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I was wandering through the Midtown Kroger on a recent Saturday night. Sounds like the beginning of a really bad novel, right? Or maybe I just have a lousy social life?

Neither, actually. We were having friends over the next day and I needed a couple of things, and decided I’d rather go at night than battle the Sunday post-church crowd.

So, there I was, pondering whether or not I needed another package of bacon, when I saw former Mayor A C Wharton, also shopping alone. He was wearing a sharp, pin-striped seersucker suit. Crisp white shirt. No tie. I felt a bit underdressed.

“Hello, Mr. Mayor,” I said.

“Why, hello,” he responded. “How are you?”

“Pretty good, sir.”

“You have plenty to write about these days, don’t you?”

“I sure do.”

The former mayor went on to mention that he really liked a column I wrote about President Trump’s cabinet meeting — the one where everyone in the room toadied up to Trump with fulsome praise.

“I now require my staff to praise me at the beginning of each meeting,” Wharton said, grinning.

“Good plan, sir,” I said. “I do the same. Keeps them on their toes.”

And on we went about our shopping. It was such a Memphis moment. At that same Kroger I’ve seen tons of Grizzlies players, notable musicians of every stripe (from Stax legends to opera singers to current stars), leaders in the arts and education and theater, congressmen, chefs, hotshot lawyers — you name it.

Everybody in Memphis goes Krogering, it seems. It’s the great equalizer.

Ronnie Grisanti’s restaurant at Poplar and Humes was also that kind of place.

You’d see Wharton, Harold Ford, Steve Cohen, Willie Herenton, Jerry West, and every Grizzlies coach who ever coached, including the three Italians in a row we once had (Fratelli, Barone, and Iavaroni), each of whom I saw hanging at Ronnie’s bar on many occasions.

It was the center of the Memphis dining universe from the mid-’90s to the midaughts, and it was often my habit to go on Tuesdays after we put the Flyer to bed. I never had a boring evening or a bad meal.

And Ronnie was at the center of it all, greeting everyone by name, shuffling you to the bar with a bit of gossip in your ear while you waited for your table. No reservations at Ronnie’s. You showed up and took your chances. And if you were a regular, at some point Ronnie would take your picture and put it on the wall somewhere. Mine was on the men’s room door, but hey, it was there, a badge of honor, a sign I’d made it. Or something.

Ronnie died last weekend, at 79, marking the end of an era. He’d moved his restaurant out to Collierville in recent years, out of my dining comfort zone, but I’m sure it was a nice place, because he was a nice man — larger than life — and he’ll N E WS & O P I N I O N be missed by all who knew him.

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ART Last week a 22-year-old photograph of Memphis golfer John Daly and a streaker interrupting Daly’s shot at the British Open made its way around Twitter with the tag, “Basically a Renaissance painting.”

Others instantly tested the theory by running the photo through art filters, and measuring it against the golden mean. Measures up.

VERBATIM “Make yourself the preeminent conservative in the state. Remember, it is a competition, and by passive aggressively one-upping all other politicians, you can appear to be really nice, but in reality, you are crushing the reputations and political futures of potential opponents.

Which is good to do because self-centered, attention-grabbing is a useful skill to ensure your future political success.” — Fake Mae Beavers.

This passage is a brief excerpt from a long, brutal email parodying Beavers, the porn-busting Conservative state Senator and gubernatorial candidate. The email went public last week after being circulated by political insiders.

NEVERENDING ELVIS “Million Dollar Quartet made money, and it was great and had no negativity about Elvis. But it was no Jersey Boys or Lion King.” — Corey Salter, an executive vp for EPE’s parent company, Authentic Brands Group.

Salter was talking to Deadline Hollywood about Heartbreak Hotel, a new musical by Million Dollar Quartet playwright Floyd Mutrux.

Heartbreak Hotel starts tryouts this summer, aiming for an eventual Broadway run.

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TRUMP GIVES STORM HELP President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration for the state of Tennessee last week in response to the Memorial Day weekend storms.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said help will be available to supplement state and local storm-recovery efforts in 12 Tennessee counties, including Shelby County.

Local government officials, as well as certain private nonprofit organizations may apply for reimbursement for emergency work or repair resulting from the storm.

RUSSELL NEW CA EDITOR Mark Russell has been named the new executive editor of The Commercial Appeal, the newspaper announced last week. Russell will become the first African American to lead the newsroom in the paper’s 176-year-old history.

Russell was serving in the role on an interim basis, following the May departure of the CA’s former editor Louis Graham.

Russell was hired as managing editor of the CA in 2013, coming from posts as executive editor and managing editor of The Orlando Sentinel. Russell had also held posts as The Boston Globe, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, and the Wall Street Journal, according to the CA. FLYER COMMENTS GO PUBLIC The Memphis Flyer website began accepting story comments only from registered Facebook or Google accounts last week.

“Until now, we’ve allowed people to register with their own name, anonymously, semi-anonymously, and even not to register at all to make comments,” said Flyer editor Bruce VanWyngarden.

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multiple sock-puppet accounts, and personal attacks on Flyer staffers and other commenters.

“Monitoring and deleting reader comments was a constant hassle, even (and especially) on weekends, and, frankly, it was a waste of our time and energy.”

MATA APPROVES FOUR NEW ROUTES The Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) board of commissioners voted last week to instate four new routes, including the 31 Firestone which will restore service to areas once served by the 31 Crosstown that was discontinued in 2013.

Although, the new Firestone route will serve parts of New Chicago in North Memphis, it will not connect to South Memphis, like its predecessor, 31 Crosstown.

Members of the Memphis Bus Riders Union count this new route as a victory but are still pushing to have the route return its service to South Memphis.

Other new routes will run to the Airways Transit Center and from downtown to the Agricenter International.

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RALLY FOR HEALTH CARE Dozens protested the Senate’s version of Trumpcare here last week with signs reading, “health care not wealth care” and “health care is a human right.”

Organized by the Coalition for Organizational Protection of People and Equal Rights (COPPER) in collaboration with the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU), the rally was meant to grab the attention of Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander, said Vee Banks, who also helped to organize the gathering.

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Natural Healing Arkansas fires up its medical marijuana program.

Applications were available last week.

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Arkansas fired the starting pistol on its medical marijuana program last week as applications went public for patients, growers, and dispensaries.

Arkansans approved medical marijuana in 2016 with a constitutional amendment that won 53 percent of the vote. A similar measure was narrowly defeated there in 2012.

State officials have been working since November to design and implement the program.

Starting Friday, patients could apply for a medical marijuana ID card for a cost of $50. Arkansas officials said they expect 20,000 to 40,000 patients to apply. Those cards will be issued 30 days before Arkansas dispensaries begin selling marijuana, which is expected in early 2018.

Also, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC) began accepting applications for “cultivation” facilities, or marijuana grow operations. The AMMC will issue only five licenses but can issue up to eight if necessary or less than five if qualified applicants don’t meet the September 18th application deadline.

The commission also started to accept applications for 32 dispensaries across the state. The commission carved up the state in eight geographic zones, and each zone will get four dispensaries. The zone closest to Memphis stretches from the Missouri boot heel to Crittenden County, home to West Memphis.

“The applications [for growers and dispensaries] will cover a lot of subjects and will require a lot of information from the applicants,” said Dr. Ronda Henry-Tillman, chairman of the AMMC. “The goal is to have the best possible facilities here in Arkansas, and 6 we’ve designed the applications to help us find the very best.”

Not all cities are required to have medical marijuana dispensaries, though. The law passed by voters allows cities to opt out. So far, only Hot Springs and Siloam Springs have chosen bans (but those bans are only a few months long).

Of course, the law does not give marijuana patients carte blanche to smoke just anywhere. According to the law, marijuana cannot be consumed on a school bus, on the grounds of any preschool or primary or secondary school, in a motor vehicle, any government building, health-care facility, and other designated areas.

Also, those who qualify for the program must have a doctor’s note verifying they have a lawmakerapproved malady such as cancer, glaucoma, HIV, Crohn’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and more.

While the program is not yet off the ground, business is already growing around it. And why not? Arkansas’ medical marijuana industry is expected to grow to about $70 million in the next seven years, according to figures from KUAR, Little Rock’s public radio station.

Companies wanting in are dispensaries and growers, of course.

But others aren’t so on the nose.

Last week a company called Herbal Compliance held meetings at Horsehoe Lake to lure investors in hopes of raising between $100,000 and $1 million. The minimum buy-in was $100.

That money will be used to finance a business that aims to help marijuana companies navigate the waters between state law and federal law.

It’s unclear so far just how having legal marijuana across the river will affect Memphis. Only Arkansas residents can apply for the program.

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July 6-12, 2017

With gubernatorial field remaining static, speculation turns to Corker’s seat; Shelby Dems about to reorganize.

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As of the 4th of July weekend, there was no significant change in the prospective lineup for next year’s race for governor to succeed the termlimited Republican incumbent Bill Haslam.

The two definite Republican entries — former state Economic Development Commissioner Randy Boyd and Nashville businessman Bill Lee — are still the only formally declared candidates on the Republican side. Fourth District U.S. Representative Diane Black, state House Speaker Beth Harwell, and State Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris of Collierville are still the main GOP figures on the maybe list. (Norris also remains one of the serious maybes to fill a vacant federal judgeship.)

Former Nashville mayor Karl Dean is the only Democrat to have made a 2018 governor’s race official, but state House Democratic Leader Craig Fitzhugh of Ripley is considered a likely candidate, as well.

All that is same-old, same-old. Where there is renewed speculation on the statewide political scene is in regard to the U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican Bob Corker. The Senator is chairman of the influential Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and is also an important and active member of the Senate’s Banking and Budget committees.

Since his election in 2006 in a close race with Democratic nominee Harold Ford Jr., Corker has steadily become one of the more prominent GOP voices in Congress. In 2016, he was seriously considered by then-candidate Donald Trump as a possible vice-presidential running mate. And there have been off-and-on rumors that Corker wants to run for president at some point.

It has long been assumed, and still is, that Corker will be a candidate for reelection to his Senate seat, which comes due again in 2018. But other scenarios have been floated — including a possible Corker race for governor in tandem with a Haslam

race for the Senate seat that would then be open.

Whatever the case, other candidates are eyeing a race for Corker’s seat next year. At least one Democrat, Nashville lawyer and Iraq war vet James Mackler is already running and has sent out an elaborate mailer statewide boosting his candidacy.

