays, 5:30 p.m.; B.B. King’s All Stars Thursdays, Fridays, 8 p.m.; Will Tucker Band Fridays, Saturdays, 5 p.m.; 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.

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

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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.

Club 152 152 BEALE 544-7011

1st Floor: Mercury Boulevard Mondays-Thursdays, 7 p.m.; DJ Dnyce Sundays, 11 p.m., and Thursdays, 11:30 p.m.; DJ Tubbz Mondays-Wednesdays, 11 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.; 3rd floor: DJ Crumbz Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.; 2nd Floor: DJ Spanish Fly Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.; 1st Floor: DJ Toonz Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.; Sean Apple Sundays, 1 p.m.; Adam Levin Sundays, 1 p.m.; After Dark Band Sundays, 6 p.m.

Handy Bar 200 BEALE 527-2687

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

Itta Bena 145 BEALE 578-3031

Kayla Walker Thursdays, 6-7 p.m.; Susan Marshall Fridays, Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.; Nat “King” Kerr Fridays, Saturdays, 9-10 p.m.; Susan Marshall Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m.

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.

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

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.

King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE 521-1851

David Bowen Thursdays, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m., and Sundays, 5:30-9:30 p.m.; Memphis Style Friday, Nov. 25, 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m., and Saturday, Nov. 26, 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m.

King’s Palace Cafe Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851

Sonny Mack MondaysFridays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Mondays, Thursdays, 7-11 p.m., and Saturdays, Sundays, 26 p.m.; Sensation Band Tuesdays, Fridays, 7-11 p.m.; Fuzzy and the Kings of Memphis Saturdays, 711 p.m.; Chic Jones and the

Blues Express Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; North and South Band Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.

Center for Southern Folklore Hall

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Memphis Bluesmasters Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.midnight; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Friday, Nov. 25, 4-8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 26, 9 p.m.1 a.m., and Sunday, Nov. 27, 3 p.m.; Plantation Allstars Fridays, 4-8 p.m.; Little Boys Blue Friday, Nov. 25, 9 p.m.1 a.m.; Chic Jones and the Blues Express Saturday, Nov. 26, 4-8 p.m.; Brian Hawkins Blues Party Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; McDaniel Band Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

Big Don Valentine and the Hollywood Allstars Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight; North and South Band Friday, Nov. 25, 8 p.m.midnight, and Saturday, Nov. 26, 8 p.m.-midnight.

New Daisy Theatre 330 BEALE 525-8981

Cash Cash Saturday, Nov. 26, 10 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe 182 BEALE 528-0150

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Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Thursday, Nov. 24, 8 p.m.; Pam and Terry Friday, Nov. 25, 5:308:30 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 26, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Preston Shannon Friday, Nov. 25, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Saturday, Nov. 26, 9 p.m.1 a.m.; Ghost Town Blues Band Sunday, Nov. 27, 7-11 p.m., and Monday, Nov. 28, 8 p.m.-midnight; Little Boys Blue Tuesday, Nov. 29, 8 p.m.-midnight; Kirk Smithhart Band Wednesday, Nov. 30, 8 p.m.

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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.

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

Earl Randle Saturday, Nov. 26, 8-11 p.m.

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.; Earl Randle Saturday, Nov. 26, 8-11 p.m.

The Den 656 MARSHALL

Poetry Vs. Hip-Hop Saturday, Nov. 26, 9-11:45 p.m.

Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY

Blind Bear Speakeasy

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

119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435

Earnestine & Hazel’s

Brass Door Irish Pub

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

Live Music ThursdaysSaturdays, 10 p.m.

152 MADISON 572-1813

Live Music Fridays.

531 S. MAIN 523-9754

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Breeze Cayolle and New Orleans Sunday, Nov. 27, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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ULTIMATE PAINTING AT BAR DKDC This Wednesday night, Ultimate Painting will return to Memphis for a performance at Bar DKDC. Attendees of Goner Fest 12 might remember Ultimate Painting as one of the more mellow acts of the three-day festival, as their music relies more on the sounds created by the Grateful Dead than GG Allin. This is the band’s sixth U.S. tour since forming in 2014, a pretty remarkable feat for a group signed to a small but formidable label like Chicago’s Trouble in Mind. Ultimate Painting is the project of Jack Cooper (Mazes) and James Hoare, who you might recognize from the band Veronica Falls. And while these projects hail from the “chill” side of garage rock, Ultimate Painting take that vibe to the next level, making Bar DKDC probably the perfect venue for this weekday gig.

Also on the bill are EZTV from New York City. Signed to indie label Captured Tracks (Mac DeMarco, DIIV, Blouse), EZTV have somewhat of an early Big Star vibe, meaning they sound about how you’d expect them to as members of the New York indie-pop revival that Captured Tracks has been at the forefront of for quite some time. The band has been on the road since releasing their sophomore album, High in Place, first touring with Jenny Lewis before a string of dates with Real Estate and a short European tour with Merchandise.

Wednesday night’s booking marks a change in what has long been a locals-only affair at Bar DKDC, save for a few touring acts like Useless Eaters, The World, and Thelma and the Sleaze. Taking that into consideration, it may be wise to inquire about advance tickets at Goner Records before the show. — Chris Shaw Ultimate Painting, EZTV, Wednesday, November 30th, at Bar DKDC. 10 p.m. $7

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight; Carlos Ecos Band CD Release Saturday, Nov. 26, 10 p.m.

Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

Canvas 1737 MADISON 443-5232

Karaoke Thursdays, 9:30 p.m.

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

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

Lafayette’s Music Room

Wild Bill’s

2119 MADISON 207-5097

1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

Beatles N’ BigStarz with Brandon McGovern and David Smith Thursday, Nov. 24, 6 p.m.; City Mix Friday, Nov. 25, 10 p.m.; Susan Marshall & Friends Saturdays, 11 a.m.; The River Bluff Clan Saturdays, 3 p.m.; Davis Coen Duo Saturday, Nov. 26, 6:30 p.m.; Soul Shockers Saturday, Nov. 26, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; The WannaBeatles Sunday, Nov. 27, 8 p.m.; Amy LaVere, Will Sexton, Marcella Simien, Dave Cousar, Susan Marshall, and Peewee Jackson Monday, Nov. 28, 6 p.m.; John Paul Keith & Friends Mondays, 6 p.m.; John Kilzer Tuesday, Nov. 29, 8 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle and New Orleans Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m.; Jim Lauderdale Wednesday, Nov. 30, 8 p.m.

Midtown Crossing Grill 394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

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

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

Ed Finney and the U of M Jazz Quartet Thursdays, 9 p.m.; Lizard Kings Friday, Nov. 25, 10 p.m.; Ms. Hope Clayburn and the Soul Scrimmage Saturday, Nov. 26, 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

Rumba Room

RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300

303 S. MAIN 523-0020

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 MondaysWednesdays, 5:30-8 p.m.

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

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

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

South Main The Warehouse 36 G.E. PATTERSON 526-5747

Benefit for Musician Healthcare Saturday, Nov. 26, 1-8 p.m.

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

DJ Dance Music MondaysSundays, 10 p.m.

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Super T Thursday, Nov. 24, 10 p.m.; A Glorious Tribute to the Band Friday, Nov. 25, 9 p.m.; Operation Save Ferris Saturday, Nov. 26, 6 p.m.; Radkey, the Fame Riot Tuesday, Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m.; Lipschitz, Beige Curtains, Truthers Wednesday, Nov. 30, 8 p.m.

Dead Soldiers Saturday, Nov. 26.

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

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

East Memphis Brookhaven Pub & Grill 695 BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 680-8118

Dantones Band Friday, Nov. 25, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.

Minglewood Hall

Dan McGuinness Pub 4694 SPOTTSWOOD 761-3711

North Mississippi Allstars, Danielle Nicole Band Friday, Nov. 25, 7 p.m.; Futurebirds Saturday, Nov. 26, 8 p.m.

Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193

Glory Holes Sunday, Nov. 27.

P&H Cafe

1474 MADISON 275-8082

Hi-Tone

Young Avenue Deli 2119 YOUNG 278-0034

1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

Paulette’s

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

1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Thanks for Nothing God Damn Rock-and-Roll Show Saturday, Nov. 26; Open Mic Music with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS THURSDAY, JANUARY 12

Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

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

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

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern 5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Sports Junction 1911 POPLAR 244-7904

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

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Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Davis Coen and the Change Sunday, Nov. 27, 4-7 p.m.; Reba Russell Band Sunday, Nov. 27, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Harpo’s Hogpin 4212 HWY 51N 530-0414

Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

Collierville

Live Music Saturdays, 9 p.m.

Mellow Mushroom

Fitz Casino & Hotel

9155 POPLAR, SHOPS OF FOREST HILL 907-0243

711 LUCKY LN., TUNICA, MS 800-766-5825

Dantones Band Saturday, Nov. 26, 8-11 p.m.

Mesquite Chop House

Huey’s Collierville

3165 FOREST HILL-IRENE 249-5661

2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Charley Mac’s Six-String Lovers Sunday, Nov. 27, 8-11:30 p.m.

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

T.J. Mulligan’s Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

Huey’s Southaven

Karaoke ongoing.

7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097

Poplar/I-240

The Pistol and the Queen Sunday, Nov. 27, 8 p.m.midnight; Karaoke Night Mondays, 8-10 p.m.

East Tapas and Drinks 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.

Proud Larry’s 211 S. LAMAR, OXFORD, MS 662-236-0050

Greater Pyrenees Friday, Nov. 25, 8 p.m.; Anne Freeman and the Garbage Saturday, Nov. 26, 8 p.m.

Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

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

Summer/Berclair Barbie’s Barlight Lounge 661 N. MENDENHALL

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.

Maria’s Restaurant 6439 SUMMER 356-2324

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

Tunica Roadhouse

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Bartlett Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

The Brian Johnson Band Friday, Nov. 25, 9 p.m.; Backstreet Crawlers Saturday, Nov. 26, 9 p.m.; Charlie and Juno’s All Star Experience Sunday, Nov. 27, 5:30 p.m.; Shotgun Leroy Wednesday, Nov. 30, 8 p.m.

4381 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-4159

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

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern 819 EXOCET 624-9060

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

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

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

RockHouse Live

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova

Old Whitten Tavern

Marlowe’s Ribs & Restaurant

Cordova

The Chaulkies Thursday, Nov. 24, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Gary Escoe’s Atomic Dance Machine Sunday, Nov. 27, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

2800 WHITTEN 379-1965

Whitehaven/ Airport

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

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

786 E. BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 683-9044

THE REGALIA, 6150 POPLAR 761-0990

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

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

The Windjammer Restaurant

Owen Brennan’s

Fox and Hound Tavern

Hollywood Casino

1817 KIRBY 755-2481

Jack Rowell’s Celebrity Jam Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; R.T. Scott Saturday, Nov. 26, 8 p.m.; Memphis Funk ‘N’ Horns Monday, Nov. 28, 7 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Roxi Love Friday, Nov. 25, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Saturday, Nov. 26, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

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.

8071 TRINITY 756-4480

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

Germantown Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

Soul Shockers Sunday, Nov. 27, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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

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

Huey’s Germantown

North Mississippi/ Tunica

7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

The Crossing Bar & Grill

The Dantones Sunday, Nov. 27, 8-11:30 p.m.

Ice Bar & Grill 4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

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

7281 HACKS CROSS, OLIVE BRANCH, MS 662-893-6242

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

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

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

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.; Open Mic Night and Steak Night Tuesdays, 6 p.m.midnight.

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

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

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

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

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

The Settlers Sunday, Nov. 27, 4-7 p.m.; Bluff City Soul Collective Sunday, Nov. 27, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Frayser/Millington

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

4872 POPLAR 682-7729

Shelby Forest General Store

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Holidays at the

PINK PALACE Nov 19 - Dec 31, 2016

CALENDAR of EVENTS:

November 24 - 30

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.

THEATER

New Discovery Christian Church

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

961 VINSON ROAD.

The Orpheum

Love Jones the Musical, set in Chicago, Darius and Nina meet in a nightclub, where an unassuming open mic event quickly turns into an explosive spoken word give and take that leaves the audience speechless. (525-3000), www.orpheum-memphis.com. $53- $78. Sat., Nov. 26, 4-6:30 & 8-10:30 p.m.

203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

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.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

OTHER ART HAPPENINGS

Allison Furr-Lawyer

Featuring paintings and collages by the artist for the 2016 Memphis Food and Wine Event Poster.

Also showing Tom Fox fine art photography.

Coincides with Winter Arts Fest Opening Night in adjacent shop. Fri., Nov. 25, 5:30-8 p.m.

FRAME CORNER INC., 5056 PARK.

Art Trolley Tour

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

SOUTH MAIN HISTORIC ARTS DISTRICT, DOWNTOWN.

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

Call to Artists: Arts Accelerator Workshop Visual artist grant available. For more information, registration, and workshops, see website. Through Jan. 16, 2017.

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.

3050 Central Ave / Memphis 38111

LE S IONS

November 24-30, 2016

P!NK PALACE MUSEUM

901.636.2362

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

Cocktails with the Curator: “Red Grooms Traveling Correspondent”

Fellow level members and above are invited to sip cocktails, mingle with other Brooks members, and enjoy a curator-led tour of exhibition. RSVP required. Memberships and upgrades available online. $300 membership.

Wed., Nov. 30, 5:30-8 p.m.

Hands-on Activity

Family-friendly, all ages hands-on activity.

Learn how to etch on aluminum using similar techniques as exhibiting artist, Douglas Harling. $10. Last Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Through Jan. 19.

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

Introduction to Henna: A Hearts of Gold Pit Rescue Fund-raiser

A skilled instructor will show you how to use a henna cone to make beginner designs. You will work on both paper and each other in a fun, social environment. Includes all supplies and wine or bottled waters. $25. Last Thursday of every month, 7 p.m. Through Dec. 31.

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

CANVAS, 1737 MADISON (443-5232).

Crosstown Arts Digital Lab

Performances and bring your own instrument to join. $12. Last Sunday of every month, 4-7 p.m.

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 TuesdaysThursdays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

olunteer.

WinterArts 2016 at Eastgate Shopping Center

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

Figure Drawing

Join artist and teacher Juan Rojo every other month to draw from a clothed model in museum galleries. Free or $5 donation to use museum supplies. Wed., Nov. 30, 5-7:30 p.m.

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

Jazz-A-Fire

MEMPHIS SOUNDS LOUNGE, 22 N. THIRD (590-4049), WWW.MEMPHISBLACKARTSALLIANCE.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.

WinterArts 2016

Presenting exceptional and unique hand-crafted works by regional artists. Holiday gift ideas crafted in glass, metal, wood, fiber, clay, jewelry, and more. Mondays-Saturdays, 10 a.m., and Sundays, 12-5 p.m. Through Dec. 24.

EASTGATE SHOPPING CENTER, 5058 PARK (260-7300), WWW.WINTERARTSMEMPHIS.COM.

ONGOING ART

The Annesdale Park Gallery

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

Through Nov. 30.

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

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).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art “Chinese Symbols in Art,” ancient Chinese pottery and bronze. www.belzmuseum.org.

Ongoing.

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

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School “Pattern Recognition,” exhibition of new works

by Jennifer Sargent. www.stmarysschool.org.

Through Dec. 12.

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

THE BEST

CALENDAR: NOVEMBER 24 - 30 Eclectic Eye

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

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

“Over Time,” exhibition of paintings by Beth Edwards. www.rhodes.edu. Through Dec. 4.

Collierville Public Library

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

Through Nov. 30.

