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OUR 1546TH ISSUE 10.11.18 Remember that time a blockbuster investigative report showed that the president of the United States had engaged in multi-million-dollar tax frauds throughout his business career? Probably not. It happened last week, while we were all watching the Senate’s Kavanaugh Kabuki Theater production unfold.

For some reason, The New York Times decided it would be the perfect time to publish an exhaustive, 40-page investigative report detailing the Trump family’s finances. The story revealed that Donald Trump (and his siblings) became millionaires as children, thanks to patriarch Fred Trump’s tax-evasion maneuvers. By age 3, the president was earning $200,000 a year. He was a millionaire by age 8. In all, Fred Trump transferred more than $1 billion to his children — and, according to the Times, the family paid around five percent in taxes on that money, thanks to shell companies and other financial machinations.

The Times story completely debunked Trump’s oft-repeated claim that he is a selfmade millionaire who took a measly $1 million loan from his father and turned it into a vast real estate empire. (Trump lied. Shocker, I know.) It also laid out a rock-solid case that committing tax fraud was a routine part of the Trump family’s business plan.

At any other time in American history, this story would have created a tidal wave of outrage. It would have consumed the media and our public discourse and put the president in political jeopardy. In 2018, the story barely caused a ripple.

Instead, the media focused on the GOP’s victory in getting Kavanaugh installed on the Supreme Court. Not content to merely celebrate their triumph, Republicans and their media minions took the occasion to lament that, as a result of all those nasty, aggressive women coming forward to recount horror stories of harrassment and sexual assault, it is actually men who are in danger in our society.

“The women are fine,” the president said, as he Phil shot a man in the middle of Fifth Avenue.

Bredesen We shall see how fine they are in about 30 days, when the November 6th mid-terms occur. Hopefully, voters will let the president and the GOP know how they feel about the absurd “investigation” into allegations about Kavanaugh’s past behavior.

A fact that often gets overlooked is that Republicans aren’t really the “majority” in this country, even though they have managed to take control of all three branches of government. A majority of the country, for example — by a 45 percent to 32 percent margin — believed Christine Blasey Ford over Kavanaugh. The 48 Democratic senators who opposed Kavanaugh’s nomination represent 56 percent of the population, a clear majority. The 50 GOP senators who supported Kavanaugh represent 44 percent.

That’s why the only real change has to come at the ballot box. The system is skewed, both by the ridiculous gerrymandering of House districts nationwide, and by the fact that states like Wyoming, which has fewer residents than Tennessee, have the same number of senators as California, with 40 million residents. The Senate does not accurately represent the electorate. Which is why every Senate race is so important.

Speaking of … in Tennessee, Democratic Senatorial candidate Phil Bredesen enraged many of his supporters last week by stating that he supported Kavanaugh’s nomination. It was a dumb move. The initial polling after Bredesen’s statement showed his opponent, Marsha Blackburn, surging into the lead, as many Democrats renounced their support for their nominee. A common refrain: “I’m not voting for the lesser of two evils.” But that’s exactly what you should do in this case.

There’s a saying that “Democrats fall in love, while Republicans fall in line.” I don’t know any Democrats who are in love with Bredesen, a centrist who’s probably to the right of John Kasich. But this is the choice we have: Phil Bredesen versus Marsha Blackburn — a Trump boot-licker and a pawn of Big Pharma, the NRA, and other N E WS & O P I N I O N corporate lobbies. She’s anti-choice and THE FLY-BY - 4 would support Alex Jones for SCOTUS if NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 Trump nominated him.

POLITICS - 7 VIEWPOINT - 9 So, if you’re a progressive, tell me again COVER STORY how not voting in this election because “STATION BREAK” you’re miffed at Bredesen is a smart

BY TOBY SELLS - 10 decision. Progressives don’t have the SPORTS - 13 luxury of sitting this one out because the WE RECOMMEND - 14 Democratic candidate is less than perfect.

MUSIC -16 There’s no Jill Stein or Gary Johnson or AFTER DARK - 18 CALENDAR - 20 any other feel-good “make a statement” BOOKS - 29 candidate in the race. The decision is BAR REPORT - 30 binary, and it’s simple: You can hold your SPIRITS - 33 nose and vote for Bredesen, or you can cut FILM - 34 it off to spite your face — for six years.

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M E M P H I S H EAT Memphis wrestler Jerry “The King” Lawler has been getting “backlash, even death threats” since he was seen having a big ol’ time at Donald Trump’s Southaven rally last week, according to WMC-TV5.

Lawler said he didn’t know he “was sitting in so prominent a spot” until the hate mail started rolling in.

“I wasn’t necessarily going to the rally to see the president,” Lawler said. “I was going to see a fellow WWE Hall of Famer.”

It provided Fly on the Wall readers with a prime example of what’s known as a “distinction without a difference.”

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WE I R D M E M P H I S They say all press is good press, but Memphis likes to test that wisdom sometimes. Consider, for example, our recent inclusion in a syndicated “News of the Weird” column.

“At Kirby High School in Memphis, Tenn, things are quiet as a mouse … or a rat,” the column began. “News of the Weird” picked up the local story about Kirby High closing temporarily, after poisoned rats started dying inside the school’s walls creating a terrible smell. The squib was appropriately titled, “Ewww!”

M O N O R AI L Carol Coletta of the Memphis River Parks Partnership told media that everyone remained calm when the Mud Island monorail stalled high above the Wolf River Harbor last week. It’s possible, in this instance, that “remained calm” is a euphemism for “freaked out quietly.”

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“B R O O KS O N TH E B LU F F” Last week, Brooks Museum of Art officials began looking for design architects to start work on “Brooks on the Bluff,” the proposed riverfront art museum, projected to cost $105 million and to open in 2024.

Nearly a year ago, Brooks officials announced interest in building a new museum at Monroe and Front. The move would take the Brooks from its Overton Park location where Clockwise from top left, Brooks, XPO employees, and (yep) marijuana. it’s been for more than 100 years.

That facility, officials have said, “can no longer serve the delivered a letter to management, putting them on notice needs of and requirements of a 21st-century accredited art for health and safety issues in the work environment, museum.” misconduct, discrimination, and sexual harassment.

Last week, leaders released requests for qualifications The letter, signed by the Memphis NAACP, Memphis from design architects for the new building.

City Council member Patrice Robinson, Memphis Here’s how Brooks officials described the new museum Feminist Coalition, and about nine other groups in the Thursday morning: “The new art museum will be a larger community, read, in part: “It is clear that XPO exhibits and more efficient facility that will elevate the Brooks a consistent toxic culture that runs contrary to its stated nationally and internationally with an art museum as policies and practices. unique as its location, in which the challenging and “As community leaders and women’s rights advocates uplifting elements of its identity are considered in its engaged in legal and policy work to fight against sexual design. harassment and active in the Times Up and Me Too [It] will play a major civic role in the city-wide movements, we are deeply concerned and troubled with reclaiming of the Mississippi River as one of the city’s the behavior of XPO Logistics.” greatest resources, further enhance Memphis’ reputation The workers said they wanted a meeting with the as a center for arts and culture, and will provide visitors company’s leaders and customers in the XPO supply chain with experiences unlike any other available in the region like Verizon, Cummins, Nike Golf, and Disney. The letter through the presentation of art from around the world, also demanded transparency in the investigation of the including new art forms, as well as art that tells the story working conditions and the death of Linda Neal, who died of art-making in Tennessee and the tri-state Delta region, at XPO’s Verizon warehouse after passing out on the job along with other objectives.” last year. Workers attributed her death to the conditions in Responses to the request are due on November 2nd. the warehouse.

The Brooks plans to announce its selection in the spring of 2019.

WE E D O N TH E H I LL Most Tennessee state legislators have not yet made any “TOX I C C U LTU R E” AT X PO major moves toward legalizing marijuana, according to Workers in a warehouse here are fed up with their poor data released last week from the Cannabis Voter Project. working conditions, and they took action last week.

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Civil Axe brings new sport to Memphis.

Axes flew in a refurbished warehouse thick with the smell of lumber on Broad Avenue.

A few picnic tables and patio lights decorated the otherwise bare-bones space that houses five lanes, similar to batting cages, each with two wooden bullseye targets.

The space, Civil Axe Throwing, is a safe place for people to throw axes for fun or for sport. It officially opened here last week. This is the fourth location that owners Jorge and Erin Lima have opened. The first opened two years ago in Huntsville, followed by locations in Chattanooga and Birmingham.

Jorge Lima said that axe throwing is a growing sport in North America that requires skill, but is doable for people of all athletic abilities.

“I think that’s why it’s so attractive,” Jorge Lima said.

It’s like darts, but with a 3.5 pound axe. It’s loud, but it’s safe (for the most part). Participants aren’t just given an axe and the green light to go into full lumberjack mode.

Each session begins with staff giving an axethrowing tutorial and safety instructions. For example, don’t walk in front of someone throwing an axe. Lima said the experience is not like one you would get at a shooting range, where you walk in, shoot, and leave.

“You can do that here if you want, but we really

want to provide an axe experience,” he said. “We want to help all participants throw effectively and be successful.”

Lima was my coach during a press preview last week. He said to put the axe behind your head, tuck your elbows so that you can smell your armpit, step forward, and release.

It felt weird at first because, well, I was throwing an axe across the room. But, once I got the hang of it, there was something cathartic about chucking an axe as hard as I could at a wall. And there was even more satisfaction when I managed to stick the target.

“It’s just innately fun and primitively euphoric,” Lima said. “You get to throw something sharp at an object, and you’re even encouraged to do it.”

Axe throwing is $20 per person for an hour session. There are also options for group events, walk-ins, and league play. It’s open Thursday, 3-11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m.-midnight; and Sunday 3-9 p.m.

Lima said a four-week league will kick off in November “just to get things flowing while we get momentum here.” The goal is to start the full eightweek league in January to be consistent with the leagues at the other three Civil Axe locations.

Civil Axe is directly next to the Rec Room, occupying what used to be a storage room for the bar.

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Taylor Berger, one of the Rec Room owners, said when he found out Civil Axe was coming to Memphis, he reached out to the company about using the space.

“People come to the Rec Room to have fun and do activities,” Berger said. “For them to have another active outlet next door is a great complement and is exciting for us.”

POLITICS By Jackson Baker

Apolitical?

How Dare You? thank you” regarding the Bredesen meeting. And it became clear that both decliners, Bartlett Mayor Keith McDonald and state Representative Jim Coley, represented the tip of an iceberg.

Several other Republicans found ways of conveying their displeasure, apparently seeing the planned occasion as some sort of partisan disloyalty.

Undiscouraged, White took pains to reassure his party brethren that no such treason was afoot, that the series of meetings with contenders for statewide office were part of no political agenda but were merely intended to be disinterested occasions for sharing ideas and information.

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Said Holt: “I’m a member of this Caucus, but I want it to be VERY CLEAR, that I am not, and have no intention of EVER hosting Phil Bredesen at any event with which I’m associated!” Holt wondered, “Who’s [sic] idea was this?” He called the Bredesen scheduling and the public invitation to it “egregious political miscalculations” and threatened to continued on page 8

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In politics, as in everything else (maybe more so in politics!), no good deed goes unpunished. When state Representative Mark White (RMemphis) and Senator John Stephens (RHuntington), co-chairs of the Tennessee legislature’s West Tennessee Economic Development Caucus (WTEDC), decided to schedule four nonpartisan events in the weeks prior to the November 6th election, they seem not to have anticipated negative feedback.

But they got some. Big-time.

When White aide Paul Marsh, on behalf of the two co-chairs, recently sent out a letter to a network of civic and governmental leaders announcing a series of four regional meetings of the WTEDC with the candidates for governor and U.S. senator, he conscientiously specified that all four — gubernatorial candidates Karl Dean (Democrat) and Bill Lee (Republican) would take part, sequentially. Ditto with the two candidates for Senate — Phil Bredesen (Democrat) and Marsha Blackburn (Republican).

As planned, the schedule called for Dean on Monday of this week in Jackson; Bredesen on October 18th, also in Jackson; Lee on October 22nd in Martin; and Blackburn, back in Jackson on October 23rd. Monday’s meeting with Dean, the former mayor of Nashville, took place as scheduled at the offices of the Southwest Tennessee Economic District, which will be the site for the other Jackson meetings as well.

Members of both political parties and presumably some independents as well were on hand Monday, as, with White presiding, Dean and others discussed the status of the West Tennessee Megasite in Haywood County and other ongoing or potential development projects in the region.

The group conversation was collegial, focused, and nonpartisan, a veritable object lesson in civic responsibiliity.

It remains to be seen, however, if that kind of comity holds up for the next go-round — the meeting with Bredesen. Upon receipt of Marsh’s original letter, at least two recipients — both Republicans — responded with curt and identical refusals: “No,

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Several of the Republicans present at Monday’s WTEDC meeting with Dean expressed dismay at Holt’s attitude.

State Representative Jimmy Eldridge, currently a candidate for mayor of Jackson, was particularly vexed. “Can you believe that? We’re trying to have a meeting of minds here. This is completely nonpartisan!” And Eldridge was seconded by several others.

Count it as a healthy omen, even a sign of potential redemption for state government, that such was the prevailing reaction toward a nonpartisan event in a highly charged political year among the Democrats and Republicans gathered in Jackson, all of whom practiced the most elaborate courtesies toward each other.

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• The campaign of Democrat Gabby Salinas for the District 31 state Senate seat is calling foul on a mailer sent out by her opponent, Republican incumbent Brian Kelsey. Headed by a picture of Kelsey and his wife, Amanda, with a family dog and replete with other domestic themes and references, the mailer states, “Brian Kelsey’s Family Has Called Shelby County Home for Seven Generations.

