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BRUCE VANWYNGARDEN Editor SUSAN ELLIS Managing Editor JACKSON BAKER, MICHAEL FINGER Senior Editors TOBY SELLS Associate Editor CHRIS MCCOY Film and TV Editor CHRIS DAVIS, MICHAEL DONAHUE MAYA SMITH, MICAELA WATTS, JOSHUA CANNON Staff Writers JESSE DAVIS Copy Editors JULIE RAY Calendar Editor

OUR 1472ND ISSUE 05.11.17 There are many life lessons one can take from fly-fishing. I spent last week on vacation in the mountains of Western Pennsylvania relearning many of them. It’s an ancient, historic pastime, more about deception than anything else. Well, deception and tying and untying lots of tiny knots while squinting through your glasses, as you try to determine what wary trout living in crystal clear waters in a small stream will deign to suck into their mouths. The short answer is “not much.”

Sure, one could put a big juicy worm on a hook and probably catch trout all day, but that’s for “meat fishermen,” and bait-fishing isn’t allowed on this little piece of pristine water.

One lesson you quickly learn is that smaller is better. We were often fishing with flies so little you could put three on a dime. The fish are too smart and too wary to take a big, feathery fly, but they’ll occasionally suck in a tiny midge with a barbless hook. Then the battle is on, to try to bring them to the net without breaking the gracile tippet — near-invisible line the diameter of a spider web. The reward lies in the fooling and the catching and the release.

We were without cell phone connection, and so, for four blissful days, we were spared news of President Trump and Russia and presidential tweets and Congressional hearings and all such modern madness. On the plane ride back to Memphis, I read about Stephen Colbert’s insult-filled riff against Trump and the subsequent announcement by the head of the FCC that his agency would “review complaints” against Colbert’s monologue for possible “obscenity” violations.

Puh-leeeze.

May I introduce you to Alex Jones? Or Michelle Malkin? Or Ann Coulter? Or Ted Nugent? The stuff they and other stallions of the right have said about former President Obama make Colbert’s bleeped-out remarks pale in comparison.

Do I think our TV-obsessed president might have made a call to his FCC chairman? Yes, I think that’s quite possible. It would fit Trump’s pattern of using cheap intimidation tactics, as he did in a tweet about former acting Attorney General Sally Yates prior to her testimony before the Senate on Monday. Attempted witness intimidation by the president? Sure, no problem. It’s the new normal. But it didn’t work.

Yates deftly and resolutely held her ground, refusing to let GOP senators divert the issue from her testimony about warning administration officials about former NSA head Michael Flynn’s collusion. Likewise, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was unflappable, and clearly in possession of still-classified information that should terrify any Republican who was involved in communications with Russian operatives. And there are many who were.

Among those appearing terrified was the president himself, who changed the header photo on his Twitter account to read: “Director Clapper reiterated what everybody including the fake media already knows — there is ‘no evidence’ of collusion w/Russia and Trump.”

Very presidential! Because nothing says “I’m innocent!” better than a full-color, Photoshopped lie about testimony that was nationally televised.

N E WS & O P I N I O N Monday’s Senate hearing was the NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 4 first solid indication in weeks that the THE FLY-BY - 5 Russia connection is not going away, POLITICS - 8 that the FBI and other U.S. intelligence EDITORIAL - 10 agencies have much more to reveal: VIEWPOINT - 11 transcripts of phone calls, meeting and COVER — “WELCOME TO MEMPHIS!” travel records, intercepted emails, intel

BY TOBY SELLS - 12 from European allies, etc.

Now, the battle is on to try to bring STE P P I N’ O UT WE RECOMMEND - 16 those who’ve committed possible treaMUSIC - 18 son against this country to justice. And AFTER DARK - 20 as with fly-fishing, patience is everyCALENDAR OF EVENTS - 22 thing, and the reward lies in the fooling BAR REPORT - 31 and the catching.

SPIRITS - 33 I think a big one is eventually going FILM - 34 to get brought to the net.

C LAS S I F I E D S - 36 Bruce VanWyngarden LAST WORD - 39 brucev@memphisflyer.com

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f l y o n t h e w a l l River, Graham, & { EXISTENTIAL WEATHER It’s not Mercury in retrograde, people.

But if you’ve been thinking, “Things have been hideous and unsettled lately,” maybe there’s a reason for that — a reason based in science!

According to the Weather Channel, we’ve all been experiencing something called an “atmospheric clog.” It’s a constipated-sounding condition that, according to meteorologist Brian Donegan, is better known as an “omega block” pattern, and we’ll take his word for that.

In a post to weather.com, Donegan further explained that this so-called “clog” or “omega block” may ultimately result in “more unsettled conditions” throughout the first part of May. A Weather Channel notification further stated, “Hideous ‘Omega Block’ pattern Will Be Felt in Big Way.”

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MLGW officials said that is not the way the utility handles unpaid balances. They warned customers not to fall for the scams or to give them personal or financial information.

GRAHAM LEAVES CA EDITOR POST Louis Graham left his post as editor of The Commercial Appeal last week for a new job with the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC), the fund-raising arm for St.Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Named editor in 2013, Graham started at the paper 38 years ago as a reporter at the paper’s now defunct bureau in Jackson, Tennessee.

The CA’s opinion and engagement editor, Mark Russell, will serve as interim director until Graham’s replacement is found.

Graham’s last day at the paper will be May 12th.

Graham’s departure is the latest in a series of changes and layoffs since the paper was purchased last year by Gannett Co., Inc.

BANK TELLER ROBBED BANK A former lead bank teller pled guilty last week to felony theft after stealing money from the First Citizens National Bank in 2009.

The 37-year-old woman who had access to the bank’s vault and accounting systems, admitted to walking out of the bank with concealed cash amounting to $266,000 over a three-month period between October and December 2009.

SCAMMERS POSING AS MLGW Scammers posing as Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) employees, were phoning customers last week, demanding immediate payment, and threatening to cut off utilities if the customer did not comply.

COUNSELING BEFORE PET SURRENDER Memphis Animal Services is beginning the Safety Net program, which aims to reduce two major contributors to the number of animals in the shelter — pets surrendered by owners and lost pets.

Those wishing to surrender their pet will now have to make an appointment and are required to go through counseling which offers education and alternatives to giving up their pet.

The second component of the Safety Net program involves utilizing the neighborhood-based social network platform Nextdoor to match lost and found pet postings in the same geographical area.

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GREAT STREETS UNVEILED A corridor colored with public artwork housing protected bike lanes, pedestrian plazas, sidewalk cafes, and pop-up retailers will make its way downtown in June, as a part of the city’s and the UrbanArt Commission’s Great Streets pilot project.

Nicholas Oyler, the bikeway and pedestrian manager for the city of Memphis, said the project will create a new west-to-east space for bikers and pedestrians that will connect with bike lanes to come in the fall on Riverside and MLK Avenue.

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NEVERENDING ELVIS According to an article in The Guardian slugged, “Can’t Help Falling in Price,” the value of Elvis memorabilia is plummeting.

For example, the King’s Good Rockin’ Tonight EP could fetch £125 in the U.K. at the end of the 1990s, but over the past decade, it’s sold for about £13.50 on average.

The good news for Memphis tourism is this drop in value doesn’t necessarily reflect declining interest in Elvis and early rock-and-roll.

According to The Guardian, “Truth is, with many Elvis fans and collectors well into their 70s and 80s, as each year goes by, more are lost. This then floods the market with their wares.”

THE MISSISSIPPI RISES The Mississippi River at Memphis swelled last week, and a flood warning issued then will remain until next week.

The river was at 28 feet last week and rose to 33 feet on Monday. Waters were expected to rise to 36.5 feet by next week.

However, officials with the Shelby County Office of Preparedness (SCOP), said no events in downtown Memphis, including Memphis in May, were expected to be affected. Waters were expected to rise onto Mississippi River Greenbelt Park on Mud Island and the boat dock there.

“This should be a short-lived minor flooding event,” said SCOP director Dale Lane. “We do not expect homes nor businesses to be impacted.”

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A grassroots group will work with the city’s Memphis 3.0 iniative to help craft a plan for the Mid-South Fairgrounds and will kick it off with a rally next week.

“The Fairgrounds should be the beating heart of the city,” said John Minervini, co-founder of Friends of the Fairgrounds (FOTF). “It should pump vitality out to the farthest reaches of Memphis and the region.”

FOTF was co-founded by Minervini and Marvin Stockwell in October 2015. The two share a passion for these 168 acres rooted in early experiences like Libertyland, the Mid-South Fair, and concerts at the Mid-South Coliseum.

Since 2015, the pair have worked with an alliance of over 200 community stakeholders — representatives of nearby neighborhoods, businesses, schools, and nonprofit organizations — who run the gamut of age, gender, race, class and socioeconomic status. The group is united by core values like inclusivity and fairness and by a common vision for the future of the Fairgrounds.

“We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity in this land, and we are determined not to miss it,” said Minervini. “We believe that Fairgrounds can and should be a place where Memphians come together across lines that have traditionally divided us to learn, connect, grow, explore, and play.”

Ultimately, FOTF hopes to partner with the city of Memphis to reimagine and redevelop the land. To that end, they have teamed up with Memphis 3.0, the city’s comprehensive planning effort, to host a community rally

on Thursday, May 18th. The event is familyfriendly, and all are welcome.

The purpose of the gathering is threefold.

First, FOTF will give an update on their progress and share a vision document, “Heart of the City.” Second, they will introduce their stakeholders to Memphis 3.0 and explain how the two efforts fit together. Finally, the two groups will conduct a joint exercise, setting priorities for the next stage of the planning process.

The event will feature short presentations by Ashley Cash, adminstratior of Memphis 3.0 and Justin Entzminger, director of Innovate Memphis. Additionally, FOTF will serve a light supper and walking tours of the still-under-construction Grand Carousel Pavilion at the Children’s Museum of Memphis.

“Memphis is a city with amazing assets and deep, unmet needs,” says Minervini. “What sets our project apart from past efforts is that we are putting the community in the driver’s seat, letting their dreams and their needs drive the conversation.”

The past seven years have seen significant developments at the Fairgrounds, including the Salvation Army Kroc Center, Tiger Lane, and the Libertyland Disc Golf Course. Although the future of the project remains uncertain, Minervini and Stockwell credit a visionary city government for creating a civic environment where bold ideas can flourish.

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A meeting of the Friends of the Fairgrounds our city,” says Minervini.

“The ultimate goal is to reimagine this space and figure out a way to reactivate the fairgrounds that brings people together across lines that have traditionally divided us and meet all community needs.

“We think of the fairgrounds as an asset not just for the neighborhoods and the city, but for the region as well,” Minervini continued. “We truly believe that this can also be a heart for the region. That said, the most pressing need that has surfaced from some of these meetings, is economic opportunity. We have amazing assests in our neighborhoods, but we also have deep unmet needs like transit, health and wellness, educational outcomes, economic opporutnity … you can try and address these things individually, but we think of those as symptoms of a larger problem, and one way to address them all at once is to get some money flowing back into these neighborhoods, to give them some juice.”

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no support from state party sources in his unsuccessful race for state House District 83 in 2016, whereas other party candidates were better favored (Pivnick did not single anyone out, but it was no secret that Dwayne Thompson’s upset win in District 96 was significantly helped by money directed his way from Nashville).

