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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR OUR 1430TH ISSUE • 07.21.2016 As what’s left of the Republican Party gathers in Cleveland for what promises to be the most chaotic nominating convention since the 1968 Democratic gathering in Chicago, the rest of the country is wondering where the next shots are coming from — and who’s going to be pulling the trigger.

The possibilities are many, of course: a mentally disturbed loner taking out as many people as he can in a mall, a movie theater, or a school; a police officer killing an unarmed black man during a routine traffic stop; an Islamic radical with Jihad on his mind, shooting as many Americans as he can kill; an angry African American taking “revenge” on cops who are performing their duties; a right-wing racist wacko killing black folks in a church. Not to mention, your “sovereign citizens,” your KKK, your Stormfront Nazis, and various other well-armed fruits and nuts.

And special thanks to the NRA and their legislative enablers for ensuring that all of the above can now easily obtain and carry military-grade weaponry.

Oh, America, land of the free, home of the brave, God shed his grace on thee. And crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea.

Soon, please.

The last year the United States underwent this level of madness was 1968. We had more than 500,000 troops in Vietnam, and the news was filled with the war and its fallout every day — the weekly body counts, the incessant bombing campaigns, the bloody protests at home, the domestic bombings by radical leftists.

In April, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, and cities were burned all over the country. In June, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated after announcing he would run for president. Insanity and bloodshed ruled the headlines as the nation reeled from blow after blow. Even the Olympics weren’t immune, as two U.S. athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, performed the black power salute during the “Star-Spangled Banner.”

Eugene McCarthy briefly captured the hopes of many of the country’s young people and made a Bernie Sanders-like run for the Democratic nomination but lost to the establishment candidate, Hubert Humphrey. As it ever was.

Richard Nixon, the Republican candidate, beat Humprey in the general election, with Alabama segregationist/racist George Wallace winning 13 percent of the national vote.

The country was embroiled in racial strife and political chaos, much as we seem to be in 2016. The biggest difference, in my opinion: guns. The NRA was sane, back then. Now, everybody’s got guns, and it’s making everyone paranoid, and rightfully so.

Try to imagine being a cop in Cleveland this week, with open-carry activists walking the streets around the convention N E WS & O P I N I O N center, mixing with protestors and all the LETTERS - 4 Trump-inspired madness. Only a crazy NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 4 person (or a reporter or a cop) would THE FLY-BY - 5 voluntarily be on those streets in the first POLITICS - 9 place, and many will have weapons. If a EDITORIAL - 10 riot breaks out, God help them all. All it VIEWPOINT - 11 will take is one itchy trigger finger, one COVER STORY frightened fool with a gun.

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Letters and comments from Flyer readers Everyone is trying to compromise and work out a solution. Chuck Brady continues to be the chief impediment to any solution to this problem. It’s time to approve the mayor’s plan, end parking on the Greensward forever, and get a new CEO for the zoo.

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With its fancy air conditioning and use of demon electricity (not to mention the absence of musk, urine, and fecal odors), this three-story animal refuge has some verisimilitude issues.

The Pepsi stations are a little weird, but the Biblically inspired attraction also sells tiny plastic tubs of hummus for a more authentic experience.

I skipped the petting zoo at the Ark Encounter because I’m saving myself for the Sodom & Gomorrah Encounter’s heavy petting zoo.

Besides, who can enjoy a petting zoo after visiting the Ark Encounter’s children’s book-inspired exhibit and coming face to face with this grim reminder?

At one point I found myself standing in the Ark Encounter gift shop thinking, “Those gay pride umbrellas they’re selling seem really out of place here.” Then it seeped in ... “Oh yeah, the rainbow.”

By Chris Davis. Email him at davis@memphisflyer.com.

New Memphis Animal Shelter administrator has big plans to turn the place around.

Last week, at her first Memphis Animal Services (MAS) Advisory Board meeting as the new shelter administrator, Alexis Pugh opened the meeting with a tearful apology. An MAS field officer had been caught on camera dragging a puppy on a leash a few days earlier, and Pugh wanted those gathered for the meeting to know the officers involved had been suspended.

“I’m heartbroken over what has happened,” she told the crowd.

That show of compassion for the animals was indicative of what most local animal advocates are expecting from Pugh, who has been hailed as a breath of fresh air compared with past directors of the longtroubled shelter. Unlike the last director, James Rogers, who came to MAS from a career in the U.S. Postal Service, Pugh has been working with animals for years. She most recently served as the executive director of Mid-South Spay & Neuter Services, a low-cost spay/neuter clinic. She’s also served as executive director of the Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County.

Strickland appointed Pugh to the MAS role near the end of May, and she’s already making small changes and

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Alexis Pugh planning for some big ones.

“I’ve made a few policy changes on the handling of cats, dramatically increasing the number of pictures that show up on our PetHarbor website and changing our ownersurrender forms,” Pugh said of her accomplishments in her first month at MAS. Regarding those owner-surrender forms, Pugh added “put to sleep” next to the word “euthanasia.” She said that anyone surrendering their pet who didn’t know what euthanasia meant might accidentally indicate they wanted their pet put down. For those who do want euthanasia, the owner’s signature is now required. Before, it was simply a check box on the form.

Bigger changes are coming. Pugh said she hopes to update the shelter’s technology so animal control officers can take pictures of animals in the field and immediately upload them to the website.

“If someone loses their pet, they can instantly see if that continued on page 6

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Local Pokémon Go players hunt for creatures in city parks.

Beasts stood all around us in Overton Park — rattling in bushes and hiding behind trees. We knew they were there, but we couldn’t see them, so we waited in the sweltering heat.

The server for the wildly popular Pokémon Go game had gone down just before sunrise on the day of a planned Pokéhunt in the park. I overheard a trainer — the term used for Pokémon Go players — say 27 countries were involved in an

overload to the system on Friday night, as people the worldover searched for Pokémon.

“Even with the server going down, I’ve found myself walking around and seeing people who I know are playing it,” said Ryan Barnett, 28, who traveled from Atlanta to Memphis to catch Pokémon with a friend. “I see people coming out to a lot of areas where it didn’t seem like people were doing anything. Pokémon Go is getting people out.”

Morale was high, even though the Pokéhunt, arranged by 26-year-old Memphis trainer Mark Brown, felt like a bust.

More than 60 trainers stood on the Greensward, constantly refreshing their smartphones.

Suddenly a battle cry came from the back of the pack.

“I’m in!” someone yelled, raising his smart phone into the sky. Trainers scurried in different directions. Pokémon of all varieties — Charmanders, Pidgeys, and Magikarp, to name a few — appeared by Rainbow Lake and the play-ground.

“I’m about to give up,” said Caleb Adams, 23, who wore a replica of Ash Ketchum’s backwards cap as he struggled to continued on page 6 Pokémon Go players capture beasts at Shelby Farms Park.

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ARK REACTOR Your Pesky Fly typically reports Memphis’ weirdest news, but for the next two weeks, I’ll be reporting from the road while attending the Republican and Democratic National Conventions with the Flyer’s Senior Political Editor Jackson Baker. On route to Cleveland, we took a brief side trip to Williamstown, Kentucky — home of the Ark Encounter, a $100 million model of Noah’s Ark, where visitors are taught that the Earth is only 6,000 years old and people used to handfeed dinosaurs. Or, as I like to think of it, Kentucky’s future Bass Pro Shop.

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pet was picked up,” Pugh said.

She also plans to have officers hand out brochures in the field that inform citizens about low-cost spay/neuter services, where to get low-cost or free pet food, and other information that might better help people take care of their pets and prevent them being surrendered to the shelter. Those brochures will also be available in the lobby of the shelter.

Past MAS directors have taken some heat from the animal welfare community for not entertaining the idea of making the shelter no-kill, but Pugh is researching that and may soon begin work with a national no-kill organization called Target Zero.

“Nationally, no-kill means you have a 90 to 92 percent live-release rate.

Target Zero has been able to get shelters above that 90 percent rate,” Pugh said.

“Honestly, I don’t believe that’s something a facility can do alone. It’s going to take a collaborative effort with rescue groups, low-cost spay/neuter clinics, the Humane Society, all of us. Target Zero would spearhead that effort.”

For now, though, Pugh admits that change will take time.

“Right now, we’re hovering at a 63 percent live-release rate. I’d love to be able to tell you that one year from now we’re above 70 or 75 percent and a year from that above 80,” Pugh said. “I know so many people would say that isn’t fast enough, but we cannot achieve this overnight. Ten percentage points a year would be more than 1,000 animals [saved] in a year.”

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catch a Pokémon. Ash Ketchum is the main protagonist in the original Pokémon series.

“Would Ash give up?” a trainer shouted as he passed behind him.

Pokémon Go has taken the world by storm. Nathaniel Garner, a 14-year-old trainer, told me he’s collected more than 200 Pokémon since the game’s U.S. release earlier this month. The game’s use of augmented reality, which integrates computer-generated images over a user’s real-world view via the phone’s camera, has broken down the isolation of traditional gaming. The objective is to catch Pokémon, which as players advance, can be used in battle.

At Pokéstops — GPS pinpointed landmarks, parks, and museums — trainers forge real-life friendships and replenish game play resources, like the balls used to catch Pokémon. The Poké-verse allows users to evolve their Pokémon and level up. Once trainers reach level five, they pledge allegiance to one of three teams: Instinct (yellow), Mystic (blue), or Valor (red).

“People are becoming friends who would have never met if it wasn’t for this game,” said Kelsey Brown, 22, a level 20 member of Team Instinct with 130 Pokémon in her collection (called a Pokédex).

