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OUR 1609TH AND 1610TH ISSUES 12.26.19 And that’s a wrap — another year for Memphis, for Tennessee, for the good ol’ USA — and for the Memphis Flyer, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in February. It has long been a tradition that the Contemporary Media staff takes a week off between Christmas and New Year. In order to do so, we produce an annual “double issue,” in which our writers take a look back at the year just past in their columns and make some fearless prognostications for the coming year in the cover story. We’re calling this one “2020 Vision.” Har. I’m very proud of the work we’ve done this year. Our serious news coverage included groundbreaking cover stories on the city’s unfortunately booming eviction “business,” the struggle to keep abortion safe and legal, the growing immigration crisis, the apartment-building explosion, warehouse workers’ labor struggles, LGBTQ issues — and Memphis’ best coverage of local politics. We published some stellar environmental reporting in 2019, including stories on a controversial proposed “poop-line” north of the city, the continuing threats to the Memphis Sand Aquifer that supplies our drinking water, the nascent Climate Reality Project, criminal (in)justice and poverty, and the problems faced by the city due to a declining demand for recyclables. We covered the city’s media landscape with stories about the corporate ownership of Memphis television stations and the fragmentation of our other news sources, including the 30 issues facing The Commercial Appeal and The 12.26.19 - 01.08.20 / 1609TH - 1610TH ISSUE / FREE Daily Memphian. But it wasn’t all serious. We had some fun last year. For example, we covered one of our readers’ MUSIC, FILM, FOOD, POLITICS, BUSINESS, & NEWS favorite subjects — food — like your mama’s best tablecloth. In addition to our weekly food columns, we did cover stories on Memphis vs. Nashville barbecue (duh), the city’s best pizza, and the 10 best hamburgers in town. And when it comes to adult beverages, well, if you read our Bar Report and Brews columns, plus our annual “Beer Bracket” contest for local craft brewers, you know where to go to get your drink on. We also introduced a CannaBeat column this year, which, er, highlights developments in the growing hemp and cannabis trade. So yeah, food, booze, and pot. We got you covered. In sports, the Flyer kept readers abreast of the Grizzlies, the Tigers, the Redbirds, and the new 901 FC soccer team. We even covered the short-lived AAF pro football enterprise, the Memphis Express. (Farewell, Mike Singletary. Alas, we hardly knew ye.) I’m really proud of our commitment to the arts — the best in town, in my humble opinion — with weekly coverage of film (the only local movie reviews in town), music, theater, books, and local galleries. And if you want progressive opinion pieces, well, we’ve got you covered there, as well, with our Letter from the Editor, reader-sourced Viewpoints, and Last Word columns. Sometimes, we just wander off into weird places and do cover stories on, say, Mexican Wrestling, “working” pets, or a “vacation escape” to Summer Avenue. It’s just what we do. The end of 2019 also marks the end of a decade. It’s been a tumultuous one for media, and for newspapers, in particular. If you’d told me in 2009 that the Flyer would have a larger print circulation than the daily Commercial Appeal in 10 years, I wouldn’t have believed you. But it’s true, mainly because the CA print run has declined precipitously while the Flyer has pretty much held steady. I don’t mention this to gloat; we need the CA and The Daily Memphian and the Memphis Business Journal. The more reporters — and reporting — we have in Memphis, the better off we are as a city. Like those publications, the Flyer is increasingly utilizing online coverage. In fact, if you’re not going to memphisflyer.com N E WS & O P I N I O N every day, you’re missing some of our best THE FLY-BY - 4 work. Also, like those other publications, NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 POLITICS - 8 we rely on our readers and advertisers to COVER STORY keep us going. We’re particularly grate“2020 VISION” ful to the hundreds of “Frequent Flyers,” BY FLYER STAFF - 10 who’ve made a supportive pledge to help NEW YEAR’S EVE GUIDE - 14 us continue our work. I hope you’ll conWE RECOMMEND - 16 sider joining them in the coming year, if MUSIC - 18 AFTER DARK - 20 you haven’t already. CALENDAR - 22 But now, it’s onward into a new year, FOOD - 32 one that should be interesting, to say the SPORTS - 33 least. Hold onto your hats — and keep FILM - 34 reading the Flyer. C L AS S I F I E D S - 3 6 Bruce VanWyngarden LAST WORD - 39 brucev@memphisflyer.com

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Tom Lee Park, Law, & The CA A new park plan, Memphis on the small screen, and turbulence for Gannett. JAN UARY Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam granted executive clemency to Cyntoia Brown, the sex trafficking victim convicted for killing a john at 16. The 10-member Memphis City Council filled the board’s three vacant seats with Gerre Currie, Sherman Greer, and Cheyenne Johnson. Gannett Co., corporate owner of The Commercial Appeal, faced an unsolicited acquisition proposal from MNG Enterprises, Inc. The Commercial Appeal announced it would move from its longtime home at 495 Union to Peabody Place’s Pembroke Square. Electrolux announced it was leaving Memphis after the company got a massive incentive package to build a plant here in 2010. F E B R UARY The Memphis River Parks Partnership (MRPP) unveiled its new design for Tom Lee Park, noting construction could begin as early as June and be finished as early as December 2020. Gannett rejected MNG Enterprises’ offer to buy the company. FedEx Logistics announced it would move into the old Gibson Guitar factory Downtown. XPO Logistics closed its Verizon warehouse here, and some employees called it retaliation after they spoke out about working conditions. Civil rights pioneer Russell Sugarmon died at the age of 89. An online petition from Memphis artist James “IMAKEMADBEATS” Dukes wanted to change the name of Main Street to Mane Street. Memphis in May (MIM) officials noted “challenges” and “issues” with the Tom Lee Park redesign plan. MAR C H TVA announced plans to remove the coal ash from its nowidled Allen Fossil Plant in Memphis. The University of Memphis announced a new plan for tuition. OUTMemphis began construction of its Youth Emergency Center, the area’s only LGBTQ-

specific shelter and drop-in center. The city and Elvis Presley Enterprises announced an agreement advancing a Graceland expansion plan, one without a controversial arena. AP R I L MLGW formed an advisory committee to consider switching away from TVA for electricity. Jim Dean was named the new president and CEO of the Memphis Zoo. A $40 million makeover project for a three-mile stretch of Elvis Presley Boulevard was announced. MAY The city began seeking ideas for the soon-to-be-vacant Brooks Museum of Art and Memphis College of Art in Overton Park. After two shootings and two stampedes on or near Beale Street, the council agreed to re-instate a controversial $5 cover charge. Many called for the resignation of Judge James Lammey after he’d posted racist links on his Facebook page. No charges were filed on police officers who shot Martavious Banks, even though they turned off their body cameras during the event. Strickland adopted the Memphis 3.0 Comprehensive Plan, even without the approval of the council. The MRPP pushed back the construction start for Tom Lee Park to the fall. A man who filmed himself peeing on the Kellogg’s production line here in 2014 got 10 months in prison and a $10,000 fine. Two men were indicted on first-degree murder in the September 2018 shooting death of Philip Trenary, the once president and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber. Anna Traverse succeeded Kenneth Neill as Chief Executive Officer of Memphis Flyer parent company, Contemporary Media. JUNE NBC agreed to shoot its drama series Bluff City Law in Memphis and Shelby County after it received a $4.25-million incentive package. No criminal charges were filed against a Memphis police officer who shot and killed Terrance Deshun Carlton in 2018. United States Marshals shot and killed shooting suspect Brandon Webber in Frayser. continued on page 6

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The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Tennessee’s two-year residency requirement to get a liquor store license in a suit brought by the owners of Kimbrough Wine and Spirits. J U LY Katharine Traylor Schaffzin was named the first female to ever serve as the dean of the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. Strickland announced Memphis in May would return to Tom Lee Park next year and Riverside Drive would remain a four-lane street. A court upheld a decision to dismiss a lawsuit by state lawmakers aimed at blocking refugee resettlement in Tennessee. Spin scooters hit the streets. U of M president David Rudd said

the school will pay a $15 minimum wage within the next two years. Manuel Duran, the Memphis journalist arrested during an immigration protest last year, was released on bond. AU G UST Bolt scooters hit the streets. Construction began to reconfigure the Memphis Zoo parking lot. Cannabis crusader Thorne Peters lost an appeal that would have shortened his jail time.

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Slatery quietly requested execution dates for nine men on death row. Ira A. Lipman, longtime Memphian and founder of Guardsmark, passed away. Nick Vergos, an owner of the Rendezvous restaurant, passed away. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris presented a $10 million plan to fund MATA. O CTO B E R OjO scooters hit the streets. Southland Casino Racing announced it would end live greyhound racing there by December 2022. The Sons of Confederate Veterans lost its suit against the city for removing statues here. City council members considered changing residency requirements for police and fire employees. N OVE M B E R A former employee of Playhouse on the Square filed a federal lawsuit saying her termination was “retaliatory” after she addressed “allegations of sexual assault” against former executive director Jackie Nichols. A judge denied the city’s motion to modify the 1978 consent decree prohibiting police surveillance. MLGW proposed a number of rate

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The 2019 City Election: Though turnout statistics remained meager for the quadrennial Memphis municipal election, there was some spirited competition between a triad of candidates at the head of an 11-candidate mayoral field. The favorite from the word go was first-term Mayor Jim Strickland, who, after serving eight years as a budget-hawk councilman, had upset then-incumbent Mayor AC Wharton in 2015 by running a model campaign on the promise of being “brilliant with the basics”: public safety, anti-blight, and official accountability. Strickland ran Lee Harris; on similar themes (below) in 2019, along with Jim boasting advances in Strickland addressing potholes and 911 calls, and a record of enhancing city contracting opportunities for women and minorities. He had also lanced a major public boil in managing to remove Confederate statues from Downtown parks through the sleight-of-hand stratagem of vending the parks to an ad hoc nonprofit that could circumvent a state law restricting the city’s right to alter the monuments’ status. One of Strickland’s opponents, firstterm County Commissioner Tami Sawyer, had risen to prominence as the leader of Take ’Em Down 901, which had aroused public sentiment against the statues. She also had developed something of a national reputation as a progressive political figure to reckon with and based her mayoral race on the slogan “We Can’t Wait.” Though she would finish third, behind Strickland and former Mayor Willie Herenton, Sawyer may have attracted more attention, locally and elsewhere,

than either of the other candidates. Late in the campaign, she gained attention from outrage regarding a Memphis magazine caricature widely regarded as racially stereotypical, but she subsequently lost some luster via the public surfacing of some youthful tweets that offended animal-rights advocates and members of the LGBTQ community, among others. For his part, Herenton, who in 1991 had become the city’s first elected black mayor, never quite regained the spotlight or the support that had attended that earlier heroic effort. The “bogus ballots” controversy: For as long as any of us can remember, the atmosphere of Shelby County elections has had a certain resemblance to shopping-center openings and other acts of commercial boosterism. No election occurs without a proliferation of paid advertising displays passing themselves off as sample ballots. Two or three entrepreneurs have for some years made a comfortable living putting the squeeze on local candidates, selling them places for their names and pictures on glossy sheets or pamphlets containing lists of “endorsees” for this or that office. So accepted has been the practice that, when Democratic Party groups and City Council candidate John Marek legally challenged the practice in 2019, no local judge could be found to hear the case. The reason? Most or all of them had previously purchased space on such ballots! Even so, the case is going forward in 2020, with either a federal court or retired state Judge William Acree of Jackson (who on election day in October issued a temporary restraining order) hearing the issue. The 2019 General Assembly: Ever since

POLITICS spending levels. Increasingly, the deportment of state officials was not beyond the reach of public opinion, as the imperious ways of GOP Speaker Glen Casada of Franklin caused him the loss of a vote of confidence in his caucus and prompted his resignation, and state Representative David Byrd was under unrelenting pressure to resign because of accusations of past sexual improprieties.

