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f l y o n t h e w a l l Condoms In, Stanton Out { Trump fuels a resignation, the city gets free condoms, & new projects bloom. Stanton resigns Edward Stanton III announced his resignation from his post as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee last week. Stanton was appointed to the post in 2010 by then-President Barack Obama. His resignation comes after the election of President Donald Trump. He’ll serve in the role until the end of February. “I am confident the extraordinary professionals of the U.S. Attorney’s Office will remain tirelessly devoted to the unwavering cause of justice on behalf of the citizens of West Tennessee and our great nation,” Stanton said in a statement. Stanton created the office’s Civil Rights Unit in 2011. He also prosecuted drug lord Craig Petties and Amos Patterson, who shot three soldiers at the Millington Army National Guard Recruiting Center in 2013. The Alley, the hall, and the hotel Developers are working now to transform a former chrome plating shop in the Edge District into a space for a cafe,

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Memphians are joining the resistance. Yarmulkes and hijabs bobbed together in a diverse crowd that marched recently from Clayborn Temple to the National Civil Rights Museum to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order that bans travel from seven majority-Muslim countries. The thousands in that march, dubbed Memphis We Belong Here, were part of a tangible, if not yet quantifiable, recent rise in activism among Memphians. The march was one of three protests Memphis has seen in the last eight months, with crowd numbers surpassing 1,000 and peaking at 9,000. Black Lives Matter, the Women’s March, and February’s We Belong Here protests have seemingly drawn scores of Memphians out of political inactivity into the streets. Experienced community organizers who have been marching with considerably smaller crowds are noticing the shift, especially in the wake of Trump’s inauguration.

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KISS, KISS, BANG There’s not enough local news to report in Memphis, apparently. Not about sex and violence, anyway. When local TV news stations run out of local sex and violence stories to report, they share stories from other cities. No wonder so many people think cities are places awash in blood and bodily fluids. This week Fox 13 told us all about a Florida pastor who hid naked in the woods after being caught in an affair. They also let Memphians know about graphic sex video made inside the Duval County courthouse — also in Florida. WREG wins the prize for foreign sex and violence with this report from Lynnwood, Washington: “Police: Woman stabs date, tries to eat his heart in quest to be serial killer.”

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continued from page 5 High Cotton Brewing. The cafe and coffee concept will bring dining back to that part of the Edge. Permits were pulled last week for more work at the site of the proposed food hall called South Main Market. While its website only promises “coming in 2017,” nearly $1 million in work has already been done at the building in what will be a $1.5 million project. Here’s how the DMC described the project: “Picture a single destination where delicious smells and sights converge on you at the threshold. A hub where you can sit down to a delicious plate of tacos, while your friends enjoy steaming bowls of ramen, plates of succulent rotisserie chicken, or samplers of distinct cheeses and wine pairings.” Work should begin soon on a plan to turn the former Memphis College of Art (MCA) building at 477 South Main into a 66-room boutique hotel. Californiabased Wessman Development got a permit last week for renovations totaling more than $5.3 million for the project. MCA renovated the nearly 5,000-squarefoot building into a graduate school in 2010 in a $2.6 million project. The school shuttered the building in 2015. Condoms or abortions? The Shelby County Commission approved a federal grant for Planned Parenthood of Greater Memphis Region’s (PPGMR) free condom distribution program on Monday after a debate on abortion and a threat from the state. State officials advised the Shelby County Commission last week that they could lose $407,000 in federal grants for HIV prevention if they do not approve the $115,000 amount allotted. A vote to approve the earmarked funds has been delayed since mid-January. Ashley Coffield, CEO of PPGMR, described the move as a power play to garner “cheap political points.” The state letter came at the end of the month. “I know we have disagreements about abortion rights, but there is a time and a place for those discussions,” said Coffield, who also urged the commissioners “not to play politics with public health”.

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growing activist group OurRevolution 901. Memphians are eager to politically organize, Qura’n said. They want to dismantle local and national policies seen as oppressive and unseat the elected officials that sign off on them, she said. At the last meeting of OurRevolution 901, participants discussed organizing workshops that would help citizens with no prior political experience learn how to run for local positions in the Memphis City Council or the Shelby County Commission. Other participants repeatedly stressed the importance of registering Memphians to vote and helping them get to the polls. OurRevolution 901’s first meeting had 55 participants. The second meeting had 180 participants, according to organizers. “What has more specifically pushed people is their own specific disagreements with Trump,” explains Qura’n. “Whether it’s women’s rights, the Muslim ban, or the wall, people have finally started to react in an action-based method.” Groups like OurRevolution 901 are not new to Memphis, but the increasing interest in them is. Groups like Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) and Comunidades Unidas en Uva Voz (CUUV) are drawing in new members. For the first time in the organization’s history, the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center hosted a sold-out crowd for their annual fund-raising banquet. The Official Black Lives Matter Memphis and the Memphis Grassroots Organizations Coalition just hosted their second annual social justice fair at LeMoyne-Owen College There’s even an online calendar, Memphis Activism Calendar at www. memphisactivismcalendar.weebly.com, to keep track of the various meetings and actions of local grassroots organizations. “I think since the election especially, there’s been a surge of new people being awakened to the fact that so many groups of people are marginalized, since so many communities are being targeted under this administration,” said Allison Glass, an organizer with SURJ, a group that focuses on educating white people on how they can work to dismantle institutional racism. Glass also reports that their meetings are growing in size. “The fact that we have a known white supremacist in one of the closest positions to our president is alarming to many people,” said Glass. “People want to know how to use their white privilege to combat the racist policies we are seeing come out of the White House.”

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The Abortion Divide, Again An HIV prevention grant to Planned Parenthood is narrowly approved as the County Commission splits along party lines. body’s six Republicans demurring, five voting no and one, Commissioner Mark Billingsley, recusing himself on grounds of his professional association with Le Bonheur Community Health and Well-Being, one of the three organizations whose HIV grants had already been endorsed by the commission. The other two were Friends for Life Corp. and Partnership to End AIDS Status.