Multiple trainers at the Saturday event at Overton Park told me I could really see Pokémon Go’s impact at Shelby Farms on Sunday, so I went. Hundreds of trainers, donning their team colors, traveled in clusters across the park’s 4,500 acres.

The massive turnout at Sunday’s event led the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office to issue a warning that anyone caught driving while playing Pokémon Go would be ticketed.

According to a news release issued Monday from the sheriff’s office, a player was caught driving while playing in Shelby Farms after he nearly hit another player walking through the park.

But the game has had positive effects too. One trainer at Shelby Farms, 27-year-old Stephen Pullam, said the game is encouraging people who suffer from anxiety and depression to leave their homes and socialize.

“It’s a social environment where you know exactly what everyone is doing,” Pullam said. “You know you can talk to [other trainers] without feeling alienated.”

Pokémon Go shouldn’t be used as a treatment for depression, though, said Erik Carlton, an assistant professor in health systems management at the University of Memphis. But Carlton did say that people are reporting the natural side effects of physical activity.

“I would expect these initial positive experiences to coincide with the novelty of the experience and the energy it can create over a short period of time,” Carlton said. “However, for long-term positive effects, these physical activities would have to be translated into more productive, generative activities — exercise, work, social interactions, volunteering.”

Some Memphis trainers have bridged the game’s objectives with social work. One group bags trash while searching for Pokémon. Others, like 27-year-old Chris Baker, drive by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital each week to drop lures (modules that attract Pokémon to a specific location) on the hospital for the patients.

“The kids have Pokémon coming to them instead of having to walk to them,” Baker said. “It’s giving them something to enjoy.”

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A rundown of the top stories from Memphis last week.

• Attorneys for the family of Darrius Stewart filed a lawsuit last week against the city of Memphis seeking more than $17.1 million. Stewart was killed by Memphis Police officer Connor Schilling last July. Stewart was unarmed and was attempting to flee the scene.

• Protesters targeted The Commercial Appeal newspaper office on Union.

They were angered by the newspaper’s headline “Gunman Targeted Whites,” which described the shooting of five police officers in Dallas. The newspaper’s editor Louis Graham said in an editorial that the headline avoided the nuances of a complex situation.

as the opening date for the bike and pedestrian path across the Harahan Bridge.

• A Memphis Animal Services field officer was caught on viral video dragging a puppy on a leash after removing the dog from an abandoned home earlier this week. MAS Administrator Alexis Pugh has said three employees have been placed on administrative leave for multiple infractions, but she said couldn’t comment on the viral video.

• Twelve jobs were cut at The Commercial Appeal last week, according to the Memphis Newspaper Guild.

Copy editing and design for the paper will now be handled from Gannet Co.’s Nashville-based design studio.

Staffers who lost their jobs can re-apply for six new jobs as “digital producers,” according to the guild.

• The Memphis City Council was slated to discuss on Tuesday the hiring of interim Memphis Police director Michael Rallings to the post permanently.

Council members Edmund Ford Jr. and Reid Hedgepeth sponsored a resolution recommending Rallings for the job.

Mayor Jim Strickland announced six candidates for the job last week.

He’ll conduct interviews in August.

The list includes Rallings and candidates from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Arizona, and Texas.

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• A proposal was issued Monday to end Greensward parking, and it had the backing of the Overton Park Conservancy (OPC), Strickland, and the Memphis Zoo. The council was set to vote on the proposal Tuesday afternoon, after press time. The new plan came, apparently, from behind-the-scenes work with city council member Bill Morrison.

The agreement includes new parking spaces on existing zoo lots, re-routing traffic out of the zoo, new parking spots along North Parkway, a new zoo entrance on North Parkway, a berm separating the Greensward from zoo parking, and giving control of the General Services lot on East Parkway to OPC for parking and green space.

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leven years ago, on a pontoon boat in Horseshoe Lake, Ekundayo Bandele, a Black artist and entrepreneur from Brooklyn, and Michael de Caetani, a white art enthusiast and businessman from Germany, chatted about race and culture. A vast music scene, numerous theatres, dance companies, museums, and festivals painted a vibrant landscape of Memphis’ arts community.

And while Black culture in Memphis was alive, the two men agreed, it didn’t have the presence or impact one would expect from a city like this, a creative engine. One had to squint or use a magnifying glass to see the indistinguishable few dots that happened to be Memphis’ Black arts groups; the unspoken attitude of too many: at least they are there. This was the impetus that gave rise to Hattiloo Theatre.

Hattiloo opened shortly thereafter in a small storefront building on Marshall Avenue with Ekundayo as its founder and lone employee, and Michael as chairman of the board, which included Paige Walkup, Gideon Scoggin, Van Turner, Lasandra Barksdale, and Cardell Orrin, who remains on the

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board to this day. Hattiloo would introduce Memphis to great Black playwrights. A city familiar with Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams would come to know August Wilson, Lynn Nottage, Susan Lori-Parks, and its own Katori Hall— playwrights who give voice to those Americans who can live their whole lives screaming without anyone ever hearing them: Godfrey Crump, the grieving widower in Parks' ‘Crumbs from the Table of Joy’; Buggy, a veteran suffering from PTSD in Hall's ‘Hurt Village;’ and Troy Maxson, the garbage man who could’ve been a baseball star in Wilson’s ‘Fences’.

In just a few weeks, 12 August, Hattiloo opens its eleventh season with the musical ‘The Devils Music: the Life and Blues of Bessie Smith'. For ten years, come 22 September 2016, Hattiloo has done more than produce plays that entertain. It amplifies those voices, whispers that have survived on the margins, until they echo and resound with thousands. It serves as a lens for people to see more clearly those ‘black dots', which are becoming more distinguishable on the landscape of Memphis’ arts community. The impact is everywhere. When a Black child looks through that lens, she's motivated to graduate from high school as valedictorian so that she can study theatre at Howard University. When a Black man, retired after 45 years of emptying garbage cans, looks through that lens, he watches his life unfurl on stage, and sees audience members applauding his triumphs and crying over his losses. When a white person looks through that lens, they see more clearly how Black lives have shaped the freedoms of our great nation.

Tradition lives on. On a pontoon boat, ten years ago, a line was dropped that would tow the past into the present and cast it into the future. A new lineage, one with reverence for the past and great vision for the future, was created when Hattiloo Theatre was born.

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The idea in both cases seemed less to climb aboard Trump’s bandwagon than to express gratitude for his accommodations to the concerns of party regulars.

And, even in the small talk of the socializing delegation members as they munched, there were signs of potential unrest. Mick Wright of Bartlett made a point of noting the presence among the Tennesseans of numerous delegates for erstwhile presidential hopeful Ted Cruz, notably including himself.

That fact would be underscored later in the day, when the convention convened for its afternoon organizing session in the cavernous Quicken Loans arena, and a tumultuous conflict arose on the floor following what is normally a routine motion to approve the convention’s rules.

Instead of the expected vote of acclamation from the assembled delegates, there arose a monumental roar of discord and chants of “Roll Call Vote!” This call came from delegates considered partial to the clearly still extant “Never Trump” movement, and, though it was answered in volume by chants of “We Want Trump” and “U.S.A., U.S.A.,” those demanding a roll call seemed to be in the majority, as indeed they did when voice votes were asked for aye and nay on the roll-call proposal.

There were issues involved in the matter, some involving potential rule changes for the current convention that would allow delegates a greater freedom in voting their choice (as against their obligation), some addressing that issue for future conventions, but basically the roll-call dispute, which went on for a while, amid constant shouting and contradictory rulings from the dais, was a test of strength — decided finally (and arbitrarily) in the Trump delegates’ favor, in a way that suggested there may have been a behind-the-scenes intervention by Trump himself. Wright was quoted in the media at large as saying delegates were robbed of their chance to vote, while another Tennessean, Shelby County’s Terry Roland, a Trump man, complained out loud about “whiners” among the discontented delegates.

Even if things should end with official expressions of hunky-dory on the unity score, the first impression of this convention was one of fierce division within the party, one that could linger well beyond this week in Cleveland.

The Flyer’s Jackson Baker and Chris Davis are attending both parties’ political conventions. Look for their daily updates at memphisflyer.com.

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CLEVELAND, OH — By the time this week is over, it will be apparent, one way or the other, whether the Republicans, who chose to hold their quadrennial nominating convention in this vintage rust-belt town, can rekindle the sense of Middle-American unity that once served them so well in national elections.

To judge by events on the floor of the convention and on the TV screens of the nation and, for that matter, in the ranks of the Tennessee delegation here, the question is moot, indeed. After a Sunday night welcome party at which delegates from Tennessee and elsewhere were regaled by a reconstructed Three Dog Night and got to mingle for some more or less apolitical good cheer, there were some mixed messages in Monday’s events — maybe even some buyer’s remorse.

That became evident right away at the Tennessee delegation’s first formal get-together, a Monday morning brunch at the Zocalo Tequileria restaurant in downtown Cleveland. The event was hosted by the state’s political Big Three — Governor Bill Haslam and Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker — and, while there were some obligatory mentions of the Republican presidential nominee-to-be, Donald Trump, they were few and tangential.

Corker, who kicked off a round of remarks by the three chief dignitaries, failed to mention Trump at all — interestingly in that he, alone of the three, had been widely rumored as being on The Donald’s original vice-presidential short list and is still thought to be a possibility for Secretary of State.

But perhaps the omission was none too meaningful, inasmuch as the senator’s remarks were exclusively devoted to thanking the Tennessee delegates for their steadfast participation in the public weal, followed by an introduction of his two colleagues.

The name Trump did get mentioned

by Alexander and Haslam — in the first case via Alexander’s assurance that Trump had assured him of his support for a key Alexander bill that aimed at returning control of public education to local communities; in the second instance by the governor’s expression of regard for Trump’s vicepresidential choice, fellow Governor Mike Pence of Indiana.