501 POPLAR VIEW PARKWAY (853-2333).

Crosstown Arts

“Retos y Retratos,” exhibition of portraits of Latin artists and samples of their work. www.crosstownarts.org.

Through Dec. 3.

430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

David Lusk Gallery

“Unfolding Shores,” exhibition of paintings and drawings by Maysey Craddock. www. davidluskgallery.com.

Through Dec. 23.

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

Diane’s Art, Gift, and Home

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

Through Dec. 11.

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.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

EACC Fine Arts Center Gallery

“Structural Landscapes,” exhibition of works by Jeff Horton. www.eacc.edu.

Through Dec. 19.

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

Through Jan. 4, 2017.

Edge Arts

“Memphis Minimalism,” exhibition of 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, exhibition of works by Black Arts Alliance artist. www.memphisblackartsalliance.org. Ongoing.

985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

“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.

Through Dec. 2.

3715 CENTRAL.

Fratelli’s

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

Through Nov. 28.

750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Insight Gallery

InSight Gallery Exhibition, Through Dec. 30.

4063 SYKES.

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).

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

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.

ENTERTAINMENT IN TUNICA

639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Memphis Botanic Garden

Thom Kostura Art Show, www.memphisbotanicgarden. com. Through Nov. 24.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“Cats and Quotes,” exhibition of felines from a variety of periods, offering a chance to see how different artists have depicted cats and their varied relationships with human beings over time.

Through Dec. 30.

“Create. Imagine. Explore,” exhibition of sculpture drawing from the Museum’s permanent collection is all about creativity, communication, 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 post-World War II American art and natural-born storyteller.

Through Jan. 8, 2017.

Rotunda Projects: Nnenna Okore, exhibition of abstract objects fashioned from burlap and inspired by textures, colors, and landscapes from 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.

GOO GOO DOLLS

CELTIC WOMAN

WITH SPECIAL GUEST SAFETYSUIT DECEMBER 2

HOME FOR CHRISTMAS – THE SYMPHONY TOUR DECEMBER 10

THE COMMODORES

BLACKBERRY SMOKE

DECEMBER 30

WITH SPECIAL GUEST THE STEEL WOODS FEBRUARY 11

CHRIS JANSON

DROPKICK MURPHYS

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Memphis College of Art

2016 Fall BFA Exhibition, www. mca.edu. Through Dec. 7.

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Memphis College of Art, Nesin Graduate School “Human Nature,” exhibition of the 2016 Fall MFA Thesis. www.mca.edu. Through Dec. 16.

477 S. MAIN.

Memphis Jewish Home

FEBRUARY 17

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

Metal Museum

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.

“Tributaries: Cozette Phillips,” exhibition of sculpture. www. metalmuseum.org. Through Jan. 22, 2017.

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS THE INTERRUPTERS AND BLOOD OR WHISKEY MARCH 3

UPCOMING SHOWS December 17 | Boyz II Men & En Vogue January 6 | Willie Nelson & Family May 5 | Barenaked Ladies June 10 | Gregg Allman Tickets available online at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

36 BAZEBERRY (758-0036).

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

Clough-Hanson Gallery

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Music by Vivaldi,

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

Through Nov. 27.

Corelli & Scarlatti

December 4 6:00 p.m.

December 11 6:00 p.m.

CHRISTMAS EVE Family Service

4:00 p.m.

December 18 8:15 & 11:00 a.m.

Candlelight Communion

5:30, 8:00 & 11:00 p.m.

450 MULBERRY (521-9699).

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.

At the corner of Poplar & Goodlett 2pc.org/advent

2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

TOPS Gallery

FITNATIC WEEKEND at Fleet Feet Sports

NOVEMBER

25-27

bRUNch • In-store Specials • Small Business Saturday

Black Friday bRUNch at 8am 3 mile fun run and pancake breakfast

“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.

November 24-30, 2016

656 MARSHALL.

BOOKSIGNINGS

Booksigning by Jasper Alexander

Author discusses and signs The Hattie’s Restaurant Cookbook: Classic Southern and Louisiana Recipes. Mon., Nov. 28, 6:30 p.m.

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

Booksigning by Susan Boles

Author discusses and signs Death of a Wolfman. Fri., Nov. 25, 6-9 p.m.

COMEDY

LECTURE/SPEAKER

The Cove

Munch and Learn

P&H Cafe

Open Mic Comedy, Thursdays, 9 p.m.

1532 MADISON (726-0906).

POETRY/SPOKEN WORD

Brinson’s

Passion & Poetry, comedy hosted by Phatmak with live old school songs and voices by Gerald Richardson, Stephanie McCoy, and Lenny Cain Quiet Storm. (404-9887410), PassionAndPoetry. com. $20. Fri., Nov. 25, 7-9 and 10-11:45 p.m.

Strictly Hip-Hop Sunday, featuring open mic, live band, and DJ. $5, ladies free.

Sundays, 5 p.m.

341 MADISON (524-0104).

fleetfeetmemphis.com • 901.761.0078

Poetry Vs. Hip-Hop, five Memphis poets will go head-to-head with Memphis emcees in an all peace and all love “battle.” 18+ (404-6979734), $15. Sat., Nov. 26, 9-11:45 p.m.

540 S. MENDENHALL (767-8882).

2559 BROAD (730-0719).

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The Den

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

Comedy with Dagmar, open mic comedy. www. thecovememphis.com.

Sundays, 7-9 p.m.

Buy a DARE TO BE tote for $10, receive 20% off ALL WEEKEND on all the apparel you can fit in this tote!

Memphis Arts Collective Holiday Artist Market

Canvas

Open Mic, Sundays, 9 p.m.

1737 MADISON (443-5232).

Bring your own lunch; sodas and water will be supplied. Guest speakers talk about various subjects in the Hughes Pavilion.

Free with gallery admission.

Wednesdays, 12-1 p.m.

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

Putting Justice in Our Justice System

Join in conversation with the Tennessee Coalition for Sensible Justice on problems with the current criminal justice system, strategies for change, and how to get involved in the movement for reform. Free. Tues., Nov. 29, 6-7:30 p.m.

RALEIGH COMMUNITY CENTER, 3678 POWER (615-383-6431), WWW.ACLU-TN.ORG.

TOURS

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 Memphis Bus Tour

Informative and entertaining guides will share the dark history of Memphis, including murders, hauntings, and interesting history. Multiple stops and photo opportunities. $25.

Fridays, Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.

Through Dec. 15.

TATER RED’S LUCKY MOJOS AND VOODOO HEALING, 153 BEALE (497-9486), WWW. HISTORICALHAUNTSMEMPHIS.COM.

Haunted Pub Crawl

Join knowledgeable and entertaining guides on an informative and humorous walking tour of downtown Memphis restaurants, bars, and taverns. Macabre history and spirits with the spirits, for adults only. $20. Fridays, 7:30 p.m. Through Dec. 15.

TATER RED’S LUCKY MOJOS AND VOODOO HEALING, 153 BEALE (497-9486), WWW. HISTORICALHAUNTSMEMPHIS.COM.

Haunted Pub Crawl

Join knowledgeable and entertaining guides on an informative and humorous walking tour of downtown Memphis restaurants, bars, and taverns. Macabre history and spirits with the spirits. For adults only. $20. Fridays, 7:309:30 p.m. Through Dec. 16.

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

Memphis Mojo Tour

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

CALENDAR Rock-and-Roll”! Sat., 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.

Old Forest Hike

Walking tour of the region’s only urban old-growth forest. Last Sunday of every month, 10 a.m.

OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (276-1387).

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.

Tours at Two

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

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

Woodland Garden Tours

Celebrate 40 years with garden docents 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.

Woodruff-Fontaine House Ghost Tour

Enjoy a unique tour of the dimly lit home with special emphasis on the family members who lived and died in the mansion. $25. Sat., Nov. 26, 7:30 p.m.