He’s From Here. He’s One of Us.” Salinas is a cancer survivor whose family emigrated here from Colombia during her childhood to pursue treatment for her at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. A spokesman for her campaign maintains that the “nasty” mailer, a “notso-subtle dog whistle” is “attempting to raise the question of Gabby’s heritage and background as an immigrant and naturalized citizen.”

Kelsey’s response (via Kelsey’s campaign manager, Jackson Darr): “It’s very simple. It means that Brian lives in Shelby County. Senator Kelsey has deep roots here. … Brian participates daily in Shelby County life. That’s what it means to be one of us.”

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• As it happens, Bredesen has been the focus of attention in numerous other ways of late. The former governor, whose innate centrism and willingness to reach out across the political aisle had previously been serving him well, took a good deal of flack last week from his fellow Democrats, who judged him to be overdoing it.

Many Democrats expressed displeasure that Bredesen had reacted to taunts from GOP opponent Blackburn by publicly disowning Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York during the two Senate candidates’ recent televised debate. But that reaction was nothing compared to the outrage that greeted Bredesen’s statement endorsing President Donald Trump’s designation of Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court after an abbreviated FBI investigation of Kavanaugh for alleged sexual misconduct and before the final party-line vote in his favor in the Senate.

Meanwhile, whatever the reason for it, the polls, which had been showing Bredesen with a significant single-digit

lead reversed course, and Blackburn began to top such samplings as were made public.

No doubt compounding the Democratic candidate’s discomfort was a series of hard-hitting TV attack ads from the Blackburn camp. Some of these were patently misleading — notably one which attempted to connect the former governor with the current opioid-addiction problem (apparently based on the fact that, among other things, his stock portfolio includes some shares of the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical group). That approach is a blatant attempt to do a turn-around on the fact that Blackburn was the author of Pharma-friendly legislation that 60 Minutes identified as a major factor in inhibiting the DEA’s ability to control the proliferation of opioids.

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VIEWPOINT By Steve Mulroy

Just Vote No! Referenda proposed by the Memphis City Council on the November 6th ballot are purposely written to deceive voters. the ballot that adopting IRV would save taxpayers $250,000 per year. This year, rather than informing voters that repealing IRV would cost $250,000 per year (or something in that range), the ballot says it’s impossible to estimate. It was possible in 2008, but impossible in 2018?

The third referendum would kill IRV by providing for plurality elections in all council districts, outlawing runoffs of any kind, “instant” or otherwise. Using this system, a candidate in a crowded field could win with only 25 percent of the vote, even if he is the least-preferred candidate of the majority of a district’s voters. Music to an incumbent’s ears.

This referendum directly contradicts the second referendum: Either we are using runoffs or we aren’t. It is fatally confusing.

We pointed out wording problems with the referenda as far back as last December, and we have been pointing out the fiscal-note problem repeatedly. Yet no corrective action was taken. It’s hard to escape the conclusion that the fix is in, that our leaders are either indifferent to — or hoping for — the voter confusion their language will cause.

Voters already complain that such ballot questions are worded in incomprehensible legalese. This is true and unnecessary: Neutral “plain language” explanations are required in other jurisdictions. These three referenda are even worse than normal.

What can you do about it? Vote No on all three, for one thing. Support “Save IRV,” for another, so we can get the word out. You can find out more at saveirvmemphis.com, as well as donate, volunteer, and get a yard sign.

There are sound policy reasons for voting No on all three referenda, starting with the simple observation that the people voted for term limits and IRV 10 years ago and neither has been implemented yet. But the misleading text is yet another reason. Supporting these referenda is rewarding bad behavior by the Memphis City Council.

Don’t let them get away with it.

Steve Mulroy is a law professor at the University of Memphis and a former Shelby County commissioner.

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You can be literally true but misleading. You can defraud through omission.

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There’s an old story about Reagan and Gorbachev in a footrace. Reagan wins.

The next day, Pravda reports that “Gorbachev and Reagan in international leader footrace; Gorbachev comes in second; Reagan comes in next to last.”

You can be literally true but misleading.

You can defraud through omission.

That’s what the Memphis City Council did when it drafted the three ballot measures on the November 6th ballot. It’s the subject of a pending lawsuit challenging the misleading referenda language.

A quick look shows that they are fatally deceptive in a variety of ways.

Each of the three referenda seeks to undo election reforms which Memphis voters passed overwhelmingly in 2008 — but which haven’t yet been tried, thanks in part to official obstructionism by protectors of the status quo.

One is a two-term limit for city officials.

The others involve Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), which lets voters rank their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices; if no one gets a majority, you use the rankings to determine a majority winner, without the hassle, expense, ridiculously low turnout, and minority vote suppression involved with holding a separate “runoff” election later.

IRV has a proven track record of success over decades in a dozen other U.S. cities.

Term limits force incumbents to resign after serving a proscribed length of time, and IRV makes elections more competitive. City Council incumbents want to kill both measures to make it easier to stay in power. This is bad enough, but the tricky language they’ve employed makes it worse.

The first referendum asks voters if they’d like to adopt a three-term limit for city officials — without informing voters that they have already adopted a two-term limit. It’s written in such a way to make voters think that if they want term limits, they should vote Yes, when, in truth, those who favor term-limits would likely want to vote No and keep the shorter term limit in place.

The second referendum would repeal IRV and go back to the way things were before its adoption, which would mean separate runoff elections for some council districts. But the ordinance fails to inform voters that doing so would cost the taxpayers more than $100,000 per year. This is a problem because a state statute says that the city is supposed to include an accurate estimate of the fiscal impact of such a ballot measure.

Indeed, in 2008, when voters first overwhelmingly passed IRV, the city complied with the statute and informed voters on

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COVER STORY BY TOBY SELLS | PHOTOGRAPHS BY JUSTIN FOX BURKS Friends of WEVL (from left to right) Les Edwards, Robby Grant, and Amanda Dent

STATION BREAK THE FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF WEVL.

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et’s get one thing straight before we start: Everyone in this story loves WEVL. Since 1976, Memphis’ volunteer community radio station has been having a party on the left end of the FM dial, and volunteer programmers get to pick the music. Thanks mostly to the donations of its nearly 2,200 members, WEVL (89.9 FM) remains fiercely independent, and free from the concerns of advertisers who’d prefer the station play something, y’know, popular.

Former WEVL board president Tim Taylor says the station attracts a wide variety of listeners, and that there is also a wide variety of opinions on what WEVL should be and how it should get there. But everyone loves the station and wants it to succeed.

It may be that definition of success and, perhaps, how to attain it that has brought about a very public split between WEVL’s long-established management team and board and a group of members called 10 Friends of WEVL who want to shake things up. At stake is the future direction

of the station. It can either remain on its current path, as board members seem to prefer. Or it can expand with more — and more diverse — programmers (that’s what WEVL calls DJs) and board members, possibly find more avenues for revenue, and a new location.

Beyond those challenges, many are calling for more openness from WEVL board and management. Members and programmers don’t really know each other anymore, critics say, not like in decades past. And, as evidenced by a recent member meeting, the board isn’t exactly welcoming fresh thoughts and ideas from its members.

According to those who’ve been around the station for a while, this tension between board and members has happened many times before.

Labelled “coup attempts” in WEVL lore, such group uprisings have largely been stymied by a board and staff that station critics say is resistant to change, no matter the reason. So, the latest power struggle is a recurring one, but it seems to have a renewed force this time around.

THE FRIENDS OF WEVL In August, the Friends of WEVL created a website and began reaching out on social media. The original three “Friends” are Amanda Dent, a longtime WEVL programmer; Robby Grant, a local musician; and Les Edwards, a former WEVL board member. The three had been working on a WEVL boardsanctioned committee to help form a strategic plan for the station’s future.

For months, committee members say, the project was moving along nicely.

Everyone was cooperative and friendly.

But at some point this summer, the WEVL board changed its mind. Taylor and Brian Craig, a WEVL board member and the station’s programming director, say the committee started moving too fast, and that the committee began communicating its ideas with board members and programmers without approval from the station management. The strategic plan was one thing, Craig says, but committee members were also moving to re-shape the WEVL board and looking at a possible move to Crosstown Concourse.

The process quickly got “off track,” says WEVL station manager Judy Dorsey.

A statement from Taylor in a board meeting hinted at what was to come — the curtain of cooperation was coming down.

“Since the board makes the final decisions, the committee is not in a position to comment on what WEVL wants to do or will do, unless already approved by the board,” Taylor said, according to the minutes of the meeting.

Craig says the WEVL board discussed the committee’s work and “thought it just wasn’t the right fit for WEVL.” During that discussion, he says, the board dissolved the committee.

They did so without a word to Dent, Grant, or Edwards, who had been working on the project for months. Craig says that “perhaps we probably should have called them and talked.” But the three, he says, never called him to see “if we could work this out.”

About three weeks after the abrupt dissolution of the committee, Dent, Grant, and Edwards took their story to the public.

The Friends of WEVL website was created

ago. It began with casual chatter over beers. Twenty minutes later it had become a full-on, battle-plan session for the WEVL members meeting set for the following week.

WEVL staff had apparently set the member meeting and then moved it to a later date with no explanation, leading Grant to call it “shrouded in secrecy.” Later, the staff sent an email to members telling them the board had approved a slate of candidates for them to vote upon during the meeting. But they did not include the names of any of the candidates or even how many there were.

All of it had the Friends scratching their heads. They turned to the station’s bylaws, hoping to determine just what they could and could not do during the meeting and what rights they had as dues-paying WEVL members.

“The bylaws, in several ways, are vague,” says attorney Casey Shannon, a Friend

told that now-defunct WEVL committee this summer that the station could not even begin to work on a strategic plan until it developed its board. That piece of criticism doesn’t just come from the Friends group. Four members of the board have exceeded their term limits.

Taylor, Joyce Cobb, Hal Mabry, and Steffen Schreiner have served together for about 13 years, according to sources. Taylor has been on the WEVL board for 15 years.

The WEVL board is supposed to have 12 members. Currently there are six. It’s unclear why the current board can’t or won’t fill out its ranks. Board members themselves are responsible for filling 10 of the 12 board seats, thanks to changes made in 2001. The other two board slots are voted on by members, but even those candidates are selected from a slate vetted by the board.

“They told Les [Edwards] they just couldn’t find anybody,” says Nancy

EXPANSION AND DIVERSITY So, what do the Friends of WEVL want to change? They want more programmers, to start with.

According to Friends of WEVL, the station had 82 volunteer programmers in 1993. As of August, 2018, it had 42.

The station had no open time-slots in 1993. It now has 32, according to the Friends website. The group wants WEVL staff to be more aggressive in recruiting programmers and to make the process of getting a show more uniform and less complicated.

“The process to get approved for a show can take a year or longer after submitting the The tension at the members application,” reads the Friends meeting also exists inside the website. “Some applicants never receive a reply to their request.”

WEVL offices on South Main.

Shows used to be picked by a programming committee. Now, Craig, as the program director, has the say on shows — who gets one and who doesn’t. One source, who wishes to remain anonymous, recounts the saga of a New Orleans transplant who had a show on WWOZ (that city’s WEVL equivalent) and waited two years to get a show on WEVL before he finally gave up.

“If someone from New Orleans who had a show on WWOZ moves into this town and wants a show on this station, we can find a spot for them,” says the source.

“Having one person in charge of programming? Crazy!”

The Friends also want more diversity.

Morrow, former WEVL board president of WEVL. “It’s the first set of bylaws I’ve Joyce Cobb, they note, is the station’s single read all the way through that I would call and a Friend of WEVL. African-American programmer (out of Taylor said during last week’s member ‘paranoid’ on their face.” about 40 programmers in a city that’s 63 meeting: “The board is always looking Shannon explains: “[By paranoid], I percent African American). For a long for members, and we’re always soliciting mean it is controlled in an insane degree time, Cobb was the only person of color on by the current set of directors, which can applications. We’ve gotten some recently, the board of directors. African-American but they weren’t submitted in the period in and does include an employee of WEVL, attorney Bryson Whitney was elected by time to [be voted on at the meeting].”

[Brian Craig].” the members last week.

One thing was clear from that Edwards, one of the original Friends, The Friends also want to push the member meeting, the board does not thinks the whole thing should be station to 24/7 programming. In 1993, simpler. “This is a members meeting; we seem much interested in engaging with the station was off the air 20 hours per its members — or explaining why they are members and they are the board,” week. Currently, it’s off the air 42 hours do the things they do. Most of the four Edwards says. “It seems to me that we board members didn’t speak. When each week, mainly between midnight should be able to do whatever we want Taylor did speak, often it was to evade or and 6 a.m. They also want to find new in our meeting.” shut down questions from the members. sources of funding for the station, and The Friends wanted to ditch the boardFor example, Edwards asked if there want the station to partner with more approved slate of candidates and nominate local nonprofits. And they want to see their own board member, Amy Schaftlein. would be an opportunity for members — from which WEVL gets most of its the station’s South Main headquarters Just a few days later, though, those money — to ask questions. Taylor said, renovated or find a new space. optimistic, high-energy intentions and But at the top of the Friends’ list is a plans broke like a wave on the rocky shores simply and flatly, “no.”

As planned, Edwards then attempted mission to redevelop the WEVL board. of the WEVL board of directors. to nominate Schaftlein, the Friends of How to do that was the main thread “THEY COULDN’T FIND WEVL candidate, from the floor. Taylor of conversation when the Friends of ANYBODY” shut it down quickly, saying only “our WEVL met in person for the first time A nonprofit consultant, Barbara Prescott, bylaws do not provide for nominations at High Cotton Brewing, two weeks

from the floor.”

