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OUr 1356th • issue 02.19.15 • cover story p.17 On Monday, I did what most of you probably did: I skipped work because of the snow. Oh, there’s little doubt I could have made it in to the office. I would have had to drive slower, but a little dusting of snow and sleet doesn’t stop the rest of the civilized world from going about its business. But no one would have been in the office, so why bother?

Don’t get me wrong. As I sat by a blazing fire, book on my lap, coffee at my side, I was grateful for the gift of a day off. But it felt like more than that. It felt like a holiday.

And in fact, a snow day in Memphis has all the trappings of a traditional holiday. It begins, like Christmas, with a shopping frenzy, as we scurry to grocery stores to stock up on our traditional Snow Day foods: bread and milk. The Snow Day spirit abounds as we wait in long lines, smiling and laughing in anticipation of the excitement to come. “They’re saying we might get six inches,” the cashier says.

“Oooh, goody,” we say, shivering in anticipation.

And when Snow Day comes, as with all holidays, we get a day off to spend with friends and family. We make Snow Day lawn decorations — creative snow creatures and forts. We have snowball fights. And we somehow manage to overcome our deathly fear of driving in the snow to drive all over town to our few meager hills, where we spend hours sliding on homely little sleds of cardboard and plastic. It’s so cheery!

The streets are mostly clear, but the sidewalks are filled with pedestrians enjoying the snow-dusted magnolias and monkey grass and watching their dogs make yellow snow. Another tradition!

I say it’s high time we recognize that we in the South do snow differently. Up North, they see it as weather, as extra work — shoveling, scraping, etc. In the South, the snow melts before we have to deal with any of that tedious stuff, so we see the snow as a rare gift, a welcome change in our routine. And, let’s be news & opinion honest. We see it as a paid holiday. leTTeRS - 4 So why not formalize it? The mayor The Fly-By - 6 and city council could strike a blow for TRUTh Be TOlD - 11 the city’s often-beleaguered image by POlITICS - 12 declaring the first significant snowfall eDITORIAl - 14 of the year an official Memphis holiday.

VIeWPOINT - 15 Imagine the happy PR we’d get from all Cover Story - “All About That Uptown Funk” over. We’d be seen as a quirky and fun

by Joe Boone - 17 town. Forbes magazine would be hardsteppin’ out pressed to call us “miserable,” for sure. It’s just crazy enough to work.

We ReCOMMeND - 20 So, come on, Mayor Wharton. Run MUSIC - 22 with it. A grateful citizenry awaits. Oh, AFTeR DARk - 24 and happy belated Snow Day. BOOkS - 28 Editor’s note: This column first CAleNDAR OF eVeNTS - 30 appeared in the January 13, 2011, issue, FOOD - 36 but I thought it might be time to rerun it.

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About Bianca Phillips’ “Hotties” story …

Man, I tried every trendy thing I could think of to make this year’s Hotties list. Liposuction. A personal trainer.

L.L. Bean duck boots. I hung around the Ashley Madison website. Leased a Prius. Reactivated my old StarTAC. No call from the Flyer. And when I was tipped about the “Puppy Love” theme, I immediately had my beloved Puckered Spaniel groomed.

But, no. Maybe next year. In the meantime I’ve had cosmetic surgery to display a permanent look of shock and disbelief on my face. Maybe that’ll make the Flyer feel guilty about the snub.

Congrats to all the winners. You’re a good-looking and talented bunch.

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About Bruce VanWyngarden’s editor’s letter on the Republican rift …

Every so-called common sense Republican who has tried has been devoured.

The few who have displayed momentary lapses of lucidity were swiftly chastised and quickly repented. As Charles Pierce says, there’s been a prion disease eating away at the Republican brain for several decades now. The Reasonable Republican is extinct as a political species. There are still Reasonable Republicans out there, but they don’t run for office because they know they can’t get elected in today’s Republican Party.

Jeff Jeff, I would extend that to say there are reasonable people in both parties.

The rise of extremism on both sides (for some reason they are much louder among the R’s) has precluded the participation of anyone that could even remotely be labeled as a “moderate.”

There are stories of hope out there.

I read in a New York Times article that Republicans in Iowa have very recently “purged” their leadership ranks of the Tea Party/extremist/libertarian elements. The process was apparently undertaken based on a very strong hint by the national party that the use of Iowa as a litmus test of sorts for new candidates was in serious jeopardy.

Apparently there were many potential nominees who were not interested in going to Iowa due to the increasingly far-right activist leadership at the state party level and resulting elections that pointed towards candidates considered unelectable at the national level.

However, seeing as Tennessee draws neither attention during national races nor is it considered a prize worthy of investment by either party, I guess our chance of seeing a push from above for more levelheaded Republican leadership is slim at best.

Barf About the post, “Zeke Logan: 19652015” …

Zeke, you will truly be missed. Your thoughts and humor made this city a better place to live. My upmost prayers and thoughts go to your family and friends. Know that you brought so many smiles to the faces of so many people.

Sean Jackson Much love to Zeke and his sweet family. Peace.

Niles About Ruth Ogles Johnson’s Viewpoint, “A School Schedule Fix” …

This schedule is ridiculous on so many levels that I can’t begin to count them all. Five-hour school days? Buses on the roads after nightfall? Granted, a change does need to occur, but this is not the answer.

Pamela Cates Can someone tell me why so many people have their panties in a wad because President Obama spoke about historical religious facts? Extremists of all religions are useless, whether Muslim, Christian, or Jew. There are a few churches that are wonderful but too often the extremists ruin it for them. Why deny the truth and get all ticked off because someone mentions historical facts? I would like to get as far away from these people as I can. In fact, I guess that I’d rather be sinning.

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our leaders The Tennessean has published a useful list of weird, worrisome, and wrongheaded bills being considered by the Tennessee legislature. These proposals include making it illegal to take minors to already illegal cockfights and legalizing our ability to aim high-velocity rounds at exploding targets. Rep. Jerry Sexton wants to make the Bible Tennessee’s state book, while Rep. James Van Huss would take things in an even more theocratic direction by amending the state constitution to show “our liberties do not come from governments, but from Almighty God, our Creator and Savior.” Weirdest of all, Sen. Steven Dickerson and Rep. Jeremy Faison have proposed a bill that would allow Tennessee politicians to accept contributions in bitcoin and other digital currency. Bitcoin? Really? listed!

NerdWallet listed Memphis at number 20 in a report on the 20 best cities for living single in America.

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By Toby Sells

A neighborhood group wants to save the public housing project from the wrecking ball.

Foote Homes doesn’t need to be torn down. It needs rain gardens, trees, individual porches, a new drainage system, updated lighting, and walkways. That’s according to the Vance Avenue Collaborative, a community group trying to save the public housing complex from demolition.

The group held a meeting last week to discuss how Foote Homes can be saved.

City officials will submit an application in September to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to raze Foote Homes’ 57 buildings. HUD denied the city the $30 million grant for the project last year. But that did not deter Robert Lipscomb, the city’s director of Housing and Community Development, who said the process is competitive and that the city would simply try again in 2015.

Should the city be selected for the $30 million Hope VI grant this year, the project would require $12.7 million from city taxpayers and $60 million from a private developer. In all, the project would cost $102.7 million, according to a Memphis Housing Authority document.

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Crosstown redevelopment project breaks ground.

For 17 years, the Sears Crosstown building has sat vacant, casting its gloomy shadow over the historic Midtown neighborhoods surrounding the 1.4-million-square-foot former Sears warehouse and retail store.

But on Saturday, February 21st, a community groundbreaking party will celebrate the construction that officially began on January 1st to transform the former Sears headquarters into a lively “vertical urban village” of medical Artist rendering of the Crosstown redevelopment

offices, arts amenities, residential housing, and retail space.

And with a new focus for the building comes a new name. The partners in the Crosstown redevelopment project will be dropping Sears from the building’s name and announcing a new name at the groundbreaking party.

“Everyone referred to the building as Sears Crosstown, but Sears is long gone,” said Todd Richardson, associate professor at the University of Memphis and co-leader of the redevelopment project. “We wanted the building to have its own identity and branding based on what’s going to be happening there.”

When Richardson and his partners started planning for the building’s redevelopment five years ago, the neighborhood around the building, which was called Crosstown in Sears’ heyday, had all but lost that identity.

“The name Crosstown had fallen off the map for most Memphians, and people didn’t even know where the neighborhood was,” Richardson said. “All of the events [put on by Crosstown Arts] — the lectures, the concerts, the MEMFeasts, the exhibitions — were a way to draw people back to the area and

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Since Crosstown Arts launched in 2010, Richardson said it has been successful in rebranding the neighborhood as Crosstown and rebuilding the community.

He says the block party, which will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in and around the triangle park between North Watkins and Cleveland, is intended as a way to thank the Crosstown community and the building’s founding partners and financial backers.

Besides the name-change announcement, the party will include an iron pour by the Metal Museum. They’ll be on-site melting down iron from old radiators taken out of the Crosstown building. Additionally, there will be live music, beer, and food trucks.

The founding partners — Church Health Center, Crosstown Arts, Gestalt Community Schools, Memphis Teacher Residency, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, and ALSAC/St. Jude — are moving all or part of their offices into the building when it’s complete in early 2017.

A mix of 21 different funding sources, including public, private, and philanthropic, totaling more than $200 million have made the project possible.

“I don’t know if the general public knows that the financing is fully secured, and we are well on our way to having this building renovated and revitalized,” said McLean Wilson, principle of Kemmons Wilson, Inc. and co-leader of the Crosstown Development Project. “The ‘if ’ question is no longer on the table.”

Since early January, about 300 construction workers have been on-site each day, many of them currently working on replacing the mortar between every brick in the building. Richardson said, when construction reaches its peak in about a year, there will be 900 to 1,000 workers on-site each day.

Once the building is complete, they expect 3,000 people — medical professionals, teachers, office workers, and residents — coming and going from the building daily. And those people will need places to eat and shop. Richardson said the development team is beginning to turn their attention to filling the retail spaces on the ground floor.

“We have about 60,000 square feet of retail left to lease. We envision a couple of restaurants, a coffee shop, maybe a small footprint grocer. We’ve got some pretty special retail space along the loading dock and what will be the main plaza,” Richardson said. “We’re excited to have the creative folks in Memphis come up with much better ideas than we could ever think of.”

Put a bird on it.

The city’s plan calls for replacing the aging project with a mixed-income housing development like Legends Park, Cleaborne Pointe, University Place, and others.

The Vance Avenue Collaborative unveiled their alternative plan (called the Vance Avenue Community Transformation Plan) to renovate the Foote Homes complex during a meeting last week at the St. Patrick Center. They believe their plan to save the complex will cost less than the city’s estimates for demolition and building new homes.

The plan would remove the large fence surrounding Foote Homes to increase pedestrian access to the site and diminish its reputation as a “ghetto,” collaborative members said. New sidewalks would be installed around the campus, which would be rich with new green spaces, according to the plan.

Rain gardens would catch storm water and hold it to feed community gardens.

Residents could eat or sell the produce grown in the gardens, the plan said. More trees would improve the “micro-climate” at Foote Homes. All of this would reduce litter because “the more beautiful the place is, the more we’ll take care of it,” said a voiceover in a 15-minute video describing the plan last week.

Backyards would be made semi-private. Each residential unit would get its own front porch, and they would be made larger than the existing shared porches. Walls would be painted. Mold would be scraped. Windows and screens and doors would be replaced. And it all comes with a price tag of $63 million.

“Our plan starts with the assumption that Foote Homes is not a problem to be eliminated but an incredible asset that could be even more positive and more uplifting with a little bit of work,” said Kenneth Reardon, a collaborative member and University of Memphis planning professor who has been working on the alternative project for years.

Should the city’s plan move forward, current Foote Homes residents would be forced to move before demolition begins. And they won’t be invited back to the development once it reopens. Instead, current residents will be given a Housing Choice Voucher (formerly known as a Section 8 voucher) for housing assistance, which will allow them to move into mixed-income or private housing located all over the city.

“If [Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.] were alive today, with all the displacement we’re seeing from the other housing projects, especially given that he was assassinated in Memphis, how would he feel about that?” asked collaborative member Gil Carter III.

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Laron Matlock smiled and blew a kiss to his family shortly before being sentenced to 15 years in prison for sex trafficking last Thursday.

From July to August 1st, 2012, Matlock benefited financially from forcing and coercing a 16-year-old girl to work as a prostitute in Memphis and Nashville.

Matlock, 33, conspired with co-defendant Briana Harris to transport the minor, simply identified by the moniker “T.S.” in court, from Racine, Wisconsin, to Memphis. Following her arrival, Matlock took seductive pictures of T.S. and posted them on Backpage.com to solicit clients interested in hiring minors for prostitution. She was trafficked to clients in both Memphis and Nashville. All the money made from her clients went to Matlock.

In August 2012, Matlock was arrested in Arlington, Tennessee, while attempting to traffic T.S. to an older man for commercial sex.

U.S. Senior District Judge Jon McCalla said that Matlock’s sentence would convey to others interested in trafficking that the penalties are extremely serious.

“Minors shouldn’t be marketed as just a thing for someone else’s gratification,” McCalla said in federal court on February 12th. “The role of sentencing is to change public behavior — unequivocally say minors are off-limits.”

Human trafficking remains prevalent in Tennessee’s western district and the state as a whole. Data from a recent report released by Polaris, an antihuman-trafficking agency, revealed that more trafficking cases were reported in Tennessee than Mississippi and Arkansas combined last year. The information is attributed to reports made to Polaris’ National Human Trafficking Resource Center [NHTRC] hotline and BeFree (233733) texting helpline.

In 2014, 73 cases of human trafficking in Tennessee were reported to the NHTRC. Since 2007, the NHTRC has received reports of 262 cases of human trafficking in Tennessee.

In Mississippi, over the same time frame, 29 cases were reported. In Arkansas, there were 17 cases of trafficking reported last year.

Lara Powers, program specialist for the (NHTRC) hotline, said the numbers in the report are more indicative of awareness of Polaris’ hotline number than the actual prevalence of trafficking in the area.

