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I have a friend who told me years ago about the “perfect day” in Memphis. It happens in the spring, she said — usually in mid-April. It’s the morning when you realize very leaf has filled out on every tree, bright and lush and newly green. The sky is clear; the winter is gone, summer is born again. The air is luminous. Twenty-two years ago, I came to Memphis in late April to visit a friend. Pittsburgh was cold and gray and muddy. Memphis was warm and green and sunny. The azaleas were in bloom. I sat on my friend’s porch in Cooper-Young and watched a mockingbird singing in a magnolia tree, the most Southern thing ever. I want to live here, I thought, and I managed to make that happen. I’ve never regretted it, and I still love this town. Especially in the spring. Perfect Day 2015 was last Saturday. My daughter, who moved here from Austin last year, was hosting a friend for the weekend. She, too, was from Austin, an ad agency exec who works in digital marketing, millenial, smart as a whip. Over the course of three days, she got the full Memphis monte: Cooper-Young restaurants, walks in Overton Park, the Rec Room, the Wiseacre Taproom, Broad Avenue, the Brewery Revival, Harbor Town, Beale Street, Raiford’s. Saturday afternoon, I met the young ladies for beers on the Slider Inn deck, where we were served by a smart-alecky waitress named Elizabeth, who should be getting paid a stipend by the CVB for her charm. My daughter’s friend had a job interview scheduled in Seattle. As we sat on the deck, she said, half seriously, “I think I want to move here, instead.” “Great idea. Austin is played out,” I joked. “Memphis is what Austin used to be. Besides, it’s cloudy in Seattle 259 days a year.” (I may have made up that number, but I don’t think I’m far off.) By Monday, my daughter’s friend really was ready to move to Memphis, and was not saying it frivolously. “Send me your resume,” I said. “I know some folks in the advertising business.” I wasn’t blowing smoke about Memphis, and it was obvious to our visitor — as it is to anyone living in Midtown or downtown. The difference is palpable, visible. The city is undergoing a sea-change; something is shifting. In Memphis, as in cities all across the country, young people are moving into urban cores, reinventing old commercial spaces, taking advantage of under-valued housing stock, reclaimN E WS & O P I N I O N THE TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE - 4 ing the urban turf abandoned by their LETTERS - 4 grandparents and parents. Businesses — THE FLY-BY - 6 grocery stores, restaurants, retail outlets, TRUTH BE TOLD - 8 and jobs — are following suit. POLITICS - 10 The best and brightest of this next genEDITORIAL - 12 eration — white, black, brown, gay, and VIEWPOINT - 13 straight — are rejecting mall culture and COVER STORY - “THE MUSIC suburban life. They don’t fear diversity; ISSUE” they fear a life of commutes and boredom. BY CHRIS SHAW - 14 Yes, Memphis has deep issues — povSTE P P I N’ O UT - 18 erty still holds back too many of us — but BEALE STREET MUSIC FEST reclaiming the center city is how the turnGUIDE - 21 around starts. And we need young people ART - 45 to help get us there. AFTER DARK - 46 CALENDAR OF EVENTS - 50 We’re not perfect. Perfect still is a proFOOD - 55 cess, even in April. FILM - 56 Bruce VanWyngarden C L AS S I F I E D S - 59 brucev@memphisflyer.com

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About Toby Sells’ cover story, “All About That Bass!” … Nice article. I think the big miss is the absence of the trolley/street car to cart visitors from Bass Pro around downtown. Sorry, trolley buses (like Showboat buses) are just a sad and inexcusable replacement. The street cars could have been a perfect device to get visitors out of the retail environment and into the city streets. I hope the Flyer will investigate what went wrong with the management of the trolley system. BP

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About Bianca Phillips’ post, “Memphis Couple Will Travel to D.C. for Supreme Court Same-sex Marriage Case” … Marriage, legally speaking (and we are talking about the law, not religious doctrines), is a contract between adults that, absent of another contract that says otherwise, joins them financially, makes them next of kin, and default reciprocal beneficiaries. Under a system of gender equality, there is no good reason to deny that we must keep evolving until an adult — regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, or religion — is free to share love, sex, residence, and marriage (and any of those without the others) with any and all consenting adults. Polyamory, polygamy, open relationships are not for everyone, but they are for some. The limited same-gender freedom to marry is a great and historic step but is not full marriage equality, because equality “just for some” is not equality. Keith Pullman

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S M O K E D M E AT S The cost of a crack rock: $10. The cost of a trailer full of lunch meat: $50,000. Viral exposure after some lunkhead truck driver trades a trailer full of lunch meat for crack: priceless. Larry Ron Bowen became world famous last week after the Arkansas truck driver was sentenced to drug treatment for trading a trailer full of lunch meat for an undisclosed amount of crack cocaine. Bowen, who was apprehended eating a lunch meat sandwich in the parking lot of a Memphis service station, described the transaction as “inadvertent.” Naturally, this story was picked up by news media around the world, but nobody did a better job of telling it than WTFark’s Mark Rylander. “We’ve all been conditioned to believe “there’s a certain way drug deals go down,” the satirical online news reporter noted. “But what happens when the traditional ‘money for drugs’ system collapses?” “Hey, you! Wanna buy some crack?

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N E V E R E N D I N G E LV I S Good news for Elvis fans who’ve been wailing and gnashing teeth since it was announced last year that Elvis’ planes might soon be leaving Graceland. On Sunday, Graceland issued a press release noting that the planes would stay in Memphis, and Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie took the opportunity to say that the aircraft would be at Graceland “4 ever.” TCB. By Chris Davis. Email him at davis@memphisflyer.com.

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Some big moves are planned for the Memphis Police Department (MPD) headquarters at 201 Poplar and for the department’s South Main precinct. The MPD wants to move its headquarters from the Shelby County Criminal Justice Complex to the former Donnelly J. Hill State Office Building on Civic Center Plaza. The state vacated the building last year, and its offices are now housed down Main Street at One Commerce Square. Robert Lipscomb, the city’s director of Housing and Community Development (HCD), wants the city to buy the building from the state for $1.5 million. The goal is to relocate MPD headquarters and a few other city offices from spaces leased around the city into the 12-story office building. “If we’re going to fight crime, we need to show the public that we’re serious about fighting crime,” Lipscomb said. “We want to give the police department a visible presence, and I think this building does that.” The MPD’s rent at 201 Poplar is $85,000 per month,

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Matching process on ioby.org funds more than 60 grassroots projects in 17 zip codes. Bats may have a scary reputation as blind bloodsuckers, but a few residents in the East Buntyn community actually want the winged mammals in their neighborhood. And after crowd-sourcing on ioby.org, they’ve raised the funds to build 10 bat houses (and one tower for Chimney Swift birds) in the East Memphis neighborhood. They’re hoping the $2,000 project will bring mosquitoeating, plant-pollinating bats and birds back to their neighborhood after years of roost disturbances and habitat loss have pushed them out of the area. The “Bring Back Bats and Birds to Buntyn” is just one of 67 projects in 17 zip codes being funded after a spring match funding campaign on ioby.org. Ioby stands for “in our backyards,” and the site is used to crowd-source civic projects across the country. The website has had a Memphis presence for a couple years, but between March 30th and April 15th, ioby.org offered up $50,000 in match funds for Memphis projects that fund-raised during that period. Livable Memphis got involved, too. “Livable Memphis was so excited by all the projects that we decided to put in additional dollars, and we still have some match funds that didn’t get spent out [during the matching period], so we’ll get to spend those on projects throughout the year,” said Ellen Roberds, creative placemaker at Livable Memphis. Another of the funded projects will place 24 seats at Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) bus stops around the city. They’re focusing specifically on stops that don’t have bus shelters. To qualify for a bus shelter, a stop must have

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more than 50 riders per day. But some smaller stops still serve a large number of people but lack seating. “The plan is to look at stops where fewer than 50 people board every day but still have enough people who board that it would be useful for people to have seats,” said Emily Trenholm, executive director of the Community Development Council of Greater Memphis. Trenholm is the project coordinator for the bus stop seat project. Some other projects funded during the matching period include Project Backboard, which will use $6,125 to restripe

Lipscomb said HCD would also move into the former state office building as well as the Memphis Housing Authority, human resources, legal, and a few other departments. Lipscomb discussed his plans with the Memphis City Council last week, but the project is not yet ready for a formal council vote, he said. But Lipscomb said a more pressing matter was the move of the MPD’s South Main precinct from Central Station to the Memphis

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and paint goal posts at 15 innercity basketball courts, $3,125 for enhancements at the DIY Altown Skate Park at Lamar and Rozelle, and $6,000 to install new trail markers through Overton Park’s Old Forest. Another group raised $1,195 to create a rock garden and “labyrinth green space” under the new “I Love Soulsville” mural at Mississippi and McLemore. And $5,761 was raised to throw a community party called Roundhouse Revival at the Mid-South Coliseum on May 23rd. A $410 project will provide helmets for young bicyclists. “There’s a group that wants to

put in herb gardens in vacant lots and eventually use the herbs to make tea,” Roberds said. “Vegetable gardens are pretty labor-intensive, but herbs are perennial and don’t require as much work.” Although the matching process is over, some projects, such as the basketball striping project, are still working to raise some additional funds. And ioby.org accepts new Memphis projects all the time. “We encourage people to start small,” Roberds said. “The best projects are the ones that are visible to the public and can be built upon.”