The nomination strategy died, but questions came anyway. When asked about term limits for board members, Taylor said that state law and WEVL bylaws allow them to serve past their terms. “Isn’t that just so business can continue?” Morrow asked. “It’s not meant to keep people in perpetuity, right?”

Taylor evaded the question.

“One again, the board follows the bylaws and chose this slate of candidates,” he said. “Vote for them or don’t vote for them. These are the candidates for election tonight.”

Edwards objected to Cobb’s inclusion on the slate of candidates, because she had already served well past her term limits.

Someone spoke up and said her inclusion was against the bylaws.

“Les, we’ve done our research on this,” Taylor said. Edwards objected again and Taylor told him “You can make your statement, but these are the candidates for the membership to choose from.”

Cobb lost the election.

Attorney Bryson Whitney was approved. Cobb was re-installed to the board later that night by her fellow board members.

After the vote, WEVL members weren’t satisfied. The room thrummed with tension.

Ward Archer, owner of Archer Records, asked the board when the rules governing board elections were changed. Here’s how that exchange went down: TAYLOR: I don’t know, sir! I wasn’t around.

ARCHER: Well, I was around!

This is not in the spirt of the WEVL that I grew to know.

TAYLOR: We’ve been operating under these bylaws for 17 years.

They were in place before I ever had any contact with the station.

ARCHER: Well, that’s no excuse. They need to be revisited. I’d like to have a motion from the board to revisit the bylaws.

TAYLOR: I think the board is probably going to look at the bylaws.

ARCHER: Well, give me something more than that.

TAYLOR: No. Why? No resolution was made, partly because the board was not formally in session. Taylor also would not commit to make a good-faith effort to appoint new board members by the end of the year, per Morrow’s suggestion.

Edwards called the board’s actions that night, “the wall.”

“They said, ‘We’re the board and we’re telling you what we’re going to allow you to do. We don’t want to hear from you. We don’t want you to ask questions.’

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and Grant outlined the situation in a lateAugust Flyer Viewpoint piece.

“I’m writing because WEVL is at a crossroads,” Grant wrote. “And as listener attention is pulled in so many directions, WEVL needs to turn back to its community and re-engage to survive.”

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continued from page 11 It’s a perfect example of everything about the the station. It’s those people behind that table versus everybody else.”

But Edwards and Grant say the Friends of WEVL is playing “the long game,” already preparing candidates for the member election next year.

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TENSION AND INTIMIDATION The tension at the members meeting also exists inside the WEVL offices on South Main.

Nearly 300 people now have signed on as “Friends of WEVL” on the group’s website. Look at the bottom of that list and you’ll find 17 people listed as “Anonymous WEVL Programmer.” They’re anonymous because some say they’ve been threatened

by WEVL staff. If they show public support for the Friends of WEVL, the station will cancel their show.

When asked, Taylor said he was not aware of the situation. Dorsey and Craig denied it. “We never told anyone we were going to throw them off the air if they signed [the Friends of WEVL website],” Dorsey says.

Craig says he has discussed the matter with WEVL programmers at the station. “I’ve told some people I was surprised that they would sign that,” he says. “I’ve told several people that I wished they would un-sign it.”

The Beale Street Caravan show was cancelled on WEVL last month. Its cohost, Kevin Cubbins, joined the Friends group, which did not go unnoticed

by Craig. But Craig says he’d long considered canceling the show as it was never a top performer for WEVL, and it is already carried on three other Memphis radio stations.

“It is on those other stations, but I hadn’t really thought about that too much,” Craig says. “But, perhaps, [seeing Cubbins’ name on] the Friends of WEVL website maybe, y’know, reminded me of that.”

Caravan co-host Pat Mitchell Worley wrote on Facebook after the show was cancelled, “Next to Joyce Cobb, I’m only the second African-American female on this non-commercial, community station in Memphis, Tennessee. Well, I used to be.”

Dorsey says the tension around these issues has made at least one new programmer want to quit.

“When this starts becoming not fun, when people start getting emails and seeing weird stuff on Facebook and reading the editorial in the Flyer, they’ll tell you, ‘I get enough of this in the real Plans world, my job, and my life,’” Craig says. “I don’t need all this extra stress.”

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board] said they were going too fast. … Kiss my ass. You’re lying again.”

Craig and Dorsey can tick off the “coup” attempts of WEVL’s past. One involved closing a station at Rhodes College, they said. Another was about having talk shows. Another was a coup attempt from board members.

That last one was in 2011. Some board members thought they’d found some new funding sources. And they had a plan to hire an executive director to help Dorsey and Craig run the station, according to the former board member.

After a meeting detailing those plans, the member left feeling that progress was being made. But the other board members voted the person off the board at its very next meeting. That source says it’s the prevailing attitude at WEVL, and it keeps the station in a state of stunted growth.

Members and programmers don’t really know each other anymore, critics say, not like in decades past.

“Every new idea that we came up with, they’d say, ‘Oh, we’ve already tried that. We can’t do that,’” the former board member says. “You’d get constant pushback. Several people quit the board because of it. There were some legitimate things, but every little thing that came up was ‘Well, we can’t do that.’ That’s too much of the old Memphis attitude. This is a new generation now, and we do what we want to do and we can do anything.”

Zac Ives, a Friend of WEVL and co-owner of Goner Records, says very little of the Memphis community is reflected in WEVL now. For example, he said station officials claim Federal Communication Commission (FCC) rules won’t let them promote local music and live shows. But he said they could do “plenty” to “help foster a [music] scene rather than pull away from it.” The station needs help, he said, and believes the Friends of WEVL can provide it.

“If WEVL — the staff and board — can’t accept help from a group so clearly coming from a place of love for what WEVL stands for and has been in the past, who will they accept it from?” Ives says. “Their inability to listen to anyone but themselves is troubling.”

When asked if she could imagine WEVL officials ever working with the Friends of WEVL on future solutions, Dorsey says, “Well, I can imagine anything.”

Stay tuned.

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Mid-Term Exam The next two games will tell us who the Tigers are.

in 2004 and 36 yards shy a year later.

Through six games, Henderson has run for 934 yards, an average of 155.7 per game (second in the country).

Should he maintain that average for six more games, he’d finish the regular season with 1,868 yards and (presumably) a bowl game to play. But here’s the problem: A glance at the Tigers’ remaining schedule shows no sign of Georgia State, South Alabama, or UConn. After this week’s big test, the Tigers travel to SEC country (Missouri). Watch the three-game stretch next month when Memphis faces East Carolina, Tulsa, and SMU. If a healthy Henderson is given the ball enough, he may reel off one or two more 200-yard games, which would make the chase for 2,000 quite compelling.

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Will the Tigers win a road game?

Sure, Memphis has only traveled twice to date. The weather was lousy at Navy and not much better at Tulane.

Fumbles cost the Tigers the former game and a collective face-plant the latter. Coaches like to say road games test a team’s character. If so, the Tigers-vs.-Tigers tussle at Missouri on October 20th will reveal a lot about coach Mike Norvell, his staff, and the roster he’s built over three seasons in Memphis. Merely a split of their next two games would have the Tigers in a good place for the season’s final month.

But a road win is a must, somewhere, some place.

Will someone kick the damn ball to Tony Pollard?

The Tigers’ lightning-strike of a returner has averaged 20.7 yards on kickoffs this season, a silly-low number for a player who averaged 40.0 yards a year ago. But Pollard has returned only four kicks. He remains one shy of the career record for kickoff-return touchdowns (7) because teams simply refuse to send the ball in his vicinity. Here’s hoping a Tiger opponent takes on the challenge of putting a kickoff in Pollard’s hands.

A Top-10 team dodges no one, right?

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he Memphis Tigers have reached the midpoint of their football season with a 4-2 record. So why does it feel like there are more questions about this team than answers? Let’s explore five.

Can the Tigers beat someone their own size?

There’s been a lot of bullying over the first half of the season, particularly in the four games we’ve seen at the Liberty Bowl. It’s the second week of October, and we’ve yet to see a snap with tension in the air during a Tiger home game.

They opened the season by trouncing an FCS foe (Mercer). Since then, Memphis has hosted three “Group of Five” opponents that won’t sniff bowl eligibility: Georgia State (now 2-4), South Alabama (1-5), and Connecticut (1-5). Even the teams that have beaten Memphis aren’t within a connecting flight from the Top 25: Navy (2-3) and Tulane (2-4).

The schedule has made for some fun statistics: 46 points per game! 547 yards per game! But who’s to say the Tigers can actually land a punch after receiving one? (Didn’t look like it in the Tulane loss.) We’ll start to answer this question Saturday when the 10thranked UCF Knights come to town riding an 18-game winning streak.

Could be the biggest win of the season for Memphis. Could be a very ugly dose of perspective.

Will we see a crowd of 40,000 this year?

Honestly, we may already have. A ticket-scanning glitch contributed to what seemed like a low number for the September 1st season-opener against Mercer. The eye test suggested more than 33,000 fans were in attendance.

But since then, Memphis hasn’t even topped 30,000 in three games, none of which were played under stormy conditions. The light opposition surely contributed to the empty seats. UCF will be the first Top-10 team to visit Memphis since the 2009 season opener (Ole Miss was ranked 8th). Kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. and the ABC/ ESPN cameras will be there. Bottom line: A football team with Top-25 aspirations should draw 40,000 for games without an SEC attraction.

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Amy Burcham sometimes wonders if images of people enjoying Choro music paint a misleading picture. It’s the kind of thing she thinks about when she’s trying to get people excited about shows, and Choro das 3, a hard-touring family band representing some of the best of what Choro has to offer, is coming back to Memphis for what’s become an annual show.

“This genre has its challenges,” Burcham says, describing the work she’s done to seed a Choro scene in Memphis. “If somebody doesn’t listen to the music, they may see what looks like a tambourine and make an assumption about what kind of music this is,” she says. “They see guitars and mandolins and think folk. Or they see a flute and all these South American instruments and think this music is Mexican or Cuban or something Latin. And maybe they’re interested, but they think the music’s inaccessible.”

Burcham’s a tireless advocate for Choro — the national music of Brazil. As founder of the West Tennessee Choro society, she’s organized concerts, facilitated workshops and interactive performances where everybody’s invited to play along. Over time, she’s seen enthusiasm grow. A Choro ensemble took root in the music department at UT Martin. And, although events are occasional, local fans do show up to participate in a form that mixes classical music, jazz, and improvisational styles into a joyous, swirling fog of gypsy jazz, African rhythms, and European harmonies. It’s a living tradition born in the 19th century, when the sounds of newly freed slaves collided with European immigrant traditions in Rio de Janeiro, at a time when waltzes, polkas, and tangos were all the rage.

“So it looks like another folk tradition, but it has these specific interactions with the classical and jazz world,” Burcham says, ticking off names like Louis Armstrong, George Gershwin, and Chopin. “And people very rarely get a chance to hear it.”

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THURSDAY October 11

FRIDAY October 12

5th Annual Taste of Cooper-Young First Congregational Church, 5:30 p.m., $50 A tour of the area’s restaurants with samples. Includes a silent auction and live music.

MIFA Turns 50: Golden Gala Memphis Hilton, 6 p.m.

A celebration of this nonprofit with seated dinner, live music, and presentations.

Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra Bar DKDC, 7:30 p.m.

Flyer music editor Alex Greene performs his particular brand of jazz with a dark edge. In support of the band’s album, American Elegy.

Roadshow Patio Sessions Roadshow BMW, 5:30 p.m.

Bailey Ingle, country with a taste of Aretha, performs tonight.

The evening includes food from 9DOUGH1 and Stick ’Em, plus craft beers and specialty drinks.

Part of Roadshow’s weekly Patio Sessions series.

Booksigning by Cindy McMillion Novel, 6 p.m.

Cindy McMillion signs and discusses her book, One of Us: Stories of Prostitution and Addiction.

A Trio of Comedies Written

by Women Evergreen Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $15 A trio of short comedies about love and friendship presented by the Bluff City Theatre Company.

Science of Wine Pink Palace Museum, 6:30 p.m., $60 Annual event with wine tastings, lectures, and info on the winemaking process. With food from Ecco, Erling Jensen, Rizzo’s, Strano, and more.

“Breathless” Memphis College of Art, 6 p.m.

Exhibition following Jen Holmgren’s heart surgery and recovery.

Forty whacks

Whacked

By Chris Davis

There are any number of questions raised by the famous Lizzie Borden ax-murder case. But when it comes to Lizzie, the all-woman, all-rock musical, one question seemed a little more pressing than all the rest. Given the nature of the infamous Borden killing, and the musical’s own splattery history, will the front row of the audience need to wear raincoats?

“I hope not,” director Kell Christie says, suggesting a shift in emphasis. “I don’t think anybody’s going to get blood on them,” she adds. “And if they do, it’s highly washable.”

New Moon Theatre Company owns Halloween like Memphis’ larger theater companies own the Christmas season. Lizzie, opening Friday at TheatreWorks, is this year’s spook show. It’s also the company’s first musical ever.

“It’s like the Runaways,” Christie says, comparing the score to Joan Jett’s first band.

For Lizzie, New Moon has assembled an all-female cast and production team. “That doesn’t happen much that you get to play in that kind of environment,” Christie says, highlighting talent-rich cast that includes Annie Freres, Joy Brooke Fairfield, Jaclyn Suffel, and Christina Hernandez. “That’s been interesting and the tiniest bit subversive in a way I think theater needs to be now.”

Lizzie mixes speculative fiction with historical artifact. “Some of the court testimony is verbatim,” Christie says. “Why was there no blood on the dress she was wearing after the murder? Was she naked when she killed [her parents]?

“You don’t want a victim to stay a victim. You want them to become survivors. That’s really the point we’re trying to make,” Christie says. “But that’s not always pretty. We want victims to be docile and meek and thankful, and I’m not always sure that’s how we get survivors.”