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Shelby County government: With the power struggle between former Mayor Mark Luttrell and members of the county commision now a thing of the past, a newly elected commission more or less worked in harness with new Mayor Lee Harris, though there were residual points of tension, as when Harris attempted to get his budget priorities accepted whole, without change or compromise. Democrat Harris, who is known to be anticipating a future run for Congress, would also occasionally out-run his base of support on the majority-Democrat but largely bipartisan-minded commission by getting conspicuously out in front with populist heroics — a case in point being his veto of county funding for a model natatorium at the University of Memphis, insisting that the University commit to a uniform $15-an-hour wage for its employees first. That issue would be resolved with a feel-good resolution by the commission, restoring the county’s million-dollar contribution while expressing support for the U of M wage increase at some expedited but unidentified future point. In general, the commission followed Harris’ lead on a series of civil justice reforms, and mayor and commission alike were stoutly committed to the county’s MWBE program to enhance the level of contracting with minority- and womenowned businesses.

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the overwhelming Republican electoral successes in the statewide elections of 2010 and 2014, Tennessee has not only fallen out of what for more than a century was a comfortably Democratic orbit, it has also teetered away from what had become a role as a politically balanced border state with barometric tendencies. Even under the eight-year reign of Governor Bill Haslam, a Republican moderate, the state had begun functioning in the mode of a dyed-in-thewool deep-South polity. During Haslam’s first term, the arch-conservative state Senate Speaker and Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey made sure that Haslam’s package of moderately conservative educational reforms included the abolition of what had been teachers’ bargaining rights, and Ramsey and other hard-right Republicans intervened to prevent Haslam from accepting federal Medicaid expansion funds. In 2019, the new Republican governor, a businessman neophyte named Bill Lee, was equally resistant to state efforts to boost TennCare and even more zealous about adulterating public education, enhancing state authority over charter schools, and pushing a program of private-school vouchers he insisted on calling “education savings accounts.” On the progressive side, Lee did take the lead in calling for civil justice reforms and the easing of transitioning into society of ex-felons. Meanwhile, legislators were kept busy fighting over a series of anti-abortion measures and bills regarded as curtailing the rights of the LGBTQ community or at least mitigiating the public impact of its members. Under the reigning GOP supermajority, hard caps were imposed on damage suits, and tax legislation tended to strip state revenue sources down to the core of the state sales tax, though a good business climate managed to sustain state

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legalize marijuana on the federal level. — Toby Sells GAYDAR When lawmakers return to Nashville in 2020, they’ll also consider a slate of bills against the LGBTQ+ community called the “Slate of Hate” by the Tennessee Equality Project (TEP). The recurring anti-transgender

student bathroom bill would give state legal support to public school districts that experiment with anti-transgender student policies. An adoption discrimination bill would make private adoption/foster care agencies eligible for tax dollars, even if those agencies decide to turn away potential parents because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or religious views.

MEMPHIS IN MAY/ TOM LEE PARK The sounds of music and the smell of barbecue will again rise from Tom Lee Park in May 2020. It’s one stipulation of the mediation between the Memphis River Parks Partnership (MRPP) and Memphis in May International Festival (MIM). The mediation ended in December, closing months of talks between the two groups over a redesign of the park proposed by MRPP in February. MIM officials feared the new design would not allow enough space for its festivals in the park. The festivals will be moved to another location in 2021, however. Tom Lee will close after the festivals in 2020 for the construction of the park’s many new features. — TS MUSIC Shopping around for a New Year’s resolution? Here’s one that will have a ripple effect: Get out to see more live music. Compared to the late 20th century, this is a veritable Golden Age of venues and performers for Memphis. And the list keeps growing. Consider New Year’s Eve at what may be both the newest and the oldest club in town, Hernando’s Hide-A-Way. Co-owner Dale Watson and his Lone Stars often hold court there, as they will on the last night of the year, recording

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CANNABEAT Medical cannabis died in Tennessee in April. Well, a bill that would have allowed it did anyway. But the sponsor of that bill, Sen. Steve Dickerson (R-Nashville), told The Daily Memphian in June that he intended to bring the bill back to the Tennessee General Assembly in 2020. The strategy to pass it may change, he said. He and House sponsor Rep. Bryan Terry (R-Murfreesboro) plan to reroute the bill through the legislative process, avoiding committees with members unfriendly to medical cannabis. Terry, chairman of the House Health committee, issued a formal invitation to actor Michael J. Fox in December to appear before the committee during the 2020 session to talk about his foundation’s work to support expanding research on medical cannabis. A September poll of influential Tennesseans found that many across the state were in favor of loosening cannabis laws. “In Memphis and Nashville, clear majorities favor making it completely legal for both medicinal and recreational use [57 percent and 58 percent respectively],” according to the Power Poll. About 29 percent of those polled in Memphis thought cannabis should be legal for medical purposes. Only 15 percent thought it should not be legalized at all. There will be one major change for the possibility of cannabis legislation in 2020. 10 In November, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would

A business license bill would prevent local governments from favoring businesses with inclusive policies in their contracting. The so-called “God-Given Marriage Initiative” may emerge here in 2020. It would end marriage licensing and replace it with a man and a woman registering their marriage contract with the state. — TS

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CITY COUNCIL The Memphis City Council will move into 2020 with six new members. This is the first time five African-American women will sit on the council together. Councilwoman Patrice Robsinson will chair the group in 2020, with Frank Colvett Jr. serving as vice chairman.

The Memphis City Council moves into 2020 with six new members; (below) Coach Penny Hardaway points the way to Tiger victory.

Jeff Warren, Rhonda Logan, Chase Carlisle, Edmund Ford Sr., Michalyn Easter-Thomas, and J.B. Smiley Jr. will join the council next year. “We’re going to make a better Memphis as a team,” Robinson said of the new council. After approving Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) rate hikes for water and gas at its last meeting of the year, the council will return to the issue of electric rate hikes in 2020. Beginning in July, MLGW customers’ bills will go up $2.23 if no rate increase is approved for electric. MLGW proposed increasing electric rates by a total of $9 for the average customer. The council voted this move down, prompting the MLGW board to reconsider their proposal. The council will consider MLGW’s new proposed increase once the utility’s board comes up with the new numbers. — Maya Smith BIKES Next year the city is slated to add about 20 miles of new bike facilities, says Nicholas Oyler, the city’s bikeway and pedestrian program manager. One new bike facility will be the completion of the Hampline in early 2020. This is a project nine years in the making that will connect the Shelby Farms Greenline to Overton Park. In other bike news, the city will get 500 new federally funded bike racks primarily located near existing bus stops to “encourage synergy between using transit and bicycling for the last- and first-mile connections,” Oyler says. — MS

POLICE SURVEILLANCE Later this year, U.S. District Judge Jon McCalla will decide what to do with the 1978 Kendrick consent decree that prevents police surveillance by the Memphis Police Department (MPD). McCalla ruled last year that the city and MPD had violated the decree and imposed sanctions. Since then, a courtappointed monitor team has been working with the police department on improving its adherence to the decree and developing policies and procedures related to the decree. At a final evidentiary hearing scheduled for June, the court will decide if the decree should be modified, and, if so, how. In the meantime, the monitor team and MPD are in the process of finalizing updated social media and training policies for MPD, which are subject to the court’s approval. Additionally, the monitor team will organize focus groups in early 2020 to hear more from the community on the consent decree. — MS SPORTS The new year — new decade — in Memphis sports will be unlike any we’ve seen before. Such is the case every year, of course, as the sports world remains among life’s few truly unscripted delights. Perhaps, even without the recently departed James Wiseman, the Tigers will will make a deep NCAA tournament run. Perhaps Ja Morant returns to full health and dribble-drives his way to the NBA’s Rookie of the Year trophy. Perhaps the University of Memphis football team

finds a way to top its 2019 season. Okay, let’s be realistic … Penny Hardaway’s Tigers will regain center stage with conference play, his program seeking a first American Athletic Conference championship. The nation’s top freshman class — prior to Wiseman’s departure — will find its biggest test come tournament time in March. (Memphis hasn’t reached the NCAA tournament since 2014.) The Ja and Jaren era is upon us with Grizzlies basketball, Mr. Morant and Mr. Jackson having become the faces of a franchise now climbing back toward playoff relevance in a Western Conference top-heavy with superstars, most notably those playing for the two Los Angeles franchises. Still shy of his 21st birthday, Morant could become only the second Grizzly to earn top-rookie honors (and the first since Pau Gasol raised the hardware in 2002). Spring could bring one of the top prospects in baseball to AutoZone Park. Outfielder Dylan Carlson earned the St. Louis Cardinals’ Minor League Player of the Year honor for 2019, primarily for his performance at Double-A Springfield. The 21-year-old slugger will compete for a spot on the Cardinals’ major-league roster in March but will more than likely fine-tune his swing in Memphis with the Redbirds before making his big-league debut. 901 FC will take the pitch (pardon the pun) at AutoZone Park for its second season in the USL Championship. The Bluff City’s new soccer outfit went 9-18-7 in its first season, making up in fan-base passion what it may have lacked in finishing ability. With the likes of Louisville City FC and Birmingham Legion FC to catch in the standings, regional rivalries are already growing, gas to the fire for the local futbol faithful. As for football, American style, the Memphis Tigers will have to follow-up on the finest season in program history, one that ended with an American Athletic Conference championship and an appearance in the prestigious Cotton Bowl. A new coach will be on the sideline, Mike Norvell having taken his stellar fouryear mark (38-15) to Florida State. Star running back Kenneth Gainwell will return to spark the offense, which suggests winning won’t be a thing of the past at the Liberty Bowl. Since 2014, the Tigers are 35-5 at home. — Frank Murtaugh POLITICS It may well be that, as politics takes its course in 2020, the nation’s currently beleaguered president, Donald J. Trump, will survive a vote of confidence this year, as, locally, Mayor Jim Strickland did at the city polls in 2019 and Governor Bill Lee’s program probably will with the legislature. But advance polling always continued on page 12