And there are also Republicans who are looking covetously at Corker’s Senate seat — especially on the GOP’s right wing and in its Tea Party constituency, where Corker’s oftprofessed readiness to work across the aisle with Democrats on various issues has aroused suspicion.

The senator may also have raised hackles on the Republican right with recent statements expressing concern over actions by Trump, such as the Senator’s statement, in the wake of his firing FBI Director James Comey in May, that the president seemed to be

Senator Bob Corker on a “downward spiral.”

More recently, Corker has vowed to block arms sales by the administration to member nations of the Middle Eastern Gulf Cooperation Council, including feuding U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Seventh District Congressman Marsha Blackburn is said to have considered a Senate race, and other names mentioned as possible Republican opponents for Corker include Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, State House Representative Andy Holt, and Americans for Prosperity Tennessee state director Andrew Ogles.

Another possible GOP challenger is Mark Green, the state senator from Clarksville who was recently nominated by President Trump to

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Since his election in 2006 in a close race with Democratic nominee Harold Ford Jr., Corker has steadily become one of the more prominent GOP voices in Congress.

In 2016, he was seriously considered by then-candidate Donald Trump as a possible vice-presidential running mate.

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become Secretary of the Army but had to withdraw from consideration amid objections to his ultra-conservative social views from Democrats and moderate Republicans.

Previous to that, Green had been considered a prominent prospect to run for governor, but he has since said no to resuming that quest. A brand-new website boosting his possible candidacy for the U.S. Senate has appeared under the auspices of Nashville activist Rick Williams, however, and it is known that Green has ambitions to serve on the federal scene.

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Town Hall Time A group of local Democrats, acting on the premise that several key elected officials representing this area have been less than accessible to constituents wanting to express themselves on pending health-care legislation, have scheduled their own “town hall” meeting on the matter for this Saturday, July 8th, at the IBEW Meeting Hall on Madison.

It remains to be seen how much of a turnout this event will generate beyond the party cadres who organized it, although the city and its environs certainly contain a fair number of health-care activists, as well as a considerable complex of medicalrelated sites, and, needless to say, as a poverty capital of sorts, a largish number of individuals whose need for medical care is both acute and problematic.

Local Republicans may either ignore the event or dismiss it as a political stunt, which, in some measure, it may very well be. But that does not diminish the need for such public ventings of the health-care issue, especially since the three elected officials pinpointed by organizers of Saturday’s event — Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker and 8th District congressman David Kustoff — have indeed not been as forthcoming to their constituents as they might be, though all have, to some degree, posted official statements on the matter.

Unfortunately, these tend to reflect standard Republican talking points against the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”) rather than involving direct interactions with members of the public, many of whom depend on the ACA and fear its extinction. To the extent that statements by the three

officials have been part of an actual discussion, they belong to the rote responses and the dueling positions of a highly partisan Capitol Hill.

To be sure, any effort to discuss the health-care issue in a genuinely open public meeting risks being caught in a crossfire of conflicting accusations and demands. We have all seen clips of such meetings held elsewhere. So far there have been none locally, beyond a three-hour no-holds-barred town meeting in the cavernous East High School auditorium held earlier this year

by Memphis’ Democratic congressman Steve Cohen. As it happened, discord was not a feature of that jam-packed affair, though Cohen has certainly been willing to take his risks and, as may be, his lumps — which was the case in 2009 when a Tea Party crowd challenged him for his support of the Affordable Care Act at a boisterous meeting at the Bridges building downtown.

Now, with repeal-and-replace efforts underway in Congress but with the issue still hanging fire, it is the turn of ACA’s opponents — including Corker, Alexander, and Kustoff — to put themselves on the line and take their chances in free and open public assemblies. We earnestly hope that current efforts by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to ram through a hastily concocted version of TrumpCare will continue to fail, giving our elected officials a chance to do so in the forthcoming August recess.

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Back to Paper campaigns.

Not only does credibility go, we are spending a fortune on these high-powered, inefficient, Rube Goldberg machines, when more reliable results can be achieved much quicker, far cheaper, and with the utmost credibility by the former system.

Yes, it’s time we go back to the old lever machines or, better yet, paper ballots. If a precinct has 3,000 votes with 12 precinct workers, the votes could be counted and verified in 30 minutes. There would also be a paper trail, should questions arise.

France uses a paper ballot system. In that country’s recent national elections, the votes were tallied and the result was known before midnight. Similarly, Canada uses only paper ballots for its national and provincial elections — ballots that afford each party the opportunity to inspect the counting.

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This is not a partisan issue.

Concerns about the lack of credibility in the system have been expressed by both parties.

Americans believe we’ve become so sophisticated with our computerization, polling, and exit polling, but all this really does is allow the media to project a winner five minutes before one of its competitors. The credibility and sanctity of the ballot far outweighs the importance of this media silliness.

It’s now time for the public to actively urge our Election Commission and state and federal legislators to immediately pass legislation mandating a return to the simplest, most efficient, most honest, and cheapest means to vote.

And that’s the paper ballot and our former voting machines.

We know hackers can steal credit card information by walking by a user of an ATM. Do we believe the voting system that’s in place is not as vulnerable?

Our democracy is too precious to put it in the hands of politically motivated parties, rival nations, or angry computer hackers and geeks.

John Vergos served two terms on the Memphis City Council and has been active in Memphis and Shelby County politics for decades.

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What scares me the most about Russia’s intrusion into our election process are the reports that they may have had access to our voter rolls, voting booths, and voting results. This hacking into our computer voting mechanisms has been a concern of many for quite some time.

This country made a decision years ago to computerize our voting system. It’s not because it is more accurate. It’s certainly not quicker, and it’s definitely not more efficient. In the last three election cycles in Memphis, we waited until long after 10 p.m. for any results, and it was after midnight before we knew who won. It’s a scary mess.

Before I was elected to two terms on the Memphis City Council, I unsuccessfully ran in 1977 for the same seat. The voting mechanism was not computerized. It was the old system, where voters went into a voting booth, pulled the switch to close the curtain, flipped the voting levers, then pulled the red switch to record the vote.

At 7 p.m., when the polls closed, the voting officials pulled the lever at the back of the booth and the final totals were spit out on a paper tally, much like a cash register tape. All the totals from the machines in each precinct were added together and the final results were phoned in by the precinct chairman to Election Central. Candidates were allowed to have a poll watcher witness the total being tabulated and phone them in to their candidate’s headquarters. The candidates knew whether they had won or lost by 7:30 p.m.

It was quick, efficient, honest, and had credibility.

Where are we today? Computerization has not made it quicker, nor more efficient, and we are now learning there is a real potential for dishonesty by hacking the vote. Most importantly, the system lacks credibility. Because of the possibility of hacking, confidence in the system is being destroyed. And once the people lose faith in the credibility of their voting system, democracy goes by the wayside.

This is not a partisan issue. Concerns about the lack of credibility in the system have been expressed by both parties.

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History nerds, black nerds, music nerds, sports nerds, and many others are ďŹ nding their tribes on Memphis podcasts.

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most successful podcasts of all time, is slated for a live performance Tuesday, July 11th, at the Germantown Performing Arts Center. Also, look for the newly re-launched Memphis Flyer podcast out now on memphisflyer.com, iTunes, or wherever you find podcasts.

For this issue, we found some of the city’s most interesting podcasts and talked to the creative, hard-working people behind them. Even so, we certainly couldn’t cover every show in Memphis, which is a great problem to have. We fully expect, though, that many, many more creative Memphians will find their ways to the medium, slap on some headphones, slide behind a microphone, hit record, and broadcast our city to the digital masses. — Toby Sells OAM NETWORK Podcasts, like everything else, provide endless possibilities. That’s the way Gil Worth sees it.

“I don’t know if it’s my dumb creative brain, but I have to think about podcasts as more than just [radio on demand],” he says. “They can be anything.”

His OAM Network proves it.

Scroll through the list of shows at the Memphis-based, independently owned and operated podcast network, and you’ll find shows about social justice, bikes, games, current events, and being a black nerd in Memphis.

Worth started the network in 2012, and while it has 10 separate shows on the air now, the OAM vault has 20 shows which aren’t “live” anymore but can be accessed anytime.

Burned out on years of playing music, Worth discovered podcasts. He had recording equipment and time and thought, “Maybe I could do one of these.” He did. It was a variety show with interviews, discussion, and games.

Did anybody listen?

“Probably not, no,” Worth says.

But he enjoyed the process and kept going. Others started asking him how he did it, and he offered them his help. Then, he formed the OAM Network (OAM is an acronym for the first letters of his children’s names: Owen, Adia, and Mia).

The network will soon move to a brand-new studio in Crosstown Concourse. Church Health partnered with the OAM Network and Forever Ready, a video production company, to house both organizations in a big, glass booth on the ground floor of the building, there for all to watch.

While podcasts are, indeed, having a moment, Worth hopes that moment lasts a long time. “It’s almost like my mission statement,” Worth says. “Is it going to last, or did I make terrible decisions? Ah, you should’ve stayed in school, Gil.” — TS www.theoamnetwork.com continued on page 14

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odcasts are having a moment.

Well, they’ve been having a moment. And, these days, it seems everyone has one.

Shaq has a podcast. Jay and Silent Bob have one. Snoop Dogg has one.

Paula Deen (remember her?) has one. Neil deGrasse Tyson has one. So do Goldman Sachs, GE, Netflix, and eBay. Right there on your phone or laptop or car radio you can hear shows about film, music, comic books, art, finance, history, UFOs, technology, current events, Donald Trump — name the subject, and there’s a podcast (or six) about it. And you can hear most of them for free.

But podcasting has been around a long time. It’s so old that the word itself is a portmanteau of “broadcast” and “iPod” (remember those?). The word was coined around 2004, when some of the first podcasts were being produced on a consistent basis. Apple included support for podcasts in iTunes 4.9 in 2005, so users didn’t have to download the shows and then port them to their mobile devices. They were just … there.

Soon thereafter, radio companies began to flow their content on the iTunes platform, and the medium took off.

Podcasts’ recent rise is credited largely to Serial. The true crime show was downloaded 10 million times in the seven weeks after its debut. And its follow-up, S-Town, shattered that record. Both shows brought millions to the podcasting medium.

Though more than half of the country (60 percent) knows the word “podcasting,” only 40 percent of Americans have ever listened to one, according to new data from Edison Research. Those who listen regularly are mostly educated males with a good, full-time job, according to Edison. Even still, most podcast listeners said they don’t listen on a regular basis.

But, while podcasts are having a moment, they also have a bright future.

