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OCTOBER 13, 2016

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COVER STORY

Putting Your Best Face Forward

FASHION MAKEUP PLACES BEAUTY ON THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDEN

By Kevin Hale

WIRE WRAPPING • ASHLEY AND THE X'S • THE BIRTH OF A NATION

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VOLUME 13, ISSUE 41 OCTOBER 13, 2016

CONTENTS 4

THE HARVEST: A SHOWCASE OF ARTS

When we last heard from N2 The Woods, they brought us Take Us Back to the ‘90s, where performers and audiences spent the night strolling through Nostalgia Town.

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ANCIENT ARTFORM MAKES A LOCAL COMEBACK

Wrapping wire around precious stones is a process that has been used for thousands of years, with some of the earliest examples dating back to around 2000 BC.

THEY'RE PUTTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER

Write about music long enough and you will come to accept that, alas, bands come and go.

That surely is no shocking revelation, and much of the time it’s pretty obvious that one band or other isn’t going to have that long a shelf life.

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INSIDE 48 HOURS OF A SLAVE REBELLION

The Birth of a Nation is a strange title for a film about the slave revolt led by Nat Turner in 1831.

The original The Birth of a Nation is a racist epic about the founding of the Klu Klux Klan.

ALSO INSIDE

Rebecca Denton Photography

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Putting Your Best Face Forward Visual art can encapsulate many mediums. From drawing, painting and sculpture to clothing design, furniture design and architecture, most artists have to start from a blank palette. Most art involves the artist pouring their soul into the piece.

FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS

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CONSIDER THIS

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DINING OUT

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SHRINK RAP

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NEW IN THEATERS

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ARTS CALENDAR

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THE LIST

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HALLOWEEN GUIDE

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

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MUSIC CALENDAR

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JONESIN’ CROSSWORD

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RECORD REVIEWS

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ON THE BEAT

Kevin Hale is a freelance journalist and experienced internet and television marketer living in North Chattanooga.

He is currently working on his first how-to book, “A Million Ways to Market.” He also enjoys hunting Pokémon.

Longtime crossword creator Matt Jones' first crossword appeared in The New York Times two decades ago. Since then, he has created over 800 crosswords for the syndicated “Jonesin' Crossword”, in fine newspapers across the country.

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BEGINNINGS ∙ CITY LIFE

Harvest: A Showcase of Arts N2 The Woods celebrates a harvest of art and music

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When we last heard from N2 The Woods productions in August, they brought us Take Us Back to the ‘90s, where performers and audiences spent the night strolling through Nostalgia Town. It was a huge success, with director Garrell Woods stating that the event was “more phenomenal than I could ever have imagined.”

This weekend, N2 The Woods returns, but unlike Take Us Back to the 90s, this event is rooted firmly in the present.

The Harvest: A Showcase of Arts is advertised in a recent press release as “the act of gathering crops; [a] reaping of what was sown.” The release eloquently continues, “Artists scatter their seeds into the Earth, the atmosphere, and into the ether. They scatter seeds of thought, inspiration, reflection, therapy, even pain.” The release echoes Woods’ own hopes for the showcase— hopes well reflected in his choice of artists.

“We felt it was important that the artists all be women,” Woods said, “and that they represent different backgrounds, styles, and walks of life. For example, Tiffany Learis is a twenty-something African American artist who employs multiple mediums, such as watercolor, digital art, and even wood burning. Whereas Mary is a forty-something Caucasian American artist that employs more of a tradition paint-and-canvas style that ranges from realism to abstract, depending on where the muses take her.”

Local music acts Deejaye Luvv, Pashin, and Kemo will also be featured, another aspect of the festival Woods is passionate about. “We wanted to offer another level to this pop-up gallery that made it a unique The Harvest: A Showcase of Art Friday & Saturday, 4 p.m.

Mercy Junction Justice & Peace Center 1918 Union Ave. ∙ Admission: $5

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“I personally operate under the mantra of never waiting permission to be great, and when the gatekeepers won’t open up, N2 The Woods creates its own way.” experience, and I felt music was just the thing we needed.” He continued, “Deejaye Luvv, and Pashin are both members of my arts education outreach program Young, Gifted, & Black, and this was the perfect opportunity to create yet another performance opportunity for them.

Kemo is a phenomenal independent artist, with a voice of gold and extraordinary lyrical skills. Our audiences are in for a treat.”

With a diverse set of artists with such varying experiences, the harvest is sure to be unique and abundant, and a wonderful illustration of Woods’ original hopes for N2 The Woods productions.

“The mission of N2 The Woods was inspired by my noticing that certain performance venues made themselves inaccessible to certain groups and halted advancement

for talented individuals. I personally operate under the mantra of never waiting permission to be great, and when the gatekeepers won’t open up, N2 The Woods creates its own way.”

Take Us Back To The ’90s was one example of such trailblazing, and this writer is confident The Harvest will follow suit. Woods seems to agree with me; when asked what attendees can expect from this event, he said, “They can expect to see the product of true creativity and what greatness can come of true collaboration and taking destiny into your own hands.”

As to what he’s most looking forward to, Woods said, “The joy on the faces of artists as their work is seen, appreciated, and purchased by the public. That’s what it’s all about.”

Consider This with Dr. Rick

EdiToon

by Rob Rogers

“Listen to your gut. The pull.

Don’t be afraid. If you can’t stop thinking about it then you want it, have wanted it, and will continue to want it. Dive straight in and ride it out. The wave will carry you. Simply trust the water.”

—Victoria Erickson

The Art’s Meow Celebrates Our Feline Friends If you’re a cat lover, or are close with someone who is, you definitely need to head over to the Northshore this Sunday at Noon for “The Art’s Meow” at Uptown Art on the corner of Fraizer Ave and North Market St. Which, as you can guess by the name, will feature a collection of cute and curious cat-themed pieces.

All proceeds from this educational and charitable event will be used to benefit the Alice Fund and Wally's Friends by helping cat owners in the area obtain health care and also to help care givers obtain access to the appropriate

needed resources.

“By accepting donations from generous cat lovers, The Alice Fund gives contributors a way to extend their love for cats to those in need.” Says vet-

erinarian Dr. Marcia Toumayan, from Chattanooga’s Cat Clinic and the medical advisor to the fund.

In addition to the cat featured art on a variety of medias, this family-friendly event will also include fun and interactive activities for children of all ages such as: face painting, pumpkin decorating, and a drawing for a door prize.

There will also be informational tables set up where guests can ask questions and gain insight about the community cats and their care. Light refreshments will also be offered to those attending the event. — Alyson McGowan

We begin life having to trust others. If all goes well they take care of our primal needs, and we learn, unconsciously, that there are other humans to help us, that someday we will learn to help ourselves, and that we are deserving. That’s a lot of powerful messaging that gets absorbed by our little, sponge-like minds.

Then, along the way, we take our knocks. And trust wavers. A return to trusting ourselves means that possibilities are experienced as boundless, fear takes a holiday, and we are part of the big, supportive, loving picture of good things coming our way. Just listen to yourself.

— Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D.

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COLUMN ∙ SHRINK RAP

Tips For A Mentally Healthy Life The good doctor offers sounds advice for your own mental health

Dr. Rick

Pulse columnist

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ERHAPS YOU, LIKE ME, COME across a multitude of lists explaining how to be happier, or more mindful, or better at this or that. Some of them can be helpful and offer little gems for a life well-lived. Over the years I’ve created my own, and have gathered a few “tips” for you here. So without further ado, here are a few of my favorite “HowTo’s For a Mentally Healthy Life.”

How to Ask For Help Lots of people have difficulty with this one.

But it’s important to realize that you are not an island and you don’t have to do it all alone.

If you’re still trying to get that “A”, or if you’re still trying to please your parents, it’s all a lot of unnecessary energy which could be put to better use. And that’s where you begin. What’s this uber-independence all about? What earlylife messages taught you that it’s not ok to ask for help?

Sometimes we just need to practice. I brought both pups to the vet the other day for their annual check-up and shots, etc. Big mistake. Getting them out of the car with their high energy and anticipation, leashes that got snagged on every crevice of the vehicle, pillars to walk around between the car and the front door (who’s idea was that…did the architect think that all dogs will walk in unison on the same side of six pillars?), it was worthy of an I Love Lucy episode. Or YouTube. Then, in a V-8 moment, I realized: all I had to do was go in and ask a technician to assist us. Ugh. Tangled leashes aside, let’s be clear: this

doesn’t mean you can’t be a productive, successful person. In fact, the most successful people on the planet surround themselves with the wisdom of other hard workers because they know they can’t do it all alone, no matter how brilliant, creative or powerful their vision may be.

How to Say No Regular Shrink-Rappers have read about this before, especially around the holidays when stress can become overwhelming and we’ve said “yes” to all sorts of tasks that may be better to delegate, or omit altogether. But saying no is a learned skill…one anybody can achieve with practice and a few deep breaths.

Experiment with these: “No, but thank you for asking me.” Or, “I’d love to, but I can’t make that big a commitment. Is there another way I can help?” Or, “I’m sorry, but I just can’t agree/take that on/help you just now. Is there someone else you could ask?”

What you risk is the feeling that, temporarily, you may be disappointing someone. But ultimately what you gain is a bit more self-confidence for having taken care of yourself.

Author Suzy Welch recommends saying yes as much as possible when you’re young, to gain experience.

Over time, as life’s priorities take shape, start saying no, with discernment, so that what you do with your time reflects how you want to live your life.

How to Motivate Yourself We all have times when, despite our strongest intentions, we have

“The most successful people on the planet surround themselves with the wisdom of other hard workers because they know they can’t do it all alone.” trouble revving up the ol’ engine to get some chore done. Or we have a psychological obstacle (i.e., writer’s block) to work through. Or we’re feeling the stress that comes with procrastination—that dark cloud hovering, reminding you of what you don’t really want to do.