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a speaker who led a chant, “Hillary for Prison;” Iowa Congressman Steven King, who questioned what “non-white” people have done to advance civilization; a former television actor Scott “Chachi” Baio, who defended his use of the “C word” in describing Hillary; another actor who questioned whether President Obama was a Christian; and a general who led a chant of “Lock her up!”

Not to mention, one of the beardy guys from Duck Dynasty railing about Americans who wanted “free stuff,” three mothers raging about “illegals,” one mother ranting about Benghazi, two former Benghazi combatants doing a surreal war story/comedy routine, and a Milwaukee sheriff who called Black Lives Matter “anarchy” while celebrating the aquittal of an officer involved in the death of Freddie Gray.

And we’d be remiss in not mentioning the fact that the candidate himself, Donald Trump, couldn’t resist calling in to Fox News for an interview during one of the convention’s highlighted speeches, undercutting the message coming from 10:05:28 AM his own party’s prime-time exposure on national television.

But the crowning highlight of the evening was supposed to be a speech

by Trump’s wife, former model and theoretical First-Lady-in-Waiting, Melania Trump. The Donald strode out onto the stage cloaked in a misty haze to the strains of Queen’s “We Are the Champions” (which was used without permission, but that’s another story). He introduced and presented his wife to the rapt GOP audience, then graciously —

and very uncharacteristically — left the stage within moments.

Melania got through the speech nicely, though her Slovakian accent made it obvious that English was not her native language. (But no matter; she is one of the “legal” types of immigrants.)

When she finished, The Donald returned to walk her off the stage to the roar of the approving GOP multitudes.

Then it got weird.

It turned out that two paragraphs of Melania’s speech were plagiarized (there is no other word for it) from, of all people, Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech to the Democratic Convention. Of course, there were denials. Stories were changed: Melania wrote it; Melania had speechwriters and didn’t know anything about it. Trump valet Chris Christie insisted there was no problem, since 93 percent of the speech was original. (Try using that line on one of your teachers.)

What does it all mean? Does it really matter in the grand scheme of things?

Yes, it matters, because in this convention we are probably getting a preview of a Trump presidency. And if that is the case, then that administration will be sloppy, careless with facts, impulsive, unprofessional, divisive, and built on fear-mongering and deception.

The left hand won’t know what the right hand (both very small) is doing.

It’s quite remarkable that it only took one night of the RNC to make it clear to most sentient Americans that President Donald Trump would be an unrelenting nightmare for the American people.

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Hispanics: Here again, Trump has a problem. He has so alienated the Hispanic community with his call for mass deportations and his characterization of Mexican immigrants as rapists, that if he gets more than 100 votes out of an estimated 55 million, it will be prima facie case of voter fraud.

A woman: There’s already one on the ticket, and Trump is glued to a passé, Sinatra-style sexism. He just loves the broads. But the women don’t love him.

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In my circle (an expression I want to revive), Joe Biden is being mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate. Of course, Biden is already vice president, and my circle is not exactly Hillary Clinton’s, but more than any of the others mentioned, Biden would balance the ticket. He’s not black, and he’s not Hispanic, and he’s not a woman, but he is an openhanded, warm-hearted, old-fashioned pol. He’s the politician Clinton, try as she might, simply cannot be.

Alas, Biden might already have taken himself out of consideration.

“I’m not interested in re-upping for VP,” he told George Stephanopoulos the other day. “I’ll do anything I can to help [Hillary] win. And I think she’s going to win, but I have been proud to serve for eight years as vice president, and I think that’s enough.”

Statements such as this are the political equivalents of “the check is in the mail.” An expression of non-interest is traditional in these matters, politics being the last place where no does not mean no. Stay close to the phone, Joe. Let us now look over the field.

They are, of course, marvelous people, but this being presidential politics with ticket-balancing and all, they are also categories. Two of them are black males — Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) and former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick (D). Three are Hispanics — Representative Xavier Becerra (D-California.), Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, and Labor Secretary Thomas Perez.

They are good men all, even though all of them could pass through an airport with no one asking for a selfie.

Clinton is also said to be considering Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Senator Tim Kaine (D-Virginia), and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. They are the white guys, some from battleground states, but none of them have vaunted political organizations — not that anyone does anymore. Then comes former NATO commander James Stavridis, an admiral. The lone woman being mentioned is Senator Elizabeth Warren, the only one who has managed to attract a national constituency of her own.

So, talking strictly categories, what do we have? The primaries showed beyond a doubt that Clinton

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hey are all around us, plain as day to those who are tuned into them or who are actively seeking them out, though it is clear that most ordinary citizens are oblivious to them. And, no, I do not mean the Pokémon figures who are turning up on so many smartphone screens since the release of the Pokémon Go internet version some three weeks ago.

I mean the mix of participating voters and politicians seeking their favor in the forthcoming election, which is set to conclude on August 4th, one that will 12 determine the outcome of several state and federal primaries, as well as some

key judicial and executive positions in Shelby County.

Influential as most of these positions are destined to be, those who seek after them — the candidates, if you will — are having to contend with a measure of invisibility in an election year in which the number of high-profile local and statewide races is more limited than usual, and in which most attention, in Shelby County as elsewhere, has been focused on this year’s riveting presidential race.

Voters, too, are something of a vanishing species, with local turnout in recent election years on something of a noticeably downward slide.

But here it is in the homestretch of the election (early voting began on Friday, and election day itself is but two weeks away), and, like those Pokémon figures lurking in cyberspace, both candidates and their supporters are turning up more and more for those bothering to look.

Beyond question, the most keenly watched race on the ballot is that to succeed the retiring GOP incumbent Stephen Fincher as U.S. Representative from Tennessee’s 8th Congressional District.

Fincher, elected in 2010 to break a long string of Democrats in that seat, hails from Crockett County. Given that

the 8th District was reapportioned after the 2000 census to take in substantial portions of east Shelby County, the reality is his successor is likely to be from there as well. And a Republican, since both rural West Tennessee and Memphis’ eastern suburbs, like every section of the state except for the core urban areas of Memphis and Nashville, has transitioned to the GOP from a lapsed Democratic tradition.

Some candidates in the 8th have had enough means to advertise themselves over the broadcast media. George Flinn, the multi-millionaire physician and broadcast executive, has loaned himself $3 million for his latest electoral effort,

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Shelby County vote to come out ahead.

That 2002 race was in the 7th District, which back then stretched from the environs of Nashville to those of Memphis. Basically, the Shelby County portion of the former 7th was reassigned to the 8th in the post-2000 reapportionment, which explains why both Kustoff and Leatherwood, veterans of unsuccessful 7th District races (in 2002 and 2008, respectively) are able to try again.

Greer’s task is easier in one sense; he’s looking at a five-way split of Shelby Countians, while Blackburn had to deal with only three — Kustoff, then County Commissioner (now state Senate Majority Leader) Mark Norris, and then Memphis City Councilman Brent Taylor. But Blackburn, who had led the charge back then against a state income tax (even to the point, arguably, of fomenting a climactic riot against the prospect at the state Capitol), was already a state figure.

But Greer can take some ironic heart from the fact that he is considered by somebody — namely, a mysterious right-wing political action committee called Power of Liberty — enough of a threat to have been targeted with radio attack ads, in his case on the grounds that he failed to file returns with the IRS for several straight years in the previous decade. Power of Liberty has also run ads against Luttrell for his support of Insure Tennessee, Governor Bill Haslam’s Medicaid-expansion proposal, and against Kelsey, for alleged softness on immigration issues.

The scatter-shot nature of the attack ads disguises their exact motivation, which would seem to benefit either Kustoff or Flinn.

The fact is that there is very little ideological distinction between the various Republican candidates for the 8th District seat. Luttrell shades somewhat more moderate than the others, but the rest, fairly uniformly, abhor Obamacare, governmental regulation, high taxes, ISIS, and (the attack ads notwithstanding) illegal immigration, and their policy declarations in several forums involving them all have had an unusual degree of sameness. More likely to separate them, vote-wise, are matters of their political-network support and their

campaign war chests. As of the July 15th reporting period, Flinn still led with cash on hand of $1,558,595.54; Kustoff had $392,672.10; Kelsey, $339,887.50; Luttrell, $273,651.22; Greer, $87,115.10; and Leatherwood, $25,235.72.

Reliable, systematic polling has been hard to come by, but such as there is seems still to give Luttrell an edge.

For the record, there are two candidates vying in the 8th District Democratic primary — Rickey Hobson, a distribution manager in Fayette County’s Hickory Withe, and Gregory Alan Frye, a Newbern forklift operator. Both are political unknowns, and whoever wins that primary is not expected to be a factor in the general election.

As indicated, the 8th District was, until 2010, a Democratic-leaning district, and had been one since Reconstruction.

It, like most of the rest of rural Tennessee, went over to Republican control in the Tea Party election of 2010. From a practical point of view, among the nine congressional districts in Tennessee, there are only two which Democrats can reliably expect to win — the 5th, which encompasses Davidson County (Nashville), and the 9th, which is wholly contained within the city limits of Memphis.

Technically, there is a Democratic primary race in the 9th District, which has been held down by Congressman Steve Cohen since his victory in a multicandidate primary race of 2006 for the right to succeed Harold Ford Jr., who had followed his father in the seat 10 years earlier but forsook a reelection bid to make an unsuccessful race for the U.S. Senate that year.

Cohen was the lone serious white candidate in a large field loaded up with name black candidates in 2006, a fact of enormous benefit to his candidacy. But since then, his painstaking performance on behalf of his majority-black constituency has allowed him to turn away a series of potentially formidable African-American challengers with almost ridiculous ease.