Podcast ad revenues have grown by 85 percent since this time last year, according to a new report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. And that figure is on track to reach more than $220 million this year. For this, an IAB executive said the podcast landscape will continue to grow mainstream.

The podcasting universe has historically been populated with independent producers making independent shows about whatever in the hell they found interesting. They’d chronicle their own lives, or talk sports, or just talk with friends while they played party games. (See the OAM Network section of the story below.)

There are now dozens of podcasts in Memphis — about sports, music, social media, bikes, fitness, insults, creativity, and, perhaps not surprisingly, there are a ton of shows about church and religion.

Welcome to Night Vale, one of the

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continued from page 13 SOUTHERN HOLLOWS Stinson Liles’ new history podcast Southern Hollows peddles in the grim and the inhumane — all of it a particularly Southern shame: a man is set on fire, babies are stolen, a mob breaks into a prison, a town is flushed of its black citizens.

One could argue that it makes all the sense in the world that this masterfully done podcast with its focus on long-ago bad deeds done south of the MasonDixon line is a result of current events.

“Right up to the election, I was listening to a lot of current events podcasts, and I kind of burned out on them. I needed to take some time for myself,” Liles explains. “That’s when I found myself listening to more and more humanities, storytelling, and history.

That’s when I got this idea together.”

Liles had a vision: a single-voiced, little-known history story, one with a moral that didn’t have to be spoon fed to the audience. That “hollows” angle intrigued Liles.

“Given where we are in the world, I’m really interested in the history we intentionally mislead ourselves on,” he says. “I just thought there was a real opportunity, and maybe even coming from the voice of a Southerner to, you know, own up to a lot of this stuff. I think we’re really conflicted as Southerners in a lot of ways because everyone needs lore, family lore, regional lore.

“When it’s conflicted like that, it’s hard to separate ‘how can I love old grandpappy but find the history of my entire surroundings an abomination?’”

Southern Hollows is now four episodes into its first 12-episode season, with each episode averaging about 1,000 downloads. Liles had hoped to release episodes every other week, but stuff (like straight-line winds) got in the way. He was also worried that he wouldn’t have enough ideas for season two, but his notepad is filled. — Susan Ellis www.southernhollows.com

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BLACK NERD POWER Richard Douglas Jones is one of the funniest people in Memphis.

He’s the new host of the P&H Cafe’s popular Thursday night open mic, and Patton Oswalt has personally asked him to be his opening act twice.

Jones is also the creator and co-host of the Black Nerd Power (BNP) podcast, and its corollary stand-up showcase the Black Nerd Power Comedy Hour.

Both were developed, in part, as a response to the isolation he felt as an African-American comedian and media consumer who wasn’t all that into the Def Comedy Jam model. He liked comic books, and science fiction, and animation, and video games, and — you know — nerd stuff.

“You can be a nerd about anything,” 14 Jones says, and BNP proves it by

Left: Amy Schaftlein and Christopher Williams of Sonosphere Right: Richard Douglas Jones and Markus Seaberry of Black Nerd Power

addressing obvious topics like superheroes, less obvious topics like romance novels, and completely unexpected topics like office supplies.

“People completely nerd-out over office supplies,” he says before nerding out over his favorite office supplies. “You get people talking about pens, and pencils, and stationary, and you can just see their nips protruding through their shirts.”

While touring America as a comic, Jones came to feel less alone, finding more folks like himself. Within their home comedy scenes, they were what Jones described as “the only Klingons on the Enterprise.” So Black Nerd Power became like a very funny message in a bottle — written in Klingon. Its theme: “You are not alone.”

“My plan right now is to evolve the podcast into a live show,” says Jones, whose guests have included comedians like Paul Mooney, David Alan Greer, and John Witherspoon.

On the nerd front, Jones takes a controversial position on Wonder Woman, giving the film two thumbs down and describing it as “Captain America set during WWI.” He’s excited about Spider-Man: Homecoming and Black Panther. He wants others who thought Aisha Hinds was sexy in her performance as Harriet Tubman on the TV series Underground to know it’s okay to feel that way.

“Harriet was a powerful woman,” he says. “And power is sexy.”

Black Nerd Power has broadcast 140 episodes. They are all archived and available at the OAM network. — Chris Davis www.theoamnetwork.com/bnp NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECT “It’s going to be the bomb-diggity.”

That’s a phrase you’ll often hear from Joyce Cox, co-host of the Neighborhood

Connect podcast from the city of Memphis’ Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).

Cox, HCD’s manager of communication and civic engagement, hosts the show along with HCD director Paul Young. He says the show is designed to create a platform for the city to communicate happenings and efforts made in various neighborhoods, as well as be a medium for members of the community to talk about the initiatives, opportunities, and obstacles in their neighborhoods.

“We [HCD] want to continue to be involved in larger projects, but our focus is on neighborhoods,” Young says.

“The lifeblood of the city comes from the neighborhoods, and we want to elevate things happening in them.”

There have been six episodes of the podcast to date, with topics ranging from urban art to home ownership to removing blight to more complicated topics, including how HCD is funded.

“We give insight to different things in different ways,” Young says. “It’s a lot easier when you are listening to someone explain something.”

The show has had around 4,500 downloads since its inception last November. Although listeners tripled in the spring, Young says one of the biggest challenges in getting more listeners so far is the podcast’s irregular schedule.

Over the next month, Young says the goal is to “freshen up” the podcast and increase listener rates. One way he plans to do this is by incorporating and engaging more youth with topics ranging from struggles common among young people to opportunities for youth and crime rates in their generation.

“Most neighborhood leaders aren’t young people,” Young says. “So we want to give the youth a space that allows them to

have their voices heard.” — Maya Smith Neighborhood Connect can be found on iTunes or Stitches.

SONOSPHERE Amy Schaftlein, who produces the Sonsphere podcast with Christopher Williams and engineer Zach Losher, attributes the current boom in podcasting to its ease of use.

“The medium is just so convenient,” Schaftlein says. “It’s like the DVR of radio. You can put it on your list, and if you are about to go on a long car ride or a long walk or something, you can just put it on.”

Sonsophere is “an exploration of sound in music and art movements through history.” Williams saw the word in the book Sound in the Margins and thought it was perfect for the show.

“It encompasses our tagline,” Williams says. “The ‘sounds all around you.’”

Schaftlein and Williams began Sonosphere in August 2015, with a show about Detroit-based industrial noise band Wolf Eyes but quickly found themselves headed down a research rabbit hole.

“I approached the podcast from a place of curiosity,” Schaftlein says.

“How did we get from classical music to electronic noise?”

Even though the abstract music covered by Sonsosphere isn’t burning up the charts, these musicians’ theories and experiments have had a lasting impact on hip-hop, rock, and EDM. Much of the podcast’s audience is listening in Europe, such as the Vienna experimental music collective, which recently sent thanks for inspiration.

“Most of the podcasts in Memphis are Memphis-specific,” says Losher. “I like this, because is it Memphis-based but it has international appeal.” — Chris McCoy www.sonospherepodcast.com

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You Like Hoops? is available on the GBB Live feed, the podcast of Grizzlies blog Grizzly Bear Blues. Since launching the show in February (full disclosure: I was a guest on episode 4), Lucas has taken the conversational format of many podcasts and applied it to a field more driven by talking about stats and scores.

What makes You Like Hoops? such a breath of fresh air in the sports vertical (where everyone has a hot take about everything usually just for the sake of having an opinion) is that its roots aren’t really in sports media at all, but other shows Lucas enjoyed.

“You Made it Weird with Pete Holmes is a wide-ranging, in-depth conversation where you come away feeling like you really know the guest,” Lucas says. And it’s not just the format, but the method of production as well: “[Holmes] always records in-person, which I attempt to do whenever possible.”

Because Lucas has done the same, the format lends itself to an intimacy in the conversation that isn’t the norm among sportswriters. There’s no sense of the hosts and guests as personae — they’re just people talking.

NBA culture is an odd, precious thing. It’s maybe the only community left on Twitter that’s still driven by enthusiasts watching and discussing something they enjoy as it happens.

“I wanted to try a spin on that but within this crazy basketball culture that exists so far outside of what happens during the actual games,” Lucas says. — Kevin Lipe www.grizzlybearblues.com/you-likehoops-podcast

DINNER WITH THE KING Hosting his podcast, Dinner with the King, each Wednesday on Pod Avenue is a natural for Jerry “The King” Lawler.

He wanted to be a disc jockey before he decided to become a professional wrestler. In the late ’60s Lawler entered some of his drawings and won second place in a WMPS radio contest. But it was radio announcer, Scott Shannon, who made him want to become a deejay. Lawler was at the awards ceremony at Southland Mall.

“Scott comes out and he’s got on almost like a white jumpsuit like Elvis,” he says. “It’s open up all the way down.

No shirt. He’s got a white scarf around his neck. And he’s got this long, long blonde hair and everything. Like a rock star.

“All the girls went crazy. They started screaming. Right then at that point I said, ‘That’s what I want to be. A radio deejay.’”

Shannon invited Lawler to the station. He asked him to draw weekly Scott Shannon caricatures for the station’s Top 10 records flyer. Lawler told Shannon he’d love to try to be a deejay. Shannon helped Lawler put together a demo tape, and Lawler got a job as a deejay at WMQM. When he was asked to host a podcast, Lawler said he’d do it as long as he didn’t have to feature guests each week.

“They said, ‘You don’t need to have a guest,’” Lawler says. “‘Just do it yourself.

You just go on and talk every week. Tell about what you’ve done, and tell old stories from Memphis wrestling.’”

Lawler and cohost Glenn Moore have done 16 episodes, which can be found at podavenue.com/king as well as iTunes, Sticher, Google Play and other podcast apps.

“We are close to 800,000 downloads so far,” he said. — Michael Donahue www.podavenue.com/king

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Night Terrors

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What in the world is going on in the sky high above the Arby’s sign? Who are the mysterious hooded figures milling around in the town dog park? What’s the real deal with Carlos, the beautiful — maybe too beautiful — new scientist in town, with his teeth so white and perfect like the gravestones in a military cemetery? And what’s up with that glowing cloud moving in from the west? You know, the whistling, glowing, color-shifting cloud that may change in appearance from observer to observer. Perhaps some of these questions will be answered when Welcome to Night Vale, the enormously successful podcast and long-running experiment in dread, brings its touring show “All Hail” to Germantown Performing Arts Center. But probably not.

Welcome to Night Vale is a dark, listener-supported satire of community radio broadcast from a fictional desert town where ghosts, aliens, and all manner of odd characters and conspiracies are just a common part of everyday life.