Consider this: Take a break from it all. Replace the pressure with pleasant, perhaps inspiring, distraction.

And give yourself a specific amount of time for this “play.” Go to a park and laugh at the antics of the little kids (or a dog park, which is endless free entertainment!) Call an elderly relative or friend, and ask them some questions, absorbing their wisdom.

Take your best friend to lunch. Go to a gallery or favorite store or spend a couple of hours window-shopping and people-watching. Turn up the music and dance—wildly and without inhibition. Eat some ice cream on the back porch and listen to the sounds of nature. You get the idea: Get off your own back, reduce the stress, and return refreshed and recharged.

How To Show the Love Whether you’re in a relationship and the “love bank” is a little low; or you’re single and yearning for intimate love; or you just want to improve the quality of your friendships and family relationships, my sugges-

tion is to think love.

Some people feel loved by the words you say. Some by the deeds you do for them. Some by the amount and quality of time you spend together. If you want someone you care about to feel the love, think about them for a moment. Think specifically about how they best absorb kindness and love. Is it through simple gestures, like giving them a call, or sending them a sweet note? Is it by verbally expressing appreciation for all the ways they regularly enrich your life? Is it by spending time together—taking in a movie, or a romantic dinner, or going for a walk in the woods?

If we’re not present-minded, not focused on the other person, we risk a type of giving that we think they’d like, rather than what they’d really like. By giving love tailored to the other, we begin a positive cycle of thoughtful, conscious giving and conscious receiving. And we find that there’s plenty of love to go around.

I hope these tips have helped. In future Shrink Raps I’ll offer others.

Meanwhile, take care of yourself, and those you hold dear.

Dr. Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist, author, minister, and educator in private practice in Chattanooga. Contact him at DrRPH.com, visit his wellness center at WellNestChattanooga.com

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COVER STORY

Putting Your Best Face Forward Fashion makeup places beauty on the eyes of the beholden

By Kevin Hale Pulse contributor

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ISUAL ART CAN ENCAPSULATE many mediums. From drawing, painting and sculpture to clothing design, furniture design and architecture, most artists have to start from a blank palette.

Most art involves the artist pouring their soul into the piece and getting very little feedback during the process. Nowadays, even most music is collaborative.

Photo: Rich Meade. Model: Weaverly. Makeup and Hair: Jill Clark

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But one of the few remaining arts where the illustrator can, and most certainly will, get almost immediate feedback is makeup artistry. It can be a high wire balancing act trying to be true to the face’s unique features while meeting the client’s requests and expectations.

The makeup artist is a designer. But more than that the artist is trying to interpret each face’s fundamental features and decide where to go in their aesthetical expression. “I always ask clients to tell me what you like,” says Emily Hawtin. “But beyond that, my goal as a makeup artist is to help you see your inner ‘me’. I believe that we should use makeup to highlight and accentuate each person’s natural beauty. We are each individually made and wonderfully beautiful; so let's celebrate that!”

Like many makeup artists, Hawtin came to practice the art through the influence of others.

“My Dad was a painter and encouraged me to pursue anything artistic,” she says. Hawtin went on to earn a major in theatre makeup artistry and costume from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She also helped her husband with theatre productions at Soddy Daisy High School.

Weddings and special events are where many

makeup artists get their start. Hawtin and her husband decided to start a wedding makeup business. Then she pursued further education at The Academy of Make Up Arts in Nashville.

She learned the basics of skin care and other advanced techniques such as airbrushing.

“It’s really important in the beginning that you find your aesthetic voice,” she says. “During my first year doing makeup artistry I said yes to everything and did a lot of work for free.”

She began reading every book on how to start a business she could get her hands on. Hawtin soon got a call from a production company requesting her skills. Commercials, editorials and high-definition television shoots followed, each with their unique kind of client.

“I guess the number one request I get from my television clients is to make them look natural or glowing,” she says. “This involves a lot of blending and can take twice as long as say a highly stylized look. A smoky eye or similar look is really much easier than trying to make an actor, who’s been out all night drinking, look like he hasn’t.”

Hawtin’s best advice for clients is for them to be themselves. “Don’t morph yourself into someone else,” she adds. “Highlight your individual unique attributes.”

The advice holds especially true for her wedding clients. “Many of the women I work with have had bad experiences with makeup artists,” she says. “The fashion industry kind of portrays a certain snobbery but I’m there to reassure them I came to help.”

It also takes a certain amount of love and care for those in the role of makeup artist. “I’ve had brides fall asleep in my chair while I working with them,” she says. “I also try to reassure many of my older clients, many who never wear makeup. Usually they can’t believe the transformation that has just happened.”

But makeup artists do not always take the

“The makeup artist is a designer. But more than that the artist is trying to interpret each face’s fundamental features and decide where to go in their aesthetical expression.” same path to establishing themselves in their profession. Artist in Makeup Jill Clark never thought her path would lead here.

“I’ve got a bachelor of fine arts, so I started by doing a lot of painting and drawing,” Clark says. “For me, makeup is about using the human form as a canvas and truly bringing the human form to life in a profound way.”

Clark was the daughter of a Navy

officer and grew up in Sicily. Here she gained her European style of natural beauty and minimalism that exists in high fashion.

She has quite an eclectic portfolio working in television on shows like Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

Clark loves the special effects aspect of science fiction, although her bread and butter continues to be commercials. As this story goes to press, she is returning from Italy

Photos: Max Eremine. Model: Zoe (left), Abby (right). Makeup and Gair: Jill Clark.

after doing editorial work for a wedding at the Vatican in Rome.

Clark has no formal training as an esthetician but uses her artistic experience in her makeup work. “The golden triangle in painting is just like the bones of someone’s face,” she says. “The trick is to know someone’s jaw and cheek and making them look like they’re not flat.”

She also works with a lot of children and teenagers on fashion shoots. “Kids are hard because you try to give them selfesteem through your work,” she says. “I’m the anti-pageant makeup artist. I’m trying to transform them but not make them seem like adults.”

Clark fits the role of makeup artist well.

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Photo: Max Eremine. Model: Selena. Makeup and Hair: Jill Clark

“Our artists really do have an eye to bring out the best in each client.

It’s like magic but we end up figuring out each person’s formula from their skin tone.” ence,” she adds passionately. “I’m peering into their soul with my work.

Some clients say they hate the way they look. They breakdown and apologize to me.”

Clark takes the issue so seriously she is hosting a “Love Yourself” workshop that deals with body dysmorphia and identity. “Life is messy,” she says. “I want people to know that they are perfect in their imperfections.”

She also plans to start a beauty blog that deals with ethnicity. “As far as I know, there is no instructional blog on how work with different ethnic skin tones. For example, I’ve worked in Ireland and they live in a windy, grey climate so they are redheaded and fair skinned,” she explains. “But they see all these warm climate trends from Los Angeles and Miami and think it’s going to work in 10 • THE PULSE • OCTOBER 13, 2016 • CHATTANOOGAPULSE.COM

their environment, but it’s not.”

Clark always makes sure she knows about a client’s skin allergies and other factors before getting started. “Many people don’t know how to take care of the body’s largest organ, the epidermis,” she says.

With her training in painting, Clark’s color palette borrows from the Baroque, Rococo, and Expressionist periods. She is also a huge fan of horror and sci-fi makeup artists like Joe Dante from Gremlins, showing an ominous and dark side to her work. On the flipside, she recently participated in Glass Street Live, an interactive year-long installation by Wayne White, former art director of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse and a native of Chattanooga.

Although many makeup artists lead a nomadic life, Darin Wright is a Chattanooga mainstay who is still

Photo: Elea Anita. Model: Blake Wright. Hair and Makeup: Darin Wright

going strong. She started Elea Blake Cosmetics in 1997 with the goal to provide each person the perfect tone of foundation to match their skin.

“At the time, people with nonmainstream skin tones were getting turned away from cosmetics on the market,” says Elea Blake Marketing Director Blake Wright. “Darin created a custom mineral makeup line that took its lead from the skin, not the other way around.”

Elea Blake soon introduced the ebhues color analysis system. Rooted in science, art, and makeup, ebhues was created out of a need to give each person their own best colors—defying the standard industry practice of lumping groups of people together to share a standard array of “best” colors.

“It really is both an art and a science,” says Blake. “We look at a client’s skin tone by looking at their undertone. We start with color then add a dash here and pinch there.

Our artists really do have an eye to bring out the best in each client. It’s like magic but we end up figuring out each person’s formula from their skin tone.”

The ebhues system has created a scientific way to find that color in

each hue. Their makeup artists use specially tested and designed color tools to locate what colors work best with a client’s skin tone.

The process of being draped then is to test each hue and have a client’s own color space determined utilizing attributes such as warm, cool, and neutral as well as hue, value and chroma to define the skin’s undertones and colors that look best.

Elea Blake has two paths for finding the best colors in each hue for clients. They can schedule a personal color analysis draping with Darin Wright or clients can use the studio’s online draping system.

The studio has developed several extensive and thorough online drapes for clients to find their best tones. Online draping also includes walkthroughs in both video and blog form and assistance from the studio’s staff.

“It can be extremely hard to know what you’re looking for when it comes to makeup,” says Blake. “We hope to take the guess work out of it for our clients. We want to see each individual for who they are and not cover up the beauty that exists in each person.”

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Ancient Artform Makes A Local Comeback Local artisans embrace gemstone wire wrapping

It’s The End Of The World As We Know It The end of the world is beginning in Chattanooga!