“Is the [state] party a PAC?” Pivnick inquired of David Cocke, like Shaw a lawyer and the hard-working co-host of the local reorganization meetings. Cocke was hard put to acknowledge that a certain amount of cherry-picking inevitably goes on when political parties channel their limited resources at election time.

The fact is that local Democrats are getting a cram course in bottom-line realities as they prepare to re-enter the realm of official politics. After a third meeting on Tuesday of this week at the Pickering Center in Germantown, a final session will be held next Monday at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Whitehaven.

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The meetings underway among Shelby County Democrats to rebuild what for the last nine months has been a defunct local party have so far been therapeutic in the most basic way. Faced with a need, in effect, to reinvent a political party, the participants have — at least in the first two meetings, one in Raleigh, another in Midtown — had to in almost the literal sense, reinvent the wheel.

One highlight of the Raleigh meeting, held Saturday a week ago in the Stage Road local office of state Representative Antonio Parkinson, was the advice of lawyer Carlissa Shaw, one of two presiding co-hosts, that, while meetings of the newly regenerated party-to-be would need to follow specific rules of procedure, these need not be based on Robert’s Rules of Order, the complex series of regulations that have governed conclaves of various kinds, large and small, since they were first propounded in 1876 by former Union brigadier general Henry Martyn Robert.

Shaw said that either members would need to memorize Robert’s Rules in toto, or they could — and perhaps should — devise simpler and more easily grasped rules of their own. As she noted, one of the major problems that bedeviled the former party, decertified last August by state Democratic chair Mary Mancini after what the party head called “many years of dysfunction,” was the fact a determined provocateur could (and often did) bring meetings of the party to gridlock and collapse by invoking a tangle of “faux parliamentary rules” bearing little or no actual resemblance to Robert’s Rules.

That was one highlight of the reorganizational meetings so far. Another was the attendees’ discussion of how the new local party, once reorganized, might promote its candidates to the public at large. One version of the question, based on the abject failure of Democratic nominees in recent local elections, was whether the party hierarchy should pick out specific participants in contested primaries and get behind them. That idea, undemocratic (and un-Democratic) at its heart, got the bum’s rush it deserved.

Another question, posed by Democrat Larry Pivnick at The Gallery, concerned why it was he received little to

David Cocke presiding over Democratic revival at The Gallery Then will come the adoption of bylaws, the election of officers, a petition to Nashville, and — voila! … at some point a recreated Shelby County Democratic Party.

• Saturday’s budget summit of Shelby County Commission members, members of county Mayor Mark Luttrell’s administration, and other county officials at Shelby Farms was a seminar of sorts on the fundamentals of the forthcoming county budget. But nothing said or examined there resolved what is shaping up as a battle between those commissioners, mainly suburban Republicans, who want to see a tax cut, and those, like other commissioners in both parties and the mayor, who want to hold the fiscal line more or less where it is.

The issue will likely be pitched on the basis of the arguable additional needs of public safety and the Regional Med.

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Hacking the Vote There was some familiar fallout from this week’s special hearing of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee at which former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates testified about her repeated warnings early this year to the White House about the compromised position of then National Security Adviser Michael T. Flynn vis-à-vis his relations with Russia.

The major fallout from that reminder is, of course, that a larger Congressional investigation into possible collusion between the 2016 Trump presidential campaign and the Russian government remains inevitable.

A secondary point emerged in one or two of the extended TV pundit-fests that followed the session. Former CIA Director James Woolsey, under grilling from CNN’s Anderson Cooper, touched upon it fairly boldly, leaping from the macro subjects of Flynn’s tomfoolery and last year’s Russian skullduggery to the micro-subject of potential ballot tampering by Russia or some other foreign adversary the next time there’s a major national election in this country.

As Woolsey pointed out to Cooper, 25 percent of the election machines in this country “have no paper” and therefore no paper trail, and consequently, in the absence of such black-and-white printout evidence capable of countering an electronically forged vote total, are wide open to hacking. There has been an extraordinary amount of self-satisfied relief expressed on both sides of the partisan line in Washington concerning the fact that, while there is ample evidence that the Russians looked into skewing our voting-machine results, there is no evidence indicating that they succeeded.

Not this time, maybe. But the important fact is that they tried. Maybe by 2020, or even 2018, they’ll figure out

how to do it. And then, as former director Woolsey was at such pains to point out, we’ll really be in trouble.

Here in Shelby County, we have had our share of equally farsighted (but so far disregarded) prophets on this vital point.

University of Memphis assistant law dean and former County Commissioner Steve Mulroy tirelessly evangelized for paper-trail voting machines for years, and Joe Weinberg, a dedicated watchdog on the activities (and inactions) of the Shelby County Election Commission for much of the last decadde, has persistently warned of the vulernabilities of our current electronic voting machines.

We can debate the relative degree of success enjoyed by the Russians in their assault on our presidential election process in 2016. They may or may not have tilted the election in the direction of the eventual winner, Donald Trump.

But last year’s was but a trial run of sorts, and the next time out, Russia or North Korea or some other mischiefmaking adversary may have the process down cold.

It is painful to remember that in 2008 the Tennessee General Assembly actually obtained federal funding for making the state’s electronic voting machines papertrail capable, but in subsequent years an emergent Republican majority took steps to redirect those funds into a propaganda fund on behalf of what became the state’s current useless and even insidious Photo-ID law. That was another electoral misfortune in which the word “hack” (in one of its other meanings) played a significant part.

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ment Agency (CRA) in the Uptown area.

I believe we can get a better return on investment by spending more on public safety and crime prevention.

The Uptown TIF has generated sufficient tax revenue to pay for the bond debt incurred by the CRA. We are at a crossroads: whether to choose to continue the TIF and spend $4 million of county property taxes in the Uptown area, or return that income stream to the county general fund and use it for public safety. I am suggesting that we have that discussion and allow the Shelby County Commission to come to a consensus.

I have been a vocal supporter of downtown development, and I believe that the job of government is to assist and partner with the private sector. I would also like to state for the record that I fully support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. I believe that we can improve the neighborhoods adjacent to St. Jude without relying on proceeds from the existing TIF. The areas of the city that are experiencing growth — Sears Crosstown, Overton Square, South Main, etc. — have a few things in common. Primarily, they are anchored by private developers with a vision. The job of government is to get out of their way and let them flourish.

I have held discussions with the Memphis Home Builders Association, and they are ready to develop marketrate housing in the area around St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

At the moment, we have a significant crime issue. Homicides are up. Violent crime is increasing. We need to invest more in crime prevention and crime deterrence, and we need to fully support our law enforcement officers. The current county budget is tight, and I thought it prudent to at least investigate an available $4 million revenue stream that could pay for 50 extra sheriff ’s deputies.

Over the past three years, the county commission has focused on improved funding for education, and the result is a financially stable Shelby County Schools District which is improving on all metrics. It is time, now, for us to put additional resources toward fighting crime and supporting law enforcement.

I like to work toward a win-win solution, and I believe strongly that we can help promote the economic development that will improve downtown and the neighborhoods near St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and simultaneously work on solving our crime problem.

Businessman Steve Basar is budget chair of the Shelby County Commission.

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Last week, during our regular committee meetings, I suggested to my colleagues on the Shelby County Commission that we should take another look at the existing Uptown TIF district — one that is generating $4 million per year in economic activity.

Inasmuch as crime is the No. 1 problem facing our community, I have been looking closely at the county budget with an eye toward finding an income stream that could be repurposed toward the crucial issue of public safety. The Uptown TIF may provide just such a stream.

Commissioner Walter Bailey and I have been talking with District Attorney General Amy Weirich, Shelby County Sheriff Bill Oldham, Memphis Police Department director Mike Rallings, and Operation Safe Community director Bill Gibbons. We know that the city is 300 to 400 police officers short of a full complement, and we have been advocating that we add 100 sheriff ’s deputies to help supplement the critical shortage of law enforcement. (After going public with the idea I discuss here, I found out rather quickly that no good deed goes unpunished, but that’s another story.)

The Uptown TIF is a very complicated financial arrangement, and it is important to understand the background and rationale that led to its creation.

First, a word about the workings of a TIF (tax increment financing) project in general: TIFs are generally created to help subsidize a specific private project. They are intended to capture the incremental taxes from the project and use those specific funds to pay for public infrastructure (streets, sewers, parking) that was required as part of the project.

The additional property-tax revenue generated by the TIF pays for the specific improvements; when the improvements are paid off, the TIF is ended. The Uptown TIF bears no resemblance to the textbook TIF I just described.

More than 16 years ago, when Jim Rout was the county mayor and Willie Herenton was the city mayor, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was growing, amid legitimate concerns that there were neighboring public housing projects that presented adverse “slum and blight” conditions. The Uptown TIF was created with the specific intent of generating positive redevelopment in these adjacent areas.

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ast year, about 11 million people visited the city of Memphis. That’s roughly the population of Cuba or the American state of Georgia. There’s no official tourist season in Memphis, really, like spring break or summertime at beaches. But there are some high tides — Elvis Week and Memphis in May (MIM), for example.

Some 265,000 people came to the east bank of the Mississippi River in May last year for the Beale Street Music Festival, World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, 901 Fest, and the Great American River Run. About 60 percent of those visitors came from outside of Shelby County — from all 50 states and from all over the world.

May is easily the biggest blip on the Memphis tourism radar. But Robert Griffin, marketing director for MIM, said that’s largely because the festival is a month long with many diverse events, adding that, “Elvis Week is huge, but it’s only a week.”

Hospitality is the bedrock of the tourism industry.

And as I found out in reporting 12 this story, those in the Memphis tourism

industry are also hospitable to each other.

The competition is healthy, but the players are cooperative, not cutthroat. That’s largely due to the many different types of tourists who come here and the many different experiences Memphis can offer them.

There’s plenty for everyone, it seems.

Memphis tourism was a $3.2 billion industry in 2015, according to the latest numbers from the U.S. Travel Association.

About 67,800 people are employed in the “leisure and hospitality” business in Shelby County, according to the freshest figures (April 2017) from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tourism is the fifth-largest employer in Shelby County, only behind industries transportation (read: FedEx Corp.), education, health care, government, the very-broad “business services” category.

WHERE ARE THE TOURISTS?

As a Memphian, you probably think about Beale Street, Graceland, Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid, and those riverboats — places you may not go to regularly.

Intellectually, you know those places are

filled with tourists, but as we go about our workaday world, most of us rarely see those folks. When my folks came in town for a visit last year, my stepfather wanted to see Bass Pro, so off we went.

We stood by the gleaming glass fish tank by the kids’ section, along with 40 or so other visitors, watching as catfish, bass, and crappie swim around. Then a voice broke from the ether.

“Hello, how are you today?”

A man in a black dive suit had climbed into the tank and was waving and talking to us from behind his swim mask. We went from amused to entranced. The man fed the fish from a plastic bag, describing the different species that were swimming around him and nipping at his fingers.

“Thanks for joining me today,” the man said, wrapping up his show. “Let me ask, how many of you are from out of town?”

Every hand but mine went into the air. It was 10:30 a.m. on a Wednesday. Ordinarily, I’d be at The Memphis Flyer office, but on this day I had found the tourists — and I was one, myself.

“When you got a glimpse of the visitor

economy that day at Bass Pro, I’m sure you went ‘Wow!,’” said Kevin Kane, president of the Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau. “That’s when it hits home: There’s a lot of power in [tourism]. It’s a $3.2 billion industry in Memphis. It’s a big deal.