It’s a surreal kind of place where math and English might switch names. It’s a friendly spot where old woman Josie, who lives out by the car lot, might sell you a burned-out light bulb that was changed by an angel. She’ll give you a real good price, too.

The format for “All Hail” is similar to that of a typical Welcome episode. Cecil Baldwin, the dulcet voice of Night Vale community radio reads news and PSAs while tense music builds in the background — hypnotic, terrifying, hilarious.

Live shows include musical performances and audience participation, if you dare.

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SATURDAY July 8

The Art of Dining Cooking Class Crosstown Concourse, 6 p.m., $50 Cooking class benefiting the Church Health Center’s nutrition program.

Bring your own beer or wine.

Reckless Kelly Levitt Shell, 7:30 p.m.

The Levitt Shell concert series continues with this Americana band out of Austin.

“The Retirement Party” David Lusk Gallery, 6-8 p.m.

Opening reception for works

by Tyler Hildebrand — largescale mixed-media pieces that “address the gross abundance of commodification, repetition, and convenience in today’s society.”

Anime Blues Con Memphis Cook Convention Center, 9 a.m., $20, $50 for weekend pass Annual convention with a focus on Japanese anime and manga.

The Princess Bride The Orpheum, 7 p.m., $8 Classic 1987 film about the lengths folks go to for true love.

’Merica Party Bumpus Harley-Davidson, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

A post-Fourth of July party with apple-pie-eating and hot-dog-eating contests, music, and more.

Booksigning by Tijuana Boswell South Main Book Juggler, 1 p.m.

Tijuana Boswell signs and discusses Bedevil about a pregnant teen who lashes out, which comes with consequences in adulthood.

The Four Tops Gold Strike Casino, 8 p.m., $25-$50 “Bernadette,” “I Can’t Help Myself,” “It’s the Same Old Song” — so many classics from this Motown group.

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Art Village Gallery, 3 p.m., $4 Documentary about the late artist covering racism and misconceptions.

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Louisa Koeppel didn’t realize what was in store when she attended Project: Motion’s first dance concert at the original downtown version of TheatreWorks, which was located on South Main in the current home of the Village Art Gallery. She was a 14-yearold “bunhead” studying ballet.

“My ballet teacher wanted us [her students] to see modern dance, so she took us,” Koeppel says, reflecting on the unexpected, undeniably life-altering moment. “I remember sitting in the audience thinking, ‘Oh my God, dance can be this way too?’

“I was so wrapped up in ballet — much to the chagrin of my mother who had been a modern dancer,” Koeppel says.

“Then this changed everything for me. Two years later, while I was still in high school, I started dancing with them.”

This summer, Memphis’ enduring modern-dance company Project: Motion turns 30, and the dancers and their fans are celebrating with STIR! A 30th Birthday Celebration, which is both a party and performance at the Jay Etkin Gallery, featuring new works and new faces in addition to original company members and remounts of popular favorites.

“The goal is to make it a fun cocktail party atmosphere, then throughout the night dances pop out,” says Koeppel who’s dancing in a new work by Playhouse on the Square choreographer Courtney Oliver and recreating “Spoons,” a whimsical piece about losing a spoon in the garbage disposal. Other choreographers include Emily Hefley and Wayne Smith.

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Thelonious Monk: The Music of Monk Crosstown Arts, 6 p.m., $10 A celebration of Monk’s music

by Stephen Lee, Johnny Yancey, Sylvester Sample, and Nygel Yancey.

TUESDAY July 11

Lazer Lloyd Memphis Jewish Community Center, 7-11 p.m., $11 Concert of roots rock and Americana by Lazer Lloyd.

Live in Studio A Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 2-4 p.m.

Soul-jazz/Afro-Brazilian music from Detective Bureau. After the performance, band members will lead an all-ages workshop.

“Becky Zee’s 366 Days” WKNO Studio, 2-4 p.m.

Opening reception for Becky Zee’s exhibition of 366 clay animals — one for each day of 2016 plus leap year day.

Victory Blues TheatreWorks, 2 p.m., $25-$40 Winner of the 2015 NewWorks@ TheWorks Playwriting Competition about a man who returns from WWII and no longer recognizes his home.

Shoot & Splice Crosstown Arts, 6:30 p.m.

Tonight this monthly filmmaking forum delves into hair and makeup with a presentation led by Alicia George.

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Poetry and fiction reading from Troy Wiggins, J. Bailey Hutchinson, and Brian Clifton.

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Outlaw Attitude Steve Earle talks about politics, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and his new record.

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teve Earle is a countryrock singer with an attitude, both poetic and angry, perceptive and stark, often in the same song. Having just released his 16th album, So You Wannabe an Outlaw, he’s hit the road and will be in Memphis on Saturday. As I’d always been impressed with Earle’s dexterity at injecting political awareness into his songs, the lack of lyrics about the current state of our union in his first postTrump release came as a bit of a surprise.

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The Memphis Flyer: You’ve often expressed a level of political awareness in your music that you don’t often hear from other country-rockers, but I don’t get that as much from the new record.

Steve Earle: Well, I try to find the human part of it — to tell stories and create characters that are affected by the things that I see happening politically. And I still write political songs. I wrote one for Joan Baez, for her record she’s working on with Joe Henry right now. But this record I just made because I was reconnecting to where I came in when I got to Nashville in 1974. That became interesting to me musically for a lot of reasons. Basically, I wrote the songs not knowing that this [presidency] was gonna happen, and then the election happened in November.

It was literally three weeks later that we started the record. And I thought about scuttling it and writing some new songs quickly and making it more political.

But I said, You know what? Let’s just let this record be what it is.

I supported Bernie Sanders, until he was out of the race, and then I voted for Hillary Clinton. I went on stage November 8th, thinking the worst that was gonna happen was Hillary Clinton being president of the United States, which … we know what that is, and it would have been the first woman to be president of the United States. And I came off stage, and we had elected the first orangutan to be president of the United States. So I just wasn’t prepared for that. I guess you can let diversity go too far sometimes.

So this record is inspired by the first days of Outlaw Country?

I kinda have this unique perspective on the term “Outlaw.” I’m from Texas. I was at the Dripping Springs Reunion — I

bought tickets; about that time, all of the sudden Willie Nelson moves back, and Doug Sahm moves back, which a lot of people forget about. And it was Doug who suggested to Willie that he play [Austin counterculture hot spot] Armadillo World Headquarters. Doug introduced Willie to Jerry Wexler, and that’s how Shotgun Willie and Phases and Stages got made. And then Waylon Jennings hears those records.

Those guys figured out that rock acts had artistic freedom they didn’t have.

And that’s what Outlaw’s about; it’s not about getting f*cked up. Look, George Jones was not going to a liquor store at 4:30 in the morning on a lawn mower.

There aren’t any liquor stores open in Tennessee at 4:30 in the morning.

He was going someplace else, to get something else. Country singers have always taken drugs, all that shit. But these guys wanted to make records the way they wanted to, that’s why they got called Outlaws.

Waylon Jennings’ Honky Tonk Heroes is one of my very favorite records. And that record sounds like it does because Waylon got to do what he wanted to do. It’s all built around his

electric guitar. And this new record is built around me on the back pickup of a Fender Telecaster.

It’s full of great guitar tones.

It’s a 1955 Telecaster through an AC50 [Vox amp]. And then Chris [Masterson] is playing a lot of baritone guitar on this record, a Collings baritone that he used. This record is a connection to the past, but it’s also the future. It’s new a musical direction. I love this band, this configuration with Ricky Ray Jackson on steel and Brad Pemberton on drums. The rest of the band [including Masterson, Kelly Looney on bass, and Eleanor Whitmore on fiddle] has been together for a long time and Ricky’s come along and made it hit this other level. And I’m really interested in that musically, so. … Now we’ll be on tour, and I’ll start writing songs for this band. And the next record will be just as country as this one, and way more political, is my guess.

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KAZHA MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER SUNDAY, JULY 9TH

After Dark: Live Music Schedule July 6 - 12 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

King’s Palace Cafe Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851

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

The Amazing Rhythmatics Tuesdays, Thursdays-Sundays, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.

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

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room

Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE 529-0007

Adam McClelland Thursday, July 6, 7-10 p.m.; Jerred Price Friday, July 7, 7-11 p.m., and Saturday, July 8, 9-11 p.m.; Believing in Memphis Youth Saturday, July 8, 12-3 p.m.; The Delta Troubadours Sunday, July 9, 7-11 p.m.

Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Cowboy Neil Band Friday, July 7, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Juke Joint Allstars Saturday, July 8, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Itta Bena

New Daisy Theatre

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium

182 BEALE 528-0150

130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

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.; Myra Hall Band Friday, July 7, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Juke Joint Allstar Saturday, July 8, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Brian Hawkins Blues Party Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Chris McDaniel Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Silky O’Sullivan’s

168 BEALE 576-2220

183 BEALE 522-9596

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.

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

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

King’s Palace Cafe David Bowen Thursdays, 5:309:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m., and Sundays, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

David Benoit Saturday, July 8, 7 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe 182 BEALE 528-0150

Young Petty Thieves Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam and Terry Friday, July 7, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Preston Shannon Friday, July 7, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Saturday, July 8, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Jeff Crosslin Saturday, July 8, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Eric Hughes Band Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Gracie Curran Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Sensation Band Tuesday, July 11, 8 p.m.-midnight; Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

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

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

Delta Cats, Billy Gibson, & Linear Smith First Friday of every month, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY

Nancy Apple Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Bobbie & Tasha Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Brandon Taylor and Radio Ghost Sunday, July 9, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

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.

Live Music on the Patio Thursdays, 6-8 p.m.

Mario Monterosso Band Friday, July 7; Marcella & Her Lovers Friday, July 7; Ryan Peel Wednesday, July 12.

Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

The Silly Goose

Canvas 1737 MADISON 443-5232

149 UNION 529-4000

Thump Daddy Thursday, July 6, 6-11 p.m.

South Main Ghost River Brewing 827 S. MAIN 278-0087

Shannon Labrie Saturday, July 8, 6-9 p.m.; Sunday Evening Slowdown with Jason Freeman Sunday, July 9, 5-7:30 p.m.

Loflin Yard

531 S. MAIN 523-9754

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

The Peabody Hotel

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

LYFE Kitchen 272 S. MAIN 526-0254

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

330 BEALE 525-8981

145 BEALE 578-3031

Gerald Stephens Thursday, July 6, 6-9 p.m.; Susan Marshall Friday, July 7, 6-9 p.m. and Saturday, July 8, 6-9 p.m.; Nat “King” Kerr Fridays, Saturdays, 9-10 p.m.