WOODRUFF-FONTAINE HOUSE, 680 ADAMS (497-9486), HISTORICALHAUNTSMEMPHIS.COM.

EXPOS/SALES

PIZZAREV, 6450 POPLAR, WWW.PLEASEAPPLYONLINE.COM/TENNREV.

SPORTS / FITNESS

Baby and Me Yoga at the Garden

Mom, dad, grandparent, or any caregiver is welcome with the child on this fun, sometimes wild, empowering journey. Suitable for babies age 6 weeks to 5 years. Please bring your own mat. $10 members, $15 nonmembers. Mondays, 11:15 a.m.

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

Barre None

Saturdays, 8 a.m.

THE SALVATION ARMY KROC CENTER, 800 E. PARKWAY S. (729-8007), WWW.KROCMEMPHIS.ORG.

Beale Street Big Wheel Relay Race

All proceeds benefit the Salvation Army Angel Tree Program of Memphis. Sat., Nov. 26, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

BEALE STREET, DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS (529-0999), WWW.BEALESTREETMERCHANTS.COM.

Belly Dance with Karsilama Tribal Belly Dance

Low-impact fun for dancers of all levels. No experience necessary. Technique, cardio, improvisation, drills, prop-work, and more.

Increase muscle awareness, balance, strength, endurance, and positive body image. Tuesdays, 7:30-9 p.m. Through Dec. 27.

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

Go Ape Treetop Adventure

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

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

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Donate Blood.

Support Research.

Get Paid.

1256 Union Avenue Suite 200 Memphis, TN 38104 901-252-3434

Consignment Music HUGE BLACK

FRIDAY SALE! EVERYTHING IN STORE 20 % OFF

4040 PARK 901-458-2094

STORE HOURS: MON-SAT 10AM-6PM

BUY SELL TRADE. WE DO IT ALL!

FENDER ACOUSTIC GUITAR PACKAGE $149 INCLUDES CASE, TUNER, STRINGS AND STRAP

COME SEE JOE OR DYLAN FOR THE BEST DEAL IN TOWN! SEE STEVE FOR ALL YOUR REPAIR NEEDS!

24 HOUR VENDING MACHINE AT FRONT DOOR

For All Your Emergency Accessory Needs! Strings, Straps, Picks, Batteries & Much Much More!

Professional Guitar Teachers Available 7 Days a Week for the Best Rates in Town!

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Craft-your-own, fast-casual pizza concept that empowers guests to fully customize personalsized pizzas for one price, opening in December.

Interested applicants can visit website. Tues., Nov. 29, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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FRESH CUT CHRISTMAS TREES

SIZES UP TO 12 FT. •PRE-LIT ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREES •FRESH CUT GARLAND •FRESH CUT GREENERY •WREATHS: -MIXED GREENERY -BOXWOOD -FRASER FIRS -NOBLE FIRS •DECORATIONS

4763 Poplar Ave • 901.767.6743

November 24-30, 2016

HOLIDAY SALE 2160 YOUNG AVE. | 901.207.6884 HALFORDLOUDSPEAKERS.COM True Story:

Music Hall USB-1 Turntable Special Price $199

Marantz PM5005 Demo Special $349

MANY IN-STORE DEALS, WHILE INVENTORY LASTS. SPECIAL HOURS THIS FRIDAY & SATURDAY 9AM ~ 7PM

Love one another. It’s that simple.

First Congregational Church

They’d forgotten how much fun church could be. Good music. Great art. Fun people.

Connection. Inspiration.

Church like it oughta be.

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LESSONS FOR ALL AGES

NEW+ USED www.firstcongo.com Phone: 901.278.6786 1000 South Cooper Memphis, TN 38104 Sunday Worship 10:30 am

GUITARS

GEAR REPAIR LESSONS Big selection! Everyday low pricing!

Free layaway! We take trade ins! special financing available

5832 Stage Rd. • 901-371-0928 • revolveguitars.com

Located in historic Bartlett Station at the railroad tracks facebook.com/pages/REvolve-Guitar-Music-Shop

CALENDAR: NOVEMBER 24 - 30 continued from page 29 MRC Recovery Run 5K

“One World, One Sky”

Big Bird takes a look at the sky. Through Dec. 18.

Benefiting Memphis Recovery Centers’ Youth Program and In-House School, Transitions Learning Center. Chip timing officiated by MRTC. $30. Sat., Nov. 26, 9 a.m.

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

OVERTON PARK, EAST PARKWAY PAVILION (272-7751), MEMPHISRECOVERY5K.RACESONLINE.COM.

185th Birthday of Jacob Burkle

SPECIAL EVENTS

Connect breath with movement through an all-levels vinyasa flow to increase strength and flexibility, while calming and focusing the mind. $5 members, $8 nonmembers. Thursdays, 4:30 p.m.

Burkle family will visit the museum to celebrate the German immigrant who relocated to Memphis after fleeing oppression in his county and used his home to harbor enslaved Africans as they sought freedom in the North. Fri., Nov. 25, noon.

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

SLAVE HAVEN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MUSEUM, 826 NORTH SECOND STREET (527-3427).

Yoga at the Garden

Amazing Scavenger Hunt Adventure

Jurassic Journeys

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

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

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.

Curtis Givens’ All Black Affair

All-black attire required. $20-$40. Fri., Nov. 25, 9 p.m.

THE ESPLANADE, 901 CORDOVA STATION (753-3333), WWW.CGIENTERTAINMENT.COM.

Traveling exhibition that will fascinate anyone with an interest in dinosaurs. Tour through 4,000 square feet of dinosaurs as they move in their natural habitat. Through Dec. 30, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Mid-South Arts Against Hunger Food Drive

Free admission to museums and events with non-perishable food donations. See website for participating venues and offers benefiting MidSouth Food Bank. Nov. 28-Dec. 22.

WWW.MIDSOUTHFOODBANK.ORG.

MEETINGS

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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.

Memphis 3.0

Core focus areas are connectivity, sustainability, livability, and opportunity including strategies for enhancing land use, transportation, environment, city systems, growth and prosperity, neighborhoods, and civic capacity.

See website for more information and survey.

Nov. 28-Dec. 10.

WWW.MEMPHIS3POINT0.COM.

Memphis Agricultural Club

Meet in the C Wing of the Expo Building. Lunch provided for $10. Fourth Monday of every month, noon.

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

ThyCa Memphis - Monthly Support Group Meeting

ThyCa Memphis seeks to support all thyroid cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers in the local area so that no person affected by this disease goes on this journey alone. See website for more details. Last Monday of every month, 6-7:30 p.m.

THE SALVATION ARMY KROC CENTER, 800 E. PARKWAY S. (729-8007), THYCA.ORG/SG/TN_MEMPHIS.

The

Manhattans FEATURING GERALD AL STON

Friday & Saturday, December 2 & 3 • 8pm The Manhattans featuring Gerald Alston are bringing their stellar legacy to the stage.

Performing their hits for over 50 years now, The Manhattans are here to stay!

GA $25 • RESERVED $35 • VIP $55

HOTEL PACKAGE: $179

Purchase tickets at the Fitz Gift Shop, ticketmaster.com or by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000.

Includes a deluxe room and two reserved tickets.

Call 1-662-363-LUCK (5825) and mention code: CPSTAR

FIGHTS AT FITZ

JANUARY 28 | 7:30pm

LE BONHEUR CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, DUNLAP AT POPLAR (287-5437).

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, 30 minutes of silent meditation, followed by brief discussion. Free. Thursdays, 12-1 p.m.

$

Purchase tickets at the Fitz Gift Shop, or call Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000, or at ticketmaster.com.

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

$

Caterpillar Club

Guest Appearance by

LARRY HOLMES Former Heavyweight Champion

$

Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!

CIRCUIT PLAYHOUSE, 51 S. COOPER (725-0776), WWW.PLAYHOUSEONTHESQUARE.ORG.