It’s important.”

That’s why we’re taking a closer look at the fun-having industry here. (And, look, y’all, I promise I had no idea that this week is National Travel and Tourism Week.

Seriously.)

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Pierson hones in on their interests and tailors the tours to his customers. While he hits the typical “must-sees,” he also takes visitors to some out-of-way spots — like the place where Johnny Cash met the Tennessee Two, or to B.B. King’s first house in Memphis.

Pierson calls what he does “anthrotourism.” It’s the same idea as ecotourism, he said, but with history as the focus. He hopes that the upsurge of new development here won’t spoil the city’s most essential asset: “Memphis is real,” Piersaon said. “People come here for that reason. They don’t come here because it’s, say, an artificially rebuilt waterfront that rips them off. It’s an authentic scene here, and we have to protect that.”

Pierson will also send you home with a bit of that Memphis real-ness. Instead of tchotchkes or a T-shirt, Pierson hopes his clients go home with a powerful Memphis memory, like, say, the aroma of barbecue wafting over the parking lot at Cozy Corner.

“These psychic souvenirs are just moments that go by the window of the car and you’re like — ah! — I gotta remember that one forever,” Pierson said.

OUR “BIG HOOKS”

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THE AMERICAN DREAM SAFARI

Tad Pierson drives a time machine, a 1955 Cadillac, and he’ll pick you up from your hotel.

That’s how it works with his American Dream Safari tour company. Since 1996, Belgians, Brazilians, Taiwanese, Texans, and a whole bunch of Brits, and hundreds of others from around the U.S. and the world have piled into Pierson’s Caddy to see history through its windows and, perhaps, get a few “psychic souvenirs” (more on that later).

“It’s a beautiful town to cruise around in,” Pierson said, “Because a lot of subjects come up.”

Pierson’s clients know they’re getting a general tour of Memphis, but those conversations easily swing to the city’s music, its place in the civil rights movement, the Civil War, and, of course, Elvis.

Kane, who is basically the mayor of Memphis tourism, would rather talk about our city’s “big hooks” rather than give some clinical listing of our top, mostvisited attractions.

Music, he said, is without a doubt our “biggest hook” here, whether it’s Graceland or Sun Studios or the Stax Museum or Beale Street, or the Center for Southern Folklore or the Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum or the Blues Hall of Fame — all places Kane cited off the top his head.

“I think our music heritage gives us a cool factor that only a few cities can boast about,” Kane said. “Memphis, Nashville, Chicago, Kansas City, and Austin — only a handful of cities can lay claim to music and do it legitimately.”

Kane thinks another big hook for Memphis is its Southern culture and, largely, that means food. Barbecue is likely the city’s second-largest cultural export, after music. That’s evidenced by lines that stretch out the door at Central BBQ’s downtown location or the fact that the Rendezvous’ waiting area is big enough to house a bar. But, also, consider that the MIM barbecue contest drew 37,146

Bass Pro tourists last year, who spent about $17 million while they were here.

But Kane notes that Memphis’ culinary scene is growing beyond barbecue. Chefs here are regularly opening diverse new spots and further defining the Memphis dining landscape.

“The Southern product we’re able to roll out — with Southern art and food and friendliness — is huge for us,” Kane said.

The big hooks for Memphis tourism also include “family fun stuff” like the Children’s Museum or the Memphis Zoo. It’s also important historical attractions such as the National Civil Rights Museum, and outdoor attractions like Shelby Farms Park and Big River Crossing, Kane said.

For the record, Memphis’ top 10 tourist attractions in 2015 were, in order, by attendance: Beale Street (5 million visitors), Bass Pro (2 million), Agricenter International (1.3 million), Memphis Zoo (1.1 million), Overton Square (1 million), Memphis Grizzlies (820,000), The Peabody Grand Lobby (750,000), Golf & Games Family Park (634,000), Mike Rose Soccer Complex (620,000), and Graceland (600,000). These figures are according to the Memphis Business Journal’s 2016-2017 Book of Lists.

A TOUR OF POSSIBILITIES

Carolyn Michael-Banks knows her tour is nontraditional — and it may even make some people uncomfortable. But her goal in founding A Tour of Possibilities was to “share the historical and cultural gems that African Americans have contributed to Memphis.” It does so with stops at Beale Street, Robert Church Park, Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum, Soulsville, Stax, and more.

Michael-Banks spent years doing tours for other companies in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. She included African-American history in those tours, as well, but her bosses felt it made some uncomfortable.

“The thing about history is that there are parts of it that are definitely uncomfortable,” she said. “But just because they are uncomfortable doesn’t make them not exist. Our tag line [at her former company] was ‘reliving history.’ I felt compelled to relive it completely and [my company] is doing that now.”

Hop on Michael-Banks’ van (which she calls the Van of Possibilities) and you may find Brits, other Europeans, Australians,

and Americans, many from Chicago, Texas, and California, she said. People from all over, except Memphis (more on that later).

Her tour is designed to stop at a place “that will probably make you feel uncomfortable” but leave within 10 minutes and head off to something else. She’s not doing a documentary, she said, and she’s not a professor giving a lecture. “So, I believe there’s a way to blend history without sugar-coating what is difficult,” said Michael-Banks. “You go through a rollercoaster of emotions, and that is intentional.”

Having a small van (10 passengers) allows her clients to feel comfortable enough to express themselves. Most respond positively to the tour, she said.

And Memphians might change their minds about their own town if they’d come along.

“If Memphians actually got why 11 million come here every year, they would feel a little different about themselves,” she said. “They wouldn’t be saying, ‘Oh, no, you don’t want to come here.’ I’m working on trying to get to them to say, ‘Oh, you have to come here.’”

HOW’RE WE DOING?

Memphis has held steady at number two in Tennessee tourism for many years. Nashville is a regional tourism powerhouse, pushed farther and faster now by the newly built, $623-million Music City Center convention center.

Kane said he uses two barometers to gauge the health of Memphis’ tourism industry: attraction attendance and occupancy room rates at area hotels and motels. The city is healthy, he said, and its future is “very, very bright.”

Last year, about five million tickets were sold for paid attractions here like the zoo, museums, and other attractions.

Hotel occupancy spiked 10 percent three years ago, Kane said, and the figure has been slightly up or flat ever since (but it hasn’t receded) from about 5.4 million paid room nights per year.

Kane bemoaned some near-misses that could’ve boosted tourism, such as not attracting the Tanger Outlets to the Pinch District near the Cook Convention Center.

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continued from page 13 will begin there as soon as September, Kane said. It’s a $60-million facelift project aimed at modernizing the space with a “total interior and exterior renovation.”

The project will bring functionality to the building, including more loading docks with easier access. It’ll also bring aesthetic upgrades, such as views of the Mississippi River and what Kane calles a “21st-century feel” to the inside of the building.

“We’re not going to build the Music City Center; we don’t have the money for that,” Kane said. “We are going to make a substantial investment in our convention center, and I think it’ll pay huge dividends for us.”

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Call it a pedal bar, a party bike, a rolling tavern, a bar bike, or something else, but Ashley Coleman wants you and your friends to come try it.

Sprock N’ Roll brought their party bike (let’s just call them party bikes, okay?) to Memphis two years ago. Since then, hundreds have mounted the oversized bike seats and pumped the mobile bars around downtown or Midtown.

Not clear on the concept? Imagine a small bar with five bar stools on each side, a bench in the back — under a tin roof and on four wheels. A bartender hangs out in the middle, and a driver mans the steering wheel and brakes at the front. You and your friends provide the power by pedaling. The more people, the easier the pedaling.

Coleman said the company’s most popular tours are two-hour pub crawls.

But the company also offers an “Artsy Fartsy Tour” (which begins at the Art Project), progressive dinner tours, and brunch tours.

While most of Memphis’ tourists stay downtown, Coleman said she tries to lure them to Midtown with a tour that rolls between Overton Square and Cooper-Young (and several bars en route).

Coleman bills the tour as “where the locals like to go.”

“Some aren’t coming for the Beale Street party,” Coleman said. “They want to see other cool parts of town. Many [tourists] aren’t familiar with Midtown. We take them off Cooper down Rembert, and everyone enjoys seeing the houses. They’ll say, ‘We love this part of town!’”

Coleman said it’s likely that more locals ride her party bikes than tourists,

but plenty of tourists still ride through Midtown, she said, remembering a time a group of Australians rode down Cooper with a group of Iowans.

“They end up staying in that part of town,” Coleman said. “They’ll get off the bike and explore some more. It’s a great way for us to get the tourists to Midtown and get them spending some money there.”

May is a big season for Sprock N’ Roll, Coleman said, noting that they have to work to make sure there’s enough availability to meet the demand.

“It’s just a fun way to see the city.”

THE REAL DEAL

Attracting more conventions and conferences has long been a goal of the CVB, and a theme of many of the group’s annual meetings. The renovated convention center is supposed to help with that, but Kane said the convention center still needs a large, nearby, fullservice hotel. “We’ve got the Sheraton, the Peabody, the Hilton out East and, now, the Guest House at Graceland, but none of them are within walking distance of the convention center,” Kane said.

Kane added that another missing piece of the tourism puzzle is an indoor sports complex. Kane and the CVB were major supporters of a plan formulated a few years ago that would transform the Mid-South Fairgrounds into a mammoth youth sports complex, with sports fields, indoor arenas, a hotel, and big-box retailers.

“We’re ready for that type of a complex somewhere in Memphis,” Kane said. “I don’t know if it’ll be at the Fairgrounds or if it’ll be out in Cordova or downtown. I don’t know where the darned thing will be located. But we’re really aggressively working on that now.”

Kane, who has spent more than 25 years selling the Memphis experience to potential visitors around the globe is, indeed, bullish on Memphis tourism.

For him, there is a “cool factor and an intrigue and mystique about Memphis.” It’s also authentic, he said.

“I don’t know if you saw it that day you were in Bass Pro, but overwhelmingly most of the visitors who come here are impressed by the friendliness of our people,” Kane said. “They genuinely find that Memphis is real and it’s not manufactured, not some made-up experience. It’s a real, natural, real-deal type of experience. So, we’ve kept it real, and people appreciate that.”

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Scent & Sensibility

Work by Jason Miller

By Chris Davis

A pair of complementary exhibits at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens converge in the text accompanying Jules Joseph Lefebvre’s 1874 painting Odalisque. Lefebvre’s rosy female nude is painted from behind and reclining near a brazier smoking with incense. From the commentary: “Perhaps more than the other senses the ability to smell has the capacity to unlock memories, fuel reveries, or ignite fantasies so alive as to produce states of mild detachment or even disassociation.” It’s an idea woven throughout “Scent and Symbolism,” an exhibit of painting and perfume bottle masterpieces that explores the relationship between fragrance and Western art traditions. Coaxing memories is also the point of Jason Miller’s photography on canvas exhibit, “Objets de Mémoire.”

Each of Miller’s colorful, up-close objects is accompanied by a story. The stale, cellophane-wrapped caramel candy comes with memories of going to church with family members and friends who always had some of these sweet treats in their coat pockets. It’s an image and situation so familiar to anybody who grew up in church, it’s almost impossible to see without smelling browned sugar, pocket lint, and lipstick. The headless, naked, smouldering picture of an Arnold Schwarzenegger Commando action figure has a similarly adolescent vibe but accompanied by a more toxic range of sense memories.