162 BEALE 521-1851

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall

7 W. CAROLINA

Electric Church Sundays, 2-4 p.m.

Karaoke Thursdays, 9:30 p.m.; Kyle Pruzina Live Mondays, 10 p.m.-midnight.

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

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

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

Ed Finney and the U of M Jazz Quartet Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Big Barton Friday, July 7, 9 p.m.; Paul Taylor and the Cricket Orchestra Saturday, July 8, 9 p.m.; Don and Wayde Tuesdays, 7-10 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

Dru’s Place 1474 MADISON 275-8082

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

July 6-12, 2017

Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, 5 p.m., and Saturdays, 5:30 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Thursdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Saturdays, 12:30 p.m., and Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Trio Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.

Club 152 152 BEALE 544-7011

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ELVIS: THE WONDER OF YOU WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16

R. KELLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27

WWE RAW MONDAY, AUGUST 28

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, and five-time Grammy Award winner is performing, with special guest Bonnie Raitt. Tickets available!

The critically-acclaimed concert event celebrating the life and music of Elvis Presley during the 40th anniversary. Tickets available!

Returning to FedExForum for a night of R&B, with speacials guests Tyrese and Monica.

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The superstars of WWE return to action in Memphis for the last time in 2017. Tickets available!

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule July 6 - 12 Growlers

Murphy’s

1911 POPLAR 244-7904

1589 MADISON 726-4193

For Godless Sake Saturday, July 8.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Kassondra Rose Saturday, July 8; Open Mic Music with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

Howard Vance Guitar Academy 978 REDDOCH 767-6940

First Friday at Five Coffee House Concert First Friday of every month, 5 p.m.

Huey’s Poplar

Collierville

Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Jack Rowell’s Celebrity Jam Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Dantones Saturday, July 8, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Flashback Sunday, July 9, 4-7 p.m.; Eddie Harrison Mondays, 6-10 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

4872 POPLAR 682-7729

Memphis All Stars Sunday, July 9, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Bartlett Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

The Souled Out Band Friday, July 7, 9 p.m.; Groove Factor Saturday, July 8, 9 p.m.; Furious George Sunday, July 9, 5:30 p.m.; The No Hit Wonders Wednesday, July 12, 8 p.m.

Huey’s Millington 8570 US 51 NORTH,

Dantones Sunday, July 9, 8-11:30 p.m.

Germantown Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

Charvey Mac’s Six String Lovers Sunday, July 9, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

1927 MADISON 726-4372

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

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Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

Steve Earle & the Dukes Saturday, July 8, 7 p.m.; John Moreland Wednesday, July 12, 7 p.m.

Gold Strike Casino 1010 CASINO CENTER IN TUNICA, MS 1-888-245-7829

The Four Tops Saturday, July 8, 8-9:30 p.m.

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

Huey’s Southaven

University of Memphis The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND

DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Neutral Snap Friday, July 7, 10 p.m.; The Hi-Techs Saturday, July 8, 10 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.

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

Intimate Piano Lounge featuring Charlotte Hurt Mondays-

Memphis Nites Club

Owen Brennan’s

3297 KIRBY 797-8599

THE REGALIA, 6150 POPLAR 761-0990

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

Mortimer’s

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

590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

Poplar/I-240 East Tapas and Drinks 6069 PARK 767-6002

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.

Memphis Jewish Community Center 6560 POPLAR 761-0810

Lazer Lloyd Live in Memphis!

Sunday, July 9, 7-11 p.m.

South Memphis Stax Museum of American Soul Music 926 E. MCLEMORE 946-2535

Live in Studio A at Stax Museum Tuesday, July 11, 2-4 p.m.; Gee Whiz! Wednesday Workshops Wednesday, July 12, 10 a.m.-noon.

Bluff City Soul Collective Sunday, July 9, 8 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke Night Mondays, 9-11 p.m.

Old Whitten Tavern 2465 WHITTEN 379-1965

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

RockHouse Live 5709 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 386-7222

Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Open Mic Mondays Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Live Music Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Shelby Forest General Store 7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.; Robert Hull Sundays, 12:303:30 p.m.

Thirsty Lizard 6541 US-51 662-536-6054

Dantones Friday, July 7, 8 p.m.midnight.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

Blues Jam hosted by Brad Webb Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.; Open Mic Night and Steak Night Tuesdays, 6 p.m.-midnight.

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

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

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

7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097

www.GossettMotors.com

LBOE

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

North Mississippi/ Tunica

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

2021 MADISON 725-0770

394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

Gary Escoe’s Atomic Dance Machine Sunday, July 9, 811:30 p.m.

You want it.

2119 MADISON 207-5097

Heath ’N Company Thursday, July 6, 6 p.m.; Amy Black Thursday, July 6, 9 p.m.; John Paul Keith & Co. Friday, July 7, 6:30 p.m.; Nick Black Friday, July 7, 10 p.m.; 3RD Man Saturday, July 8, 11:30 a.m.; Pam & Terry Saturday, July 8, 3 p.m.; Young Petty Thieves Trio Saturday, July 8, 6:30 p.m.; Zach Vinson Saturday, July 8, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sunday, July 9, 11 a.m.; Gary Johns: Great American Songbook Sunday, July 9, 8 p.m.; Scott & Vanessa Sudbury Monday, July 10, 7 p.m.; Boss Trio Tuesday, July 11, 5:30 p.m.; Scott Thompson’s Doghorse Rescue Animals Tuesday, July 11, 8 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesday, July 12, 5:30 p.m.; Sarah Rector Trio Wednesday, July 12, 8 p.m.

Midtown Crossing Grill

The Heart Memphis Band Sunday, July 9, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Frayser/Millington

Jeffery and the Pacemakers Sunday, July 9, 4-7 p.m.; JP Soars and the Red Hots Sunday, July 9, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Otis Taylor Thursday, July 6, 7:30-9 p.m.; Reckless Kelly Friday, July 7, 7:30-9 p.m.; Squirrel Nut Zippers Saturday, July 8, 7:30-9 p.m.

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

8071 TRINITY 756-4480

Huey’s Midtown

Levitt Shell

Cordova

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

Tesseract Astronoid Thursday, July 6, 7 p.m.; Naked Walrus Tiger Lake Admiral Longtooth Thursday, July 6, 9 p.m.; Big Business, Seraph/The Light, Drones Friday, July 7, 8 p.m.; Our Own Cadence, Solar Flairs, Ray Tracer Saturday, July 8, 9 p.m.; CFM, The Cairo Gang Sunday, July 9, 9 p.m.; Don’t Be Afraid of the Comedy Memphis Monday, July 10, 8 p.m.; Count Vaseline Tuesday, July 11, 8 p.m.

OVERTON PARK 272-2722

The Sojourners Sunday, July 9, 8:30-11:30 p.m.

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova

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

The Rusty Pieces Friday, July 7, 8-11 p.m.

Huey’s Collierville 2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Gone to the Dogs Fest 3 feat.

Epoch of Unlight and more Thursday, July 6; Gone to the Dogs Fest 3 feat. Hellthrasher and more Friday, July 7; Gone to the Dogs Fest 3 feat Eagle Claw and more Saturday, July 8; Gone to the Dogs Fest 3 feat.

Cave of Swimmers Sunday, July 9; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Bearly Funny Wednesday, July 12, 8 p.m.

Thursdays, 5-9:30 p.m.; Larry Cunningham Fridays, Saturdays, 6-10 p.m.

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July 6 - 12

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

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Hernando High School Performing Arts Center

Broadway Babies, performance as part of the Kidzu Playhouse 2017 Summer Camps program. www. kudzuplayers.com. Sat., July 8, 7 p.m.

805 DILWORTH LANE, HERNANDO, MS.

Playhouse on the Square

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, musical based on the hit movie is the uplifting adventure of three friends, a glamorous Sydney-based performing trio who agree to take their show to the middle of the Australian outback. www.playhouseonthesquare. org. $25-$45. Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m., and Sun., 2 p.m. Through July 9.

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PINK PALACE

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Theatre Memphis

Preview Performance and Cocktail Buffet for Summer Showcase: Three Memphis Tenors … and a Baritone, evening that will unite the best and brightest voices for the perfect summer offering. $50.

Thurs., July 6, 6 p.m.

Summer Showcase: Three Memphis Tenors … and a Baritone. www. theatrememphis.org. $30. Sundays, 2 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through July 23.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

TheatreWorks

Victory Blues, after WWII, Jerry Greisinger has returned to a world that has little to do with the one he left. Follow Jerry, his wife, and friends as they adjust. Winner of the 2015 NewWorks@TheWorks Playwriting Competition. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $25-$40.

Sundays, 2 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through July 30.

June 24 - November 17, 2017

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

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David Lusk Gallery R

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3050 Central Ave / Memphis 38111

July 6-12, 2017

P!NK PALACE MUSEUM

901.636.2362

Opening reception for “The Retirement Party,” exhibition of graphic, large-scaled mixed-media works by Tyler Hildebrand. www. davidluskgallery.com. Fri., July 7, 6-8 p.m.

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

L Ross Gallery

Artist reception for Summer Group Exhibition, www.lrossgallery.com.

Fri., July 7, 6-8 p.m.

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

WKNO Studio

Much Higher Fidelity!

Artist reception for “Becky Zee’s 366 Days,” exhibition of 366 clay creatures, one for each day of the 2016 leap year, by Becky Zee. www. wkno.org/gallery1091.html. Sun., July 9, 2-4 p.m.

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

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

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Galleries and gardens will be open late. Featuring light refreshments, entertainment, and a cash bar. Free with admission.

Every third Thursday, 6-8 p.m.

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

Opening reception for Tyler Hildebrand’s “The Retirement Party” at David Lusk Gallery Call to Artists for “Potluck” Community-wide invitation for participation in opening exhibition, August 19, individual interpretation of a meal’s structural elements: a place setting for a collective visual feast. Through July 7.

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

Casting Demonstration Saturdays, Sundays, 3 p.m.

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

Cooper-Young Art Tours

For more information, featured artists, and pop-up performances, visit website. First Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

Shoot & Splice: Hair & Makeup for Film

Join professional hair and make-up artist Alicia George (Space Warriors, Losers Take All) as she discusses set etiquette, working with actors, creating a portfolio, and more. Tues., July 11, 6:30-9 p.m.

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

Summer Reunion: Art and Potluck

Interactive time with local artists from past NLG shows and a competitive potluck lunch. Enjoy the beautiful art, appetizers, and potluck lunch. Sun., July 9, 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.