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Mid-South Renaissance Faire USA Baseball Stadium, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., $12 Party like it’s the Elizabethan era.

With games, archery, jousting, and more.

The Magic of Midori Germantown Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m., $45-$70 Celebrated violinist Midori joins the IRIS Orchestra tonight in this celebration of the centennial of composer Leonard Bernstein.

“I Can’t Believe It’s Colored Pencil” St. George’s Episcopal Church, 6:30 p.m.

Annual exhibit by the Memphis Chapter of the Colored Pencil Society of America.

I Read that Movie at the Library Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 2 p.m.

The book-to-screen bookclub features The Constant Gardener.

Includes a screening and discussion.

Creepville Art & Market Found Studio, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

A spooky market with Halloween goods and strange and weird times.

Crafts and Stage Costumes Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 10 a.m.-noon Learn about style and identity, with inspiration from the onstage outfits of the Stax performers.

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our years ago, the music Some listeners may be familiar with scene lit up with news two of the album’s tracks, released earlier of a fresh face in town, this year as a seven-inch single. While hungry to play gigs. many of Begin the Glimmer’s tracks are of Stephen Chopek was a personal nature, the single’s two tracks clearly a drummer’s have a more historical bent. “The Ballad of drummer, having cut tracks and toured Cash and Dean” is a kind of fantasia about with Charlie Hunter, John Mayer, and two icons of the 1950s, Johnny and James.

Jesse Malin, among others. Any fears that But the real period study is the A-side, this Jersey City native wouldn’t get the “Radio Caroline,” an exuberant celebraMemphis groove were quickly laid to rest, tion of American rock-and-roll hitting the and he has become a fixture with some of United Kingdom. the great performers around town.

“Radio Caroline was a pirate station in Says Chopek, “New York City was the early ’60s in the U.K.,” says Chopek. “It going through a lot of changes. So I was a time when the BBC saw rock-andwas ready for the move, and it worked roll as this crass fad. So Radio Caroline out great. I’ve worked with some great was this pirate radio station on a boat off musicians: John Paul Keith, Amy LaVere, the coast that played all the blues and soul David Cousar. It’s been fantastic as a that young people of the time were interdrummer, and also in having the time and ested in. I first heard about it in interviews space to do my own thing, too.” and things, and then I did some additional That last comment is something you reading. There was something about don’t often hear from drummers. But it that resonated with me. Something even before his move south, Chopek was romantic about their DIY ethos, champiexploring his own thing — as a songoning this new music.” writer. Ultimately, it was part of his larger attitude toward personal growth.

Stephen “As a gigging drummer, Chopek sometimes you’re creating things with people, and other times you’re just learning somebody else’s parts and playing gigs. Which is great fun, but there was something that was missing. Songwriting has helped me not just as a musician, but as an overall creative person, to have that balance of As a whole, the album’s sparkle is a building something from the ground up, refreshing break from “the Memphis something I could direct on my own. As I Sound,” whatever that may be these days. go on in my career, and I grow as a human But Chopek considers it part and parcel being, I’m seeing the importance of those of his adopted home. “This is my first real situations that make you uncomfortable Memphis record,” he notes. “I recorded it at first.” with Harry at 5 and Dime; I mixed it with Now, with his third full-length album Doug Easley; I mastered the vinyl with Jeff dropping Friday, it would seem Chopek Powell at Sam Phillips. And working with has hit his stride. Begin the Glimmer is not Doug, with his contribution to Memphis a typical do-it-yourself clutch of demos. music, was really something. I’m glad I It sports one perfectly crafted tune after didn’t know too much about him when I another. They’re all built on a solid founfirst started working with him, because I dation of Chopek’s acoustic guitar strumthink there would have been an intimidaming, which nestles in with his drum tion factor. I just got to know him as a parts so perfectly that each song churns person, and then slowly realized all the forward with aplomb. The songs were things that he had his hand in with Easleypainstakingly constructed, as Chopek layMcCain Studios: Sonic Youth, Pavement, ered bass, keyboards, and lead guitar over Cat Power, the White Stripes, Wilco. All his basic rhythm tracks. With Chopek’s these things that were formidable in my plainspoken lyrics floating over it all, and development as a musician. So just getting everything kept in the kind of perfect sync to know Doug and working with Doug only a drummer can create, the end result was a great Memphis experience.” is a shimmering folk-pop gem that leaps Begin the Glimmer’s record release show is from the speakers.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule October 11 - 17 Brad Birkedahl Band Thursdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711

Gary Hardy & Memphis 2 Thursdays-Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; Karaoke Thursdays, TuesdaysWednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Sundays-Mondays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Mandi Thomas Fridays, Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; The 901 Heavy Hitters Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Flyin’ Ryan Fridays, Saturdays, 2:30 a.m.; The Rusty Pieces at Alfred’s on Beale Saturday, Oct. 13, 1-5 p.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

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

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

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

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

Blues City Cafe 138 BEALE 526-3637

152 BEALE 544-7011

Sean Apple Thursdays, Sundays, 5 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 4 p.m. and Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m.; Live Music Thursdays-Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Blues Players Club Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Brimstone Jones Thursday, Oct. 11, 8 p.m.-midnight; DJ Ron Fridays, 11 p.m.; Bonfire Orchestra Saturday, Oct. 13, 7-11 p.m.; DJ DNyce Saturdays, 11 p.m.; DJ Mad Efx Sundays, midnight; A.M. Whiskey Trio Mondays, 6-10 p.m. and Tuesday, Oct. 16, 6-10 p.m.

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

King’s Palace Cafe Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851

Sonny Mack Mondays-Fridays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7 p.m.midnight and Saturdays, Sundays, 2-6 p.m.; Fuzzy Wednesdays, Fridays, 7 p.m.-midnight; Baunie and Soul Sundays, 7 p.m.-midnight.

182 BEALE 528-0150

Memphis Bluesmasters Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; James Jones Fridays, 4-8 p.m., Sundays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Sundays, 4-8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 12, 4-8 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 13, 4-8 p.m.; Cowboy Bob and the Bounty Hunters Friday, Oct. 12, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Saturday, Oct. 13, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Delta Project Tuesday, Oct. 16, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Silky O’Sullivan’s

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room

183 BEALE 522-9596

Dueling Pianos Thursdays, Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-3 a.m., and Sundays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

168 BEALE 576-2220

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

Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; 40 Watt Moon Friday, Oct. 12, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Hard Rock Cafe

New Daisy Theatre

200 BEALE 527-2687

126 BEALE 529-0007

Memphis Music Monday Third Monday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

Itta Bena 145 BEALE 578-3031

Nat “King” Kerr Fridays, Saturdays, 9-10 p.m.

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

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall

162 BEALE 521-1851

Lunch on Beale with Chris Gales Wednesdays-Sundays, 12-4 p.m.; Eric Hughes solo/ acoustic Thursdays, 5-8 p.m.; Karaoke Mondays-Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.

Sleep Out Louie’s

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The Po Boys Friday, Oct. 12, 9 p.m.; The Merry Mobile Saturday, Oct. 13, 9 p.m.; Bobbie Stacks and Friends Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Wade Pick Friday, Oct. 12, 6 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 13, 6 p.m.

Earnestine & Hazel’s

124 GE PATTERSON

Heath and Bobbie Thursdays, 7 p.m.; Eric Hughes Friday, Oct. 12, 8 p.m.; Vintage Saturday, Oct. 13, 8 p.m.

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium

South Main

531 S. MAIN 523-9754

130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

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

The Halloran Centre

117 BARBORO ALLEY 249-6580

Rum Boogie Cafe

Blind Bear Speakeasy

182 BEALE 528-0150

119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435

Belle Tavern The Rusty Pieces Sunday, Oct. 14, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.; The Rusty Pieces Saturday, Oct. 13, 11 p.m.-1 a.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813

Live Music Fridays; Carma Karaoke with Carla Worth Saturdays, 9-11 p.m.

Loflin Yard 7 W. CAROLINA

Electric Church Sundays, 2-4 p.m.

225 S. MAIN 529-4299

Old Dominick Distillery

Harbor Town Amphitheater

Pure Memphis Music Series presents Liz Brasher Thursday, Oct. 11, 6:30-9 p.m.

Dougie MacLean Friday, Oct. 12.

Teardrop City Sunday, Oct. 14, 3 p.m.

330 BEALE 525-8981

The Vault

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

740 HARBOR BEND 494-9716

An Evening with Paul Taylor Saturday, Oct. 13, 6 p.m.; Habstrakt Saturday, Oct. 13, 10:30 p.m.; Fifty Shades Male Revue Tuesday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m.

Eric Hughes Band Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam and Terry Fridays, Saturdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; FreeWorld Friday, Oct. 12, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Saturday, Oct. 13, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Memphis Blues Masters Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Ghost Town Blues Band Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight; Vince Johnson and Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Dirty Crow Inn

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

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

Regina’s 60 N. MAIN

Open Mic Night Saturdays, 4-7 p.m.; Richard Wilson Sundays, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Rumba Room

305 S. FRONT

Spindini 383 S. MAIN 578-2767

Crystal “The Sax Lady” Jazz Trio Friday, Oct. 12, 7 p.m.; Richard Wilson Saturday, Oct. 13, 7 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra Thursday, Oct. 11, 7:30-9 p.m.

Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

303 S. MAIN 523-0020

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

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Hi-Jivers Thursday, Oct. 11, 8 p.m. and Friday, Oct. 12, 9:30 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, 5 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m.;

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GRIZZLIES VS HAWKS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE SATURDAY, JANUARY 12

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Grammy Award Winner, global superstar and Memphis native returns to FedExForum with his Man of The Woods Tour. Tickets available!

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK FRIDAY, MAY 10

The Mixtape Tour with special guests Salt-N-Pepa, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, and Naughty By Nature.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule October 11 - 17

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

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

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

Jazz with Ed Finney, Deb Swiney, and David Collins Thursday, Oct. 11, 8 p.m.; Wayde Peck Friday, Oct. 12, 6 p.m.; Skitch Saturday, Oct. 13, 8 p.m.; David Collins Frog Squad Sunday, Oct. 14, 6 p.m.; The Tailored Renegades Monday, Oct. 15, 6 p.m.; Richard Wilson Tuesday, Oct. 16, 6 p.m.; Ben Minden-Birkenmaier Wednesday, Oct. 17, 5:30 p.m.; Karaoke with DJ Eggroll Wednesday, Oct. 17, 9 p.m.

Murphy’s

Young Avenue Deli

1589 MADISON 726-4193

2119 YOUNG 278-0034

Those Far Out Arrows and Golden Corner Thursday, Oct. 11; Full Monty w/ Shame Finger Friday, Oct. 12.

Avon Dale Friday, Oct. 12, 10 p.m.

Otherlands Coffee Bar

University of Memphis

641 S. COOPER 278-4994

Graham Winchester Saturday, Oct. 13, 8-11 p.m.

1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Open Mic Music Mondays, 9 p.m.

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

The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND

P&H Cafe

Wednesdays, 6:30-9 p.m.

DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Cedric Burnside Friday, Oct. 12, 9 p.m.; James Kennedy with DudeCalledRob Saturday,

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

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

John Paul Keith Band Sunday, Oct. 14, 8-11:30 p.m.

Whitehaven/ Airport Rock-n-Roll Cafe 3855 ELVIS PRESLEY 398-6528

Elvis Tribute featuring Michael Cullipher Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Live Entertainment Mondays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Karaoke hosted by DJ Maddy Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Bartlett Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Twin Soul Friday, Oct. 12, 9 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 13, 9 p.m.; Amber McCain Band Sunday, Oct. 14, 5:30 p.m.

Crosstown Brewing Co.

Collierville

1264 CONCOURSE

The Rusty Pieces Friday, Oct. 12, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Huey’s Collierville 2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

First Congregational Church

Royal Blues Band Sunday, Oct. 14, 8-11:30 p.m.

1000 S. COOPER 278-6786

Cordova

5th Taste of Cooper-Young Thursday, Oct. 11, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

Delta Blues Winery

Growlers

6585 STEWART

The Memphis Snake Doctors Friday, Oct. 12, 7-10 p.m.

1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Hallow Point Friday, Oct. 12, 7 p.m.; Traumabond, The Pop Ritual, Nevada Hardware, Overstayer Saturday, Oct. 13, 8 p.m.; Spekulate the Philosopher’s AAA Sunday, Oct. 14, 7 p.m.; Crockett Hall with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Haunted Like Human Wednesday, Oct. 17, 7 p.m.

Unity Church of Practical Christianity 9228 WALNUT GROVE 753-1463

Sounds of Latin America with Marcela Pinilla Friday, Oct. 12, 7-9 p.m.

Frayser/Millington

Hi-Tone

Old Millington Winery

412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

What We Do in Secret, Sleeping Seasons, Cruelty of the Heavens, Jadewick Thursday, Oct. 11, 8 p.m.; Bob Log III Thursday, Oct. 11, 9 p.m.; Adam Hood, Jenny Tolman Friday, Oct. 12, 9 p.m.; Titty Citty, Midtown Queer, Cassowaries Saturday, Oct. 13, 9 p.m.; The Protomen, Makeup And Vanity, Set Bit Brigade Sunday, Oct. 14, 8 p.m.; Ken Mode, Birds In Row, Pressed, The Animals Comfort Tuesday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m.; LittleBoyBigHeadOnBike, Clay Cantrell, Bradford Evans, Wallace Leopard, and The Banana Cartel Wednesday, Oct. 17, 7 p.m.; Bobby Sparks, JcksnAve, Frog Squad Wednesday, Oct. 17, 8 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

The Fabulous Doo-Vays Sunday, Oct. 14, 4-7 p.m.; The Vine Brothers Sunday, Oct. 14, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

Mark Gibson Thursday, Oct. 11, 6 p.m.; Derryl Perry Thursday, Oct. 11, 9 p.m.; The Cold Stares Friday, Oct. 12, 6:30 p.m.; Almost Elton John Friday, Oct. 12, 10 p.m.; Cruisin’ Heavy Acoustic Saturday, Oct. 13, 2 p.m.; Cody Jasper Saturday, Oct. 13, 6 p.m.;

6748 OLD MILLINGTON 873-4114

Annual Winefest with Java Trio Sunday, Oct. 14.