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ment and that of the other three state-designated grant recipients clearly had to do with Planned Parenthood’s long-term status as an abortion provider, although the agency’s opponents on the commission tended to couch their opposition — for tactical reasons, it would seem — on their stated belief that the county Health Department could better carry out the services required by the grant. Planned Parenthood has frequently been the subject of controversy in commission votes over the years — notably in 2011, when a commission majority narrowly supported a recommendation by Republican Mayor Mark Luttrell that Christ Community Health Centers supplant Planned Parenthood, which had been the traditional recipient of new federal Title X funds to administer a variety of women’s medical services. Abortion had been the elephant in the room for that debate, too, though proponents of the change over stressed such other points as the greater number of physical venues available through Christ Community Health Centers. In the final reckoning, CCHC’s religious orientation may also have attracted enough Democratic votes to join with Republicans in determining the outcome. It was no secret then, however, and is no secret now that governmental defunding of Planned Parenthood programs at local, state, and federal levels is essentially a Republican goal, with Democrats tending to support the

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During Monday’s regular meeting of the Shelby County Commission, a dispute on continuing Planned Parenthood’s involvement in a local, state-funded HIV-prevention program was resolved — sort of — in a fashion that reveals the political fault lines not only of Shelby County but, to some extent, of the state and nation as well. After a considerable amount of testimony, both pro and con, from an audience that seemingly filled the firstfloor auditorium of the Vasco A. Smith Jr. County Administration Building to capacity, the commission finally approved a grant of $115,000 — the first of five scheduled annual ones — to support the renewal of a condomdistribution program overseen by Planned Parenthood. Three other local agencies had previously been authorized without incident for equivalent shares of a total grant package of $407,000. Amid warnings from both the Tennessee Department of Health and the county administration that failure to do so might endanger the entire package, the commission approved the Planned Parenthood grant, seven to five, with the vote being a clean split along political lines — the commission’s seven Democrats voting in favor, and the

POLITICS agency, and differing attitudes toward abortion determining the divide. Over the years, that fact of political life has been as crucial as economic factors in determining the two parties’ working coalitions. Though Luttrell’s administration had matter-of-factly included Planned Parenthood as a recipient back in December, when the grants were first announced publicly and the controversy was ignited, the mayor and county CAO Harvey Kennedy played a middle role of sorts in Monday’s debate. Both argued stoutly that the county Health Department could perform HIV prevention services as well as, if not better than, Planned Parenthood. But both, significantly, urged caution in view of a letter from the state Department of Health advising that denial of Planned Parenthood for “extraneous,” (i.e., political) reasons might invite judicial intervention that could invalidate the totality of the $407,000 grant — a sum that all parties agreed was needed in view of mounting HIV and STD cases in Shelby County. Monday’s debate was spirited among audience members, a majority favoring Planned Parenthood for stated reasons of public health, while a minority opposed the grant, some boosting the Health Department, while others spoke to the formally unspoken issue: abortion. Some of the latter were graphic in the extreme, with one opponent contending that Planned Parenthood was “founded by racists … and killed more than the Nazis and KKK combined.” Another, Don Ware, who frequently testifies at public meetings on behalf of conservative causes, drew jeers and dismissive laughter when he said that “the business of Planned Parenthood is legalized murder.” There was an ironic moment, pointing up the varying secular and religious motives among disputants, when, after Ware contended that “God is opposed” to Planned Parenthood’s activities, a voice was heard from the audience counterpointing that with a sardonic “Oh, God!” The Almighty, it would seem, kept His own counsel in the matter.

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• Another matter on which local opinions are sharply divided surfaced anew last Thursday with the presentation in the City Hall conference room of a voluntary deannexation proposal for Memphis by the Strategic Footprint Review Task Force. The city/county group was appointed last year after a near-miss in the General Assembly of a far-reaching bill that would have authorized relatively easy and extensive ways for communities to detach themselves from the state’s major cities. Details of the task force proposal are covered online in “Political Beat” on the Memphis Flyer website.

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the bill was blocked in a state Senate committee and remanded off to summer study. The “study,” such as it was, is over, and, with the General Assembly back in session, the word is that Carter and Watson could bring their bill up again, as Draconian as ever. An implicit condition of the bill’s tabling last year was a gentlemen’s agreement of sorts: The city of Memphis, which had from time to time considered the principle of de-annexation as a useful option and a means of conserving its resources, might submit an alternative proposal. Last week, a city/county task force presented a plan that would divest the city of several relatively uninhabited areas that are expensive to service, as well as two recently annexed areas — Southwind/Windyke and South Cordova — that have been champing at the bit to be de-annexed. According to the report’s authors, the bill would shrink the city’s population by only 1.2 percent and its annual operating revenue by a mere 1.1 percent, while allowing a “right-sizing” that would benefit the city now and in its future planning. Among other things, the task force’s plan is a reminder of reality, a rebuff to escapism, a dose of brass tacks. It may, in fact, be the best option facing Memphis at the moment. It is, in any case, worth careful study by the city council, which can adopt and enact it this spring — perhaps pre-empting the legislature in the process. Sometimes victory can be gained — and loss forestalled — through a judicious compromise.

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a jet-propelled jiffy and seemingly destined, on the strength of rural members’ and suburbanites’ resolve, to sail through the state Senate, saddling the city with what looked to many like a death sentence. The bill’s authors, both from the outskirts of Chattanooga, had already succeeded in passing a measure that abolished the former prerogatives of Tennessee cities to annex new territories at will, giving the residents of the state’s unincorporated areas what amounted to a veto over their possible annexation by adjacent municipalities. In the process, they had rendered virtually null and void a compromise agreement of 1998, which had provided significant brakes on the cities’ ambitions for growth but had acknowledged their right to certain areas as potential annexation reserves. The measure proposed by the Hamilton County duo last year was designed not just to stall or hamper or regulate the growth pattern of cities. It was clearly and plainly meant to cut the cities down to size — literally — and Memphis had been a fairly blatant offender by the standards of the two sponsors, whose bill would have allowed any area annexed since that pivotal year of 1998 to escape its encompassing municipality with a petition signed by 10 percent of its residents, followed by a majority vote in a referendum. It was only by the most heroic exertions by Mayor Jim Strickland and other city officials, in emergency collaboration with the local Chamber of Commerce and sympathetic allies in other Tennessee municipalities, that

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Misinformation, 140 characters at a time, is no way to conduct economic and trade policy. The ongoing Twitter war between the presidents of the United States and Mexico strains the imagination of those who believe serious issues shouldn’t be discussed in 140 characters. Or 18 words. Tweeting, often used as a tool for self-promoters and narcissists, has become an acceptable form of communication, allowing our president (and the president of Mexico) to push out content-free propaganda statements. Those statements have riled up newsrooms around the world, exasperated the leaders’ detractors, and nourished the embittered and the bored. The rising tensions between the two nations recalls a time in the mid-1840s when the U.S. actually invaded Mexico, on false pretenses, and took half of their national territory via the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848. While we don’t anticipate another actual war between the U.S. and Mexico, there are very serious issues facing the two nations: Migration and trade are the most salient stressors in the U.S.Mexican relationship, with secondary issues that include drugs and crime. With regard to migration, exaggerated numbers and populist rhetoric are the theatrical tactics used to obscure substance.