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a live album to boot. But there are plenty of other national acts already taking advantage of this mid-sized venue, intimate yet spacious, swanky yet country. If 2019 was the year that Crosstown Theater reached cruising altitude and the Green Room at Crosstown really came into its own, the year to come looks to continue that upswing. At the former space, January 18th will witness a homecoming show of sorts for the great Booker T. Jones. Those who saw him speak at Stax in November got a taste of his new album; now Memphians can hear that album and more, live and in the moment. As a perfect contrast, acclaimed avant-garde jazz ensemble The Dopolarians, boasting two Memphis-associated players and some elder legends of the genre, will play the Green Room on February 7th. In the classical realm, watch for the remainder of the Iris Orchestra’s season at both GPAC and the Brooks Museum, starting with their performance of “Spoonfuls,” pianist Conrad Tao’s new work in honor of Memphis’ bicentennial, on January 25th. Meanwhile at the Cannon Center, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra will feature Shostakovich, Stravinsky, and a Marimba Concerto by Abe, among other works, as they continue their season from January through April. The city’s newest club, The Lounge at 3rd & Court, promises to be the jazz viper den that many in the city have longed for, often featuring guitar great Joe Restivo and band. And then there are the unsurpassed standby clubs for rock, country, and jazz, which continue to feature original music: Bar DKDC, Lafayette’s Music Room, Wild Bill’s, B-Side, Hi Tone, Minglewood Hall, Murphy’s, Lamplighter, Blue Monkey, and many others, including the ever-reliable Beale Street. Get out there and keep it alive! — Alex Greene

had Strickland comfortably ahead of his rivals, and a just-concluded Vanderbilt University poll of state voters has given first-termer Lee a 62-percent approval rating. Trump, uniquely, has never been over the 50-percent mark — not even in 2016, when Hillary Clinton actually out-polled him nationally. Trump’s only sure win would seem to be in the GOPdominated Senate, over the sudden-death matter of impeachment. And Republican numerical domination, not popular demand nor irresistible logic, will empower the Governor’s prospects in the General Assembly. But not necessarily. It is famously (or infamously) true that Lee’s controversial bill to permit private school vouchers (or “education savings accounts,” in the euphemism of the day) passed by a single vote in the state House and only by means of highly devious wheeling and dealing and overtime arm-twisting on the part of the since-disgraced GOP Speaker Glen Casada, who was later forced into resigning. The new Republican Speaker, Cameron Sexton, is a sworn foe of vouchers and has indicated that, at the very least, he’d like to delay the onset of ESAs, which are due to be imposed (take that, you blue bailiwicks!) only on Shelby and Davidson Counties.

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In the long run, Democrats are hoping for a swing of the electoral pendulum that could bring them more of the incremental suburban vote gains that got them close to a couple of major legislative upsets in Shelby County in 2018. The expected large Democratic vote in the presidential election will be helpful in that regard. The timing of vouchers, health care, and the question of freeing up TANF (temporary assistance for needy families) will be on the agenda in Nashville, as will, very likely, the return of the “fetal heartbeat” anti-abortion measure. A U.S. Senate race will be on the statewide marquee, with primary races in both major parties. The Republican winner will be heavily favored. In city politics, it will be interesting to see if the development community’s hold on the Council will be loosened by the addition of some of the grassroots winners from

the October election. In Shelby County politics, Mayor Lee Harris is on again/ off again on solidarity with the County Commission. It is universally assumed that he is looking ahead to a futuretense congressional race, but in the meantime he has seemingly (and sensibly) committed himself to some centerleft populism focused on wage equity and minority/women-owned business enterprises advances. Former Shelby County Democratic chairman Corey Strong will meanwhile take a crack at the 9th district Congressional seat now held by longrunning Democratic monolith Steve Cohen. — Jackson Baker FILM No doubt the biggest story in the Memphis film scene for 2020 will be the opening of the new Indie Memphis Cinema. Just before 2019’s annual film festival, Malco Theaters struck a deal with the nonprofit to turn over operation of one of the screens at Studio on the Square in Midtown’s Overton Square. Malco will be renovating the aging Studio to bring it up to the standards set by Malco Powerhouse (read: new seats and a greatly expanded food and drink program) this winter and spring. Then, Indie Memphis will begin daily showings of the acclaimed films from the festival circuit and repertory offerings that have populated their increasingly popular weekly screenings. This will be a sea change for film fans in Memphis. The Malco Ridgeway Cinema Grill has built a steady audience with sophisticated, non-blockbuster offerings in East Memphis, but this new arrangement will mark the beginning of a true art house in the Bluff City. The seeds of Indie Memphis were sown in the mid-1990s with an effort to build such a theater in Midtown before morphing into a festival, so this new cinema is the realization of a long-term dream. 2020 will be the year the mainstream industry fully faces Disney’s market dominance. Since the acquisition of 20th Century Fox, the House of Mouse is now set to control almost half of the total global box office. Their slate for 2020 is a mixed bag. In February, Fox Searchlight drops Wendy, a retelling of the Peter Pan story from the heroine’s POV, and 20th will offer an adaption of Call of the Wild with Harrison Ford that looks promising. March begins with Pixar’s urban fantasy Onward and ends with the live-action remake of Mulan, which looks to have slightly more reason to exist than the flaccid Aladdin. In April, Marvel takes a mulligan on the last X-Men film with The New Mutants, then the long-anticipated Black Widow premieres on May Day. Pixar’s second film of the year is Soul in June, a musical by Inside Out director Pete Docter. In the fall, expect Marvel’s The Eternals and Disney Animation’s Raya and the Last Dragon.

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FOOD There’s no doubt that big things are going to happen in 2020, and many of us — myself included — may find ourselves stress-eating or self-medicating with food. With that said, Memphis foodies have a lot to look forward to in the year ahead, including more French food, riverfront views, and even a brand-new brewery. Cheers! Out east, the fine dining establishment

Erling Jensen: The Restaurant will undergo an expansion in early 2020, more than doubling the size of its bar menu and dining room. East Memphis will also welcome a new crab restaurant when The Juicy Crab opens a new location in a 7,200-square-foot space in the Eastgate Shopping Center. In the suburbs, Slim Chickens plans to open a second location in Collierville in late spring at the corner of Poplar and Maynard Way, and Wing Guru is expanding to new locations in Collierville and Hernando, Mississippi. Their current locations can be found on Mt. Moriah in Memphis and on Stage Road in Bartlett. Downtown, Memphis’ newest brewery, Soul & Spirits Brewery, will open in the Uptown neighborhood at 845 N. Main. Owned and operated by husband-and-wife team Blair Perry and Ryan Allen, the brewery will likely focus on traditional German-style beers “inspired by the diverse music culture of Memphis” (per their Facebook page). South of Beale, Memphis’ first gastropub, will move to a new location. The new venue, located on the first floor of the old Ambassador building, will open in the spring at 345 S. Main. Memphis chefs Michael Hudman and Andy Ticer will bring a taste of Europe Downtown when Bishop, in the Central Station Hotel, has its grand opening in January. After a soft launch in December, the French restaurant will be fully open in January serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Also Downtown, One Beale finally broke ground in 2019 and has a projected completion date in 2020. Besides apartments and hotels, the massive development project will include a new riverfront restaurant and a rooftop whiskey bar with indoor and outdoor seating. As that project comes closer to completion, another project will begin: Construction on Union Row is projected to start in 2020, and the plans include a few new restaurants and a hotel overlooking AutoZone Park. In keeping with the Downtown hotel boom, Memphis’ first Aloft Hotel will also open at 161 Jefferson in the summer of 2020. The hotel will include a full-service restaurant and the brand’s signature WXYZ bar. — Lorna Field

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Studios not named Disney also have anticipated offerings. Robert Downey Jr. will talk to animals in his first post-Iron Man role as Dr. Doolittle in January, which will go up against Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Bad Boys for Life. In February, Warner Brothers will again attempt to make a watchable DC comic book movie with the Margo Robbie-led Birds of Prey, and the cringeworthy Sonic the Hedgehog will face a horror adaptation of Fantasy Island from Blumhouse. In March, Paramount will try to replicate a sleeper hit with A Quiet Place Part II. Daniel Craig will strap on the Walther PPK for the last time as James Bond in No Time to Die. June is stacked with the return of Diana Prince in Wonder Woman 1984, Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick, and the Lin-Manuel Mirandapenned musical In the Heights. In July is Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which will reunite the original cast, and the Kristen Wiig road trip comedy Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar. Speaking of reuniting the original cast, in August, Bill and Ted Face the Music brings back Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter as the Wyld Stallyns. Edgar Winter takes a swing at psychological horror with Last Night in Soho. In October, Kenneth Branagh does Death on the Nile, and Jamie Lee Curtis returns for Halloween Kills. The biggest film weekend of the year looks to be the titanic matchup on December 18th, when Dennis Villeneuve’s science-fiction epic Dune, Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story, Columbia’s adaptation of the Uncharted game franchise, and Memphis’ own Craig Brewer directing Eddie Murphy in Coming 2 America battle for box office supremacy. See you at the movies. — Chris McCoy

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Like It’s 2020

Party like it’s NYE with our guide to the get-down spots.

t’s been 20 years since 1999 — and 37 years since Prince released his end-of-the-world party album 1999 in 1982 — but we’re still going to party like it’s the end of the decade. That’s right, the “new” millennium is out of its difficult teen years and almost old enough to buy itself a drink or rent a car. Hopefully we’ve all gained some wisdom, but now’s not the time for quiet reflection. It’s time to par-tay! Here’s our guide to some of Memphis’ most happening events this New Year’s Eve. AutoZone Liberty Bowl The 61st annual bowl game is perfect for those who want to celebrate without staying out too late. Navy vs. Kansas State. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Tuesday, December 31st, 2:45 p.m.

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Beale Street’s New Year’s Eve Celebration Say goodbye to 2019 amid Beale’s 188 years of history with a party with live music, dancing, fireworks, food, drinks, and a giant mirror ball. No purchase necessary to attend, but remember, Beale Street is 21+ after dark. Beale Street, Tuesday, December 31st, 5 p.m.

Lord T. & Eloise’s New Year’s Eve Ball A night of decadence, desire, and debauchery promises to descend upon revelers at the newly reopened Black Lodge, with performances by Model Zero, Glorious Abhor, Louise Page, and Memphis’ most aristocratic rappers, Lord T. & Eloise. There will also be aerial and dance performances from Poleuminati and a light show from Queen Bea Arthur. Dance, dance, dance among the DVDs! Black Lodge, Tuesday, December 31st, 9 p.m. $20. New Year’s Eve at Hattiloo Theatre Kortland Whalum, Talibah Safiya, and The PRVLG will perform, and comedian P.A. Bomani will deliver the end-of-year chuckles. Admission includes a flute of champagne and party favors, and the FunkSoul Cafe will be open, as well. Hattiloo Theatre, Tuesday, December 31st, 9 p.m. New Year’s Eve at Graceland Party like a king — or at least where the king of rock-and-roll used to party. Experience the “wonder of New” Year’s with this dinner and dance party at Elvis’ old stomping grounds. Roby Haynes and Party Plant perform, and

admission includes a buffet dinner and midnight champagne toast. The Guest House at Graceland, Tuesday, December 31st, 7 p.m. $125. Peabody New Year’s Eve Party Ring in the new year in style at the South’s grand hotel. With music by Almost Famous, Seeing Red, and DJ Epic and a VIP section that includes party favors, hors d’oeuvres, and unlimited champagne, this party will help revelers set a sophisticated tone for the new year. The Peabody, Tuesday, December 31st, 8 p.m. $40-$175. Quintron & Miss Pussycat’s New Year’s Eve A New Year’s tradition. Hash Redactor and Aquarian Blood perform. Admission includes a free champagne toast and the balloon drop at midnight. Hi Tone, Tuesday, December 31st, 8 p.m. $20. Dale Watson & his Lone Stars with Honky Tonk Horn Section This honky tonkin’ hootenanny is the Hernando’s Hide-A-Way way of ringing in the new year and a new decade. With a champagne toast, black-eyed peas, and cornbread to get the year started off on the right cowboy boot. Hernando’s HideA-Way, Tuesday, December 31st, 9 p.m.