“When it comes to Tennessee’s numbers being higher, really that’s just an indicator that more people are aware of our hotline number in Laron Matlock Tennessee, and it’s possible that there might be more outreach and training on human trafficking,” Powers said.

“We tend to get a lot of reports from those [areas that] have been working on trafficking for a while and have pretty good infrastructure for that response.”

In 2014, NHTRC experienced a 26 percent increase in calls directly from trafficking survivors nationwide, compared to the previous year.

Last year, there were 5,167 cases of human trafficking across the country reported to the NHTRC hotline and Polaris’ BeFree texting helpline. Since the NHTRC hotline was established in 2007, there have been nearly 20,000 cases of human trafficking reported through it, along with Polaris’ BeFree texting helpline.

Once victims contact the hotline or helpline and a trafficking assessment is completed, they have the option to receive emergency health care, temporary shelter, and assistance from law enforcement. If the victim is a minor, their case is automatically reported to law enforcement.

Following Matlock’s 15-year sentence, U.S. Attorney Edward Stanton said the outcome is another example that law enforcement will remain vigilant and aggressive in prosecuting sex traffickers.

“Sex trafficking is akin to modern-day slavery; human beings are being treated like property,” Stanton said. “When we prosecute these cases federally, there’s no opportunity for parole. We’re holding these [traffickers] accountable.”

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Parents and students upset over plan to consolidate schools. not afford to run all of its schools as iZone.

In the case of Lincoln Elementary, grades have dropped dramatically over the past year. Scores were previously above the bottom-5-percent ranking, and some parents at the meeting blamed last year’s consolidation of Orleans Elementary with Lincoln for the shift.

Besides parents’ concerns for their children’s safety in changing schools, many

complained about how closing schools would affect the surrounding community.

There are no plans yet for what would happen to the buildings.

“You closed Longview, Prospect, and Pine Hill [schools], and now you want to close Lincoln and South Side. That leaves no school in this area,” said community member Dorothy Jackson at the South Side meeting. “Our property will be devalued.”

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soon, that they’d rather SCS leave their kids at their current schools and work on improving academic achievement there.

“Every school should get an iZone level of education,” said community member Kermit Moore at the Lincoln meeting.

Later, when board members addressed audience comments, SCS board chair Teresa Jones told Moore that funding for iZone schools is limited and that SCS can-

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“Who here doesn’t want their children in a gang? Who here doesn’t want their child being raped?” asks Makela Parker, addressing the room of parents, students, and faculty of South Side Middle gathered at a meeting last week to discuss a proposal to merge the school with Riverview Middle.

Cheers erupted from the audience.

And Parker wasn’t the only one to bring up gangs and rape in the discussion surrounding the proposed consolidation.

Multiple students and parents claimed Riverview, which is located in the Rollin 90s gang territory, has a dangerous gang problem, and all who spoke that night opposed the consolidation plan. At another meeting at nearby Lincoln Elementary, the feeder school for South Side, parents also opposed a plan to close that school and merge with A.B. Hill Elementary.

If Shelby County Schools (SCS) administration gets its way, South Side Middle School students may be bused to Riverview Middle and Lincoln students may be bused to A.B. Hill Elementary beginning in the 2015-2016 school year.

The reason for the proposed consolidations are both schools’ low academic achievement. Both fall in the bottom 5 percent of county schools, which means they’re susceptible to state Achievement School District (ASD) takeover. To prevent such a takeover in the future, the SCS administration is recommending moving the students to Riverview and A.B. Hill, which are both SCS iZone schools.

“South Side is on the ASD short list.

And South Side will have to be in the iZone or the ASD. Those are the only options we have on the table. It just makes more sense to educate these children through the iZone,” said SCS Superintendent Dorsey Hopson at the South Side meeting.

When the ASD selects a school, they send in a charter school organization to run the facility with the goal of moving the school from the bottom 5 percent to the top 25 percent. Because of state law, when the ASD wants a school on the SCS priority list, there’s nothing SCS can do to stop them from taking it over.

In 2012, SCS launched its iZone program to help move some of those priority schools into higher achievement status so they wouldn’t be susceptible to state takeover. The iZone schools only hire teachers with Teacher Effectiveness Measure scores of three or higher, and the principals have more autonomy. School days are extended by one hour at iZone schools. Since iZone’s launch, all 13 iZone schools have shown improvement, and six of them have already moved from the bottom 5 percent to the top 25 percent.

But the parents and students at both public meetings last week told SCS board members, who will vote on the proposal

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“Adjusted for inflation, we’re not making as much as we were in the 1970s,” she says. “Everything has gone up but wages.”

According to the 2015 Assets and Opportunity Scorecard released last month, Tennessee is one of 26 states where more than 25 percent of the jobs are low-wage.

According to the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), which compiles the annual scorecard, Tennessee ranks 43rd in the country for the number of policies adopted to help state residents gain financial security. In several states, 2015 brought increases above the federal minimum wage, but not in Tennessee. In fact, the state has no minimum wage law.

So while national campaigns to raise the pay for fast-food workers to $15 an hour are great ideas, Bowen still doesn’t believe that would be enough.

“Let’s see what it really actually takes to live out here and adjust wages accordingly,” Bowen says. “Because anything under $20 [an hour] is not making it.”

Her advice to her two daughters: Be prepared for anything. Have a job and a side gig. Save not for a rainy day — but seasons after seasons of hurricanes.

“If I’d known then what I know now, I probably would have tried to squirrel away more,” Bowen says. “It was a sixmonth cushion, not a six-year cushion.”

According to the Center for Economic and Policy Research, if the minimum wage had kept up with inflation, it’d be $10.52 an hour, which is about what she makes now. But if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity, it’d be $21.72 an hour.

States that increase their minimum wages, the center found, had higher employment growth.

Even with subsidies, Bowen can’t afford health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. Earlier this month, a legislative committee killed Insure Tennessee, Governor Bill Haslam’s plan to accept Medicaid expansion funds.

When she sees politicians dither over increasing the minimum wage or other measures that help her make ends meet, it makes her angry.

“They don’t have a clue,” Bowen says. “They don’t know what it’s really like out here. … They figure people are poor because they want to be.”

Wendi C. Thomas is a columnist, journalist, and founder of Common Ground: Conversations on Race, Communities in Action.

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For 17 years, Zorina Bowen was a research biochemist. She was good at what she did and loved her job.

But in 2006, University of Tennessee Health Science Center laid her off, and she’s struggled to get by ever since.

Her pay shrunk from nearly $30 an hour to less than $10 an hour for part-time work in the home healthcare industry (or for a home healthcare company or as a home health-care aide).

“I went from sequencing DNA to emptying bed pans,” says the 57-yearold single mother.

Part of Bowen’s story is familiar: It’s the testimony of the shrinking middle class, of good jobs lost and replaced by ones that don’t pay enough to make ends meet. Less noted is the psychological impact, how a changing economy can rattle even the most secure person’s self-esteem.

Bowen is quick to point out: She doesn’t think she’s too good to work as a caregiver — bathing, dressing, and cooking for her elderly client. All work has value, she says, “but the thing is, what is its value to you? Does it challenge you? Does it stimulate you, or are you just going through the motions?”

The slow decline in the federal, state, and local unemployment rate doesn’t capture the 12.5 percent of Americans who are underemployed. For African Americans like Bowen, the underemployment rate is estimated to be as high as 25 percent.

Bowen wants a job that requires the degree she earned. She needs full-time hours. In the years since she left the lab, she hasn’t been able to find either. She’s worked as an administrative assistant at nonprofit organizations, a substitute teacher, and a tutor at an afterschool program.

“I was basically taking any job I could get.”

It was a long way from her years in the lab, including years at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

“My job was to find the dose range to kill off the cancer cells without killing off too many of the normal cells,” she says. She can still rattle off the names of the drugs she worked on, and when she does, she looks happy. But her reminiscing soon gives way to reality. She sounds more like an economist than a scientist as she laments the

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The middle class is being replaced by the growing number of underemployed.

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Government on Ice Inclement weather — in more than one sense of the term — has put a freeze on some political matters.

So the bad weather came. Not as bad as was advertised, frankly, and not as bad as hit many other points in the nation, including parts of Tennessee to the east of us. Still, it was enough to halt, here as elsewhere, the momentum of politics and government

for a couple of days.

“Parts of Tennessee to the east of us,” I said. Okay, Nashville, for instance. Tuesday was wiped off the calendar in state government, and at press time there seemed a real possibility that the General Assembly could have a de facto shutdown all week, even should the schedule of events (committee meetings and floor sessions) be formally reinstated.

East Tennessee proper, which supplies a generous share of human fodder for the legislature, was hardest hit by the storm and seemed destined to remain weatherbound. Conditions there were the primary cause of a state of emergency declared Monday evening by the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA).

But power outages and road closures were abounding in Middle Tennessee counties like Davidson, Hickman, Humphreys, and Williamson, as well.

Some urgent things, of course, had already been put

on ice by the General Assembly — the most notable of which was Governor Bill Haslam’s Insure Tennessee proposal for Medicaid expansion. That happened week before last, with the proposal’s rejection by a 7-4 vote in an ad hoc Senate committee meeting in special session.

Not to mince words, the proposal, which would have poured into state coffers some $1.5 billion annually — much of it destined for Tennessee hospitals struggling with the costs of uncompensated medical care for the uninsured (estimated to number at least 280,000 in the state) — was defeated because it could be linked to the Affordable Care Act, aka “Obamacare.”

Other arguments — that the federal government would eventually welsh on its commitment to fund the lion’s share of long-term funding or that Tennessee would be stuck in a “Hotel California” commitment it could never check out of — were demolished over and over by the governor or the attorney general or legislative supporters (including Democrats and Republicans), but they kept resurfacing — as a smoke-screen, backers of Insure Tennessee maintained.

Parenthesis: Late in that first week, state Representative Steve McManus (R-Cordova) expressed disappointment that many press reports up Nashville way had wrongly credited a fellow Shelby Countian, state Senator Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown) with authoring

the “Hotel California” trope. McManus is correct. As the Flyer reported on its website on January 9th, McManus, a sometime thespian, was indeed the originator of that metaphor.

Kelsey had merely borrowed the phrase — along with predictions of a special-session “bloodletting” by state Representative Curry Todd (R-Collierville) — for his own numerous attacks on the governor’s Medicaid proposal. The senator from Germantown can lay claim to one original argument of his own, however — that, as he said during the fateful hearing by the ad hoc Senate Health and Welfare Committee, Insure Tennessee amounted to nothing more than a “bailout” for the state’s foolishly miscalculating hospitals.

Democrats in the House and Senate, more a remnant than a real force, have introduced legislation to renew consideration of Insure Tennessee in the regular session, now begun, but there seems little hope of that coming to pass. In his post-mortem with the press after the failure of the special session, Haslam said that he’d like to try again, but hinted it might not be possible until the election of a new president.

That same theme was noted directly last week by House Speaker Beth Harwell (R-Nashville), who declined to support Insure Tennessee in the special session and was quoted by The Commercial Appeal’s Rick Locker

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• Another political situation which may have experienced a brief freeze since last week was the rush of candidate declarations for various city offices.

The announcement last Monday by commission chairman Justin Ford that he would seek the office of Memphis mayor further filled out a candidate roster that is ultimately expected to include a generous number of candidates besides those

registration deadline, October 5th.

One of those still mulling over a city race and inclined, she says, to give the matter a good bit of time before deciding, is Kemba Ford, the daughter of former state Senator John Ford and an increasing presence in local civil and political affairs.

Ford, who has run previous races for the city council and the state legislature, may be a candidate for the council’s District 7 position, but she’s involved at the moment with cousin Joe Ford Jr., a resident of Los Angeles, in an archival multimedia research project on Memphis politics during the civil rights era, focusing on the Ford family’s involvement.

Kemba Ford herself was a longtime

resident of L.A., where she pursued an acting career until her father’s arrest, conviction, and imprisonment as a result of the FBI’s Tennessee Waltz sting brought her back to Memphis to provide him with moral support. (Former Senator Ford, long since released, accompanied his daughter to the Tennessee Equality Project’s fund-raising Gumbo Contest at Bridges downtown weekend before last.)

The District 7 position was formerly occupied by Lee Harris, who vacated it after his election year to the state Senate, where he is now that body’s Democratic leader. The seat is currently held on an interim basis by Berlin Boyd, sure to be a candidate in October.

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as saying, “It might be that two years from now, we wake up with a Republican president, look at going after it again and coming back with a block grant. … Do I think we want to spend a lot of time during the regular session? Nah, I don’t think that.”

People wonder what presidents’ legacies will be. Barack Obama’s might be that he was the first president who saw every proposal even remotely connected with him — good, bad, or indifferent — relentlessly stonewalled by his political opposition, not only at the congressional level but at the level of state government, as well.

So we wait two years. Right. That’s roughly $3 billion worth of waiting, and God only knows how many of the 280,000 uninsured Tennesseans could have health emergencies in the meantime.

Obama-bashing may work for GOP members in the legislature, but not for those Republicans with responsibility for actual governing in the affected localities of Tennessee. In two overwhelming votes, one in advance of the special legislative session, another afterward, the Shelby County Commission has endorsed Republican member Terry Roland’s resolution calling for passage of Insure Tennessee.

Concern for imminent strain on the medical and financial resources of Region One Health (aka The Med) was cited by members of both parties. Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell has been outspoken in his disappointment, forecasting in a series of appearances lately that the defeat of Insure Tennessee could lead to a 10 percent county property tax increase. On last week’s Behind the Headlines broadcast on WKNO-TV, Luttrell bit down hard on that bullet: “The opposition framed it as being an extension of the president. Those Republicans that dared to kind of step out and support it in the General Assembly were vilified.”

It should be noted that not every measure introduced in the current legislative session has met with a cold shoulder.

As one example, a bill (HB677/SB0783) introduced by state Representative James Van Huss (R-Jonesborough) and state Senator Mae Beavers (R-Mt. Juliet), seems on its way to being fast-tracked.