Starting this Friday, Back Alley Productions will present their adaptation of H.G. Wells classic novel The War of the Worlds at the historic Mars Theater in LaFayette.

Follow along as a science professor takes it upon himself to try and save a group of small town residents from an ongoing alien invasion that is set on eradicating the human race. The show will be set up with sound effects, unique lighting, fog machines and strobe lighting.

While the show is open to the entire family, parents should be advised that he majority of the second act details suspenseful scenes and intense fights. Including “aliens” on the stage.

“You have no idea what’s going to happen next, and that’s all part of the fun.” says director Christopher Smith.

In other words, anyone who scares easy may want to bring a friend.

Show times will be every Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. through Oct. 29th There will also be a special Halloween show where everyone in attendance in a costume will receive free refillable popcorn throughout the night.

Tickets are $15 for general admission and $12 for students and seniors. They can be purchased at backalleyprodutions.org or at the box office.

— Alyson McGowan The War of the Worlds Friday & Saturday, 7:30 p.m.

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By Tony Mraz

Pulse contributor

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NE OF THE MOST ANCIENT TECHniques for crafting jewelry is making a comeback here in the Scenic City. Wrapping wire around precious stones is a process that has been used for thousands of years, with some of the earliest examples dating back to around 2000 BC. Mesopotamian artists were able to make jewelry without the aid of any soldering irons. This absence of technology is what has popularized wire wrapping in modern times—making wire jewelry is a way to create something of value while traveling, which is why many might associate wraps with music festivals and touring bands. They can't be mass produced, so they are primarily made by individual artists.

The materials that compose the jewelry are sim-

ple—wire and precious stones—but the varieties of wire and stones are plentiful.

The wire is available in many different gauges and shapes: there is square, round, half round, even triangular wire. Low dome is flat wire that has a little bit of a curve to it. It is very stiff, and takes a gentle touch to work without kinking or breaking. In addition to size and shape, there are three standard consistencies. Dead soft wire is soft and malleable, but doesn't hold its shape well.

Half hard is more difficult to bend and holds its shape. Full hard wire is the most difficult to manipulate, and holds its shape best.

The more you work wire, the more it gets workhardened. There are only so many bends you can make with wire before it gets brittle and breaks.

The two main techniques of bending the wire are coiling and weaving. When two pieces of wire are joined together, they make mechanical connections, as opposed to a soldering iron which makes

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“Making wire jewelry is a way to create something of value while traveling, which is why many might associate wraps with music festivals and touring bands.” hot connections.

Weaving is like knitting with wire—one method makes what looks like miniature baskets, while another creates smooth forms. All of the stones are held in place by tension settings, bends that are designed to secure them.

We had a chance to talk to two of Chattanooga's most successful wire wrappers about their craft.

Aaron Kopowski's work is fluid and organic, and many of his pieces have a mystical feel that hints of magic and shamanism.

He started wrapping because he saw someone else's work at a show and thought, “I can do that”. In the last two years, working full time as a wire wrapper, he has made and sold over 2,500 pieces.

He wraps using non-tarnish coated copper and .925 sterling silver. The stones he uses

come from all over the world with his favorites being fire agate, amethyst and opals of all kinds. He wraps five days a week for 5-12 hours a day, making between 30 and 50 pieces a week.

“It takes a lot of effort at first, and there are lot of blisters and sore hands,” Kopowski explains. “I'm pretty sure this is why a lot of people give up early when they try.”

Elizabeth Morris's work is intricate and elegant, the forms refined and well resolved. Though she does work when she travels, the majority of her wraps are made at her work bench in her home.

“Every time I make a piece, it's a challenge—I have something in my head that I want it to look like, and I draw it out on graph paper first,” she explains.

“I spend a lot of time refining designs and re-engineering pieces.”

A few of the stones she uses are ruby, emerald, sapphire, aquamarine, tanzanite, topaz, tourmaline, and opal. “I love the stones in their natural state.

When I found that there are incredible quality stones in their natural state, I

had to use them. I still use the faceted ones sometimes, but if I can find something natural, that's what I like to use. No two stones are the same, just like no two wire wraps are the same.”

For some of her wraps, she uses a mixture of liver of sulphur and warm water to give them a patina. She can control the oxidation based on the temperature of the water, and sometimes adds other chemicals like ammonia to create iridescent finishes.

In 2015, Elizabeth created a line for a fashion designer in Las Vegas. The crown jewel of this collection is a sterling silver masquerade mask. She designed it with pivot points to form fit to the model's face. Each of her pieces represents an engineering challenge.

“Whenever I make a piece, I end up wearing it for a few days to make sure it wears well,” Morris notes.

You can follow Aaron and Elizabeth on Instagram: @ acollectivemindtn and @ eimorris or email them at acollectivemindinfo@gmail. com and i.morris@gmail. com

THU10.13 Chattanooga Artoberfest

Featuring one of the best sidewalk art competitions you'll ever see in person.

4 p.m.

Chattanooga Market 1829 Carter St. (423) 648-2496 chattanoogamarket.com

FRI10.14 Photographic Society of Chattanooga Gallery Reception

For all those who love photos and photography.

6:30 p.m.

Gallery at Blackwell 71 Eastgate Loop (423) 648-8001 chattanoogaphoto.org

SAT10.15 "Nurturing Our Trees"

The Hamilton County Master Gardeners present a free calls on how to plant and nuture trees.

10 a.m.

UT Extension Office 6183 Adamson Cir. (423) 855-6113 mghc.org

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THURSDAY10.13 International Doll Show 9 a.m.

Embassy Suites 2321 Lifestyle Way (423) 602-5100 dollsbeautiful.com Ooltewah Farmers Market 3 p.m.

Ooltewah Nursery 5829 Main St. (423) 238-9775 ooltewahnursery.com Chattanooga Artoberfest 4 p.m.

Chattanooga Market 1829 Carter St. (423) 648-2496 chattanoogamarket.com Signal Mountain Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Pruett’s Market 1210 Taft Hwy. (423) 902-8023 signalmountainfarmersmarket.com St. Elmo Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Incline Railway 3917 St. Elmo Ave. (423) 838-9804 lookoutfarmersmarket.com Art Of Cooking 5:30 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 Homebuyer Orientation 5:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise 1500 Chestnut St. #102

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(423) 756-6201 cneinc.org Art + Isses: GentrificationLocalized Colonization or Urban Uplift 6 p.m.

The Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org The Force Awakens: Music From the Movie 7 p.m.

Chattanooga Brewing Company 1804 Chestnut St. (423) 702-9958 chattanoogasymphony.org Adam Hunter 7:30 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Author: The JT Leroy Story

SPOTLIGHT: ADAM HUNTER One of the hottest young stand up comedians, Adam is full of exciting energy that makes crowds go wild, keeping you on the edge of your seat.

Adam Hunter The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com

8 p.m.

Cine-Rama 100 W. Main St. (423) 521-1716 thecinerama.org What So Not: Rome Fortune, Noah Breakfast & James Earl 9 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 Station St. revelryroom.co (423) 521-2929

FRIDAY10.14 International Doll Show 9 a.m.

Embassy Suites 2321 Lifestyle Way (423) 602-5100 dollsbeautiful.com The Harvest: A Showcase of Art

4 p.m.

Mercy Junction Justice and Peace Center 1918 Union Ave. (423) 521-0642 Cambrige Square Night Market 5 p.m.

Cambridge Square 9453 Bradmore Ln. Ooltewah Tennessee chattanoogamarket.com MLK Blvd Night Market 5:30 p.m.

Jazzanooga Arts Space 431 E. MLK Blvd.

(423) 402-0452 Photographic Society of Chattanooga Gallery Reception 6:30 p.m.

Gallery at Blackwell 71 Eastgate Loop (423) 648-8001 chattanoogaphoto.org Little Sister 8, 10 p.m.

Cine-Rama 100 W. Main St. (423) 521-1716 thecinerama.org The War of the Worlds 7:30 p.m.

The Historic Mars Theater 117 N. Chattanooga St. LaFayette, GA (706) 996-8350 backalleyproductions.org Adam Hunter 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com

the Pulse

Halloween Guide your weekly guide to chattanooga's favorite halloween haunts

escape experience can you & your friends make it out alive?

beauty & the beast chattanooga's oldest & largest costume shop

plus: area haunted houses & events

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Escape Experience Chattanooga

By Colin Moran

T

he fate of mankind is in your hands. Can you make it out in time and save humanity? The year is 2035 and the human race is in a terrible state of pandemic outbreak. 90 percent of the human population is dead already or worse…and you are one of the few survivors.

One day your group of survivors is hiking east towards the coast in search of supplies when your radio picks up a looping signal luring you and your team with coordinates to an old house in a valley and with a promise of a cure for this deadly outbreak and safety when you arrive. When you arrive at the house you find it dark and abandoned. The future of the surviving world depends on you.

Will you step inside?

This story and adventure awaits you at Escape Experience Chattanooga. Escape Experience Chattanooga is home to a series of escape rooms that stimulate your senses, pull at your emotions, and place you in environments that are believable. You even get to wear costumes that help make the game even more realistic. When the door locks behind you and the timer begins to countdown it is easy to forget that

you are in a game and not in a real life or death situation.

In 2014 when they opened their doors they were determined to be more than just a typical escape game company. They didn’t just want to be something fun to do in Chattanooga, they wanted to be the most fun thing you could do in Chattanooga.

They don’t just create escape games they create Escape Experiences!

Escape Mission 3: Vaccine Search for the Cure is one of their scariest escape scenarios and is perfect for an October/ Halloween adventure. You will interact with the dead and gruesomely wounded (you will see plenty of blood) in this mission, along with working your way through a dark abandoned house in the middle of nowhere. In this experience you are in a group with anywhere from 2 to 8 players. You have exactly one hour to escape the abandoned house with the cure.