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New Year’s Eve with Star & Micey Railgarten is Midtown’s backyard, so it’s only right that they should invite local legends Star & Micey to help sing in the new year. For those who “Can’t Wait” for 2020, don’t try to Get ’Em Next Time — get to this party this year. Daykisser opens. Railgarten, Tuesday, December 31st, 9:30 p.m. New Year’s Eve Lantern Hike Celebrate the new year in nature. Ranger Gooch leads this lantern-lit, two-mile

toast, and hors d’oeuvres. B.B. King’s Blues Club, Tuesday, December 31st, 6 p.m. $25 (general admission), $100 (dinner package). Back to the ’20s Another early-night option, Crosstown Brewing’s New Year’s shindig includes music by Graham Winchester, dinner catered by Next Door American Eatery, and the debut of I Am Brut — a Brut IPA for those non-champagne drinkers out there. Crosstown Brewing Company, Tuesday, December 31st, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Beauty Shop New Year’s Eve A four-course dinner with the swinging, sultry sounds of Gary Johns & His Mini Orchestra. Call 272-7111 for reservations. Beauty Shop, Tuesday, December 31st, 5 p.m.

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hike through the woods. S’mores and hot chocolate or hot apple cider await attendees at the end of the hike. Remember to dress for the weather, and please leave flame-lit lanterns at home. Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park, Tuesday, December 31st, 11:30 p.m. $5. Roaring ’20s New Year’s Eve Party Giggle water at midnight, eh old chum? Admission includes an open wine and beer bar, a midnight champagne toast, and hors d’oeuvres. All proceeds go to the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Memphis. 616 Marshall, Tuesday, December 31st, 8 p.m. $75-$150. Spectrum XL Goes to Minglewood Ain’t no dance party like a Spectrum dance party. The storied club brings its end-of-the-year dance party to Minglewood. Bring your own sequins and glitter. Proceeds benefit Friends for Life. Minglewood Hall, Tuesday, December 31st, 9 p.m. $30-$125. New Year’s Eve Bash at B.B. King’s Maybe the best way to ensure you don’t get the blues in 2020 is to ring in the new year by dancing to the blues at B.B. King’s. Tickets include open wine and beer bar, midnight champagne

Toast to the ’20s Tin Roof gets the new year going with music from Chris Ferrara, Bluff City Bandits, The Common Good, DJ Stringbean, and DJ ZewMob. Champagne toast at midnight. Tin Roof, Tuesday, December 31st, 6 p.m., $30.

New Year’s Party at Gold Club Okay, so the familyfriendly holidays are over. The little turkeys and reindeer have all been put to bed before midnight, and the adults will play. It’s time to get down and dirty and let the new year come in hot and heavy. Party with a balloon drop, dance and drink specials, and a complimentary champagne toast at midnight. Gold Club Memphis, Tuesday, December 31st, all night long. New Year’s Eve on the Terrace Ring in the new year against the stunning backdrop of the Mississippi River and the colorful Mighty Lights bridge light show. What’s more Memphis than that? Call 260-3366 for reservations.Terrace at the River Inn, Tuesday, December 31st, 4 p.m. Y2K New Year’s Dance Party Remember the Y2K panic of 1999? The computers couldn’t understand a new millennium. A nine becoming a zero was going to cause worldwide nuclear meltdown. Anyway, let’s relive that end-of-year mass hysteria — with drinks and dancing! Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Y2K with end-ofthe-world drink specials, DJs spinning tunes, and dancing throughout the night. Rec Room, Tuesday, December 31st, 8 p.m.

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New Year’s Eve with Spaceface The Young Avenue Deli has a brand-new sound system, and there’s no better way to test it out than with a rockin’, raucous band. Ring in 2020 with Memphis’ most theatrical psychedelic party band. Champagne toast at midnight. Young Avenue Deli, Tuesday, December 31st, 9 p.m. $15.

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Houston-based electronic duo The Radio Broadcast brings its Mario Kart 64 U.S. Tour to the Hi Tone Sunday, December 29th. The electroclash group, made up of couple Kristin and Michael Heilman, incorporates video game styles into their eclectic sound, sometimes using actual Nintendo Game Boys to do so. They also typically integrate video game play at their local shows, so when they decided to embark on this tour, they thought that hosting a Mario Kart competition seemed like the perfect idea. “With us doing a tour, we figured, ‘Well, let’s try to do something a little bit bigger,’” says Michael. “A game that everybody definitely enjoys is Mario Kart. We usually do some kind of video game competition, but we’ve never brought a Nintendo 64 out before. So we thought, going from city to city, that this is like a Mario Kart circuit on its own. So we refined everything and came up with the idea to make it a little competition.” During the competition, guests will be invited to play four Mario Kart races per round. The number of rounds that can be played are unlimited, and whoever earns the most points by the end of the show will have the opportunity to receive special prizes, like a 2020 Mario calendar, Nintendo mints and candies, figurines, and more. The event winner will also be put into a list of finalists from the entire tour for a chance to win the grand prize: a Nintendo 64 game console with an original copy of Mario Kart 64. Michael says there is no prerequisite to join in on the tournament. “The main requirement to play is to just have fun,” he says. “We want this to be fun for everybody.”

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Celebrating Twenty Years of 1999 Growlers, 1911 Poplar, 6:3011:30 p.m., $10/advance, $12/door If the wind blew you in the right direction, would you even care? Bathe in nostalgia as Reframe, Aliens are Real, Kanned Korn, and others perform 1999 favorites by Rage Against the Machine, Incubus, Blink-182, Korn, and more.

Nerf Party Railgarten, 2166 Central, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., $7.50-$35 What better way to celebrate the holidays than blasting your friends and family with flying Nerf foam? Brunch buffet (additional charge) begins at 11 a.m., with the first Nerf match beginning at noon. Alternative duels and party matches continue through the afternoon.

New Year’s Eve in Memphis Various locations There’s a lot going on this NYE. Ring in the new year however you please. Music? Choose from honkytonk, rock-and-roll, electronic, soul, and more. Food? How about dinner at Char or B.B. King’s Blues Club? Casual or formal? Choose from the Peabody to Wild Bill’s, the Hi Tone to Graceland. Check out our New Year’s Eve Guide (page 14) for ideas.

WWE Friday Night Smackdown FedExForum, 191 Beale, 6:45 p.m., $15-$100 WWE superstars, including Daniel Bryan, Sasha Banks, Roman Reigns, King Corbin, and Braun Strowman, come to Memphis to whoop some ass. Get ready for some piledriving, chokeslamming, DDT head-to-mat action. The wrestling card is subject to change.

Memphis Music Hall of Famer Don Bryant and The Bo-Keys Crosstown Arts 1350 Concourse, Suite 280, 7:30 p.m., $15 The 77-year-old R&B singer and songwriter, who came to fame working with Hi Records and has writing credits on as many as 154 songs, performs with The Bo-Keys.

SDF Adoption Day Event Hollywood Feed, 434 Collins, noon-3 p.m. Do you have extra room —and love — in your life for a new fur-ever friend? Meet adorable, adoptable dogs at this Streetdog Foundation event (and maybe take one home).

Back to the Future II Pink Palace, 3050 Central, 6-8 p.m., $10 Want to keep it low-key this NYE? Celebrate our journey into the actual future (2020? Great Scott!) by watching Back to the Future II.

Improv Underground VII The Brass Door, 152 Madison, 8-10 p.m., $5 Bluff City Liars hosts this night of Whose Line Is It Anyway?inspired improv, with audience participation, short- and long-form improvisation, and prizes.

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New Beginnings Anyone with resolutions of starting off the new year with a more active and healthy lifestyle may be interested in attending Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park’s ninth annual First Day Hike Festival on Wednesday, January 1st. The hiking festival, held in conjunction with a series of five signature hiking events hosted throughout the year by all Tennessee State Parks, will feature a two-mile hike on a flat, paved road that begins at the park’s Shelter 2 (736 Piersol Road, Millington), reaches a mid-point at the Woodland Shelter, and ends back at the starting point. Samantha Cox, park ranger of Shelby Forest, says this event began in 2011 to promote a more active lifestyle. “It was the first major step in promoting healthy living outdoors,” she says. “We wanted to get people outside to get healthy physically and mentally and enjoy the outdoors, this free resource that we have.” Since the event’s inception, the annual hike has become popular, and with an attendance of as many as 700 people, it’s developed into a festival. At the midway point, participants will be rewarded with festivities, where they can gather around a bonfire to roast s’mores, eat fruits, drink hot cocoa and other nonalcoholic beverages, meet with Friends of the Forest volunteers, see the birds of prey that inhabit the park, and view black powder demonstrations and a Frontier Rendezvous camp. Cox says this event is great for those who’d like to spend time with each other for the holidays. “It’s just a fun thing for members of the community to get a nice afternoon with their families and friends,” she says. FIRST DAY HIKE FESTIVAL, MEEMAN-SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1ST, 1-4 P.M., FREE.

SATURDAY January 4

SUNDAY January 5

WEDNESDAY January 8

BuffaGLO Run Shelby Farms Park, 6903 Great View Dr. N., 6-8 p.m., $25 Run the winding path through the spectacular lights of Starry Nights in this untimed 4K fun race. Benefits Shelby Farms Park Conservancy, the nonprofit organization that manages and operates Shelby Farms Park and the Shelby Farms Greenline.

Downtown Memphis Brewery Bike Tour Crosstown Brewing Company, 1264 Concourse, 12:30-4:30 p.m., $45 Take a scenic bike tour, with stops at Crosstown Brewing, High Cotton, and Ghost River. Price includes bike, helmet, water bottle, beer tastings, and brewery tours.

Elvis’ Birthday Celebration Graceland, 3734 Elvis Presley, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Celebrate Elvis’ 85th birthday with fans from around the world. Elvis Presley Day proclamation ceremony at 9 a.m. (no admission fee). Free cake and coffee at Vernon’s Smokehouse at 10 a.m. Birthday bash (5-9 p.m., $70/adult) features evening mansion tour, complimentary hors d’oeuvres, cash bars, Elvis trivia, scavenger hunts, and more. TCB.

Holiday Group Show L Ross Gallery, 5040 Sanderlin, Suite 103, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Final day to see this exhibition. Features work, in a variety of mediums, by Matthew Hasty, Jeni Stallings, Silver Michaels, Niles Wallace, and others.

Photography in Memphis with Wayne Dowdy Brooks Museum, 1934 Poplar, 2-3:30 p.m. Tour (free) this exhibition — a photographic look at the city’s history — led by local archivist, author, and historian Wayne Dowdy of the Memphis and Shelby County Room at Memphis Public Libraries.

The Laugh in Peace Comedy Tour Crosstown Arts Theater, 1350 Concourse, 7-9 p.m., $27 Show features stand-up comedians Gibran Saleem, Rabbi Bob Alper, and Reverend Susan Sparks.

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The year in movies — King Ghidorah (above) from Godzilla: King of the Monsters wins most heads on a monster. Film, p. 34

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By Julia Baker

MUSIC By Alex Greene

A Dozen Delights Twelve great Memphis albums from 2019.