Cohen is well-buffered financially, and has all the support that counts in the 9th, black and white. There is no groundswell for any of his primary-ballot opponents in 2016 and little likelihood of one. His primary

opposition consists of Shelby County Commissioner Justin Ford, perennial candidate M. LaTroy Williams, and, oddly, Nashville-area resident Larry Crim, also a perennial.

The sole Republican candidate in the 9th, Wayne Alberson, is there to fill the ballot line, that’s all.

OTHER RACES OF CONSEQUENCE ON THE AUGUST 4TH BALLOT: State Senate, District 30: This Democrats-only contest is a grudge match of sorts between the incumbent, Sara Kyle, and former Senator Beverly Marrero, who held the seat before reapportionment pitted her in 2012 against fellow Democratic Senator Jim Kyle. Jim Kyle won that year but moved on in the next election cycle to a race for Chancery Court judge, which he also won. His wife, Sara, was selected as his replacement over Marrero in a close vote of the Shelby County Democratic executive committee.

State House of Representatives, District 85: There is a competitive race of sorts, but one that strongly favors the incumbent, longtime local NAACP luminary Johnnie Turner, whose well-regarded late husband, Larry Turner, served in the seat before his death several years ago. Representative Turner has two opponents, the relatively unknown Felicia Irons and the Rev. Keith Williams, a proponent of school vouchers whom voters might confuse with another, better-known Keith Williams, the current executive director of the Memphis-Shelby County Education Association and a staunch opponent of vouchers, as is Turner.

State House of Representatives, District 86: Long-serving Democratic incumbent Barbara Cooper is unopposed in her primary, but Republican George T. Edwards III, whose clock evidently tells him, every two years, to run against Cooper, hopes to do so again, but has a GOP primary opponent, newcomer Tina McElravey.

State House of Representatives, District 88: Democratic incumbent continued on page 14

The whole kit and caboodle — the hopeful candidates for the hotly contested 8th District seat are gathered together.

The August 4th election will see who takes the seat.

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and it’s nigh to impossible to watch TV without encountering the two makebelieve down-home dowagers who, in a series of commercials, keep deciding in 30 seconds or less that they have no better goal in life than to run out and put up some Flinn yard signs.

As judgment day approaches, Flinn’s major rivals in a crowded 13-person field have begun to catch up with him in paid-for ubiquity. Former U.S. Attorney David Kustoff is one example, attracting attention both with the increasing frequency of his ads and with the unusual boldness of the claims therein.

Kustoff promises that, as a freshman congressman in a body of 435 (which shares its power with a 99-member Senate, as well as with an executive and judicial branch), he will “end illegal immigration” and “destroy radical Islamic terrorism.” Even The Donald (as in presidential candidate Trump) pledges only to build a wall!

The Republican primary in the 8th District race numbers several other worthies who have demonstrated enough clout or support or potential to be taken seriously — most of them, like Flinn and Kustoff, residents of eastern Shelby County, wherein live something like 55 percent of the district’s eligible voters.

Those other Shelby Countians include District 31 state Senator Brian Kelsey, an influential figure on the Republican right who has somehow managed the trick of seeming both a maverick and a member of the GOP establishment; former state senator and current Register of Deeds Tom Leatherwood; and Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell, who was widely considered the man to beat when he entered the race, even though he did so later than most of the others.

From the beginning of the race, that group of five Shelby Countians, with overlapping bases of support, at least locally, have been considered the major players, though there is Jackson businessman Brad Greer in the wings, arguing, not without logic, that the rest of the sprawling West Tennessee district contributed 60 percent of the District’s vote total in March’s presidential primary, and hoping that, like then state Senator Marsha Blackburn of Williamson County in 2002, he can take advantage of a potential split in the

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continued from page 13 Larry Miller has a challenger in customer service specialist Stephen Christian, who ran unsuccessfully last year for the Memphis City Council.

State House of Representatives, District 90: Like most of the other legislative incumbents, John DeBerry has long been a fixture in his seat, but he faces a potentially formidable primary challenger this year in Tami Sawyer, who has extensive activist credentials (Teach for America, Black Lives Matter, consumer issues) and organized support from pro-choice advocates, the LGBT community, and

liberal Democrats displeased with what they see as DeBerry’s habit of fellowtraveling with the General Assembly’s GOP super-majority, especially on social issues. DeBerry, a stem-winder when he chooses to be, touts his support for Democratic bread-and-butter issues and defends his strategy of legislative bridge-building as paying dividends to his district.

State House of Representatives, District 95: Republican incumbent Curry Todd has survived negative publicity about impolitic remarks (e.g., referring to illegal immigrants as “rats”) and such misadventures as driving into a famous DUI bust while packing

heat. But his Collierville constituents have regularly re-elected him — a fact that has not dissuaded a trio of GOP primary opponents this year, former School Board member Diane George, festival promoter Mark Lovell, and former health care administrator Dana Matheny.

State House of Representatives, District 96: GOP incumbent Steve McManus began his tenure some years ago as something of a moderate (the thing no Republican admits to being anymore), edged into ever more conservative pastures and, as a member of Speaker Beth Harwell’s task force on health care, loosened up on

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opposing Medicaid expansion. He has a Republican primary opponent, lawyer Price Harris, who wants to get into Nashville to make sure school-voucher legislation stays derailed. Democratic activist Dwayne Thompson, who went up against McManus two years ago, wants another shot but has a primary opponent of his own, charter school advocate Earl LeFlore.

State House of Representatives, District 98: Democratic incumbent Antonio Parkinson, long a power in Frayser/North Memphis politics and the most active and consistent champion of local public-school sovereignty vis-à-vis state co-optation of education, is opposed by primary opponent Johnnie Hatten, a key member of Memphis Lift, which has precisely the opposite point of view, welcoming both charter-school initiatives and intercession by the state’s Achievement School District.

There are several races, too, belonging to the Shelby County General Election portion of the ballot — among them two judicial special elections and the one regularly scheduled off-year election for a county official, that for General Sessions Clerk.

Circuit Court Judge, Division III, District 30: Valerie Smith, who was appointed by Governor Bill Haslam earlier this year to fill the seat left vacant by Judge D’Army Bailey’s death, is opposed by Michael G. Floyd.

Chancellor, Part III, Division 30: Jim Newsom, who was appointed by Haslam in September to fill the vacancy created by the 2015 death of Chancellor Oscar C. “Bo” Carr III, is opposed by David Ferguson and Jim Jenkins.

General Sessions Clerk: Incumbent Ed Stanton Jr., one of two Democrats (the other is Assessor Cheyenne Johnson) to defy the Republican tide in recent elections for county office, is up against it this time. Though Stanton has, as ever, generous support from both sides of the political aisle, his opponent, Republican nominee Richard Morton, an accountant, is expected to benefit from the down-ballot effect of heavy voting on the GOP side for the stoutly contested 8th Congressional District race. Independent William Chism, who previously ran as a Democratic candidate for Probate Court Clerk in 2014, is also competing.

Five Shelby County School Board seats are on the ballot, with only one — the District Three position held by incumbent Stephanie P. Love — involved in a contest. Love’s opponent is Sharon Fields.

One of two races for Bartlett Municipal Judge is contested, that in Division One between Tim Francavilla and Henry Miller.

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Marie Cecile Anderson and Katy Frame met at a party in Brooklyn. When it was discovered that Anderson plays the ukulele and Frame plays the accordion, they decided to form a band. Throw in their background of improv and some vintage dresses, and Reformed Whores was born. They perform Monday at Minglewood Hall.

Described as “If Tenacious D and Dolly Parton got drunk and had a baby,” Reformed Whores — the name comes from a roommate’s Spotify list — perform such songs as “Girls Poop Too,” “Eating Out,” and “Douchebag,” all with a pleasing country twang.

“Our songs are about relationships, dating boys. We wrote from our hearts,” Anderson says.

“They’re based on our sad, sad lives,” Frame adds.

The songs are crude and rude. “Girls Poop Too,” for example, includes a break of the girls farting. The video for “Eating Out” involves a stunning array of lesbian food allusions.

Reformed Whores will open for Weird Al in August, but it’s Amy Schumer who has given them their ultimate goal. Schumer recently performed at Madison Square Garden. “Millennial women are having their moment,” Frame says. “We’re trying to put it out there.”

The duo says that the material works with all audiences because it’s relatable — “even if they don’t want admit it,” Frame says. “Like my dad and my mom,” pipes in Anderson.

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10 Things I Hate About You Halloran Centre, 7 p.m., $8 Screening of the 1999 teen classic about the new kid who must find a date for the meanest girl in school in order to date her younger sister.

Pirate Picnic My Big Backyard, 6-8 p.m., $8 Kids can explore the “island” looking for buried treasure and create their own pirate flag. Pirate booty and punch will be provided. Tickets online at memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Love Well 5K & Festival Shelby Farms, 9 a.m.

Benefiting the Old Path Homeless Shelter for Women and Children.

Friends of the Library Book Sale Cossitt Library, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Featuring books, magazines, DVDs, and more.

Charley Pride Gold Strike Casino, 8 p.m., $60 A concert by the country music legend.

Renew Memphis 4 Mile Run Tom Lee Park, 7 p.m.

Run hosted by nonprofits invested in the renewal of the city. Post run, there will be live music and food trucks.

Brian Wilson’s Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary Tour Horseshoe Casino, 8 p.m., $40-$65 Beach Boy Brian Wilson tours in honor of the 50th anniversary of the album Pet Sounds. This will be last time Wilson performs the album.