259 Autograph Hotel Package

Includes a deluxe room, two reserved tickets, Larry Holmes autographed boxing glove. Call 1-662-363-LUCK (5825) and mention code: CPFAF2

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

For more information and show times, visit website. $10-$25. Nov. 25-Dec. 23.

189 Hotel Package

Includes a deluxe room and two reserved tickets.

Call 1-662-363-LUCK (5825) and mention code: CPFAF

KIDS Toddlers to 5 years enjoy fun-filled stories, music and movement, nature-inspired art, and adventure hikes through the garden. $45 members, $75 nonmembers. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 10 a.m.

30 General Admission • $40 Reserved • $50 VIP (Ringside)

FitzgeraldsTunica.com • 1-662-363-LUCK (5825) • Must be 21. Management reserves the right to cancel, change or modify the event or offer. Tax not included on listed price. Advance hotel reservations required and subject to availability. $50 credit or debit card is required upon hotel check-in. Arrivals after 6pm must be guaranteed with a credit card. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-522-4700.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Discussing HIV/AIDS in our community and around the world. A panel of patients give their testimonies of living with HIV/AIDS. Snacks and drinks provided. Conference credit will be offered. Wed., Nov. 30, 6 p.m.

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UTGH World AIDS Day

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Members and non-members are invited to come check out makerspace. Fridays, 6 p.m.

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

Pre-Game Tiger Lane Concert

for the holidays & All year round

Finalist from America’s Got Talent, Drew Erwin, will be performing before the Memphis vs. Houston game.

Free. Fri., Nov. 25.

TIGER LANE, 335 SOUTH HOLLYWOOD, WWW.BLUETOMRECORDS.COM.

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.

S H O P FA I R T R A D E AT T H E N AT I O N A L C I V I L R I G H T S M U S E U M AND PURCHASE WITH PURPOSE.

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).

“Voices of the Civil Rights Movement”

Interactive exhibit featuring two video archives within a walk-up kiosk combining two media projects and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the march on Washington. Ongoing.

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

Whet Thursday

GRAY GRADUATE CHAIN NECKLACE. $105.99 This beautiful gray necklace comes from the upcycled horn from Colombia’s Wayuu region and from Vietnam.

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.

HOLIDAY EVENTS

November 24-30, 2016

After Thanksgiving Hike Meet at Park Visitor Center for a two-mile hike along the T. O. Fuller State Park’s Discovery Trail and a bird’s of prey program. Fri., Nov. 25, 9:30 a.m.

T.O. FULLER STATE PARK, 1500 MITCHELL (543-7581).

Christmas at Graceland ARTS STUDIO DOCTOR’S PURSE. $79.99

ZEBRA - SAFARI MASK COLLECTION. $24.99

This is made from the highest of quality, earth-friendly materials and workmanship.

Proceeds supports endangered species.

From the Safari Mask Collection, this stunning and unique Zebra mask is a must have to any safari themed party or room decor.

Interior and exterior of the mansion decorated for the holidays. Through Jan. 8, 2017.

GRACELAND MANSION, TICKET OFFICE PAVILION ON ELVIS PRESLEY BLVD. (332-3322), WWW.GRACELAND.COM.

Delta Groove Thanksgiving Weekend

Get your shopping done early with in-store specials. Fri.Sun., Nov. 25-27.

DELTA GROOVE YOGA, 2091 MADISON AVENUE (207-7835), WWW.DELTAGROOVEYOGA.COM.

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Allison Furr-Lawyer at Frame Corner, Friday Enchanted Forest

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

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

Germantown Tree Lighting Ceremony Sun., Nov. 27, 5 p.m.

GERMANTOWN MUNICIPAL CENTER, 1900 S. GERMANTOWN.

Giving Tuesday

#GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities, and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide. Tues., Nov. 29.

WWW.GIVINGTUESDAY.ORG.

Holden Evening Prayer Advent Worship Series Beautiful, moving liturgy written by Marty Haugen, celebrating its 30th anniversary. Sets the tone as we examine our words and actions for Advent.

Held in the Agape Chapel.

Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Through Dec. 21.

ST. GEORGE’S INDEPENDENT SCHOOL, 1880 WOLF RIVER (457-2000), WWW.STGCHURCH.ORG.

Holiday Arts Pop-Up Shop

West Memphis Main Street is sponsoring an artists pop-up shop selling unique art by local artists at 311 E. Broadway. ThursdaysSaturdays, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Through Dec. 23.

Holiday Pop-Up Makers Market

Thursdays-Sundays. Through Dec. 18.

EDGE ARTS, 600 MONROE (262-6674).

Holiday Science

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. 26, 12-1 p.m.

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

The Light Before Christmas 3D

After losing their way on a cold, blustery Christmas eve, two children, Katie and Makean, are rescued by their friend, the Candleman, an old sage who imparts wisdom, hot chocolate, and stories. Through Dec. 31.

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

The Magic of the Holidays Animated Christmas display featuring over 45,000 lights and 160 channels of computer animation located at 6928 Briarhill in Bartlett. Tune radio to 94.3 FM and listen to the lights. Nov. 24-Dec. 31.

WWW.THEMAGICOFTHEHOLIDAYS.COM.

MAIN STREET WEST MEMPHIS, 113 BROADWAY (870-735-8814), BROADWAYWESTMEMPHIS.COM.

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Thanksgiving, Hattiloo Theatre

is thankful for those people, corporations, and foundations that support our mission to produce and promote excellent Black

FOUNDER’S CIRCLE

AUTOZONE BECKY WILSON FEDEX GRIZZLIE’S FOUNDATION KITE FOUNDATION TENNESSEE ARTS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE ARTSMEMPHIS CHARITABLE TRUST GENE & CAROL CATZ INTERNATIONAL PAPER JOHN DUSTIN BUCKMAN LAURELWOOD SHOPPING CENTER NIKE SUNTRUST FOUNDATION

DIRECTOR MARK & CAROLYN BISHOP NANCY BOGATIN

DESIGNER AMOS RAYMOND COMMODORE & EMMA PRIMOUS EDDIE SMITH ERMA CLANTON GLENN & MYNYOWN LYNN GLENN D. & LINDA SESSOMS IRVIN & NANCY BOGATIN JARVIS BECTON MARY SCHEUNER ROBERT GATEWOOD RUBYE KNIGHT STEVE COHEN TERESA LEARY JENKINS

LEGACY AMY SIMPSON BRETT GRINDER CAMERON SMITH CARLA PEACHER RYAN CECILIA SAWYER COMMODORE & EMMA PRIMOUS CYNTHIA COLLINS DIEDRE MALONE DR. LINDA THARP ELLEN ROLFES FAITH MORRIS GALE JONES CARSON GILBERT NOBLE GRETCHEN WOLLERT MCLENNON GWEN CAMPBELL HALLIE PEYTON JOCELYN HENDERSON KATRINA BOWEN FAYNE KIMMIE VAULX MARK & CAROLYN BISHOP MICAH GREENSTEIN MONICA WHARTON SYLVIA BROWN TERESA DICKERSON

PRODUCER AARP BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD CARDELL & NEFERTITI ORRIN DOROTHY O. KIRSCH

WHITMAN SISTERS ANGELA SYKES CECILIA SAWYER DR. CHRISTIE CLARK DR. LINDA THARP DR. ROSIE RICHMOND GLADYS SAWYER JOYCE SPRINGFIELD-COLLINS LISA SANCHEZ-SULLIVAN MARGARET COLEMAN REGINA WALKER

CELEBRITY ANITA WOODS BRENDA AND ESSENCE DAVIS DAMON & C.J. HARRIS ELGIE & THOMAS BARFIELD EVELYN MCKINNEY JACK & JILL OF AMERICA JOHN MORRISON KEITH AND CYNTHIA COLLINS LORI SYKES MEDICAL DISTRICT COLLABORATIVE MINA HALL MONICA WHARTON ROSHUN AUSTIN SHERILA TUGGLE-JONES THE SOCIETY TOM & DEBORAH HARRISON