The success rate for this room is just 35 percent and the best time is 27:37 minutes so far, so the odds are tough. When entering the abandoned house your “toolkit” should include teamwork, pattern recognition, bicycle riding and balance and math skills to

give you your best chance of success. You will need to use every skill you have to make it through the multi-tiered game room. The game can be very challenging but if you can manage to escape then the reward pays off…you saved the human race! Can you find the cure and escape the wretched trap before time expiries and you and your team is infected?

If you have never played an escape game before then as soon as you are finished reading this you should lay this paper down and go book your escape experience on their website. (Bookings can only be made through their website.) There is no age limit for the games but participants that are 14 years old and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Beauty and the Beast Costumes

By Alyson McGowan

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hen driving up Dayton Boulevard towards Morrison Springs in Red Bank you may notice an odd building off to the side. The structure looks like two smaller homes fused together to form one multi-winged house. This building houses Beauty and the Beast Costumes…and it really is exactly as it appears. And so much more.

Beauty and the Beast Costumes has the largest selection of costumes in the region and is the only shop of its kind within 500 miles. While other costume retailers have hundreds of copies of the same costumes, Beauty and the Beast Costumes has thousands of custom, one-of-a-kind costumes that you just can’t find anywhere else.

“No two costumes here are alike,” says Susan Stringer, manager of this unique shop. “We offer a little bit for everyone, from latex and prosthetics to unique items that LARPers and Cosplayers would enjoy.”

Inside Beauty and the Beast Costumes you will find the floors and aisles jam packed with costumes,

masks, toy weapons and accessories. There is also a 40 foot long, 10 foot tall wall of nothing but wigs; and like the costumes, no two wigs are alike. They also have a full stock of Mehron brand theatrical makeup for those talented individuals that like to do their own effects (and who may have been inspired by this week’s fashion makeup cover story). While they do not sell animatronics or home décor, their prices are much lower than other Halloween outlets.

They offer costumes from small and petite sizes all the way to 4XL so everyone is sure to be able to find their own unique costume for the scariest of all nights of the year. There is also a variety of mix-andmatch items that can be used to make a truly one of a kind outfit.

Beauty and the Beast also offers costume rentals for the public as well as for local school productions and haunted houses, and many of these rentals are hand made by Stringer. The shop is a female ownedand-operated retailer who does not believe in objectifying women and their bodies by selling revealing and often times offensive costumes. While they do

have some costumes that are sassy, they are not inappropriate. They strive to keep Halloween a family oriented holiday while still making sure it can be super scary and super cute.

If you are in the search for a unique costume that everyone will surely ask about at this years Halloween party, then stop by Beauty and the Beast Costumes at 3780 Dayton Blvd. in Red Bank. They are open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. Just keep an eye out for the rose and bear paw print on the sign.

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Haunted Houses & Events

Acres of Darkness: Haunted Trail & Family Adventures Chattanooga Audubon Acres 900 N. Sanctuary Rd. (423) 892-1499 Fridays & Saturdays, starting Oct. 14 Tickets: $15; $5 off for CAS members acresofdarkness.com Asylum’s CarnEvil 527 W. Inman Rd. Cleveland, TN (423) 473-9668 facebook.com/asylumcleveland Blowing Springs Farm 271 Chattanooga Valley Rd., Flintstone, GA Fridays-Sundays, through Oct. 30 Tickets: $10 all ages, Free ages 3-under blowingspringsfarm.com Boo in the Zoo 301 N. Holtzclaw Ave. Fridays & Saturdays, starting Oct. 21 Tickets: $9.95 adults, $6.95 children, free ages 2-under, Half off for members chattzoo.org Fall Hayrides & Campfires at Cloudland Canyon 122 Cloudland Canyon Park Rd. Saturdays, starting Oct. 8 Tickets: $6 adults, $3 children, free 2 and under gastateparks.org Halloween Eerie Express 4199 Cromwell Rd. Oct. 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, & 29 Tickets: $22 ages 2 & up tvrail.com The Haunted Barn 5017 McDonald Rd.,

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McDonald, TN Fridays & Saturdays in Oct. Tickets: $20 all ages thehauntedbarnchattanooga.com Haunted Cavern Ruby Falls 1720 South Scenic Hwy. Fridays-Sundays in Oct. Tickets: $25 (Fri.), $30 (Sat.), $20 (Thurs/Sun) hauntedcavern.com Haunted Hilltop 8235 Hwy. 58, Harrison, TN Fridays & Saturdays in Oct. Tickets: $20 for everything or $15 per attraction thehauntedhilltop.com Lake WinnepeSPOOKah 1730 Lakeview Dr. Fridays & Saturdays in Oct. Tickets: $22 ages 3-54 lakewinnie.com/spookah Mayfield Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch 257 Hwy 307 E. Athens, TN Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 31 Tickets: $13 mayfieldmaze.com Post-Mortem Haunted Trail 200 Natures Trl SW Cleveland, TN Saturdays & Sundays through Oct. 31 Tickets: $15 teamtwiste5.wix.com/post-mortem Ringgold Haunted Depot 155 Depot St., Ringgold, GA Oct. 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29 Tickets: $15 for all ages cityofringgold.com The River Maze

1371 Hwy. 64 Cleveland, TN Friday-Sunday through Oct. 31 Tickets: $10, 3 & under free therivermaze.com Rock City Gardens’ Rocktoberfest 1400 Patten Rd. Saturdays & Sundays in Oct. Tickets: $22.95 for adults, $12.95 for kids seerockcity.com Shocktober Nights 490 County Rd. 67 Riceville, TN Friday & Saturday, opens Oct. 15 Tickets: $16.50 shocktobernights.com Tennessee Aquarium’s AquaScarium & ODDtober Events 1 Broad St. Oct. 28 Tickets: $40 for adults, $30 for children tnaqua.org McKamey BARKtober Fest and MEOWlloween Party 4500 N. Access Rd. Oct. 22 Tickets: Free ($13 cat adoptions and $31 dog adoptions) mckameyanimalcenter.org Trick or Treat at Hamilton Place 2100 Hamilton Place Blvd.

Oct. 31 Tickets: Free hamiltonplace.com Trick or Treat at Northgate Mall 271 Northgate Mall Oct. 31 Tickets: Free visitnorthgatemall.com

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR

TruTV Impractical Jokers Tour

SATURDAY10.15 International Doll Show 9 a.m.

Embassy Suites 2321 Lifestyle Way (423) 602-5100 dollsbeautiful.com Chickamauga Battlefield Bicycle Tour 9:30 a.m.

Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center 3370 Lafayette Rd. Fort Oglethorpe, GA (706) 866-1159 nps.gov/chch Ketner’s Mill Country Arts Fair 10 a.m.

Ketner’s Mill 658 Ketner Mill Ln. Whitwell, TN ketnersmill.org Master Gardeners Free Class: "Nurturing Our Trees" 10 a.m.

UT Extension Office 6183 Adamson Cir. (423) 855-6113 mghc.org Brainerd Farmers Market 10 a.m.

Grace Episcopal Church 20 Belvoir Ave. (404) 245-3682 Northside Farmers Market 10 am.

Northside Presbyterian Church 923 Mississippi Ave. (423) 266-7497 Chattanooga Oktoberfest 10 a.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion

1801 Carter St. chattanoogaoktoberfest.com St. Alban’s Hixson Market 10 a.m.

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church 7514 Hixson Pike (423) 842-6303 The Blue Trees: Kick Off + Artist Talk 11 a.m.

The Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org The Harvest: A Showcase of Art 4 p.m.

Mercy Junction Center 1918 Union Ave. (423) 521-0642 Little Sister 6, 8, 10 p.m.

Cine-Rama 100 W. Main St. (423) 521-1716 thecinerama.org Adam Hunter 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com The War of the Worlds 7:30 p.m.

The Historic Mars Theater 117 N. Chattanooga St. LaFayette, GA (706) 996-8350 backalleyproductions.org

SUNDAY10.16 Ketner’s Mill Country Arts Fair

10 a.m.

Ketner’s Mill 658 Ketner Mill Ln. Whitwell, TN ketnersmill.org Chattanooga Oktoberfest 10 a.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1801 Carter St. chattanoogaoktoberfest.com The Arts Meow Noon Uptown Art 115 Frazier Ave. facebook.com/ArtsMeow Lover. NotHate Art Showcase 1 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org (423) 624-5347 Ready to Rock: Climbing at the Walnut Wall 5 p.m.

Outdoor Chattanooga 200 River St. (423) 643-6888 outdoorchattanooga.com Little Sister 6, 8, 10 p.m.

Cine-Rama 100 W. Main St. (423) 521-1716 thecinerama.org TruTV Impractical Jokers Tour 7 p.m.

Memorial Auditorium 399 McCallie Ave. (423) 747-5580 trutv.com/ImpracticalJokers Adam Hunter 7:30 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St.

(423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com

MONDAY10.17 Red Bank Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Red Bank United Methodist 3800 Dayton Blvd. lookoutfarmersmarket.com

TUESDAY10.18 East Brainerd Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Audubon Acres 900 N. Sanctuary Rd. lookoutfarmersmarket.com Heels on Wheels Wearing Teal 5 p.m.

Tennessee Aquarium Plaza 2 Broad St. tnauqa.org

WEDNESDAY10.19 Main Street Market 4 p.m.