Trump has promised to end undocumented migration between our two nations, without any understanding of the socio-economic, political, or historic implications of the migratory process. As a starting point, our current, anachronistic and inequitable immigration system makes it nearly impossible for poor people to “legally” immigrate to the United States from Mexico. The number of Mexicans in the United States is actually lower now than it was eight years ago. About 55 percent of the approximately 11 million undocumented persons in the U.S. are citizens of Mexico. Of all the undocumented, about 40 percent arrived here through airports and overstayed tourist visas. Trump’s solution — constructing a “beautiful”

wall along our 2,000-mile border with Mexico — will do nothing to prevent this scenario, and as long as our country’s insatiable appetite for cheap labor continues, ingenuity will find its way around, over, and under Trump’s $15 billion barrier. On the second big issue of trade, we must remember that Mexico is the third-largest trading partner of the United States, behind Canada and China. The souring of diplomatic and political relations between the two neighbors makes no sense from a business standpoint, nor does adding a 20 percent tax to Mexican imports, as Trump has suggested. Such an import tax would not be tolerated by consumers or the business community, and Mexicans would retaliate. If Mexico were the 30th-ranked trading partner with the U.S., a 20 percent tax would matter less, but as the thirdranked partner, it’s an enormous and complicated situation, one that won’t be solved via Twitter. About $25 billion a year flows from the U.S. to Mexico as “remittance” payments; much of that money ultimately wends its way back to the U.S. as purchases of real estate, vacations, and goods made in the USA. Mexican nationals are the leading tourists in the U.S., and they are vital to the massive U.S. tourism industry. The trade war Trump appears to be planning will be bad for business and will ultimately hurt U.S. interests — political, manufacturing, and social. History, trade, culture, economics — it’s complicated. But Trump hopes the American people will fall for the facile and the false as he explains history in 18 words. On January 27th he tweeted, “Mexico has taken advantage of the U.S. for long enough. Massive trade deficits and little help on the very weak border must change, NOW!” What needs to change, now, is our leadership in Washington. People need to put down the tweets and take to the streets. 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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STRIPPERS, SEX THERAPISTS, SEX IN THE NEWS, SEX IN PUBLIC, SEX APPS, AND MORE. For many years, the Flyer did a “Hotties” issue around Valentine’s Day. We chose 14 Memphians of various ages, genders, and sexual proclivities and did a big photo shoot. It was a little, er, shallow, yes, but it was also fun and readers mostly liked it — and we had a few good parties. Hotties had a nice run, 10 years or so, but this year we decided to change it up, to cut to the chase, so to speak. And though it’s impossible to neatly sum up a city’s sexuality, Memphis, like all cities — like all humanity, for that matter — has had a long relationship with sex — good, bad, and indifferent. As a frontier river town, we drew the rough trade, back in the day — on Beale Street and elsewhere. Earnestine & Hazel’s, now the hippest of joints, was once a thriving brothel. If you go upstairs and look around, you can still feel the vibe. It’s almost palpable. And the Memphis strip club scene in the 1980s and 1990s was legendary for free-wheeling raunchiness. Mention Platinum Plus to someone of a certain age, and prepare to hear some stories. Sure, times have changed, but sex is still here, so we decided to take a peek.

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MEMPHIS THERAPISTS ON INTIMACY, PORN, SEX APPS, AND BUILDING BETTER RELATIONSHIPS. Jennifer Valli has some good news about your sex life. “Odds are, you’re normal,” says the AASECT Certified Sex Therapist. “We don’t talk about this, so we never get to learn that we are all probably normal. People assume everyone else is having more sex than we are, so we must be dysfunctional. Then if we ARE having dysfunction, we don’t ask for the help we need to get better.” The problem, she says, is shame. Especially in the Bible Belt, many people have only had sexual education from a “shame-based approach. They talk about what you’re not supposed to do, and there’s little emphasis on pleasure and the good things about sex. You don’t talk about the healthy parts,” such as a boosted immune system and longer lifespan. Perversely, shame works both ways. You can feel shame because of your sexual desire, or you can feel shame because the media has given you unrealistic expectations. “People watch TV, then come in and say, ‘I have premature ejaculation.’ I say, ‘OK, what does that mean to you?’ They say, ‘Well, I can’t go 15 minutes.’ And I say, ‘Premature ejaculation means less than a minute. You’re probably doing pretty well. Four to seven minutes is average intercourse, so if you can make it that long, you don’t have premature ejaculation. We can work on it going a little longer, but we have to ask if your partner even wants it to be longer.’” April Garner, another Memphis AASECT-certified therapist, agrees that shame is public sexual enemy No. 1. “Stop living in shame. If you’re doing something that’s consensual and feels good to you, and you are feeling shame about it, go talk to someone. Decide if the behavior needs to change or if it’s the shame that needs to be let go.” Garner, a licensed clinical social worker with a Ph.D. in human sexuality, says she sees patients from all kinds of backgrounds. “I have quite a few couples who are in their mid-30s, who have been married for a few years, and the sex has died down. They come to me largely to try to reconnect and recreate intimacy. … Inside an established relationship, you have to understand that sex develops organically when it has the opportunity. So you have to have an environment where sexuality can blossom and be really great.” Valli, who teaches medical students at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, says she’s trying to ensure that health-care providers have good information and are willing to talk frankly about sex to their patients. The old Southern family doctor’s standard advice, “relax and have a little wine,” is a terrible idea, she says. “A little wine does not help erectile dysfunction or painful sex.” She says doctors and patients have to be open to communicating, but once again, shame gets in the way. “Half of gay men have not told their doctors they are gay. That’s horrifying!” For people who are dating, Garner has three key pieces of advice for maintaining good sexual health. First, get to know yourself. That includes understanding your emotional attachments to your potential partners, how sex might affect those attachments, and what you want out of sex. “If you’re not masturbating and you don’t know your body, you’re not going to have healthy communication,” she says. “I don’t recommend pornography, by the way. I’m not against it, but you can have too much of a good thing.” “Porn is an interesting subject,” says Valli. “People feel very strongly about it, and they have a lot of shame around it. Some feminists are anti-porn. They think it’s degrading to women. Some feminists are pro-porn, who feel like women have been shamed for sexuality forever, and they should be able to watch it and be in it if they want to, and they should do it without shame.” Second, “Direct and honest communication is incredibly important,” says