STAR BARBARA ANDREWS CHANDRA STEVENS DR. L.J. WATERFORD GAY DAUGHDRILL BOYD JACQUELYN STINNES JEAN S. HARRIS JEFFREY VEALE, JR. JOHN & CHERYL MORRISON JUNIOR LEAGUE OF MEMPHIS: HONORARIUM FROM GROW MEGHAN CARR MERCK FOUNDATION SAMUEL & FLORICE BALLARD STEVE LOUIS

SMALL & MIGHTY A.C. & WHARTON ADRIAN WINFREY ANTONICA REYNOLDS ATHENA TURNER BENETRA MANGUN-JOHNSON BERNICE SMITH BETTY DILLEY BRENDA DOWDY BRENDA JONES BRENDA R. DOWDY BRETTA BATTERSON BROOKE SARDEN CAMERON HERAMIA CAROL JONES CLAIRE KVANDE COURTNEY WILLIAMS ROBERTSON DANA WESTBROOK DEE REYNOLDS DONNA EZELL DOROTHY EXUM DR. VERONICA MALLETT DRUMMOND CAMPBELL ELITE LITERACY CLUB ELSIE LEWIS BAILEY EMILY MORRIS EUGENIA WILLIAMS FRED & DOROTHY JOHNSON GAIL MURRAY GEORGE BROWN JR. GEORGE H. BROWN, JR. GWENDOLYN JAMES HOUSTON B. WASHINGTON JACARANDA WILLIAMS JACKI MUSKIN JAMES DRUMMOND JOCELYN WURZBURG KAREN BOOZER KATIE MALLORY KEVIN I. BRISCO, SR. LARRY A. HILL LARRY SAULSBERRY LAVESTER VANCE LUIS SANTIAGO

MANDAKINI CLAYTON MARILYN WHITNEY MEL AND PEARL SHAW MICHAEL COLE MONICA REYNOLDS MR. & MRS. STEVEN BECTON NETTIE CRAWFORD ODIZIE U AJIKE RB WILLIAMS RONA MOGIL ROSE PETERSON SANDRA MOTLEY SHARON TAYLOR SHEILA BRISCO-GRANT SHIRLEY BYERS SMORI COOPER STEPHANIE WRIGHT STEVEN BURTON SYLVIA BROWN T.A. MANGOLD TAMEKA DANIELS TELISE EZELL-TURNER THOR & DAWN KVANDE VERNA ALEXANDER WENDY OLIVER WILL AND SHERITA SMITH WILLIE AND SANDRA BROOKS WILLIE BOWENS WILMA J. FANT YVETTE OSWELL YVETTE RANDLE OSWELL YVONNE TATE

ENSEMBLE BARABRA HOLDEN BENNITA WADE CATHERINE WILFORD DEANIE PARKER DIANE RUDNER DONNASUE SHANNON GRETCHEN WOLLERT JED DREIFUS KAREN BOWYER KEILA FOSTER PEGGY SEESSEL REV. DONALD SANDERS II SIDNEY & GAIL WILLIAMSON SONJA RICHARDSON TIFFANY BRIMHALL GEORGE MAXWELL

CAST CAROLYN PENSIL DOROTHY STILES KATOE FAMILY FRANCINE STOVALL GERALD FOSTER IN MEMORY OF BENNIE I. KING KYLA WALKER LETORY COLLINS RICK & THELMA DOWNEY ROSALINE RUDNER

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DR. RODRIC MILLER DR. WALTER RAYFORD EDITH KELLY-GREEN GEORGE & BENA CATES HOHENBERG FOUNDATION J.W. & KATHY GIBSON MIG STEEL FOUNDATION PAMELA PITTS SISSY’S LOG CABIN

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Peabody Hotel Tree Lighting

Ride to Starry Nights

Memphis Arts Collective Holiday Artist Market

THE PEABODY HOTEL, 149 UNION (529-4000).

MHBC CLUBHOUSE, 397 CUMBERLAND, WWW.MEMPHISHIGHTAILERS.COM.

Shop local for the holidays with over 25 vendors.

Opening night silent auction benefits Caritas Village with music by Paul Taylor. Solstice Party on Dec. 17, 6-9 p.m. Fri., Nov. 25, 6-9 p.m., and Nov. 26-Dec. 24.

1501 UNION, MIDTOWN (833-9533), WWW.MEMPHISARTSCOLLECTIVE.COM.

Memphis Hungry Turkey 5K

Benefiting Mid-South Food Bank. Thurs., Nov. 24, 9 a.m.-noon.

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

Fri., Nov. 25, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Bike ride to Shelby Farms. Mon., Nov. 28, 6 p.m.

Pet Photos with Santa

Bring dogs, cats, pot belly pigs, chickens-you name it and Santa will (most likely) take a picture with them. $15. Sun., Nov. 27, 1-4 p.m.

River Hall Thanksgiving Buffet

HOLLYWOOD FEED, 2648 BROAD, HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK. COM/EVENTS/363816970629106/.

“Season of Light”

The Polar Express 3D

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

A young boy boards a magical train headed to the North Pole one snowy Christmas Eve. During this trip of self-discovery, the boy learns the wonder of life never fades for those who believe. $12. Through Dec. 31.

$39.95. Thurs., Nov. 24, 12-5 p.m.

RIVER HALL, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE (260-3333).

Holiday show. Through Dec. 18.

Small Business Saturday

Shop local for the holidays. Sat., Nov. 26.

Drive-through holiday light show and festival. $20. Through Dec. 27.

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

Thanksgiving All Day

Chef Raymond Jackson invites Memphians to let him do the cooking this year. Thurs., Nov. 24, 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m.

EIGHTY3, 83 MADISON (333-1224), WWW.EIGHTY3MEMPHIS.COM.

Thanksgiving at the South’s Grand Hotel Choose from brunch on the Mezzanine, dinner at Chez Philippe, or dinner at Capriccio Grill. $22-$95. Thurs., Nov. 24.

THE PEABODY HOTEL, 149 UNION (529-4000), WWW.PEABODYMEMPHIS.COM.

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

WE’RE GIVING AWAY A

Starry Nights

Thanksgiving Brunch

Progressive brunch with traditional Thanksgiving offerings plus non-traditional fare and food stations. $33. Thurs., Nov. 24, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Polaris XP900 ®

+ $10,000 IN CASH + $5,000 IN PROMO CASH

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26 10pm

LYNCHBURG LEGENDS, DOUBLE TREE HOTEL, 5069 SANDERLIN (969-7777).

Thanksgiving Potluck

Bring your best dish and honor the holiday with LGBTQ friends and family from all over the Mid-South. A traditional turkey and vegetarian main dish will be provided. Guests are asked to bring a dish to share. Thurs., Nov. 24, 12-3 p.m.

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

Toy Truck benefiting Porter-Leath

Drop off new, unwrapped toys, cash, check, or credit card donations from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Bud Davis Cadillac, 5433 Poplar, Nov. 30-Dec. 2, and from 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m and at WMC Action News 5, 1960 Union, Dec. 3. Santa and two of his live reindeer will make an appearance. Nov. 30-Dec. 3.

WWW.TOYTRUCKMEMPHIS.ORG.

Earn entries now through Saturday, November 26.

Earn 10x entries every friday, saturday and sunday! additional winners of $250 in cash and $250 in promo cash every hour from 5 pm – 9 pm .

Zoo Lights

Tree lighting at 5 p.m. on opening night. $7 members, $9 nonmembers. Through Dec. 30, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

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

FOOD & DRINK EVENTS

Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market

www.cycfarmersmarket.org. Saturdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 1000 S. COOPER (278-6786).