325 E. Main St. mainstfarmersmarket.com Wednesday Night Chess Club 6 p.m.

Downtown Library 1001 Broad St. (423) 643-7700 chattilibrary.com Map these locations on chattanoogapulse.com. Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to: calendar@chattanoogapulse.com CHATTANOOGAPULSE.COM • OCTOBER 13, 2016 • THE PULSE • 19

MUSIC

They're Putting The Band Back Together Ashley and the Xs reunite to the delight of their fans

Bob Bernhardt’s Symphonic Bootcamp Music in a movie can play just as an important role as the plot, characters or setting. The music ties the movie together and adds an element that only music can do.

This Thursday, you have the chance to get a behindthe-scenes look at the lives and works of musicians, composers, music theory and musical topics along with exploring John William’s music from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

This event is part of an entertaining lecture series called Bob’s Bootcamps hosted by Bob Bernhardt, Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Principal Pops Conductor.

The first Bootcamp of the 2016/17 season will be held Thursday evening at 7 p.m. at the Chattanooga Brewing Company. Cost is $20 and includes a free drink and hors d’oeuvres.

At this event you will have the opportunity to learn about the music from the most recent film in the Star Wars saga and explore the various musical themes and pieces from the movie. The evening will include exploring the music of Rey, Finn, and Poe Dameron.

Tickets can be purchased individually or a season package for $145 by calling the CSO Box Office at (423) 267-8583. Don’t let this opportunity slip away and may the Force be with you. — Colin Moran The Force Awakens: Music From the Movie Thursday 7 p.m.

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By Marc T. Michael Pulse Music Editor

W

RITE ABOUT MUSIC LONG enough and you will come to accept that, alas, bands come and go. That surely is no shocking revelation to anyone, anywhere, and much of the time it’s pretty obvious that one band or other isn’t going to have that long a shelf life. Lifestyles, priorities and tastes all change, especially if the band is made up of younger players.

Once in a while though, you hear a band that has that ineffable “it” quality that is so very rare and you think to yourself, “Here is a band that just might make it. Here is a band in it for the long haul. Here’s a group of crazy kids who have stumbled on the formula that turns lead in to gold!”

Then they break up.

Bands come and go but when a band like that splits, particularly when the split comes at time when it seems like their star is rising, well, it sticks with you and all a friend can say is ain’t it a shame.

That’s how I felt when I first heard that Ashley and the Xs were no more. I had written about them in July of 2013 and was mightily impressed by their cohesion as a band and by their sound and style. They had it going on and I was genuinely excited to see what they would do next. Before the year was over, the band was defunct (and de-funked, I suppose.)

There were reasons, of course. A marriage, personal projects, varying interests; they just up and went their separate ways for a while. Guitarist Matt Shigekawa suggested to me during our interview that Dan “The Metronome” Walker

MUSIC

“Surprised by the continued interest in a band that hadn’t played together in three years, he approached his old bandmates and by August they were rehearsing for a one-off reunion show.” may have been spending some involuntary time down in Mexico, but given that Shigekawa himself has spent the last three years living as a wilderness hermit, subsisting almost entirely on a steady diet of wild mushrooms and cultivating a look not unlike that Japanese fellow in season six of Lost, anything he says is to be taken with a grain of salt.

Apocryphal stories aside, the exciting news here is that Ashley and the Xs are back and hitting their stride so well it’s as though they never stopped in the first place. Having experimented with some different band members, the group decided (rightfully so I think) that the original lineup is the only lineup so Ashley (Carder these days) along with Matt, Dan and Eric Parham are back in the rehearsal room

and, soon, back in the recording studio as well.

When asked what prompted the reunion Shigekawa, who also plays lead for Ryan Oyer, said that fans of the old band kept approaching him after shows asking about Ashley and the Xs. Surprised by the continued interest in a band that hadn’t played together in three years, he approached his old bandmates and by August they were rehearsing for a one-off reunion show that may not be so one-off after all.

The enigmatic guitar player has been coy about what could be in store for the band next, but a confirmed EP along with the enthusiasm of the players and their fans points towards a brighter future beyond the one-time hootenanny.

Summing up the situation, Shigekawa said, “Our first practice…it felt right and we all knew immediately we should do this. It’s like going home after a long stay-away at college!”

The date is set. The reunion show

ChoirNooga Sings At The Honest Pint

is taking place at J.J.’s Bohemia, right where Ashley and the Xs got their start, on Friday, Nov. 11th at 9:30 p.m. Notable pilgarlic Eddie Bridges will be hosting that evening and longtime friends and supporters of the band Danimal Pinson and E.T. will be opening for the band.

Ashley and the Xs were one of the hottest acts in town right up until they stopped performing but the band has picked up right where they left off without missing a beat. It’s more than a reunion show; it’s a homecoming, long overdue and most welcome and you want to be there.

Addendum: Moments before this piece was released for publication, an excitable Shigekawa contacted me with the news that the band is also working on a Mariachi Chanukah album, just in time for Christmas. In this writer’s opinion this is just the sort of nonsense a man living on wild mushrooms for three years might say and is likely of no interest to anyone. But there you have it, anyways.

Summer is pretty much gone, and with days getting shorter and nights getting cooler you may be looking for something new to pass the time and entertain yourself.

If singing is your passion, or just something you’d like to try, The Honest Pint has something for you: ChoirNooga, in coordination with Choir!Choir!Choir!, will hold its first meeting this Saturday, at the Pint, from 2 to 5 p.m.

ChoirNooga is a no-commitment, drop-in choral group with plans to meet every other Saturday. It works like this: participants show up, are given parts to sing, and are coached/rehearse for the afternoon culminating in a ready-to-go performance. The inaugural meeting’s song will be Leonard Cohen’s classic, “Hallelujah.”

All are welcome, experience is not necessary, and if it turns out not to be for you, there’s no commitment.

It has never been easier to explore your musical side in the Scenic City.

For more information, refer to the ChoirNooga event page on Facebook or, better still, be there at the Honest Pint this Saturday and raise a joyous noise.

— Marc. T. Michael

THU10.13

FRI10.14

SAT10.15

Kansas Bible Company

Heidi Holton

Diarrhea Planet

Hheavy guitar, propulsive horn lines and poppy melodies combine in a genre bending mélange.

9 p.m.

JJ's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com

Heidi is turning heads with her unique take on one of America’s oldest popular musical traditions...the blues.

6:30 p.m.

Cambridge Square 9453 Bradmore Ln. chattanoogamarket.com

Once you get caught in the orbit of their stadiumsized riffs and blistering solos, it’s hard to escape.

Or will you want to.

8 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 Station St. revelryroom.co

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LIVE MUSIC CALENDAR

Los Colognes

THURSDAY10.13 James Crumble Trio 6 p.m.

St. John’s Meeting Place 1278 Market St. stjohnsrestaurant.com Rick Rushing Blues Jazz N’ Friends 6 p.m.

Bluewater Grille 224 Broad St. bluewaterchattanooga.com Live Bluegrass 6:30 p.m.

Whole Foods Market 301 Manufacturers Rd. wholefoodsmarket.com Blue Grass and Country Jam 6:30 p.m.

Grace Nazarene Church 6310 Dayton Blvd.

(423) 842-5919 Caney Creek Company 7 p.m.

Greenway Farms 5051 Gann Store Rd. outdoorchattanooga.com Bluegrass Thursdays 7:30 p.m.

Feed Co. Table & Tavern 201 W. Main St. feedtableandtavern.com Jesse James & Tim Neal 7:30 p.m.

Mexi-Wing VII 5773 Brainerd Rd. mexi-wingchattanooga.com What So Not 8 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 Station St. revelryroom.co

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Keepin’ It Local 8 p.m.

The Social 1110 Market St. publichousechattanooga.com Kansas Bible Company 9 p.m.

JJ's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Open Mic with Hap Henninger 9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com

FRIDAY10.14 Binji Varsossa 6 p.m.

Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Lounge 1809 Broad St.

SPOTLIGHT: KEN BONFIELD Fingerstyle guitarist Ken Bonfield has been performing for over 20 years, playing "primitive American" style music with a dash of Celtic.

Ken Bonfield Saturday, 8 p.m.

Charles & Myrtle’s Coffeehouse 105 McBrien Rd. christunity.org

(423) 266-1461 Heidi Holton 6:30 p.m.

Cambridge Square 9453 Bradmore Ln. chattanoogamarket.com Chattanooga Clarinet Choir 7 p.m.

North River Civic Center 1009 Executive Dr. (706) 270-4184 The Force Awakens: Music from the Movie 7 p.m.

Chattanooga Brewing Company 1804 Chestnut St. (423) 702-9958 Los Colognes 8 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 Station St. revelryroom.co Kathy Webb and Jim Palmour 8 p.m.

Charles & Myrtle’s Coffeehouse 105 McBrien Rd. christunity.org Instant Replay 8:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com Bad Future, Snarky, Wild Hares 9 p.m.

JJ's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Webb Barringer 9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Chris Deal, Tyler Southern 9 p.m.

Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com/chattanooga Mic Larry 10 p.m.

Raw Bar & Grill 409 Market St. rawbarandgrillchatt.com Outlaw 45 10 p.m.

Bud’s Sports Bar 5751 Brainerd Rd. budssportsbar.com

SATURDAY10.15 The Wurstbrats! and Uberkrainer 10 a.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1801 Carter St.

LIVE MUSIC CALENDAR

Rusted Root chattanoogaoktoberfest.com Eddie Pontiac 6 p.m.

El Meson 2204 Hamilton Place Blvd. elmesonrestaurant.com Binji Varsossa 6 p.m.

Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Lounge 1809 Broad St. (423) 266-1461 Tim Lewis 7 p.m.

El Meson 248 Northgate Park elmesonchattanooga.com Diarrhea Planet 8 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 Station St. revelryroom.co Rusted Root 8 p.m.

Track 29 1400 Market St. track29.co Ken Bonfield 8 p.m.