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Rebecca Terrell, Executive Director of CHOICES

Tennessee women are two signatures away from having more hoops to jump through when it comes to terminating pregnancy, even if the patient is a victim of rape. Two bills restricting abortion rights now await Governor Bill Haslam’s signature. Both bills were swiftly drawn since voters in the state passed Amendment 1 in November, giving the General Assembly the power to amend, repeal, and enact bills regarding abortion. One bill requires clinics that perform 50 or more abortions per year to be licensed ambulatory surgical treatment centers, which follow stricter and extensive standards. The two abortion clinics in Memphis — Planned Parenthood and CHOICES — are already licensed as such. The other requires that abortion patients get counseling from physicians and enacts a 48-hour waiting period for all abortions, even for women who are seeking abortions after a rape. Rebecca Terrell is the executive director of CHOICES, and she took some time to discuss the provisions of this bill. — Alexandra Pusateri Flyer: What is the main concern over the 48-hour waiting period? Rebecca Terrell: The reason 48 hours is a big deal is because it’s going to require clinics to build in a second physician’s visit for a procedure. That’s going to add cost. Who’s going to pay that cost? The patient. If we have to add staff to our schedule, all of that adds money. That’s the cost of care — that means additional cost to the patient. That is the intent. This all comes out of the Americans United for Life playbook. It’s a whole set of legislative templates that they sent around the country to all state legislatures, asking, “What can you get passed in your state?” And is their intent to provide better health care for women? No, their mission is to abolish abortion. It’s no secret, except to the general public who doesn’t have to live in this policy world all day and deal with these realities. Most people think these sound so innocuous, but the reality of all these barrier pieces of legislation is to make care harder to get and more expensive

to provide. Who will be affected most by this bill? Low-income women are going to be the hardest hit, because they will be the least able to come up with the additional money. It means, for many people, taking a second day off of work, arranging childcare, travel, and transportation. Many of our patients are in the tri-county area, but some are not. For the ones who are not, they’re traveling four hours to come, see us, then go home, and come back. Or they have to somehow figure out a way to stay, whichever would be cheaper for them. That’s an enormous burden that’s being added for no good reason. What kind of “counseling” can be expected with this bill? We’ve seen from the law some generic topics that need to be covered, but exactly what information will be relayed, we don’t know yet. We know that in other states where this kind of law has passed, it tends to be playedup bad science, [for instance] relayed information about the relationship between breast cancer and abortions: things that have been disproven by studies, but that doesn’t stop the state from requiring you to say it. There are laws across the country that are having the physician give false information to the patient. Because the intent of the bill is to dissuade people from having abortions, I would not be surprised to see language in there either shaming or scaring women away from the 7 procedure.

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Area Transit Authority’s North End Terminal at 444 North Main. The move was precipitated by the planned, $55 million redevelopment of Central Station into a hotel, restaurant, and apartments. The council approved the $1.3 million reallocation of funds in this year’s budget to begin the planning and design phase, which is expected to be completed by September. The price tag drew fire from councilmember Berlin Boyd. After being told that the move was necessary, Boyd chided administration officials for asking for the emergency funds. “No offense, but with everything [from the administration], there’s a sense of urgency,” Boyd said. “We can find money to do certain things, but when it comes to helping people, we can’t do that.” Armstrong explained that the move would allow him to have the entirety of his downtown precinct “under one roof ” and that the department didn’t ask to move. “One of the things we have to understand here is we’ve been asked to relocate; we’ve been asked to vacate the premises,” Armstrong said. “So, it’s more than necessary that we move.”

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according to MPD Director Toney Armstrong. All told, rent and other expenses there cost the city about $1.4 million per year. Vacating 201 Poplar would save the MPD about 75 percent of that rent cost. Some city council members were skeptical of the deal and not in favor of raising the city’s debt in the current budget year.

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A Fight for Humanity First, a few words about the brutal fight earlier this month at White Station High School (WSHS), the crown jewel of the city’s public schools. Students caught on their cell phone cameras an epic brawl between female classmates, the details of which you’ve seen repeatedly on TV or in your social media news feed, if you were conscious during the past week or so. The level of violence stunned me and, judging by the online reaction, everyone who saw the video, which quickly went viral. The first thing I wondered: What in the world happened in these young ladies’ lives to generate this sort of anger? The second thought that crossed my mind: How much of our horror was because the fight happened at Spartan Palace, the racially diverse, East Memphis utopia of National Merit finalists and an optional program that draws students who might otherwise go to private schools? WSHS students quickly launched a PR campaign with a YouTube video and hashtags such as #lovewhitestation and the clever #MakingItRightStation. As a WSHS alumna, I’m glad that news outlets allowed WSHS to reclaim its identity, even if the stations didn’t acknowledge their complicity in damaging it. But if Hamilton students made a similar YouTube video, would news directors have been as quick to air it? How many WSHS graduates can get news directors, anchors, or reporters to take their calls compared to alums from Douglass, Melrose, or Manassas? Do students at all-black high schools know how to convince the media to acknowledge their individuality and humanity? Do they think anyone would listen if they tried? In a nation built on the notion of individualism, it’s time we extend this right to all. Women’s Foundation Turns 20 Let me give a shout out to the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis (WFGM) as it celebrates 20 years of grantmaking in Memphis. The foundation’s mission “is to encourage philanthropy and foster leadership among women and support programs that enable women and children to reach their full potential.” Since the foundation’s inception in 1995, it has awarded $7.8 million in grants to local nonprofit organizations that work with low-income women

and families. From financial literacy to time-management classes, support for sex trafficking victims, transitional housing for mothers with drug addictions, and entrepreneurship training for girls, programs funded by WFGM touch an estimated 17,000 people each year. Often the speed bumps of low-income women are relatively minor, said executive director Ruby Bright. “There could be something as simple as not having a driver’s license or having a ticket that could be an impediment to getting a job. … Or something as small as $348 to repair a car.” Here is where the WFGM can help, in this instance through the $8 million invested in Urban Strategies Memphis HOPE’s case management for low-income families. The foundation doesn’t have a lobbying arm that works to reform the policies that make it difficult for low-income women to be financially self-sufficient. An example would be welfare rules that eliminate a family’s benefits when the parent earns even a dollar over the income limits. A better policy would gradually reduce the family’s benefits as the household income increased, Bright said. Still, the foundation’s leaders have an ambitious goal to reduce the poverty rate in South Memphis’ 38126 ZIP code by 1 percent a year for five years. The Vision 2020 plan also calls to increase the number of families who collect the Earned Income Tax Credit and boost the number of children who are in pre-K and teens who have summer jobs. We can support WFGM not only by donating to the organization, but by advocating for fairer public policy, such as an increase in the minimum wage, smarter mass transit, universal pre-K, and better health-care access, especially for those battling addictions. “Sometimes there is the assumption that people are just freeloading,” Bright acknowledged, “but for the most part, our families want to improve.” “True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar,” said Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.” To be sure, the women and families helped by WFGM’s funding aren’t beggars and WFGM doesn’t toss dollars. But while WFGM continues its work, we need to rebuild the edifice. If we’re successful, the foundation won’t celebrate a 40th anniversary — because it will have no reason to exist.

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The Race is On Janis Fullilove may be feeling lonely, but she’s not going to complain. As of the end of Monday, the Super District 8, Position 2 councilwoman was the only incumbent running for reelection in this year’s city election who did not have a declared opponent. All other city races are contested at this point (which is to say that multiple petitions have been drawn for each of them, actual filing having occurred so far in only a minority of cases). The other council seats would seem to be assured of contests, with District 5 and Super District 9, Position 2 — the seats vacated, respectively, by mayoral candidate Jim Strickland and Shea Flinn — attracting the most action. There are eight entries so far for District 5, most of them with enough backing to appear serious, and something of the same situation exists for the Super District 9 vacancy, where six petitions have been drawn up to this point. By contrast, Position 3 in Super District 8, which, as was recently announced, will be vacated by council Chairman Myron Lowery, has so far seen only three petitions drawn. One of those was by the incumbent’s son Mickell Lowery, and the legacy name may be enough to dissuade most comers. District 4 incumbent Wanda Halbert’s announcement of non-candidacy (she’s a candidate instead

for City Court clerk) is too recent to have occasioned a rush of would-be candidates. Four petitions have so far been drawn for that seat. Another mayoral candidate, Harold Collins, will be vacating his District 3 seat, and that one has generated a fair amount of action, with five petitions drawn so far. The race for mayor has seen 13 petitions drawn; and it is a safe bet that more are coming. Meanwhile, the first mayoral debate — or forum, as emcee Kyle Veazey of the Mayor A C Wharton checks something with aide Maura Black Sullivan before Monday night’s debate.

sponsoring Commercial Appeal, preferred to call it — of the 2015 city election season took place before a good crowd at the old Tennessee Brewery Monday night, and, while there were no winners as such among the five hopefuls invited, it was possible to make out some distinctions. To start with, Justin Ford, the youthful county commission chairman, demonstrated likeability but nothing much to anchor it except a recap of his résumé and prerogatives (“I make appointments.”), a recommended slogan (“Listen, Assist, and Invest.”), and enough platitudes and expressions of good will to start a smarm farm. This is not to doubt Ford’s capability, merely to suggest that he was short on specifics, no doubt on purpose, and did nothing to counter a widespread impression that he is in the race not so much with expectations of winning it as to extend his name recognition for some future electoral purpose. By contrast, Memphis Police Association President Mike Williams, generally considered a long shot, was all agenda. Pledged to represent the interests of city employees and ordinary citizens, Williams talked up small business and deplored the strategy of enticing big industries here by means of PILOT (payment-in-lieu-oftaxes) arrangements. Indeed, he went so far as to suggest that Electrolux, a relatively recent acquisition on the city landscape, is already looking to go “out the door” because

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and doom” with a concept of “revitalizing the entire city in growth mode” and concentrating on “quality of life” issues. This week’s grand opening of the Bass Pro Shop monolith in the Pyramid did not go unspoken for as an exhibit of the mayor’s vision (although the project, brainchild of city housing and community development director Robert Lipscomb, was actually hatched during the mayoralty of Wharton’s predecessor Willie Herenton). What gives the notion of a WhartonStrickland race some validity is the fact that the councilman’s presumed lower profile in African-American communities is balanced by potential inroads there, at

Wharton’s expense, by “neighborhood” advocates like Collins and Williams. There are other candidates, to be sure, including many who were not included in Monday night’s event (several were seated or standing in the audience, however, and Collins gallantly gave shout-outs to several of them), but the distribution of voices Monday night gave some preliminary sense of how this election will play out. If firebrand pastor/former school board member Kenneth Whalum ends up in the race instead of Williams (as per their agreement that one of them, and one only, will run for mayor), the kaleidoscope could shift and radically so.