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Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience Thursday, Oct. 11, 7-8:30 p.m.; Bette Smith Friday, Oct. 12, 7-8:30 p.m.; Walden Saturday, Oct. 13, 7-8:30 p.m.; Las Cafeteras Sunday, Oct. 14, 7-8:30 p.m.

Midtown Crossing Grill 394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

Natalie James and the Professor Saturdays, Sundays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; “The Happening” Open Songwriter Showcase Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

Billy Strings Thursday, Oct. 11, 7 p.m.; Houndmouth Friday, Oct. 12, 7 p.m.

The Phoenix 1015 S. COOPER 338-5223

The Phoenix Blues Jam Tuesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Oct. 13, 10 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.

Railgarten

Metropolitan Baptist Church

2160 CENTRAL

767 WALKER 946-4095

Big Sam’s Funky Nation with Alvin Youngblood Hart Friday, Oct. 12, 7 p.m.; The Devon Allman Project with Duane Betts Saturday, Oct. 13, 8 p.m.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

Juke Joint All Stars Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; The Wild Bill’s Band with Tony Chapman, Charles Cason, and Miss Joyce Henderson Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.; Memphis Blues Society Juke Jam Sundays, 4 p.m.

Symphony Soul Project Sunday, Oct. 14, 4-5 p.m.

Oasis Hookah Lounge & Cafe 663 S. HIGHLAND 729-6960

Live Music with DJ ALXANDR Fridays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Live Music with Coldway Saturdays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

East Memphis East of Wangs 6069 PARK 763-0676

Lee Gardner Fridays, 6:30-9 p.m.; Randal Toma, Solo Guitar Tuesdays, 5:30-8 p.m.; Eddie Harrison

Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

Poplar/I-240 Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

The Bar Misfits Thursday, Oct. 11, 7-11 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Pulse: A tribute to Pink Floyd Saturday, Oct. 13, 8 p.m.; A benefit for Race for the Cure Sunday, Oct. 14, 3 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

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

IRIS Orchestra: The Magic of Midori Saturday, Oct. 13, 7:309:30 p.m.

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The O’Jays Friday, Oct. 12.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

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

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

WALRUS Saturday, Oct. 13, 10 p.m.; Tom Lonardo Quartet Sunday, Oct. 14, 11 a.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Memphis Ukulele Band Sunday, Oct. 14, 4 p.m.; Winchester & the Ammunition Sunday, Oct. 14, 8 p.m.; Doc Fangaz & the Remedy Monday, Oct. 15, 6 p.m.; Chris & Sarah Acoustic Tuesday, Oct. 16, 5:30 p.m.; Royal Blues Band Tuesday, Oct. 16, 8 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesday, Oct. 17, 5:30 p.m.; Melodime with the Brevet Wednesday, Oct. 17, 8 p.m.

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Circuit Playhouse

Little Women: The Broadway Musical, musical version of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel following the adventures of sisters Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy March. www.playhouseonthesquare.org. $25-$45. ThursdaysSaturdays, 8 p.m. Through Oct. 28.

51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

The Evergreen Theatre

A Trio of Comedies Written by Women, three one-act plays about friendship, love, and secrets that are comedies with heart from Anne V. McGravie, Lorees Yerby, and Ruby O’Gray. (946-6140), www.womenstfmemphis.org. $20. Fri., Oct. 12, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Sat., Oct. 13, 7:30-9:30 p.m., and Sun., Oct. 14, 2-4 p.m.

1705 POPLAR (274-7139).

New Moon Theatre Company

Lizzie: The Lizzie Borden Musical, American mythology set to a blistering rock score. (484-3467), www. newmoontheatre.org/. $25. Fridays, Saturdays, 8-10 p.m., and Sundays, 2-4 p.m. Through Oct. 28.

AT THEATREWORKS, 2085 MONROE (484-3467).

The Orpheum

School of Rock, musical follows Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star posing as a substitute teacher who turns a class of straight-A students into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band. www. orpheum-memphis.com. $25-$125.

Tues.-Fri., 7:30 p.m., Sat., Oct. 13, 2 & 8 p.m., and Sun., Oct. 14, 1 & 6:30 p.m. Through Oct. 12.

203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Theatre Memphis

Dracula, from Bram Stoker’s novel, adapted by William McNulty.

Professor Van Helsing and his brave comrades hunt to destroy Count Dracula. But the Count is exceedingly resourceful. www.theatrememphis. org. $25. Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m. Through Oct. 28.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

A R TI S T R EC E PT I O N S

ANF Architects

Opening reception for The RiverArtsFest Invitational Exhibit, www.anfa. com. Fri., Oct. 12, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

1500 UNION (278-6868).

Flicker Street Studio

Opening reception for “Art Comes to Life,” exhibition of work by Flicker Street artists. www.flickerstreetstudio. com. free. Fri., Oct. 12, 6-8 p.m.

74 FLICKER (767-2999).

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

Opening reception for “Here and Now: Printmaking and the Political Present,” exhibition of prints by Maritza Dávila, Vanessa González-Hernández, Nelson Gutierrez, Lawrence Matthews, Carl Moore, Joel Parsons, Jennifer Sargent, and Yancy Villa-Calvo. www.memphis. edu. Fri., Oct. 12, 5-7 p.m.

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Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Opening reception for “Talking Continent,” exhibition of works

by Jaume Plensa. Violinist Midori will perform solo Bach along with chamber music with IRIS musicians in Hohenberg Auditorium. Explore exhibition following the concert. www.brooksmuseum.org. $35. Sun., Oct. 14, 3-5 p.m.

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

St. George’s Episcopal Church Opening reception for “I Can’t Believe It’s Colored Pencil,” exhibition includes portraiture, landscape, floral, wildlife, and abstract pieces by Memphis District Chapter of the Colored Pencil Society of America. Judged by Kate Lagaly. (754-7282), www.stgchurch.org.

Sat., Oct. 13, 6:30-8 p.m.

2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

WKNO Studio

Opening reception for Members of Artists’ Link, exhibition of works by members of all-volunteer, non-profit or-

ganization founded in 1989, for and by visual artists in the Memphis area. www. wkno.org. Sun., Oct. 14, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

Johnny Cash at Folsom hosted

by Indie Memphis at Crosstown Arts Gallery, Wednesday, October 17th, 7 p.m.

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Artists’ Link Meeting

Featuring Bill Branch (painter, wc/ BA, U of Central AR/graduate studies, U of AR). Third Monday of every month, 6:30 p.m.

JASON’S DELI, 3473 POPLAR (324-3181).

Crafts and Stage Costumes

Drawing inspiration from outfits and stage costumes in the exhibits, aspiring costume designers will learn about style, identity, and more before customizing costume templates. Free.

Sat., Oct. 13, 10 a.m.-noon.

STAX MUSEUM OF AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC, 926 E. MCLEMORE (261-6338), STAXMUSEUM.COM.

Creativity Cafe: Open Studio Night Coffeehouse theme featuring chill music, coffee, teas, desserts, and creativity around the table. The evening closes with a 20-minute yoga nidra.

Free. Fri., Oct. 12, 7-9 p.m.

ART BODY SOUL STUDIO, 1024 YATES ( 901336-7573), WWW.ARTBODYSOULSTUDIO.COM.

Gallery Talk

Museum staff speak on topics including current exhibitions and works from the permanent collection. Meet in the lobby of the main building.

Free. Saturdays, Sundays, 2-2:30 p.m.

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

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Exhibit, www.anfa.com. Oct. 12-31.

1500 UNION (278-6868).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

“Ingrown”

An exhibition and performance by Jas Marie featuring Libya Freeman.

Fri., Oct. 12, 6-9 p.m.

CROSSTOWN ARTS GALLERY, 422 N. CLEVELAND, WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Memphis Magazine Fiction Contest

Winning authors will be honored with a $200 gift certificate to Novel.

For more information, contest rules, and submission, visit website.

Through Aug. 31, 2019.

WWW.MEMPHISMAGAZINE.COM.

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

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

“Exaltation and the Space Between,” exhibition of new works by by Allyson LeMay. www.buckmanartscenter. com. Through Oct. 15.

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

Crosstown Concourse

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Galleries and gardens will be open late. Free with admission. Every third Thursday, 6-8 p.m.

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

O N G O I N G ART

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM) “Africa: Art of a Continent,” permanent exhibition of African art from the Martha and Robert Fogelman collection. Ongoing.

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

Art Village Gallery

“Recuerdos de Cuba / Memories of Cuba,” works by native Cuban artist Eduin Fraga. www.artvillagegallery. com. Through Oct. 31.

410 S. MAIN (521-0782).

ANF Architects

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

The 2018 RiverArtsFest Invitational

FocalPoint Art Show, exhibition of new work by Jason Miller, Robert Fairchild, Zoe Nadel, La’Donna Roberts, and Lester Jones inside FocalPoint. Through Nov. 30.

“Give a Damn! Music + Activism at Stax Records,” exhibition of artifacts, including Isaac Hayes’ 14-foot-long custom-made office desk, stage clothing worn by Johnnie Taylor and Isaac Hayes, rare photos and documents, short films, music, and original artwork contributed

by Shelby County students. www.crosstownarts.org. Through Nov. 25.

Wish Book: “Lay of the Land,” exhibition of large-scale, landscape cyanotypes on fabric photographic works by John Pearson. www.crosstownarts.org.

Through Nov. 25.

N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY.

David Lusk Gallery

Anne Siems. www.davidluskgallery. com. Through Oct. 13.

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

EACC Fine Arts Center Gallery “People, Places, and Things,” exhibition of works by Dennis McCann of Maumelle. www.eeac.edu. Through Nov. 2.

EAST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 1700 NEWCASTLE, FORREST CITY, AR.

Eclectic Eye

“Works on Paper,” exhibition of works by Jennifer Balink. www. eclectic-eye.com. Through Nov. 7.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

“All of a Piece,” exhibition of paintings by Mary Sims. www.davidluskgallery.com. Through Nov. 17.

“Feral,” exhibition of paintings by

Edge Gallery

Folk Artists, work by Debra Edge, John Sadowski, Nancy White, Bill Brookshire, and other folk artists. Ongoing.

509 S. MAIN (647-9242).

FireHouse Community Arts Center “In Living Color: The Butterfly Effect,” exhibition of work by Yin and Young Soul Artistry. www.mbaafirehouse.org. Through Oct. 20.

Mosal Morszart, exhibition of works

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

Ongoing.

985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis “Freedom of the Press,” exhibition of posters from progressive print shops, 1960s-1990s throughout the United States and Canada addressing issues ranging from women’s rights to the anti-Apartheid movement. www.

PuppyUp Memphis Walk at Overton Park, Sunday, October 14th, at noon

memphis.edu/fogelmangalleries/.

Free. Through Nov. 9.

“Here and Now: Printmaking and the Political Present,” exhibition of prints

by Maritza Dávila, Vanessa GonzálezHernández, Nelson Gutierrez, Lawrence Matthews, Carl Moore, Joel Parsons, Jennifer Sargent, and Yancy Villa-Calvo. Through Nov. 9.

3715 CENTRAL.

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“Finding Center,” exhibition of painted vessels by Alisa Free. www.memphisbotanicgarden. com. Through Oct. 31.

750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Germantown Performing Arts Center

“A Call to the Wild: Speak to Me of Love,” exhibition of works by Leanna Hicks. www.gpacweb. com. Through Oct. 30.

1801 EXETER (751-7500).

Graceland

“Hillbilly Rock,” exhibition featuring items from The Marty Stuart Collection. www. graceland.com. Ongoing.

3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322).

Jack Robinson Photography Gallery

“Things That Happened Along the Way,” exhibition of mixedmedia work by Lester Sivets and Sue Wille. (576-0708), www.robinsoneditions.com.

Through Nov. 15.

44 HULING (576-0708).

Jay Etkin Gallery

David Hall, exhibition of watercolor works on paper. www. jayetkingallery.com. Ongoing.

942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“Radiance,” exhibition of oil paintings with a focus to the heavens by Matthew Hasty. www.lrossgallery.com.

Through Oct. 27.

True Story:

Her book, Breathless: Heart Failure Illustrated, will be available. www.mca.edu. 0.

Oct. 12-Nov. 4.

“For Freedoms Exhibition: A•GEN•CY: A Home in the World,” exhibition exploring what it means to be a free person of color within the current experiment of American democracy and examine freedom from want and freedom from fear. mca. edu. Oct. 12-Nov. 4.

“Going Day by Day,” exhibition of paintings by Carl E. Moore. www.lrossgallery.com.

Through Oct. 27.

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Marshall Arts Gallery

“Love of Art” and “Memphis,” exhibition of work by Nikki Gardner and Debra Edge by appointment only. Ongoing.

639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Memphis Botanic Garden

“Origami in the Garden,” exhibition of 24 museum-quality outdoor sculptures depicting origami-inspired works crafted by artists Kevin Box, Te Jui Fu, Beth Johnson, Michael G. LaFosse, and Robert Lang. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Through March 24, 2019.