This bill would establish the Barrett Model 82A1 50-caliber semi-automatic rifle, manufactured in Murfreesboro, as Tennessee’s “official state firearm.” First things first.

already declared, who include Councilman Jim Strickland, former county commission chairman James Harvey, former University of Memphis basketballer Detric Golden, and, of course, incumbent Mayor A C Wharton.

Councilman Harold Collins is considered a good bet to enter the mayoral field, and another likely possibility is Memphis Police Association director Mike Williams. Expect others before the Election Commission allows petitions to be formally pulled on April 17th. The election itself won’t happen until October 29th.

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We congratulate Corker on taking over the reins of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as we have previously congratulated Alexander on his chairmanship of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Both can provide useful service — and balance to some of the more extreme views in their now-predominant party. In particular, we trust that Corker’s counsel on the ever-mounting specter of ISIS and other Middle East issues will be seasoned with the same careful judgment that caused him, correctly, to advise disengagement from full-scale war in Afghanistan and, in particular, from the corrupt regime of Hamid Karzai.

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Chattanooga Volkswagen plant. We understood that Corker had been instrumental in attracting the plant to his hometown and that, like numerous other Tennessee figures in both parties, past and present, he had a commitment to the state’s Right to Work law, which allows workers to remain independent of union membership.

In conducting his own high-volume campaign against the UAW, Corker interfered too directly and too insistently with the union-representation election, we thought, and we said so in no uncertain terms. We were also concerned that Corker’s over-zealous effort — supported by other Republican officeholders including Governor Bill Haslam — would contravene Volkswagen’s stated international policy of making management decisions in tandem with “workers’ councils.”

In any case, the plant’s workers were induced to reject the UAW bid. By now, the matter has receded into our rear-view mirror, especially in view of the fact that the UAW has since been permitted to maintain a presence at the VW plant and to lobby there for eventual recognition.

So we can revert to what had been, by and large, our admiration for Corker’s studied attempts to maintain independent views on most matters and to swim against the tide of partisan polarization in Congress, maintaining good communications with the White House and with congressional Democrats.

We are never going to agree 100 percent with either Corker or his GOP Senate colleague, Lamar Alexander, but — even though neither would admit to being covered by the term — both can be consid-

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Republicans at the Crossroads Immigration reform issues continue to dog the GOP. interior enforcement measures for immigrants already here illegally. The bill was pulled.

The latest concession was Speaker John Boehner’s recent announcement that the House would sue the president over his executive action. It’s hard to see that token move assuaging angry conservatives.

Some momentary reflection and reconsideration of immigration followed GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s defeat in 2012 — a devastating 71 percent to 21 percent wipeout among Latino voters — but faded rapidly, and two years later, the party is more divided than it was then. The “autopsy” by the Republican National Committee suggested passing reform and stated, “It doesn’t matter what we say about education, jobs, or the economy; if Hispanics think that we do not want them here, they will close their ears to our policies.” The warning went nowhere.

But immigration reform remains a goal for those who influence and fund presidential campaigns. The New York Times reported Wednesday that Rupert Murdoch, owner of The Wall Street Journal and Fox News Channel, recently gushed at remarks by Bush on the benefits of immigration reform.

Murdoch, and influential casino magnate and GOP funder Sheldon Adelson, both took the remarkable step of urging the party to pass reform in high-profile op-eds published within one day of each other, after freshman Rep. Dave Brat (R-Virginia) used the immigration issue to topple former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a June primary election.

Republicans won’t be passing any immigration reform, but it will remain the subject of contentious debate for the next two years, from the halls of Congress to the campaign trail — much to the delight of Democrats.

A.B. Stoddard is a columnist and editor at The Hill newspaper.

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When it comes to the Republican Party’s immigration divide, the more things stay the same, the more they stay the same.

The 2016 campaign has begun, and Jeb Bush, a pro-immigration-reform candidate, is believed to have raised the most money. Yet Republicans in Congress are under pressure to roll back the president’s executive action that conservatives consider amnesty.

Republicans don’t have the votes to do it. The issue promises to dog the GOP from now at least until Election Day. A few weeks back, House Republicans passed a bill that would defund parts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in order to block President Obama’s executive order shielding up to 5 million people from deportation. The bill would restore funds that expire in February to the rest of the department. Though the bill can’t pass the Senate, with all Senate Democrats united against it, GOP leaders there promise to bring it up anyway.

And “Plan B,” they say, doesn’t yet exist. Failure to pass a bill before February 27th will allow Democrats and the president to claim Republicans risked funding vital national security functions in a time of rising terror threats, concerns that register high in polls of voter priorities.

Some Republicans argue a lapse in DHS funding would make little difference, because most of the department’s employees are considered essential and would remain on the job with their pay delayed. But creating an avoidable cliff, especially for GOP leaders who have promised an end to them, is foolish in light of the unavoidable cliffs that are up next on the calendar.

Conservatives are likely to fight their leaders and push for more confrontation over the debt ceiling in March, the Medicare “doc fix” in April, and the Highway Trust Fund in May — all must-pass bills that conservatives will view as opportunities to gain leverage over Obama.

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The inside story behind Memphis’ first numberone record in 40 years.

Number One

You can’t do any better. For six weeks straight, Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” has dominated the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock in East Tennessee, you know it was recorded in Memphis at the legendary Royal Studios, home to Al Green and his guiding force, producer Willie Mitchell. Mitchell passed away in 2010, but his grandson Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell has assumed the mantle with great success. The current number-one single is only part of what’s going on under the new generation. We talked to Boo and to Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon, who came to Memphis as the lyricist for much of Ronson’s album Uptown Special.

We Got the Funk

“Initially, I don’t think Royal was in the plan for them to record, until they came in and saw it and felt the vibe and the energy of the place,” Boo Mitchell says of Royal Studios. “It’s something about the studio that inspires people.

It’s got a vibe to it. A lot of studios don’t have a vibe. More modern places, you kind of have to take your inspiration with you. This one still has all of the charm from the 1960s. We haven’t touched anything since 1969. We’ve updated the bathrooms and the green room. But when you walk into Royal, it has this magic quality to it. That’s what got ’em.”

In a city where Sun Studios was rebuilt, Stax was torn down and replaced, and American Sound was destroyed, Royal remains an untouched working example of the Memphis Sound. It’s impressive on every level.

“When they got here, they were kind of blown away by the studio,” Mitchell says of the producer’s visit last winter. “Mark, when he walked into the control room, said, ‘Aw, man, you have the same MCI recording console that I have. I remember that I bought it because your dad had it. That’s why I got it in the first place.’”

Three weeks later, Ronson returned with a band of musical assassins including producer Jeff Bhasker, Kevin Parker of Tame Impala, drummer Steve Jordan, bassist Willie Weeks, and some guy named Bruno Mars. March 1st was Willie Mitchell’s birthday, and the group gathered for a photo in front of the studio. The resulting album, Uptown Special, is currently at Number 11 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and peaked at Number 5. continued on page 18

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Ronson is famous for melding classic sounds and modern sensibilities.

Mitchell delivered the tools to do just that.

“Everything we used was vintage,” Mitchell says. “Eric Martin at Martin Music gave us a whole lot. When Carlos Alomar [David Bowie’s guitarist] came, we had all kind of stuff. Marshall amps. And then the Drum Shop, we went and raided them for the first session. We sent Homer Steinweiss [Amy Winehouse, Dap Kings] to the Drum Shop. [laughs] He came back with like five kits. But Steve Jordan would use this hybrid kit: the Royal Studios hi-hat from ‘Love & Happiness’ and some weird low tom from the Drum Shop. We had all kinds of madness going on.”

Engineer work on Uptown Special is not all Mitchell has going on. He is co-producer with Cody Dickinson on Take Me to the River, a documentary that pairs musicians from different generations in a celebration of soul music’s enduring power. The film, which pairs artists such as William Bell with Snoop Dog and Mavis Staples with the North Mississippi Allstars, won Best Feature Film at London’s Raindance Film Festival last September. Mitchell had just returned

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Mark Ronson walked into the control room and said, “Aw, man, you have the same MCI recording console that I have.” from a show at the Apollo to support the music-education efforts of the project.

Boo Mitchell took on a lot of responsibility when his grandfather died, and he credits the film with helping him get to where he is now.

“Cody Dickinson was one of the first cats to go, ‘Hey, man, you produce the stuff. It’s all you,’” Mitchell says.

“Okay. Cool. Then all of the sudden, I’m recording Snoop Dog and Terrence Howard and William Bell and Otis Clay and Bobby Rush. Frayser Boy. Then it seems like the doors opened from there.”

Keep It Rolling

Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell was born in 1971. Willie Mitchell is his matrilineal grandfather who adopted him to keep the family name. Boo remembers the Al Green era and has been soaking up lessons from Pops since he was a child.

“Just remembering about how Pops used to talk to the musicians and dealt with the band and the artist,” Mitchell says. “I spent summers down here, from the time I was 8 or 9. I just wanted to be here. Pops would tell you be quiet and don’t talk. I remember he told me one time, ‘When you go in the studio, never ask how long it’s going to take.’ We were doing a percussion overdub, and this guy was taking all of

“It feels good that I was smart enough to keep the legacy going,” says Mitchell.

this stuff out of the bag, a glockenspiel.

He says, ‘How long is this going to take?’ Pops goes, ‘It’s already done.

You can pack your stuff up.’ He said, ‘Go see the lady at the front.’ He said, ‘Boo, you might be in the studio one day. You might be here three days.

You never know.’ I never asked that question.”

Since Pops’ death in 2010, Boo has kept things moving in his own right: Robert Plant, Paul Rodgers, Boz Scaggs, and Wu-Tang Clan all worked in the studio with Boo at the console.

“It feels good that I was smart enough to keep the legacy going,” Mitchell says. “It’s not something that I ever thought about doing. I wasn’t one of the type of people who’s like, I’m going to do this and do that. I was just the rover. I was just doing things out of necessity. That’s ultimately how I started being a full-time engineer again in 2004.”

Boo remembers the moment he started engineering as a serious career.

“Pops was sitting up there, kind of upset because the current engineer had gone on vacation without telling anybody,” Mitchell says. “[There was] this big Al Green project where the record company wanted this song remixed. It was a deadline. I just looked at him and said, ‘Well, hell, I know how to engineer, and you’ve got the best ears in town. Why don’t you and me go back there and do it?’

He looks up and goes, ‘Damn, that’s a good idea. Let’s do it.’”

That kicked off a special phase of their relationship and set the stage for Boo’s current successes.

“I would pick Pops up from the house and take him to work and take him home every night,” Mitchell says. “That started around 2000, 2001. I would play records. We started listening to Willie Mitchell instrumentals. He would tell me, ‘That’s Fred Ford.’ The stuff was so old,

he’d forget. We’d listen, and he would say, ‘That’s Fred Ford playing the solo on ‘Bad Eye.’ I had no idea. So it was cool listening to these old records with him. He started remembering. I’d ask him how he mic’ed the drums. He said, ‘Everybody wants to know how I mic the drums. This is how I did it.’ That was cool.”

Mitchell is the current president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Memphis Chapter and represents Royal and Memphis all over the country. He has become the consummate professional and a leading ambassador of the Memphis Sound.

“That’s the path of my life,” he says.

“Doing things because it’s the right thing to do has blessed me. It’s opened doors for me, and good things have followed.”

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Michael Chabon, The Accidental Lyricist

Mark Ronson asked Pulitzer Prizewinning novelist Michael Chabon (Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay), who is a crate-digging music nut and Big Star fanatic, to contribute lyrics for Uptown Special. While Chabon did not write the lyrics to “Uptown Funk,” he contributed to most of the other album tracks and made the trip to Memphis for the

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family-style recording sessions. I asked Chabon about the project and his experience in Memphis.

Memphis Flyer: The story of Ronson and Bhasker renting a car and driving around the South looking for talent has been well-reported. Sometimes we roll our eyes when people “drive through the South” in search of something. But this time it worked.

What’s your take on that?

Michael Chabon: We don’t a have

What about that building?

It’s an expression of a single human soul and a single human consciousness. That’s how it felt to me anyway, to go in there. It reminded me of outsider artists. There’s a guy in France called the Facteur Cheval.

In the 19th century, he was walking down the road one day, and he picked up a rock. There was something about this rock that got stuck in his brain.

He ended up building this entire palace complex in the backyard of his house in rural France out of rocks. He spent his whole life working on it. It’s an incredibly surreal environment.

That studio itself and the way Boo explained it to me: There was something that he would hear that

wasn’t quite right about the drums, and he would get whatever there was around, like a blanket or a piece of foam and just stick it in exactly the spot. Over the years, all of that stuff accumulated, in this way that you feel like you’re inside of a work of art, not just a recording studio.

It’s an installation or an environment that’s reflecting the way one particular brain operated.

The Mitchells are some fun people.

Boo is so lovely. His spirit is so wonderful. You just like being around him. It is such a family operation there. You felt so taken care of. They want to know about you and your

family. One of Boo’s aunts cooked up Sunday dinner for us and brought over all of this incredible food, this amazing red velvet cake. Boo’s kids and nephews. But not just that, the whole neighborhood: There’s that lobby area, and every time I’d walk through there would be different people sitting around in the chairs. Teenie [Hodges] was there a lot. But just guys from the neighborhood … they’d be talking and laughing. Sometimes I would just come in and hide around the corner and eavesdrop. I’ve never heard people laughing so hard. Just cracking each other up so much.

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a whole lot of mythology in America.

A lot of the mythology that we do have — I almost want to say we used to have — was kind of artificial. It was artificially devised creations starting around the turn of the last century, where there was kind of this effort both conscious and unconscious, with all of the immigrants pouring into the country from all over the world, to kind of shape a narrative of what America was and what American history was. That brought us all of these things like George Washington throwing the dollar across the Rappahannock River and the stories of the founding fathers. That kind of iconography of American history was like our civic religion. That was kind of an American mythology that was dreamed up by the equivalent of marketing people essentially. There wasn’t a whole lot of basis in fact.