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“they didn’t get the profits they thought.” Williams suggested that Memphis’ problem was not limited revenue but overspending. He said the city should stick to basics and hire more fire and police. He also weighed in on behalf of those citizens who want to save the Mid-South Coliseum. More than the other candidates, he had audible boosting from a claque of supporters on hand. Councilman Collins, whose task is to expand on his sprawling Whitehaven base and to convince voters that he and no one else is the legitimate alternative to incumbent Mayor A C Wharton, sounded notes akin to those of Williams, advocating a focus on education to create the basis for “professional” jobs at a “living wage” and against the “$9- or $10-an-hour jobs” available at “Bass Pro and Mitsubishi.” Collins also joined with Williams in taking a dim view of bike lanes, an issue that separated the five hopefuls into two camps. Collins and Williams made the point that Memphis has an automobile culture and that bike lanes in what Collins called “major neighborhoods” (meaning Frayser, Raleigh, and Whitehaven) were impediments to necessary transportation. Ford disagreed, pointing out that the bike lanes were paid for by federal “passthrough” money, a point made also by Councilman Strickland, who took Mayor Wharton to task for having “zero bike lanes in the budget” until prodded by the council, after which the mayor allegedly “relented.” Wharton, who had touted the bike lanes early in his remarks as part of his vision of planning for the “city on the move” and the citizens of the future rather than “through the eyes of today,” seemed irate at Strickland’s allegation and insisted that his “plans underway” for the bike lanes were retarded by one city engineer but had been re-established, at the mayor’s insistence, by a “new engineer.” That bit of sniping seemed more in line with the “debate” that Veazey suggested the CA would be sponsoring down the line than with the informational forum he had in mind for Monday evening. But in fact, everybody but Ford, who was careful to praise his fellow participants, did a little mud-balling. The most obvious confrontation was between Strickland, the former two-time budget chairman and self-proclaimed “fiscal conservative” who has been aiming at the mayoralty for years now, and the increasingly beleaguered Wharton, still too spry to be a sitting duck but, clearly, Target Number One for the others in this year’s mayoral race. Although circumstances could turn out to belie the premise, most observers (and virtually the entire media) see the rest of the mayoral field as being made up of supporting players, while the real drama

is the one-on-one between Strickland and Wharton, both well-endowed financially, essentially by donations from the same business interests, and waging an intense battle for the hearts and minds of the Poplar Corridor. Strickland’s tough-love pitch is to arrest what he sees as the city’s dangerously dwindling population base by practicing fiscal efficiency and focusing on “basic services” and eliminating frills (the city’s “Music Commission” was one he named) and a superfluity of “deputy directors and P.R. people,” while simultaneously attacking blight and crime. Wharton counters this image of “gloom

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Hope and Change? Over the course of time — and quite a lot recently — we have had much to say about the Tennessee General Assembly’s annual legislative value judgments (if that’s not too oxymoronic a term). More than once, we have

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characterized them in cartoons as hillbillies (and that was if we were feeling kindly.) That kind of rude jesting on our part had actually begun well before the state’s voting population began its pell-mell rush to the flag of Tea Party Republicanism. Since that happened, beginning with the election of 2008, more or less, and proceeding geometrically in that direction ever since, we have often been stupefied — uncertain as to how much further we could go with such ad hominem characterizations without being considered either too rabid or, worse, guilty of gross understatement. We’re still a little buffaloed, frankly, as to how and why the Tennessee GOP was able to expand so far beyond its East Tennessee hinterland, where a relatively genteel and moderate version of Republicanism had flourished since the Civil War, as a result of the region’s hill-country pro-Unionism, and how and why the party’s philosophy had shifted so far rightward. Our puzzlement was amplified by the fact that those original advances into Middle and West Tennessee (in the direction of what was then called a “twoparty system”) were facilitated by Memphis’ own Lewis Donelson, a genteel presence whose protégés — office-holders like Howard Baker and Winfield Dunn and the early version of Lamar Alexander — were thoughtful additions to a thriving political debate that for some gave Tennessee the reputation of a bellwether state, one that could go back and forth between the two major parties in tune with shifts in the regional and national mood. All that began careening to an end in

2008, more or less simultaneously with the election and then the administration of an African-American president. Or maybe that was just a coincidence. In any case, Tennessee is now, like the rest of the South, and in some ways more so, resolutely red, with only trace amounts of Democrats, mainly in Nashville and Memphis. But we have come to praise the General Assembly, not to bury it. Granted, in the last session, there was yet another gratuitous firearms bill, which our wellintentioned but, er, gun-shy governor signed into law after pointing out concisely its more dangerous attributes. And there was the expected bill adding new antiabortion restrictions to state law. Worst of all, there was the refusal to accept a badly needed Medicaid-expansion bill, largely because the word “Obamacare” was attached to it by opponents. On the plus side, this Republican supermajority legislature refused for the third year in a row to devalue public education with a school-voucher bill, approved a halfway decent educational-standards measure, rejected a Bible-as-state-book bill that would have trashed the barrier between church and state, gave the concept of medical marijuana a fair hearing, and, arguably best of all, came within a single vote — that of an absent Democrat — of approving in-state tuition allowances for children of undocumented aliens, with a bill that is said to be sure of passage next year (see Viewpoint, p. 13). All things considered, this is progress. Maybe something like a normal political spectrum has reasserted itself within the confines of our one-party state. We are entitled to hope.

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Myopia in Nashville did not vote but claims she would have voted against the bill because, to her, the bill represents a “slippery slope.” We’re not sure which slope she’s sliding down, but opening up opportunity for more young people, as many as 25,000, to study at our state-supported universities seems more like a step-up. Her lack of leadership on this important initiative is worse than her uninspiring metaphors. Others have led with conviction and grace: Carla Chávez spoke on April 7th before the Education Administration and Planning Committee. The young woman told of arriving in the U.S. at 5 years old with her parents. She never knew she was “undocumented” until it came time to apply to college. Carla graduated from McGavock High School in Nashville and gained eligibility to work with a work permit, as authorized through DACA. She worked at internships and studied on the side, preparing for college during her free time in the hopes that tuition equity would, one day, pass in Tennessee. Chávez’s powerful statement had a therapeutic effect on some of our representatives. Kent Calfee (R-Kingston) described the moment as “an epiphany” because he was set to vote against the bill, but was swayed by Chávez. Representative Johnnie Turner (D-Memphis) invoked the civil rights struggle during a moving, passionate speech. Representative Mark White (RMemphis) sponsored and shepherded the bill that ultimately fell short. He deserves credit for recognizing the moral imperative behind this legislation and the positive impact it would have in Tennessee. Last year, this same bill bitterly divided the state legislature and never made it out of committee. This year, a broad coalition led by the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC), Latino Memphis, Inc., and hundreds of students organized a bold campaign that, while not managing to provoke new legislation, still made significant progress. In these times of seemingly interminable partisan bickering, we need a state legislature that leads and helps us all look to our better angels. Offering young people the opportunity to take command of their lives through education, dedication, and focused work is the right policy option for Tennessee. We hope the myopia recedes, just a little bit, in the next legislative session. Bryce Ashby is a Memphis-based attorney. Michael J. LaRosa teaches history at Rhodes College.

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Tennessee had the opportunity, on April 22nd, to join 22 forward-looking states by passing tuition equity, which would have benefited thousands of young people across the state. But a mysterious outbreak of myopia in the House chamber, moments before the bill came up for vote, defeated a nicely crafted Senate-passed bill that had strong support from Tennessee youth, educators, and immigrant-rights advocates. The legislative push to secure tuition equity — which would have allowed in-state university tuition for undocumented youth — has been arduous. Legislators in Nashville have struggled to understand the ramifications of tuition equity in the context of stalled national immigration reform. Ironically, the bill’s origin and defeat can be traced indirectly to persistent federal inaction on immigration policy. Five years ago, the U.S. Senate voted down the “Dream Act,” a bill that would have created a path to residency and citizenship for undocumented youth in the U.S. The Senate’s failure to act essentially denied hundreds of thousands of teenagers the chance to pursue education beyond 12th grade. These youths were effectively assigned to the class of low-wage workers living in the U.S.A. In response to congressional failure, President Obama signed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive order in 2012. The order allows childhood arrivals who are pursuing or who have obtained a high school diploma to earn a temporary, renewable two-year immigration status. This frees these folks from fear of deportation and allows them to work and study legally in the U.S. Some states, as a result of congressional inaction, have cobbled together legislation — sometimes called tuition equity — designed to support young people who hope to earn college degrees and embrace the American dream. Tuition equity can come in a variety of forms but generally means offering in-state tuition rates for undocumented youth who reside in the state and have graduated from the state’s high schools. The Republican-controlled Tennessee state legislature came close to passing tuition equity in last week’s general session. The Senate recently passed it by a vote of 21-12. The House vote, 49-47, fell one vote short of a constitutional majority (50 votes) needed for passage. This vote divided the Republican ranks. For example, Beth Harwell (R-Nashville)

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SWAMP ROCK, SHAPE SHIFTERS, AND SOUTHERN BLUES A look at three “don’t miss” acts performing at Beale Street Music Fest.

Rollin’ on the River ... The amazing career of John Fogerty

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Do you remember the first time you heard a song that changed your perception of popular music? For me, it was “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Growing up, my parents frequently listened to oldies stations as we drove to school or soccer practice (I remember wondering as a child how my mom knew every song on the radio), and I can still recall the first time I heard Fogerty’s voice come over the airwaves. This was a very significant moment in my life for two reasons. Number one, the song is absolutely flawless. And number two, I had never heard an antiwar song on FM radio before. What was this guy who was singing about silver spoons and senators’ sons even talking about? Was this even legal? Hell, yes, it was legal, and I wanted more of it. As a pre-teen, I dug deeper into Creedence Clearwater Revival, downloading their albums on file-sharing sites like Limewire and Napster and buying their greatest-hits compilations at Best Buy. Around the age of 15, I discovered vinyl and sold my collection of CDs to places like Cat’s Music and Spin Street (Turtle’s Records + Tapes at the time), but my Creedence CDs stayed put. Creedence Clearwater Revival only existed from 1967 to 1972 (even though the trio of John Fogerty, Stu Cook, and Doug Clifford had been playing together since 1959). Think about that for a minute. Think about 14 churning out that many gold records and huge hits in such a small amount of time. Think about writing

one good song that would become synonymous with the late 1960s, let alone a handful. In five short years, Fogerty went from being discharged from the Army to being a rock-and-roll star with one of the most recognizable voices in modern music. All this success came at a price, and Creedence Clearwater Revival went through their fair share of turmoil, even at the peak of their popularity. Their headlining performance at Woodstock was not included in the original Woodstock film because

that when we’re playing. To me it was a competition. You’d have the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane talking like: ‘We don’t want to be successful, maaaaan.’ For one thing I wasn’t sure I believed them and for another, why would I go to all this trouble and only sell one record to my mom? I wasn’t embarrassed that I was ambitious. We wanted to be the best we could be.” Fogerty kept his discipline as a solo artist and started cranking out more hits, first under the name the Blue Ridge Rangers and later as John Fogerty. When Creedence Clearwater Revival was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, Fogerty refused to perform next to Cook and Clifford and was instead joined by Bruce Springsteen and Robbie Patterson to perform three classic Creedence songs. In 2011, Fogerty told Rolling Stone that his anger toward his former bandmates had diminished and even went as far to say that a fullscale reunion was possible. Pretty impressive for an artist who wouldn’t even play the songs he wrote for Creedence Clearwater Revival live for 25 years after their 1972 split. Sure, Neil Young is great, but he didn’t write “Someday Never Comes,” “Who’ll Stop the Rain,” “Long As I Can See the Light,” or even “Run Through the Jungle,” and for that reason I can comfortably say that Fogerty is one of the best, if not the best, American rock-and-roll singers of all time. Don’t miss his first performance in Memphis in 20 years when he plays Beale Street Music Fest on Saturday night, because someday never comes. — Chris Shaw John Fogerty plays the Rockstar Energy Drink Stage Saturday, May 2nd, at 10:15 p.m.