Miller’s exhibit is as personal as a diary excerpt, but pictures of glass owls, crystal globes, holographic castles, and even a colorful, collapsible cup pair nicely with the painted porcelain and cut crystal perfume decanters in neighboring galleries.

Grownups will also enjoy the kid’s room and an interactive display all about fragrance mixing and how perfumers assemble bass, middle, and top notes. A garden map of floral plantings give “Scent and Symbolism”’s aroma-inspired artwork an added extra dimension.

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What happens in Barbie’s stays in Barbie’s (unless we print it in the Flyer).

Bar Report, p. 31

THURSDAY May 11

FRIDAY May 12

CLCerveza Wiseacre Brewery, 5-7 p.m.

Fund-raiser for the Community Legal Center with tacos, sweets, and, of course, beer.

David Crosby & Friends Germantown Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m.

Crosby performs some of his classics and new music from his upcoming album, Sky Trails.

Booksigning by Ace Atkins Barnes & Noble Wolfchase, 7 p.m.

Ace Atkins signs his latest Robert B. Parker Spenser series, Little White Lies. Drake Hall of 98.1 the Max will lead a discussion with Atkins.

Herencia de Timbiqui The Orpheum, 7:30 p.m., $15 Afro-Colombian music with traditional instruments such as the bombo, cununos, and the guasa as well as keyboards, brass, and guitar.

Part of Memphis in May’s honored country celebration.

Men Are from Mars — Women Are From Venus Live!

The Orpheum, 8 p.m., $55 Off-Broadway hit based on the bestselling book and following a series of vignettes covering dating to marriage to sex.

Memphis Greek Festival Annunciation Church, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., $3 Super fun, super popular annual festival with dancing, a market, sanctuary tours, and lots of Greek delicacies.

Killer Joe TheatreWorks, 8 p.m., $20 Presented by the New Moon Theatre and featuring a killer cop and trailer trash.

“From Frogs to Dogs and Everything in Between” WKNO Gallery 10, 5-8 p.m.

Opening reception for this exhibition of animal photography

by Jack Kenner.

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The Who?

By Michael Donahue Tommy, can you hear me? Playing the Who’s music on a mandolin and banjo?

The Springfield, Missouri-based band, the HillBenders, will visit the Buckman Performing & Fine Arts Center on Friday, May 12th to perform “Tommy: A Bluegass Opry” based on the Who’s 1969 rock opera, Tommy.

Asked what reaction he gets when he tells people his band performs a bluegrass Tommy, HillBenders guitarist Jim Rea says, “You get a blank stare.”

But, he says, “The people who grew up with the record really seem to get it more than the people who grew up on Bill Monroe or any sort of traditional bluegrass.”

The late Louis Meyers, one of the founders of the South by Southwest festival, came up with the idea, Rea says. “He said, ‘You are the band. Your band has enough of the rock-and-roll chops and the bluegrass chops to pull it off without making it hokey.’”

Rea took on the arranging position and worked up a few songs, including “Pinball Wizard” and “1921.” He sent some “rough scratches” to Meyers, who approved. “His main goal was to be true to the record. And it not be hay bales, overalls, and straw hats.”

The HillBenders released the album in the winter of 2014 and into 2015.

Pete Townshend of the Who “caught wind” of the album, Rea says. “He loved it.”

Townshend’s positive response was “an early big feather in the hat” for the HillBenders.

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Mid-South Hosta Society Sale Memphis Botanic Garden, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Annual sale with more than 1,000 hostas, plus a tour of the garden’s hosta trail.

Dog-A-Roo Shelby Farms, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., $5 Who let the dogs out? Includes a four-legged 4K, parades, contests, and more. Benefiting Shelby Farms Park Conservancy.

Cuisine of Colombia Chez Philippe, seatings between 6 and 10 p.m., $75 Colombian chef Juan Felipe Camacho oversees a multi-course menu with octopus, mangos, papaya, fish, and passion fruit.

Latino Memphis Festival Overton Park, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $5 This year, the annual festival salutes Colombia, Memphis in May’s honored country. Featuring a salsamaking competition, arts & crafts, salsa dancing, a marketplace, and more.

“Frame Traps: ‘Street Fighter’ Exhibition” Crosstown Arts, 7 p.m.

Artwork inspired by the video game “Street Fighter.” Includes music from Reach playing “Street Fighter” background music. Plus, “Street Fighter” cosplay.

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Rocket and Groot lead the animated mayhem in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

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Transforming Glam Cait Brennan carries on — with a new Memphis-made album.

“A swirling mash-up of early ’70s influences, Third avoids sounding retro or dated because Brennan’s musical heroes were known for their inventiveness, and that, too, is the chief quality of her songs.”

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hen someone has suffered violence simply for being who they are, there’s an urgency to the lyrics: “Kinda tried to hide it, but I never denied it.”

Cait Brennan sings these words, and everything else on her new album, Third, as if her life depended on it. Not that she can’t reveal a light touch, as when she sings, “He knows too much, I think we’ll have to kill him.” If the latter is built on a bedrock of T. Rex handclaps and chugging electric guitars, mixing the lighthearted with the murderous, that just comes with the territory in Trans Glam Soul.

Forget the “trans” for a minute, though, unless by that you mean her transcendence of such labels. A swirling mash-up of early ’70s influences, Third avoids sounding retro or dated because Brennan’s musical heroes were known for their inventiveness, and that, too, is the chief quality of her songs. Yes, there is an element of comfort food to the lush ELO-like harmonies, but mixed with a perfect Marc Bolan-esque guitar, Brennan’s sharp lyrics, or even the surprise Cuban son in one song’s coda, it becomes its own creature entirely. Whatever you call the music, it’s brimming over with soul.

There are overt nods to that genre on the new record as well, especially in

“Stack Overflow,” which blends a classic Stax stomp and testifying vocals with edgy synth-noise breakdowns. Due to Brennan’s chance meeting with Jody Stephens last year, the album has a lot of Memphis in it. It was tracked and mixed at Ardent Studios, with much of its vintage equipment coloring the sound, including Chris Bell’s Gibson 330 and the Mellotron heard on classic Big Star tracks. Another number, “Shake Away,” was co-written with local songwriting luminary Van Duren, who also plays it; and New Orleans transplant Robert Maché guests on guitar for “Collapse.”

Throughout the record, Brennan’s musical partner and co-producer Fernando Perdomo, who has worked with Beck, Fiona Apple, Jakob Dylan, and Regina Spektor, among others, adds his multi-instrumental talents.

The result sounds like a road-seasoned band, together enough to get loose with old-school swagger, with inventive textures and harmonies layered on top.

There may be echoes of Big Star in the music, with an assist from Ardent, but don’t expect Third to sound like Big Star’s classic album of the same name. This record is propulsive, with big atmospheric beats, scathing guitar duets, tasty Hammond organ and synths, and rousing harmony vocal arrangements. Any debt to the fabled power-poppers of Memphis would be to their earlier albums. While

both Third and Third/Sister Lovers are animated by the same gonzo production spirit, Brennan’s tilts more in the direction of driving rock.

After starting to perform decades ago — about the time she came out as transgender — Brennan took an extended hiatus due to the violent ostracism she faced. Instead of music, she pursued writing and acting. She ultimately became a music writer for LGBT-focused Echo Magazine, based in her hometown of Phoenix. Meanwhile, her screenplays garnered awards at several film festivals.

In 2014, she was featured in an episode of AOL’s True Trans and is known as an articulate spokesperson for transgender rights. Brennan began playing music onstage again in 2012, and last year’s debut, Debutante, made many best-of lists in the music press, including a nod in the Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll. Her powerful voice and well-crafted songs turned heads, and this year’s release will likely cinch her reputation as a creator of classic records.

On Tuesday night, as we went to press, she presided over a release party for the album at Bar DKDC. It’s an appropriate setting, given the record’s ties to the city, and Brennan’s own family roots in this area. Scheduled guest artists were to include Van Duren, Vicki Loveland, Adam Hill, Candace Maché, and Jody Stephens.

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Memphis psych-rockers release one of spring’s essential albums. five in the morning, in the dead of winter,” Ingalls says. “Which is pretty funny because it’s a pretty feel-good, springtime record.”

Sun Kids is definitely a feel-good record, psychedelic in its spirit of sonic exploration, but firmly grounded by a tight rhythm section and occasional acoustic guitar hooks. “We all wanted to have a sort of earthy quality,” Ingalls says. “I know our name’s Spaceface, but we talked extensively about wanting to make something that sounded like it was from this plane of existence.” With shimmering, clean guitar lines and high-and-lonesome vocals dancing over the aforementioned rhythm-section groove, Sun Kids has more in common with MGMT’s Oracular Spectacular or Dr. Dog’s Be the Void than with any of the sprawling jam bands who currently wave the tie-dyed flag of psychedelia. Most of the songs on Sun Kids clock in at around four-and-a-half minutes and have been tooled to pop precision.

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Sun Kids feels fated to become the soundtrack to many Frisbee-themed trips to Shelby Farms. It’s an album that implies a narrative, hints at a story, and the story is a little wild, a little weird, and quintessentially Memphis.

The band has previously released a handful of live and studio EPs, and their cover of King Crimson’s progressive-rock classic “Moonchild” is not to be missed.

Sun Kids is Spaceface’s longest release to date — and their most lush and cohesive.

Essential tracks include album-opener “Parachute,” “Cowboy Lightning,” the dark groove of “Spread Your Head,” and “Time Shares,” which features Julien Baker as a guest vocalist. “We knew she would kill it,” Quinlan says.

Spaceface is packing up their phaser pedals, confetti cannons, and their giant parachute for a West Coast tour beginning this May, with dates in Los Angeles, Denver, Vancouver, and points in between. Sun Kids is available at local record stores and on iTunes and Spotify.

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Jake Ingalls couldn’t help being a little late calling me for our interview — he got hung up trying to survive sound check with the Flaming Lips at the Major Rager festival in Augusta, Georgia, where strong winds threatened to topple the stage.

(I’m sure all those amplifiers, pounds of confetti, facsimile UFOs, and other Lips paraphernalia didn’t help either.)

Ingalls, along with band mate Daniel Quinlan, called me not just to discuss the perilous nature of festival stages, but also to dish the dirt on Memphis-based Spaceface’s new full-length record, Sun Kids (self-released). The sunny psych-rock band formed in 2011 or so with just Matt Strong, Jake Ingalls, and Eric Martin. Later, in 2012, Peter Armstrong, Victor Quinn Hill, and Daniel Quinlan joined the psychedelic trio. In time-honored Memphis tradition, the band shares most of its members with another local act, Strong Martian, and Ingalls, as previously mentioned, is a fullfledged member of the Oklahoma-based, Grammy-winning group the Flaming Lips.

Ingalls was inducted into the Lips in 2013 as a keyboardist and guitarist.

By then, the Flaming Lips had already ridden a series Spaceface of quirky hits like “She Don’t Use Jelly” and the synth-heavy, psych-pop of “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, pt. 1” to stardom.

The band released their 14th studio album this January, and, of course, Ingalls was credited on it (as were guest vocalists Miley Cyrus and Reggie Watts of Comedy Bang! Bang! fame). Membership in such a band opens doors — doubtless, Ingalls never expected to one day collaborate with Miley Cyrus — but it also creates interesting wrinkles in other plans.