COOPER-YOUNG DISTRICT, CORNER OF COOPER AND YOUNG, WWW.COOPERYOUNG.COM.

NORTH LIGHT GALLERY, 295 HIGHWAY 7 N (662-259-0094).

Crosstown Arts Digital Lab

O N G O I N G ART

Six-station computer lab supports Memphis’ creative community by providing artists and musicians full access to industry standard art- and music-making technology. TuesdaysThursdays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

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

Gallery Talk: The Bosom as Art

Informal gallery conversation to be led by Memphis LGBTQ icon and cinema historian Vincent Astor prior to the 7 p.m. showing of The Outlaw as part of the Banned in Memphis film series. Wed., July 12, 6 p.m.

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

“Rise + Shine”

Exhibition of works inspired by the artisan traditions and tropical nature of the Pacific and Caribbean regions of Colombia by renowned Colombian silversmith Alexandra Agudelo.

Through July 8.

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

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

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

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

Bingham and Broad

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

Ongoing.

2563 BROAD (323-3008).

The Calliope

“Transmissions,” exhibition of new abstract works by Amy Hutcheson. www.amyhutcheson.com. Through Aug. 26.

456 TENNESSEE ST.

The Caritas Village

“BrainStormArts,” exhibition of collage, acrylics, and silk screens

by Amelia Lovel benefiting those with brain trauma injuries. Through July 14.

2509 HARVARD (324-5246).

David Lusk Gallery

“The Retirement Party,” exhibition of graphic, large-scaled mixedmedia works by Tyler Hildebrand. www.davidluskgallery.com.

Through July 29.

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

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.

“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).

Eclectic Eye

“Destination Memphis,” exhibition of a visual journey of Memphis music by Ron Olson. www.eclectic-eye. com. Through July 26.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

FireHouse Community Arts Center

Mosal Morszart, exhibition of works

by Black Arts Alliance artist. www. memphisblackartsalliance.org.

Ongoing.

985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

Fratelli’s

“Memphis Series,” exhibition of penand-ink works by David Tankersley. www.memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Through Aug. 28.

750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Jay Etkin Gallery

“Side by Side,” exhibition of African tribal and Peruvian folk art. www. jayetkingallery.com. July 7-Aug. 1.

942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

Summer Group Exhibition. www. lrossgallery.com. July 7-29.

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“Love of Art” and “Memphis,” exhibition of work by Nikki Gardner and Debra Edge by appointment only. (647-9242).

Ongoing.

639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Memphis Botanic Garden

“Magic,” exhibition of works

by Michael Moffit. www. memphisbotanicgaren.com.

Through July 31.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“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.

“Unwrapped! 100 Gifts for 100 Years,” exhibition of more than 100 works of art gifted to the museum ranging from ancient coins to contemporary glass and paintings to quilts.

Through Aug. 27.

“About Face,” exhibition located in the Education Gallery highlighting the different ways artists interpret the connection between emotion and expression. Ongoing.

“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).

Memphis College of Art “Disappointed,” exhibition of photography and digital collage by Joshua Strydom. www. mca.edu. Through July 30.

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Memphis Zoo

“Nature Connects: Art with LEGO Bricks,” exhibition of 15 LEGO brick sculptures. www. memphiszoo.org. Through July 9.

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

Metal Museum

“Metal in Motion,” exhibition and group show of work involving moving parts including hand-operated or run on a motor, inviting the viewer to interact with the art.

Through Aug. 27.

“F.I.R.E. James Wade Jr.,” exhibition of cast metal works and drawings by James Wade Jr. that investigate the meaning of place by referencing industrial, agrarian, and vernacular landscapes. Through July 16.

“Implements of Grandeur,” exhibition of handmade tools by metalsmiths throughout the United States including Jack Brubaker, David Court, Dennis Dusek, Jeffrey Funk, Seth Gould, Tom Latané, Timothy Miller, and others. www.metalmuseum.org. Through July 30.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Playhouse on the Square

“Home > House,” exhibition of works by Kevin Mitchell. www. mca.edu. Through July 30.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Banned in Memphis: The Outlaw at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Slavehaven Underground Railroad Museum “Images of Africa Before & After the Middle Passage,” exhibition of photography

by Jeff and Shaakira Edison.

Ongoing.

826 N. SECOND (527-3427).

St. George’s Episcopal Church

“Sun, Fun, and the Arts,” exhibition of work in oils, acrylic, watercolor, and photography

by Artists Group of Memphis.

(754-7282), www.stgeorgesgermantown.org. Free. Through July 30.

2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

Talbot Heirs

Debra Edge Art, ongoing.

99 S. SECOND (527-9772).

TOPS Gallery

At Tops Madison Avenue Park (151 Madison): “Cease To Exist, Give In to Good Vibes,” six new paintings by Dale McNeil.

Through July 25.

“Drawings and Song,” exhibition of drawings on paper by Henry Speller, a drawing on board by Coy Love, and limited lathe-cut record. www.topsgallery.com. Through July 22.

400 S. FRONT.

Village Frame & Art

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

540 S. MENDENHALL (767-8882).

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“Becky Zee’s 366 Days,” exhibition of 366 clay creatures, one for each day of the 2016 leap year, by Becky Zee. www.wkno. org. Through July 28.

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

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Project: Motion celebrates 30th anniversary season with a one-of-a-kind performance party that reflects upon past works and sets sights upon the creation of new ones. $12. July 8-9, 7 p.m.

JAY ETKIN GALLERY, 942 COOPER (214-LEAP), WWW.PROJECTMOTIONDANCE.ORG.

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Two Rivers Book Store

Impossible Language, poetry and fiction from local, regional, and national writers featuring Troy Wiggins, J. Bailey Hutchinson, and Brian Clifton.

Hosted by Ashley RoachFreiman. (630-8088). Sat., July 8, 5:30-7 p.m.

Sundays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

KIDS

CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 102 N. SECOND (525-6602), WWW.CALVARYMEMPHIS.ORG.

Camp Venture Summer Program

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).

ABA DEVELOPMENT, 7953 STAGE HILLS (634-8005), WWW.ABADEVELOPMENT.ORG.

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Gee Whiz! Wednesday Workshops

Family Fun Hike

Educational recreation for adults and children of all ages. Second Sunday of every month, 2-4 p.m.

SHELBY FARMS, VISITOR’S CENTER, 6903 GREAT VIEW DRIVE NORTH (767-7275), WWW.SHELBYFARMSPARK.ORG.

Memphis Roller Derby Doubleheader Memphis Hustlin’ Rollers will play the West Kentucky Rockin’ Rollers, followed by a bout between the Blues City Bombers and the Cookeville Demolition Dolls. $10. Sat., July 8, 6-9:30 p.m.

PIPKIN BUILDING, MID-SOUTH FAIRGROUNDS (355-2002), MEMPHISROLLERDERBY.COM.

2171 YOUNG (630-8088).

M E ETI N G S B O O KS I G N I N G S

Booksigning by Tijuana Boswell

Author discusses and signs Bedevil. Sat., July 8, 1-3 p.m.

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

Destroying our Grasslands

Meristem Women’s Book Club

Summer of Faith: Loving Our Enemy

Rabbi Feivel Strauss, Temple Israel, speaks on topic. Free.

Sun., July 9, 11 a.m.

CHURCH OF THE RIVER, 292 VIRGINIA (526-8631), WWW.CHURCHOFTHERIVER.ORG.

July 6-12, 2017

Meet in wing “C” at the back of the Expo Center. Open to anyone who is interested in bees and beekeeping. Second Monday of every month, 7 p.m.

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

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

C O N F E R E N C E S/ C O NVE N T I O N S

Anime Blues Con 7

Three-day convention offering fan events for all-ages celebrating the arts and culture of Japanese Anime (animation), Manga (comics), and Cosplay (costume-play). $20-$30, $50 Weekend Pass. Fri.-Sun., July 7-9, 9 a.m.

MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (576-1200), WWW.ANIMEBLUES.COM.

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AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (757-7777), WWW.MEMPHISBEEKEEPERS.COM.

Dr. Dwayne Estes, Austin Peay State University, speaks on topic. Benefits environmental education programming. Free for members, $4 nonmembers.

Mon., July 10, 6:30 p.m.

Docent-led tours discuss stained glass windows, architecture, and symbols in Christian art. Free. Saturdays,

Day camp for ages 3-14 with autism and special needs. For more information, visit website. Mondays-Fridays, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Through July 28.

Read and explore written works by women and LGBT authors. Second Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m.

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

Nashville Songwriter’s Assn. Intnl. (NSAI) Memphis Chapter Meeting

Lessons and discussion on songwriting. Share songs in progress and provide feedback. Every third Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

OFF THE SQUARE CATERING, 19 S. FLORENCE (361-0584).

Open Meeting: City of Memphis Public Art Ordinance

Listening session to gather information from artists regarding public art commission to share with policy makers.

Davis Community Center, 3371 Spottswood. Thurs., July 6, 6 p.m., and Sat., July 8, 11 a.m.

(636-4200).

Shelby County Young Democrats General Body Meeting

Meet the new leaders of SCYD, learn about leadership opportunities, and connect with other Young Dems during web conference. See website to join.

Wed., July 12, 7-8 p.m.

(300-0589), WWW.901YD.ORG.

Gee Whiz! Wednesday Workshops at the Stax Museum provide youth and young children the opportunity to express themselves through structured activities. Drop-in programs feature music, arts, and hands-on fun. Go to www. staxmuseum.com for more details. Free for participants.

Wed., July 12, 10 a.m.-noon.

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

Grizzlies Code Camp

Provides opportunities for youth to learn computer programming concepts. For six weeks students will learn beginner level design and programming of mobile applications using MIT’s AppInventor. $10. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 9-11 a.m. Through July 21.

LESTER COMMUNITY CENTER, 317 TILLMAN (229-1720), WWW.CODECREW.ORG.

I Dig Dinos! Dino Days

Summer program all about dinos. See real fossils, prepare a dino dinner, walk like a dinosaur, and see just how big a T-rex really was. Thursdays, Fridays, noon. Through July 31.

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

Jurassic Journeys on Land, Sea, and Air

Featuring animated dinosaurs and other animals from Kokoro. Featuring some new and old friends. Through Sept. 10.

MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (901.636.2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Made With Code

Afternoon of exposure to the world of computer coding open to any girl age 13 to 18. Free.

Sat., July 8.

GIRLS INC, 910 VANCE (523-0217).