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Fogerty claimed the performance was subpar (Cook disagreed — one of many disagreements between Cook and Fogerty). Ultimately, it was the rough relations between Fogerty and the rest of Creedence Clearwater Revival that led to their break-up in 1972. Fogerty addressed his hard-nosed ways in an interview with The Guardian in 2013. “Yes, I was very disciplined,” Fogerty said. “Were there any drugs involved? Yeah, I smoked a little pot. I think my bandmates smoked quite a bit more pot. I had rules: Never do that when we’re recording; never do

St. Vincent ... The evolution of Annie Clark I first fell in love with Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent,

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when I saw her do a searing cover of the Pop Group’s “She Is Beyond Good and Evil” on a summer music festival webcast. Before that, I had been aware of her mostly as the former guitarist for folk rocker Sufjan Stevens. But there she was, absolutely killing it in front of a huge crowd, not with some big party anthem, but with a fairly obscure English post-punk song. If anything, her interpretation was even weirder and harder than the original. Every time she stepped back from breathily reciting the lyrics, she strangled out squalls of No Wave noise from her guitar. Then she leapt into the crowd and proceeded to sing her song “Krokodil” while her tiny frame was being thrown around by a few thousand sweaty festivalgoers. Then, after barely escaping with her life, she did an encore. Clark was born in Oklahoma and grew up in Dallas. She took to guitar at the age of 12 and showed immediate talent. Her first taste of a musician’s life was touring with her aunt and uncle, the jazz duo Tuck & Patti. Clark played in punk bands in high school and then attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. She dropped out due to frustration after three years and landed a job playing guitar with the psychedelic folk group Polyphonic Spree, before hooking up with Stevens. She struck out on her own in 2006 with Marry Me, an album of meticulously arranged songs that showed the influence of the baroque popsters for whom she had been serving as side-woman. By the time of 2011’s Strange Mercy — recorded over a month in self-imposed isolation in Seattle — she had found a voice and a sound that were entirely her own. It was Bowie-descended art rock with teeth, and like the Thin White Duke, she had an ear for taking the best quirks of any genre that caught her fancy and recombining them into something new, yet still tantalizingly familiar. As more people turned up at her shows, the introverted musician gained the confidence to charge headlong into crowds, Iggy Popstyle. But it was her absolute mastery of the guitar that transfixed audiences. On such songs as “Cheerleader,” she proved she could switch from an Athens jangle to a noise meltdown and back, effortlessly, unafraid of either crunchy power chords or twisted jazz phrasings. Then, in 2012, she completely switched gears, collaborating with the legendary David Byrne on Love This Giant. The

album was noticeably short on guitar but heavy on horns, with many songs constructed more like marching band arrangements than traditional rock or pop songs. Like Byrne and Bowie, her collaborations are not just pickup bands, they’re learning experiences. With a new record contract and a fresh set of ideas, 2014’s self-titled St. Vincent was her best work yet. Always sonically restless, Clark delved heavily into guitar-triggered synths, creating tones that managed to recall both pre-King Crimson Adrian Belew and 1980s electro-pop. The ingenious arrangements and song structures were still intact, as on album standout “Huey Newton,” which starts out as an airy synth pop number before turning on a dime into a square wave, Black Sabbath cruncher. The single “Digital Witness” sounded like nothing else in pop music, but still captured the selfie-obsessed zeitgeist. You never know what’s going to happen next in a St. Vincent song, but the weirdness is always in service of real emotion. If St. Vincent marked a musical turning point, her stage show had also undergone its own radical change. Instead of the blood and guts, punk girl with an axe and amp, she and her band carefully choreographed everything that happened on stage. Like Bowie, the stretches of strict control had the effect of amplifying the moments when the mask falls and the audience catches a glimpse of the turmoil going on inside her head. Clark has a reputation for being tight-lipped about her personal life, preferring to focus on the music, which she says reveals all that needs to be revealed. The reticent performer is always intriguing, which makes her first single of 2015, the frank memory “Teenage Talk,” a tantalizing sample of a more intimate musical direction. St. Vincent’s set on Sunday is not to be missed. — Chris McCoy St. Vincent plays the FedEx Stage Sunday, May 3rd, at 7:30 p.m.

Ghost Town Boys ... A closer look at Ghost Town Blues Band Ghost Town Blues Band is one of the few Memphisbased groups (along with Star and Micey and Prosevere) continued on page 16

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Right: Ghost Town Blues Band in Memphis last year. Below: Songwriter Annie Clark is one of the most unique guitar players of her generation.

SWAMP ROCK, SHAPE SHIFTERS AND SOUTHERN BLUES continued from page 15 who have been asked to play Beale Street Music Fest (BSMF) for the past few years. Formed in 2009, Ghost Town Blues Band is led by Matt Isbell, a multiinstrumentalist and tour-tested musician who also fashions instruments out of everything from cigar boxes to broomsticks in his spare time. When asked at what moment Isbell knew he wanted to play Beale Street Music Fest, he recalled seeing one of his favorite guitarists play the festival as a teenager. “I remember being around 14 years old and seeing Todd Snider playing at Beale Street Music Fest and just being blown away,” Isbell said. “I had talked to him a little bit before and seen him play around town, so it didn’t just seem like some huge rock star playing on stage; it actually seemed like a touchable dream.” Snider would later invite Isbell to hang out at Ardent Studios and sit in on a recording session - his first opportunity to see the legendary music studio in all its glory. Fast forward to 2013, and Isbell’s dream became a reality. “The first time we played Beale Street Music Fest was in 2013 at the Southern Comfort Blues Shack,” Isbell said. “When we started, there were about 30 or 40 people watching us play, and by the end I’d say there were close to 400 people standing there — and not just because we were playing next to the port-a-potties. I guess that’s when I felt like we belonged at a festival like Memphis In May. After that performance, I felt like we deserved to be there.” A mentor like Snider helps, but that’s not what has landed Ghost Town Blues Band a spot on three consecutive BSMF lineups. Since forming six years ago, Ghost Town Blues Band has grown ever more popular with their infectious blend of modern blues and Southern rock. The band has toured the States numerous times and been championed in publications like Living Blues Magazine. Their list of awards is impressive: 2014 International Blues Challenge, Second Place; 2013 Memphis Blues Society International Blues Challenge Winner; 2012 Rosedale Blues Society Winner; and a 2010 Independent Label Music Award in Germany. Their latest album, Hard Road To Hoe, is more introspective than anything the group has created before, with songs referencing the death of Isbell’s father and other hard life lessons. Released in March,

“That’s when it kind of hits you just how big the festival is. Being from Memphis, I think people kind of take for granted how special the event really is. People from all over the country come to Beale Street that weekend and we don’t try to use it as a booking tool or anything, but we definitely feel the result of playing the festival when we are away from home.” As for what to expect from Ghost Town Blues Band at this year’s Beale Street Music Fest, Isbell said they plan to show the crowd what Memphis is all about. “We are extremely grateful for the opportunity to play a third year and to show people from out of town how Memphis does it,” Isbell said. “We were grateful to play the Southern Comfort Blues Shack that first year, so moving up to the Blues Tent is really cool. I mean, we would play in the bathrooms of that place if it meant getting a chance to perform. I guess our biggest hope for this year’s music fest would be for Robert Randolph to come and sit in with us.” — CS Ghost Town Blues Band plays the Pearl River Resort Blues Tent on Saturday, May 2nd, at 2:10 p.m.