Garner. “It can feel vulnerable, but it can feel bold. The more euphemism and colorful language you use, the more obscene you come off. So just say what you mean. Be honest. ‘I’d like to go home with you tonight, but this is not going to be forever,’ or ‘You can come home with me, but this isn’t going to be sex.’” Third, practice what Garner calls “ongoing consent.” She advises to “use dirty talk as a form of consent. I’d really like to have sex in these positions. Are you down for that? And ask between positions if it’s still okay. You don’t want to sound shy. You can just go, ‘This feels amazing to me. How about you?’ And give them the option to respond. Consent is an ongoing process.” In the smartphone age, dating apps like Tinder, Grindr, and Bumble are increasingly popular. This has been hailed as a sea change in the way we find our mates, but both Valli and Garner say it’s just a new spin on the ancient art of sexual selection. The benefits and hazards are the same, they’re just coming at you faster. “Internet dating broadens the pool, but it also broadens that experience of rejection,” says Garner. “You can swipe right on five people, but none of those five people may choose to message you or respond to you. So that’s five people you’ve been rejected by in five minutes. It normally takes five minutes to be rejected by just one person. “It’s also increased our experience of abuse,” Garner adds. “The internet is a very abusive place. You message somebody, and they can go ‘Oh my god, you’re so hideous. Why would I talk to you?’ It tends to be difficult to connect humanity to an internet profile. We have more opportunities for success, but we also have more opportunities for rejection and abusive remarks. It’s important to put yourself out there, but then recognize when you’re becoming too hurt to keep up and take a break again. Everything in moderation.” Valli says taking the pressure off yourself is the first step toward a healthier and more rewarding sex life. “Once you’re doing this job, you ask yourself ‘How did people even have sex before sex therapy?’ We as a culture need to lighten up.” — Chris McCoy

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AN INTERVIEW WITH A STRIPPER. Some are single mothers, saving money for their children’s future. Some are aspiring entrepreneurs, hoping to one day open a business. Many are students, paying off debts. “We’re the hardest-working women in America,” says Felipé, who dances under the name Sparrow. Felipé first danced on a slow weeknight in November of 2015, at a club in East Memphis. She danced to Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer.” Though her first customer was respectful and bought two lap dances, she felt nervous. “Before I started dancing, I was alien to that world,” Felipé says. “Strippers are judged unfairly. I have lost friends and gotten into fights with family members over my choice of employment. Some potential friendships take a nosedive when the person I’m talking to suddenly sees me as a sex object after the big reveal. I’ve definitely figured out who’s worth my time.” The prospect of exotic dancing landed on Felipé’s radar shortly after she moved back home from New York. In Manhattan, she attended Parsons School of Design, then took a year off to work at a record label. Felipé wanted the freedom to focus on her music and art without being tied to a traditional nine-to-five. It was easy in New York. She faced a different reality in Memphis. “I was getting paid a lot just to draw at events,” Felipé says. “When I got back to Memphis, no such opportunities existed. When I finally did land a gig at a creative firm, there wasn’t enough work for me to do, to keep me fed, clothed, and housed, with enough art supplies and gear to create what I want to create.” Dancing provided that financial support. On a good night, Felipé can leave the club with $1,300. She says the club is the most diverse business she’s been to in Memphis, in terms of staff and clientele. They employ women of all “shapes, sizes, and ethnicities,” and men and women of all ages and from all walks of life come to have a good time. continued on page 15

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continued from page 13 “Most of the customers I get are incredibly respectful and listen to my boundaries.” The women she works with act as a family, Felipé says, teaching newer dancers pole tricks and professional business practices. Felipé’s advice to patrons is simple. Be respectful, bring cash, don’t ogle without tipping, don’t touch a dancer without permission, and, of course, don’t ask for sex. “We do not have sex with our customers, we will not meet you for dinner, and we do not want to be your girlfriend,” Felipé says. “We are here to entertain you.” Though exotic dancing supports Felipé’s art, it’s also inspired her work and allowed her to overcome a lifelong struggle with body dysmorphia. She’s more comfortable performing on stage, a strength pertinent to an electronic-pop project named Ray Manta she shares with her partner. Felipé’s visual work is expansive, from public murals to illustration, but dancing has increased her interest in portraiture and sexual representation in her art. Felipé’s long-term plans revolve around creating art and music across multiple mediums. Maybe in the future, Felipé says, she’ll open her own club. “Far down the line, I want to be able to walk into a strip club and throw buckets of cash onto the dancers and bless them with thousands of dollars,” Felipé says. “In the meantime, I’m supporting the club that’s supported me and the women that have made this positive change in my life possible.” — Joshua Cannon

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WHERE’S THE BEST PLACE TO HAVE SEX IN PUBLIC IN MEMPHIS? An inquiring mind on Reddit wanted to know the answer to the question we’re all probably asking ourselves, adding, “I want to get some thrills before I get too old.” We eagerly read on, hoping for some provocative suggestions. Maybe someone did it in Bass Pro, hidden behind a stuffed grizzly. Or maybe someone got frisky at AutoZone Park between, er, innings. And who among us has not considered a risky frolic on the Big River Crossing? But no. The woods at Overton Park was the first — and probably most obvious — answer, followed by another time-tested suggestion: the drive-in theater. Another

person said to “dress up like hobos and do it in an alley,” which seems a bit risky, but whatever. It would be dirty, at least. One responder suggested the kite-flying area at Shelby Farms, claiming he’d “done his thing” within sight of Walnut Grove. Hopefully, his kite stayed up. The University of Memphis campus also got a vote or two. The most controversial answer was “behind Bellevue Baptist at night,” which led to a sub-thread on the “three giant crosses” and religious freedom, which wasn’t sexy at all. Redditors also suggested “the gas station parking lot at Poplar and Cleveland,” “small parks in Germantown and Collierville,” and “your mom’s house.” Meh. We can do better, Memphis. And we bet many of you have.