3rd Wheel Coed 3X3 Sand Volleyball Tournament Tom Lee Park, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

Presented by @901Volleyball.

Teams of two women and one man compete for cash prizes.

Zine-Making Workshop story booth, 1-5 p.m.

Participants make zines and learn about their history and culture.

“FISH”

Under the Sea

By Susan Ellis “FISH,” opening at Crosstown Arts on Friday, is a collaboration between Christopher Reyes, Sarah Fleming, and Laura Jean Hocking. Originally conceived as an experimental film project, the show morphed into a multi-media immersive installation.

Guests enter a cool, dark, shimmering space, much like an aquarium. On the north wall is a mural by Reyes with seahorses and gumball machines and martini glasses and cats and fish that bounce on the surface. On the opposite wall are portholes with films by Hocking of fish, Jacques Cousteau, coral reefs, and floating astronauts. The east wall shows more films of fish; these by Fleming are more subtle, less frenetic, she says. A soundscape, created by Chris McCoy (Hocking’s husband and the film editor of the Flyer) completes the under-the-sea mood.

“There’s so much stress and uncertainty in the world,” Hocking says. “This show doesn’t have an agenda except beauty and joy.”

Blue drinks with Swedish fish, sushi, and Goldfish crackers will be served during the opening.

A gallery talk is set for August 5th, 5:30 p.m.

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Planet of the Apes Malco Paradiso Cinema, 7 p.m., $13.50 TCM presents this screening of the 1968 film about astronauts who land on a planet populated by talking apes.

Booksigning by Ace Atkins The Booksellers at Laurelwood, 6:30 p.m.

Ace Atkins signs the latest in his Quinn Colson series, The Innocents.

This time, Colson becomes a lawman again — just in time to deal with the incident of a cheerleader on fire.

April and the Extraordinary World Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 7 p.m., $9 Animated film based on Jacques Tardi’s graphic novel set in 1941 Paris in an alternative, steampunk universe and about a young girl and her cat looking for her missing scientist parents who were on the verge of discovering the secret to longevity.

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abrina Ellis and Andrew Cashen — the two main songwriters in A Giant Dog and Sweet Spirit — can’t get enough of each other. The duo tour full time in both bands, meaning there’s plenty of time to bounce song ideas off each other when they aren’t performing live nearly every night. But while A Giant Dog are definitely a rowdy live band that owes a lot to ’70s party rock, Sweet Spirit have a strong retro-pop vibe going on. A Giant Dog work with Merge Records (home to Reigning Sound and Mikal Cronin), while Sweet Spirit seem destined for a major label contract. I caught up with Sabrina while she was knee-deep in a day-long drive across Ohio to talk about the difference between the two (must-see-live) bands. — Chris Shaw Memphis Flyer: How is the writing process different between Sweet Spirit and A Giant Dog? Sabrina Ellis: Andrew and I write for both bands.

Some people can hear similarities, and some people can’t.

Andrew and I have been writing together for about 10 years, but the big differences happen in the arrangements for Sweet Spirit. When we take a song to A Giant Dog, we have a five-piece to work with, and the songs are always

heavy and balls to the wall. With Sweet Spirit, there is always an acoustic guitar and a melody. If we come up with something that has vulgar lyrics, it’s going to be A Giant Dog song.

Sweet Spirit is obsessed with arranging. Everyone listens to way too much rock-and-roll and other types of music, so when we take something to Sweet Spirit, there is no limit to what the song can be. A Giant Dog has restrictions and limitations that keep it really focused.

Tell me about the debut album Cokomo. Where/when was that recorded and by whom? Are the songs on that record some of the first you ever wrote for the band?

Mike McCarthy — who has also done the last two A Giant Dog records — recorded it in Austin in July of 2014.

The first three or four songs we ever wrote for Sweet Spirit ended up on the debut album. There were definitely like six or seven songs that didn’t end up on the album, but maybe we will re-work them and make them better.

How is the new record different? What was it like working with acclaimed producers Steve Berlin and Stuart Sikes?

The new record is going to be called Saint Mojo. The process was a lot different than the first time. In the short

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time of us being a band, we got so busy, we ended up rehearsing and recording 13 songs with the intention of using them for the new album. That was a lot different than going into the studio with a bunch of ideas and just messing around and experimenting. Everyone in the band got personal attention this time around. We developed the songs slowly, and our audience can expect some surprises.

[The new record is] really poppy, really big. It’s sleek and more radio-friendly than Cokomo. We dabble in different time periods, production-wise. It’s a good album for someone who’s really into old rock-and-roll.

You and Andrew are in two full-time bands together.

How does that work? Do you ever get sick of each other?

I’m sitting arm in arm with Andrew right now. We often hold hands in the van because we are that close of friends. He can’t get enough of me. He’s always wanting me to scratch his head. I always try to make sure there’s cold milk in the fridge for Andrew. He expects fresh milk everywhere we go. I get sick of him way more than he gets sick of me. We can always ignore each other, but we see each other about four or five times a week.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule July 21 - 27 Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711

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, 69 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.

Blues City Cafe

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King’s Palace Cafe

138 BEALE 526-3637

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162 BEALE 521-1851

Hillbilly Casino Thursday, July 21, 9 p.m., Friday, July 22, 9:30 p.m., and Saturday, July 23, 9:30 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, 5 p.m., and Saturdays, 5:30 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Thursdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Saturdays, 12:30 p.m., and Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Trio Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.

Club 152 152 BEALE 544-7011

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

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

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

Handy Bar 200 BEALE 527-2687

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

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

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

The Johnny Go Band Thursdays, Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Rockin’ Rob Haynes & the Memphis Flash Fridays, Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.; The Memphis House Rockers Saturdays, 3-7 p.m. and Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.; Gary Hardy & Memphis 2 Sundays, 3-7 p.m. and Mondays, 7-11 p.m.

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

Eric Hughes Thursdays, Fridays, 5-8 p.m.; Karaoke Mondays-Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.

Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE 529-0007

King’s Palace Cafe Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851

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

Don Valentine Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; North & South Band Friday, July 22, 9 p.m.; Metropolitan Avenue Saturday, July 23, 8 p.m.-midnight.

New Daisy Theatre 330 BEALE 525-8981

Daisyland XL feat. Lost Kings Saturday, July 23, 10 p.m.-5 a.m.

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Young Petty Thieves Thursday, July 21, 5-8 p.m.; Vince Johnson and the Boogie Blues Band Wednesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam & Terry Friday, July 22, 5:30 p.m., and Saturday, July 23, 5:30 p.m.; Freeworld Friday, July 22, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Saturday, July 23, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Memphis Blues Society Jam Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Gracie Curran & the High Falutin Band Monday, July 25, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Tuesday, July 26, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe’s Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

Memphis Bluesmasters Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Plantation Allstars Fridays, Saturdays, 3-7 p.m., and Sunday, July 24, 8 p.m.midnight; McDaniel Band Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight, and Friday, July 22, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Saturday, July 23, 8:30 p.m.-midnight; Low Society Sundays, 8 p.m.midnight; Brian Hawkins Blues Party Mondays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE 522-9596

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

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Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813

Live Music Fridays.

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

Low Society Friday, July 22, 7:30 p.m.; J Train Blues Band Saturday, July 23.

Double J Smokehouse & Saloon 124 E. G.E. PATTERSON 347-2648

Live Music Thursdays, 7-11 p.m., Fridays-Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

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

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

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Gary Escoe’s Atomic Dance Machine Sunday, July 24, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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Nancy Apple Thursday, July 21, 5:30 p.m.; David Bowen Thursdays, 5:309:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m., and Sundays, 5:30-9:30 p.m.; Young Petty Thieves Friday, July 22, 9:30 p.m., and Saturday, July 23, 9:30 p.m.

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THE BUCCANEER IS BACK The Buccaneer, a venerable Midtown dive bar, got a new owner last week.

Jonathan Kiersky, the low-key impresario whose stint as owner and operator of the Hi-Tone in the 2000s made it one of the city’s premier music venues, announced via Facebook that he was taking over the Buccaneer effective immediately.

“It’s a Memphis staple and a very important part of the Memphis music community,” says Kiersky. “I thought it was necessary that it stayed open.”

Tucked away on Monroe off Cleveland and located inside a former house, the Buccaneer has retained much of its old-school Memphis charm as it transitioned from neighborhood watering hole into a gathering place where Memphis musicians feel free to experiment and play their latest work in a welcoming, low-stress environment.

That reputation has been threatened in recent months, as many musicians have posted on social media that they were boycotting the establishment due to increasingly erratic and abusive behavior by the tiny venue’s management.

Kiersky reported that he had been in secret negotiations to take over the bar beginning in early May and received an unexpected phone call from proprietor Charles Lankford. “He called me this morning and said, ‘Hey, come get the keys.’”

For the future, Kiersky says he wants to restore the Buccaneer’s reputation as a welcoming establishment featuring cutting-edge Memphis music.

“It’s not going to be much different than it was a year ago,” he says. “We’re going to have music seven days a week. The only thing that will probably change is that we’re going to implement some of the old Hi-Tone menu at the Buccaneer. But mostly it will be the same … a lot of local bands, a lot of touring bands.” — Chris McCoy

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight; Reemus Bodeemus Friday, July 22; 901 Blues Band Saturday, July 23.

Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

DJ Tree Fridays, 10 p.m.; DJ Taz Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Candy Company Mondays.

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

Ed Finney & the U of M Jazz Quartet Thursdays, 9 p.m.; Richard James & the Special Riders Friday, July 22, 10 p.m.; Hope Clayburn Saturday, July 23, 10 p.m.; Justin White Mondays, 7 p.m.; Don & Wayde Tuesdays, 7-10 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

Paulette’s

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RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300

140 LT. GEORGE W. LEE 577-1139

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

DJ Dance Music MondaysSundays, 10 p.m.

Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020

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

South Main Loflin Yard 7 W. CAROLINA

Southern Avenue Thursday, July 21, 7-10 p.m.; Maitre D’s Friday, July 22, 7-10 p.m.; Grassfire Saturday, July 23, 7-10 p.m.; Tennessee Ripple Sunday, July 24, 5-8 p.m.

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

The Dantones Sunday, July 24, 4-7 p.m.; Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers Sunday, July 24, 8:30-11:45 p.m.

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

Josh Cosby & Jeremy Stanfill Thursday, July 21, 6 p.m.; Dead Soldiers Thursday, July 21, 9 p.m.; Dead Soldiers featuring Jana Misener Thursday, July 21, 9 p.m.-midnight; Mason Jar Fireflies Friday, July 22, 6:30 p.m.; Sweet Spirit with Marcella & Her Lovers Friday,

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Bluesday Tuesday Tuesdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

The Soul Connection Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.

Young Avenue Deli 2119 YOUNG 278-0034

August is Ours w/ James Walker Saturday, July 23, 10 p.m.

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Amro Music’s Summer Music Series Saturday, July 23, 2-4 p.m.

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

Faith Evans Ruch & Zigadoo Moneyclips Saturday, July 23, 10 p.m.

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

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SportsBall Saturday, July 23, 7 p.m.; Reformed Whores Monday, July 25, 7 p.m.

521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900

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Mulan Asian Bistro

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Chris Gales Soloist Sunday, July 24, 12-4 p.m.

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School 60 N. PERKINS EXT. 537-1483

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Violentor, Baphomet’s Blood, Ritual Decay, Process of Suffocation Thursday, July 21; Rough Hearts, the Drawls Friday, July 22; The Fast Mothers Saturday, July 23.

Dan McGuinness Pub 4694 SPOTTSWOOD 761-3711

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1532 MADISON 726-0906

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Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

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Collierville

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Slap Junior Band Saturday, July 23, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.

3165 FOREST HILL-IRENE 249-5661

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

Rizzi’s/Paradiso Pub

Huey’s Collierville

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar

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Charley Mac’s Six String Lovers Sunday, July 24, 8-11:30 p.m.

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

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T.J. Mulligan’s 1817 KIRBY 755-2481

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

The Windjammer Restaurant

Poplar/I-240 6069 PARK 767-6002

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

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

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

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

Maria’s Restaurant 6439 SUMMER 356-2324

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

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

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

Charlie Pride Saturday, July 23, 8 p.m.

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

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

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

Brian Wilson’s Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary Tour Friday, July 22, 8 p.m.

Huey’s Southaven

Mesquite Chop House

East Tapas and Drinks

Jack Rowell’s Celebrity Jam Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Midnight Train From Memphis Friday, July 22, 9 p.m.; Beat Generation’s 26th Anniversary Show Saturday, July 23, 8 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Gold Strike Casino 1010 CASINO CENTER IN TUNICA, MS 1-888-24K-PLAY

Tommy Akers Duo Sunday, July 24, 8 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke Night Mondays, 8-10 p.m.

Karaoke ongoing.

5727 QUINCE 682-2300

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

7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097

786 E. BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 683-9044

Neil’s Music Room

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

Hollywood Casino

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Carlos & Adam from the Late Greats Thursdays, 7-9 p.m.; Elizabeth Wise Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

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$0down & $344mo

GOSSETT MAZDA

5960 GETWELL, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-2467

John Richardson Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.; Patio Party with Juno Mars Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.

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

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

Wadford’s Grill & Bar 474 CHURCH, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-510-5861

1870 Covington Pike • 901.388.8989 Gossettmazda.com

662DJ, Karaoke/Open Mic Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.

G0118346 MSRP $24250-75 MO@2.34% GOSSETT DISCOUNT $780.00-INCLUDES ALL FACTORY REBATES & INCEN-PF $498.75 EXCL T,T&L-WAC-OFFER VALID THROUGH 7/30/16. DEALER STOCK ONLY NOT ALL CUSTOMERS MAY QUALIFY.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

Bartlett

Cordova

Germantown

Hadley’s Pub

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

Bobby Lanier Farm Park

2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Swingin’ Leroy Thursday, July 21, 7 p.m., and Sunday, July 24, 5:30 p.m.; Almost Famous Friday, July 22, 9 p.m.; Papa Joe Birthday Bash and Benefit Saturday, July 23; Bluff City Bandits Wednesday, July 27, 8 p.m.

The Chaulkies Sunday, July 24, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Old Whitten Tavern

Woodland Hills Ballroom

2800 WHITTEN 379-1965

Live Music Fridays, 9 p.m.1 a.m.; Neon Velvet Band Friday, July 22, 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.

819 EXOCET 624-9060

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

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

10000 WOODLAND HILLS 754-2000

The Memphis Knights Monday, July 25, 7-9 p.m.

7901 POPLAR PIKE

Germantown Farm Park Farmers’ Market Thursdays, 4-7:30 p.m.

Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

The Pistol & the Queen Sunday, July 24, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Soul Shockers Sunday, July 24, 8-11:30 p.m.

Ice Bar & Grill 4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

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

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

Karaoke with Buddha Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.midnight; Dantones Friday, July 22, 8:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.

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

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

The Fillin Station 4840 VENTURE DR., SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-510-5423

Dantones Band Saturday, July 23, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

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

Brian Johnson Band Friday, July 22, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., and Saturday, July 23, 10 p.m.2 a.m.; Live Music Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

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

Ms. Ruby Wilson and Friends Sundays, 7 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke with Tim Bachus Mondays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.; DJ Stylez Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

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

551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Mesquite Chop House

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House

Frayser/Millington

Shelby Forest General Store

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CALENDAR of EVENTS: JULY 21 - 27 T H E AT E R

Theatre Memphis

Debbie Sings: Judy, Just for You, Debbie Litch portrays Judy Garland through Garland’s early movie years to her triumphant Carnegie Hall performance. (6828323), theatrememphis.org. $30. Fridays, Saturdays, 8-10 p.m., Sundays, 2-4 p.m., and Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Through July 31.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

TheatreWorks

Moon Vine, winner of the 2014 NewWorks@TheWorks playwriting competition. www.playhouseonthesquare. org. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m.

Through July 31.

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

Universal Parenting Place

DR. ZARR’S

PLANETARIUM

Amazing Funk Monster JULY 23

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

LEMOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE, 990 COLLEGE PARK.

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

Crosstown Arts

ROXI LOVE JULY 29 & 30

Opening reception for “Fish,” site-specific display from the minds of Laura Jean Hocking, Sarah Fleming, and Christopher Reyes. www. crosstownarts.org. Fri., July 22, 6-10 p.m.

Opening reception for “Inside Outsiders,” exhibition of collaborative sharing studio work by Paint Memphis mural artists. www.paintmemphis.org. Fri., July 22, 6-9 p.m.

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

Battle of the Bells

Submit original song and be a part of a live audience performance. Free. Through Aug. 31.

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

Coloring for Adults

Variety of coloring sheets and colors provided, or bring your own. Sat., July 23, 2-5 p.m.

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

“Come As You Are” Free Portrait Days

Have your photograph made

by Andrea Morales and take home a free print or digital file. Sundays, 1-5 p.m.

Through Aug. 7.

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

Lez Talk Book Tour

Intimate reading with contributing authors. Sat., July 23, 3-5 p.m.

COWORK MEMPHIS, 902 S. COOPER (505-0675), WWW.MGLCC.ORG.

“Untitled Part II ( Encore )”

Last show. Be there. Fri., July 22, 6-10 p.m.

GLITCH, 2180 COWDEN (734-6136).

Young Actors Guild Theatre and Dance Academy Celebrating 25 Years

$17.50. Thurs., July 21, 7 p.m.

CANNON CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (TICKETS, 525-1515).

430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

C O M E DY P!NK PALACE MUSEUM

A-440

July 21-27, 2016

AUGUST 5 & 6

Thanks Memphis for voting us the Best Indian Restaurant!

Memphis Flyer's 2015 Best of Memphis readers' poll

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1720 Poplar at Evergreen 278-1199

www.ballystunica.com Bally’s Tunica and RIH Acquisitions MS II, LLC have no affiliation with Caesars License Company, LLC and its affiliates other than a license to the Bally’s name.

Must be 21 or older.

Gambling Problem? Call 1-888-777-9696.

Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times at Brooks Museum, Wednesday

Brass Door Irish Pub Featuring Dedrick Flynn, Olive Lynch, Chad Riden,

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

DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS WILL APPEAR IN THE FLYER’S ONLINE CALENDAR ONLY. Seth Dees, Narado Moore, and Vala Bird. $5. Tues., July 26, 8-10 p.m.

152 MADISON (572-1813).

Midtown Crossing Grill

Memphis Against Humanity: A Comedy Show for Horrible People, $7. Sat., July 23, 9 p.m.

394 N. WATKINS (443-0502).

P&H Cafe

Open Mic Comedy, Thursdays, 9 p.m.

1532 MADISON (726-0906).

B O O KS I G N I N G S

Booksigning by Ace Atkins

Author discusses and signs The Innocents. Mon., July 25, 6:30 p.m.

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

Booksigning by Morgan Matson

Author discusses and signs The Unexpected Everything.

Tues., July 26, 6:30 p.m.

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

LECT U R E /S P EA K E R

Homelessness Presentation

Rev. Lisa Anderson and Father Nathan Monk speak on topic. Facilitated discussion to follow. Wed., July 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

NESHOBA UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, 7350 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE (266-2626), WWW.NESHOBACHURCH.ORG.