Q&A ... with Memphis In May President and CEO Jim Holt Jim Holt has been with Memphis In May since the beginning. He’s watched the festival go from a two-night event on Beale Street to a three-day and three-night experience at Tom Lee Park for 100,000 people. Deep in the throes of last-minute planning and preparations, Holt was kind enough to let me ask him some questions about the origins of the festival and what makes Memphis In May one of the most attended music festivals in the South. — CS Flyer: Can you tell me what the transition was like when the festival moved from Beale Street to Tom Lee Park? Jim Holt: We had been operating a smaller music festival with the Merchants Association, where

“We try to pick the [local] artists who are getting ready to pop.” - Jim Holt April 30-May 6, 2015

the album has received rave reviews and debuted on the Living Blues Chart at number 18. Isbell said the first opportunity to play Beale Street Music Fest came before the band had finished playing all their sets at the 2013 International Blues Challenge. “Mike Glenn [former owner of the New Daisy] is the artist relations guy for Joe Whitmer from the Blues Foundation, and they pretty much run all the blues tents at Beale Street Music Fest,” Isbell said. “I don’t know how he got my number, but Mike gave me a call before we had even finished playing the 2013 Blues Challenge and asked me, ‘How do you feel about playing Beale Street Music Fest?’ Since then, they’ve always taken real good care of us; they put us up in a trailer and make sure we always have cold beer.” Isbell said playing multiple Beale Street Music Fests has brought the band notice in some of the strangest places. “We could be playing a show in Canada and someone will 16 come up to us and say they saw us play Memphis In May,” Isbell said.

we would put a stage in Handy Park and program the nightclubs with bands, but it wasn’t financially successful. There was talk in 1989 about doing away with the music festival, but we didn’t want to see it go away. We came up with the idea of doing it at Tom Lee Park because the barbecue festival and the Sunset Symphony were successful there. I was working for a company called Mid-South Concerts at the time, and we ended up doing a sponsorship with the festival in the fall of 1989. I think the first festival [at Tom Lee Park] was held on April 27th and 28th of 1990. Mid-South Concerts sponsored the event, along with AutoZone and Budweiser. What were those early Beale Street Music Festivals at Tom Lee Park like? It started off with two outdoor stages and was two days long. There were way fewer artists because there were way fewer performance stages at that time, and

Tom Lee Park was only six to eight acres. In the mid1990s, the city of Memphis added 15-plus acres to the park, which allowed growth for both the barbecue festival and Beale Street Music Fest. How many months of planning does it take to pull off a festival of this size? We have a staff of 14 people who work year-round. There is a lot of cleanup that goes on in June and July and then August 1st is when we start our fiscal year and do our annual review. It’s a long process. We sent out our first talent offer for this year on August 26th, and that same week we issued seven offers to artists. We’ve got 67 artists this year, maybe 66, and we place offers on probably 124 different acts. At what point did you have to embrace the typically poor weather as just a part of Beale Street Music Fest? I like to look at the blue skies and sunshine in life, that’s my philosophy. We track the weather, and if you look at the last three years, there’s only been rain on one of the weekends. In 2013, it was just freakishly cold, but I don’t remember that much rain. Some weekends in the past we have had fabulous weather, and when that happens there’s really just no better place to be. I read an article where someone was joking about Tom Lee Park becoming the fourth largest city in Tennessee during Memphis In May. How does the festival function like a miniature city during Beale Street Music Fest? We lay down a plumbing grid and an electrical grid, and we build an infrastructure in Tom Lee Park that costs nearly $1 million. Over the course of the month we flip the park three times, so there is a lot of detail and hard work that goes into making everything function properly. If you had to pick some of your favorite artists who have played Beale Street Music Fest in the past, who would they be? I tend to bounce around from stage to stage and check on problems, but I thought that Stevie Ray Vaughan playing on April 28, 1990, was just incredible. The park was about a third of the size it is now and there were 17,000 or 18,000 people in attendance. He died four months later in that helicopter crash, so that was a very special performance. James Brown’s first performance in 1993 was also unbelievable. Stevie Ray Vaughan stands out, but there’s been so many memorable performances over the years, from B.B. King to Etta James and Little Richard. ZZ Top were amazing when they played. We also have an incredible lineup for this year’s festival. Lenny Kravitz hasn’t played in the market since 1996, Ed Sheeran couldn’t be any hotter, and everyone is excited for Hozier. It’s tough when you look at this year’s schedule. People are going to have to make decisions. How do you go about picking the local bands? Any tips for local bands interested in playing? We have a committee that is really knowledgeable about what is going on musically in the city, and we solicit input from them. We look at who is really at the cusp of breaking nationally and we try to pick the artists who are getting ready to pop. There are so many great artists in this town that you could book a whole weekend of local talent if you wanted to. We’ve had locals like the Memphis Dawls and Amy LaVere, and they both did a great job. We are always excited to have artists like Al Kapone and Three Six Mafia and Yo Gotti. We always try to get the best of the best in Memphis.

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Actor Peter Coyote calls Corey Mesler’s Memphis Movie (Soft Skull Press) “spot-on” in its re-creation of what it takes to make a movie. But what Coyote maybe doesn’t know is that Mesler — co-owner, with wife Cheryl, of Burke’s Book Store — went into this, his eighth novel, with only a vague idea of what he was doing. “I read a few books for background,” Mesler told the Flyer. “But, honestly, I had no idea whether my depiction of a film set, film folks, or the entire film milieu was at all accurate, until Peter Coyote and [actor and former Memphian] Chris Ellis both told me I nailed it.” Courtney Love, you might say, started it years ago. According to Mesler: “She came into the bookstore with an entourage. I thought, This is strange. This is not usually how a day in Memphis progresses. “I started Memphis Movie like I start all my novels: with an amorphous idea of what I’m doing. When the character of Eric Warberg began taking shape is when I thought I might be onto something good.” Warberg, a onetime Hollywood success story but with a few recent flops under his belt, is Memphis Movie’s central character, and he’s returned to his hometown, Memphis, to get his directing career back on track. How? By making a movie. About what? Even Warberg isn’t so sure. But no problem. The action in Memphis Movie is more off the set than on, and so is most of his cast and crew — on the make and bedding every which way. Chaotic, crazed? That describes the action in Memphis Movie, and Mesler said so. But he also recalled his role as an extra when the Metropolitan Opera, on tour, would come to town: “I hate opera, but backstage it was exhilarating. I was struck by how chaotic and crazed and downright ornery it was behind the curtain, and then, suddenly, when the action moved out onto the stage, it was magic aborning. There was an artistic whoosh. Beauty from chaos. Hey, there’s my theme in Memphis Movie!” COREY MESLER SIGNING AND READING “MEMPHIS MOVIE” AT BURKE’S BOOK STORE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 30TH, 5:30-7 P.M. READING BEGINS AT 6 P.M. BURKESBOOKS.COM

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Dining Out for Life Various locations and times Annual national event with participating restaurants offering a percentage of a meal’s proceeds to AIDS organizations. Among the Memphis restaurants are: Bounty, Porcellino’s, Ecco, Molly’s, RP Tracks, and many more. The Silly Goose is donating 100 percent of its dinner and late-night proceeds. Benefiting Friends for Life. For a full list, go to diningoutforlife.com/memphis.

Beale Street Music Festival Tom Lee Park, 5 p.m., $40 Memphis In May kicks off tonight with the first night of Music Fest. Tonight’s lineup includes Lenny Kravitz, Jenny Lewis, Slash, the Spin Doctors, and the Flaming Lips. For a full schedule and performer profiles, check out the Flyer’s Music Fest guide on page 21.

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There are few sounds that have rattled my bones like the sound of metal dog tags falling to the ground and piling up. And there are few lines that have gutted me like the frequently repeated refrain, “I had to put the flag in the washing machine to get all the dirt out of it.” These images are taken from Our Own Voice Theatre Troupe’s production of Goodtime Speech, a play by Memphis poet Randy Wayne Youngblood, who passed away last year at the age of 56. Youngblood once toured as a roadie with the rock band Yes. He was a cofounder of Our Own Voice (OOV). He was also diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 1984 but never let his obstacles prevent him from making art. This week, Youngblood’s fellow company members celebrate their friend’s life and work by staging his last play, Attorney/Joker: Part Sign. “It’s a challenge to reduce Randy’s writing to just a statement,” says frequent OOV contributor Alex Skitolsky, who has been working on the script on and off for the past 12 years. “Randy gave me a notebook containing all the text when I was directing Goodtime Speech,” Skitolsky says. OOV artistic director and choreographer Kimberly Barksdale Baker describes Attorney/Joker as a reunion. “It is lovely to see Alex taking the helm,” she says, noting that several past OOV players are coming back to Memphis for the show. “Randy references a lot of stuff,” Skitolsky says, attempting to explain the experimental work. “I caught myself Googling pretty much the entire play because he references so much. There are song lyrics, pieces of a novella, the old [vampire] soap opera Dark Shadows, and lots of ’70s and ’80s rock. There is one scene that is structured entirely around the lyrics of ‘Hotel California.’” “ATTORNEY/JOKER: PART SIGN” AT THEATREWORKS FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS, MAY 1ST-16TH. OUROWNVOICE.ORG

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MetroPCS Blues Shack (Times Vary) Butch Mudbone wins the unofficial “best-name competition” of Beale Street Music Fest. This area musician has opened for everyone from James Brown to B.B. King but shouldn’t be labeled as simply an opening act. Butch Mudbone claims to live the blues, so keep that in mind when checking his set out Friday night.

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Rockstar Energy Drink Stage • 6:05 p.m. Get ready for a healthy dose of goth metal from In This Moment, who kick things off early on Friday night. Formed in 2005, the band released their early work on metal label Century Media before signing to Atlantic and releasing Black Widow, an album that has sold 80,000 albums to date. If their 2014 live album Blood at the Orpheum is any indication of what this band is capable of, metal fans should be in for a memorable experience.

SPIN DOCTORS

Bud Light Stage • 6:10 p.m. What time is it? It’s 4:30! No, actually it’s 6:10 p.m. on Friday when ’90s jamrockers the Spin Doctors take the stage. But it’s not late, no. It’s early. Probably early enough to watch the beginning stages of sunset as lead singer Chris Barron croons those famous lines about his pocket full of Kryptonite.

PRESTON SHANNON

Pearl River Resort Blues Tent • 6:10 p.m. Preston Shannon’s southern fried soul music shouldn’t be missed this weekend. Originally from Olive Branch, Mississippi, Shannon moved to Memphis at the age of 8. This will be Shannon’s third Beale Street Music Fest appearance, and the North Mississippian also appeared on The Voice in 2012. Shannon is one of many local artists who are sure to put on a captivating performance this weekend.

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Bud Light Stage • 9:20 p.m. This wildcard singer-songwriter is also a legendary producer, helping craft albums for the likes of everyone from Fall Out Boy to Willie Nelson. Not one to be tied to a specific genre, Adams has tackled everything from alternative country to pop punk. He recently released 1984, a punk album that was heavily indebted to the Replacements and, most recently, a live album of his performance at Carnegie Hall.

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ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND Pearl River Resort Blues Tent • 11:05 p.m. This family band is a veritable super group led by seasoned veteran steel guitarist Robert Randolph. You should also know that Randolph is listed in Rolling Stone’s top 100 guitarists of all time and most recently wrote a song for the show SEC Nation.

THE FLAMING LIPS

FedEx Stage • 11:05 p.m. This will be the third Music Fest appearance for the Flaming Lips. In 2012, the band chose Memphis as the starting line when it broke the Guinness World Record for Most Concerts Played in Multiple Cities in a 24-Hour Period. Consistently active since the mid-’80s and boasting an immense body of work that genuinely contains at least one stylistic era for anyone with more than a casual interest in underground rock, the Flaming Lips are festival legends at this point.