Cordova International Farmers Market Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

PLAY & EARN

INTERNATIONAL FARMERS MARKET, 1050 N. GERMANTOWN.

Gift Card Giveaway

Cupcakes, Cocktails, and Cursing

Sunday, November 27

November 24-30, 2016

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

Tuesdays in November & December • 3pm

Earn 50 points for a free tournament entry.

Women-only monthly get-together for conversations about women’s issues, relationships, or anything that you wanna get off of your chest. Admission is $5 when you bring your own wine glass. $8. Wed., Nov. 30, 6 p.m.

101 S. MAIN, SOUTH MAIN ARTS DISTRICT.

Date Night

Chef inspired menu and featured wine. $50 per couple. Tuesdays.

LOCAL GASTROPUB, 2126 MADISON (725-1845), WWW. LOCALGASTROPUB.COM.

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ROOM RATE SUNDAY – THURSDAY

To make your reservation, call 1-662-363-LUCK (5825).

Downtown Food Tours

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.

Memphis Magazine Readers’ Restaurant Poll

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

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songwriter/producer Don Nix; and The Rock Trenches: Journal of a Music Industry Executive by Phillip Rauls, a Memphis-born music promoter for Stax Records, EMI, Atlantic, and 20th Century Fox, who worked with the likes of Led Zeppelin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Eagles, Robert Palmer, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

“I get a steady stream from Memphis, and I hope that continues because I want more,” he says. He calls on his past life as a music writer, word of mouth, and referrals to find those like Nix and Rauls.

Dickerson himself has written both fiction and nonfiction, and he is the official biographer of Elvis’ guitarist Scotty Moore. Next year he’ll release his biography of record producer Chips Moman. But his ear for fiction is sharp as well, and Sartoris last week dropped Cold Eye, a new collection of short stories by Margaret Skinner, a former English instructor with the University of Memphis and author of the novels Old Jim Canaan and Molly Flanagan and the Holy Ghost.

The mystery novel Memphis Hoodoo Murders by Kathryn Rogers came out last year.

Dickerson’s love of music resonates in Mojo Triangle by Mardi Allen. This travel guide takes the tourist from New Orleans to Memphis to Nashville, soaking up each area’s contribution to music with brief bios of local artists along with practical information regarding food and lodging, and music venues and historical points of interest.

Dickerson averages about 15 books published each year, and he’s hoping to up that number to at least 50, so I’ll be making more space on the shelves here in the Book Review Department of the Literary Arts Wing of The Memphis Flyer.

In addition to increasing the number of books, Dickerson plans an anthology of short fiction by Southern writers in the near future. For that, he says, he’ll be calling for more Memphis scribes.

“Memphis is important to me,” he says. “I love the city. I loved living there and had a lot of adventures there.”

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ere in the Book Review Department of the Literary Arts Wing of The Memphis Flyer, I’m sure to carefully inspect the return address of every package that comes across our loading dock; each package is meticulously filed according to publishing house. It’s a greased chute from New York to our little shelf in the literary world, and they’re all here — Penguin, Harcourt, Knopf, HarperCollins. Increasingly, though, one pile has grown far bigger than the others, and it’s from a little (nearly) homegrown press.

Sartoris Literary Group was founded five years ago by James L. Dickerson, a prolific writer with substantial ties to Memphis as a reporter with The Commercial Appeal for six years back in the 1980s. He then went on to found Nine-O-One Network in 1986, a music magazine that, at the time, was third in national circulation behind Rolling Stone and Spin.

Meanwhile, he published books — about 20 by the time he decided he’d seen enough of what New York could do and start up his own enterprise. “With five out of the seven major New York houses foreignowned, we’re one of the few Americanowned publishing houses left besides university presses,” he says.

Astute readers will recognize the title of Faulkner’s first Yoknapatawpha County novel, but Dickerson went a step back for the name of his business. “[Sartoris is] a Chickasaw word that means ‘water flowing over flat land,’” he says. “I’m from the Delta, so it seemed like a good name.”

With Sartoris, one will find a focus on the South. Despite his move to the Jackson area in Mississippi, Dickerson lived in Memphis for 13 years and has an intense affection for our city.

He seeks out local writers and has an affinity for its music, publishing Memphis Man: Living High, Laying Low, the memoir of musician/

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I look at a trip to the Target by the 240 Loop much like I imagine pioneers looked at the Oregon Trail.

With all that being covered on the front end, I was excited to check out Memphis Sports Pub in the Eastgate Shopping Center. I like sports, I like bars, and lately I’ve been pretty bored with the usual Midtown haunts I frequent. So when it started pouring rain about an hour before I left for Memphis Sports Pub, I figured it was par for the course. After all, I was traveling into foreign territory; we might as well make this adventure a little more dangerous.

From the outside, Memphis

Sports Pub doesn’t necessarily look strictly like a place for someone who can remember all the stats from the 1996 game in which the Tigers defeated Peyton Manning’s Tennessee Volunteers, 21-17. The outer décor of the Sports Pub features a nice patio, complete with umbrellas, and perhaps serves as the non-sports-fan zone during warmer months.

Once inside, the first thing I noticed — other than the Grizzlies and Tigers décor — was the cigarette smoke in the air. My friends and I passed half a dozen or so flat screens on our way to a table near the back of the cozy bar, where we were greeted by a friendly waitress who immediately pointed out that shots of Fireball were $2.

After weighing the pros and cons of Fireball, we quickly ordered a round for the table. More drinks followed,

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and since not everyone I invited was a beer drinker, we got to see a lot of the drink menu offered at Sports Pub — including craft beers, cocktails, and, um, more Fireball.

Shortly after we had finished the first round, the Memphis Tigers were set to play the Cincinnati Bearcats. The Bearcats haven’t had a good football season, and it showed. At some point — probably halftime — Batman was brought out to bring some life back into the Bearcats crowd. Maybe it was the Fireball, but watching Batman attempt —and make — a 35-yard field goal was easily the highlight of my Friday night. Even the Tiger faithful in the bar enjoyed seeing the Dark Knight drill a field goal, and jokes like “he’s the kicker Gotham deserves” were audible throughout the bar.

At some point food was ordered — loaded tater tots, a sausage-and-cheese plate, and pizza. All were reasonably priced and served as the perfect Fireball sponge, as I awoke on Saturday morning feeling fine.

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The Bottom of the Cup Tea Room on Rue Chartres looked innocent enough until a bohemian lady brought some badly strained tea, dumped it out, and proclaimed my fortune. She said I would go away thirsty.

Directly across the street is SoBou (South of Bourbon), the newest member of the Commander’s Palace restaurant family. Like the décor, the food is excellent but more modern than the flagship. One very New Orleans touch was the beer taps in the tables (and it did my heart good to see Wiseacre among them). It’s self-serve, and you’re charged by weight — like a boozy version of YoLo. There are several local beers, and they do know how to brew for hot weather here, but this is a cocktail town. And few scream “N’awlins” in the right accent like the Sazerac: rye, bitters, and a little simple syrup shaken well and served in a glass with an absinthe rinse. You can get a good one in Memphis, but at the Sazerac Bar in the lobby of the Roosevelt Hotel, you can get a good one in context: the long undulating bar, spotless and gleaming under the low art deco lights. I’m always slightly surprised to not find St. Peter

working the door. They also charge $16 per cocktail.

Honestly, the rotting elegance of the Napoleon House is my favorite spot to have the world’s first cocktail. My mother’s family is from New Orleans, so the city has always been something of a psychic anchor for me, and the Napoleon House is a link in that chain.

I stumbled onto Café Soulé, on Rue St. Louis, almost by accident. You should, too.

They claim their food is French–Louisiana fusion; given that traditional Creole is a fusion of French and whatever else was handy, that’s a bit vague. At any rate, the prices are good, the service friendly. The waiter shook my hand when I told him my middle name was Jaubert, and he remembered the old department store that used to bear our name. The place was filled with French people, whatever that tells you, and the crawfish étoufée, with some spice, plays well with a fruity Beaujolais.