“Falling to Pieces,” exhibition showcasing four approaches to the art of collage by Phyllis Boger, Eileen Cashbaugh, Bonnie Orange, and Kathleen Stern. www.memphisbotanicgarden. com. Through Oct. 31.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“A Buck & a Half Apiece,” exhibition of photographs by Ernest Withers. www.brooks. org. Through March 20, 2019.

“Outings Project,” exhibition of paintings from museum walls onto the streets, creating an opportunity to discover, appreciate, and understand artwork in a new way by

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Metal Museum

Lecture by Carol A. Wells at University of Memphis, Thursday, October 11th, at 4:30 p.m.

French artist Julien de Casabianca. www.brooksmuseum. org. Through Jan. 6, 2019.

“Arts of Global Africa,” exhibition of historic and contemporary works in a range of different media presenting an expansive vision of Africa’s artistry. www.brooksmuseum. org. Through June 21, 2021.

Rotunda Projects: Federico Uribe, exhibition of magical creatures and playful installations from everyday objects. www.brooksmuseum.org.

Through Oct. 11, 2019.

“Talking Continents,” exhibition of large-scale sculptures and installations that use language, history, literature and

psychology to draw attention to the barriers that separate and divide humanity by Jaume Plensa. www.brooksmuseum. org. Through Jan. 26, 2019.

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

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

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Memphis College of Art “Breathless,” exhibition powerfully chronicles the artist’s journey with heart complications, heart surgery, and recovery by Jen Holmgren.

“Master Metalsmith: Lisa Gralnick,” exhibition of jewelry and sculpture in addition to previous work from the series, “Scene of the Crime.”

Shown publicly for the first time and featuring oversized jewelry as sculptural installations. www.metalmuseum.org. $6. Through Jan. 13, 2019.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

National Civil Rights Museum

“I AM A CHILD,” exhibition of photographs to shed light on the immigrant family separation at the U.S.-Mexican border.

More than 30 black-and-white images of protesting children. www.civilrightsmuseum.org.

Through Dec. 31.

450 MULBERRY (521-9699).

Overton Park Gallery

“Loosies in New York,” exhibition of works by Jamin Carter. www.overtonparkgallery.com.

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1581 OVERTON PARK (229-2967).

Playhouse on the Square “It’s a Dogs Life,” exhibition of charcoal and mixed-media drawings of dogs in various humanoid forms by Gere’cho Delaney. Through Oct. 20.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Ross Gallery

“Breaking Ground,” exhibition of works by Roger Allan Cleaves and a selection work

by CBU Art Alumni in the gallery foyer. www.cbu.edu.

Through Oct. 24.

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

Slavehaven Underground Railroad Museum

“Images of Africa Before & After the Middle Passage,” exhibition of photography by Jeff and Shaakira Edison. Ongoing.

826 N. SECOND (527-3427).

St. George’s Episcopal Church

“I Can’t Believe It’s Colored Pencil,” exhibition includes portraiture, landscape, floral, wildlife, and abstract pieces by Memphis District Chapter of the Colored Pencil Society of America. Judged by Kate Lagaly.

(754-7282), www.stgeorgesgermantown.org. Oct. 11-29.

2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

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Debra Edge Art. Ongoing.

99 S. SECOND (527-9772).

TOPS Gallery

John McIntire, exhibition of sculptures and drawings. www.topsgallery.com.

Through Nov. 10.

400 S. FRONT.

Village Frame & Art

“20th Century Memphis Photographs,” exhibition of work

by Charlie Ivey and Virginia Schoenster, Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

540 S. MENDENHALL (767-8882).

WKNO Studio

Members of Artists’ Link, exhibition of works by members of all-volunteer, non-profit organization founded in 1989, for and by visual artists in the Memphis area. www.wkno. org. Through Oct. 29.

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

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Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center An Evening With Groucho, www.bpacc.org. $35. Sat., Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m.

3663 APPLING (385-6440).

Meddlesome Brewing Co. Tommy Oler: Live Comedy Album Recording, have your laugh immortalized when Oler puts his dirty mind on wax, in this two-night, live event: “Mostly D**K Jokes.”

(282-5023), Free. Wed.-Thur., Oct. 17-18, 8:30-10 p.m.

REIKI MEMPHIS, 4564 WARDEN (691-1533), REIKIMEMPHIS.ORG.

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Awash in Color Fall Walking Tour

Horticulturalist Tom Wilson will lead a short walk and identify trees, plants, and shrubbery throughout the cemetery. Wear comfortable shoes. Golf carts also available for transportation. Free. Sun., Oct. 14, 2-3 p.m.

MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, 5668 POPLAR (767-8930), WWW.NSMG.COM.

City Tasting Tours

Savor tastings at five eateries, interact with chefs and managers, and sample local flavors while strolling down Main Street and enjoying new art installations and historic landmarks. WednesdaysSaturdays, 1:30 p.m.

WWW.CITYTASTINGTOURS.COM.

Elmwood Driving History Tour

7750 TRINITY (207-1147).

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

Author discusses and signs One of Us: Stories of Prostitution and Addiction. Thurs., Oct. 11, 6 p.m.

NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (9225526), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.

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The violet flame was used by priests and priestesses of the sacred fire and by divine alchemists in the secret chambers of the temples.

Many studied the violet flame in the temples of Atlantis. $20.

Thurs., Oct. 11, 6-8 p.m.

Purchase a paper map, audio CD, or download to phone then visit over 60 stops throughout Elmwood in the comfort of your car. $5-$10.

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Booksigning by Cindy McMillion

A lecture by Carol A. Wells, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles. Wells is an activist, art historian, curator, lecturer, and writer. Free. Thurs., Oct. 11, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

FOGELMAN GALLERIES OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, 3715 CENTRAL (678-3052), WWW.MEMPHIS.EDU.

Humanities on Tap

An evening of libation and conversation about the fascinating humanities scholarship going on at the U of M. Faculty members briefly share their work. Free. Thurs., Oct. 11, 6-7 p.m.

MACIEL’S TACO SHOP, 525 HIGHLAND (504-4584), WWW.MEMPHIS.EDU/MOCH.

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“Violet Flame: The Mystery of Divine Light Revealed”

Designed especially with local creatives in mind. Sat., Oct. 13, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

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

Graceland Excursions Trips: Musical Landmarks of the Mississippi Delta

Take a detour down the backroads and explore the deep roots of blues culture and history, while reliving a musical revolution powered by raw emotion. $119. Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

GUEST HOUSE AT GRACELAND, 3600 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322), WWW.GRACELAND.COM.

Graceland Excursions Trips: Tupelo, Mississippi — Birthplace of Elvis Presley

Experience the rural setting of Elvis’ upbringing and see where it all began in the tworoom house where he was born, the church he attended in his youth and artifacts from his modest beginnings. $99.

Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

GUEST HOUSE AT GRACELAND, 3600 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322), WWW.GRACELAND.COM.

Haunted Pub Crawl

Informative and humorous walking tour of Downtown Memphis restaurants, bars, and taverns. 21+ Bring ID. Alcohol is not provided or required. $20. Fridays, 7:30-10 p.m. Through Nov. 30.

THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), WWW.HISTORICALHAUNTSMEMPHIS.COM.

Old Forest Hike

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

OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (276-1387).

Yellow Fever Rock & Roll Ghost Tour

See what used to be, Memphis-style, with Mike McCarthy. Call to schedule a personal tour. Ongoing.

(486-6325), WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ YELLOWROCKGHOST/.

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46th Annual Pink Palace Crafts Fair

Featuring artisan crafts, music, food, educational exhibits, kids’ crafts, rides, and interactive family activities. Fri., Oct. 12, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat., Oct. 13, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sun., Oct. 14, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

AUDUBON PARK, OFF PARK AVENUE, WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS. ORG/.

Agricenter Harvest Festival

Featuring pumpkin-painting, kid’s activities, arts and crafts, hayrides, and educational stations. Free. Sat., Oct. 13, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, SHOWPLACE ARENA, 105 S. GERMANTOWN, WWW.AGRICENTER.ORG.

Cherry Street Fair

Enjoy the sites and sounds of the Arkansas Delta at this family friendly event featuring Southern Avenue band, classic car and motorcycle show, food, shopping, and crazy kids’ contests. Free. Second Saturday of every month, 5-8 p.m.

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

Deep Blues Festival

Weekend pass venues throughout Clarksdale and official “busking stages” scattered around town at places like Shacksdale, Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, and the Rock & Blues Museum, and more. Thur.-Sun., Oct. 11-14.

CLARKSDALE, MS, VARIOUS LOCATIONS, WWW.DEEPBLUESFEST.COM.

Flocktoberfest

Provides guests access to dozens of free seminars and demonstrations, special exhibits, celebrity appearances, and a variety of activities.

Visit website for schedule of events. Through Oct. 14.

BASS PRO PYRAMID, 1 BASS PRO (291-8200), WWW.BASSPRO.COM.

Memphis Israel Festival

$5. Sun., Oct. 14, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, SHOWPLACE ARENA, 105 S. GERMANTOWN, WWW.MEMPHISFOI.ORG.

Mid-South Renaissance Faire

Travel back in time to the Elizabethan Era and enjoy music, games, archery, live full contact jousting, and more. $12.

Saturdays, Sundays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Through Oct. 21.

USA BASEBALL STADIUM, 4351 BABE HOWARD BLVD. IN MILLINGTON (508-3360), WWW.MIDSOUTHRENFAIRE.COM.

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“Uplift the Vote. Everybody Should Have A Voting Story. This Is Theirs. What Will Be Yours?”

Featuring racing, car show, small tire shootout, and more. $5-$15. Sat., Oct. 13, 6 p.m.

MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, 5500 VICTORY LANE, WWW.RACEMIR.COM.

Attitude MMA XIV

$38-$68. Sat., Oct. 13, 6 p.m.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, SHOWPLACE ARENA, 105 S. GERMANTOWN (497-3553), WWW.ATTITUDEMMA.COM.

Eye Opener 5K PJ Run

Roll out of bed and come in your jammies for coffee mug awards. Participants wearing the best PJs take home a gift card. $15-$25. Sat., Oct. 13, 9-10:30 a.m.

HOUSTON LEVEE PARK, 9777 WOLF RIVER (486-2984), EO5KPJRUN.RACESONLINE.COM.

Through Nov. 12.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, NED R. MCWHERTER LIBRARY (678-3974), WWW.MEMPHIS.EDU.

30 Thursdays at the Garden

On Thursday nights throughout Daylight Saving Time, extended hours until sunset open to members at no cost and to guests paying daily fee for free and sometimes with an added cost.

Thursdays. Through Oct. 31.

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

The Arc Mid-South’s Annual Awards & Benefit Gala

Featuring hors-d’oeuvres, cash bar, and auctions benefiting Arc Mid-South. Shannon Brown, Ron Childers, Judge Kathleen Gomes, and city CURRENT CEO Jeremy Park will be honored. $75.

Sat., Oct. 13, 6-8:30 p.m.

MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (327-2473), WWW.THEARCMIDSOUTH.ORG.

Freedom Award

Honoring individuals who have made a global and national impact for their work in the struggle for civil and human rights. Red Carpet and PreShow Gala at the Halloran, awards program at The Orpheum. Wed., Oct. 17, 5 p.m.

Koozies for Boobies Breast Cancer Fund-raiser

A percentage of pink sales will benefit The Cure.

October 12-13: Party Nights, a percentage of all sales will benefit The Cure from 7 p.m. to close.

Through Oct. 31, 11-1 a.m.

WET WILLIE’S, 209 BEALE (578-5650), WWW.WETWILLIES.COM.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27

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

PuppyUp Memphis Walk

Two-mile walk to promote awareness of canine cancer and raise funds for cancer research to benefit both pets and people. $20. Sun., Oct. 14, noon-3:30 p.m.

TICKETS START AT $30 HOTEL PACKAGE: $199

OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (619-2286), WWW.PUPPYUPWALK.ORG.

Walk for Mental Health Awareness

Includes a deluxe room and two reserved show tickets.

Call 1-662-363-LUCK (5825) and mention code: CPSB2

Fee food and fun bringing awareness to mental health in Memphis. Visit website for more information. Sat., Oct. 13, 1 p.m.

OVERTON PARK, EAST PARKWAY PAVILION, WWW.NAMI-MEMPHIS.ORG.

For those who struggle to cope with addiction, either personally or through the addiction of a loved one, friend, or colleague. Twice a month on Friday evenings in Schaeffer Memorial Chapel. 18+ Every other Friday, 6:30 p.m. Through Jan, 11.

MEMPHIS PARK (FOURTH BLUFF), FRONT AND MADISON, WWW.THEFOURTHBLUFF.COM.

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REI is taking over the Hyde Lake Boat House. Take a spin around the lake on a complimentary canoe, kayak or paddleboard, and get to know their team.

Sat.-Sun., Oct. 13-14.

Faith Circle: Metanoia House

Themed outdoor dance parties featuring illuminated dance floor, food vendors on site, and beer and wine available with a valid ID. Free.

Fridays, 6-9 p.m.

THE HALLORAN CENTRE, 225 S. MAIN (529-4299), WWW.CIVILRIGHTSMUSEUM.ORG.

Play Days: Boathouse Takeover

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SAWYER BROWN

Purchase tickets at Fitz or call Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

KINGSWAY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 7887 POPLAR (683-3505), WWW.EPIPHANYLU.ORG.

Meet and Greet Adoptable Pets

Come meet your new family member. Potentials provided by Real Good Dog Rescue. Second Saturday of every month, noon.

HOLLYWOOD FEED GERMANTOWN, 2031 GERMANTOWN, WWW.REALGOODDOGRESCUE.COM.

A Novel Book Club

A wide variety of genres, interests, and reading styles, with book club members involved in choosing future selections. Third Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m.

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NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.