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Nothing chums the waters for a Memphis media feeding frenzy like a sex story. We’re not talking about the sad ones in which people are hurt and lives are shattered. We’re talking about the largely good-natured variety that shocks Puritanical sensibilities about sex and makes us laugh, gasp, or wonder, simply, WTF? Naked in the Park Jacqueline McKee made pulses race (in many ways) way back in 2008, when the then-25-year-old took it all off (and more) at a Bartlett playground. McKee, who was a porn star at the time, with her own pay-to-view adult website called “Foxy Jacky,” got nekkid and lounged on “various pieces of playground equipment.” The act was leaked to the media, and McKee was questioned by the Shelby County Sheriff ’s Office (SCSO). Area moms proclaimed they’d never take their children back to that park. (I mean, where had she been?!) The Flyer’s Bianca Phillips talked to McKee back then and asked the most obvious (but most necessary) question first: continued on page 16

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By Chris Davis The Break-Up Show is an annual Valentine’s Day comedy and variety extravaganza devoted to the worst part of romance — the split. It’s a show with everything from relationship-ending tweets, to history’s schmaltziest love songs to breakup sex. “Is there breakup sex in the show?” organizer Savannah Bearden asks rhetorically. Then she monologues: “Most of the show is about sex — lewd proposals over text message, emails, and Facebook. One of our big slideshows is a friend’s recollection of all the dudes she banged in the summer of ’94, which was the summer of the O.J. Simpson trial. It’s a brilliant, wonderful story about what a complete slut she was and how she slept with an ex-boyfriend to get back at another boyfriend. So, yes, sex is completely woven throughout our show.” Moving into the New Daisy means this year’s breakups will be the biggest yet. “It’s completely supersized,” Bearden says. “Everything’s bigger. The house band is bigger, the characters are bigger. We went into this with the idea that we wanted to put on the most crazy, fun party of a show for two hours. Two-hundred percent more shenanigans this year.” This year, the Break-Up Show is inviting folks to drop in on a free, open-to-the-public dress rehearsal that’s being held Friday evening 5-8 p.m. at Crosstown Arts, in conjunction with “We Need to Talk,” an open-call exhibition of breakup art and artifacts. “People can walk in on our warts-and-all rehearsal,” Bearden says. “And we can find out if our shit’s funny or not.” THE BREAK-UP SHOW AT THE NEW DAISY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, 7 P.M. $20-PRESALE, $30-AT THE DOOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14

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Hits & Jiggles Jello Wrestling Hi-Tone, 8 p.m All righty then. Staxtacular Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 7 p.m., $175 Huge annual party hosted by the Grizzlies with a cool auction and live entertainment by Southern Avenue.

BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School 7 p.m., $28 A little Cajun music from these Grammy winners. Johnny Cash Statue Fund-raiser Hammer & Ale, 1-6 p.m. Ghost River releases its barrel-aged Midnight Magic and Sinful Sister Barleywine, with proceeds going to the Johnny Cash statue in CooperYoung.

Sweet Music for Sweethearts St. George’s Independent School, 3-4 p.m. A concert of love songs from South Pacific, Aladdin, Sound of Music, and more from the Bluff City 5 Woodwind Quintet. Memphis Laugh-a-thon Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, 6 p.m., $40-$100 An evening of comedy from Earthquake, Bill Bellamy, and others.

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Support Local Music Music Editor Chris Shaw says farewell.

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reetings from the back of my truck as my dad, my cat, and myself cruise through the wasteland known as rural Oklahoma. We are miles from anywhere interesting, and I am willing to bet that the closest bar has more patrons than teeth — to borrow a phrase from my esteemed former colleague Chris Davis. I use the word former because — as sad as it is to type — I have decided to move on from my position as Music Editor of The Memphis Flyer. It was a fun three years at the music desk, full of interviews that brought me out of my comfort zone, late nights of “research” at Murphy’s, Minglewood, and everywhere in between, and correspondence that were mostly more on the side of “thanks for the article,”

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During my time as a music editor, people would often ask me how I came up with a story. The answer is, it wasn’t exactly difficult. Memphis music is so fertile that the story ideas more often than not practically fell into my lap. I also should take this time to thank my freelancers who bailed me out numerous times, especially Andrew Earles (go back and read his piece on Dwight Yoakam), and JD Reager. Neither one ever let me down. I hope to see both of their bylines in the Flyer going forward, and rest assured, I’ll

still be reading the Flyer. It would also be foolish of me not to thank Susan Ellis for her endless patience and Bruce VanWyngarden for giving me my first editor job, and for not throwing me out of his office every time I crept in there to say “umm, hey boss, remember my band, Ex-Cult? We’re going on tour … again.” Or when I had the audacity to start another touring band, or turn in articles from Argentina, etc. As for me, as appealing as it may be to disappear into the abyss of Oklahoma, I’m taking my “talents” West. I’ll let you take a guess as to where I end up. My final request of you, beautiful Memphis music fans, is to support all forms of local music. As someone who’s seen first-hand what the rest of the country has to offer in terms of unsigned bands, I can assure you that Memphis is a gold mine. From underground hip-hop, to honky tonk, to heavy hardcore, Memphis has it all. Attend a record-release show and actually BUY THE RECORD. Go to a show on a weeknight. Go to a show on Beale Street, and for fuck’s sake tip the band. Get out of your comfort zone. You’ll be glad you did.

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but groups like Chickasaw Mound (now known as Yesse Yavis), Dawn Patrol, and anything Alicja Trout ever touches will always be the pulse of the Memphis music scene, and I won’t back down from that even if I’m no longer a voice in Memphis.