The real, organically grown mythology was pretty scarce. But the birth of the blues in the Mississippi Delta and the migration of that music up the river and the way that it metamorphosized into jazz, R&B, and gospel — all of that stuff and the cross-cultural fertilization with the European, everything that’s part of that story are mythological elements.

There are clearly bogus elements, like Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil or whatever, but the basic story is true. You can drive around. I didn’t get to drive down to Clarksdale, but I would want to do that too. You would just be hoping that you would be touching or be touched by something that’s true: something old and true.

So much of everything that’s around us now is cooked up and synthesized. Whether you’re white or black or whatever ... everyone wants authenticity. Authenticity has the highest premium on it of almost any kind of experience that we can have as human beings. Whether that’s even possible or not, it’s certainly hard to find in a contemporary context that we live in. So you’re always kind of looking for places.

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Black & Gay

By Chris Davis

The New Black, coming to the Hattiloo Theatre on February 25th as part of Indie Memphis’ Southern Circuit film series, is a documentary about meaning. What does it mean to be African American? What does it mean to be Christian? And, more to the point, what does it mean to be both of those things and gay too?

On November 6, 2012, Maryland became the first state where equality was upheld by public referendum. It was a huge victory for LGBT activists who’d found themselves in an often heated struggle, working in an African-American community divided by faith. As is so often the case, anti-equality activists had framed the election as a referendum on Christian morality and the church.

Journalist/filmmaker Yoruba Richen has described what happened in Maryland as an “out of the shadows” moment. It was the first time the issue of marriage equality was being publicly vetted in an environment where African Americans comprised a significant voting block.

And from the outset, anti-equality campaign rhetoric pitted African Americans against gays. Her film personalizes the struggle by focusing most of its attention on an indefatigable clutch of LGBT activists working to directly engage and educate rural and suburban voters in advance of what would become a historic vote.

In addition to its intimate look into the day-to-day lives of activists, their families, and their antagonists, The New Black also attempts to contextualize the historic relationship between black churches and the communities they serve, even as it documents a fight over the very meaning of “civil rights.”

Marriage equality has seen many victories since Richen launched her film project in 2010, but not in Tennessee.

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THURSDAY February 19

FRIDAY February 20

“The Musically Sublime — A Scientific Story” Evergreen Presbyterian Church, 7:30 p.m.

Dr. David Huron discusses how music affects us — like when it gives us goosebumps or brings us to tears.

Calvary Waffle Shop Calvary Episcopal Church, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Time for annual, much-loved Lenten season waffle shop, featuring the famous fish pudding, tomato aspic, and chicken hash.

Passport to Oregon University Club, 4:30-7:30 p.m., $55 Annual wine-tasting event presented by Joe’s Wines featuring the wines of Oregon. Of note this year are the wines from Patricia Green Cellars and Grochau Cellars.

Representatives from both wineries will be at the event.

Fall in Love with Binghampton Crosstown Arts, 5:30-8 p.m.

Art sale featuring the works of kids from Binghampton and the local artists who taught them. Benefiting the Carpenter Art Garden.

Southwind Wine Dinner TPC at Southwind, 6:30 p.m., $50 A four-course dinner paired with wines from Montinore. Tickets: 309-2100.

Macbeth Theatre Building, University of Memphis, 7:30 p.m., $20 The University of Memphis Department of Theatre & Dance presents this tragedy by Shakespeare.

“I Am” Playhouse on the Square, 2 and 8 p.m., $10-$72 Ballet Memphis’ mix-rep show featuring the works of Julia Adam, Gabrielle Lamb, Stephen McMahon, and Reggie Wilson.

Copenhagen

Atomic Ghosts

By Chris Davis Every theater is a laboratory, every play an experiment — a methodical attempt to create new worlds built in and of imaginary space. Michael Frayn’s ambitious, math-centric drama Copenhagen, currently running on Theatre Memphis’ Next Stage, is just a little more overt than most. The play’s formal conceit: turn traditional dramatic structures into a series of scientific proofs, each of which has been designed to quantify the mechanical aspects of a private meeting between Niels Bohr, the Jewish father of quantum mechanics, and Werner Heisenberg, Bohr’s former pupil and the chief scientist in charge of creating Adolf Hitler’s atomic-weapons program. It’s a heady story told by ghosts in an otherworldly setting.

Copenhagen director Stephen Huff describes the play as “a thought experiment,” like Schrödinger’s cat or single subatomic particles that appear to move through two slits at the same time. “As a thought experiment, the play is set in theoretical time and space,” he explains. “In other words, time and space are fluid and shift into many different modes.

For most of the duration of the play, the characters exist in a time and space beyond their earthly being — or an afterlife.

They argue about what happened in the past and relive events and emotions in the present of that nebulous existence.

“None of us are nuclear physicists here,” Huff says, describing the play’s intellectually intimidating content. But contemporary artists and audiences benefit from the fact that Frayn’s play reignited academic interest in the Bohr/ Heisenberg meeting, and lots of information has been published in the two decades since its premiere. “MIT has a website that provides summaries of the physics discussed in the play,” Huff says. “Because of its tremendous impact, there is a lot of information out there that is geared specifically toward understanding it.”

While one doesn’t need a degree in science to appreciate Copenhagen, a little homework may enhance the experience.

"Copenhagen" at theatre MeMphis through MarCh 1st. theatreMeMphis.org

“Excuse Me … ” Memphis College of Art, 6-8 p.m.

Opening reception for an exhibition of new paintings by Jed Jackson, which depict popular ideas through humorous images.

Chinese New Year Family Day Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art, noon-4 p.m.

Celebrating the new year with activities and performances.

Repticon Landers Center, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., $10 Expo and sale featuring exotic reptiles, as well as educational seminars.

Breaking Ground in Crosstown Sears Crosstown, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Groundbreaking for the Sears Crosstown project with presentations, an iron pour, an exhibition featuring renderings of the project, music, and food. Read more on page 17.

Iron Mouth Battle League Season 3 Opener Rockhouse Live Midtown, 3-9 p.m., $10 Emcees try to out-talk each other in this Iron Mouth Battle.

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hile hardcore punk has existed as a music genre for nearly 40 years, its history in Memphis has been murky at best. Jay Reatard was once quoted as saying that “the Memphis hardcore scene always eats itself,” and while that notion is particularly negative, it does hold some truth.

Over the past 15 years, pockets of 50 to 100 supporters have cropped up around venues like the Caravan, the Rally Point, and the Dregs, only to dismantle when the local bands and promoters that helped build those scenes called it quits or moved away.

Of course, there are exceptions to this rule (anyone in the longtime running local outfits Clenched Fist or Gringos would tell you that), but for the most part, hardcore punk remains one of the more puzzling factions of the larger underground music scene.

In recent years, venues like Crosstown Arts, Murphy’s, and the HiTone have allowed a hardcore scene to grow, but its numbers are nothing compared to the days of the Antenna Club, Barristers, or the wall-to-wallpacked shows at the old Riot on Monroe.

It’s interesting, then, to have a local hardcore punk band like Gimp Teeth challenge a scene that more than likely has embraced them out of sheer necessity. Proving their reluctance to be pigeonholed by playing vastly different venues and events, Gimp Teeth could be the band that breaks down the noticeable divide among different factions of underground music in Memphis.

We sat down with frontman Cole Wheeler to find out more about one of the most promising young bands in Memphis and their thoughts on the scene they may or may not belong to.

Flyer: You seem to be the one who got Gimp Teeth rolling. How did you pick the members?

Cole Wheeler: It had been awhile since I had been in a band, and

I really wanted to do something different from anything I’d done before. I met my buddy Alexander Swilley going to the Memphis College of Art, and over time, it was clear that we were into the same stuff. We both expressed interest in playing in a hardcore band, and around that time, Swilley mentioned Taylor Loftin as a possible drummer. After that, I asked Connor Booth to play bass. He was someone I already knew through the local skateboarding scene. The four of us got to really know each other after the band had already started.

“Any hardcore scene that existed in Memphis during my time here has always been extremely close-minded. The best type of hardcore punk is influenced by other genres.”

You’ve played in some local groups before. What makes Gimp Teeth different from those bands?

The bands I played in before were really heavy and dark, influenced by modern hardcore bands like Cursed [a mid-2000s punk band from Canada] and stuff like that. With Gimp Teeth, I wanted to channel the childish angst I have in a different way. I’m still mad about the same things, but I wanted to present those feelings in a more mature way, a way that was more digestible.

Did you feel like you were going to fill a void in the Memphis music scene when you started the band? Were there any specific local bands that were doing a similar thing when you guys began to play?

Honestly, when the band first got together I had no idea what we were going to create. At first, I was just sitting back wondering what we were going to sound like. I knew that from Taylor’s and Connor’s backgrounds

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The other members of Gimp Teeth play in projects that are far removed from what I’d call hardcore punk. How does that influence the band’s sound?

I always felt like any hardcore scene that existed in Memphis during my time here has always been extremely close-minded. I think the best type of hardcore punk is influenced by other genres. Taylor and Connor didn’t grow up going to the same types of shows I did, but their input and what they bring to practice makes it obvious that we aren’t just trying things that have been done before.

In that sense, I don’t really understand how Gimp Teeth sounds.

It’s still interesting to me to try to figure out. Obviously, I don’t think we are doing anything revolutionary, but at the same time, because of where everyone comes from musically, it sounds just a little bit different from what normally qualifies as hardcore punk.

With the idea in mind that you guys are approaching this type of music from a different angle, how would you say Gimp Teeth fit into the aggressive music scene in Memphis?

When we first started playing, there were members that wanted to get our band integrated with the hardcore scene in Memphis, but I didn’t really agree with doing that. I feel like the hardcore scene here is too exclusive, and we are trying to get away from that mentality. There’s also violence that goes on at those shows that I don’t agree with — people hurting other

people just because it’s “fun.” I didn’t want to put our band in that scene, even though I know that’s where we should fit.

That explains why you guys play so many different types of shows, from house parties to places like the Hi-Tone.

We are down to play anywhere, especially someone’s house. We’ve played one show that was a straightup “hardcore show,” and before we played, I knew how it was going to go. The whole time we played, people were standing far away from me with their arms folded, being like, “when can I mosh and hurt someone to this music?” You can tell when people are looking for that cue. I don’t think we are trying to challenge the listener or the audience. I think the general consensus is that we are a good live band, but people aren’t quite sure what it is they just saw. I’d say I’m no more challenging than anyone else who yells into a microphone.

Something I’m sure you’ve heard before is “I really like the music, I just wish I could understand what the singer is saying.” What are some of the things you cover lyrically?

If there was anything I picked up from being young and going to hardcore shows, it’s that the audience could always relate to the lyrics. I love being able to write stuff like that, but I want to do it in a more adult way. I don’t just want to scream about why I don’t believe in God. I want to go deeper than that. If you think about Lou Reed and how he was talking about heroin in a genre of music where no one was talking about stuff like that, I’d like to do that in the hardcore scene. Find the things that people aren’t talking about and expose them.

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that it wasn’t going to be super heavy or something where I’m screaming at the top of my lungs. It was more a process of “let’s just see how this goes.” There was a specific point where I knew how we were going to sound and we grabbed hold of that, but I didn’t want to be the one in the band pointing a finger, being like, “this is how we are going to sound.”

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197 BEALE - 525-3711

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Sundays-Mondays, 10 p.m.2 a.m., and Tuesdays-Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Jim Wilson Fridays, Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; DJ J2 Fridays, Saturdays, 9:30 p.m.-5 a.m.; Kevin and Bethany Paige Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

B.B. King’s Blues Club 147 BEALE - 524-KING

B.B. King All Stars Thursdays, 7 p.m., Fridays-Saturdays, 9 p.m., and Mondays, 8 p.m.; The Will Tucker Band Fridays, Saturdays, 5 p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, 12:30 p.m. and Sundays, 2 p.m.; Preston Shannon Sundays, 7 p.m. and Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.; Memphis Jones Monday, Feb. 23, 5 p.m.; King Beez Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.

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

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

Blues City Cafe 138 BEALE - 526-3637

Itta Bena 145 BEALE - 578-3031

Susan Marshall Fridays, Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.

Jerry Lee Lewis Cafe & Honky Tonk

182 BEALE - 528-0150

Memphis Bluesmaster Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.midnight; Plantation All Stars Fridays, Saturdays, 3-7 p.m.; Delta Project Friday-Saturday, Feb. 20-21, 8 p.m.-midnight; The Dr. “Feel Good” Potts Band Mondays, 8 p.m.midnight; McDaniel Band Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Silky O’Sullivan’s

310 BEALE - 654-5171

The Jason James Trio FridaysSundays, 7-11 p.m.; Rockin’ Joey Trites and the Memphis Flash Saturdays, 3-7 p.m. and Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.

King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE - 521-1851

David Bowen Thursday, Feb. 19, 5:30-9:30 p.m., FridaysSaturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 22, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

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

Don Valentine Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Crush Friday, Feb. 20, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Chic Jones Band Saturday, Feb. 21, 8 p.m.midnight; Sonny Mack and the Mack 2 Band Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Cowboy Neil Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

140 LT. GEORGE W. LEE 577-1139

Rum Boogie Cafe’s Blues Hall

Hard Rock Cafe Fingertrick Friday, Feb. 20, 9:30 p.m.; Eric Hughes Band Saturday, Feb. 21, 9 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Sunday, Feb. 22, 6 p.m.

Purple Haze Nightclub

183 BEALE - 522-9596

Barbara Blue ThursdaysFridays, 7-9 p.m., Saturdays, 5-9 p.m., Sundays, 4-9 p.m., and Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m.; Dueling Pianos Thursdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Fridays-Saturdays, 9 p.m., Sundays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight, and Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Wet Willie’s 209 BEALE - 578-5650

Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Blues Band Friday, Feb. 20, 7-11 p.m.; Roxi Love Friday, Feb. 20, 7-11 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 22, 8 p.m.midnight; Delta Crush Blues Band Saturday, Feb. 21, 7-11 p.m.