Scheduling, particularly, has been difficult for the sun kids in Memphis.

Spaceface recorded Sun Kids over a period of almost two years in three different studios. “That’s how Spaceface tends to have to work anyway,” Ingalls says, “with my being out of town all the time.”

The band worked when Ingalls wasn’t globetrotting with the Lips and when they could make time between work, life, and Spaceface concerts.

The band recorded at Ardent, in their rehearsal space under Minglewood Hall, and at the Grove in Cordova. The circumstances in which the Memphis rockers tracked their debut album stood in stark contrast to the bright sounds that define it. “A bulk of the record was recorded all between the hours of midnight and four or

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DAMIEN ESCOBAR TUESDAY, MAY 16TH CANNON CENTER

After Dark: Live Music Schedule May 11 - 17 Cunning Trio Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.

Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711

Gary Hardy & Memphis 2 Thursdays-Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; Karaoke Thursdays, TuesdaysWednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Sundays-Mondays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Mandi Thomas Fridays, Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; The 901 Heavy Hitters Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Flyin’ Ryan Fridays, Saturdays, 2:30 a.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

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

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

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

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

Blues City Cafe 138 BEALE 526-3637

152 BEALE 544-7011

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

Handy Bar 200 BEALE 527-2687

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

Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE 529-0007

The Jason Wells Band Thursday, May 11, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Pay It Forward Blues Benefit Friday, May 12, 5 p.m.; Memphis Music Monday Third Monday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

Itta Bena 145 BEALE 578-3031

Kayla Walker Thursdays, 67 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.

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 MondaysThursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall

162 BEALE 521-1851

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

King’s Palace Cafe Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851

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

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

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

New Daisy Theatre 330 BEALE 525-8981

Obscura: A Gothic Promenade Friday, May 12, 8 p.m.

182 BEALE 528-0150

255 N. MAIN 576-1200

Memphis Bluesmasters Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Fridays, Saturdays, 4-8 p.m., and Sundays, 3-7 p.m.; BMA Fest with Nick Schnebelen, Tony Braunagel Friday, May 12, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Mambo Combo Saturday, May 13, 4-8 p.m.; Metropolitan Avenue Saturday, May 13, 9 p.m.1 a.m.; Brian Hawkins Blues Party Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; McDaniel Band Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

U.S. Navy Rock Band Public Concert Thursday, May 11, 5-6 p.m.

Silky O’Sullivan’s

Earnestine & Hazel’s

183 BEALE 522-9596

Damien Escobar Tuesday, May 16.

Center for Southern Folklore 123 S. MAIN 525-3655

Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY

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

531 S. MAIN 523-9754

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

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

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

DJ Dance Music MondaysSundays, 10 p.m.

Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020

Salsa Night Saturdays, 8:30 p.m.3 a.m.; Black Love Live 3 Sunday, May 14, 5-9:30 p.m.

The Silly Goose

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.

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

100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium

The Peabody Hotel

W.C. Handy Park

130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

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U.S. Navy Band Public Concert Thursday, May 11, 7-8 p.m.; U.S. Navy Rock Band Public Concert Friday, May 12, 7-8:30 p.m.

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

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

149 UNION 529-4000

Aquanet Thursday, May 11, 6-11 p.m.

The Halloran Centre 225 S. MAIN 529-4299

Rum Boogie Cafe 182 BEALE 528-0150

Young Petty Thieves Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Bob Margolin’s 10th Annual Vizztone Blues Party Friday, May 12, 10 p.m.; Jeff Crosslin Saturday, May 13, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Nighthawks Saturday, May 13, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Sunday, May 14, 8 p.m.-midnight; Eric Hughes Band Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Gracie Curran Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight; Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Cannon Center for the Performing Arts

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

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.; The Rusty Pieces Saturday, May 13, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813

Live Music Fridays.

Men Are From Mars Women Are From Venus Friday, May 12, 8 p.m., and Saturday, May 13, 4 and 8 p.m.

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

The Chaulkies Sunday, May 14, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Loflin Yard 7 W. CAROLINA 310-5529

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.; Kyle Pruzina Live Mondays, 10 p.m.-midnight.

City Champs, John Nemeth, and The Blue Dreamers Friday, May 12.

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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

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule May 11 - 17

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

Ed Finney and the U of M Jazz Quartet Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Unit 901 Friday, May 12, 9 p.m.; The Pistol and the Queen Saturday, May 13, 9 p.m.; David Collins Jazz Sunday, May 14, 6 p.m.; Don and Wayde Tuesdays, 7-10 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Open Mic Music with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight; Clay Parker and Jodi James Tuesday, May 16.

Presents: A Tribute to U2 pt 2 Saturday, May 13, noon; School of Rock Memphis Presents: It’s All in a Name Saturday, May 13, 2 p.m.; School of Rock Memphis Presents: The Soundtrack Show Saturday, May 13, 3 p.m.; School of Rock Memphis Presents: Ultimate Hair Metal Saturday, May 13, 5 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch with River Bluff Clan Sunday, May 14, 11 a.m.

Memphis Nites Club 3297 KIRBY 797-8599

Chick Rogers Sundays, 5 p.m.-3 a.m.

Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

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

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

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

Brian Johnson Band Sunday, May 14, 8:30 p.m.-midnight; Tuesday Tunes on the Terrace Tuesdays, 5-8:30 p.m.

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412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

The Growlers Thursday, May 11, 8 p.m.; Obituary Friday, May 12, 7 p.m.; Famous Last Words, MANAFEST, Altruria 1, Last Chance Saturday, May 13, 7 p.m.; Katzonphyre, Flirting with Sincerity Sunday, May 14, 8 p.m.; Melinda, Rosalia Monday, May 15, 8 p.m.; New Farm Culture, Laramie Tuesday, May 16, 8 p.m.; Golden Dawn, Arkestra Wednesday, May 17, 8 p.m.

Old Millington Winery 6748 OLD MILLINGTON 873-4114

Annual Mothers Day Concert with Massimo Bevilaqua Sunday, May 14.

Germantown Germantown Performing Arts Center 1801 EXETER 751-7500

Huey’s Midtown

David Crosby Thursday, May 11, 7:30 p.m.; Masterworks 6: An American in Paris Sunday, May 14, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

1927 MADISON 726-4372

Juliet and the Lonesome Romeos Sunday, May 14, 47 p.m.; The Heart Memphis Band Sunday, May 14, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

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The Rusty Pieces Friday, May 12, 8-11 p.m.

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The Tower Courtyard at Overton Square 2092 TRIMBLE PLACE

School of Rock Memphis Presents: Grateful Dead vs. Allman Brothers — A Tribute Show Friday, May 12, 6 p.m.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

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

OVERTON PARK 272-2722

“Fearless First” Stax Concert to Celebrate First Responders Friday, May 12, 7:30 p.m.

Midtown Crossing Grill 394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

“The Happening” Songwriter Night Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193

Glorious Abhor with Pseudo Thursday, May 11; Rock-N-Roll

Collierville The Dantones Sunday, May 14, 8:30-11:30 p.m.

1911 POPLAR 244-7904

2119 MADISON 207-5097

Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.; Robert Hull Sundays, 12:303:30 p.m., Saturday, May 13, 12-3 p.m. and Sunday, May 14, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

Huey’s Collierville

Whores, Bummer, Wrong Saturday, May 13; Holy Golden Tuesday, May 16; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Lafayette’s Country Party featuring Derryl Perry Thursday, May 11, 9 p.m.; Almost Famous Friday, May 12, 10 p.m.; Jana and Krista of “Memphis Dawls” Saturday, May 13, 6:30 p.m.; Naughty Professor Saturday, May 13, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Sarah Rector Trio Sunday, May 14, 8 p.m.; John Paul Keith and Co. Mondays, 6 p.m.; Scott Thompson’s Doghorse Rescue Animals Monday, May 15, 6 p.m.; John Kilzer Tuesdays, 8 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle and New Orleans Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m.; Mitchell Ferguson Wednesday, May 17, 8 p.m.

7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Growlers

Lafayette’s Music Room

Shelby Forest General Store

University of Memphis The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND

DJ Kaz Thursday, May 11; Bluff City Bandits Friday, May 12; School of Rock Memphis

East Memphis

Parkway Village/ Fox Meadows

Summer/Berclair

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

O’Cielo Memphis

483 HIGH POINT TERRACE 202-4157

60 N. PERKINS EXT. 537-1483

4672 AMERICAN WAY 454-3969

The HillBenders’ Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry Friday, May 12.

Baila! Memphis 2017 Presents Jr. in Concert Friday, May 12, 9 p.m.-3 a.m.

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House

Poplar/I-240

551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

East Tapas and Drinks 6069 PARK 767-6002

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

Eddie Harris Thursdays, Fridays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Elizabeth Wise Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.; Van Duren Solo Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.

Huey’s Poplar

5727 QUINCE 682-2300

4872 POPLAR 682-7729

Bluff City Soul Collective Sunday, May 14, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Neil’s Music Room Jack Rowell’s Celebrity Jam Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Circus Saturday, May 13, 8 p.m.; Flashback Sunday, May 14, 4-7 p.m.; Eddie Harrison Mondays, 6-10 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends

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

Bartlett Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Twin Soul Friday, May 12, 9 p.m. and Saturday, May 13, 9 p.m.; Backstreet Crawlers Sunday, May 14, 5:30 p.m.; Juno Marrs Wednesday, May 17, 8 p.m.

Old Whitten Tavern 2465 WHITTEN 379-1965

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

7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

The King Beez Sunday, May 14, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Breeze Cayolle and New Orleans Sunday, May 14, 8-11:30 p.m.

North Mississippi/ Tunica Horseshoe Casino & Hotel AT CASINO CENTER, SOUTH OF MEMPHIS, NEAR TUNICA, MS 1-800-303-SHOE

The Righteous Brothers Saturday, May 13.

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

Soul Shockers Sunday, May 14, 8 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke Night Mondays, 9-11 p.m.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

Blues Jam Every Thursday Night Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.; Blackberry Wednesday Friday, May 12, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Jonez’n Saturday, May 13, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Open Mic Night and Steak Night Tuesdays, 6 p.m.midnight.

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

Weirdness: Aktion Kat, Billie Dove, Ivy Dinosaur & the Cassowaries Friday, May 12, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Noise Brigade Saturday, May 13; Capon with Parasite Diet Sunday, May 14.

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Circuit Playhouse

Dearly Departed, in the backwoods of the Bible Belt, the Turpin family has just suffered the loss of their father. Problems keep overshadowing the solemn occasion. Living and dying in the South are seldom tidy and always hilarious. www.playhouseonthesquare.org. $25-$40. Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m., and Sun., 2 p.m. Through May 14.

51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

Crosstown Arts

Cinderella Unfinished, the story begins where the traditional tale ends — at the wedding ceremony of Cinderella and her prince. Enjoy gallery exhibition and performance

by Trezevant, Central, and Manassas students. www.crosstownarts.org.

Thurs., May 11, 5-8 p.m.

430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

The Evergreen Theatre

Don’t Tell Me I Can’t Fly!, parental dictates lead a little girl to seek her own fantasies and ultimately who she really is. www.theatreworksmemphis. org. $20. Sundays, 3 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Through May 21.