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rather than “eat shit, journo scum.” During my time as music editor, people would often ask me how I came up with a story. The answer is, it wasn’t exactly difficult. Memphis music is so fertile, such a vast landscape, that the story ideas more often than not practically fell into my lap. However it wasn’t all “good job budrow” and pats on the back. I still get asked about my “guitar center rock” jab that I implored when writing about a certain New Daisy show a few years back. One disgruntled musician even told me I’d be a barista within six months when that one came out. Joke’s on him. I don’t even like coffee. And, since we’re on the subject, I was originally going to use the term “butt rock.” I’m still upset I didn’t. Those that got the joke seemed to enjoy it. I hope that after the six thousandsomething music features I’ve written for this fine publication, you found at least one new unsigned band that you enjoy. I took it upon myself to do my best to champion local bands with a CD-R rather than the low hanging fruit that takes Memphis music to the far ends of the globe. There’s nothing wrong with those bands, obviously,

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

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Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Cowboy Neil Friday, Feb. 10, 8 p.m.-midnight; North and South Band Saturday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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BACC Monthly Lunch Meeting: “Don’t Be Eclipsed by the Competition”

The facts about the coming total eclipse in August 2017 and how one Bartlett company has jumped ahead of the competition featuring speaker, Paulo Aur of American Paper Optics. Lunch provided. $20. Tues., Feb. 14, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. BARTLETT EVENT CENTER, 5785 STAGE (388-0466), WWW.BARTLETTCHAMBER.ORG.

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Coffee and light refreshments provided. Sun., Feb. 12, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. OUTMEMPHIS: THE LGBTQ CENTER OF THE MID-SOUTH, 892 S. COOPER (278-6422), OUTMEMPHIS.ORG.

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3D Homeschool Drop-in Days

See website for topics. $6. Thurs., Feb. 9, 1-2 p.m. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Comic Studio

Students ages 13-18 will explore the art of writing through comic-book storytelling and illustration. Guidelines will be provided to compare and

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Featuring music, food, auction, and more benefiting Bodine School. Sat., Feb. 11.

Magic Carpet: Get Up with Grizzlies Grannies and Minis

Children ages 2 to 8 are invited to grab their magic carpet and get up with the Grizzlies Grannies and Minis. $5 for children. Free to adults. Sat., Feb. 11, 10-11 a.m. BUCKMAN ARTS CENTER AT ST. MARY’S SCHOOL, 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483), WWW.STMARYSSCHOOL.ORG.

Teen Book Club

Read and discuss the book of the month, eat a few snacks, play a review game, discuss the book read, vote on our next book. For teens, sixth-12th grade. Free. Second Monday of every month. COLLIERVILLE LIBRARY, 91 WALNUT (457-2601), WWW.COLLIERVILLELIBRARY.ORG.

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“Back to the Moon for Good”

Fifty years ago the U.S. was in a heated race to the moon. This program reflects on that legacy and looks to the future, motivated by the Google XPRIZE. $7. Through June 2.

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Bodine Bash

MINGLEWOOD HALL, 1555 MADISON (866-609-1744), WWW.BODINESCHOOL.ORG.

Extreme Deep: Mission into the Abyss

Offers opportunities for handson exploration of life at the bottom of the sea. Interactive exhibit that highlights the adventure of deep-sea exploration and discovery. Through May 6. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Hall of Fame Nomination Dinner Honoring Coach John Roberts

Proceeds of the event will benefit the current Warrior Track and Field Program at Central. $50. Fri., Feb. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, 306 S. BELLEVUE (359-5335).

Smooch the Pooch

Love in is the air at the Humane Society. Bring your own pooch, and make a visit to our kissing booth. For a $10 donation, receive two digital images from Wildflowers Photography, along with a treat bag for your pet.

Sat., Feb. 11, 1-6 p.m. HUMANE SOCIETY OF MEMPHIS & SHELBY COUNTY, 935 FARM (937-3943).

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All Things Chocolate IV: An Intimate Valentine’s Day Event

Featuring three-course plated meal, open bar, live band, comedy, and more. $150 per couple. Sun., Feb. 12, 6-11 p.m. NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM, 450 MULBERRY (213-8636 OR 230-5694).

Hearts & Flowers

Specially crafted wishes by area artists, sure to help Cupid’s arrow find its mark. Through Feb. 14. SHOPS OF SADDLE CREEK, 2055 WEST, WWW.WINTERARTSMEMPHIS.COM.

Heritage and “Roots” Bus Tour

Highlighting historical AfricanAmerican sites across West Tennessee including Slavehaven, Beale Street, Cannon Baptist Church, and more. $40. Tuesdays, 4 p.m. Through Feb. 28. TENNESSEE WELCOME CENTER, 119 RIVERSIDE, WWW.HERITAGETOURSOFMEMPHIS.COM.

Love A Pup Valentine’s Party

Dog dress-up party for two- and four-legged friends. Judging at 2:30 p.m. for best-dressed dog, best-dressed canine couple, and

owner/pup look-a-like. Professional pics in kissing booth. Food, music, speed dating at 3:30, treat bags, and adoptables from RealGoodDogRescue. Free. Sat., Feb. 11, 2-4 p.m. RIVER DOG INN, 248 COURT (748-5934).

Love and All That Jazz

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a beautiful view of the Mississippi River, live jazz, and inspirational readings about love. Special service next to the Big River Crossing. Free. Sun., Feb. 12, 11 a.m.-noon. CHURCH OF THE RIVER, 292 VIRGINIA (526-8631).

SITM Burlesque: Heartbreakers

Enjoy a variety of sweet, sexy, and sometimes silly burlesque acts, sultry songs from Sock It to Me’s siren, and Valentine’s Day fun. $15-$25. Sat., Feb. 11, 9-11:30 p.m. ROCKHOUSE LIVE, 5709 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE (386-7222).

Sweet Music for Sweethearts: A Celebration of Love Songs

Bluff City 5 Woodwind Quintet will be performing love songs from South Pacific, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Sound of Music, The Wizard of Oz, and much more as part of the Arts at Epiphany series. Free. Sun., Feb. 12, 3-4 p.m. ST. GEORGE’S INDEPENDENT

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USA Dance Valentine’s Ball

Romantic Argentine tango showcase. Dance to waltz, fox trots, hot cha chas, and swing with DJ-recorded music. Dance mixers, cocktail or semi-formal attire. Sweets and hors d’oeuvres. $10 members, $13 nonmembers. Sat., Feb. 11, 7-10 p.m. COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 8350 WALNUT GROVE (662-349-3720 OR 853-1413), WWW.USADANCEMEMPHIS.COM.