Memphis Agricultural Club

Wes Riddle will speak. Mon., July 25, noon.

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

C A L E N D A R : J U LY 2 1 - 2 7 more. $15-$35 for runners. Sat., July 23, 7 p.m.

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

Ride Your Heart Out

Featuring energizing music as dozens of riders work up a sweat for the American Heart Association. $50. Sat., July 23, 1-3 p.m.

EXETER VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER, 2055 EXETER, WWW.CYCLEBAR.COM.

KI DS.

Pirate Picnic in My Big Backyard

Bring a pirate picnic. Swashbuckling punch and pirate booty provided. $5 members, $8 nonmembers. Fri., July 22, 6-8 p.m.

Auction at Graceland, July 25-August 13

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

C O N F E R E N C ES/C O N VE N TI O N S

Youth Zine Workshop

Free for middle and high school students. Register online or by email, nat@crosstownarts.org.

July 25-29, 2-4:30 p.m.

CROSSTOWN STORY BOOTH, 422 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

S P EC IA L EVE NTS

AAZK Backstage Pass: Zambezi and Herpetarium

Experience private keeper chats, close encounters with our reptile residents, and an inside look at some of our coolest animal dens. $50. Sat.,

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National Juvenile Justice Network’s 2016 Forum

Brings together advocates for youth justice reform for training, networking, strategy-sharing, and fun. $25. Wed., July 27, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

SLOT TOURNAMENT QUALIFIERS

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, CECIL C. HUMPHREYS LAW SCHOOL, ONE N. FRONT (678-2421), WWW.JUSTCITY.ORG.

Sundays, Now – September 4 • 1pm • 50 Winners totaling $5,500 in prizes each week.

• $25 Buy-in. The first 150 participants to buy-in each week will receiv a $15 Early Bird Bonus.

• The top 30 winners each week will qualify for the Tournament of Champions.

• Play each week to receive up to (2) entries in the Tournament of Champions.

E X P OS/ SALES

Cossitt’s Friends of the Library Book Sale

Used book sale including fiction and nonfiction books, magazines, and DVDs. Sat., July 23, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

COSSITT LIBRARY, 33 S. FRONT (901.415.2766).

SUNDAYS, NOW - SEPT 11

Johnny Was Fall Trunk Show Thur.-Sat., July 21-23.

Play in one of the nine qualifying Sunday Slot Tournaments to grab a seat in the Tournament of Champions and

MUSE, 117 S. MAIN, WWW.MUSINSPIREDFASHION.COM.

F E S T IVALS

WIN YOUR SHARE OF OVER $30,000 IN CASH!

28th Annual WEVL Blues on the Bluff $25. Sat., July 23, 6 p.m.

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

TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS Sunday, September 11 • 1pm • The top 30 winners each week are guaranteed a spot.

• Forecasted amount of prizes is over $30,000 in cash including a $10,000 first place prize.

• 50 cash winners See Casino Host Desk or Players Club for complete details.

Love Well 5K & Festival

World Jookin Federation Block Party 3 Tournaments include King of Memphis Jookin, Queen of Memphis Jookin, Prince of Memphis Jookin, and WJF Group Championship Battle. $15. Sun., July 24, 1 p.m.

BALINESE BALLROOM, 330 N. MAIN (522-1144).

75,OOO BOOGIE ON DOWN

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FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS IN JULY WIN TWICE EACH DAY! Twenty winners of $250 in Promo Cash between 6pm - 9pm.

Five winners of $500 in Promo Cash at 10pm.

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@901Volleyball: 3rd Wheel Coed 3v3 Sand Volleyball Tournament Register online by July 20. $25.00 per player.

Sat., July 23, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

TOM LEE PARK, OFF RIVERSIDE DR., HTTPS://901VOLLEYBALL7-23.EVENTBRITE.COM.

$

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

Memphis Redbirds vs. Iowa Cubs

Mondays in July • Noon – 8pm Receive one entry for every 10 points earned while playing on your Key Rewards card every day.

5X Entries on Sundays • 10X Entries on Mondays

GUEST APPRECIATION

Go Ape Treetop Adventure

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

Promo Cash Giveaway

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5

MEGA GIVEAWAY

500 CASH

EVERY 15 MINUTES 6PM – MIDNIGHT

July 22-25.

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

Memphis Redbirds vs.

Oklahoma City Dodgers July 26-29.

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

Memphis Roller Derby: Memphis Hustlin Rollers vs. TBA & Blues City Bombers vs. ClarksVillan Roller Girls

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 6

3X POINT VALUE ALL DAY, ALL MACHINES

VIDEO POKER PLAY EARNS HALF THE STATED AMOUNT.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 9:30pm

Sat., July 23, 6-10 p.m.

PIPKIN BUILDING, MID-SOUTH FAIRGROUNDS, MEMPHISROLLERDERBY.COM.

Renew Memphis 4-Mile Run

Post-race festivities include a family fun run, live music, food truck, refreshments, inflatables, and

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

SHELBY FARMS, 500 N. PINE LAKE (767-PARK), WWW.LOVEWELL5K.COM.

FitzgeraldsTunica.com • 1-662-363-LUCK (5825) • Must be 21 and a Key Rewards member. See Cashier • Players Club for rules. Management reserves the right to cancel, change and modify the event or promotion. Gaming restricted patrons prohibited. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-522-4700.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Benefiting the Old Path homeless shelter for women and children. Sat., July 23.

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Memphis Center for Reproductive Health

THUR., JULY 21 7:30PM

SUZY BOGGUSS BREAKAWAY RUN FOR A CAUSE

SUN., JULY 24 7:30PM

NIKKI HILL

FRI., JULY 22 7:30PM

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FEDEX GIRLS, INC.

FEDEX DAVID’S FRAMES

THUR., JULY 28 7:30PM

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1726 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38104 901/274-3550 www.memphischoices.org

THE HIP ABDUCTION THE NIGHT OWLS

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July 21-27, 2016

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July 23, 6-9 p.m.

10 Things I Hate About You

The Karate Kid

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

Arrive early for drink specials and pre-movie activities. $8. Thurs., July 21, 7-9:45 p.m.

ADA Celebration

THE HALLORAN CENTRE, 225 S. MAIN (529-4299), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM.

U.S. Atty. Edward Stanton, State Rep. G.A. Hardaway, and other supporters of the Arc Mid-South will rally to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Tues., July 26, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

CITY HALL, HALL OF MAYORS, 125 N. MAIN (327-2473).

Early Voting for Federal and State Primary and County General Election Through July 30.

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

Explore Memphis 2016

Interactive summer learning program that encourages families to read, attend library programs and events, and explore city attractions free of charge. Prizes available for “Get Fit” themed summer activities. Free. Through July 31.

April & the Extraordinary World

Animated sci-fi adventure set in an alternate steampunk universe. Set in circa-1941 Paris. $9. Wed., July 27, 7 p.m.

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

Batman: The Killing Joke

The Clown Prince of Crime encounters Batman. $13.50. Mon., July 25, 7:30 & 10 p.m.

MALCO PARADISO CINEMA, 584 S. MENDENHALL (682-1754), WWW.MALCO.COM.

Arrive early for drink specials and pre-movie activities. Rated PG. $8. Fri., July 22, 7-10 p.m.

THE HALLORAN CENTRE, 225 S. MAIN (529-4299), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM.

Lincoln Center: Alvin Ailey including Revelations

Four spirited performances from the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. The program continues with Wayne McGregor’s Chroma, Ronald K. Brown’s Grace, and Robert Battle’s Takademe. $19. Tues., July 26, 7 p.m.

MALCO PARADISO CINEMA, 584 S. MENDENHALL (682-1754), WWW.MALCO.COM.

On Location: Memphis Shorts Festival

festival highlights. Featuring local music acts.

Tuesdays, 7-10 p.m. Through July 31.

HARD ROCK CAFE, 126 BEALE (529-0007), WWW.ONLOCATIONMEMPHIS.ORG.

TCM Big Screen Classics: Planet of the Apes

(1968) $13.50. Sun., July 24, 2 p.m., and Wed., July 27, 7 p.m.

MALCO PARADISO CINEMA, 584 S. MENDENHALL (682-1754), WWW.MALCO.COM.

Wacky Wednesday Film: Modern Times

The Little Tramp (played by Charlie Chaplin) punches into a factory job and wigs out the assembly line. (1936) Free. Wed., July 27, 10:30 a.m.

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

Screening of short films in the categories of Live Action, Animation, Documentary, and 2015

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

Peabody Rooftop Party

of Each week features entertainment, The 16th ERY $10-$15. themed snack buffet, and drinkEV specials.

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Thursdays, 6-10 p.m. ThroughMAug. THE PEABODY, 149 UNION (529-4000), WWW.PEABODYMEMPHIS.COM.

Scenes of the Dinosaurs

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

SportsBall

Games for grownups benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mid-South. $125. Sat., July 23, 7 p.m.

MINGLEWOOD HALL, 1555 MADISON (866-609-1744), WWW.MSMENTOR.COM.

H O L I DAY EVE N TS

Auction at Graceland

GRACELAND, 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322), WWW.GRACELANDAUCTIONS.COM.

FO O D & D R I N K EVE N TS

Belgian Beer Week at Flying Saucer Cordova

Celebrate Belgian Independence Day including rare tappings, specialty glassware, swag, and nightly Belgian beer features. Through July 24, 11 a.m.-noon.

FLYING SAUCER, 1400 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. (755-5530), WWW.BEERKNURD.COM.

Good People Good Beer 2016

Taste beer and eat food benefiting Operation Broken Silence. $25. Sat., July 23, 6 p.m.