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TERRY “BIG T” WILLIAMS

MetroPCS Blues Shack (Times Vary) Another Mississippi bluesman that should not be missed this weekend. Williams grew up hearing stories about the blues from his grandmother, who saw legends like Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker.

GHOST TOWN BLUES BAND

Pearl River Resort Blues Tent • 2:00 p.m. We already gave you the lowdown on Ghost Town Blues Band as part of our cover feature (p. 14), so make sure you get to the Blues Tent early to hear songs off the band’s latest album, Hard Road to Hoe.

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FedEx Stage • 2:10 p.m. This Lakeland rock band (that’s Lakeland, Florida, not Lakeland, Tennessee) has been around since 2001 and has made it clear that they are not a “Christian band” despite being associated with the Christian rock label Tooth and Nail. Their latest album, Ixora, was released last year and was the band’s first new album in six years.

THE VESPERS

Bud Light Stage • 2:15 p.m. The Vespers reside just 200 miles east of Memphis in Nashville, but we won’t hold that against them. This Americana act is a family affair, with two brothers (Taylor and Bruno Jones) and two sisters (Callie and Phoebe Cryar) rounding out the lineup.

KELLEY HUNT

Pearl River Resort Blues Tent • 3:20 p.m. This Lawrence, Kansas-based piano player has been at it for a while, releasing influential albums since 1995.

DEVON BALDWIN

FedEx Stage • 3:30 p.m. This former American Idol contestant and Bay Area native crafts modern pop songs that R&B fans would also find appealing. Baldwin has collaborated with G-Eazy (also playing Music Fest) on multiple occasions, including the YouTube hit “Let’s Get Lost.”

DIARRHEA PLANET

Rockstar Energy Drink Stage • 3:35 p.m. Diarrhea Planet (DP) pack a punch with their live show that includes four electric guitarists. Hailing from Nashville, DP had a monster 2014, which included being named the best live act of the year by Paste Magazine. Musically, they fall somewhere in between pop-punk and indie rock, with enough on-stage energy to get the crowd moving no matter when they are billed.

SOUL ASYLUM

Bud Light Stage • 3:45 p.m. Remember that Soul Asylum video where Claire Danes has the freaky-looking shoulder blades, and all the kids at the school dance point and laugh at her, and then mid-dance, she grows angel wings? And then she’s all “take that, bullies!” as she flies away. Yea, that was awesome.

LECRAE

Pearl River Resort Blues Tent • 4:45 p.m. Mentored by R. L. Burnside, Kenny Brown is an amazing guitarist from Nesbit, Mississippi. Brown’s guitar work was used in Black Snake Moan, and his Memphis ties run deep. CONTINUED ON PAGE 34

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Bud Light Stage • 5:25 p.m. Okay, so we already gave out the best name award, but Big Head Todd & the Monsters are putting up a serious fight for second place. Since forming in 1986, the band has released a plethora of albums, including the classic Midnight Radio album released in 1980, which featured artwork by Chris Mars, formerly of the Replacements.

G-EAZY

FedEx Stage • 5:45 p.m. Formerly of the “Bay Boyz,” G-Eazy is a Northern California hip-hop artist who was chosen to open for Drake after going viral on sites like MySpace and YouTube. G-Eazy has also played Warped Tour and released the critically acclaimed album, These Things Happen, last summer. Don’t miss the “James Dean of Rap” on Saturday evening.

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LINDSEY STIRLING

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MATTHEW CURRY

Pearl River Resort Blues Tent • 7:40 p.m. Hailing from Normal, Illinois, there’s nothing that’s ordinary about Curry’s music. He’s only been around since last year, but his live show already has the approval of Steve Miller.

KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND

Rockstar Energy Drink Stage • 8:30 p.m. A self-taught guitarist, Kenny Wayne Shepherd achieved success in the ’90s behind the hit “Blue on Black,” sung by Noah Hunt. Shepherd has been nominated for five Grammy Awards and has released seven studio albums.

BAND OF HORSES

Bud Light Stage • 8:45 p.m. Briefly known as Horses, Band of Horses formed in 2004. The Seattle, Washington, band features Ben Birdwell, formerly of Carissa’s Weird. Band of Horses have worked with some of the biggest labels in indie rock, including Sub Pop and Fat Possum Records.

BLEACHERS

FedEx Stage • 9:00 p.m. This New York City band features Jack Antonoff of Steel Train and Fun. Relatively new in comparison to some of the other bands on the Music Fest lineup, Bleachers started out as a secret side project of Antonoff ’s, until he debuted the critically acclaimed single “I Wanna Get Better” in February of last year.

ANA POPOVIC

Pearl River Resort Blues Tent • 9:05 p.m. Shout out to all the Memphis, Tennessee-based Serbians who will be at Music Fest this weekend, including Ana Popovic. With six albums under her belt and no signs of slowing down, Popovic is a great example of the diverse talent the Memphis music scene has to offer.

JOHN FOGERTY

Rockstar Energy Drink Stage • 10:15 p.m. The legendary king of the bayou should never be missed. Even the most casual fans will immediately recognize Fogerty as the voice behind the legendary classic rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, but the California native has also had an impressive solo career including the Grammy-nominated song “Change in the Weather,” among other songs that convey his classic sound. This will be Fogerty’s first Memphis concert in 20 years.

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THE AVETT BROTHERS

Bud Light Stage • 10:30 p.m. If you’ve detected a trend of alt-country punk bands playing this year’s Beale Street Music Fest, you might be on to something. The Avett Brothers represent the genre well and have had studio time with Rick Rubin to prove it.

PARAMORE

FedEx Stage • 10:40 p.m. The original members of this emo-pop band hail from just down the road in Franklin, Tennessee. And though some of those members have left, the band is still fronted by the spunky Hayley Williams, whose fiery orange (or sometimes teal blue) locks and tiny stature give her an elfin appearance. Paramore are best known for their works from emo’s mid-oughts heyday — “Misery Business,” “That’s What You Get,” “Crushcrushcrush.” And although the band clearly falls into the emo genre, there’s something about their delivery that feels less obnoxious than that of their emo-pop contemporaries (like Avril Lavigne or Panic at the Disco!).

KIM SIMMONDS AND SAVOY BROWN

Pearl River Resort Blues Tent • 10:45 p.m. In case you didn’t know, Kim Simmonds is widely considered to be one of the fathers of British blues. That means he and Savoy Brown are a pretty big deal. You don’t want to disrespect British blues while you’re in the home of the blues this weekend, do you? Didn’t think so.

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MetroPCS Blues Shack (Times Vary) Deak Harp has been playing the harmonica since he was 12 years old, and he knows all the hits from genres ranging from Chicago blues to Mississippi hill country blues. He’s also the owner of Deak’s Mississippi Saxophones and Blues Emporium in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

PROSEVERE

Rockstar Energy Drink Stage • 2:10 p.m. Hard rockers, rejoice! Prosevere will be bringing the house down early when they play their blistering set of modern Memphis metal.

JAREKUS SINGLETON

Pearl River Resort Blues Tent • 2:15 p.m. Like the Ghost Town Blues Band, Jarekus Singleton has been nominated for multiple awards by the International Blues Foundation. Everyone from USA Today to Downbeat Magazine has heralded his latest album, Refuse to Lose.

ELLE KING

Bud Light Stage • 2:20 p.m. Elle King sings about past loves in her song “Ex’s and Oh’s” and with a voice as mesmerizing as hers, it’s no surprise she’s breaking hearts across the globe. Fun fact: Elle King is the daughter of Rob Schneider.

STAR AND MICEY

FedEx Stage • 2:40 p.m. Another local act performing on Sunday, Star and Micey are familiar with the bright lights of Beale Street Music Fest. Hometown favorites for quite some time, Star and Micey represent the vastly talented indie rock scene in Memphis.

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Rockstar Energy Drink Stage • 3:40 p.m. Formerly of the Stone Temple Pilots, Scott Weiland is another rocker on the Beale Street Music Fest lineup who needs little introduction. With the Wildabouts, Scott Weiland sings over crunchy blues rock and his vocals are as rough around the edges as ever. It might be 2015, but one listen to the Wildabouts and you’d swear the ’90s never ended.

INDIGENOUS

Pearl River Resort Blues Tent • 3:50 p.m. Indigenous is the project of Mato Nanji, a blues rock veteran of the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. Nanji has toured with B.B. King and his songs have been featured on shows like Sons of Anarchy and The Deadliest Catch.

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Rockstar Energy Drink Stage • 5:20 p.m. Heavy metal band Of Mice & Men provide another chance to bang your head when they take the stage on Sunday evening. Fans of Linkin Park should be sure to catch these Rise Recording artists.

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KASIER CHIEFS

Bud Light Stage • 5:20 p.m. Indie-pop masterminds Kasier Chiefs found stardom behind hits like “We’re Coming Home” and “Ruby.” Taking cues from bands like the Strokes and

FedEx Stage • 4:15 p.m. Don’t miss this “sloppy tonk” duo from Charleston, South Carolina, featuring husband and wife team Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst.

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WILL TUCKER

Pearl River Resort Blues Tent • 5:25 p.m. Another local who’s played the Beale Street Music Festival, Tucker can regularly be found playing one of many clubs on Beale Street. Don’t let his baby face fool you, this seasoned guitarist can shred with the best of them.

BELA FLECK AND ABIGAIL WASHBURN

FedEx Stage • 5:50 p.m. Husband and wife duo Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn will both showcase their banjo skills when the two perform Sunday. On their self-titled debut, Fleck’s and Washburn’s different playing techniques made for a memorable album that NPR called “welcoming and calm.”

HOZIER

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Rockstar Energy Drink Stage • 7:00 p.m. Seven albums into a hiatus-free career, Tim McIlrath and company (including founding bassist Joe Principe) have used the template of melodic hardcore (in this case, a somewhat rougher cousin to poppunk) to gain a massive following and the band’s strongly held concerns (animal rights and PETA being foremost among them) haven’t seemed to waver over time or due to fame. Rise Against’s last four fulllengths have been produced by Bill Stevenson of the Descendents and ALL, the most recent being last year’s The Black Market.