1705 POPLAR (274-7139).

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Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, moving swiftly through a series of vignettes, the show covers everything from dating and marriage to the bedroom. Definitely for adults, but will leave audiences laughing. www.orpheum-memphis. com. $55. Fri., May 12, 8-10 p.m., and Sat., May 13, 4-6 & 8-10 p.m.

225 S. MAIN (529-4299).

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Hattiloo Theatre

Gem of the Ocean, takes place in 1904 in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The play unfolds in the home of Aunt Ester, a 285-year-old wise woman. Citizen Barlow has come for her soulcleansing powers. www.hattiloo.org.

Through May 14.

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

The Salvation Army Kroc Center

Cinderella, hearts of children and adults alike will soar when the slipper fits. All performances are pay what you can, sold at the door beginning an hour before each performance. www.stagedoormemphis.org. Sun., 2:30 p.m., and Thurs.-Sat., 7 p.m.

Through May 14.

800 E. PARKWAY S. (729-8007).

Lindenwood Christian Church

A Mother’s Love, take a journey of love, drama, and comedy featuring a night of theater, spoken-word, music, and comedy that includes a three-course dining experience. $30$35. Sat., May 13, 2:30-9 p.m.

2400 UNION (458-8506).

Playhouse on the Square

Million Dollar Quartet, on a Tuesday night shortly before Christmas in 1956, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, and Carl Perkins gather together at Sun Studio for the first and only time. Rock-and-roll at the moment of creation. www.

2017 Animation and Digital Media Senior Showcase at Memphis College of Art, Friday, May 12th playhouseonthesquare.org. $25-$45.

Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m. Through May 28.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Theatre Memphis

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, literary classic explores the family relationships of a wealthy Southern tycoon with recurring motifs of social mores, greed, mendacity, decay, sexual desire, repression, and death in the Mississippi Delta. www. theatrememphis.org. $25. Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m., and Thurs., 7:30 p.m. Through May 14.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

TheatreWorks

Call for Writers: ETC 2nd Annual 10-Minute Play Festival, eight-10 vignettes will be performed at Theatreworks in early September. Three playwrights will win cash prizes. For more information and guidelines, visit website. www.etcmemphistheater.com. $10 entry fee. Through June 30.

Killer Joe, a broke west Dallas trailer trash family come up with a plan to kill the father’s ex-wife to collect her life insurance policy. They hire Killer Joe, a cop by day who moonlights as a murderer for hire. ADULT CONTENT. (484-3467), www. newmoontheatre.org. $20. Fridays, Saturdays, 8-10 p.m., and Sundays, 2-4 p.m. Through May 28.

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

A R T I ST R E C E PT I O N S

Leontyne Price Library at Rust College

Opening reception for “The Life and Legacy of Junior Kimbrough,” exhibition of photos by Bill Steber, Yancey Allison, Adam Smith, David Stevens, and David Katzenstein, folklorist Cheryl Thurber, film footage from rock writer Jas Obrecht, and unearthed festival performance footage. sonandfriendsofjuniorkimbrough. wordpress.com. Fri., May 12, 4-6 p.m.

150 RUST (662-252-8000).

Memphis College of Art

Opening reception for 2017 Spring BFA Exhibition, www.mca.edu. Sat., May 13, 12-2 p.m.

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Metal Museum

Opening reception for “F.I.R.E. James Wade Jr.,” exhibition of cast metal works and drawings by James Wade Jr. that investigate the meaning of place. www.metalmuseum. org. Sun., May 14, 12-2 p.m.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Overton Park Gallery

Opening reception for “Sightlines,” exhibition of paintings by Susan Maakestad. www.susanmaakestad. com. Fri., May 12, 6-8 p.m.

1581 OVERTON PARK (229-2967).

WKNO Studio

Artist reception for “From Frogs to Dogs and Everything in Between,” exhibition of photography and videos of wild and domesticated animal life by Jack Kenner. www.wkno.org.

Fri., May 12, 5-8 p.m.

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

OT H E R A R T HAPPE N I NGS

Art of Science 2017: Call for Artists

Seeking local artists to become inspired by the research at Le Bonheur and express to the public what they’ve learned from scientists inside the laboratory. For more information, email artofsciencememphis@ gmail.com Through May 28.

(774-6380), WWW.METALMUSEUM.ORG.

“Frame Traps: Street Fighter”

Exhibition of artwork inspired by the video game, jazz fusion band Reach will perform remixes of Street Fighter background music, and cosplay models will accent the room.

Walk-in cosplay models welcome.

Sat., May 13, 7-9 p.m.

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

Gallery Talk: “Uprising”

Saturday Sketch

Sketch in the gardens or galleries with a special guest instructor each month. Bring a pad of paper or a sketchbook. Pencils and colored pencils only please. For ages 15+.

Second Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.

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

Small Shop Saturday

Featuring a weekly local vendor in the tap room. Meet the artist and learn about their craft. Saturdays, 1-4 p.m.

GHOST RIVER BREWING, 827 S. MAIN (278-0087), WWW.GHOSTRIVERBREWING.COM.

O N G O I N G ART

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

“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).

Art Village Gallery

“Cartagena: Memorias y Conexiones,” exhibition salutes honored Memphis in May country with works by Colombian artist Jorge Yances. www.artvillagegallery.com.

Through May 26.

410 S. MAIN (521-0782).

ANF Architects

Debbie Likley Pacheco, www.anfa. com. Through May 11.

1500 UNION (278-6868).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

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

Informal gallery discussion about images in the collection that challenged social norms of their time.

Emphasis on artists of the MidSouth. Led by Wayne Dowdy. Wed., May 17, 6 p.m.

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

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

2563 BROAD (323-3008).

Bingham and Broad

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

Ongoing.

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“The Moonpie Project: New Mural by Kevin Bongang,” exhibition of mural series featuring Nashville-based artist. www.crosstownarts.org.

Through May 31.

430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“Jason Miller: objets de mémoire,” exhibition of photographs using everyday objects that have meaning and memories in the artist’s life.

Through July 23.

“Scent and Symbolism: Perfumed Objects and Images,” exhibition considering the role of scent in the history of art through a collection of 140 scented bottles. Regular Admission. Through July 2.

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

4339 PARK (761-5250).

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“Brooks Outside: Tape Art,” exhibition of temporary tape murals by The Rhode Island artist collective. Through May 26.

“Art Builds Creativity,” exhibition of student artwork created by Brooks Museum’s 2016-17 Art Builds Creativity participants.

Through May 21.

“A Feast for the Eyes: 200 Years of American Still-Life Painting from the Hevrdejs Collection,” exhibition of rarely seen still-life paintings by major American artists including James Peale, John F. Peto, Thomas Hart Benton, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Andrew Wyeth.

Through July 30.

Rotunda Projects: Nnenna Okore, exhibition of works with burlap to fashion abstract objects inspired by textures, colors, and landscapes. Through Sept. 10.

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

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

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

DA N C E

Dancefloor Funk

Stax celebrates a century of funk with New Ballet Ensemble and novelty dance hits

by Rufus Thomas inspiring those both young and youngat-heart to leave it all on the dance floor. Free. May 13, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

STAX MUSEUM OF AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC, 926 E. MCLEMORE (942-7685), WWW.STAXMUSEUM.COM.

Shimmy Mob Memphis, Abuse Awareness

Take part in the world’s largest international belly dance event and aise awareness and funds for victims of abuse. Sat., May 13.

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

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Gold Strike Casino

Wayne Brady, mixes improv comedy and song live. goldstrike.com. $35-$60. Sat., May 13, 8 p.m.

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

Landers Center

Festival of Laughs, with Mike Epps, Bruce Bruce, Rickey Smiley, Sommore, and others. www.landerscenter.com. Fri., May 12.

4660 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662-280-9120).

Susan Maakestad’s “Sightlines” at Overton Park Gallery TO U R S

Hotel History Tours with The Peabody Duckmaster

Hear stories from The Peabody’s nearly 150-year history and learn behind-the-scenes details about the charmed life of the world-famous Peabody Ducks. $5-$10. Ongoing, 11:30 a.m.

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

Old Forest Hike

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

OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (276-1387).

P&H Cafe

Open Mic Comedy, Thursdays, 9 p.m.

1532 MADISON (726-0906).

B O O KS I G N I N G S

Booksigning by Ace Atkins and Drake Hall

Author of Robert B. Parker’s Little White Lies will be joined by radio personality Drake Hall for discussion and signing.

Thurs., May 11, 7-8 p.m.

BARNES & NOBLE, 2774 N. GERMANTOWN (386-2468), WWW. STORES.BARNESANDNOBLE.COM.

Booksigning by Joy Bateman

Author discusses and signs The Art of Dining in Memphis III. Sat., May 13, 8-10 a.m.

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2017 Memphis Local Music Festival

Event will be held in lot behind Downtown Elementary School, 10 N. 4th, featuring fun, friends, and local music. Free. Sat., May 13, 12-8 p.m.

BRINSON’S, 341 MADISON (524-0104).

Dog-A-Roo Festival

Meet in the Outback Off-Leash Dog Park for contests, parades, Four-legged 4K Fun Run, pet treats, pet specialist information sessions, and more benefiting Shelby Farms Park Conservancy. $5 donation per car. Sat., May 13, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

BROTHER JUNIPER’S, 3519 WALKER (324-0144), WWW.JOYSARTOFDINING.COM.

SHELBY FARMS, 500 N. PINE LAKE (222-7250), WWW.SHELBYFARMSPARK.ORG/ DOG-A-ROO.

Booksigning by Tara Seals

Kimbrough CottonPatch Blues Festival

Author discusses and signs Bossy Is As Bossy Does: The 5 Keys That Open Doors. Sat., May 13, 1-4 p.m.

URBAN INDULGENCE, 3314 POPLAR (602-6856), WWW.BOSSYISASBOSSYDOES.COM.

LECT U R E /S P EA K E R

PRSA May Luncheon

Featuring executive director Darren Isom who will talk about the work of the Memphis Music Initiative.

Free-$25. Thurs., May 11, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

UNIVERSITY CLUB OF MEMPHIS, 1346 CENTRAL.

Hosted by Robert Kimbrough Sr. Joined by Little Joe Ayers and a star-studded line-up of local legends, life-long friends and family members offer an action-packed weekend Cotton-Patch throwdown. $25.

Fri., May 12, 4-6 & 7-11:45 p.m., Sat., May 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. & 7-11:45 p.m., and Sun., May 14, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. & 4-11:45 p.m.

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Blues Music Awards Week

Fans, musicians, and music professionals are invited to celebrate the blues with events including films, music, and more ending with the Blues Music Awards ceremony. Mon.-Fri., May 8-12.

Latino Memphis Festival

Featuring Colombian cuisine, arts & crafts, kids’ activities, salsa dancing classes, outdoor marketplace & opportunities to get involved with 901 organizations, Fiesta 5K, and Salsa-Making Championship. $5 donation. Sat., May 13, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, WWW.BLUES.ORG.

Dragon Boat Races

OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (901.366.5882), WWW.LATINOMEMPHIS.ORG.

Featuring food, music, and fun all day benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Sat., May 13.

Memphis Greek Festival

MUD ISLAND RIVER PARK, 125 N. FRONT (576-7241), WWW.STJUDE.ORG/DRAGONBOAT.