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DJ Keith Dinkins December 31

December 26, 2019-January 8, 2020

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Aquarian Blood — A Love that Leads to War (Goner) Written and sung by the couple J.B. and Laurel Horrell, whose dark observations and wry commentary are surrounded with acoustic ostinatos, subtle keyboard textures, and inventive bass counterpoints. The proceedings have the sound of the most quietly atmospheric home demos ever made. DJ Paul — Power, Pleasure & Painful Things (Scale-A-Ton Entertainment) A highly autobiographical album, interspersed with spoken segments in which Paul recalls pivotal moments in his Memphis youth. A wide-ranging musicality and inventive, turn-on-a-dime production. The Dopolarians — Garden Party (Mahakala Music) A labor of love between two erstwhile Memphians, Chad Fowler and Chris Parker, and a trio of genre-defying pioneers, saxophonist Kidd Jordan, the late drummer Alvin Fielder, and bassist William Parker, with singer Kelley Hurt added as well. Fielder had nurtured the avant-garde scene in Chicago since 1965. This captures the spirit of free jazz from that era, combining unhinged inventiveness with an accessible lyricism. Willie Farmer — The Man from the Hill (Big Legal Mess) True garage blues: It’s not frenetic, but you feel in your bones the scene of Farmer’s auto repair shop in Duck Hill, Mississippi. And Farmer’s playing also conveys both a rough-hewn strength and a deep sensitivity. Booker T. Jones — Note by Note (Edith Street) “It’s a musical reproduction of my life,” as Jones told the Flyer, revisiting many classic songs associated with career milestones. The first song he played at Stax, “’Cause I Love You,” a minor hit for Rufus and Carla Thomas, is sung in part by Stax Music Academy graduate Evvie McKinney. The new version of “Stardust” here is heart-wrenching. John Medeski, Pat Sansone, Robby Grant, Jonathan Kirkscey — Mellotron Variations (Spaceflight) These semiimprovised pieces were captured live in the Crosstown Concourse atrium in 2018, and that setting gives an unpredictable spark to what is, in the seven Mellotrons played here, magic in a bottle: real tape loops triggered by keyboards. North Mississippi Allstars — Up and Rolling (New West) Decades of playing have not dulled the piquant performances

of Luther and Cody Dickinson; here, a cast of cameos by the likes of Mavis Staples, Jason Isbell, and Duane Betts only highlights the mature focus of their playing. Songs draw on sources as diverse as boogie shuffles and drum-and-fife-corps hypnotics. The playing is consumate but not sterile: With its supple grooves and understated blues riffs, it may be their finest work yet. Jack Oblivian & the Dream Killers — Lost Weekend (Black & Wyatt) Guitar tones somewhere between molten lead and liquid gold, with echoes of classic rock, soul, rock ballads, and, yes, punk. Jack Oblivian’s pithy, tightly woven lyrics never fail to connect, yielding sharp observations at every turn. There is an acute sense of loss to these tunes. Joe Restivo 4 — Where’s Joe? (Blue Barrel) With an authentic old-school jazz feel, the swinging rhythm section and the big tenor saxophone sound are a perfect complement to Restivo’s pure, lyricalyet-bluesy guitar tones. They bounce between the extremes of the originals, like “Starlight Motel,” offering melting guitar/ saxophone harmonies; and covers like Bill Jennings’ “633 Knock!” that showcase Joe’s soulful soloing. Bobby Rush — Sitting on Top of the Blues (Deep Rush/Thirty Tigers) A consistently funky, soulful, boogie record, with the punch and panache of timeless Stax tracks, full of clean lines punctuated by the occasional horn stabs. It’s all guitar, drums, bass, organ or piano, and harp. Toy Trucks — Rockets Bells and Poetry (Black & Wyatt) Combining a chugging rock energy with a healthy dose of concise ’60s pop songwriting, Jeremy Scott and company channel a balance of pop wistfulness and pounding rock delinquency. An unflinching chord-savvy craftsmanship informs compositions brought to life in lively, garage-y ways. Unapologetic — Stuntarious IV (Unapologetic) The ever-evolving collective is full of sonic surprises, as is their wont. The doom-laden atmosphere of “Memphis” gives way to a delivery by Preauxx, A Weirdo From Memphis, and others more full of wit and loopiness than the expected menace. Silky harmonies by Cameron Bethany and She’Chinah on “Move” are a stark contrast of honeyed voices. And “Mane Street” is a retro-friendly anthem.

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SCARFACE AND LIVE BAND FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27TH 1884 LOUNGE

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29TH GPAC

QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31ST HI TONE

After Dark: Live Music Schedule December 26 - January 8 Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

Handy Bar 200 BEALE 527-2687

Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711

Gary Hardy & Memphis 2 Thursdays-Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; Karaoke Thursdays, TuesdaysWednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Sundays-Mondays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Mandi Thomas Fridays, Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; The 901 Heavy Hitters Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Flyin’ Ryan Fridays, Saturdays, 2:30 a.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

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

The King Beez Thursdays, 5 p.m.; B.B. King’s All Stars Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m. and Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.; P.S. Band First Wednesday, Sunday of every month, 7 p.m.; Brimstone Jones First Saturday of every month, 5 p.m.; Memphis Jones Sundays, Wednesdays 5:30 p.m.

Blue Note Bar & Grill 341 BEALE 577-8387

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

Blues City Cafe December 26, 2019-January 8, 2020

138 BEALE 526-3637

Sean Apple Thursdays, 4-7:30 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 29, 12:30-4:30 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Sundays, 5-9 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Landon Lane with Rodney Polk Mondays, 7-11 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band

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

Itta Bena

Rum Boogie Cafe

Brass Door Irish Pub

Paulette’s

182 BEALE 528-0150

152 MADISON 572-1813

RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300

Eric Hughes Band Wednesdays, Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.; Memphis Blues Masters Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Mondays, Tuesdays, 7-11 p.m.

Center for Southern Folklore Hall

182 BEALE 528-0150

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

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.

King’s Palace Cafe

Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Saturdays, 4:30-8:30 p.m. and Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Memphis Blues Masters Mondays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight and Fridays, 4-8 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Band Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Soul Street Mojo Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-1 a.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

Tin Roof 315 BEALE

162 BEALE 521-1851

Sonny Mack MondaysFridays, 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.

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room

A.M. Whiskey Thursday, Dec. 26, 10 p.m.; Alex Butler Band Dec. 27-28, 10 p.m.; Rodell McCord Wednesdays, 8 p.m.; Erath Old Jan. 3-4, 10 p.m.

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium

100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

El Ced & Groove Nation Sunday, Dec. 29, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

The Lounge at 3rd & Court John Williams and the A440 Band Fridays, 9 p.m.; Moses Crouch, Outer Ring Saturday, Dec. 28; Soul Jazz Trios with Joe Restivo Sundays, 7 p.m.; John Paul Keith Saturday, Jan. 4, 9 p.m. 679 ADAMS 524-1886

119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.

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

The Silly Goose DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

South Main South Main Sounds 550 S. MAIN 494-6543

Nashville Songwriter’s Assn. Intnl. (NSAI) Memphis Chapter Meeting Every third Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Dim the Lights featuring live music and DJs First Saturday of every month, 10 p.m.

1884 Lounge 1555 MADISON 312-6058

Scarface Friday, Dec. 27, 9 p.m.

B-Side 1555 MADISON 347-6813

John Németh and Friends Sundays, 6 p.m.; Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; David Cousar Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Outer Ring Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

The Orpheum

Bar DKDC

203 S. MAIN 525-3000

964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Sunday, Dec. 29, 7:30 p.m.

Black Lodge 405 N. CLEVELAND 272-7744

Lord T. & Eloise New Year’s Eve Ball Tuesday, Dec. 31, 9 p.m.

Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

Canvas 1737 MADISON 443-5232

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

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

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

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

24 N. B.B. KING BLVD 930-0793

Mollie Fontaine Lounge Blind Bear Speakeasy

Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

303 S. MAIN 523-0020

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

183 BEALE 522-9596

Rumba Room

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

130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

Silky O’Sullivan’s 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.

162 BEALE 521-1851

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.

119 S. MAIN AT PEMBROKE SQUARE 525-3655

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall

145 BEALE 578-3031

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

168 BEALE 576-2220

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

Friday, Dec. 27, 9:30 p.m.; Eleanor Tally Saturday, Dec. 28, 9:30 p.m.; Marcella and Her Lovers Tuesday, Dec. 31, 11 p.m.

Ed Finney & Neptune’s Army with Deb Swiney Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Jacob Church Friday, Dec. 27, 9 p.m.; The Skitch Saturdays, 6 p.m.; Bluff City Backsliders Saturday, Dec. 28, 9 p.m.; Jazz Jam with Frog Squad Sundays, 6 p.m.; Freeman Weems Mondays, 6 p.m.; Gayland Grooms Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Ben MindenBirkenmaier Wednesdays, 6 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.; Big Barton Friday, Jan. 3, 9 p.m.; Leland Sundries Saturday, Jan. 4, 9 p.m.; Comedy with Geno Mondays, 8 p.m.

Goner Third Thursday Every third Thursday; Steve Selvidge

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WWE SMACKDOWN FRIDAY, JANUARY 3

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Superstars of WWE are returning to FedExForum for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. Tickets available!

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule December 26 - January 8

Don Bryant featuring The Bo-Keys Friday, Dec. 27, 7:30-10 p.m.; The Love Light Orchestra Saturday, Dec. 28, 8-10 p.m.

Growlers 1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Afton Presents Thursday, Dec. 26, 7 p.m.; Celebrating 20 Years of 1999 Friday, Dec. 27, 6:30 p.m.; Not So Silent Night Saturday, Dec. 28, 5 p.m.; Nu Metal Nu Year Sunday, Dec. 29, 6:30 p.m.; Winter Wonderland Extravaganza Monday, Dec. 30, 4 p.m.; My Chemical Monday: An Emo New Year Monday, Dec. 30, 9 p.m.; New Year’s Eve Bass Experience Tuesday, Dec. 31, 8:30 p.m.; The PRVLG, Mobius Pieces Friday, Jan. 3, 10 p.m.; Refreshingly Innovative Saturday, Jan. 4, 4 p.m.

Young Avenue Deli

Huey’s Poplar

2119 YOUNG 278-0034

4872 POPLAR 682-7729

Tora Tora Saturday, Dec. 28, 8 p.m.; The SpeakEasy Spectacular Tuesday, Dec. 31, 9 p.m.

New Year’s Eve with Spaceface Tuesday, Dec. 31, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Poplar/I-240

Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193

Uptown Punk: An Evening With the Ramones Friday, Dec. 27, 10 p.m.; Rickie Lee and the Muttz Saturday, Dec. 28, 10 p.m.

The Settlers Sunday, Dec. 29, 4-7 p.m.; Jamie Baker & the VIPs Sunday, Dec. 29, 8:30 p.m.

University of Memphis The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND 454-7771

DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10

Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Guest House at Graceland 3600 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-3322

Rob Haynes ThursdaysSaturdays, 7-11 p.m.; Live Music Mondays-Wednesdays, Sundays, 7-11 p.m.