Olive Branch Genealogy Club

Doughboy re-enactor Tim Poole will head-up a World War I Centennial presentation. Third Wednesday of every month, 12-2 p.m. Through Nov. 21.

B.J. CHAIN LIBRARY, 6619 HWY 305 (662-895-4365).

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Baby Group

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Space for moms/parents to get out of the house and socialize with their new babies, newborn-six months. Mix of peer support, mom/parent-baby bonding, baby socializing, and more. $18. Tues., Oct. 16, 1-2:30 p.m.

AWAKEN SPACE + SHOP, 942 S. COOPER (336-4168), WWW.AWAKENSPACEMEMPHIS.COM.

Sprouts

For ages ages 12 – 24 months. Interactive program for toddlers and caregivers to explore the Dixon with all of their senses building social and motor skills while encouraging creative play and having fun. Reservations required. Free for members, $8 nonmembers. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.

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

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

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Visit website for schedule of events celebrating the Latino LGBTQ+ community during Hispanic Heritage Month.

Through Oct. 12.

WWW.OUTMEMPHIS.ORG.

“Lisa Marie: Growing Up Presley”

Exhibit includes personal items from childhood and musical career. Ongoing.

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

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THEATRE MEMPHIS presents “DRACULA” from Bram Stoker’s novel, Adapted by WILLIAM McNULTY • Directed by JASON SPITZER • Sponsored by DEBBIE BRANAN Media Sponsors WKNO 91.1FM, GERMANTOWN NEWS and THE MEMPHIS FLYER

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Individuals and teams support the Exchange Club Family Center’s mission to end family violence. Sun., Oct. 14, 9 a.m.5:30 p.m.

“Remembering the Dream”

Exhibit of a chronological story of the civil rights movement covered by the Ernest Withers “I Am A Man” portfolio. $12.75. Through Jan. 31, 2019.

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Five impressive homes in Piperton Preserve, near Poplar and 385, that showcase the best in home building, design, and technology. $13. Sundays, 1-6 p.m., and Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Through Oct. 28.

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Monday – Friday, 3p – 11p

• $5,000 Sign-on Free FoodBonus & Give-Aways

 Clinical and Non-Clinical Registered Nurses Job Opportunities

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 Tour HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital • Dayshift 7pof – 7a, Weekend, 7p – 7a $20. Fridays, 6-10 p.m.

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Sat., Oct. 13, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

FOUND STUDIO, 2491 BROAD (652ty Employer 0848), MINTCREAMARKET.COM.

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Visit website for more information. Through Oct. 31.

PRIDDY FARMS, 4595 N. GERMANTOWN (359-0800), WWW.PRIDDYFARMS.NET.

Rocky Horror Drag Show

Come in costume to win special prizes. Optional $20 donation benefiting Friends for Life for a chance to win raffle baskets.

Thurs., Oct. 11, 8-11 p.m.

Through Oct. 27.

AGRICENTER SHOWPLACE ARENA, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (757-7777), WWW.MIDSOUTHMAZE.COM.

Sunday Supper Series

Includes new cocktails, new bar menu, and a family-style, dinner. Raw bar and a list of cocktails, beer, and wine priced $10 or under will also be available. Call or visit website for reservations. $40.

Sundays, 3-9 p.m.

GRAY CANARY, 301 FRONT, WWW.THEGRAYCANARY.COM.

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ArtSavvy : Take Me to the River: New Orleans

THE ZEBRA LOUNGE, 2114 TRIMBLE, WWW.FFLMEMPHIS.ORG.

Screening of the pilot episode of an upcoming series celebrating the cultural richness and diversity of the music of New Orleans.

Q&A with area guest musicians and industry professionals. Tues., Oct. 16, 7-8:30 p.m.

Second Baptist Church Pumpkins

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

Proceeds benefit church student ministries and missions.

Through Oct. 31.

$14-$35. Fridays-Sundays, 7 p.m. Through Oct. 28.

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Priddy Farms Pumpkin Patch

TENNESSEE WELCOME CENTER, 119 RIVERSIDE (543-5300), WWW.WELCOMETOMEMPHIS.ORG.

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

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JONES ORCHARD, 6880 SINGLETON (872-0703), JONESORCHARD.COM.

SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH, 4860 WALNUT GROVE (682-3308).

AUTOZONE STORE SUPPORT CENTER, 123 S. FRONT, BIT.LY/ KINDREDPLACEOTE.

Better Outcomes for Your Career

Visit website for more information. Thursdays-Sundays.

Through Oct. 28.

Learn history, facts, and locations you never knew about in Memphis. $20-$25. Tues., Oct. 16, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Over the Edge for a Kindred Community UNRIVALED PERFORMANCE. UNENDING APPLAUSE.

Jones Orchard Corn Maze

Wicked Ways Haunted House

CUMBERLAND WAREHOUSE, 160 CUMBERLAND, WWW.WICKEDWAYSHAUNTEDHOUSE.COM.

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4th Annual Science of Wine

Guests are invited to taste wines from around the globe, talk to wine experts, attend minilectures, and engage in winethemed activities. 21+ $35-$85.

Fri., Oct. 12, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

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

5th Annual Taste of Cooper-Young

The event begins with a walking tour and food sampling of Cooper-Young neighborhood’s finest restaurants. Afterward enjoy a silent auction and concert. $50 per person.

Thurs., Oct. 11, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 1000 S. COOPER (233-0552), WWW.TASTEOFCOOPERYOUNG.ORG.

Flight Tour: A Taste of Memphis

Up to 16 people per bike enjoy a flight of local spirits and brew during this twohour pub-crawl with Sprock n’ Roll’s bike bar to Old Dominick Distillery and Ghost River Brewing Tap Room. BYOB, but no glass tour. $315 - $400. Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 12-8 p.m., and Sundays, 12-5 p.m. Through Dec. 31.

DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS, VARIOUS LOCATIONS (500-7101), WWW. SPROCKNROLLMEMPHIS.COM.

Memphis Brew Bus Tour Tour three local craft breweries, talk with the brewers, and drink a beer at each stop. IDs required at all stops. $49. Saturdays, 2-5:30 p.m. Through Dec. 8.

THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), WWW.MEMPHISBREWBUS.COM/.

Double Feature: Casper and The Shining

Two spook-tacular scary movies. Benefits Shelby Farms Park Conservancy. Intermission before The Shining begins to allow little ghosts and goblins to exit. $10 per car.

Sat., Oct. 13, 6:15 p.m.

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

Ghostbusters

Saturdays, Sundays, 4 p.m. Through Oct. 28.

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

I Read That Movie at the Library: The Constant Gardener

Monthly page-to-screen book club. Suspenseful adaptation of John Le Carre’s 2001 thriller.

Discussion follows screening.

Free. Sat., Oct. 13, 2 p.m.

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2700).

Johnny Cash at Folsom

Documentary hosted by Indie Memphis. Wed., Oct. 17, 7 p.m.

CROSSTOWN ARTS GALLERY, 422 N. CLEVELAND, WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Sun., Oct. 14, 2 p.m., and Wed., Oct. 17, 7 p.m.

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

Soul Cinema

Classic film documenting life in Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles and the 1972 concert at the L.A. Coliseum featuring an incredible roster of Stax Records artists. Sat., Oct. 13, 7-9 p.m.

CROSSTOWN ARTS GALLERY, 422 N. CLEVELAND, WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

A Wider Angle: In Between (Bar Bahar)

Three Palestinian-Israeli women are forced to deal with the conflicts between liberation and the restrictions imposed by religious, cultural, and family traditions. In Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles. Free.

Tues., Oct. 16, 7 p.m.

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2700).

BOOKS By Alex Greene

Shining Star The life and art of Chris Bell.

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as a worthy remembrance of these musical luminaries, too.

Once the reader begins to connect the dots, what can we learn of Bell’s life?

He was clearly a scion of his restaurateur father’s hard-won wealth, with a family beach house in the Caribbean and a sports car, but in some ways this made his life more troubled than his peers’.

Inner conflict shaped most of his brief life: a rebellious soul who still sought acceptance; a bit of an airhead (e.g., repeatedly losing vintage gear to thieves when left in his car) who was nonetheless a meticulous musician, engineer, and photographer; a driven visionary who’s very art conveyed (at times inaccurately) his own fragility.

As for the persistent speculation about Bell being gay, the book addresses the topic more straightforwardly than previous histories of the band, but fails to arrive at anything definitive. If Chilton and others claim that “I never knew anything about his gayness,” others might say, “We all knew it but didn’t go on about it.” Rosebrough details Bell’s emotional heart-to-heart on the subject, but the only romantic interests from his life mentioned are women. Yet the very ambiguity of the topic speaks to the repressed nature of Southern culture at the time.

One definitive point is that Big Star was very much Bell’s project. Chilton himself notes that “I just sort of did what the original concept of their band was … I just tried to get with Chris’ stylistic approach as well as I could.”

It’s ironic, as the association of Chilton with Big Star is so fixed in our minds that even this volume devotes whole chapters to his post-Big Star career.

And, despite speculation that Bell’s car wreck was a suicide, Tupica’s research reveals how unlikely this is. Though he still lived with the disappointment of Big Star’s initial failure, Bell seems to have worked through his worst demons by 1978 and was looking forward to new musical projects. Reading of John Fry bolting out of bed at 1:30 a.m., when the accident happened, or Jody Stephens driving by the crash scene, not knowing it was his friend, lends an eeriness to Bell’s death, evoking the thin thread from which life and art hang suspended.

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y now, the ever-growing fan frenzy for all things Big Star is a familiar riff in Memphis. Indeed, given that the band’s initial popularity was either overseas or among critics and collectors, the fact that they are actually popular in Memphis may be the final signpost in their march to immortality.

But the man who actually founded the band, having died in a car wreck in 1978, never had the time to retell his version of events. In the history of Big Star, the life of Chris Bell has long been a cipher of sorts.

We heard tantalizing snippets of his story in the documentary, Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, but nothing as detailed as the reams of copy written on the diverse Alex Chilton catalogue. That’s changing, first with last year’s release of five LPs of preand post-Big Star material by Bell, and now with the publication of There Was a Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star

by Rich Tupica.

A biography of an artist 40 years gone is a tall order. Tupica works around this by creating a Rashomon-like tapestry of quotes from those who knew him best. For those who are not already fans of Bell’s music, this can make for a challenging read, but it is a timehonored approach to the rock biography (cf. Please Kill Me

by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain). As sheer storytelling, it only works if you have a stack of records beside you to whet your appetite. But you owe it to yourself anyway.

Tupica, a Michigan-based entertainment writer who’s contributed to Record Collector, Uncut, and American Songwriter, has done his homework — and his legwork. Though he writes very little as an author, except a few explanatory notes to create the context, his five years of labor on this volume yielded interviews and archival quotes from dozens of people, requiring four pages to list them all at the end. The final product is an encyclopedic compendium of sorts, illuminating Bell’s life from a thousand angles. One byproduct of this is the light shed on the interviewees themselves, many of whom, like John Fry, John Hampton, and Richard Rosebrough, are now gone as well. As such, the book serves

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Shining Light The Lamplighter: You either love it or hate it.

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quit. If one takes proud ownership of their vices, then, yeah, they’re going to love it.

In addition to its lovingly dingy interior, full of furniture that looks like it was commandeered from a 1970s insurance office that closed up shop, the Lamplighter proceeds to check a lot of dive bar boxes. There’s PBR on tap, of course, but also PBR in bottles (you know, if you’re a snob about cheap beer). There’s smoking allowed inside. Kitschy, smoke-stained posters adorn the walls, and the sign directing you to the restrooms reads, “The Boardroom.”

Check, check, and check. The most notable change Thomas pours under Chuck is the a PBR; (inset) removal of the pool Connect Four table, freeing up

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he Lamplighter Lounge is lit only by lamps. No overhead lighting casts its unflattering light on this hole in the wall or its patrons, located at 1702 Madison. The Lamplighter Lounge recently changed hands, coming under ownership of Chuck Vicious, a longtime bartender. While Chuck has made a few changes, the Lamplighter remains as dependable as its lamps: a shining light that attracts barflies.

“We’re the type of bar that you either love it or hate it,” says Thomas, the engaging and charming man behind the bar when my friend and I visited.

I get what he’s saying, but he sells the Lamplighter short. The people who hate it would hate any old Midtown dive. No one is at the Lamplighter for a carefully curated wine list; they’re there to rage at a rock show, drain several pints of PBR, and blast cigarettes even though they’re trying to

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SHINING LIGHT more space for bands to play. Not a bad idea, especially considering that as I recall, that pool table had a lot of stories to tell, and most of them didn’t involve actual billiards. A pool cue is still affixed to the wall. “As a memorial,” Thomas says. The most welcome change, however, has been the removal of the carpet from the floors.

“As a blessing from Midtown Jesus,” I say.

The Lamplighter, like any good dive, allows you to bring in your own liquor and pay for a set-up fee. When it comes to alcohol, they only serve beer. There are plenty of local and domestic beers available. Amazingly, they now offer La Croix, so all of Memphis’ weird seltzer nerds can pound flavored waters in a bar, as absolutely no one ever intended. They also offer a variety of hot teas and pourover coffee, which is intriguing in a place like that. It brings together in seamless combination two of Memphis’ favorite things: coffeehouses and dens of iniquity.