I ran into the fellow from the oyster bar a day or so later. He looked rough, but he remembered me. In his honor, I offer this cautionary advice: Southern belles have long employed the trick of accessorizing until perfect, and then removing one piece of jewelry. There is a very feminine wisdom in this — the bedrock assumption that left to our own devices, we tend to overdo it.

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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

An English Wizard in New York J.K. Rowling returns with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

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requels: What every fanboy and -girl thinks they want, until they get it. Take it from the Star Wars fans. We learned the hard way that exploring every little throwaway reference, every little nook and cranny of a fictional world may make fun online conversation but falls short when it comes to crafting an actual story around the fetishized minutiae.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them started as a throwaway reference in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. To Star Wars fans, this will seem ominously familiar. The Clone Wars started as a throwaway line 25 years before Attack of the Clones made us wish we knew less about that particular conflict.

But here’s the thing about Harry Potter: It’s responsible for more good movies than Star Wars.

(And yes, I’m counting Revenge of the Sith as a good movie, which is a stretch, I know.) While George Lucas was flailing about on Naboo, Warner Bros. was

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cranking out one solid film of Rowling’s hit fantasy book series after another. The first two, directed

by Chris Columbus, were play-it-safe adaptations elevated by the most serendipitously great casting decisions of all times: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson as the lead trio Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger. These kids had instant chemistry, and by the time Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban fell into the hands of director Alfonso Cuarón in 2004, they fully inhabited their characters. Azkaban was the best of the eventual eight-film series, but even though subsequent Potter helmers Mike Newell and David Yates never equalled Cuarón’s magic touch, they never failed to deliver well-made, entertaining movies.

Now, five years after director Yates brought Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 to its bittersweet conclusion, Warner is going back to the well. A sizable chunk of this decade’s film output has been an obsessive search on the part of producers for the Next Harry Potter, so it was inevitable that, eventually, enough capital would be mobilized to get Rowling back to the table. And that was what Hunger Games and Insurgent and all the other pretenders to the Young Adult throne lacked: Rowling’s unreproducible talent. Her magical universe, coexisting just under the surface of our own, seems Carmen Ejogo as Seraphina Picquery, the President of the Magical Congress of the United States

Eddie Redmayne enters the wizarding world of Harry Potter as Newt Scamander, xenozoologist. almost real enough to touch. But even more importantly, the values she subtly espouses through her work — friendship over rivalry, generosity over selfishness, inclusion over exclusion — are the best representation of the Enlightenment ideals in pop culture today, which is why it is so vital and fortunate that her books and films found a wide audience of impressionable kids. Harry Potter fandom gives me hope for the future.

The fandom will not be disappointed with Fantastic Beasts — at least, not too disappointed.

Yates is back at the helm, but the Big Three actors are nowhere to be found. Instead, we get Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), a renegade, wizard xenozoologist who carries around his bestiary in a suitcase that is much bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Scamander arrives in New York City by steamer in 1926, but the Jazz Age Big Apple is different than muggle books record. There’s an anti-witchcraft movement led by activist Mary Lou Barebone (Samantha Morton) advocating for a “Second Salem.” When some of Scamander’s precocious magical beasts escape and cause havoc in the streets, he attracts the attention of Porpentina “Tina” Goldstein (Katherine Waterston), a recently demoted agent of the Magical Congress of the U.S.A. (MACUSA), responsible for maintaining the strict

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Warner Bros. will get their wish of another Harry Potter series, as there are currently four more films planned for the story of the American side of the magical world. If Fantastic Beasts accomplishes nothing else than killing off all of the insultingly pathetic Young Adult fiction adaptations, then it was money well spent.

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Much about Fantastic Beasts works great — the special effects have never been better in the Potterverse, Redmayne is a compelling central presence, and the story is head-andshoulders above anything else in the blockbuster world this year. But, like Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, it suffers sorely from the missing chemistry at its core, revealing just how vital Radcliffe, Grint, and Watson were to the success of the earlier films. Waterston in particular seems

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Thanks, Trump!

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As any elementary school graduate can attest, the first Thanksgiving united the Pilgrims and their “Indian” neighbors to celebrate the first successful harvest at Plymouth. According to the settlers, that is. Today, Native Americans observe Thanksgiving as a day of mourning for indigenous peoples and their cultures.

Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863 “as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise” and an occasion for “humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience.” He implored citizens to pray for national unity and healing. Because a handful of states had decided they would prefer starting their own country and going to war over giving up the right to own people.

Fake unity is as deeply ingrained in the tradition of Thanksgiving as turkey and pumpkin pie. Does it continue in 2016, a year that has constantly met the challenge of proving it can always get worse?

This election has emboldened a lot of people to embrace their inner ugliness. People of color, women, non-Christians, immigrants, LGBTQ people, and disabled individuals are afraid of losing their rights and their lives. We still don’t know what “making America great” entails, except that it doesn’t include a president who uses more than three adjectives. And something about a swamp, according to a hideous billboard on I-240. Daily headlines announcing fraud settlements, conflicts of interest, and appointments of assorted alt-right fabulists do nothing to quash the dread.

As we come to grips with the fact that we live in a country where the KKK-endorsed candidate can actually win an election, here comes “the most wonderful time of the year.” Talk among friends and coworkers of holiday plans has turned strategic. Some of us are blessed with families who share their beliefs or can at least disagree respectfully. But many others, especially in this part of the country, have relatives who are downright elated to git that damned Obummer outta there. And so, the “where are you goings?” and “what dish are you bringings?” have given way for more serious concerns, such as “Do you have a backup plan in case things get too tense at your in-laws’ house in East Tennessee?” “Is your brother’s wife coming around?” “Is it safe to mix Xanax and tryptophan?”

For those who aren’t feeling particularly festive — and can you blame them? — there are three courses of action: avoid, divert, and confront.

Avoidance is the old standby for non-confrontational types. Football’s on. There are probably some leaves to rake or some dishes to rinse. Find a far-off recliner, pop in some earbuds, and enjoy a podcast or six. Invite Netflix to your family celebration. Open your mouth only to insert food, then fall asleep immediately. Another option: avoid the whole thing entirely. Fake an illness. Pick up a shift. Skip the festivities because you’re an adult and you value your time and sanity. Have a Friendsgiving with people who don’t cause your blood pressure to spike.

Establishing a politics-free zone sounds nice until it turns into a talking-free zone. Save a few topic starters, a couple of memes, and some funny dog photos in your phone. Have you been keeping up with Westworld? Can you believe the Cubs finally won the World Series? Who wants to do the Mannequin Challenge? If politics begins to bubble into the conversation, asking, “Can we talk about literally anything else right now?” is an effective kill switch.

Invoke the Southern rules of polite conversation, and remind your family members it’s just not proper to discuss President Manbaby at the table, especially when Aunt Jean worked so hard to prepare this delightful meal. Speaking of delightful meals, where did you find this sweet potato recipe? The marshmallows are browned to perfection.

Too fired up to play nice? Lay it all out on the table — and I’m not talking about the assortment of festive sides. This year, racists don’t get corn casserole. They get served in a heated argument.

Show up armed. With knowledge, that is. Brush up on your fake news and come prepared for every complaint about crybaby protesters or gendered insult about the former secretary of state.

The days of letting Uncle Randy get away with his Mexican “jokes” for the sake of peacekeeping are over — no matter how much the yelling upsets your grandma. Passively enabling a legion of Uncle Randys is what got us in this situation.

Then again, you can always just drink. Hand over your keys, sidle over to the nearest box of wine, and reminisce about a greater America, when the worst thing about family gatherings was the food. Cheers to the holidays!

Jen Clarke is an unapologetic Memphian and digital marketing strategist.

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