Valentine’s Soiree

Unforgettable evening of love featuring live music by Larry Springfield and dance music by DJ Swagg. $25. Sat., Feb. 11, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. THE ESPLANADE, 901 CORDOVA STATION (753-3333), WWW.VALENTINESSOIREE.COM.

Valentine’s Day at Celtic Crossing

Three-course dinner, including a gift of Irish Butler’s Heart Chocolates and live music. Regular menu will be available. $35. Tues., Feb. 14, 5-10 p.m. CELTIC CROSSING, 903 S. COOPER (274-5151).

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Valentine’s Day: Share the Love at eighty3

Romantic three-course prix fixe menu or à la carte option created by executive chef Raymond Jackson accompanied by a complimentary glass of Champagne. $55. Tues., Feb. 14, 5-10 p.m. EIGHTY3, 83 MADISON (333-1224), WWW.EIGHTY3MEMPHIS.COM.

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Fri., Feb. 10, 7-10 p.m., Sat., Feb. 11, 3-5 and 7-9 p.m., Sun., Feb. 12, 4-6 p.m., Mon., Feb. 13, 7-10 p.m., and Tues., Feb. 14, 6:30-8:30 and 7-9 p.m. PINOT’S PALETTE, 5040 SANDERLIN, SUITE 111 (761-0012), WWW. PINOTSPALETTE.COM/SANDERLIN/ EVENTS/FEBRUARY.

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30th Anniversary Henry Logan Starks Scholarship Luncheon

Featuring guest speaker Dr. Traci Blackmon of Christ the King UCC in Florissant, MO. Thurs., Feb. 9, noon. GUEST HOUSE AT GRACELAND, 3600 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322), WWW.MEMPHISSEMINARY.EDU.

Champagne Sunday

Celebrate Valentine’s Day early and join us for champagne while perusing the museum store for a unique, one-of-akind gift for a special someone (or yourself). Sun., Feb. 12, 12-2 p.m. METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380), WWW.METALMUSEUM.ORG.

Concoct

Participants will concoct chocolate martinis and craft chocolate truffles and wooden signs. For ages 21+ $40 members, $45 nonmembers. Sat., Feb. 11, 4-6:30 p.m.

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Ghost River’s Barrel Aged Midnight Magic & Sinful Sister Barleywine release with part of the proceeds to benefit the Johnny Cash statue project in Cooper-Young. Sun., Feb. 12, 1-6 p.m. HAMMER & ALE, 921 S. COOPER (410-8223), WWW.HAMMERANDALE.COM.

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Candlelit seating, diverse menu, and local guitarist will impress a new love or spark the flame in a lasting union. Call to reserve your choice of two seatings. $50. Tues., Feb. 14, 5 and 7 p.m. STONE SOUP CAFE, 993 S. COOPER (922-5314), WWW. STONESOUPCAFEMEMPHIS.COM.

Nasty Women Memphis Art Exhibition at Marshall Arts Gallery Whiskey, Wine, and Chocolates

Chocolatier Phillip Ashley creates an array of designer chocolates and confections to pair with select whiskey, wines, and cocktails. Tickets include chocolate/drink pairings, hors d’oeuvres, and music. Cash bar. $50 members, $60 nonmembers. Fri., Feb. 10, 7-10 p.m. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.

Oscar Shorts: Live Action

Film titles will be announced after the complete list of nominees is revealed. $9. Sun., Feb. 12, noon. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209), WWW.BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Absent Friends present the cult classic with a live shadowcast and costume contest. $10. Second Friday of every month. 11:30 p.m. THE EVERGREEN THEATRE 1705 POPLAR (274-7139).

A Song For You: The Austin City Limits Story $10. Wed., Feb. 15, 7 p.m.

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Indie Wednesday Film Series

See website for show information and ticketing. Wednesdays. Through March 1.

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Internet Cat Video Festival

See who won this year’s Golden Kitty Award by pawpular vote. $9. Sat., Feb. 11, 2 p.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209), WWW.BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean 3D

Breakthrough look at the secret world within the ocean depths. $9. Through March 3. CTI 3D GIANT THEATER, IN THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362) WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.COM.

Oscar Shorts: Animated Film titles will be announced after the complete list of nominees is revealed. $9. Sun., Feb. 12, 3 p.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209), WWW.BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

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Sunday Movie and Tour

Tour the museum and watch a movie. See website for movie offerings. Free. Sundays, 2 p.m. Through Feb. 26. C.H. NASH MUSEUM AT CHUCALISSA, 1987 INDIAN VILLAGE (785-3160), WWW.MEMPHIS.EDU/CHUCALISSA.

Tournées Film Festival

Featuring recent films from France. Films are subtitled in English and shown in the University Center Theatre on the University of Memphis campus. Free. Thurs., Feb. 9, 7-9 p.m., and Mon., Feb. 13, 7-9 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, UNIVERSITY CENTER, 255 UNIVERSITY CENTER, PARIS THEATER (678-3148), WWW. MEMPHIS.EDU/FL/FILMS.PHP.