Charles & Myrtle’s Coffeehouse 105 McBrien Rd. christunity.org Instant Replay 8:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com Hopgpig, Thee Finks, Bryan Hensley 9 p.m.

JJ's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Pamela K Ward And The

Last Call Orchestra 9 p.m.

Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com/chattanooga Sullivan Band 10 p.m.

Clyde’s On Main 122 W. Main St. clydesonmain.com Bethany Kidd, Tessa Lynn Plank 10 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Mic Larry 10 p.m.

Raw Bar & Grill 409 Market St. rawbarandgrillchatt.com Outlaw 45 10 p.m.

Bud’s Sports Bar 5751 Brainerd Rd. budssportsbar.com

SUNDAY10.16 The Wurstbrats! and Uberkrainer 10 a.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1801 Carter St. chattanoogaoktoberfest.com Jim Pankey & Roy Curry 11 a.m.

Flying Squirrel Bar 55 Johnson St. flyingsquirrelbar.com Jam-N-Soul Brunch 1:30 p.m.

Jazzanooga Arts Space 431 E. MLK Blvd. .jazzanooga.org Benefit Concert of Jewish-themed Music 4 p.m.

Ochs Memorial Temple 923 McCallie Ave. (423) 267-9771 Open Mic with Jeff Daniels 6 p.m.

Long Haul Saloon 2536 Cummings Hwy. (423) 822-9775

MONDAY10.17 Monday Nite Big Band 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Very Open Mic 8 p.m.

The Well 1800 Rossville Blvd. #8 wellonthesouthside.com Open Mic Night 6 p.m.

Puckett’s Grocery 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com Open Air with Jessica Nunn 7:30 p.m.

The Granfalloon 400 E. Main St. granfalloonchattanooga.com James Leg, Dirty Deep, Mark Holder 9 p.m.

JJ's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com

TUESDAY10.18 Tom Cordell Trumpet Improv Ensemble 6 p.m.

SpringHill Suites 495 Riverfront Pkwy.

(423) 834-9300 Open Mic with Mike McDade 8 p.m.

Tremont Tavern 1203 Hixson Pike tremonttavern.com

WEDNESDAY10.19 Eddie Pontiac 5:30 p.m.

El Meson 248 Northgate Park elmesonrestaurant.com UAB Chamber Trio 7:30 p.m.

UTC Fine Arts Center 725 Vine St. utc.edu/fine-arts-center Open Jam 8 p.m.

Raw Dance Club 409 Market St. rawbarandgrillchatt.com Wednesday Night Jazz 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org

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RECORD REVIEWS ∙ ERNIE PAIK

Chatoyant Psychic Hieroglyphs (Detroit Cosmic Sounds)

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he Michigan underground supergroup quartet Chatoyant has a peculiar and somewhat unlikely gathering of individuals with backgrounds in a huge variety of genres. To run down the list, you’ve got James Baljo (a.k.a. “Crazy Jim”), the guitarist of noise-purveyors Wolf Eyes, the wildly eclectic multi-instrumentalist and instrument collector Marko Novachcoff from Only a Mother, Joel Peterson of the ethnic-smorgasbord Immigrant Suns and the power-pop genius Matthew Smith of Outrageous Cherry.

However, when assembled together in this configuration, the members offer their own take on free improvisation, eschewing the confines of genres but definitely leaning toward a sort of spiritual free jazz vibe and quasi-psychedelia but not in obvious trope-filled ways.

Adding to the disorder is another curveball, with certain members playing instruments with which they’re not typically associated; Baljo sits behind a drum kit rather than strapping on a guitar, and Peterson— often seen playing a doublebass—plays a Fender Rhodes electric piano in the group.

The vinyl release Psychic Hieroglyphs is one of two albums the group has released in 2016, and this writer favors its approach slightly over the cassette release Place of Other Destination, which has a more slowly burning, disorienting feel to it.

The first side of Psychic Hieroglyphs features the 20-minute title track, which wastes no time in scaling its first sonic mountain peak, with an early,

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stimulating clatter of cymbals, impatiently delivering the goods. Brief opportunities to catch one’s breath are taken, and at one point, Smith’s ringing guitar stands in the spotlight; however, breaks are over in an instant. Restless interplay dominates here, and for short stretches, Smith and Baljo lock in on a vamp together, like magnets snapping into place; in the meantime, Novachcoff launches his interstellar reed excursions and Peterson’s playful, crystalline electric piano strolls offer brightness to the group’s sound profile.

The album’s second side features four tracks, apparently excerpted from longer sessions to zero in on choice moments, and the prevailing attitude seems to be one of discontent to stay comfortable; once a riff or pattern is established, it doesn’t exist for long, like a kid quickly knocking down a sand castle he just created.

It’s a messy, spirited album that may appeal to fans of cosmic free jazz, being the sonic equivalent of a jury-rigged spaceship with a faulty navigational system powered by an unlimited supply of fuel.

If, Bwana The Ice Moons (Nefryt)

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he album The Ice Moons from If, Bwana (an acronym for “It’s Funny, But We Are Not Amused”), the project of Al Margolis, reminds this writer that there can sometimes be a thin line between pain and pleasure. A gentle, sensual nibble from a partner might be welcome, but if applied with a more forceful bite, drawing blood and inducing pain, it might make one wonder if

cannibalism is on someone’s agenda.

This thin line also comes to mind when thinking about the “chorus” effect in the world of guitar pedals and sound processing, which attempts to mimic the effect of multiple voices in a choir. A single voice (not counting multi-phonic techniques) can only do so much, but when a number of voices sing a pitch in unison, the result is a rich, thick sound.

The remarkable thing with the chorus effect is that there seems to be a breaking point— the more variance in pitch between the voices, the richer the sound; however, if you go too far with that variance, then instantly, the result becomes discordant, often perceived as an ugly sound.

On The Ice Moons, Margolis takes various recordings of sound sources and layers them in interesting ways, often demonstrating the aforementioned thin line by jumping over it between two realms. The opening track, “Norton, Hey Norton (Steve),” uses sustained notes from baritone saxophonist Steve Norton which sometimes produce agreeable, shimmering modulations and harmonies, but the pleasure is always fleeting, leading to harsh discord and back again. “Water” takes a similar approach, using Norton’s clarinet tones, but leans more strongly toward dissonance; the album’s closing track, “4 Dock PO,” is another such iteration using cello parts from Nathan Bontrager.

The track “Bowing for Dan Joe,” which uses recordings of Dan Joseph playing a hammer dulcimer using a bow, is a little more complicated in its method, with ambient drones that can be simultaneously soothing and irritating, and “Skyline Sunset Voice” is an unsettling fog of ghosts, with eerie vocals from Viv Corringham and haunted violin sounds from Margolis.

It’s an album of delicious contradictions, flaunting a bipolar personality in a smooth manner, darting between delight and discomfort.

FOOD & DRINK ∙ DINING OUT

Take A Trip to Brazil For Under $35 Rodizio Grill of Chattanooga offers an authentic taste of Brazil

By Brooke Dorn

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OWNTOWN CHATTANOOGA IS an eclectic, unique place. Whether you live downtown, work downtown, or just enjoy date night downtown, there’s something for everybody. But we’d been missing something for a while, up until last November. The opening of Rodizio Grill brought not only mouth-watering Brazilian food the likes of Chattanooga had never seen before, but also an escape from the usual dining experience and feel.

The dark wood floors, warm-toned paneled walls, and high quality furnishings, Rodizio has an upscale air about it that can’t be found anywhere else. A New York City feel right here on Broad Street, while representing the authenticity of the Brazilian food being served.

“We want to represent the uniqueness of Brazilian dining, and bring it to Chattanooga,” says general manager Jon Riede.

They’ve done exactly that with their authentic table side service from their gauchos-- the name for Brazilian cowboys, but known as your servers at Rodizio.

“The word Rodizio actually means ‘rotation’, which is how the meat is served to the table,” says Riede. Choose between two fixed price dinner options: the Full Rodizio, which includes unlimited offerings of all meats, the salad bar, and the authentic Brazilian hot bar for $34.99, or choose to partake in just the salad bar and the hot bar for $22.99.

Rodizio Grill

Dinner daily 4 p.m. to 10 p.m Lunch Thur-Sun, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

439 Broad St ∙ Chattanooga (423) 777-4999 ∙ rodiziogrill.com

Riede suggests the Full Rodizio for those of you who are dining with them for the first time as you get to experience the full Brazilian meal.

Understand before you go in, that this will be the closest you’ll get to Brazil without actually traveling South.

“All recipes are made by a Brazilian chef, born and raised,” says front house manager Fernando Elias. “They’re homemade. He uses his own his recipes.”

Over fifteen items come from the rotisserie grill, including the popular Picanha, which is top sirloin seasoned with sea salt only. Other meats include beef, pork, poultry, fish, and lamb. Little needs to be done to the meats to flavor them.

Just a little salt and pepper to give it a kick, but for the most part, the beef cuts flavor themselves as they turn on the rotisserie skewer.

Another mouth-watering favorite is the grilled pineapple, which is fresh grilled and glazed with brown sugar and water. It doesn’t seem like it can get much simpler or more delicious than that, but then there’s the current chef special of cilantro shrimp. Thank goodness we don’t have to choose, right?

The table side service rounds out the unique, and authentic nature of Rodizio. It’s non stop service, and truly like dining in any restaurant in Brazil. The gauchos, your meat carvers and servers, take serious care of their customers, happy to explain cuts of meat, answer questions, or cook to order for a cus-

“Understand before you go in, that this will be the closest you’ll get to Brazil without actually traveling South.” tomer—although we recommend trusting the chef’s choice. Be a little adventurous! Cuts of meat are unlimited, but usually come in one to two ounces at a time.