Memphis All Stars Sunday, Feb. 22, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

414 South Main 414 S. MAIN

“The $1 Jump Off ” featuring live hip-hop and R&B Saturdays, 8 p.m.

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

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON - 572-1813

Live Music Fridays.

Brinson’s 341 MADISON - 524-0104

Melting Pot: Artist Showcase Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

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

The Three Kings Saturday, Feb. 21, 8 p.m.

Double J’s Smokehouse & Saloon 124 E. G.E. PATTERSON 335-0251

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

Kudzu’s 603 MONROE - 525-4924

Rhythm Hounds Friday, Feb. 20; Cold Cold Sweats, The Reverent Hitchhikers Saturday, Feb. 21; Open Mic Mondays; Blues Jam Tuesdays.

Memphis Sounds Lounge 22 N. THIRD - 590-4049

Grown Folk’s Music 7:30 p.m.

Onix Restaurant & Jazz Lounge 412 S. MAIN - 552-4609

Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN - 523-0020

Dance and Salsa Night Fridays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Saturday Salsa Night Saturdays, 8:30 p.m.-3 a.m.

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Paulette’s

Jeff Crosslin Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE - 260-3300

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

The Plexx 380 E.H. CRUMP - 744-2225

Old School Blues & Jazz Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.

Grawemeyer’s 520 S. MAIN - 526-6751

Evan Farris Fridays, 6-10 p.m., Saturdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Spindini 383 S. MAIN - 578-2767

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER - 272-0830

The Sheiks with Aquarian Blood Friday, Feb. 20; John Paul Keith Saturday, Feb. 21; Early show featuring Amy Lavere and Will Sexton Wednesday, Feb. 25, 6-9 p.m.

Bhan Thai 1324 PEABODY - 272-1538

Two Peace Saturdays, 7-10:30 p.m.; Loveland Duren Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

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Neo Soul and R&B Thursdays, 7-10 p.m.; Smooth Jazz Fridays, 8-11 p.m.; Old School R&B Saturdays, 8-11 p.m.

February 19-25, 2015

Brad Birkedahl Band Thursdays, 8 p.m., Friday-Saturday, Feb. 20-21, 9 p.m. and Wednesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.; The Memphis 3 Sunday, Feb. 22, 6 p.m. and Mondays, 7 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

Chris Gales noon-8 p.m.; Karaoke ongoing, 8:30 p.m.

126 BEALE STREET - 529-0007

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND - 527-2700

Memphis Blues Society Jam Sundays, 7-11 p.m.

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Rum Boogie Cafe 182 BEALE - 528-0150

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Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight; Doc Fangaz Friday, Feb. 20, 10:30 p.m.; Ross Rice Saturday, Feb. 21, 10:30 p.m.

Lamar Sorrento Dimension Sunday, Feb. 22, 4-7 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sunday, Feb. 22, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

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Lafayette’s Music Room

Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; Richard James and Dave Cousar Tuesdays, 11 p.m.

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER - 274-5151

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MERLE HAGGARD AT THE HORSESHOE CASINO Bob Dylan still knows how to stir a pot. The legendary artist was named MusiCares 2015 person of the year and used his recent acceptance speech to remind fans that Memphis is the heart of rock-and-roll and to throw some unexpected shade in the direction of iconic Nashville songwriter Tom T. Hall and Bakersfield bad boy, Merle Haggard.

“I admire Merle … but he’s not Buck [Owens],” Dylan said. But other than lighting up social media, what was the point? Sure, Haggard and Owens have a lot in common. They even shared a wife, country singer Bonnie (Campbell) Owens, and both men spent time playing with Wynn Stewart, an under-recognized architect of the Bakersfield sound. But for all of the common ground, Haggard and Owens couldn’t be more dissimilar or more complementary. With the help of consummate sideman Don Rich, Owens created shimmering, classic country pop built to stand the test of time, while Haggard’s outsider’s perspective, tendency toward personal lyrics, and interest in blues, folk, and Texas dancehall traditions place him in the running alongside Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, and Dylan himself, for the title of greatest living American songwriter.

Although few barroom anthems can measure up against “Swinging Doors” and “The Bottle Let Me Down,” Haggard’s best songs, like Dylan’s, have a more literate and critical edge, from the hobo utopia of “Rainbow Stew,” to the straight-faced satire of “Okie From Muskogee,” and the ever-relevant “Branded Man.” And even if his smooth baritone can melt butter, Hag, like Johnny Cash before him, shows no real evidence of mellowing with age. In fact, “What I Hate,” a song on 2011’s Working in Tennessee collection, might just as easily have been vintage Dylan: “What I hate is a statesman speaking out of both sides of his mouth. What I hate is the war still going on down in the South. What I live for is a chance to change a little bit of it all. What I hate is most folks don’t seem to care at all.”

Now here’s a sentence I never thought I’d type: Haggard responded to Dylan via Twitter saying, “Bob Dylan, I’ve admired your songs since 1964.” — Chris Davis Merle Haggard is at the Horseshoe Casino, Saturday, Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. $65

2559 BROAD - 730-0719

Jazz with Jeremy & Ed Thursdays, 9 p.m.; Steve Schad Friday, Feb. 20, 10 p.m.; Graber Grass Saturday, Feb. 21, 10 p.m.; Open Jam Sundays, 6 p.m.; Copper & Kings party Monday, Feb. 23, 6 p.m.; Open Mic with Justin White Mondays, 6-10 p.m.; Juke Joint Blues Jam Tuesday, Feb. 24, 8 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

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

The Incredible Hook Thursday, Feb. 19, 9-11:45 p.m.; Sidekicks with The Star Killers Friday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m.; Josh Heinrichs of Jah Roots with SkillinJah and CCDE Saturday, Feb. 21, 8 p.m.; Creepy Neighbor with Ugly Girls, Elysian Feel, and China Gate Saturday, Feb. 21, 9 p.m.; Lord Dying with Klaxxon Monday, Feb. 23, 8-10 p.m.; in the small room: Joy with Dirty Streets and Werwulf Monday, Feb. 23, 8-11 p.m.; in the small room: Katy Guillen and The Girls Tuesday, Feb. 24, 7-11 p.m.; Open Mic Comedy Night Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; in the small room: Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy Wednesday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m.

The Midtown Crossing Grill

Rockhouse Live Midtown 2586 POPLAR

Iron Mouth Battle League Season 3 Opener Saturday, Feb. 21, 3-9 p.m.; Karaoke with DJ Lil Egg Roll Wednesday, Feb. 25, 9 p.m.

Strano Sicilian Kitchen 948 S. COOPER - 552-7122

Davy Ray Bennett Sundays, Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m.

Wild Bill’s

394 WATKINS - 443-0502

Karaoke Thursdays, 8 p.m.

1580 VOLLINTINE - 207-3975

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

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

RL Grime, Djemba Diemba, and Tommy Kruise Thursday, Feb. 19, 9 p.m.; In 1884 Lounge: Jeff Austin and his Band featuring Danny Barnes, Ross Martin and Eric Thorin Thursday, Feb. 19, 9 p.m.; Sinister: F** Valentine’s Edition Friday, Feb. 20, 9 p.m.

University of Memphis Juicy Jim’s Pizzeria 551 S. HIGHLAND - 435-6243

1589 MADISON 726-4193

L.G.B.T. Sunset Sundays Sundays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.; “Toke Up Tuesdays” Open Mic & Hookah Nite Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight; Wet Wednesdays Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

Otherlands Coffee Bar

Oasis Hookah Lounge & Cafe

Murphy’s Juan Wauters Tuesday, Feb. 24.

641 S. COOPER - 278-4994

Rob Jungklas, Chris Milam Friday, Feb. 20, 8-11 p.m.; Wisewater, Mason Jar Fireflies Saturday, Feb. 21, 8-11 p.m.

663 S. HIGHLAND - 729-6960

Live DJ Saturdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

Ubee’s 521 S. HIGHLAND - 323-0900

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

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON - 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Capgun, Parasite Diet, and Banned Anthem Saturday, Feb. 21; Open Mic with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

The Phoenix 1015 S. COOPER - 338-5223

Bluezday Thurzday Thursdays, 8-11:45 p.m.; Cowboy Bob’s Roundup Mondays, 8-11:45 p.m.; Sing for Your Supper Last Tuesday of every month, 6:30-9 p.m.

University of Memphis, Harris Concert Hall INSIDE THE RUDI E. SCHEIDT SCHOOL OF MUSIC - 678-5400

School of Music Showcase Concert Friday, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m.; Faculty Woodwind Recital Sunday, Feb. 22, 3 p.m.; Contemporary Chamber Players Monday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m.

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3 Degrees Thursday, Feb. 19, 6 p.m.; Rosco Bandana Friday-Saturday, Feb. 20-21, 10 p.m.; John Paul Keith Saturday, Feb. 21, 6:30 p.m.; The Jumpin Chi Chi’s Sunday, Feb. 22, 4 p.m.; Dual Drive Monday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m.; Susan Marshall Band Tuesday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m.; Loveland Duren Wednesday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m.

2000 N. PARKWAY

Paul Murray Monday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m.

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2120 MADISON - 432-2222

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

Rhodes College, Tuthill Performance Hall

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East Memphis Dan McGuinness Pub 4698 SpottSwood - 761-3711

Open Mic Night with Frankie Hollie Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Acoustic with Charvey Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

El Toro Loco 2809 Kirby pKwy. - 759-0593

Karaoke and dance music with DJ Funn Mondays, 7-10 p.m.

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

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

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill 5101 Sanderlin - 763-2013

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Huey’s Poplar

Poplar/I-240

Mortimer’s

Neil’s Music Room

590 n. perKinS - 761-9321

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

5727 QuinCe - 682-2300

T.J. Mulligan’s 1817 Kirby - 755-2481

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

The Windjammer Restaurant 786 e. brooKhaven CirCle - 683-9044

Karaoke ongoing.

The Thrill at Neil’s featuring Jack Rowell and Triplthret Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; ZIG Saturday, Feb. 21, 9 p.m.; Sax on Sunday Jazz Series: Straight-Ahead and Mainstream Jazz Fourth Sunday of every month, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Eddie Harrison and Debbie Jamison Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Elmo and The Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Owen Brennan’s

4872 poplar - 682-7729

The Settlers Sunday, Feb. 22, 4-7 p.m.; The Young Epics Sunday, Feb. 22, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

the regalia, 6150 poplar - 761-0990

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

Summer/Berclair Maria’s Restaurant

February 19-25, 2015

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The newly expanded Southland Park is now open. After a major addition and transformation, we have an extra 41,000 sq. ft., including Sammy Hagar’s Red Rocker Bar

& Grill – a sports bar that rocks with 55 big screen TVs, fantastic food, and a one-of-akind drink menu that will have you slurring your words faster than you can say Wabo-rita.

Our entire facility has a new look and feel. It even sounds different. So when you visit, di listen closely and you might hear: “I can’t believe my eyes.” “This ribeye is great.” or “Sweet Fancy Moses! I just won 400 bucks!”

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6439 SuMMer - 356-2324

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

The Other Place Bar & Grill 4148 waleS - 373-0155

Karaoke Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Whitehaven/Airport BeRatus 1482 e. Shelby dr. - 922-8839

Laidback Mondays featuring Live Music and Karaoke Mondays, 7 p.m.

Club Superior 1459 elviS preSley - 503-5544

Old School and Blues Fridays, 7 p.m.; Hottest Track Show with various artists Sundays, 6 p.m.

Hawaiian Isle Bar and Grill 1542 elviS preSley - 569-3217

Happy hour with live DJ Thursdays, MondaysWednesdays, 4-6 p.m.

Marlowe’s Ribs & Restaurant 4381 elviS preSley - 332-4159

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

Arlington/Eads/Oakland Rizzi’s/Paradiso Pub 6230 greenlee - 592-0344

Live Music Thursdays, Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.; Karaoke and dance music with DJ Funn Fridays, 9 p.m.

Bartlett Old Whitten Tavern 2800 whitten - 379-1965

Live Music Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Karaoke with Ricky Mack Mondays, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.; Open Mic with Susie and Bob Salley Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

RockHouse Live 5709 raleigh-lagrange - 386-7222

Karaoke with Ricky Mac Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Open Mic Mondays Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Live Music Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

After Dark: Live Music Schedule February 19 - 25 Collierville

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar

Huey’s Collierville

9087 PoPlar - 755-0092

2130 W. PoPlar - 854-4455

Jeffrey and The Pacemakers Sunday, Feb. 22, 8-11:30 p.m.

Cordova

Live Music on the patio Thursdays-Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.; Half Step Down Fridays, 7-10 p.m.

Dan McGuinness

Ground Zero

Lyric Theatre

Windy City Grille

3964 gooDman, SoutHavEn, mS - 662-890-7611

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Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

Cordova Community Center 1017 Sanga

David Dunavent and The Evol Love Band Thursday, Feb. 19, 8 p.m.; Heavy Suga and The SweeTones Friday, Feb. 20, 9 p.m.; Juke Joint All Stars Saturday, Feb. 21, 9 p.m.; BluesGate Jams Wednesday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m.

Robert Earl Keen with Bonnie Bishop Thursday, Feb. 19, 8 p.m.; Paul Wall with Coco, J. Anthony, O-King, and Shyne Friday, Feb. 20, 9 p.m.; Big K.R.I.T. Wednesday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m.

Full Effect Band Saturday, Feb. 21, 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Raleigh Mugs Pub 4396 ralEigH-lagrangE 372-3556

Karaoke Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

West TN Youth Chorus/ West TN Children’s Chorus Sundays, Mondays.

Precious Moments 2794 colEman

847 ExocEt - 624-9060

Therapeutic Thursdays Third Thursday of every month, 7 p.m.

Huey’s Cordova

2951 cEla - 382-1576

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Stage Stop

1771 n. gErmantoWn PkWy. 754-3885

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

Loose Goose Bar & Grill

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The Chaulkies Sunday, Feb. 22, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

8014 club cEntEr 343-0860

Southland Park Gaming & Racing

Charvey Every fourth Friday; DJ Tree Saturdays.