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Pearl River Resort Blues Tent • 7:05 p.m. Blues rocker Tinsley Ellis has thousands of live shows under his belt and has shared the stage with everyone from Stevie Ray Vaughan to Widespread Panic. His latest album, Tough Love, was released earlier this year.

ST. VINCENT

FedEx Stage • 7:30 p.m. Anytime a Grammy Award-winning guitarist comes through town, you should make plans to be there. St. Vincent has become a household name behind the tireless work ethic of Annie Clark, who’s made an album with David Byrne and toured with everyone from the Black Keys to Death Cab for Cutie before blasting

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CAGE THE ELEPHANT

Rockstar Energy Drink Stage • 8:40 p.m. Cage the Elephant have some major hits under their belt including “Cigarette Daydream” and “Shake Me Down.” Their 2014 album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200, and they’ve toured with everyone from the Black Keys to the Foo Fighters.

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Pearl River Resort Blues Tent • 8:45 p.m. The Detroit soul scene was just beginning to percolate in the early 1960s, when 16-year-old Bettye LaVette made her first recordings for Atlantic. “So many people have asked me, ‘What was it like to cut a record when you were only 16?’And I tell them that in 1962 in Detroit that’s just what you did,” LaVette told the Memphis Flyer in advance of her first appearance at the Beale Street Music Festival. “Everybody had a record or was cutting a record.” LaVette’s most recent recordings have found her experimenting with classic British rock and folk songs à la Marlene Dietrich. Critical accolades and a revived popularity following the release of Scene of the Crime contradict the old saw about the absence of second acts in America.

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A R T B y E i l e e n To w n s e n d

once took an art history class for which we were required to buy a textbook called Living With Art. The teacher joked that it made art sound like a terminal disease, like the cultural equivalent of Living With Heart Failure. It was funny and unfortunately apt: Critical and curatorial discussion around art too often feels like people whispering at a funeral. It is a task to not get sucked into all the morbidity. Which is why it is great that “Between the Eyes,” the current exhibition of abstract painting at Crosstown Arts, stakes no great critical claims. It asks us, instead, to embrace the openness of artistic questions. Make something weird and see where it takes you. Figure out the question after you have the answer. The 14 featured works were brought together by curator Laurel Sucsy, a Memphis-based painter whose abstractions are featured alongside works by Marina

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Adams, Joe Fyfe, and Rubens Ghenov, among others. Sucsy says that compiling the show was an “extension of what I do in the studio anyway.” The works are intuitively paired and quietly presented. Move too quickly and you’ll miss all the best things about this show. A good starting place, if you’ve got an hour or two, is Adams’ muddled green-whites and deep indigos in her painting The Wild Feminine. This painting is deceptively simple on first glance, but pay it some attention and it gives a lot back. I have jotted in my notes “this painting makes me want to live inside color.” Likewise with another large-scale (74” x 74”) work by Adams, Four Worlds, which features several large color fields connected by an undulating line. That one is all about the yellow. Opposed to Adams’ work are two large canvases by Iva Gueorguieva. Gueorguieva’s paintings are harshly layered with an angular, futurist bent that recalls broken cityscapes. They remind me of drawings by the late visionary architect Lebbeus Woods, whose manifesto claims that “architecture is war.” Color and line frantically vie for attention in Vanishing (after Perugino), a yellowand-black piece built out of shifting planes. This piece is more effective than Gueorguieva’s Scarlet Squall, where much of the action of the piece takes place in a weird, circular foreground. Ghenov’s paintings are also architectural, but these buildings exist in the uncanny valley. Ghenov makes what I like to call “sky hole” paintings: bits and pieces of geometry that seem grafted onto the infinite. These void-collages couple well with Fyfe’s sparse assemblages. Fyfe’s so-called paintings strike me as too bare bones to stand alone, but they do interesting things for the rest of the exhibition. Rob de Oude’s square canvases are pseudo-mechanical productions of hundreds and hundreds of overlaid lines. The resultant visual effect is something along the lines of what it looks like to take a picture of a computer screen with your phone. As Sucsy put it, de Oude works with “familiar optics” in a way that dissociates them from their usual context. Sucsy’s work is a highlight of the show and a touchstone for any experience of the other pieces. During a gallery talk this past week, someone remarked that

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Rob de Oude’s Fanning a Recurring Past Sucsy’s paintings are “finished with a lowercase f” — meaning that what resolution they have is tenuous at best. Her small abstractions composed of murky diamonds are careworn, worked-over. They have an evasive quality, like afternoon light. The art writer and artist John Berger once posed the question, “Where are we when we draw?” This applies here: Where are we when we paint? A good painting (and there are plenty of good paintings in this show) creates a kind of commons — a place where an artist can share subtle perceptions, extended across space and time. You could easily walk away from any of the works in “Between the Eyes” none the wiser. Or you could live with them. Through May 16th

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

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

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King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE 521-1851

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

King’s Palace Cafe’s Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851

Mack 2 Band MondaysFridays, 2-6 p.m.; Nate Dogg and the Fellas Thursdays, Fridays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; McDaniel Band Saturdays, 2-6 p.m.; Darrell Wilson Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Sundays, 26 p.m. and Mondays, 6:3010:30 p.m.; Chic Jones Tuesdays, Sundays, 6:3010:30 p.m.; Sensation Band Wednesdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.

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

Don Valentine Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Mississippi Big Foot Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Rum Boogie Cafe 182 BEALE 528-0150

Vince Johnson and the Boogie Blues Band Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam and Terry Fridays, Saturdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Memphis Blues Society Jam Sundays, 7-11 p.m.

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

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

Memphis Bluesmasters Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Plantation Allstars Fridays, Saturdays, 3-7 p.m.; Low Society Sundays, 8 p.m.midnight; The Dr. “Feel Good” Potts Band Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; McDaniel Band Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE 522-9596

Barbara Blue ThursdaysFridays, Wednesdays, 79 p.m., Saturdays, 5-9 p.m., and Sundays, 4-9 p.m.; 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.

Wet Willie’s 209 BEALE 578-5650

Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.

Paulette’s

152 MADISON 572-1813

RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300

Live Music Fridays.

Brinson’s 341 MADISON 524-0104

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

124 E. G.E. PATTERSON 335-0251

Live Music Thursdays, 711 p.m., Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Grawemeyer’s 520 S. MAIN 526-6751

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

Memphis Sounds Lounge 22 N. THIRD 590-4049

Grown Folk’s Music 7:30 p.m.

Mollie Fontaine Lounge 679 ADAMS 524-1886

616 MARSHALL AVE 379-6767

Onix Restaurant & Jazz Lounge

Blind Bear Speakeasy

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

616 Complex Travis Porter - Cash Out Trina Monday, May 4, 8 p.m.-3 a.m.

Live Music ThursdaysSaturdays, 10 p.m.

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.

Double J’s Smokehouse & Saloon

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

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Brass Door Irish Pub

412 S. MAIN 552-4609

The Orpheum 203 S. MAIN 525-3000

The Peabody 149 UNION 529-4000

The Brad Birkedahl Band with Cash Cash Thursday, April 30, 6-11 p.m.

The Plexx 380 E.H. CRUMP 744-2225

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

Purple Haze Nightclub 140 LT. GEORGE W. LEE 577-1139

DJ dance music ongoing, 10 p.m.; Neo Soul Saturdays featuring Tamara Jones Monger, Carmen, Pat Register, and more first Saturday of every month, 7-10:30 p.m.; Anthony Gomes Live In Memphis Wednesday, May 6, 8-11 p.m.

Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020

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

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Bob Dylan and His Band Thursday, April 30, 8-10:30 p.m.

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Murphy’s

383 S. MAIN 578-2767

2559 BROAD 730-0719

1589 MADISON 726-4193

No Comply Friday, May 1; John Paul Keith Wednesday, May 6.

Bhan Thai 1324 PEABODY 272-1538

Loveland Duren Fridays, 710 p.m.; Two Peace Saturdays, 7-10:30 p.m.; Loveland Duren Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

Blue Monkey 2012 MADISON 272-BLUE

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight; Hi-Way Hi-Fi Friday, May 1; Zigadoo Moneyclips Saturday, May 2.

Boscos Squared 2120 MADISON 432-2222

BOB DYLAN AT THE ORPHEUM The legendary Bob Dylan comes to the Orpheum this Thursday night. Not one to be outdone by the likes of Lenny Kravitz (playing Music Fest the next day), Marilyn Manson (playing Minglewood the same night), or Dick Dale (playing the Hi-Tone on the same night), Dylan decided to join the party and make this one of the most memorable music weekends in recent history. You’ve got some decisions to make when it comes to planning your Thursday night, but seeing Dylan at a place like the Orpheum would never be a mistake. Although Dylan has been written about roughly seven trillion different times, it’s important to remember that this is someone who shaped the face of American pop culture, folk rock, country music, and rock-and-roll. Some of his most legendary songs have taken on new forms when tackled by the likes of the 13th Floor Elevators or the Chocolate Watch Band, but the fact that you still know a Dylan song when you hear one is a testament to the strength of the man’s songwriting capability. Dylan isn’t a stranger to Tennessee, and his album Nashville Skyline is almost required listening material when making that 200-mile drive east on I-40. Released in 1969 with Bob Johnston at the helm, Nashville Skyline saw Dylan fully submerged into country music, and the opening track that features Johnny Cash is almost like a competition for best vocal performance. Nashville Skyline is one of Dylan’s most “happy” albums, with no tales of political injustice. With dozens of albums under his belt, it’s impossible to predict what Dylan and his band will play this Thursday, but no matter which era of his music he draws songs from, it’s sure to be an unforgettable performance. Tickets are still available. — Chris Shaw Bob Dylan and his band, Thursday, April 30th, at the Orpheum, 8 p.m. $62-$92

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

The Buccaneer 1368 MONROE 278-0909

CCR Headcleaner, Nots, MalFuture Saturday, May 2, 9 p.m.; Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; Dave Cousar Tuesdays, 11 p.m.

Camy’s 3 S. BARKSDALE 725-1667

Dru’s Place 1474 MADISON 275-8082

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

Evergreen Presbyterian Church 613 UNIVERSITY 274-3740

First Tuesdays at 4 Concert Series: Music of Samuel Barber featuring Rhodes College music faculty first Tuesday of every month, 4 p.m.