Hernando’s Hide-A-Way 3210 OLD HERNANDO 398-7496

Derek Hoke Friday, Dec. 27, 10 p.m.; John Evans Saturday, Dec. 28, 9 p.m.; Honky Tonk

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

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

Frayser/Millington Pop’s Bar & Grill 6365 NAVY 872-0353

Possum Daddy or DJ Turtle Thursdays, 5-9 p.m.; CeCee Fridays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.; Possum Daddy Karaoke Wednesdays, 6-10 p.m. and Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.; DJ Turtle or CeCee First Sunday of every month, 5-9 p.m.

Germantown Germantown Performing Arts Center 1801 EXETER 751-7500

Countdown to Christmas with Robert Earl Keen, Shinyribs Saturday, Dec. 28, 8 p.m.; Old Crow Medicine Show Sunday, Dec. 29, 7:30-9 p.m.

Hattiloo Theatre

Huey’s Germantown

37 S. COOPER 502-3486

7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Hattiloo Theatre New Year’s Eve Concert Tuesday, Dec. 31, 9 p.m.

John Paul Keith Tuesday, Dec. 31, 9 p.m.

Hi Tone

Mesquite Chop House

412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

3165 FOREST HILL IRENE

Richard Wilson Tuesday, Dec. 31, 8-11 p.m.

Revenge Bodies, M3, Walking on Landmines Thursday, Dec. 26, 9 p.m.; Smith Seven Presents Friday, Dec. 27, 8 p.m.; The Radio Broadcast Sunday, Dec. 29, 9 p.m.; Quintron & Miss Pussycat Tuesday, Dec. 31, 8 p.m.; Elf Rage, Berkano, Wealth + Wantoo Tuesday, Dec. 31, 10 p.m.; Burlo-Calypse Friday, Jan. 3, 10 p.m.; These Streets Are Rivers, Symptoms, Lipstick Stains Saturday, Jan. 4, 10 p.m.; Grem Smiley Sunday, Jan. 5, 9 p.m.

North Mississippi/ Tunica Hollywood Casino 1150 CASINO STRIP RESORT, TUNICA, MS 662-357-7700

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

Horseshoe Casino Tunica 1021 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 800-357-5600

House of Mtenzi 1289 MADISON

Scotty McCreery Sunday, Dec. 29, 8 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown

7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097

End of the Year Bangout Saturday, Dec. 28, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Huey’s Southaven Roxi Love Tuesday, Dec. 31, 9 p.m.

1927 MADISON 726-4372

Jonivan Jones Sunday, Dec. 29, 4-4:45 p.m.; Some Sons of Mudboy Sunday, Dec. 29, 5-7 p.m.; Young Petty Thieves Sunday, Dec. 29, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

Savannah Brister Thursday, Dec. 26, 6 p.m.; Amber McCain Band Friday, Dec. 27, 6:30 p.m.; Thumpdaddy Friday, Dec. 27, 10 p.m.; Amber McCain Duo Saturday, Dec. 28, 10:30 a.m.; Ashton Riker Saturday, Dec. 28, 6:30 p.m.; Twin Soul Saturday, Dec. 28, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Rick Camp & the Suburban Trunk Monkeys Sunday, Dec. 29, 4 p.m.; Madison Line Mondays Mondays, 6 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesdays, 5:30 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.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rockstar Karaoke Fridays; The Maggie Valley Band Saturday, Dec. 28, 10 p.m.; Open Mic Music Mondays, 9 p.m.midnight.

Railgarten 2160 CENTRAL

The PRVLG Friday, Dec. 27, 8 p.m.; The Showboats Saturday, Dec. 28, 7 p.m.; Lucky 7 Brass Band Saturday, Dec. 28, 9 p.m.; Mighty Souls 4 Sundays, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

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.

Wednesdays with Dale Watson & his Lone Stars Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.; Seth Walker and Friends Tuesday, Dec. 31, 9 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 Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House 551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

Larry Cunningham ThursdaysSaturdays; Aislynn Rappe Sundays; Keith Kimbrough Mondays-Wednesdays.

Whitehaven/ Airport Collierville

3717 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-3322

Huey’s Collierville

Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Weekend at Graceland Sunday, Dec. 29, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Soul Shockers Sunday, Dec. 29, 8-11:30 p.m.

Graceland Soundstage

Cordova

Elvis’ Birthday Celebration 2020 Wednesday, Jan. 8, 9 a.m.10 p.m.

West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas Southland Casino Racing

Graceland

3717 ELVIS PRESLEY

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

2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Huey’s Cordova 1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 318-3030

Five O’Clock Shadow Tuesday, Dec. 31, 9 p.m.

1550 N. INGRAM, WEST MEMPHIS, AR 800-467-6182

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

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

DJ Stylez Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

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1350 CONCOURSE, SUITE 280 507-8030

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 312-6058

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CALENDAR of EVENTS:

THIS WEEK AT

DEC. 26 - Jan. 8 T H E AT E R

Playhouse on the Square

Peter Pan, life will never be the same for Michael, John, and Wendy Darling after Peter Pan visits their nursery window offering to take them to the magical world of Neverland. They meet the Lost Boys, fairy Tinkerbell, Princess Tiger Lily, and Captain Hook. playhouseonthesquare.org. Through Dec. 29. 66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

St. Paul Baptist Church New Year’s Eve Watch Night Collaboration, written and produced by Apostle Jonathan Davis of Kingdom Seekers. oldstpaul.net. Free. Tues., Dec. 31, 8:30 p.m.-midnight. 2124 E. HOLMES (346-5544).

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

David Lusk Gallery

EXPLORE - GRAB A SNACK - RUN AROUND - STUDY FREE WIFI - FREE PARKING - RESTAURANTS - TWO MUSIC VENUES - MOVIE THEATER FREE ART GALLERIES - NEIGHBORHOOD BOOKSHARE - and MORE!

Opening reception for “Between a Thought & a Thing,” exhibition of sculpture and paintings by Tad Lauritzen Wright. davidluskgallery.com. Fri., Jan. 3, 6 p.m. 97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

CROSSTOWN ARTS

12.27

DON BRYANT feat. THE BO-KEYS $15 | 7:30pm - 10:00pm

December 26, 2019-January 8, 2020

The Green Room Join us in The Green Room for a performance by Memphis songwriting legend, and longtime Ann Peebles collaborator (and partner!) Don Bryant, feat. The Bo-Keys.

12.28

THE LOVE LIGHT ORCHESTRA $10 | 8:00pm - 10:00pm

The Green Room The Love Light Orchestra celebrates the Memphis big band blues-style found on the 1950s and ’60s singles of Bobby “Blue” Bland, B.B. King and Herman ”Junior” Parker. The band of seasoned Memphis musicians derives their name from Bland’s 1961 hit “Turn On Your Love Light.” Their sound is completed with the soulful voice of bluesman John Nemeth.

01.04

Family Workshop: HANG IT UP FREE | 10:30am - 12:00pm

East Gallery

Drawing inspiration from Akirash’s beautiful hanging sculptures in Asiko: Moments in the East Gallery, participants will use bottles, cans, plastics ,and other recycled items to build their own hanging piece. All supplies/ materials provided.

01.07

Shoot & Splice: THE BUSINESS OF ACTING FREE | 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Crosstown Theater

Shoot & Splice: The Business of Acting with Jade Abrielle. Jade will discuss the many facets of being a professional actor, both on set and off, including how to market yourself, identifying your type, how to get an agent, audition taping, budgeting for your career, and more.

CROSSTOWNCONCOURSE.COM/EVENTS

OT H E R A R T HAPPE N I NGS

Art Trolley Tour

Tour the local galleries and shops on South Main. Last Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. SOUTH MAIN HISTORIC ARTS DISTRICT, DOWNTOWN.

“Between a Thought & a Thing” by Tad Lauritzen Wright at David Lusk Gallery

Cooper-Young Art Tours For more information, featured artists, and pop-up performances, visit website. First Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. COOPER-YOUNG DISTRICT, CORNER OF COOPER AND YOUNG, COOPERYOUNG.COM.

Leadership Memphis Exhibition

The Withers Collection Museum & Gallery has partnered with Leadership Memphis to display a monthly exhibit open to the public the last Friday of every month. Free. Last Friday of every month, 6-8 p.m. LEADERSHIP MEMPHIS, 365 S. MAIN ST. (523-2344), THEWITHERSCOLLECTION.COM.

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“Spirit of Nature,” exhibition of ceramics and drawings by Anne J. Froning. Through Dec. 31. 1024 SOUTH YATES (207-4161).

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

“Catalyst,” exhibition about the Memphis art scene surrounding the artist, writer, and South Main preservation and arts champion Robert McGowan (1947-2012). In 1987, McGowan co-founded the arts journal Number: Inc with fellow artists Don Estes and Cory Dugan (the founding editor). In 1988, he opened the Memphis Center for Contemporary Art. Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Jan. 11. “MASKS: The Art of Disguise,” exhibition curated by the Honors Forum students in consultation with their professor Dr. Leslie Luebbers and the AMUM staff. Through Jan. 11, 2020.

Send the date, time, place, cost, info, phone number, a brief description, and photos — two weeks in advance — to calendar@ memphisflyer.com or P.O. Box 1738, Memphis, TN 38101. DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS WILL APPEAR IN THE FLYER’S ONLINE CALENDAR ONLY. “Africa: Art of a Continent,” permanent exhibition of African art from the Martha and Robert Fogelman collection. Ongoing. “IEAA Ancient Egyptian Collection,” exhibition of Egyptian antiquities from the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology collection. Ongoing. 142 COMMUNICATION & FINE ARTS BUILDING (678-2224).

Art Village Gallery

“Out of Africa: Inhabitants of the Earth,” exhibition of work by Nigerian artist Uchay Joel Chima. artvillagegallery.com. Ongoing. 410 S. MAIN (521-0782).

ArtsMemphis

“Unfolding: The Next Chapter in Memphis,” exhibition of visual art by local Memphis artists, curated by Kenneth Wayne Alexander. artsmemphis.org. Free. Ongoing, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 575 S. MENDENHALL (578-2787).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art “Fall and Winter Holidays of Judaism,” exhibition and of some of the most important holidays and festivals in the Jewish community. belzmuseum.org. Through Dec. 31. “Chinese Symbols in Art,” ancient Chinese pottery and bronze. belzmuseum.org. Ongoing.

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

Clough-Hanson Gallery

Senior Thesis Exhibition, exhibition of work by Rhodes studio art majors Olivia Rowe, Charlotte Sechrist, Qian Xu, Sara Lynn Abbott, and Melissa Kiker. rhodes.edu/events. Ongoing. RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000).

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“Asiko: Moments,” exhibition of new work by Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash. Through Feb. 9, 2020. “Color Schemes: The Value of Intensity,” exhibition of new works by by Anthony Lee, Suzy Hendricks, Justin Bowles, and more. Through Feb. 9, 2020. “Selected Animations,” exhibition of new work by Ezra Johnson. Through Feb. 9, 2020. 1350 CONCOURSE, SUITE 280 (507-8030).

David Lusk Gallery

“Between a Thought and a Thing,” exhibition of sculptures and paintings by Tad Lauritzen Wright. davidluskgallery.com. Jan. 2-Feb. 8. 97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

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“This is My Time: Clouds, Ghosts, and Other Musings,” exhibition of new work by Kerry Peeples. Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Jan. 3. “The Chosen Ones,” exhibition of works by Danny Broadway. Through March 5, 2020. gpacweb.com. 1801 EXETER (751-7500).