Enjoy Greek food, pastries, live Greek music and dancing. sanctuary tours, market place, kids activities, and more. Bring three canned goods for free admission. $3. Fri., May 12, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., and Sat., May 13, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, 573 N. HIGHLAND (327-8177), WWW.MEMPHISGREEKFESTIVAL.COM.

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Free Skin Cancer Screenings

Memphis Air Show featuring U.S. Navy Blue Angels, Millington Municipal Airport

3rd Annual Belle Forest 5K Literacy Walk/Run

Enjoy moon bounce, food trucks, live music, and more benefiting the literacy program at Belle Forest Community School. $5. Sat., May 13, 9 a.m.

BELLE FOREST COMMUNITY SCHOOL, 3135 RIDGEWAY (416-7200), WWW.BELLEFOREST5K.COM.

Delta Color Run

Benefiting the Humane Society of the Delta. $25.

Sat., May 13, 10-11 a.m.

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.

Memphis Redbirds Home Games

For more information, visit website. Through May 18.

AUTOZONE PARK, THIRD AND UNION (721-6000), WWW.MEMPHISREDBIRDS.COM.

DOWNTOWN HELENA, AR, CHERRY STREET (501.230.3588), WWW.DELTADUCKYDERBY.EVENTBRITE.COM.

KIDS

Fiesta 5K: A Run for Unity

Bicycle Storytime & How to Ride Class

Celebrates the diversity that builds the 901 community with prizes for overall winners. $15-$30. Sat., May 13, 9-10:30 a.m.

OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (366-5882), WWW.LATINOMEMPHIS.ORG.

Bicycle-themed storytime before heading outside to learn how to ride. Bring kids, bikes, and helmets.

For K-second graders, but older kids who want to learn are welcome. Free. Sat., May 13, 2-3:30 p.m.

COSSITT LIBRARY, 33 S. FRONT (726-6409), WWW.REVOLUTIONSMEMPHIS.COM.

Collierville Youth Fishing Rodeo

Open to ages 12 and under. Prizes and trophies will be awarded for winners in each age category. All participants must bring his/her fishing pole and bait.

License not required. Free. Sat., May 13, 8-11 a.m.

The Memphis Dermatology Society is offering free skin cancer screenings at InsideOut Gym, 2162 Courtland Place in Midtown, and Shady Grove Elementary School, 5360 Shady Grove in East Memphis. Sat., May 13, 9 a.m.-noon.

TENNESSEEDERMATOLOGY.COM.

Memphis Air Show

Featuring U.S. Navy Blue Angels along with lineup of performers. $30. Sat.-Sun., May 13-14, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

W. C. JOHNSON PARK, 419 W C. JOHNSON PARK (457-2777), COLLIERVILLEPARKS.ORG.

MILLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, 8182 HORNET AVE (8727495), WWW.MEMPHISAIRSHOW.ORG.

Navy Day at the Pyramid

Navy Week New Virtual Reality Experience

Featuring U.S. Navy Divers in the aquarium, Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Team displays, and sailors from the state’s namesake submarine, USS Tennessee. Free. Sat., May 13, 12-5 p.m.

BASS PRO PYRAMID, 1 BASS PRO (291-8200).

Pilot a high-speed assault craft or extract Navy SEALs from enemy territory at the Memphis Air Show with high-tech virtual reality experience showcasing what it feels like to be part of today’s Navy. Sat.-Sun., May 13-14, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

S P E C IA L E V E N TS

MILLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, 8182 HORNET AVE (872-7495).

Blues Music Awards

Opera Memphis 60th Anniversary Party

Featuring pre-awards party, ceremony in the Grand Ballroom, nominee performances, seated dinner, and, presentation of awards. $150. Thurs., May 11, 5:30 p.m.

MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (576-1200), WWW.BLUES.ORG.

Seeking: Adults age 18-45, in good health.

Live entertainment, heavy hors d’oeuvres, dessert, and an open bar of beer and wine. $75-$100. Sat., May 13, 7 p.m.

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

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C A L E N DA R: M AY 1 1 - 1 7 continued from page 26 Peabody Rooftop Party

Meet on the roof for music and fun. $10$15. Thursdays, 6-10 p.m. Through Aug. 17.

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

Spay and Neuter Services for LowIncome Pet Owners

Cost lowered to $20 a pet for qualifying pet owners who must be receiving some form of government assistance to qualify for grant given by the Margarette J. Sather Animal Welfare Fund. Call for appointment. Through Aug. 31.

MID-SOUTH SPAY & NEUTER SERVICES, 854 GOODMAN (324-3202), WWW.SPAYMEMPHIS.ORG.

Memphis BBQ for a Cause

MIM attendees have the opportunity to enjoy competition barbecue, other meats, and side dishes with Memphis BBQ for a Cause and Smoking Pigs Barbeque Company. $60. Wed., May 17, 5-9 p.m.

TOM LEE PARK, OFF RIVERSIDE DR., WWW.MEMPHISBBQFORACAUSE.COM.

Seniors OUT for Coffee

Join in conversation over coffee with other LGBTQ seniors. Second Sunday of every month, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

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

Wiseacre Seasonal Launch Fri., May 12, 8 p.m.

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2017 Animation and Digital Media Senior Showcase

Collection of 14 films by graduating seniors including Jeremy Clark, Callie Do, Dezmond Gipson, Ariel Jackson, Alison Johnson, Shavonne Johnson, Taylor Johnson, and others in the Callicott Auditorium. Free. Fri., May 12, 6 p.m.

Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Biography of Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize winner in Literature, told through an impressive collection of interviews. Wed., May 17, 7-9 p.m.

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

Time Warp Drive-In

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

Movies start at dusk. See website for theme and movie line-up. Sat., May 13.

Banned in Memphis: The Wild One

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

The original outlaw biker film. $9. Wed., May 17, 7 p.m.

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

GROWLERS, 1911 POPLAR (244-7904).

U2 3D

Experience U2’s global 2006 “Vertigo” tour in 3D. Thur.-Fri., May 11-12, 7 p.m.

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

H O L I DAY EVE N TS

Iris Orchestra: Mother’s Day Spring Concert

Enjoy music, Mother’s Day craft station, face painting, refreshments, and more. Sat., May 13, 1-3 p.m.

OVERTON SQUARE, MIDTOWN, WWW.OVERTONSQUARE.COM.

Memphis Men of Harmony Chorus, Annual Spring Show: The Women in Our Lives

Songs of romance sung in barbershop harmony for Mother’s Day. Call for more information and reservations. $15. Sat., May 13, 2 p.m.

ST BENEDICT AT AUBURNDALE HIGH SCHOOL, 8250 VARNAVAS, CORDOVA (870-8629), WWW.

Mother’s Day Brunch at the Garden

Treat Mom to an unforgettable experience in the Japanese Garden featuring a catered buffet, live music, children’s craft, and the most scenic setting in town. $45 members, $55 nonmembers. Sun., May 14, 10:30 a.m.-noon.

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

Mother’s Day Champagne Brunch

Celebrate Mom in the Grand Ballroom. Call for more information and reservations. $37.95. Sun., May 14, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS HOLIDAY INN, 3700 CENTRAL (678-5410).

Mother’s Day Tea

After tea, mimosas, scones, lemon squares, and brownies, there will be a short but sweet tour of the cemetery grounds. Advance registration is required. $35. Sat., May 13, 10 a.m.

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

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Mother’s Day with the Redbirds

Super Soul Brunch: Mom Edition

Kick off Mother’s Day weekend featuring live soul music and buffet of favorites. $12. Sat., May 13, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

THE CARITAS VILLAGE, 2509 HARVARD (327-5246).

U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Brass Quintet

4pm & 8pm Two Winners Each Day

Registration: 2pm-7pm, Group Check-in Desk Tournament: 3pm Come join the fun because everyone who plays wins... EVERYONE!

Celebrate Navy Week Memphis with a free musical performance of patriotic selections outside the museum during Brooks Outside installation, “Tape Art.” Sat., May 13, noon.

Win a half side of beef and an 8-cubic foot freezer. Receive one entry for every 20 points earned each Tuesday.

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

ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET

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Celebrate you and all you do for the Community Legal Center featuring craft beers on tap for purchase, authentic tacos, and sweet treats. Good beer, good food, good times. Free. Thurs., May 11, 5-7 p.m.

WISEACRE BREWERY, 2783 BROAD.

Fridays & Saturdays in May • 6pm - 10pm If the last three digits of your Key Rewards card match the three selected numbers in the exact order, you win a guaranteed minimum of $500 cash! 5X entries on Sundays, 10X entries on Mondays, and 20X entries on Tuesdays.

Cooper Young Pup Crawl

Participating businesses will offer canine-themed drinks and donate 10 percent of sales from Pup Crawlers to the Humane Society. Stop at the gazebo at Cooper and Young for wristband to ensure purchases are counted. Thurs., May 11, 6-9 p.m.

COOPER-YOUNG DISTRICT, CORNER OF COOPER AND YOUNG.

FitzgeraldsTunica.com • 1-662-363-LUCK (5825) • Must be 21 and a Key Rewards member. See Cashier • Players Club for rules. Tax and resort fee not included in listed price. Advance hotel reservations required and subject to availability. $50 credit or debit card is required upon hotel check-in. Arrivals after 6pm must be guaranteed with a credit card.

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A Joint Joint A visit to Barbie’s Bar Light.

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Drinking at Barbie’s is a spectator sport. I certainly didn’t want to interrupt anyone at the pool table or dartboard to ask them about their favorite Berclairarea watering hole. They came and went, clutching their fancy pool cues to their chests as if they were newborns. My friend remarked, “Some people go to church.

Barbie’s regulars go to Barbie’s.” He nailed it. I’m not entirely sure some of those folks leave when the door closes and locks for the night.

Barbie’s is one of the few places in town that, from what I have noticed, serves the trifecta of Busch, Bud Ice, and Natural Light in bottles. There’s a menu, too, offering burgers and pork rinds.

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As Toby Keith’s “I Love This Bar” plays in the background, I ask Christy if I can pay up with her. The woman is swamped. She’s the only one working a huge crowd, but you’d never know it.

She keeps it together and courteous the whole time. She’s constantly cleaning out ashtrays, offering her guests more beer, and straightening up tables. I highly recommend this place, especially for anyone interested in darts or joining a pool league. If you work in the Berclair area, make this your new happy hour spot. I can’t promise you a seat at the bar, but I can guarantee Barbie’s will have a spot for you somewhere.

Barbie’s Bar Light, 661 N. Mendenhall, is open seven days a week.

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veryone has seen the empty lot on Summer with the For Sale sign, where all there is to denote this barren lot as the original location of Barbie’s Place is a faded sign advertising pool and karaoke. I’ve driven past this lot for years and always wondered about Barbie and what became of her bar. Turns out, Barbie’s Place, now called Barbie’s Bar Light Sports Bar, is just down the street at the corner of Summer and Mendenhall.

If you’re coming to drink at Barbie’s, it’s best to know a few house rules. This is a beer-drinking, cigarette-smoking joint. They don’t serve liquor, but you can bring your own and pay for a $3 set-up of mixer and ice for each drink. Barbie’s expects its patrons to have a good time, so there’s a two-drink minimum if you’ve brought your own spirits. This is a dartthrowing, pool-shooting joint, with numerous pool leagues reigning supreme. If you take a dart to the head, then you didn’t heed the rules. This is a jukebox joint, and you better be able to croon a few country songs along with the regulars, because it’s doubtful you’ll hear anything off the pop charts.