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

Vegan Soul Food Cookout

Join BLM Memphis chapter for vegan soul food and desserts prepared by some of Memphis’ best restaurants . Sat., July 23, 11 a.m.

901 EVOLUTION COMMUNITY GARDEN, PEARCE AND KEEL, WWW.BLACKLIVESMATTER.COM.

Vine to Wine at the Garden: California Dreaming

Celebrate summer with a selection of California wines accompanied by a sampling of fresh hors d’oeuvres, music by Short in the Sleeve, tour of the herb garden, and more. Must be 21 to attend. $30 members, $45 nonmembers. Tues., July 26, 6-8 p.m.

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

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Salad Days A new potato salad is a blank canvas.

I roasted the new potatoes along with whole cloves of new garlic and rounds of carrots. I should have peeled the garlic first, but I didn’t. I tossed these roots with oil, sprinkled them with salt and garlic powder, and baked at 350 on a tray, stirring occasionally. If you happen to have any garlic scapes, chop and toss them in for the final minutes of cooking.

Be warned: This is a tasty mixture.

You should probably roast extra of this rootsy mix for the kitchen vultures, because they will surely be circling. That fennel root could be roasted too, but I prefer to serve it raw and crunchy.

Let this cool before mixing with your uncooked veggies. Then mix together whatever raw veggies you’ve assembled, toss in the dressing, and serve.

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Slowly add olive oil, in the thinnest of streams, as the mixture whizzes.

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Most potato salad recipes call for boiling or steaming the potatoes. I get it. Cooking them this way helps prepare the cut surfaces to really grip the sauce. Nonetheless, I prefer to oven-roast my potatoes, which adds a browned, caramelized flavor. Admittedly, this treatment cuts down on their adhesiveness to the sauce, but not prohibitively so.

I recently made a new potato salad with a bunch of spuds that were as small as they were new: baby fingerlings from the farmers market. They were so small that I didn’t even cut most of the spudlings before roasting them. That, in principle, should have further inhibited their grip on the sauce, but it didn’t matter. I tossed my salad in a batch of homemade garlic and dill mayo, and it held together beautifully.

Beyond the choice of dressings, a potato salad is a 3D blank canvas in many other ways as well, into which you can incorporate the fruits and leaves of summer’s progression. Fresh peas, snap or shelled, can be tossed in at the very end, as can chopped celery. Parsley, dill, or cilantro can be chopped and added, but you will probably want to choose just one of those dominating herbs. Any protein, from tofu to bacon to shrimp, can be added, along with whatever else summer can throw at you. Green onions (aka new onions) are preferable to chopped bulbs, but either will do. That fennel root sitting in your fridge, which seemed like such a sophisticated purchase at the time but now have no idea what to do with? Your new potato salad will swallow that up, along with more misfit produce than grandma’s seven-layer leftover casserole, but with a finished flavor that’s fresh and crunchy.

(Counterpoint: My wife disagrees with me completely. She prefers her potato salad to have just potatoes, olive oil, salt, garlic, and greenery, such as parsley.)

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Now, I can justify my love for just about anything: ZZ Top is the quintessential bar band who were in the right place at the right time with the right music videos; director John Milius’ casting of languagechallenged Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan was so inspired it eventually won the actor the governorship of California; “Weird Al” is a lyrical genius. But I still have the notion that I should feel bad about the fact that I want to zap annoying motorists with a turtle shell when I get behind the wheel IRL. Maybe life is too short to worry about what you’re supposed to like, and so you should just like the stuff you like—unless you like Michael Bay

movies, in which case you should be ashamed of yourself.

The British TV series Absolutely Fabulous definitely falls in my “guilty pleasures” category.

The tipsy adventures of PR guru Edina Monsoon and magazine editor Patsy Stone, played by Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley, gained a sizable American audience when Comedy Central imported the show in the mid-1990s. Like the best British comedy, it was simultaneously brainy and raunchy, pushing boundaries of good taste and decorum while skewering every facet of British life. But the first butt of Saunders and Lumley’s jokes were always themselves. Eddie and Patsy are entitled monsters from the English id. Like their American counterparts in ’90s cringe comedy, Seinfeld, they never miss the opportunity to make the worst decision possible in every social situation. Saunders, who did the lion’s share of the writing alongside her sketch comedy partner Dawn French, took devilish pleasure wallowing in the shallow end of fashion

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Meanwhile, at a disastrous fashion show, Patsy learns that supermodel Kate Moss is looking for a new PR person, so she and Eddie plot to to beat rival relations rep Claudia Bing (Celia Imrie) to the punch by using her granddaughter Lola (Indeyarna DonaldsonHolness) as a lure at a glitzy party.

Predictably, the plan is a fiasco that ends with Moss falling into the Thames and Eddie and Patsy fleeing a murder rap to Cannes, France.

Saunders’ dialogue is as dense and witty as ever, and she gets much mileage out of the now-60-year-old

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Patsy’s late-game subplot riffing on Some Like It Hot is particularly fun and keeps the momentum from getting too bogged down by the endless parade of celebrity cameos, including Moss, Jon Hamm, Gwendoline Christie, and Rebel Wilson as a mouthy flight attendant who would be a good candidate for a recurring role if the show were to go on. The movie suffers from mandatory fan service moments requiring the insertion of every minor character who ever appeared on the show, and the predictable pitfalls of expanding a half-hour comedy to feature length, but Saunders and BBC director Mandie Fletcher navigate those obstacles better than Sex and the City or The X-Files films. If you’re considering coming in cold, you’re probably better off binging on the ’90s heyday of the show instead, but if AbFab’s already on your list of not-so-guilty pleasures, you’ll find a lot to like.

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TH E LAST WO R D by Susan Wilson

Mayonnaise Some Good ’Maters!

THE LAST WORD

You may find that I talk a lot about how summer sucks. This summer is particularly nasty. I am, however, going to say something nice about summer. Tomatoes. Tomatoes are nice. A bacon and tomato sandwich is the first thing you get in heaven. And, because it’s heaven, you get to pick what kind of mayonnaise you want. Red and yellow, black and white, there is no more of a great divide among Southern friends and family than what kind of mayonnaise you prefer.

Now, I’m talking about mayonnaise in terms of “preference” and not “orientation” because some people are omni-mayonnaisians. I am one of those people. I am open to trying a new mayonnaise.

You may be reading this now thinking, no. I can’t go on with this. I can’t read someone who has no firm mayo preference. It’s against nature. Right now you want to find me and bring me over to your side. You want me to understand why Duke’s is the Way. That Blue Plate is the Light. I hope that we can at least all agree that Greek yogurt has no place in mayonnaise.

A couple of weeks ago a friend posted an article on Facebook about pears with cheese and mayonnaise. This delicacy consists of a half a canned pear, a dollop of mayonnaise placed in the hollow, and is sprinkled with mild cheddar cheese. If your family was very rich and fancy, you might have gotten a maraschino cherry on top. Those of you who can’t abide the thought of mayonnaise in the first place are trying to keep lunch down at this point. I get it. It doesn’t sound particularly appetizing. Another friend said she remembered pear salad being served with pizza at our elementary school and she still shudders thinking about it. The article said the trick to recreating the proper pear and cheese salad was to use Kraft mayonnaise. Kraft, the article says, has the correct tang for this particular application.

Right now some of you are going to have to take a blood pressure pill because the thought of using Kraft is so abhorrent.

Duke’s, I am told, is best for tomato sandwiches. I’ve tried Duke’s before and don’t remember liking it, but I am willing to try again. It seems no brand of mayonnaise has as rabid a loyal fan base as Duke’s. It is rumored that ex-pat Southerners will smuggle jars of Duke’s over the MasonDixon Line. I am also told that Duke’s is best for the most-hated sandwich my brother and I were ever forced to eat by our grandmother: peanut butter and mayonnaise. I believe the origin of this abomination to be in the Great Depression. Our grandmother would say it made the peanut butter go farther. It went farther away from our mouths. I know there are many fervent peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwich eaters out there, and I will just let you fight your own death match on the proper mayonnaise because I don’t want to think about it anymore.

Some of you reading this might be fans of the second-most disgusting mayonnaise application: mayonnaise and black eyed peas. Why this is a thing, I’ve no idea. I don’t know what the poor humble black eye ever did to warrant such torture as mayonnaise boarding.

I have come to like Blue Plate. It’s cheaper than Hellman’s and it also just uses the yolk of the egg rather than the whole egg, which makes it more like homemade. That’s the only way it’s like homemade. There just is no comparing homemade mayo with store-bought. Pimento cheese made with homemade mayonnaise is a transformative experience, especially when served on pasty white bread. Finely chopped green onion mixed with homemade mayonnaise also makes a good sandwich to serve at bridge club because it goes well with whiskey sours.

I’ve known couples to break up because they found out the other person was a Miracle Whip fan. I’m all about diversity, but I have to say I’m not sure that wasn’t for the best. I don’t know how a mayonnaise-eater can cohabitate with a salad dressing fan.

Would you expect an Auburn fan to be happy with an Alabama fan? Same difference.

Why are we so passionate about our mayonnaise brand?

Perhaps it’s because, with the exception of Kraft, mayonnaise is very regional. Yes, Hellman’s and Best Foods are the same, but you can’t get Hellman’s west of the Rockies. Blue Plate is elusive, so you best buy a few quarts when you see it. Duke’s is a whole other animal. I grew up in Mississippi and never heard of Duke’s until I was an adult. It also occurs to me that I’ve never noticed generic mayonnaise. I assume it exists. Maybe they eat it in Wyoming?

Susan Wilson writes for yeahandanotherthing.com and likethedew. com. She and her husband Chuck have lived here long enough to know that Midtown does not start at Highland.

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