Memphis Yo-Yo Club

Group that meets once a month to talk, trade, and throw yo-yos. Learn some tricks.

Teach some tricks. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Free.

Sat., July 8, 2-4 p.m.

GERMANTOWN COMMUNITY LIBRARY, 1925 EXETER (421-5153).

Summer Dance Camps

Children experience dance in a fun and safe atmosphere.

On the final day of each camp, there will be an in-studio performance for family and friends. $125-$295. Mondays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Through July 14.

BALLET ON WHEELS DANCE SCHOOL & COMPANY, 2085 MONROE (870-4348), WWW. BALLETONWHEELS.ORG.

C A L E N D A R : J U LY 6 - 1 2 Summer Night Lights and Twilight Basketball

Community centers offer fun and basketball in a safe place to play. For more information including locations and schedule of events, visit website.

Fridays, Saturdays. Through July 31.

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

Teen Book Club

Read and discuss the book of the month, eat a few snacks, play a review game, discuss the book read, vote on our next book. For teens, 6th-12th grade.

Free. Second Monday of every month.

COLLIERVILLE LIBRARY, 91 WALNUT (457-2601), WWW.COLLIERVILLELIBRARY.ORG.

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First Fridays on Broad July: Broad on Ice

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.

Speaking to Heaven Gallery®

Ask crossed over loved ones questions and get closure through Rhonda Manning, international psychic medium. . $25. Sun., July 9, 7-8:30 p.m.

LIFEVIBRATION CENTER, 2010 EXETER (324-2586), WWW. PSYCHICMEDIUMRHONDA.COM.

VolunCheers

Drinks and snacks are provided for volunteer happy hour to help a different organization with a specific task each month. Usually held the second Tuesday each month. For location and time, see website.

Ages 21-plus. Second Tuesday of every month.

WWW.VOLUNTEERODYSSEY.COM.

Volunteer Day: T.O. Fuller State Park Second Saturday of every month.

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

Welcome to Night Vale

Live version of the twice-monthly podcast in the style of community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale. Featuring musical guest Eliza Rickman. $25. Tues., July 11, 8-10 p.m.

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

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1-3-5 Food Drive

Fresh Market stores partner with local food banks for a charitable-giving campaign focused on stocking the pantry for those in need. Guests can help by making a donation of $1, $3, or $5. Through July 31.

WWW.THEFRESHMARKET.COM.

Dinner on Stage

Evening includes a cocktail reception, backstage tour, a three-course meal with wine, trivia, and a Q&A session with Orpheum Theatre Group President & CEO Brett Batterson. $75. Tues., July 11, 6 p.m.

THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (525-3000), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM.

Farm Park Farmers Market

Producer-only market offers a wide variety of high-quality local foods, produce, meats, art, and crafts. Chef demonstrations, live music, and more.

Thursdays, 4-7:30 p.m. Through Aug. 3.

BOBBY LANIER FARM PARK, 7901 POPLAR PIKE (757-7375), WWW.GERMANTOWN-TN.GOV.

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Featuring City & State Coldbrew Throwdown competition, T Clifton Art refreshing flavored fizzy waters, Falling Into Place frozen fruit on a stick, and more. Fri., July 7, 5-8 p.m.

BROAD AVENUE ART DISTRICT, BROAD AVENUE (2492834), WWW.BROADAVEARTS.COM.

Grant for Senior Citizen Pet Owners

Spay/neuter cost for senior citizen pet owners, aged 60 years and above, is lowered to $20 per pet. Pet owners must show proof of age to qualify for this grant funding. Call for an appointment. Through Aug. 31.

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

CASINO PROMOTIONS

The Interesting and Influential 100 Magazine Launch Party Fri., July 7, 6-10 p.m.

HATTILOO THEATRE, 37 S. COOPER (502-3486), WWW.THEII100,COM.

’Merica Party!

Free food, drinks, door prizes, apple-pie-eating contest, hot-dog-eating contest, music, demo rides, and more. Free. Sat., July 8, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

BUMPUS HARLEY-DAVIDSON, 2160 WHITTEN RD. (3721121).

Cherry Street Fair

Enjoy the sites and sounds of the Arkansas Delta at this family-friendly Arkansas Delta Byways Bootstrap Award-winning event. Free. Second Saturday of every month, 5-8 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 & WEDNESDAY, JULY 19 • 3PM Earn only 50 points or earn 100 points and play twice!

DOWNTOWN HELENA, AR, CHERRY STREET (870-338-3300).

Nominations for IMB Fourth Annual Innovation Awards

Now accepting nominations for person, business, or organization as a leader among innovators. See website for full details. Through July 14.

WWW.INSIDEMEMPHISBUSINESS.COM.

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. Management reserves the right to cancel, change and modify the event or promotion. Gaming restricted patrons prohibited. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-522-4700.

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“Magic,” exhibition of works by Michael Moffit at Memphis Botanic Garden.

Through July 31st.

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Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

Food Truck Fridays

Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this documentary. He was constantly confronted by racism and misconceptions. Much can be gleaned from insider interviews and archival footage. $4. Sat., July 8, 3 p.m.

Fridays, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Through Sept. 29.

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

Ghost River Party at Hammer & Ale

Join us Hammer & Ale as we tap Golden Ale, Grindhouse, Lost Hive Wheat Ale, and Grind-N-Shine.

Tony from the brewery will be on hand to chat and give away swag. Cheers. Sat., July 8, 2-6 p.m.

ART VILLAGE GALLERY, 410 S. MAIN (521-0782), WWW. ARTVILLAGEGALLERY.COM.

The Princess Bride

While home sick in bed, a young boy’s grandfather reads him a story. Arrive early for pre-show fun including drink specials, a photo booth, and a special performance by the Mighty Wurlitzer. $8.

Fri., July 7, 7 p.m.

HAMMER & ALE, 921 S. COOPER (410-8223), WWW.HAMMERANDALE.COM.

Memphis Flyer Burger Week

Sample the tastiest burgers around town for just $5. See website for participating restaurants.

July 12-July 18.

THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (525-3000), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM.

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

Memphis Farmers Market Wednesday Market

Wednesdays, 4-7 p.m. Through Sept. 27.

COURT SQUARE, AT N. MAIN AND COURT, WWW.MEMPHISFARMERSMARKET.ORG.

MicroCinema Club: Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour

The 2017 program offers audiences a taste of Sundance. Wed., July 12, 6:30-9 p.m.

Puppy Up and Chow Down

Pop-up restaurant benefiting Puppy Up Foundation.

Sundays, 4-8 p.m.

THE COVE, 2559 BROAD (730-0719), WWW.PUPPYUP.ORG.

Mobile Farmers Market

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

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

On the Edge: Cars & Coffee

Join Mid-South regional automotive enthusiasts as they display their favorite cars in the parking lot across from High Cotton. Second Saturday of every month, 8 a.m.-noon.

HIGH COTTON BREWING CO., 598 MONROE (896-9977).

July 6-12, 2017

Artist reception for “Becky Zee’s 366 Days” at WKNO Studio

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

Second Saturday of every month, 9 a.m.-noon.

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Seniors OUT for Coffee

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

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The 15 Film Series

Films in the series will engage with three themes: Memphis history, art, and spatial justice. Free.

Thursdays, 6 p.m. Through Sept. 30.

CLAYBORN TEMPLE, 294 HERNANDO, WWW.ONLOCATIONMEMPHIS.ORG.

Aircraft Carrier Guardians of the Sea

Find yourself aboard a carrier alongside 6,000 highly skilled sea and air personnel, in the midst of a giant war simulation. See website for more information including show times. Through Nov. 17.

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

Banned in Memphis: The Outlaw

When Howard Hughes decided to cast Jane Russell as the curvaceous supporting character Rio in his Western about Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid, he hit unexpected pay dirt via a salacious marketing campaign that exploited Russell’s sex appeal. $9.

Wed., July 12, 7 p.m.

Movies start at dusk. See website for theme and movie lineup. Sat., July 8.

MALCO SUMMER 4 DRIVE-IN, 5310 SUMMER ((901)6812020), WWW.MALCO.COM.

Twilight Tuesday

Family-friendly movies on the roof of BSL. Free.

Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m. Through July 25.

BEALE STREET LANDING, BEALE AND RIVERSIDE, WWW.MEMPHISRIVERFRONT.COM.

A Wider Angle Film Series: Apprentice

A young correctional officer is transferred to the country’s highest security prison, where he is eager to become the chief executioner’s apprentice. In English/Malay with English subtitles. Free. Wed., July 12, 6 p.m.

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2726), WWW.MEMPHISLIBRARY.ORG.

MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (5446209), WWW.BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

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t’s a Tuesday night, and this strip mall is crawling with people. I am wildly unprepared to fight a hundred-person mob for a domestic beer in the suburbs, but it turns out the crowd belongs to a nearby dance studio hosting a dance-team tryout. A much more manageable crowd belongs to the Old Whitten Tavern, a bar that has come highly recommended from devoted Bartlett beer-drinkers. The Old Whitten is the local watering hole; it’s small, dim, and it is delightful.

When visiting a new bar, I want to know what the place is known for.

While Old Whitten has the Bonnie Melt (“The Bonnie Melt is #1!” says the homemade sign above the kitchen entrance; silver glitter on blue paper serving as all the proof you need to order their famous version of the Patty Melt) and serves tater tots (we’re all

suckers for bars that serve tots, and if you claim otherwise, you’re a liar), it doesn’t have a drink that it can claim as its own. Or does it? In perusing their shot menu, I found something called Walter’s Muffin Top, which is essentially just blueberry vodka and sweet and sour. While this isn’t anything super-special, it is named after a guy named Walter and his muffin top, and that’s funny enough to warrant ordering. “To Walter, and his seemingly too-small pants!”

On this evening, there is a man seated next to me who arrived on his motorcycle. He’s a regular and sporting a biker vest that proclaims him to be a member of the Boozefighters. He’s drinking, so I assume he’s not fighting against booze, but I do wonder if he’s fighting on behalf of booze or because of it? The Old Whitten has many mysteries, and this must be one of them.

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The Bonnie Melt and Walter’s Muffin Top at Old Whitten Tavern Another mystery: The online reviews of this place all talk about how amazing the bar grub is, and yet no one is eating.

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I found something called Walter’s Muffin Top, which is just blueberry vodka and sweet and sour. While that isn’t anything super-special, it is named after Walter and his muffin top.