Speaking of adventure, during the month of October, Rodizio will be bringing in more exotic offerings during their Wild Game Fest, serving things like rattlesnake sausage, wild boar, and bacon-wrapped rabbit loin. Test your limits and try something completely out of the or-

dinary. It’s not everyday you get to go to Brazil!

Make sure you try out the full bar Rodizio offers. They have a great selection of wines and high quality liquors. Test the national drink of Brazil, the Caipirinha, comprised of muddled limes with sugar and a Brazilian spirit called Cachaca, a sugar cane liquor. If liquor isn’t your thing, take a simply made 100% fruit juice. Brazilian limeade is never a bad choice.

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FILM & TELEVISION

Inside 48 Hours Of A Slave Rebellion Turner's The Birth of a Nation plays up to Oscar hopes

A Goth-Nun Family Dramedy. Really.

Young nun Colleen is avoiding all contact from her family. Returning to her childhood home in Asheville, North Carolina, she finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth/metal posters.

Little Sister is one of those films that the folks at CineRama felt they just instantly had to share with their audiences after seeing. And this weekend, you'll have multiple chances to see this unusually uplifting film.

It's weird and special and heartfelt in a way few films pull off and they feel honored to have the opportunity to work directly with Zach Clark, the talented filmmaker responsible for this gem, to bring a brief run of the movie to Chattanooga.

Get ready to love this one as much as they do and they think that you'll join them in agreement with Indiewire that Little Sister is the “Goth-Nun Family Dramedy You Didn't Know You Needed”.

In an era when nuns are on the decline, especially in the South, this movie takes a decidedly regional view on how the new generation of young Catholic women are viewing the concept of becoming a nun.

What makes the feel both challenging and intriguing is that it's hard to quantify exactly what genre it belongs in; it's to serious at time to be a comedy, yet often to laughout-loud funny to be drama. And the much-maligned phrase "dramedy" just doesn't do it justice.

Take a chance on this one, folks! You won't regret it.

Little Sister Friday: 8, 10 p.m., Saturday: 6, 8, 10 p.m.

Sunday: 6, 8, 10 p.m.

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By John DeVore Pulse Film Editor

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HE BIRTH OF A NATION IS A STRANGE title for a film about the slave revolt led by Nat Turner in 1831. The original The Birth of a Nation is D.W. Griffith’s 1915 racist epic about the founding of the Klu Klux Klan, a propaganda film that is still considered a masterwork in film history due to its technical innovation.

Director Nathan Parker claims to have to “repurposed [the title] as a tool to challenge racism and white supremacy in America, to inspire a riotous disposition toward any and all injustice in this country” and while the overtones of the film

certainly drive this message home, it’s odd that Parker felt it necessary to score points against a racist film director who died nearly seventy years ago, particularly when the majority of film audiences are likely to be unaware of the original in the first place.

To be clear: 2016’s The Birth of a Nation has absolutely nothing to do with the original film.

Nathan Parker’s film tells the story of the bloodiest slave revolt in U.S. history, one that occurred some thirty years before the start of the Civil War. The film fits in the category of Oscar-bait, detailing the horrors of one of the two Academy approved atrocities (American slavery and the Holocaust). It can be compared to a variety of films

FILM & TELEVISION

“The film argues that these men were truly free because they threw off their shackles and struck back at the oppression that surrounded them.” and miniseries, from Twelve Years a Slave to Roots, from Glory to Django Unchained, and it holds its own with each of these tales.

Parker has told an effective story with The Birth of a Nation, but its emotional impact is lessened for any student of history that already knows the outcome. There is a sense of doom that hangs over the entire film—no matter how stirring the words of the slave preacher Nat Turner are to the ears of his flock, the war to free them won’t even begin until 1861.

The Birth of a Nation is particularly strong in its images of slavery—it shows the distinct differences in the lives of slaves depending on the master who owns them. Where the Turner family treats their slaves with at least a modicum of respect, giving them their own cabins and allowing for marriage and family, others see them as little

more than livestock.

The central conceit of the story shows Nat visiting local plantations to spread the word of God at the behest of his master Samuel Turner. The white landowners are concerned with a potential uprising and offer Samuel another source of income if Nat visits to remind slaves of God’s commandments concerning obedience.

Through this tour, Nat’s eyes are opened to the conditions many of his people endure at the hands of their masters. His travels begin to instill in him a sense of responsibility and a desire for revolution. After the brutal rape and beating of his wife, and an unjust punishment because Nat dare to baptize a white man seeking forgiveness, he sees no choice but to lead a violent revolt against his oppressors.

Slave uprisings in the antebellum South never lasted long. Nat Turner’s was a mere 48 hours. The Birth of a Nation doesn’t quite have the emotional resonance of a film like Twelve Years a Slave because it lacks the cathartic release at the end.

Soloman Northrup is rescued and

sent home at the end of his film, giving the audience a respite from the horror they witnessed over the course of the film. Nat Turner never had a chance and his actions cause far more death and misery for his people.

The film argues that these men were truly free because they threw off their shackles and struck back at the oppression that surrounded them. It’s a powerful message, indeed. However, the essence of freedom is choice and the many slaves who chose not to rebel suffered the same fate as those who did.

Few would argue that Turner’s rebellion wasn’t justified, but some might question if the outcome was worth the loss of life. Those that do are likely the same that would ask Martin Luther King Jr. to wait a century later, as his sat in a Birmingham Jail.

The Birth of a Nation is a good start to this Oscar season. More “important” films are sure to follow as we inch our way towards the end of the year.

✴ ✴ NEW IN THEATERS ✴ ✴

The Accountant As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.

Director: Gavin O'Connor Stars: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal

Kevin Hart: What Now? Comedian Kevin Hart performs in front of a crowd of 50,000 people at Philadelphia's outdoor venue, Lincoln Financial Field.

Directors: Leslie Small & Tim Story Stars: Kevin Hart, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, David Meunier

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

The List

the happiest tribe of the zodiac during the next two weeks. For best results, I suggest you cultivate Ricard’s definitions of happiness: “altruism and compassion, inner freedom (so that you are not the slave of your own thoughts), senses of serenity and fulfillment, resilience, as well as a clear and stable mind that does not distort reality too much.”

Self-Checkout Usage Statistics

ROB BREZSNY

Once upon a time, in a simple era, you trundled your grocery cart up to the check-out line and and let the cashier sort and ring up your purchases.

Then along came the selfcheckout...and the world was changed. At least according to the stats compiled by the good folks at the Statistic Brain Research Institute.

• Percent of those aged 35 & younger who have used a selfcheckout: 91% • Percent of those from 36–50 who have used a selfcheckout: 85% • Percent of those aged 51 & older who have used a selfcheckout: 82% • Total self-checkout spending per year worldwide: $197,000,000,000 • Number of self-checkout stations in the U.S.: 122,000 • Percent who said they prefer self-checkout stations to avoid waiting in line: 52% And then there's the most important stat of all: Percent increase in theft using selfcheckout: 20% Source: www.statisticbrain.com/storeself-checkout-usage-statistics/

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Most of us can’t tickle ourselves. Since we have conscious control of our fingers, we know we can stop any time. Without the element of uncertainty, our squirm reflex doesn’t kick in. But I’m wondering if you might get a temporary exemption from this rule in the coming weeks. I say this because the astrological omens suggest you will have an extraordinary capacity to surprise yourself. Novel impulses will be rising up in you on a regular basis. Unpredictability and spontaneity will be your specialties. Have fun doing what you don’t usually do!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): During the final ten weeks of 2016, your physical and mental health will flourish in direct proportion to how much outworn and unnecessary stuff you flush out of your life between now and October 25. Here are some suggested tasks: 1. Perform a homemade ritual that will enable you to magically shed at least half of your guilt, remorse, and regret.

2. Put on a festive party hat, gather up all the clutter and junk from your home, and drop it off at a thrift store or the dump. 3. Take a vow that you will do everything in your power to kick your attachment to an influence that’s no damn good for you. 4.

Scream nonsense curses at the night sky for as long as it takes to purge your sadness and anger about pain that no longer matters.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A Buddhist monk named Matthieu Ricard had his brain scanned while he meditated. The experiment revealed that the positive emotions whirling around in his gray matter were super-abundant. Various publications thereafter dubbed him “the happiest person in the world.” Since he’s neither egotistical nor fond of the media’s simplistic sound bites, he’s not happy about that title. I hope you won’t have a similar reaction when I predict that you Sagittarians will be

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Now is a perfect moment to launch or refine a project that will generate truth, beauty, and justice. Amazingly enough, now is also an excellent time to lunch or refine a long-term master plan that will make you healthy, wealthy, and wise. Is this a coincidence? Not at all. The astrological omens suggest that your drive to be of noble service dovetails well with your drive for personal success. For the foreseeable future, unselfish goals are well-aligned with selfish goals.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Has your world become at least 20 percent larger since September 1? Has your generosity grown to nearheroic proportions? Have your eyes beheld healing sights that were previously invisible to you? Have you lost at least two of your excuses for tolerating scrawny expectations? Are you awash in the desire to grant forgiveness and amnesty? If you can’t answer yes to at least two of those questions, Aquarius, it means you’re not fully in harmony with your best possible destiny. So get to work! Attune yourself to the cosmic tendencies! And if you are indeed reaping the benefits I mentioned, congratulations—and prepare for even further expansions and liberations.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Some astrologers dwell on your tribe’s phobias. They assume that you Pisceans are perversely drawn to fear; that you are addicted to the strong feelings it generates. In an effort to correct this distorted view, and in accordance with current astrological omens, I hereby declare the coming weeks to be a Golden Age for Your Trust in Life. It will be prime time to exult in everything that evokes your joy and excitement. I suggest you make a list of these glories, and keep adding new items to the list every day. Here’s another way to celebrate the Golden Age: Discover and explore previously unknown sources of joy and excitement.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): A study published in the peer-reviewed Communications Research suggests

Homework: Happiness, that elusive beast, may need to be tracked through the bushes before capture. What’s your game plan for hunting down happiness?