Barbie’s Bar Light, despite what it looks like from the outside, is huge inside. There’s plenty of seating, even with pool tables taking up half the space. The windows are covered, ensuring that what happens in Barbie’s stays in Barbie’s. Turns out, a lot can happen when you offer buckets of six ice-cold beers for $13 Monday through Thursday. My friend and I got our bucket from Christy, the bartender working that evening, and sat down at a table to watch the pool league battles go down.

Everywhere people were pulling liquor bottles out of their purses and jackets and jamming them into their own ice-filled beer buckets. Nearby, a woman in pearls with perfectly manicured nails poured herself a tall drink from her own handle of vodka and topped it with Evian water and a squeeze of lime she pulled from her bag. This is a tempting option for those of us who complain about the regulated liquor pours at other bars and restaurants.

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Making Pimm’s Cups for a crowd involves just a bit more work. Line up six of those half-pint Mason jars, and add slices from two lemons, two oranges, and a cucumber to each jar. Top that with a few mint leaves and a couple of fresh cherries, then pour a quarter-cup of Pimm’s No. 1 into each jar. Screw on the lids, and take a few bottles of ginger beer to the party with you. When you get to your destination, fill each jar with ice and top it with ginger beer.

It took a trip to visit friends in Portland, Oregon, one summer for me to discover the delicious blend of Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka (which is distilled off the coast of South Carolina) and lemonade, another easily potable Mason jar cocktail. The recipe couldn’t be simpler: equal parts booze and lemonade, over ice, with a lemon twist.

Admittedly, the blueberry-infused vodka lemonade recipe on the Washington, D.C.-based blog “KeepItSimpleFoods” makes for a showier cocktail. You’ll need to do some advance prep work to make this drink, allowing at least 12 hours to infuse vodka with fresh blueberries, which will give you a gorgeous purple base for your cocktail. Strain the infusion, and save the berries for later. Once you’re ready to make your cocktail, you’ll want to thaw out some frozen berries and add sugar. Place them into the bottom of a Mason jar, and pack the jar with ice. Next, pour in one part blueberry vodka to two parts lemonade, and give the jar a shake.

Add a thin slice of lemon, and serve.

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pring is in full swing.

And along with the tempestuous weather and the blooms, this season brings plenty of outdoor activities.

Last weekend, I attended a crawfish boil; the weekend before, a cookout in Overton Park. Both required bringing some kind of adult beverage. Instead of picking up the ubiquitous six pack or screw-top wine, I’ve been pre-mixing cocktails in Mason jars. I might be a few steps behind on the Pinterest trend, but short of pouring a quart of beer into a YETI tumbler, there’s a reason why Mason jars are the go-cups du jour.

First, they’re versatile. A Pimm’s Cup, a margarita (frozen or onthe-rocks), a Bloody Mary, an adult lemonade, a daiquiri, or a simple gin and tonic — they all work in a Mason jar. Second, they can be somewhat healthy; the trick lies in finding recipes that rely on frozen fruit, which will help keep your drink cold longer and cause less dilution than ice. Third, when you add a layer of wax paper between the lid and the band, your drink won’t spill while you’re traveling with it. And fourth, they’re eco-friendly.

Now is the time to begin stockpiling Mason jar daiquiris, which will keep for a month in the freezer. For my go-to recipe, which I found on the blog “The Yummy Life,” you’ll need frozen concentrated lemonade or limeade, frozen fruit, and rum. Combine all the ingredients in the blender with ice, then pour the concoction into half-pint mason jars, leaving at least a half-inch of space at the top for expansion. Screw on the lids, and place your drinks in the freezer.

Because of the alcohol in the rum, they’ll never freeze completely — at most you’ll need to thaw a daiquiri for five or 10 minutes to return it to that perfect slushy consistency.

Make-ahead frozen margaritas are just as easy. Blend frozen concentrated limeade, tequila, triple sec, and lime juice in a blender, add ice and blend again, then pour them into half-pint Mason jars, again leaving space at the top for expansion. When you’re ready to serve (as soon as an hour or up to a few weeks later), have a plate of

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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

Jetpack Joyride Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 saves the universe one ELO song at a time.

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uardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 never gets better than its opening sequence. To bring Vol. 1 to a successful conclusion, Groot, the mono-phrased, living tree-man portrayed, as far as it goes, by Vin Diesel, had to sacrifice himself. But, since he’s a tree, he budded and was replanted by his platonic life partner Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) — now known simply as Rocket,

because apparently it’s okay to have a talking raccoon heavy weapons specialist in your movie, but using the word “Raccoon” in his name is just a step too far for the Disney marketing department. Anyway, Groot has now grown enough to walk, and when you’re traveling in Star-Lord’s company, you’re going to get into some weird scrapes. The camera follows Baby Groot through a battle with a rando glitter octopod, introducing the perpetually bickering Guardians of the Galaxy in turn: the giant,

Zoe Saldana and Chris Pratt (above) are Marvel Studios’ leading space misfits.

blue Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), green-skinned daughter of Thanos Gamora (Zoe Saldana), and the self-appointed Star-Lord, Peter Quill (Chris Pratt). Like most of the rest of the movie, it’s practically all computer animated, but director James Gunn and the Marvel team simulate an Alfonso CuarÓn-style, single take tracking shot focusing on what all the laser-fueled mayhem looks like to the sapling Groot.

In addition to being visually thrilling, the shot immediately establishes Baby Groot as the audience surrogate and sets the tone for what we’re about to see: spectacular scenes of stylized, bloodless battle delivered with a wink and nudge.

Science fiction started out in the 1800s as a fairly serious-minded enterprise. Then in the early 1900s, it devolved into lurid

stories for pulp magazines. Since then, scifi books and movies have either embraced the pulp tradition or pushed against it — is it better to be respectable, or is it better to be fun? It seems weird that Arrival and Barbarella are in the same genre, but they represent its two extremes. Star Wars straddled the line between serious and silly by mapping pulp tropes onto a mythological framework. Perhaps because its source material is the descendant of the pulp magazine, comic books, Guardians of the Galaxy sees no need to feign seriousness.

Gunn and company just go for whatever feels good from moment to moment.

They’ve got jetpacks, and they’re not afraid to use them.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is providing exactly what Hollywood has historically done best: cinematic comfort food.

Besides, Kurt Russell is in it. He plays Ego, the Living Planet, who is pretty self explanatory. The question of whether or not Ego is Star-Lord’s long-lost father provides the plot-like structure to prop up one eye-popping space action sequence after another from Disney’s golden hoard of digital artists. It’s a tribute to Chris Patt’s charisma that he can share scene after scene with Russell and not be overwhelmed by the actor’s epic facial hair.

The other bit of silly alchemy that continues to work for the Guardians franchise is marrying 1970s cheese rock with insane space action. Both Star Trek: Beyond and Doctor Strange tried the same trick, only

to fall flat. Guardians nails it repeatedly.

Sure, he’s got a knack for snappy dialog and endearing character beats, but Gunn’s unerring ear is his secret weapon.

It’s cool to be back in these characters’ colorful, crazy world, but the story seems like a thin, disjointed collection of leftover ideas. The swashbuckling is first rate, but the scale of the violence and the casualness with which it is dispatched by our heroes is occasionally icky. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 may not be a masterpiece, but it’s a movie that knows exactly what it’s trying to accomplish. Sometimes, that’s enough.

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Two weeks ago, under the cover of New Orleans’ early morning darkness, construction workers wearing flak jackets disassembled the Battle of Liberty Place Monument obelisk, loaded it onto a truck, and hauled it away. A Reconstruction-era relic, the Liberty Monument was built to honor the Battle at Liberty Place, an attempted coup by a group of Confederate insurgents known as the White (Man’s) League. The White League rejected the legitimacy of Louisiana’s Reconstruction government, murdered municipal police officers, occupied government property for three days, and, ultimately, fought to disenfranchise recently freed black voters. In 1891, the city erected a monument to commemorate the 1874 uprising. White League supporters added an inscription to the monument in 1932, celebrating the coup and the reinstatement of “white supremacy in the South.”

The Liberty Monument has faced opposition in recent years. In 1970, Mayor Moon Landrieu erected a plaque acknowledging that the inscription did not accurately represent the politics of modern New Orleans. The inscription was fully covered by 1981, and in 1998, the monument was moved into storage until David Duke filed a lawsuit that forced the city to move it back into public view. After nearly 150 years, the monument has finally been removed for good and will be followed by the deconstruction of other monuments that celebrate the Confederacy and its heroes.

At the removal of the monument, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu released a statement, saying: “Relocating these Confederate monuments is not about taking something away from someone else. This is not about politics, blame, or retaliation. … We can remember these divisive chapters in our history in a museum or other facility where they can be put in context — and that’s where these statues belong.”

Of course, this perfectly reasonable logic sent Confederate fanboys, “Heritage Not Hate” folks, and professional devil’s advocates frothing. They lined up to lament our national caving to the liberal/industrial complex and the legions of special snowflakes who would rather not be reminded of a time when their ancestors could be bought and sold from a market. “Think of the history,” they cried, their boots firmly planted on land forcibly ripped from its original inhabitants. “Those who can’t remember the past are doomed to repeat it” was their rallying cry.

Memphis has had its own monument struggles. In 2015, the Memphis City Council voted to move the remains and commemorative statue of slave trader and Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest in the months following the massacre of nine black churchgoers at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. The council’s application to relocate the monument was denied by the Tennessee Historical Commission, citing changes to the 2013 Tennessee Heritage Protection Act (THPA). A few months prior to the council’s request, the THPA was strengthened by the Tennessee Legislature shortly following the Charleston shooting and the public conversation around the proper placement of Confederate monuments, moving from requiring a majority vote for changes to requiring a two-thirds vote.

“When we start removing these symbols, we take away that history, and they never have the opportunity nor the privilege to know about it,” sponsor Representative Steve McDaniel said in 2013.

The “Won’t Somebody Please Think of the History?” argument is old and tired, just like the folks who use it. The preservation of these symbols and monuments are about upholding a specific type of historical consciousness, one that reminds their mostly white and mostly male defenders of a time their state-sanctioned power was enough to keep the coloreds in their place. These symbols do nothing to teach further generations about history outside of representing the lengths to which these racist sympathizers will go to cushion their fragile egos and wrongheaded historical narratives. As historical artifacts, these monuments are usually devoid of necessary context, making them little more than a slap in the face to taxpayers who find these symbols representative of their continued oppression.

The history argument is also a lie. People who want to preserve Confederate monuments and symbols don’t care about history at all, or else there’d be monuments celebrating all of the groups that truly built this country instead of those who’ve profited off their bodies and their continued disenfranchisement. But we all know that these monuments don’t persist because of any dedication to historical accuracy. They exist because our country is full of racists who need the ghosts of Confederate fighting men to tuck them in at night. The “heritage not hate” argument may be a legitimate feeling for some, but for many others it is used as a shield to project pathological ideas and hateful rhetoric at black citizens. Why else would black Memphians be forced to gaze upon the visage of a man who massacred their ancestors, except to remind them of their place?

With the continued obstruction of the Tennessee Historical Commission and the strident bloviating of Confederate supporters keeping Forrest firmly enshrined in an area undergoing futuristic renovations, you have to wonder what is really keeping these people stuck in the past. Is it a fear of progress, or is it simple hatred?

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

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