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I don’t venture to the outskirts of Memphis Metro that often, but the Old Whitten Tavern made it worth it. It was similar to one of my favorite Midtown haunts, right down to the Buffalo chicken egg rolls on the menu and the indoor smoking (your move, Blue Monkey). If it’s one thing that can be counted upon in a neighborhood bar, it’s ankle tattoos, pool, and cheap drinks. Truly, that’s the tie that binds us all, regardless of whether you live inside the Parkways or not. Final note: The bar has a Pabst mirror so you can make a crappy joke to your unimpressed fellow bar patron.

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Also found on A Heaping Spoonful: the bracing Kingslayer, which combines one ounce each of bourbon and Goldschlager with one-and-a-half ounces of Grand Marnier and lemon juice in an ice-filled old fashioned glass. Another take on the Kingslayer, found at Paste Magazine’s website, combines Jameson, cranberry juice, and sour mix.

Vanity Fair offers a recipe for Mother of Dragons, a blend of tequila, sherry, agave syrup, and fresh berries, topped with 10 drops of the mysterioussounding Bittermens Hellfire Habanero Shrub cocktail bitters, available on Amazon.com. The Cocktail Hunter website uses tequila as a base for a ginger liqueur-flavored drink, King of the North, which is elegantly strained into a martini glass. And Apartment Therapy’s foodie blog the Kitchn gets into the game with a variety of drinks named for each “house,” or clan, represented in the series.

Not that any real 15th-century people — the late medieval period is most comparable to the fictional GoT universe — drank such elaborate cocktails. Those fortunate enough to live in the Mediterranean region drank traditional wine; to the north, ciders, mulberry gin and berry-based wines were Game of Thrones readily available. Mead, the preferred beverage of today’s Society for The cocktails menu is equally devoted Creative Anachronism sword wielders, to all-things Westeros. Drinks include was considered more of a special treat the gin-based What is Dead May Never than a daily drink.

Die, a vodka cocktail that’s fiendishly According to most accounts, even called The Lannisters Send Their Regards serfs bypassed water and milk for (if the Red Wedding doesn’t ring a bell, fresh ale, brewed either at home or in watch “The Rains of Castamere,” episode a monastery. Maybe Tyrion was onto nine in season three, for the reference), something — records show that in 15thand the rum-based Dothraquiri, which is century England, the per capita annual named, of course, for the nomadic horse consumption of beer was between 73 lords led by Targaryen. and 79 gallons. Sailors were allotted an Alas, we do not have such a bar in astonishing gallon a day.

Memphis — but fortunately, there are Should you want to drink like a enough online recipes for GoT-inspired ruling-class GoT character, rather than cocktails to float Tyrion Lannister make a toast to one of them, historians from King’s Landing all the way to the recommend you cozy up to a bottle of Shivering Sea. Slivovitz. The fermented plum brandy, The perfect antidote to Memphis in which is bottled in the Slavic countries July, the White Walker, which I found of Eastern Europe, dates to circa 14thon the food blog A Heaping Spoonful, century Bulgaria. Best served warm, would make a great way to kick off it’s reminiscent of a particularly potent season seven next Sunday night. It’ll mulled wine. I wouldn’t drink it by require a trip to the liquor store, but the choice, though, unless I was in desperate layered milkshake-like concoction of need of a hot toddy.

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I’m determined to be ready next weekend when season seven begins.

And I’m determined not just to be ready but to be on point with my beverages when those devilish Lannisters, the zombie-like White Walkers, and the fearless Daenerys Targaryen continue their small-screen saga.

If only Memphis had its own version of the Game of Thrones-themed bar that just sprang up in a hipster neighborhood in Washington, D.C. According to accounts from thirsty East Coast GoT fans, the pop-up bar includes an Iron Throne, fire-breathing dragons, and a replica of the Red Keep.

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The Big Dance Michael Keaton steals the show in Spider-Man: Homecoming.

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Spider-Man is the crown jewel of the Marvel superhero stable, which is why the film rights were sold for big money back in 1985, way before the comic book company was mining its rich vein of intellectual property with Disney. Eventually, Sony ended up with the property, and, after the success of Brian Singer’s 2000 X-Men movie, the studio did three Spider-Man movies with director Sam Raimi starring Tobey Maguire as the webslinger. Raimi’s first two films are among the best blockbusters of the century, and, personally, I like the third one, even though that’s a minority opinion. Then the studio rebooted the franchise with The Amazing Spider-Man starring Andrew Garfield. While Garfield matured into a good actor, the two Spider-Man movies he starred in were clumsy and charmless.

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Spider-Man defines the Marvel approach to superheroes. He’s not a superhuman paragon of virtue like Superman. He’s young, flawed, often scared, and while his heart is always in the right place, his judgment is not always the best. Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige cast Tom Holland as Peter Parker and fed him through the Marvel Cinematic Universe assembly line with relative newcomer Jon Watts at the helm. In a Hollywood that is exhibit A for bad decision-making processes, Marvel got everything right this time.

What’s most appealing about Holland’s SpiderMan is that we get to ride along while he discovers his powers. But this is not an origin story; we don’t have to see poor Uncle Ben die again. Tony Stark recruited

Parker for Civil War, and created a high-tech Spidey suit, partially as payment and partially as initiation into the Avengers clan of super-beings. But Parker’s still in high school, so he’s just as invested in his Academic Decathalon team and the homecoming dance as he is in what he calls “my Tony Stark internship.” SpiderMan may be on the A-list in the real world, but in the Marvel universe, he’s C-list at best.

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Another vital element done right is the strong supporting cast. Marisa Tomei represents a radical new version of Aunt May, which totally works.

Jacob Batalon is excellent as Parker’s best friend Ned, and Disney teen star Zendaya is sharp as smartass classmate Michelle. Comedian Hannibal Buress is pitch perfect as Parker and Ned’s distracted gym coach. Unsurprisingly, Homecoming only falls down when it’s trying to connect with the bigger Marvel universe. Robert Downey Jr. is his usual snarky self as Tony Stark, but an extended subplot with Iron Man director Jon Favreau playing Stark’s henchman Happy Hogan periodically grinds the momentum to a halt. But that’s not enough to derail Spider-Man: Homecoming’s fun.

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THE RANT

There are dead and dying black people everywhere.

I haven’t logged on to Facebook in two weeks, partly because people talk too damn much, partly because I don’t want to watch endlessly looped videos of black and brown people’s slaughter and share sadface emojis because I don’t have any more meaningful words about their deaths.

Words are data-mined and used in targeted ads: Quality proofreading services, Marvel’s Defenders series, black and brown people vomiting blood from gunshot wounds in 4k resolution on your screen — aren’t these new phones amazing? Look at that quality; you can see each individual shudder in that death rattle. Check out these suggested videos. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Cry. Last night, I was driving home from dinner in my mom’s car. My neighborhood is belted by extreme affluence on one end and extreme poverty on the other. I live squarely in the middle, in the liminal space, which is lowkey my existence because I’m the kind of millennial that people aren’t talking about when they talk about millennials. Charleena I love Memphis, but Lyles was a millennial, too. I wonder if her love of avocado toast is to does Memphis love me? blame for our failing economy. I wonder how many degrees of separation there are between avocado toast and her murder. There are dead and dying black people everywhere.

I was driving my mom’s car last night to get dinner for my family. My route is always the same when I’m heading west toward home: turn on the rich people’s street to get to the street designated for the not-rich black people, most of whom are dying from incarceration, from poverty, from generations of advancing bare centimeters and you all should be grateful, we could just wall off your part of the neighborhood and leave you in Memphadishu, dude, but I’m cool, bro, so here, have a swig of my 201 Hoplar what do you mean you don’t like IPAs? I don’t even know who Duanna Johnson is, dude. Forget it, we’re building the wall, don’t say we never tried to give you anything.

The rich people’s street on my side of the ’hood has 24-hour security patrols. The rich people’s street on the other side of the ’hood has 24 hour security patrols and those police blue eyes in the sky that are possibly the blue eyes of the precogs rifling through our black minds for prethoughtcrimes against the white supremacist order, the better to justify our murders. Data-driven probable cause, but all the artificial intelligence is racist.

My route is always the same. I turn on the rich people’s street to get to my street. As I am sitting in the lane to turn on the rich people’s street, a blue eye — a blue life? — pulls up short, creeps behind me as I am sitting in my mom’s car, a bag of food in my wife’s lap. The other blue eye winks from across the street, as if to say to the blue life behind me, “Do what you gotta do. Fear for your life if you need to.”

Thankfully, my child hasn’t been born, so they won’t have to see my black life taken by this blue life. All I’ve done is buy dinner. I have guacamole in the bag. How many avocadoes is my black life worth? I contemplate having my wife turn on Facebook Live — if I go, I’m going out in 4k. But we’re working-class blacks and we can’t afford 4k tech on a writer’s salary, so I don’t bother. I haven’t committed a crime, but neither did Philando or Sandra or Tamir or Darrius or eight-year-old Aiyana or Laquan or anyone else on this charnel house list that started, really, in 1619. There are dead and dying black people everywhere. Listen to the high definition sound quality of those rattling chains.

That winking blue eye followed me through my dreams. On my way to work, I pass two signs: “I <3 Memphis” and “Memphis Loves Everybody.” Let’s do the math: One of those is true; the other is bullshit. Memphis don’t love me. Memphis loves those other millennials, the ones who think quality avocado toast goes well with craft IPAs. Memphis don’t love me. Memphis glares at me suspiciously in its tourist sandals while I’m going to pick up my slices from Memphis Pizza Cafe, even though I’ve been going there since I was 16 and the millennials Memphis loves just got here last year. Memphis loves grit and grind. Memphis loves urban displacement, platitudes, preserving historic standards, saving the Greensward. Memphis loves being number 3 on the Best New Mid-Sized Cities for Millennial Homebuyers list. Memphis loves progress as long as it comes with a shaggy surfer haircut, a pantsuit, a startup with a Grizzlies blue-and-gold material UI logo, a digital rendering of a pistol, and an insensitive ironic slogan because that’s the new Memphis, man. Memphis loves not loving me and people like me.

I finally log on to Facebook. People are still talking. Dana Loesch is in an NRA ad calling for people to take up arms and defend America in its noble struggle against its oppressed. City, county, and state politicians are still debating whether it’s more economically viable to smother us slowly or to bleed us out with a single bullet. The Commercial Appeal is “exploring” Memphis’ problem with gun violence.

A blue life creeps by, armed and armored in the same kind of van that Freddie Gray was killed in. Memphis loves Everybody. There are dead and dying black people all over this city. I love Memphis.

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

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