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T.J. Mulligan’s 64 2821 n. HouSton lEvEE 377-9997

Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova 8071 trinity - 756-4480

Chris and Justin Thursday, Feb. 19; Super 5 Friday, Feb. 20; Wolf River Rednecks Saturday, Feb. 21; 5th Kind Tuesday, Feb. 24; The Lineup Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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Frayser/Millington Haystack Bar & Grill 6560 HWy 51 n. - 872-0567

Huey’s Southwind 7825 WincHEStEr - 624-8911

Soul Shockers Sunday, Feb. 22, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

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Hollywood Casino

Ghost Town Blues Band Sunday, Feb. 22, 8-11:30 p.m.

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Grill

5960 gEtWEll 662-470-5814

Full Effect Band Friday, Feb. 20, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

1150 caSino StriP rESort, tunica, mS - 662-357-7700

Ice Bar & Grill

1686 main, SoutHavEn, mS -662-470-6549

Huey’s Germantown 7677 Farmington - 318-3034

4202 HackS croSS 757-1423

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

Live Music Thursdays, 7 p.m.; Karaoke Fridays-Saturdays, Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

Mesquite Chop House

Club Emotions 2.0

3165 ForESt Hill-irEnE 249-5661

143 brickHouSE Dr., SlayDEn, mS - 662-551-1522

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

DJ Ty Sundays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

The Crossing Bar & Grill 7281 HackS croSS, olivE brancH, mS - 662-893-6242

Karaoke with Buddha Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight; Acoustic Show Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.

Fitz Casino & Hotel 711 lucky ln., tunica, mS 800-766-5825

Live Entertainment Thursdays-Sundays, Wednesdays, 6 p.m.

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill 6565 toWnE cEntEr, SoutHavEn, mS - 662-5362200

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

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

Horseshoe Casino Tunica 38664 caSino cEntEr, tunica, mS - 800-357-5600

Merle Haggard Sat., Feb. 21.

Huey’s Southaven 7090 malco, SoutHavEn, mS 662-349-7097

Gary Escoe’s Atomic Dance Machine Sunday, Feb. 22, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Main Street Pizza 1800 main, SoutHavEn, mS 662-253-8451

Gary Wayne and The Mainstreet Band Saturdays, 9 p.m.midnight.

Mesquite Chop House 5960 gEtWEll, SoutHavEn, mS - 662-890-2467

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

Tunica Roadhouse 1107 caSino cEntEr DrivE, tunica, mS - 662-363-4900

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

Wadford’s Grill & Bar 474 cHurcH, SoutHavEn, mS - 662-510-5861

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

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books By Leonard Gill

Show Time

Alan Lightman returns with a family life in pictures.

In the acknowledgments at the end of Alan Lightman’s revealing new memoir, Screening Room (Pantheon Books), there are matters to keep in mind before you even begin the book. Some of his characters are based on real people. The names are unchanged; their stories are “for the most part true.” Other characters are “loosely based” on family members, and their names have indeed been changed.

Some of the characters are “amalgamations” of real people; some are “fictitious.”

But there’s nothing “for the most part true” about gilgul neshamot. As Lightman explains in the body of the book, it’s a concept drawn from the mystical element of Judaism known as Kabbalah, and the phrase means “cycle of souls.”

Phasma, however, is pure invention. It was a term Lightman and his distant (and fictionalized) Uncle Nate coined, and it means “ghost” — the ghost of the family patriarch, Lightman’s formidable grandfather, Maurice Abraham Lightman, but he was known to relatives, friends, and

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colleagues throughout the movie business as M.A. It was M.A. who gave his name to the M.A. Lightman Company, shortened to Malco, which would grow to become a major chain of theaters still operating in Memphis and across the Mid-South.

The phasma doesn’t operate just geographically, however. Nor does it “necessarily obey the usual relations between time and space.” It’s a force that can travel forward in time to haunt subsequent generations. It can even travel back in time “to fasten its grip” on family members who lived before the patriarch was born.

“No one can control a phasma,” Lightman writes in Screening Room. “Being aware that a phasma is at work offers no help, and being unaware also offers no help.”

Though Uncle Nate can somewhat help when he observes: “It’s a weird, weird thing …. But then everything is weird.

We’ve got a problem, my friend.”

“Weird” is not exactly the word to describe religious observance in the Lightman household. A prominent East

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Memphis Jewish family of the Reform variety, the Lightmans were proud of their heritage, but that pride ran along the lines expressed by a family friend, who once said: “I want a mezuzah [for the doorway], but one that is not too Jewish.” Not exactly orthodox either but plenty prevalent when Lightman was growing up: the alcohol-fueled evenings his parents and their friends enjoyed as members of Memphis’ Ridgeway Country Club in the 1950s and ’60s. But Screening Room doesn’t limit itself to those decades.

It travels back and forth in time and touches on all of Memphis history, and by the 1930s, that history was often linked to the Lightmans. Uncle Nate was, however, more than right about the other thing: “We’ve got a problem, my friend.” That’s one way to describe Lightman’s conflicted feelings for his high-strung mother and his emotionally detached father. Add in, too,

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On Thursday, February 19th, 6 to 8 p.m., Lightman, who has lived for decades outside Boston, returns to his hometown to read from and sign copies of Screening Room at story booth (438 N. Cleveland).

The evening, presented by Burke’s Book Store in conjunction with Crosstown Arts, will also include a Q&A with the author.

That landmark building on Cleveland, a few doors down from story booth? It used to be the Crosstown movie theater.

Alan Lightman once worked inside it. The Malco company once owned and operated it. And you might say the phasma who built it still haunts it.

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by Jed Jackson. www.mca.edu.

Fri., Feb. 20, 6-8 p.m.

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Evangelical Christian School

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Shrek the Musical, family show guaranteed to make you laugh.

(870-1339), www.ecseagles. com. $10-$15. Thursdays-Saturdays, 7-9:30 p.m. Through Feb. 28.

Playhouse on the Square

Artist reception for “One of a Kind,” exhibition of works

by Lewis Feibelman. www. playhouseonthesqare.org. Fri., Feb. 20, 5:30-7 p.m.

7600 MACON (754-7217).

The Evergreen Theatre

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

The Vagina Monologues in Spanish, a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. www.theatreworksmemphis.org. $15. Thur.Sat., Feb. 19-21, 8 p.m.

Ross Gallery

Artist reception for Bartlett Art Association, exhibition of work by members of the Bartlett Art Association held in the gallery on the lower level of CBU’s Plough Library. www.cbu.edu/ gallery. Fri., Feb. 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

1705 POPLAR (274-7139).

Hattiloo Theatre

Who Will Bell the Cat?, highlights Benjamin Hooks’ early life with his grandmother, his service during World War II, his time as the executive director of the NAACP. www. hattiloo.org. $12. Sat., 2 p.m., and Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.

Through Feb. 21.

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

The Salvation Army Kroc Center

Annie Jr., Annie is determined to find her parents who abandoned her on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. www. stagedoormemphis.org. $15.

Through Feb. 22.

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

The Orpheum

The Lion King, visually stunning, technically astounding with a musical score like no other. www.orpheum-memphis. com. $34. Through March 1.

203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Playhouse on the Square

Call to Artists for “NewWorks@TheWorks” Competition, writers have an opportunity to submit new scripts for competition. For more information, guidelines, and rules, visit website. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $15.

Through May 30.

Theatre Memphis

Copenhagen, based on the 1941 meeting between physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberger. www. theatrememphis.org. $25.

Through March 1.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

TheatreWorks

Long Day’s Journey Into Night, featuring Christina WellfordScott, Bill Baker, John Dylan Atkins, Gabe Beutel-Gunn, and Jillian Barron. www.3penny. org. $15 suggested admission.

Through Feb. 22.

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

University of Memphis

Macbeth, directed by third-year MFA candidate Jung Han Kim, this production aims to shift and broaden the expectations of what Shakespeare’s classic can be. www.memphis.edu/theatre. $20. Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Through Feb. 28.

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Artist reception for “Those Who Can,” exhibition of a BFA Art Education. Thurs., Feb. 19, 5-7 p.m.

3715 CENTRAL.

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School Opening reception for “Horn Island: Paint & Metal,” exhibition of new works by Richard Prillaman and Bill Nelson. www.buckmanartscenter.com.

Fri., Feb. 20, 5:30 p.m.

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

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

Opening reception for Art Education Alumni Juried Exhibition, www.memphis.edu/art.

Thurs., Feb. 19, 5-7 p.m.

3715 CENTRAL.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Gallery Ten Ninety One Artist reception for “Memphis Through the Looking Glass,” exhibition featuring gouache on board works by Mollie Riggs, acrylic paintings by Carol Robison, and stained glass art by Cindy Sharpe of Carved Designs. www.wkno. org. Sat., Feb. 21, 6-9 p.m.

WKNO STUDIO, 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

James Lee House

Opening reception for “Return to the Academy,” exhibition of work by MCA printmaking students Elizabeth Escamilla, Margaret Davis, Heather Coleman, Alexandria Bell, Lyman Anderson, Slade Bishop, and Davila and Eszter Sziksz. www.mca.edu. Sat., Feb. 21, 5-7 p.m.

690 ADAMS.

Memphis College of Art

Opening reception for “The Original Art 2014-2015: Celebrating the Fine Art of Children’s Book Illustration,” exhibition from the Society of Illustrators in New York. Fri., Feb. 20, 6-8 p.m.

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February 19-25, 2015

Bartlett Art Association show at CBU’s Ross Gallery

Artists are invited to participate by purchasing any object of inspiration from the Cleveland Street Flea Market to transform into (or use as inspiration for) a new work of art. Through March 24.

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

Canvases Art Auction

Featuring work by contemporary artists including Jay Etkin, Roy Tamboli, and Judy Vandergrift. Wine, beer, and hors d’oeuvres included in ticket price benefiting MidSouth Sober Living. $25. Fri., Feb. 20, 6-9 p.m.

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY SOUTH ( 321-3000).

CHURCH HEALTH CENTER WELLNESS, 1115 UNION (481-8030), WWW.MIDSOUTHSOBERLIVING. COM.

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“30 in 30”

Original paintings of shelter dogs — one a day for 30 days — will be posted for sale on www.samanthasherry.com.

Proceeds will benefit Tunica Humane Society. Through Feb. 28.

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

The Artful Flea

The Artful Flea features art, photography, jewelry, and other items in a flea market setting.

Third Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

COOPER WALKER PLACE, 1015 S. COOPER (338-5223).

British Family Day

Activities have been prepared for the whole family including live music, demonstrations, games, and snacks inspired by British culture and the “Hail, Britannia!” exhibition. Free.

Sat., Feb. 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

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

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

32nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition, www.amum.memphis.edu. Through Feb. 28.

“Africa: Art of a Continent,” permanent exhibition of African art from the Martha and Robert Fogelman collection.

Ongoing.

142 COMMUNICATION & FINE ARTS BUILDING (678-2224).

ANF Architects

“The Collective,” exhibition of work by Jimpsie Ayres, Valerie Berlin Edwards, Anne Davey, Carol DeForest, Gwen English, Mary Norman, Peggy McKnight, Jeanne Seagle, Carol Sams Schreiber, and Lisa Tribo. www.anfa.com. Ongoing.

1500 UNION (278-6868).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

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

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

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

Cafe Pontotoc

“Exploration in Imagination,” exhibition of mixed media works by Elayna Scott, inspired by nature and her travels. Ongoing, 4-11 p.m.

314 S. MAIN (249-7955).

Cossitt Library

“The Truth,” exhibition of photos, certificates, and personal artifacts depicting the life of Sammy Davis Jr. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Feb. 28.

33 S. FRONT (415-2766).

Crosstown Arts Gallery

“Public/Art/ists: Part I,” exhibition and programming series sharing the studio work of artists who have made contributions to Memphis’ urban landscape. www.crosstownarts. org. Through Feb. 28.

422 N. CLEVELAND.

David Lusk Gallery

Mary Sims, exhibition of

monumental narrative paintings based on Bible stories.

Through March 13.

Tyler Hildebrand, exhibition of new paintings, drawings and film work. www. davidluskgallery.com. Through March 14.

4540 POPLAR (767-3800).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“Nothing Is For Ever Last,” exhibition of collage works by Lester Julian Merriweather.

Through March 29.

“Hail, Britannia! Six Centuries of British Art from the Berger Collection,” exhibition of 50 paintings from the medieval period to the 21st century by luminaries such as Hans Holbein the Younger, Sir Anthony van Dyck, and others. www. dixon.org. Through April 19.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

Eclectic Eye

“Pathways,” exhibition of paintings by Tom Stem. www. eclectic-eye.com. Through

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

Art Education Alumni Juried Exhibition, www.memphis. edu.Through March 6.

James Luna, exhibition of contemporary Native American art. www.memphis.edu.

Through March 6.

3715 CENTRAL.

Fratelli’s

“Collected Fragments,” exhibition of works by Rachel Grant. www.memphisbotanicgarden. com. Through Feb. 28.

750 CHERRY (766-9900).

LM Gallery 363

“Sideshow,” exhibition of work

by Mickey Bond, Marc Rouillard, Jon Sparks, also Johnny Taylor, Mary Long, and Brittany Vega. Through Feb. 23.

363 S. MAIN.

Gallery Ten Ninety One “Memphis Through the Looking Glass,” exhibition featuring gouache on board works by Mollie Riggs, acrylic paintings by Carol Robison, and stained glass art by Cindy Sharpe of Carved Designs. www.wkno.org. Through

Jed Jackson’s “Excuse Me” at Memphis College of Art

Feb. 27.

WKNO STUDIO, 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

Germantown Performing Arts Center

“View from the Train,” exhibition of sculptures by Roy Tamboli and paintings by Carol Buchman. www.gpacweb.com.

Through Feb. 28.

1801 EXETER (751-7500).

Inspiration Art Gallery (Wolfchase Galleria)

“Memphis Soul,” exhibition of original oil paintings by Emery Franklin. www.inspirationartgallery.com. Through Feb. 28.