Graceland

“Hillbilly Rock,” exhibition featuring items from The Marty Stuart Collection. graceland.com. Ongoing. 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322).

Jack Robinson Photography Gallery

“Averell Mondie: Five Years,” exhibition of photographs from the past five years. robinsongallery.com. Through Jan. 2, 2020. 44 HULING (576-0708).

Jay Etkin Gallery

“Friedel Dzubas: The Ira A. Lipman Family Collection,” exhibition of 26 large-scale, fullyresolved abstract paintings by German-born American artist Friedel Dzubas (1915-1994). Through Jan. 5, 2020. “Abstract Expressionism: A Social Revolution,” exhibition of selections from the Haskell Collection. Through Jan. 5, 2020. “Laurel Sucsy: Finding the Edge,” exhibition of work by Sucsy, a Memphis-based artist. Inspired by nature and the objects she encounters in her daily life, she explores abstraction in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, and photography. Through Jan. 5, 2020.

“Finds & Beyond,” group exhibition of unique, rare, vintage, and contemporary works. Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Jan. 4. David Hall, exhibition of watercolor works on paper. jayetkingallery.com. Ongoing.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

“Rawlinson Atelier Exhibition,” husband and wife artists, Gary and Diane Dixon, will be featured in their first two-person exhibition. Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.2 p.m. Through Dec. 31. Twilight Thursdays, extended hours staying open till sunset. Each week will have a different highlight from plants to pets. Thursdays. “A Painter’s Journey,” exhibition of landscape paintings by Matthew Lee. Through Jan. 5, 2020. “Bicentennial Blues Bed,” new, year-long planting celebrating the Bluff City’s bicentennial, located just outside of the Four Seasons Garden. Ongoing.

Eclectic Eye

“Life Visions,” exhibition of new work by Ollie Rodriguez. Through Jan. 2, 2020. 242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

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Folk Artists, exhibition of work by Debra Edge, John Sadowski, Nancy White, Bill Brookshire, and other folk artists. Ongoing. 509 S. MAIN (647-9242).

FireHouse Community Arts Center

Mosal Morszart, exhibition of works by Black Arts Alliance artist. memphisblackartsalliance.org. Ongoing. 985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

Holiday Group Show, through Jan. 4, 2020. 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

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“Photography in Memphis,” exhibition presents 41 works from the museum’s permanent collection by 26 artists — including William Eggleston, Ernest C. Withers, and William Christenberry — alongside 62 works by 30 artists who live in, have left, or visited Memphis. Through Jan. 19, 2020. “Arts of Global Africa,” exhibition of historic and contemporary works in a range of different media presenting an expansive vision of Africa’s artistry. Through June 21, 2021. “Claire Van Vliet: Illustrating Babel,” exhibition of an unbound book of 17 lithographs and one woodcut by Claire Van Vliet. Through Jan. 12, 2020. “Ernest C. Withers: Baseball Photographs,” exhibition that examines African-American identity and representation as captured through the lens of noted civil rights-era photographer Ernest C. Withers. Through July 5, 2020. Rotunda Projects: E.V. Day’s “Divas Ascending,” artist E.V. Day has repurposed costumes from the New York City Opera archives to make a series of sculptures that transform familiar icons of women’s empowerment and entrapment into new objects that confound conventional readings of these clichés. Through July 5, 2020. “About Face,” exhibition located in the Education Gallery highlighting the different ways artists interpret the connection between emotion and expression. Ongoing. “Drawing Memory: Essence of Memphis,” exhibition of works inspired by nsibidi, a sacred means of communication among male secret societies in southeastern Nigeria by Victor Ekpuk. Ongoing. brooksmuseum.org. 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Metal Museum

“Master Metalsmith: Sarah Perkins,” exhibition of work by the 2019 Master Metalsmith. For over 30 years, this exhibition series has honored the most influential metal artists of the day, bringing the work of internationally acclaimed metalsmiths to Memphis for solo exhibitions. Ongoing. 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

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Dorothy Northern and Jennifer Sargent, exhibition of works. Ongoing. 1581 OVERTON PARK (229-2967).

Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum “Images of Africa Before & After the Middle Passage,” exhibition of photography by Jeff and Shaakira Edison. slavehavenmemphis.com. Ongoing. 826 N. SECOND (527-3427).

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Stax Museum of American Soul Music

“Run This Town: Memphis Women of Soul,” exhibition of never-before-seen costumes, photographs, and other memorabilia, which tell the stories of 12 Memphis women and how they continue to shape the Memphis music landscape in the 21st century. Through March 31, 2020. 926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

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Sue Layman Designs Ongoing Art, exhibition of oil-on-canvas paintings featuring brilliant colors and daring geometric shapes. suelaymandesigns.com. Ongoing. 125 G.E. PATTERSON (409-7870).

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Debra Edge Art, ongoing. 99 S. SECOND (527-9772).

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

“Works by Members of the Bartlett Art Association,” wkno.org. Through Dec. 27. “Enthusiasm,” exhibition of images reflecting the creativity and moment-capturing talent of selected members of The Memphis Camera Club. memphiscameraclub.com. Jan. 2-30.

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Liberty Bowl Rodeo Sat., Dec. 28.

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Celebrate New Year’s at a noon balloon drop with all the extras: DJs, dance floor, goodie bag, crafts, and more. Free with admission. Sat., Dec. 28, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Enchanted Forest Festival of Trees

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PAW Patrol: Adventure Play

Free-flowing exhibit with activities encouraging teamwork, self confidence, and playing the roles of the rescuing heroes. Included with museum admission. Through Feb. 2, 2020, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF MEMPHIS, 2525 CENTRAL (458-2678), CMOM.COM.

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The Poor People’s Campaign — a grassroots, multiracial movement — drew thousands of people to Washington, D.C., to demand social reforms while living side-by-side on the National Mall in a tent city known as Resurrection City. This poster exhibition explores the history and legacy of this important moment in U.S. his-

tory. Through June 30, 2020. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362).

Fab Fridays: Laser Music Shows and Giant Screen Movies All shows on CTI Giant Theatre or AutoZone Dome Planetarium. Visit website for shows and times or more information. Fridays, 6-9 p.m. AUTOZONE DOME PLANETARIUM, MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

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Friday afternoon gathering with firepits, free s’mores, hot cocoa, and more. Fridays. Through Jan. 24.

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Sun, Earth, Universe

An interactive museum exhibit about Earth and space. Ongoing. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362).

RIVER GARDEN, 51 RIVERSIDE DRIVE (312-9190).

2020 New Year’s Eve Bash at B.B. King’s

Ring in the New Year on worldfamous Beale Street. Enjoy dinner, live music, and dancing all night long. Dinner package or general admission offered. $25-$100. Tues., Dec. 31, 6 p.m.

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Seasonal pop-up shop featuring holiday, hostess, home décor, and membership gifts. Through Dec. 29, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Christmas Tree Recycling

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Elvis’ 85th Birthday Celebration

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New Year’s Eve Party: Puck Food Hall

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Holiday Wonders at the Garden

Seasonal community favorite featuring a 360-degree nightly LED light show incorporating old growth oak, sassafras and elm trees towering above the Live Garden area. Through Dec. 30.

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New Year’s Eve with Iz & Diz

Enjoy a free champagne toast and entertainment. VIP tables available. Free. Tues., Dec. 31, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. ALCHEMY, 940 S. COOPER (726-4444).

New Year’s Eve at Celtic Crossing

Featuring prix fixe menu and regular menu available with reservations. Free entry if you RSVP through Eventbrite by 5 p.m. Tues., Dec. 31, 5 p.m.-3 a.m. CELTIC CROSSING, 903 S. COOPER (274-5151).

New Year’s Eve at The Pumping Station

Featuring a buffet, champagne toast, and party favors. Free. Tues., Dec. 31, 6 p.m. THE PUMPING STATION, 1382 POPLAR (272-7600).

New Year’s Eve Bash at The Guest House at Graceland

Live entertainment, grand buffet, and champagne toast. $125. Tues., Dec. 31, 7 p.m. GUEST HOUSE AT GRACELAND, 3600 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322), GUESTHOUSEGRACELAND.COM.

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Full menu offered along with chef specials and a sparkling cocktail. Enjoy live piano music in the bar area. Tues., Dec. 31, 4-10 p.m.

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•Aromatherapy: As more people discover alternative health treatments and age-old remedies for feeling better, the use of essential oils and aromatherapy techniques is rising dramatically. Essential oils are designed to awaken the mind, body and spirit. Students learn about the history of aromatherapy, proper distillation, the multitude of benefits of working with aromatic essential oils and a class favorite, blending. Lots of time learning the art of properly blending essential oils. Classes range from 8 Hrs to 24 Hrs and can be taken in 3 whole days or broken down in an 8 week series. (Community and/or CE)

•Therapeutic Touch: Therapeutic touch is based on the theory that the body, mind, and emotions form a complex energy field, the “Bio-field” that envelops the body. According to therapeutic touch, good health is an indication of a balanced energy field, while illness represents imbalance. Studies suggest that therapeutic touch may help heal wounds, reduce pain, and lessen anxiety. This method uses touch and non-touch techniques to help patients relax while relieving pain. (Community and/or CE)

•Reflexology/Zone Therapy: Reflexology, or zone therapy, involves systematically applying pressure to various points of the body (e.g. feet, hands, ears, etc.). The course dissects how this form of therapy is used to increase circulation and energy levels, alleviate sleep disorders and significantly reduce anxiety and depression. (CE only) •Basic Cupping: Cupping is an ancient Chinese alternative therapy that uses heat and special cups to balance the yin and yang within the body. Cupping has been used to increase blood circulation, relieve muscle tension, promote cell repair and create new blood vessels in the tissue. This particular class offers instruction on vacuum therapy, silicone and magnetic cups. (CE only) Classes for the 2020 Calendar Year Are Starting Soon If you are seeking to further advance your massage skills, sign up for one of TSOM”s continuing education courses today. TSOM specializes in maintaining small class sizes, so you’re sure to receive the individualized attention you desire.

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•Ambient Sound: Gong sound therapy has been practiced for thousands of years. Today, enthusiasts believe that gong baths can help reduce stress and liberate emotional blockages. Evidence suggests that certain forms of sound therapy prompt damaged human DNA strands to repair themselves. Some tones are thought to promote vitality and healing, and also to enhance happiness. Many alternative healthcare facilities such as Living Health Day Spa offer sound therapies including gong meditation to help manage various ailments. “Sound therapy is great for depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, PTSD and for healing the body, “says David Pryor with Living Health. “I do a lot of individual sessions and the results are fantastic.” This course focuses on vibration healing through the use of gongs, bells and singing bowls. (Community and/or CE)

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on South Main in October, and with it came a new bar, Eight & Sand, and restaurant, Bishop — Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman’s newest project. BarWare, a neighborhood bar that features craft cocktails and elevated bar food, opened on Front this year, too. And several other notable establishments opened their doors Downtown, including Comeback Coffee, Hu. Diner, 3rd & Court, and more. BarWare

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Old Favorites Return This was also the year we saw many old favorites come back to life. Fino’s, the beloved Midtown deli, reopened on June 6th, bringing their classic gourmet sandwiches back after closing in late 2018. Old Zinnie’s — the “best little neighborhood bar in the universe” — first opened in 1973 but closed abruptly in 2018, leaving many Memphis barflies feeling abandoned. They reopened on Halloween, the perfect night to welcome the regulars back to their local haunt. As if it never closed, Zinnie’s feels very much the same, and they’re even serving popcorn again like in the old days. The infamous and inimitable Hernando’s Hide-A-Way also celebrated its reopening near the end of 2019. The spot, famous for hosting music legends like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis, closed in 2007 but was recently purchased and reopened by partners Dale Watson and Celine Lee along with co-owner Patrick Trovato of Long Island, New York. The owners plan to maintain the integrity of the original, offering plenty of local music and color, and, supposedly, the “best hamburger in Tennessee.”