Truthrooster@gmail.com that only 28 percent of us realize when someone is flirting with us. I hope that figure won’t apply to you Aries in the coming weeks. According to my analysis of the astrological situation, you will be on the receiving end of more invitations, inquiries, and allurements than usual.

The percentage of these that might be worth responding to will also be higher than normal. Not all of them will be obvious, however. So be extra vigilant.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The ancient Greek sage Socrates was a founder of Western philosophy and a seminal champion of critical thinking. And yet he relied on his dreams for crucial information. He was initiated into the esoteric mysteries of love by the prophetess Diotima, and had an intimate relationship with a daimonion, a divine spirit. I propose that we make Socrates your patron saint for the next three weeks. Without abandoning your reliance on logic, make a playful effort to draw helpful clues from non-rational sources, too. (P.S.: Socrates drew oracular revelations from sneezes.

Please consider that outlandish possibility yourself. Be alert, too, for the secret meanings of coughs, burps, grunts, mumbles, and yawns.)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The Helper Experiment, Part One: Close your eyes and imagine that you are in the company of a kind, attentive helper—a person, animal, ancestral spirit, or angel that you either know well or haven’t met yet. Spend at least five minutes visualizing a scene in which this ally aids you in fulfilling a particular goal. The Helper Experiment, Part Two: Repeat this exercise every day for the next seven days.

Each time, visualize your helper making your life better in some specific way. Now here’s my prediction: Carrying out The Helper Experiment will attract actual support into your real life.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): New rules: 1. It’s unimaginable and im-

possible for you to be obsessed with anything or anyone that’s no good for you. 2. It’s unimaginable and impossible for you to sabotage your stability by indulging in unwarranted fear. 3. It’s imaginable and possible for you to remember the most crucial thing you have forgotten. 4.

It’s imaginable and possible for you to replace debilitating self-pity with invigorating self-love and healthy self-care. 5. It’s imaginable and possible for you to discover a new mother lode of emotional strength.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s swingswirl-spiral time, Leo. It’s ripplesway-flutter time and flow-gushgyrate time and jive-jiggle-juggle time. So I trust you will not indulge in fruitless yearnings for unswerving progress and rock-solid evidence.

If your path is not twisty and tricky, it’s probably the wrong path. If your heart isn’t teased and tickled into shedding its dependable formulas, it might be an overly hard heart. Be an improvisational curiosity-seeker.

Be a principled player of unpredictable games.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Some English-speaking astronomers use the humorous slang term “meteorwrong.” It refers to a rock that is at first thought to have fallen from the heavens as a meteorite (“meteorright”), but that is ultimately proved to be of terrestrial origin. I suspect there may currently be the metaphorical equivalent of a meteorwrong in your life. The source of some new arrival or fresh influence is not what it had initially seemed.

But that doesn’t have to be a problem. On the contrary. Once you have identified the true nature of the new arrival or fresh influence, it’s likely to be useful and interesting.

Rob Brezsny is an aspiring master of curiosity, perpetrator of sacred uproar, and founder of the Beauty and Truth Lab. He brings a literate, myth-savvy perspective to his work.

It’s all in the stars.

JONESIN' CROSSWORD ∙ MATT JONES

“It Is U!”—so let’s swap it out.

ACROSS 1 Three-year-old, e.g.

4 Indiana-Illinois border river 10 Coll. application figures 14 Abbr. in a military address 15 Grand Canal bridge 16 “___ Kleine Nachtmusik” (Mozart piece) 17 Author Grafton, when researching “T is for Tent”?

19 Look after 20 Daily Planet reporter Jimmy 21 Seemingly endless span 22 Lauder of cosmetics 23 “Buffy” spinoff 25 Buffy’s job 26 He plays Iron Man 28 Foot-pound?

30 Actress Acker of 23-Across 31 Go back to the start of an ode?

36 “Yoshi’s Island” platform 38 Not a people

person 39 You, in the Bible 40 Put the outsider on the payroll on the Planet of the Apes?

43 “Kill Bill” actress Thurman 44 “Slow and steady” storyteller 45 Explosive compounds, for short 47 Dough 50 Ditch the diversions 51 Cut off from the mainland 52 Hexa-, halved 54 Eventually be 57 Half of CDVIII 58 1980s fashion line that people went bats#!@ crazy over?

60 Event that may play happy hardcore 61 Jockey who won two Triple Crowns 62 Abbr. on a golf tee sign 63 “Moral ___” (Adult Swim show) 64 1970s space station 65 Tavern overstayer DOWN 1 ___ Tuesdays

2 Down Under gemstone 3 Rush song based on a literary kid 4 Laundrysqueezing device 5 “You Will Be My ___ True Love” (song from “Cold Mountain”) 6 Einstein Bros. purchase 7 “And another thing ...”

8 “Star Trek” phaser setting 9 “Green Acres” theme song prop 10 Takes home the kitty, perhaps?

11 Devoutness 12 “Bonne ___!”

(French “Happy New Year”) 13 Meal with Elijah’s cup 18 Early Quaker settler 22 High-voiced Muppet 24 Fine facial hair 25 Jessye Norman, e.g.

26 Marathon’s counterpart

27 Atlanta Hawks’ former arena 28 Daybreak 29 Abound (with) 32 Pacific salmon 33 Home of an NBC comedy block from 1983 to 2015 34 San ___, Italy 35 Positive votes 37 0, in some measures 41 Six feet under, so to speak 42 “Way to go!”

46 It may be changed or carried 47 Brewery head?

48 One of four for Katharine Hepburn 49 Garnish that soaks up the gin 50 “And that’s ___!”

52 Bosporus dweller 53 Like blue humor 55 “Augh! Erase that step!” computer command 56 Subtle attention-getter 58 Krypton, e.g.

59 “How We Do (Party)” singer Rita

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COLUMN ∙ ON THE BEAT

The Color Palette Of The Mind Officer Alex searches for meaning in a crazy, confusing world

Alex Teach

Pulse columnist

“I started a joke, which started the whole world crying But I didn’t see that the joke was on me I started to cry, which started the whole world laughing Oh If I’d only seen that the joke was on me…”

—Robin Hugh Gibb

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HAVE ALWAYS IMAGINED THE HUman mind as something that started out as a color palette, a series of dimples in a circular pattern with different colors and hues filled in by each parent based on hundreds of generations of modifications for good and ill. Some through random genetic intervention, others by environment and need as the next new model comes out better prepared than the last based on “X” and “Y”, only to be altered by the next partner for extra spice (good and bad) over and over—the eternal Highwayman, living again and again (and again).

It works. It keeps us diverse, blending necessary changes over centuries, millennia.

Are there downsides? Sure, we expose our vulnerable underbellies by standing erect, our teeth are no longer so sharp and we are not as resistant to bacteria and viri as our quadruped associates, and we are nigh useless in water compared to our fellow mammalian Pinnipeds such as seals, but through different means we still manage to remain the overall apex predator on the planet. It could be argued that this is quite an accom-

plishment.

Global dominance as a species aside though…that color palette.

As a whole it’s great, but on an individual, let me tell you…it’s a real crapshoot.

What makes me a smartass?

What makes one sibling a math genius, and another a comedian? Addiction, seeming wisdom? Strength, chronic illness? That mixed bag that makes us strong as a whole also comes with statistical offsets that make life less than a little cheery, and boy do the reminders of such come at a price.

Some palettes are filled with bright blues, others fiery oranges and reds, yet others with greens and yellows…but some have a darkness to them that is either horrifyingly obvious, or deceptively hidden. And of course…it’s the latter which has my full attention this day.

That darkness is far from preferred, but statistically possible and occasionally a good balance to some of the other colors on that wheel. “Cops” and “soldiers” are a fine example—and yes, there is a difference but one I don’t see the relevance of today.

A nurse that can’t save an infant from SIDS in a NICU and has to keep working that day, the next, the medical examiner that has to dissect it? There is a darkness we can use to our advantage, don’t act like it’s not necessary. We need darkness to preserve the light, which is why it is allowed to survive generation to generation. I see no argument.

But that darkness occasionally has

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no idea when it’s consuming an enemy, and when it’s consuming itself.

Sound terrifying? Hah…you’re damn right it is.

Think about it from their perspective: Have you ever literally questioned your sanity? I’m not talking about going through a “rough patch,” I mean really, really had to face the possibility that with cold wet skin and shaking hands in the dark that you might not just be broken, but unfixable?

That if you don’t hide it you may be cast out and discarded like a broken toy?

And that when you actually ask for help, you’re told that despite all the sacrifices, all the work, all the effort, that “you should just quit”?

That it has all been for nothing but a pink slip and a scarlet letter?

Not me…but I’ve known those guys.

That color palette is tough to find, but it’s there, and if you care for someone you should look for it.

Some darkness seems inescapable, but it doesn’t have to be.

Talk to people you care about.

Be firm. Be patient. That palette is made of plastic and can get stretched out of shape…but given time, it can return to its original shape, or a functional facsimile thereof if a gentler heat is properly applied.

It’s been a long week. A certain emptiness has grown larger...but so has a sense of love and togetherness as a result. Don’t let these moments go.

Watch. Listen. Talk. Take it from me.

I’ve known some of those guys.

When officer Alexander D. Teach is not patrolling our fair city on the heels of the criminal element, he spends his spare time volunteering for the Boehm Birth Defects Center.

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