2760 N. GERMANTOWN PARKWAY, SUITE 112 (257-1212).

James Lee House

“Return to the Academy,” exhibition of work by MCA printmaking students Elizabeth Escamilla, Margaret Davis, Heather Coleman, Alexandria Bell, Lyman Anderson, Slade Bishop, and Davila and Eszter Sziksz. www.mca. edu. Through Feb. 28.

690 ADAMS.

Jay Etkin Gallery

“Plot Lines,” exhibition of recent encaustic paintings and works on paper by Mary Long.

Through March 2.

942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“Paradise Found,” exhibition of layered and luminous botanical abstractions, a combination of oil, wax, graphite, and china markers by Chuck Johnson. www.lrossgallery. com. Through Feb. 28.

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Memphis Botanic Garden

Artists’ Link Exhibit, www. memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Through March 26.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement,” exhibition of 157 black-and-white images

by Bob Adelman, George Ballis, Bob Fitch, Bob Fletcher, Matt Herron, David Prince, Herbert Randall, Maria Varela, and Tamio Wakayama.

Through May 10.

“Looking at Women,” exhibition of images of women appearing in a variety of roles: goddess, harlot, mother, or femme fatale. Through Feb. 22.

Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards, exhibition of winning art work by students in grades 7-12 from 500 schools in the Mid-South area. Through March 1, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

“Greetings of Love: Printed Valentines from the Late Victorian Era,” exhibition of rare examples with a particular focus on those with colorful chromolithographic printing and lacy die-cut details.

Through March 8.

“Discover Me: Exploring Identity Through Art Therapy,” exhibition of the creative exploration and self-discovery by participants in the art therapy access program at South Park Elementary School. Through March 15.

“Cats and Quotes,” exhibition featuring felines in paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and prints paired with famous quotes about felines from a variety of periods. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through Jan. 3, 2016.

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Memphis College of Art

“Excuse Me...,” exhibition of paintings by Jed Jackson.

Through March 27.

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“Horn Island: Paint & Metal,” exhibition of new works by Richard Prillaman and Bill Nelson. www.buckmanartscenter.com. Feb. 20-April 7.

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1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Memphis Jewish Community Center

The Tennessee Craft-Southwest Chapter Exhibit, participating artists will collaborate with a fellow artist who works in a different media and together they submit a piece for the show. www.jccmemphis.org.

Ongoing.

6560 POPLAR (761-0810).

Metal Museum

“All That Glitters,” exhibition reflecting the diversity of the museum’s permanent collection divided into three sections showcasing pieces made of gold, silver, and copper.

Through March 1.

“Tributaries: Susie Ganch,” exhibition of jewelry with suspended precious stones and enameled copper in intricate webs of silver and steel.

Through March 1.

“Iron and Gold,” exhibition of work by Karin Jones, Ben Dory, and Rob Jackson whose work combines the delicate and the sturdy. www.metalmuseum. org. Through April 19.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (7746380).

Painted Planet

Gallery Artists on View, exhibition by gallery artists. (3385223), Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11:45 a.m.-6 p.m.

1015 S. COOPER (725-0054).

Playhouse on the Square

“Episodes,” exhibition of paintings by Mike Coulson.

Through Feb. 28.

“One of a Kind,” exhibition of works by Lewis Feibelman.

Through March 1.

“Perdido,” exhibition of paintings and drawings by Wesley Ortiz. www.mca.edu. Through March 1.

Dale Anderson, exhibition of photography featuring a wide range of work from architecture to abstracts. wwww.playhouseonthesquare.org. Through March 3.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

of portraiture by Paul Miller. www.shadygrovepres.org.

Through Feb. 28.

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Booksigning by Alan Lightman

5530 SHADY GROVE ( 683-7329).

Author discusses and signs Screening Room: Family Pictures. Thurs., Feb. 19, 6-8 p.m.

Stax Museum of American Soul Music “Soul: Memphis’ Original Sound,” exhibition of photography by Thom Gilbert. www.soulsvillefoundation.org.

Through June 13.

CLEVELAND STREET FLEA MARKET, 438 CLEVELAND (2763333), WWW.BURKESBOOKS. COM.

Booksigning by Bill Loehfelm

926 E. MCLEMORE ( 946-2535).

Sue Layman Designs

Author discusses and signs Doing the Devil’s Work. Tues., Feb. 24, 6:30 p.m.

“Conclusion of Delusion,” exhibition of original oil paintings by Sue Layman Lightman.

Wednesdays, Saturdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

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

125 G.E. PATTERSON (409-7870).

Ross Gallery

Bartlett Art Association, exhibition of work by Sheila Bentley, Jeanie Box, Gene Callaway, Carol Caughey, Nancy Crossett, Rita Datillo, Lynda Davison, Becky Deaux, Sandra Horton, Lyle, Becky Ross McRae, and others. www.cbu. edu/gallery. Feb. 20-March 26.

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY SOUTH ( 321-3000).

Scottish Rite

“Investigations,” exhibition of sculpture works by Jeff Mickey and Jean Flint. www.masoniccontemporary.org. Through March 14.

825 UNION.

Shady Grove Presbyterian Church

Booksigning by Memphis Black Authors

Talbot Heirs

Edge Art, exhibition and private showing of works by Debra Edge. www.talbotheirs. com. Through March 31.

Authors discuss and sign their work. $10. Sat., Feb. 21, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

99 S. SECOND (527-9772).

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Destined 2 Dance Awards: “The Essence of Dance at its Finest!”

Family-friendly event featuring dance performances, recognition of dancers, and dance awareness. $20-$32. Sat., Feb. 21, 7:30-9:45 p.m.

BALINESE BALLROOM, 330 N. MAIN (877-717-2504), WWW. D2DAWARDS.COM.

DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY (JOBE HALL AUDITORIUM), 101 FIFTH (662-846-3000).

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Ballet Memphis presents mixed-rep show of four new, commissioned ballets

“Next Thing’s Next,” exhibition

“Fall In Love With Binghampton” at Crosstown Arts

H.T. Chen & Dancers: South of Gold Mountain

A blend of unlikely cultural pillars with Chen’s latest sound score of traditional Chinese music and deep South blues.

Sat., Feb. 21, 2-3 p.m.

Booksigning by Tim Johnston

Author reads and signs Descent. Program will take place in the Bluff Room. Thurs., Feb. 19, 5:30 p.m.

by Julia Adam, Gabrielle Lamb, Steven McMahon and Reggie Wilson. $10-$72. Fri.-Sat., Feb. 20-21, 8 p.m., Sun., Feb. 22, 2 p.m.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, UNIVERSITY CENTER, WWW. MEMPHIS.EDU/MOCH.

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

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TONIGHT & SATURDAY:

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SLAVEHAVEN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MUSEUM, 826 N. SECOND (527-3427), WWW. HERITAGETOURS.COM.

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Barry Dixon: International Designer Memphis-born interior designer and author speaks. Sat., Feb. 21, 10:30 a.m.-noon.

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

“An Introduction to LGBT Counseling”

Presentation by Dr. Elin Ovrebo. Pizza and refreshments provided in Ball Hall, room 214. Thurs., Feb. 19, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, BALL HALL, 3798 WALKER, WWW.MEMPHIS.EDU.

Lecture by Roseann Weiss

Public lecture about why the support of individual artists is important to the quality of life in our nation’s cities. Tues., Feb. 24, 6 p.m.

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

Lenten Preaching Series

Featuring daily inspiration from world-class preachers whose perspective will challenge and motivate in the journey toward Easter. TuesdaysFridays, 12-12:45 p.m. Through March 28.

CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 102 N. SECOND (5256602), WWW.CALVARYMEMPHIS.ORG/LENTENPREACHING.

Munch & Learn Lectures

Bring brown bag lunch, sodas and water will be supplied. Listen to lectures on art by various speakers. Free for members, $5 nonmembers. noon-1 p.m.

The Winter VIB (very important bride) Open House

WWE Fast Lane

$44. Sun., Feb. 22, 6:30 p.m.

by Mar. 16. See website for contest guidelines.

Through March 16.

FEDEXFORUM, 200 S. THIRD (TICKETS, 888-HOOP), WWW.FORUMMEMPHIS.COM.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION (767-7100), WWW.MEMJFED.ORG.

WHISPERING WOODS HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER, 11200 GOODMAN, OLIVE BRANCH, MS (3686782), WWW.MIDSOUTHWEDDINGSHOW.COM.

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Black History Celebration

All in for Animals Poker Night

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF MEMPHIS, 2525 CENTRAL (320-3170), WWW.CMOM.COM.

HUMANE SOCIETY OF MEMPHIS & SHELBY COUNTY, 935 FARM (272-1753), WWW.MEMPHISHUMANE.ORG.

Featuring wedding professionals, food tastings and giveaways to plan your wedding. Free. Tues., Feb. 24, 7-9 p.m.

Explore the journey and legacy of African Americans from slavery to modern-day visionaries featuring poetry and literary readings, crafts, and music.

Sat., Feb. 21, 1-3 p.m.

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Bowlin’ on the River

Participating bowling centers include Winchester Bowl, FunQuest Lanes, Billy Hardwick’s All Star Lanes and Strike Zone Lanes benefiting Junior Achievement. Saturdays, Sundays. Through March 2.

Holocaust Art & Essay Competition

VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION (366-7800, EXT. 1140), WWW.JAMEMPHIS.ORG.

Open to students in grades 6-12. This year’s theme is Rebirth & Renewal: Restoring Humanity and Normalcy in a Post-Holocaust World. Entries due

Night of poker, with dealers and assistance from the River Rat Rounders, food, beer and bourbon bar, prizes for the top finishers, and more. $60.

Sat., Feb. 21, 6 p.m.

Breaking Ground in Crosstown

Celebrate the redevelopment of Sears Crosstown with ceremony, presentations, branding launch, exhibitions (including new renderings),

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THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (7615250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

Springfield Music Lecture Series

Dr. David Huron: “The Musically Sublime: A Scientific Story.” Thurs., Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m.

EVERGREEN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 613 UNIVERSITY (274-3740), WWW.RHODES.EDU.

“Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary Garden”

Hear Peter Hatch speak on the Monticello garden and the Jefferson legacy that continues to inspire the farm to table movement today. MSHS members free. $8 members, $10 nonmembers. Thurs., Feb. 19, 6:30 p.m.

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

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West Tennessee Heritage & “Roots” Bus Tour

Start in downtown Memphis and head throughout West Tennessee to learn about African American heritage. Call for more information and reservations. $40. Tues., Feb. 24, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

HERITAGE TOURS, 280 HERNANDO (527-3427).

The Greater Memphis National College Fair Tues., Feb. 24, 6-8 p.m., and Wed., Feb. 25, 9-11:30 a.m.

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

Junior League of Memphis Bridal Show Featuring event planners, florists, and caterers while spotlighting the league’s venue, which is currently available for event rental. Sat., Feb. 21, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

JUNIOR LEAGUE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, CENTRAL AT HIGHLAND.

Memphis Coin Club Annual Coin Show Buy, sell, and trade coins, medals, and currency.

Fri.-Sun., Feb. 20-22.

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

See Jungle Jack and his animal friends in a live stage show!

Room packages available. Get tickets at 1.888.747.7711 or GoldStrike.com.

Repticon Memphis Reptile & Exotic Animal Show

Featuring reptile vendors offering reptile pets, supplies, feeders, cages, educational live-animal seminars, raffles, and more. $10. Sat., Feb. 21, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sun., Feb. 22, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

LANDERS CENTER (DESOTO CIVIC CENTER), 4560 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS (863-268-4273), WWW. REPTICON.COM.

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Jodorowsky’s Dune

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CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 102 N. SECOND (5256602), WWW.CALVARYMEMPHIS.ORG/LENTENPREACHING.

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

SEARS CROSSTOWN, N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY, WWW.CROSSTOWNMEMPHIS.COM.

Featuring appetizers, beer, wine, and artwork for sale by the kids from Binghampton and the local artists who have taught them benefiting the Carpenter Art Garden. $10 donation. Fri., Feb. 20, 5:30-8 p.m.

CROSSTOWN ARTS, 430 N. CLEVELAND (319-9810380), WWW.BDCMEMPHIS.ORG.

“A Serving for Tennis”

Signature dishes, select wines and beers, live music, raffles, auctions, and more benefiting Tennis Memphis and National Junior Tennis and Learning programming (NJTL). $100. Fri., Feb. 20, 7-11 p.m.

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

Benefiting outreach ministries of organizations throughout Memphis. $3-$10. Tuesdays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Through March 28.

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Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle

Scholar-led film viewing and panel discussion program. Benjamin Hooks Central Library, led

by Dr. Beverly Bond; Feb. 19: The Abolitionists, Benjamin Hooks Central Library, led by Dr. Susan O’Donovan. Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. Through Feb. 26.

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

$9. Thurs., Feb. 19, 7 p.m.

Documentary about cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ambitious but ultimately doomed film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal science fiction novel. $9. Sun., Feb. 22, 2 p.m.

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

The Morris and Mollye Fogelman International Jewish Film Festival

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

Screenings at the Memphis Jewish Community Center. Visit website for more information and show times. $5 members, $7 nonmembers.

Through March 1.

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

Oscar Shorts: Animated

Opportunity to see the nominated shorts prior to the 87th Academy Awards ceremony on Feb. 22.

Snowpiercer

Foreign sci-fi epic about a failed global-warming experiment that kills most life on the planet. $9.

Sat., Feb. 21, 2 p.m.

Southern Circuit Film Series: The New Black

Documentary about the African-American community grappling with gay rights in light of the gay marriage movement and fight over civil rights.

Director Yoruba Richen will be in attendance. $8.

Wed., Feb. 25, 7-9 p.m.

HATTILOO THEATRE, 37 S. COOPER (888-4128), WWW. INDIEMEMPHI

H o l i day EvE n t s

Chinese New Year Family Day

Chinese New Year activities, and performances.

Free. Sat., Feb. 21, noon-4 p.m.

BELZ MUSEUM OF ASIAN AND JUDAIC ART, 119 S. MAIN, IN THE PEMBROKE SQUARE BUILDING (5232787), WWW.BELZMUSEUM.ORG.