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4) Redbirds 14, Iowa 2 (August 18th) — Just like J.D. Drew (in 1998) and Oscar Taveras (in 2013), Dylan Carlson arrived in Memphis as a can’t-miss slugger, bound soon for the St. Louis Cardinals’ outfield. I caught my first glimpse of the then 20-year-old prospect in a Sunday matinee at AutoZone Park. And he lived up to the hype, homering in the first inning and adding a triple in a blowout win over the first-place Iowa Cubs. Another prize outfielder in the Cardinal system — Harrison Bader — homered twice, suggesting a return to the groove that landed Bader the everyday centerfield job in St. Louis in 2018. The Redbirds

completed a four-game sweep of the Cubs. 3) Tigers 102, Tulane 76 (February 20th) — It’s hard to score 40 points (a point per minute) in a college basketball game. In almost a century of Tiger basketball entering the 2018-19 season, only seven players had achieved the feat, and none twice. Senior guard Jeremiah Martin pulled it off twice in the month of February. Less than three weeks after scoring 41 (in a single half) at USF, Martin dropped 43 on an overmatched Green Wave team at FedExForum. A player who averaged but 2.7 points as a freshman scored the most points by a Tiger since Larry Finch established the program record with 48 on January 20, 1973. (Martin’s 43 are the fourth-most in Tiger history.) Oh, and the pride of Mitchell High School also became just the 10th Tiger to dish out 400 career assists.

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2) Tigers 54, SMU 48 (November 2nd) — ESPN’s College GameDay made Memphis the center of the college football universe for the first time, but that was merely a breakfast-and-beer party on Beale Street. The game that followed was, simply put, the biggest victory in Tiger football history. In front of a sellout crowd (59,506) at the Liberty Bowl and a prime-time national audience via ABC, the 24thranked Tigers upset the 15th-ranked SMU Mustangs to seize first place in the AAC’s West Division. Senior wideout Antonio Gibson scored touchdowns on a 50-yard pass reception, a 97-yard kickoff return (to open the second half), and a 78-yard run on his way to setting a new Memphis record with 386 all-purpose yards. This was as good as it’s ever been for Tiger football, and the entire country knew it. 1) AAC Championship: Tigers 29, Cincinnati 24 (December 7th) — This was the third “biggest football game in Memphis history” in five weeks at the Liberty Bowl. And in what proved to be Mike Norvell’s final game in an extraordinary four-year stretch as Memphis coach, the Tigers won in scintillating fashion. They fell behind four times. And they came back to take the lead four times, ultimately on a sixyard screen pass from Brady White to the game’s MVP, Antonio Gibson. The 2019 Tigers were a team that wouldn’t be denied. For their efforts, this lone victory checked off three “never before” boxes in the Tiger record book: 12 wins, a championship-game victory, and a berth in the prestigious Cotton Bowl.

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hese are the five most memorable sporting events I attended this year, ranked. 5) Tigers 47, Tulane 17 (October 19th) — Some stars are born, some are raised, and some actually explode into the limelight. Kenneth Gainwell — merely a redshirt freshman — imposed himself on a helpless Green Wave defense in this battle of AAC West rivals (both 5-1 entering the contest). Gainwell became the first FBS player in 22 years to rush for 100 yards (104) and catch passes for 200 (203) in the same game. (He’s the first Tiger to top 100 in both categories.) It was the fifth straight game for the aptly named Gainwell with 100 yards rushing. With a nod to Gainwell (and zero turnovers), Tiger coach Mike Norvell acknowledged his team’s offensive performance as being close to perfect for one night.

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The Year in Film Amid all the turmoil, 2019 turned out to be a stellar year at the movies.

he year 2019 will go down in history as a watershed. Avengers: Endgame made $357 million on its opening weekend, which was not only the biggest take for any film in history, but also the most profitable three days in the history of the American theater industry. It was the year that the industry consolidation entered its endgame, with Disney buying 20th Century Fox and cornering more than 40 percent of the market. Beyond the extruded superhero film-type product, it turned out to be a fantastic year for smaller films with something to say. Here’s my list of the best of a year for the history books. Worst Picture: Echo in the Canyon Confession: I decided life is too short to watch The Angry Birds Movie 2, so Echo in the Canyon is probably not the worst film released in 2019 — just the worst one I saw. Laurel Canyon was brimming over with creativity in the 1960s and 1970s, with everyone from Frank Zappa to the Eagles living in close, creative quarters. How did this happen? What does it say about the creative process? Jakob Dylan’s excruciatingly dull vanity documentary answers none of those questions. The best/worst moment is when Dylan The Lesser argues with Brian Wilson about the key of a song Wilson wrote.

Best Memphis Film(s): Hometowner Shorts I’ve been competing in and covering the Indie Memphis Hometowner Shorts competition for the better part of two decades, and this year was the strongest field ever. Kyle Taubken’s “Soul Man” won the jury prize in a stacked field that included career-best work by directors Morgan Jon Fox, Kevin Brooks, Abby Myers, Christian Walker, Alexandra Ashley, Joshua Cannon, Daniel Farrell, Nathan Ross Murphy, and Jamey Hatley. The future of Memphis filmmaking is bright. Best Documentary: Apollo 11 There was no better use of an IMAX screen this year than Todd Douglas Miller’s direct cinema take on the first moon landing. Pieced together from NASA’s peerless archival collection and contemporary news broadcasts, Apollo 11 is a unique, visceral adventure. Best Music: Amazing Grace The year’s other direct cinema triumph is this long-awaited reconstruction of Aretha Franklin’s finest hour. The recording of her 1972 gospel album was filmed (badly) by director Sydney Pollack, but the reconstruction by producer Alan Elliott made a virtue of the technical flaws to highlight one of the greatest performances in the history of American music. Best Performance by a Nonhuman: King Ghidorah, Godzilla: King of the Monsters Godzilla: King of the

Brad Pitt rules the screen in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Monsters was a tasty treat for megafauna fetishists. Godzilla, the Cary Grant of kaiju, looked dashing, but he was upstaged by his three-headed arch enemy. King Ghidorah, aka Monster Zero, whose pronoun preference is presumably “they,” is magnificently menacing, but versatile enough do a little comedy schtick while pulverizing Boston. Slickest Picture: Dolemite Is My Name Eddie Murphy’s comeback picture is also Memphis director Craig Brewer’s best film since The Poor & Hungry. Murphy pours himself into the role of Rudy Ray Moore, the comedian who transformed himself into a blaxploitation hero. The excellent script by Ed Wood scribes Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski hums along to music by Memphian Scott Bomar. Don’t miss the cameo by Bobby Rush! MVP: Brad Pitt Every performance in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is great, but Brad Pitt pulls the movie together as aging stuntman Cliff Booth. It was a performance made even more remarkable

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anymore, but they should. Best Performance: Lupita Nyong’o, Us If Jordan Peele is our new Hitchcock, Get Out is his Rear Window, an intensely focused and controlled genre piece. Us is his Vertigo, a more complex work where the artist is discovering along with the audience. Lupita Nyong’o’s dueling performances as both the PTSD-plagued soccer mom Adelaide and her sinister doppleganger Red is one for the ages. Best Picture: Parasite Bong Joon-ho’s Palme d’Or winner absolutely refuses to go the way you think it’s going to go. There was no better expression of the paranoid schizophrenic mood of 2019 than this black comedy from Korea about a family of grifters who infiltrate a wealthy family, only to find they’re not the only ones with secrets. It was a stiff competition, but Parasite emerges as the best of the year.

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It’s been said that Memphis has momentum. And parts of Memphis do have momentum. The city’s Downtown and center core could pose as any hustling and bustling city on the rise. There you’ll find high-end grocery stores, fancy hotels, and brand-new apartment buildings. But when you drive through the streets of South Memphis — the real South Memphis, not the part of McLemore that boasts Memphis Rox and Stax, I mean down Trigg or Florida — you’ll find a completely different world. It is undisputedly not the same Memphis you see when you drive along Madison or Poplar. Wooden boards cover windows, weeds sprout from sidewalks, and liquor stores abound. There are no grocery stores, no restaurants apart from fast food joints, and no neatly kept parks. This is evidence of years of disinvestment in a forgotten neighborhood. This isn’t the only Memphis neighborhood that looks this way. There are plenty of neighborhoods that lack the momentum found in the city’s core. The reality is nearly 30 percent of Memphians live in poverty (according to the updated Memphis Poverty Fact Sheet released in September by the University of Memphis). That’s approximately 181,000 Memphians living without the means to truly provide for themselves and their families. The national poverty rate continues to drop, but the same isn’t true for Memphis. From 2017 to 2018, it increased here by more than 3 percent. And from 2005 to 2018, the poverty rate here increased by about 4 percent. The most disheartening fact in the report is that nearly half — 44.9 percent — of all children in Memphis are living in poverty. This is an unfair reality. These kids who live below the poverty line are the same kids who are meant to be our future leaders — our teachers, doctors, and lawyers. It’s not impossible for them to reach such heights, but the odds are stacked against them. What is a child to do who is born into a household with four siblings and a single mom making less than $30,000 a year? This isn’t hypothetically speaking. I’ve met kids in this situation. I’ve seen their lack of resources and their needs firsthand. Without someone or something reaching into that child’s life, their future is likely to mirror those who came before them, continuing the trend of generational poverty. What will it take for all of Memphis’ youth to grow up with opportunities and have the chance to get a job, earn money, and live the so-called American dream? What can be done by the people in charge? Job creation, raising minimum wages, incentivizing development? Sure, but it goes beyond that. The city government can only do so much. It has a role to play, but they aren’t the only ones who can move the needle. It’s the everyday folks like me and you who can help turn the tide. It’s the people on the ground. It’s the local churches. There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of churches here. From state-of-the-art edifices on mega-campuses to tiny chapels on street corners, churches are ubiquitous. Imagine if every church stepped up and lent a hand to the “least of these.” Imagine if people of means invested more into the community programs on the ground working to pull people out of poverty. It’s the people, the churches, the nonprofits, the entrepreneurs, and the organizers who can make the difference at the end of the day. The world of privilege is hard to step out of. But when you venture through a South Memphis neighborhood or walk into a community center in North Memphis, you realize the Memphis you live in is not the same Memphis everyone knows. But this doesn’t have to be the case. The willing folks who care about Memphis and love its people have to extend ourselves beyond our comfort zones and offer a hand to those living on the margins. We’re meant to help the ones who think they’ve been forgotten about and lost in all the momentum. We’re doing it already, but we have to do more. It’s a new year, a new decade. Let’s reignite that flame. The narrative has to change sooner than later. And, hopefully, at the end of this decade, we can truly say that all of Memphis has momentum. Maya Smith is a Flyer staff writer.

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