Thomas, wearing a Jeff Gordon shirt and recommending Long Road ciders to several patrons, is an untapped talent in the bartending world. He works both Sunday and Thursday nights; on Thursdays he also hosts karaoke. I’ve never witnessed Lamplighter karaoke, but I’ve been to enough dive bar karaoke nights to have a firm grasp of what kind of performances patrons will witness. When

asked about other 2018 amenities they have to offer, Thomas says, “Well, we’ve got wifi and an auxiliary cord!” Rejoice, everyone! While you can still spin some vinyl behind the bar, you can now also plug in your iPhone and force others there to listen to your own lackluster musical selections! Someone down the bar from us adds that the Lamplighter boasts a new PA as well. It’s welcome news for anyone who’s been to a show there, as sometimes bands stumble on the line between loud, creative genius and sounding like they’re taking the stage inside a construction dumpster.

Again, you’re not at the Lamplighter expecting the acoustics of the Orpheum. You’re there to listen to loud music and accidentally spill beer in your friend’s purse.

We’re joined later by a wedding party, welcoming its first out-of-town guests for a weeklong Memphis affair. Their guests, from halfway around the world, receive their first introduction to Memphis in the form of the Lamplighter Lounge, a round of cheap beers, and a selection of board games (they’re playing Connect Four).

The bride, faithful to the Lamplighter, wouldn’t have it any other way. Lord knows those lamps have been shining on a lot of folks, welcoming them to Memphis, for a long time.

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rinkers, rejoice! As I write this column, the temperature is still hovering in the upper 80s. But by the time this week’s Flyer hits the streets, fall will have arrived via a cold front that promises 40 degree lows at the end of the week.

Nothing like a cold snap to make me long for the crispness of autumn drinks.

Wine-wise, I’ve already begun gravitating away from my typical array of pinot grigios and vinho verdes. Over the last few weeks, my tastes have migrated a bit northward on the European continent — to Austria and the Czech Republic, the home of Grüner Veltliner.

A dry, zesty white wine, the Grüner Veltliner varietal, which is most closely linked to Savagnin, dates back to Roman times and flourished post-WWII, gaining traction in the 21st century after topping several “best of ” lists. Today, it’s also grown in the New World, popping up in vineyards in the Pacific Northwest, in Canada, and in Australia and New Zealand.

I love the crisp, oaky-meets-peppery taste of Grüner Veltliner. It’s the perfect white wine for real fall nights, when the sandals and short-sleeved shirts are finally put away until next year. Dare I say that it yearns for boots, tights, and jackets? Yes, I do.

Best of all, my favorite bottles leave plenty of room in your budget for fashion. Both the Hugl Grüner Veltliner and Skeleton Grüner Veltliner come in at under $11 per bottle, and each provide the tart, acidic equivalent of biting into a Granny Smith apple. Both are easily found locally — I search for the Hugl by its red-and-white striped screw cap. The bottle of Skeleton makes a perfect gift this month, too, should you have any dinner parties or Halloween fright fests on the horizon.

Speaking of apples, I decided last weekend that in honor of the new calendar month, I was going to try an Apple Smash, weather be damned. I saw Steven Stern’s recipe in The New York Times, picked up an apple in

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First, I made simple syrup, then let it cool. Then I sliced a Honeycrisp apple, and, following the recipe, muddled one slice in a cocktail shaker. Apple slice sufficiently smashed, I added two ounces of white rum, a quarter-ounce of fresh lemon juice, a half-ounce of the simple syrup, and a dash of bitters. I shook it with ice, per a recommendation in the comments, and strained the concoction into a highball glass filled with ice. I bypassed the garnish, an apple slice dusted with cinnamon, since there was no one but the dog to impress. I’ll definitely be making this again as the season progresses.

On Food & Wine magazine’s website, I found several more worthy apple cocktail recipes. I love the concept behind the Pomme Pomme Squad, a Calvados-based cocktail that also includes Cognac, absinthe, brown sugar syrup, and allspice liqueur, but honestly, my liquor cabinet isn’t sophisticated enough to make it.

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I also love the hard cider sangria, made with apple brandy, hard cider, apple juice, lemon juice, an orange, and thinly sliced red, green, and yellow apples.

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A Star Is Born Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper dazzle in a rare remake that feels necessary.

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hen David Bowie met Cameron Crowe, then an 18-year-old writer who had been assigned to interview the superstar for Rolling Stone, he had this advice: “Don’t expect to find the real me, the David Jones underneath all this.”

From the outside, Bowie had it all in 1975: He was the toast of Los Angeles, the biggest music star of the decade, who had just finished filming his first starring movie role in The Man Who Fell to Earth, and he was about to embark on a world tour. But really, he was a man on the verge of physical and psychic collapse, living on cocaine, whole milk, and red peppers (to stave off scurvy), unable to trust anyone or enjoy anything. He was hollowed out by fame.

When we meet Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) in A Star Is Born, he isn’t that far gone yet, but he has broken the “handful of pills and gin before stage time” barrier. His dad rock stylings are still filling ampitheatres and earning him choice festival slots. But he can’t get no satisfaction, and the nagging feeling that he should be having fun makes him want to smash up a few pills with his cowboy boot and snort the powder.

Adrift after a successful show, he wanders into a drag

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Ally (Lady Gaga) is a waitress, just off her shift, who performs with the voice and stage presence of … well, Lady Gaga.

It’s pretty much love at first sight for Jackson, but Ally is wary. She’s a working-class Long Island girl who knows a spiraling drunk when she sees one.

Their long first night, which takes up at least 20 percent of A Star Is Born’s running time, is the best part of the picture. Cooper is one of the few capital-M Movie Stars we have left here in the ruins of the 21st century, and Gaga’s secret weapon is the decade she spent in acting classes at the Lee Strasberg institute. Their chemistry is deep, and Cooper, who also directed, luxuriates on the details of their budding bad romance. After she punches a cop (it’s a hell of a first date), they write a song together in a grocery store parking lot. Then, he’s back on the road, and she’s back home with her crusty limo driver dad (Andrew Dice Clay) and her job waiting tables.

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The character trajectories for Ally and Jackson form a perfect X: She starts low and ends up high, while he does exactly the opposite. Cooper is at his best, subdued, subtle, without any of the mugging he sneaks into David O. Russell films. Gaga is both unmannered and layered.

Like Robert Mitchum in Out of the Past, she knows on some level that this is all going to end badly, but she can’t help herself. It certainly helps the progression of the story

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We already know how this meta ends: Lady Gaga becomes a superstar. What the woman who achieved immortality by bungee jumping into the Super Bowl understands is that her fans (represented here by the drag performers she started out with) want to see the “real person” beneath the meat dress. And so she puts on an uncanny front of vulnerability in her first starring role. I suspect Stefani Germanotta and David Jones would have had some very interesting conversations.

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This is high melodrama of a kind rarely seen these days, or executed this well at any time. Cooper’s direction shows an unexpectedly deft hand, even if he does linger a little too long on his own character’s final downfall. He and cinematographer Matthew Libatique have been watching a lot of Kubrick, with strict, symmetrical compositions popping up at key moments in the story.

Ally is introduced in the center of a series of vanishing point shots, so she appears to have lines of pent up energy radiating from her. Later, when she and Jackson perform their first duet, they’re framed with angelic lens flare halos.

A Star Is Born is always the meta-story of fame as conceived in the time it is made.

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Halloween is only a couple of weeks away. Hard to believe, right? With temperatures still hovering in the 80s, coffee shops might as well serve their pumpkin spice lattés in hollowed-out coconuts. Festively arranged seasonal gourds look out of place when the outdoor pool at the YMCA is still open.

For some, the past 22 months or so have felt like an endless haunted house of confusion and outrage. Behind every door awaits a new “Oh, what now?”

Some are merely head-scratchers, like the unexplained and unnecessary deregulations gifted to niche interest groups. Others, true oh-my-God-howis-this-happening nightmare fuel, like the enduring detention of immigrant children, deteriorating relationships with allies — Canada? Really? — and the shameful display of victim-shaming and mockery that recently took place a few miles south of us at a Southaven campaign rally.

As for the aforementioned unseasonal heat, according to UN scientists we have until 2030 to stem the rapidly escalating damage wrought by climate change. How about that Paris Agreement?

Yeah, spooky times have indeed arrived. I can’t blame you if you haven’t started thinking about your Halloween costume yet. So here are a few ideas to help you stand out among all the Sexy Handmaids and save you from the line to buy the Halloween store’s last raggedy wig on October 30th.

This first one is easy and timely — then again, who knows what will happen between now and the end of the month to bury those contentious Senate hearings in our collective consciousness? You might not be the only Beer-Lovin’ Brett at your Halloween shindig, but you’ll be comfortable and you’re guaranteed to have a good time even if you don’t remember it. Snag a black robe (pants optional for the Justice of the Party, woo!) and behave like the overprivileged jerk in an ’80s college movie. A beer helmet is not required, but drinking beer and talking about how much you like beer are. Sneer and rant about left-wing conspiracies and cry about your high school bros in the same sentence. You’ll get a lifetime appointment to a roaring good time.

Next, this unconventional couple costume might look like a dinosaur and a unicorn, but tuned-in Tennesseans know who you really are: former governor/ Senate hopeful Phil Bredesen and a Moderate Republican! The Moderate Republican doesn’t have to be a unicorn, of course. It can be any made-up or extinct creature or a visual manifestation of wishful thinking. Let that imagination run wild! And let your dino — “Democrat In Name Only” — date chase you around all night. Bonus points if he arrives with another group of friends and ditches them to buy a round for the guy in the Brett Kavanaugh costume. What are they going to do? Hang out with Marsha — the woman whose positions are so toxic, even human vanilla scoop Taylor Swift had no choice but to speak out? He’s their ride home so they have no choice. What an exciting time for our state.

If you’re as exhausted by politics as I am, you’ll enjoy these next two. This is Memphis, after all, where “Everything sucks, let’s basketball” is a cherished coping mechanism. After a disappointing year in Hoop City, we needed a little hope. FedExForum was packed to the rafters for Memphis Madness, with thousands of fans eager to catch a glimpse of two people. Not Penny Hardaway and coveted recruit James Wiseman, silly. According to a few sports-talk dudes, the true men of the hour were Justin Timberlake and Drake, two Real Memphians who totally rep the city all the time and not just when it’s convenient. If you plan on staying in this Halloween, have a friend start a rumor that you’re attending a party as Drake or JT. Don’t actually commit yourself.

If anybody asks, say nothing. Don’t show up. See how ridiculous that sounds, Tiger fans?

Finally, sticking with the theme of ridiculous Tiger fans, one of my favorite sports phenomena. Inspired by the timeless catchphrase of chatty fans, I call this last costume “I’ll Hang Up and Listen.” If you have any University of Memphis or Memphis State gear, all you need is a cell phone and an arsenal of terrible sports opinions. Yell things like “I been follerin’ the Tigers since Moe Iba and I never seen defense this bad! Go Tigers” and “Penny needs to play [insert walk-on here] more; that kid’s got a cannon! Go Tigers” into the phone. The less coherent, the better.

If you can’t think of anything clever, call for someone’s job and name-drop a coach or obscure player from 40 years ago. Sure, this isn’t unique to Memphis, but I like to keep it local.

I hope these ideas help you create a memorable Halloween look. If not, you can always bring back Sexy Mitch McConnell.

Happy Halloween!

Jen Clarke is an unabashed Memphian and a digital marketing specialist.

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MINGLEWOOD HALL

JUST ANNOUNCED: Puddles Pity Party [3/16] V3Fights [11/17]

10/12: Houndmouth w/ Family of the Year 10/24: Lecrae & Andy Mineo 10/27: Andy Grammer 11/1: Gary Clark Jr w/ Peterson Brothers SOLD OUT 11/2: GlowRage Paint Party 11/3: Underoath w/ Dance Gavin Dance & Crown the Empire 11/7: Wizard Fest Harry Potter Dance Party 11/8: Cody Johnson & Josh Ward 11/9: Courage Thru Cancer Benefit 11/28: Methodist Hospice presents Margo Price 11/30: Sister Hazel 12/1: Ashley McBryde 12/22: North Mississippi Allstars 12/29: Tora Tora w/ Dirty Streets

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10/11: Billy Strings 10/20: The Oh Hellos w/ Samantha Crain 12/15: JD McPhearson 12/22: Starlito & Friends

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BURGERFEST MEMPHIS Sat, Oct. 27, 2018 at 12p-6p Tiger Lane at Liberty Bowl. For more info & tickets visit: burgerfestmemphis.com or our Facebook event page.

Coco & Lola’s

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10/10: $3 Pint Night!

10/11: Memphis Trivia League!

10/12: Avon Dale (No Cover) 10/21: Streetdog Bark and Brunch 10/27-10/28: 4th Annual Halloween Bash w/ Three Star Revival 11/16-11/17: The Stolen Faces

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BOOK REPAIR

Have an old book or bible that needs repair?

Call Art, 2nd Editions Bookstore at 901.483.0478.

Thurs & Fri 4-10 p.m., Sat 1-10 p.m., Sun 1-8 p.m.

768 S. Cooper • 901.207.5343

Brewery tours at 4 Saturdays and Sundays

GONER RECORDS

Antiques & Collectibles

New/ Used LPs, 45s & CDs.

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901-691-2687 Fri Oct. 12: Big Sam’s Funky Nation w/Alvin Youngblood Hart, 7p Sat Oct. 13: The Devon Allman Project w/Duane Betts, 8p Sun Oct. 14: Brunch w/Marcella & her Lovers, 12p Fri Oct 19: Ghost Town Blues Band, 8p Sat Oct 20: Madjack Records 20th Anniversary Party, 2p - close Sun Oct 21: Brunch w/Vanessa Collier, 12p Thur Oct 25: Kinks Tribute, 7p railgarten.com • 2166 Central Ave • 231-5043

WE BUY RECORDS 45’S, 78’S, LP’S

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Don’t “give them away” at a yard sale We Pay More Than Anyone Large Quantities No Problem Also Buying Old Windup Phonographs Call Paul 901-435-6668