Bourbon talk by Jon Carloftis at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens

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5th Annual Wine For Wishes

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n recent years, Memphis has seen the resurgence of several neighborhoods that most people had written off: places like Overton Square, South Main, and Broad Avenue. Inevitably, those comebacks have been preceded by ferocious bouts of murmuring. Did you hear that Overton Square is coming back?

I heard it’s coming back.

Now people have started murmuring about a new neighborhood: Crosstown.

Buoyed by the redevelopment of the old Sears building, this formerly disinvested district is starting to show signs of life — and nowhere is that more apparent than at Midtown Crossing.

This friendly neighborhood pub was started by chefs Jeremiah Shields and Octavia Young. Both cooked at Harrah’s

in Tunica; both lost their jobs when the casino closed. But in this case, Tunica’s loss is Memphis’ gain.

“I love it here,” admits Young. “I was all set to move to North Carolina, but I wasn’t feeling it. It’s not my scene at all.”

Shields and Young want Midtown Crossing to be a center for the local community. Which is easy enough to say, but they actually seem to be following through on it. When I visited, there was a ukulele night going on in the main dining room.

The concept is simple. Take people who can play the uke and people who want to learn. Get everybody together in a big room — parents, children, hipsters, weirdos — and let them figure it out. All right, it gets pretty noisy. But it’s actually kinda cool when you think about it.

As far as food goes, Midtown Crossing serves an upscale take on pub grub: pizzas, sandwiches, nachos, cheese sticks. I say “upscale” because they do most of it in-house: They smoke their own meat and cure their own bacon.

They pickle their own onions and make their own tomato jam.

The best thing I tried was the Wild Mushroom Pizza ($11). Although the mushrooms likely weren’t wild — they were too big, too unblemished — it was nonetheless quite tasty, served with crumbled bacon, caramelized onions, and topped with a fried egg.

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But no one’s talking about the food, and food is the real story. It’s light, loaded with local vegetables — and actually pretty affordable. In a city swimming in greasy barbecue nachos, Maui is a breath of fresh air.

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kale, mandarin orange slices, and crispy garbanzo beans. It’s served over a bed of quinoa and brown rice and drizzled with Thai coconut sauce.

More to the point? It’s delicious.

“Sometimes these big burly dudes come in here for lunch,” says general manager Dana Doggrell, “and I can tell, they don’t know it’s gluten-free.

“And you know what?” he continues. “I don’t tell them. Because they’re enjoying it, and I don’t want to mess with that.”

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I particularly liked the Paradise Pesto Pizza ($14), loaded with artichoke hearts, roasted garlic, Greek olives, and feta.

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He should do coke. He should carry a gun. But he doesn’t do anything bad, or even interesting. This is partially E.L. James’ fault and partially Dornan’s. When Grey assures us that he is “50 shades of fucked up,” it’s with all the deep darkness of a 20-year-old who’s seen Trainspotting.

The only evidence that Grey is anything but the tilapia option at the bad billionaires steak club is that he likes BDSM. He likes to tie women up; he’s bad. Never mind that most internet-possessing tweenagers could imagine more lurid scenes than what we see in Grey’s playroom.

(Floggers and rope, lots of boobs and butt, a little pubic hair and thrusting, no full nudity.) What really irks is that Fifty Shades of Grey pathologizes BDSM so much as to make it Grey’s exciting flaw.

I don’t buy it. This movie is not about sex or even romance. It is about privacy. Grey is not merely interested in Ana. He admits early in one scene that he is “incapable of leaving her alone.” This, after we see him track her location from her cell phone and essentially kidnap her from a bar where she is drinking with her friends. That’s only the first in a line of actions that, to the impartial observer, are just plain stalking, but Ana seems only mildly miffed that her former independence has been replaced by his totalizing attention.

What in all holiness is my demographic (hi, ladies!) supposed to find alluring about this? It’s not sexy, so all

we have left to ferry our deadened souls from one scene to the next are the displays of money and power.

How does Grey fund his elegant lifestyle? He’s 27 and lives in the Pacific Northwest. He’s bad at dating, and he’s into alt sex. He’s too sleek for hardware, but he could be a software guy or an app developer, though he seems too chilly for social media. Surely, Grey is a Google man.

This is a flick about power, which in 2015 means tech. Grey is a walking embodiment of it — an exciting, little-understood, but all-powerful force that promises us safety in exchange for the small matter of our privacy. We are all virginal English majors in the face of the Goog.

The romantic fantasy at the heart of Fifty Shades of Grey is that we are capable of negotiating with tech power.

“You can leave at any time,” says Grey to Ana, before they enter the red room of expensive handcuffs. We see Ana parsing over details in her submission contract and telling him no-way-José can he suspend her from the ceiling using genital clamps. He pushes, she pulls. He eventually tells her that she is the one changing him. They are each other’s totally healthy and normal project, wink wink.

I’ll join everyone on the internet in saying this is not a picture of a healthy BDSM relationship between two self-selecting adults. Anastasia and Christian’s affair is a coercive situation that masquerades as an even-handed exchange. This year’s defining fairy tale is that the Anastasias of our world are capable of convincing the tech-moneyed powerful not just to control us, but also to care about our needs. Yeah, right.

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Based on an unaccountably popular softcore paperback by fanfiction writer E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey is the tale of a 22-year-old, virginal English lit major, Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson), who falls in love with 27-year-old billionaire businessman Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan). Grey is also hot for Ana, but he “doesn’t do” romance. He is a BDSM dominant who would prefer to keep Ana in his shiny bachelor pad and perform unmentionable things on her naked body. Only problem with that plan is that Ana is a born romantic, and Grey just might be in love. After some happenstance and hijinks, Grey lures Ana to his sleek pad, where he asks her to be his submissive. When Grey lays down the terms of the BDSM contract, Ana asks: What might she receive in exchange for her freedom? Grey answers: “You get me.”

No reasonable human woman could think this is a good exchange. The problem is not that Ana might waste several good years trapped with a weird guy in a track-lit kitchen somewhere above Seattle, it’s that Christian Grey is not sexy. Somewhere between Justin Timberlake, our most neurotic pop icon, and Mark Zuckerberg, our most visible example of a successful, white, American male in 2015, we find Christian Grey.

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It was 10 years ago this month that Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim registered youtube.com. At the risk of sounding old, it’s difficult to remember what the web — and the world — was like back then. Bandwidth was at a premium, so that meant downloading a video could take quite awhile. A funny kid video passed around via email could, and frequently did, bring an entire company’s IT infrastructure crashing down.

There was such an assortment of different video codecs floating around that you might not even be able to play the video it had taken all night to download. The bigger media companies were experimenting with something like streaming video, but it was usually buggy as a dumpster. Remember RealPlayer? I wish I didn’t.

The first video uploaded to YouTube was of one of its founders, Karim, at the zoo. Its title was “Me at the zoo,” and it set the tone for the site’s early content. YouTube was originally marketed as “Flickr for videos,” after the popular photo sharing site that doubled as one of the web’s first social media experiments. For that was YouTube’s biggest innovation: It allowed videos made by a normal person to be seen by anyone, anywhere.

For the first century of its existence, film and video production had been highly technical pursuits that required lots of training and infrastructure.

Theatrical distribution and broadcast to a mass audience was the realm of only a select few. But digital video technology, which first started to trickle down to the hobbyists in the mid-’90s, changed that. If you had asked me as a filmmaker in 2005 if I wanted to shoot an actual film on film, I would say, “No, for the same reason I don’t want to paint a fresco.” But back in 2005, we were still dependent on the old film-era distribution

infrastructure. Now, anyone with a smartphone can make a video and have it seen by the world in a matter of minutes.

The social change YouTube’s democratizing of video distribution has wrought was unfathomable in 2005. As the saying goes, the generational dividing line is now whether you have spent more time listening to U2 or watching YouTube. Entirely novel genres have sprung up. Not even the most drugaddled science fiction writers predicted that famous cats would be making their owners millions of dollars, or that the most popular song of the century would be from a Korean pop singer named Psy who got famous by doing a horsey dance with obscure celebrities few outside Seoul could name.

And then there’s the baffling phenomenon of the unboxing video. There are thousands of videos whose content consists solely of a pair of hands opening the box of a new toy or a “surprise egg,” and they all have more views than anything you’ve ever uploaded.

Which brings us back to MST3K. The fan club that traded VHS tapes back in the ’90s also happened to populate some of the earliest internet message boards. When YouTube started, they were among the first to digitize their aging VHS tapes and upload them to share. This caused all sorts of copyright issues and for a while led to YouTube limiting uploads to less than 10 minutes.

But these days, most of the old videos stay up, preceded by a commercial whose proceeds usually go back to the rightsholders instead of the uploader. Shout! Factory has started an official YouTube channel populated

by HD transfers of the shows, but I’ll probably keep watching the old ones in all their grainy glory. They remind me of the bad old days, when video sharing meant you had to, as the MST3K closing credits extolled, “keep circulating those tapes.”

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Mike Leigh is one of the indisputable titans of contemporary cinema, but his latest film — which shows us 19th-century England (and a bit of Europe) through the eyes of acclaimed landscape painter and grunting, ill-natured ogre Joseph Mallord William Turner (Timothy Spall) — is an altogether less pleasurable affair than either 2010’s Another Year or 2008’s Happy-GoLucky.

Mr. Turner is a long, lumpy, and weirdly dull film; for nearly half of its 150-minute run time, period details, production design, and first-rate location scouting threaten to trump any of the half-formed human and social drama on display. You find yourself thinking things like, “Oh, so that’s what a pre-Victorian British art-supply store looked like!” or “Ah, so that’s how the locomotive that inspired the painting Rain, Steam and Speed sounded!” or “Did John Ruskin really have a speech impediment?”

Natural-light cinematography so vibrant it looks artificial is more immediate than Turner’s troubling interactions with his estranged family, his grotesque maid, and his doting dad. Eventually, though — and it took me awhile to step back and see this — these scattered, seemingly disconnected scenes add up to a full, sympathetic portrait of an irascible artist who was alive to something inside himself that others simply could not reach.

Once you realize that, Leigh’s methods and techniques reveal themselves more forcefully than ever before. He and his collaborators don’t forge iron links of cause and effect; they stack great and small blocks of incident on top of each other until they form something like a tabernacle for the souls they’ve chosen to observe and preserve for the British nation — and for us.

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th e r ant By Tim Sampson

Ouch. Hold on. Wait a second. Ouch! Ugh. It is so hard

to type while hiding under a rock. It’s so dark and so cold. I’ve gone into seclusion because I just caught the tail-end of a news story reporting something

about how televisions can record what you shout, uh, say, out loud to the television while watching it and transmit the recordings to some kind of database somewhere. I knew I should never have purchased a flat screen.

If this is actually true, I’m in deep doo-doo with the FBI, CIA, TSA, AA, ABC, NBC, CBS, NSA, and every other organization who’s acronym ends in “A.” Or any other letter. Because this is the area of life in which I am the most politically incorrect. They say the true measure of your character is what you do when no one is watching, and if that’s true, I’m burnt toast.

Every time I see a story on the news about that family in Arkansas with the couple who have something like 22 children and is always expecting another one I shout horrible obscenities at them. “You psychotic breeders!! Do you know how many children need adopting?!! Can you stop procreating for five minutes and give a homeless baby a home??!!”

Every time I see Sarah Jessica Parker on television I shout, “Hey, Jessica! Why the long face?!” I know. It’s horrible and shameful, but I can’t help myself. It’s a sickness.

And the advertisements for prescription drugs and their potentially dangerous side effects: high blood pressure, low blood pressure, internal bleeding, headaches, nausea, diarrhea, sleep deprivation, thoughts of suicide, kidney failure, liver disease, erectile dysfunction, erection lasting over four hours, vision problems, loss of hearing, back pain, anxiety attacks, muscle pain, swelling of the tongue, joint stiffness, blackouts, vertigo, memory loss, acid reflux. ... On and on, and I always shout at the television, “Give me some side effects I don’t already have!!!!”

And I might as well throw my hat into the ring on this one: Every time I see anything on the news about tearing down the Mid-South Coliseum I totally lose it and shout, “What is wrong with you a**holes??? How could you even dare entertain an idea so stupid?! Did you never take psychedelic mood-altering substances and go there to see a David Bowie concert and have it change your life?!”

I know, I know. Not everyone has a history with that building and some people are all caught up in the financial spreadsheets (I hate spreadsheets) that calculate the pros and cons of demolishing it versus renovating it, and I don’t think anyone has yet come up with the perfect idea as to what it could become if saved from the wrecking ball. But, come on! What is the big rush about tearing it down? Who is it hurting? What real danger does it pose? Can we not stop and realize that it has been there for decades and that we should take time to give this some serious thought?

For me, it’s a viscerally emotional thing. Every time I drive by, to this day, the sight of the Mid-South Coliseum takes my breath away. I realize that it’s just a building, but so is the Empire State Building, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Vanderbilt Mansion, Graceland, the Flatiron Building, and the Taj Mahal. If any of those were to become “obsolete” for some reason, would you want them scraped off the face of the earth?

Ever heard the saying, “Memphis has torn down more history than most other cities ever had to begin with?” It’s true. Walgreens alone has demolished the original Grisanti’s restaurant at Airways and Lamar, the original and historic Leonard’s BBQ restaurant at Bellevue and McLemore, and several other landmarks that were part of the very fabric of Memphis.

The city allowed the demolition of the resplendent Hill Mansion on Union Avenue to make way for a Shoney’s decades ago.

The only remaining reminders of that beautiful home are the stone lion sculptures that were thankfully saved and are now part of the exterior of the Brooks Museum. Can you imagine what downtown would look like if all the Victorian structures surrounding Victorian Village had been saved and preserved like the ones that are still there now?

I know we can’t change the past, but can we not be a little more patient regarding the Coliseum? That building has a history and personality so culturally significant I think we should give it a lot more thought.

Besides, if they tear it down, it will give me another reason to scream at the television when they cover its demolition, which is just more information Big Brother will have on me.

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