Wild Africa 3D

Audiences will be plunged into fantastic places and meet amazing creatures while exploring the most dramatic continent on earth. Through March 3. CTI 3D GIANT THEATER, IN THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

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ou might be surprised to learn that the most prestigious pieces of meat are among the least flavorful of cuts, well behind the ones that you can’t even chew. The most flavor resides in the least expensive cuts like shank, chuck, shoulder, brisket, flank, and, if you can get it, neck. These, the toughest and the cheapest, keep their flavor hidden in their collagen, the tough, fibrous, protein-rich gristle that crisscrosses the chewier cuts of meat and holds all of the meaty fibers together. The question is, how do we melt that gristle without letting the meat dry out? It’s a bit of a trick, but the methods are many. Barbecuers conduct a culinary alchemy in smoky, low-heat conditions, inside welded contraptions that can be as big as train engines. Stew- and broth-makers do it in simmering kettles, while braisers melt their collagen in the oven, half-submerged

at 325. I proceeded to forget about it for the rest of the day. No salt, no herbs, no additions of any kind. It came out divine but was not so much a finished product as a worthy ingredient. With added salt, raw onions, and cilantro on tacos, it wore the salsa like a champ. Brining the meat first in salt water will help it retain even more moisture. And if you put your hunk of collagen-reinforced meat under the broiler, a tasty, crispy brown skin will develop. This will help contain the juices to an extent and will add a caramelized complexity that only browned proteins can muster. Add other flavorings before you foil it. Lemon and dried apricots and harissa and olive oil, if you want a North African feel, or cumin and red chile if you like tacos, or rosemary, thyme, and olive oil if you want something like an osso buco. I recently braised with garlic powder, herbs de Provence, and white wine, with a few bay leaves. I’ve also added pomegranate

in pans with tight-fitting lids. To a certain extent, acid helps break down collagen as well. Some vinegar in the stew pot, a long, tangy marinade for the flank steak, or some wine in the braise will all help speed the process. All of these methods, in their own way, deal with the problem that collagen doesn’t melt below 160, but meat begins to dry out above 130. The barbecuers baste continuously with their vinegary sauce. Soup makers and braisers do their business underwater, where drying out is difficult. I’ve been enjoying a technique by which I wrap my meat tightly in tinfoil, push it into the oven, and forget about it. This setup essentially steams the meat in its own juices, injecting the moisture right back into the meat as it tries to escape. The ease with which this method can be employed is staggering. The other day, I took a hunk of bone-in elk shank from the freezer and immediately wrapped it in foil, still frozen solid. Into the oven it went,

Braised oxtail juice and seasoned with soy sauce instead of salt. It’s a forgiving technique. When you have your flavorings figured out, tightly foil your brined, browned meat. As it cooks, some juices will inevitably find their way out, but the fewer the better. When liquid from the meat begins weeping from the foil, don’t let it go to waste. Without a response it will dry out and burn into a bitter, black crust on the pan. If there is a lot of this jus, I will collect it and make it into a sauce down the road when the meat is ready. But another way to harvest those escaping juices is to pave the bottom of the baking pan with sliced roots and tubers, like potato, carrot, parsnip, celeriac, onion, and garlic. Now that you have your creamy, tender, and juicy meat, begin exploring the ways to use it. You’ll run out of meat long before you run out of options.

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around 2008, when he made a movie about nothing happening called The Happening, but fans of the anime series Avatar: the Last Airbender would claim his 2010 evisceration of the franchise as the low point, while financiers who backed Will Smith’s vanity project After Earth would say the director hit rock bottom in 2013. Maybe the problem all along was that Shyamalan was getting too much money. After Earth cost $130 million. (That it officially returned $244 million and is still considered a huge failure is an insight into everything that’s wrong with 21st century Hollywood.) Split, the current No. 1 movie at the box office, cost $9 million. Maybe Shyamalan just works

James McAvoy (above) as Dennis (and 23 other personalities) in Split; Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey, the least popular girl in school better under constraints. It also seems to help that Split is not a puzzle movie, that nebulous subgenre inspired by The Sixth Sense and Christopher Nolan’s Memento, which rewards the viewer for piecing together the plot from a slow dribble of ambiguous information. Shyamalan has cut loose his signature gimmick in favor of jumping on all of the trends in contemporary horror at once, and throwing in a pinch of Hitch for good measure. When the film opens, Claire (Haley Lu Richardson) and Marcia (Jessica Sula) are waiting on Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy) to get picked up by her family from the restaurant where Claire just had her 16th birthday party. Casey, the least popular girl at school, was invited out of pity, and now Claire has to give her a ride home. But once they’ve piled into the minivan, a stranger gets in the car and renders the girls unconscious with an anesthetic spray. When they wake up, they’re in an underground holding cell. Their kidnapper is revealed to be Dennis (James McAvoy), whose fastened top button and fastidious neat freakery signify dangerous mental instability. The opening sequence is classic Shyamalan. He uses the banal conformity of suburban America to create a mood of inhuman creepiness and then tosses in slight violations of normality to create tension. Shyamalan movies can sometimes feel like a Skinner box experiment, with a clinical psychologist probing for just the right stimulus to create a fear response. If Split feels more organic, it’s almost entirely because

FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy of the pair of killer lead performances from McAvoy and Taylor-Joy. Dennis’ real name is Kevin, a guy suffering from severe dissociative identity disorder, what used to be commonly called schizophrenia or, slightly more accurately, “split personalities.” Kevin’s psyche is divided into 23 personalities, all of whom happen to be over-actors, giving McAvoy an excuse to suck all the juice off the ham bone. It ain’t subtle, but it’s a dazzling display of technique by McAvoy. At one point, when Kevin is talking to his long-suffering shrink Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), McAvoy plays one personality pretending to be another personality while Shyamalan keeps him in tight close-up to catch the fine shading. Taylor-Joy’s performance as the damaged, clever final girl, Casey, is much more conventional. She

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07141690, in the Register’s Ofﬁce for Shelby County, Tennessee. THIS IS IMPROVED PROPERTY KNOWN AS 3080 Lamar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38114.The above described property will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes, any matter on any applicable recorded plat, restrictions, easements and building setback lines, and to any prior or superior liens, judgments or Deeds of Trust. The proceeds of the sale will be applied in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Deed of Trust.Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the terms of the bid at the public sale, then the Trustee shall have the option of accepting the second highest bid, or the next highest bid with which the buyer is able to comply. The right is reserved to reject all bids as insufﬁcient. The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option at any time. The right is also reserved to adjourn the sale to another day certain, without publication, upon announcement before or during the sale. Interested parties include: Renasant Bank; the Shelby County Trustee; the City of Memphis; SunTrust Bank (as Successor-in-Interest to National Bank of Commerce); Regions Bank (as Successor-in-Interest to Union Planters Bank); the United States Department of Justice; King Furniture Company, Inc.; Commercial Bank & Trust Company (as Successor-in-Interest to Industrial Bank of Memphis); Bank of America (as Successor-in-Interest to Boatmen’s Bank). DATED this 19th day of January, 2017. Amy L. Wood, Esq., Successor Trustee513 3rd Avenue SouthNashville, TN 37210

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