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

Dick Dale Thursday, April 30, 9 p.m.; Open Mic Comedy Night Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

The Chaulkies Sunday, May 3, 4-7 p.m.; The Ori Naftaly Band Sunday, May 3, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

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P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Open Mic with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.midnight.

The Phoenix 1015 S. COOPER 338-5223

Bluezday Thurzday Thursdays, 8-11:45 p.m.; Cowboy Bob’s Roundup Mondays, 8-11:45 p.m.

Rocket Science Audio 1583 MADISON AVENUE

mancontrol and Nots Thursday, April 30, 8 p.m.

Strano Sicilian Kitchen 948 S. COOPER 552-7122

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

Java Cabana

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

Hanna Star & the Teenage Teenagers Sundays, 1:303 p.m.

Lafayette’s Music Room

Celtic Crossing

The Tinglers Thursday, April 30, 6-7:30 p.m.; Nikki Hill Thursday, April 30, 911 p.m.

903 S. COOPER 274-5151

Overton Square

2170 YOUNG 272-7210

Live Music Fridays.

Chris Johnson Thursdays, 10 p.m.; DJ Tree Fridays, 10 p.m.; DJ Taz Saturdays, 10 p.m.; The Reel McCoy Sunday, May 3, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Charvey Mack Tuesdays, 8:3011:30 p.m.

Xebrula with Strengths + STAR period STAR Friday, May 1; Vampirates Friday, May 1, 8 p.m.; Jack Alberson Saturday, May 2; Guerilla Toss Tuesday, May 5; Heaters Wednesday, May 6.

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

2119 MADISON 207-5097

Lindenwood Christian Church 2400 UNION 458-8506

“Wing and a Prayer” Sundays, 9:45 a.m.

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

Marilyn Manson Thursday, April 30, 7 p.m.

University of Memphis Memphis Pink Palace Museum 3050 CENTRAL 636-2362

Underground Open Mic Night Sundays, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Ubee’s 521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900

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

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Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Jazz with Jeremy & Ed Thursdays, 9 p.m.; Big Barton Friday, May 1, 10 p.m.; Graber Grass Saturday, May 2, 10 p.m.; Open Jam Sundays, 6 p.m.; Justin White Jam Monday, May 4, 7 p.m.; Juke Joint Blues Jam Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

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Dan McGuinness Pub

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill

Mortimer’s

4698 SPOTTSWOOD 761-3711

5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013

590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

Acoustic with Charvey Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Belmont Grill

El Toro Loco

4970 POPLAR 767-0305

The Lee Gardner Band Saturday, May 2, 8 p.m.

Brookhaven Pub & Grill 695 BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 680-8118

2809 KIRBY PKWY. 759-0593

Karaoke and Dance Music with DJ Funn Mondays, 7-10 p.m.

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House

Live Music Thursdays, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.

551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

Church of the Holy Communion 4645 WALNUT GROVE 767-6987

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

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Howard Vance Guitar Academy

T.J. Mulligan’s

978 REDDOCH 767-6940

1817 KIRBY 755-2481

First Friday at Five Coffee House Concert first Friday of every month, 5 p.m.

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

Gary Escoe’s Atomic Dance Machine Sunday, May 3, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Laurelwood Shopping Center 422 S. GROVE PARK 682-8436

Alleluia Be Our Measure: Concert Premiere Saturday, May 2, 7-9 p.m.

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

Side Street Steppers Thursday, April 30.

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

The Windjammer Restaurant 786 E. BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 683-9044

Karaoke ongoing.

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

The Thrill at Neil’s featuring Jack Rowell and Triplthret Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Southern Edition Saturday, May 2, 9 p.m.; The Professor and the Eclectic Sunday, May 3, 6-10 p.m.; Gene Nunez and Debbie Jamison Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

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

Summer/Berclair Maria’s Restaurant 6439 SUMMER 356-2324

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

The Other Place Bar & Grill 4148 WALES 373-0155

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Whitehaven/ Airport

The PT 3 Sunday, May 3, 8-11:30 p.m.

Old Millington Winery

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar

6748 OLD MILLINGTON 873-4114

Rice Drewry and 6 Degrees Sunday, May 3, 3-6 p.m.

9087 POPLAR 755-0092

Live Music ThursdaysSaturdays, 7-10 p.m.; Half Step Down Fridays, 7-10 p.m.

Fitz Casino & Hotel

Huey’s Southaven

711 LUCKY LN., TUNICA, MS 800-766-5825

7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097

Live Entertainment Wednesdays-Sundays, 6 p.m.

Steve Reid and Roy Brewer Sunday, May 3, 8 p.m.midnight.

Mesquite Chop House

Marlowe’s Ribs & Restaurant

5960 GETWELL, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-2467

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

4381 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-4159

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

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

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

Winchester/ Hickory Hill

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Half Shell

We Gossett.

7825 WINCHESTER 737-6755

Six String Lovers featuring Charvey Mac Saturday, May 2, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Kaleidoscope Wednesday, May 6, 5-10 p.m.

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

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

Raleigh Mugs Pub 4396 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 372-3556

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

Arlington/Eads/ Oakland

Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

Rizzi’s/Paradiso Pub

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

6230 GREENLEE 592-0344

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

West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas

Bartlett

Phillips County Community College

Bartlett United Methodist Church

1000 CAMPUS 870-338-6474

Warfield Concert: David Rosen Big Band, Outdoor Concert and Picnic Sunday, May 3, 6 p.m.

Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Twin Soul Duo Thursday, April 30; Grand Theft Audio Friday, May 1, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Cruisin’ Heavy Saturday Night Saturday, May 2, 9 p.m.1 a.m.

Old Whitten Tavern 2800 WHITTEN 379-1965

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

RockHouse Live 5709 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 386-7222

Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Open Mic Mondays Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Live Music Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Shelby Forest General Store 7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.; Reel McCoy Saturday, May 2, 12-3 p.m.; Ghost River Sunday, May 3, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

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Germantown

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill

7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

Huey’s Southwind

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Memphis Allstars Sunday, May 3, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Huey’s Cordova

7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

847 EXOCET 624-9060

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

Strangelove Sunday, May 3, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

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

The Lineup Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

J.P. Soars and the Red Hots Sunday, May 3, 811:30 p.m.; Huey’s Germantown Humpday Patio Party w/Ghost Town Trio Wednesday, May 6, 5-7 p.m.

Ice Bar & Grill 4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

Frayser/Millington

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

Haystack Bar & Grill

Mesquite Chop House

6560 HWY 51 N. 872-0567

Karaoke Nights at The Stack Wednesdays-Fridays, Sundays, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.

3165 FOREST HILL-IRENE 249-5661

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

North Mississippi/ Tunica Bally’s CASINO CENTER DRIVE, TUNICA, MS 1-800-38-BALLY

Jamie Baker and the VIPs Friday, May 1, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Saturday, May 2, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

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

Karaoke with Buddha Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

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

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill 6565 TOWNE CENTER, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-536-2200

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

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

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

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Memphis College of Art

Artist reception for 2015 Spring BFA Exhibition: Part II, works from more than 50 BFA candidates, including a variety of media from painting to sculpture to digital media. www.mca.edu. Fri., May 1, 6-8 p.m. 1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Painted Planet

Artist reception for “Train of Souls,” exhibition of photographs by Lauren Beyer. (338.5223), Fri., May 1, 711 p.m. 1015 S. COOPER (725-0054).

Tart

Opening reception for Kong Wee Pang, exhibition of works. Fri., May 1, 5:308:30 p.m. 820 S. COOPER (725-0091).

Tsunami

Opening reception for “Nexus,” exhibition of work by papermaking students from the Memphis College of Art. www.mca.edu. Thurs., April 30, 6-8 p.m. 928 S. COOPER (274-2556).

McCoy Theatre

T H EAT E R

Circuit Playhouse

Tribes, drama about a young man born deaf and raised in a family that never bothered to learn sign language. A young woman introduces him to deaf culture and a sense of belonging. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $30-$35. Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m., and Sun., 2 p.m. Through May 3. 51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

Hattiloo Theatre

Purlie Victorious, religious hypocrisy, racial bigotry, civil rights issues, and the changing Southern society are subjects in this play. www.hattiloo.org. $18-$24. Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:30 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m. Through May 24.

And Baby Makes Seven, three roommates await the arrival of their newborn child, but first must rid the apartment of their three energetic and rambunctious imaginary children. (843-3839), www.rhodes.edu. $10. Thurs., Fri., 7:30-9 p.m. Through May 1. RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000).

Theatre Memphis

The Philadelphia Story, classic American comedy takes a witty look behind the scenes of a posh socialite wedding. www.theatrememphis. org. $25. Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m., Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Through May 10. 630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

“Musa,” multi-media work by Juan Roja at Circuitous Succession Gallery TheatreWorks

Attorney/Joker: Part Sign, comedy about Peter Shirk, a big city art photographer, who arrives in a backward town. Local residents begin putting on airs and altering their appearances to suit his vision. (274-1000), www. ourownvoice.org. $12. Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through May 15. The FreakEngine, variety show featuring improv comedy, performance art, dance, music, and torturous human experiments. For more information, visit www.memphisfreakengine.com. First Friday of every month.

April 30-May 6, 2015

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

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Crosstown Arts

“Epic Vision,” exhibition of more than 50 paintings by Crosstown residents Michael Williams and his mother, Mattie Williams. Closing reception on May 2, 6-8 p.m. www. crosstownarts.org. Thur.-Sat., Apr. 30-May 2. 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

Gallery Ten Ninety One

Opening reception for “Two Views: Expressions of Abstracts,” paintings by Rose Sitton and Pat Traylor. www.wkno.org. Sun., May 3, 2-4 p.m. WKNO STUDIO, 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

L Ross Gallery

Opening reception for “Sisters,” duo exhibition for Lisa Jennings and Jeni Stallings. www.lrossgallery.com. Fri., May 1, 6-8 p.m.

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“Alleluia Be Our Measure”

Exhibition of work by Memphis-area artists and illuminated manuscript featuring artist talks and readings. Part of “Alleluia Be Our Measure: A Festival of the Sacred Arts.” Sat., May 2, 5:30-7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE HOLY COMMUNION, 4645 WALNUT GROVE (767-6987), WWW.HOLYCOMMUNION.ORG.

Architecture and Our Youth Design Competition

Winners for 4th to 12th grade level youth in Shelby County will receive prizes and their artwork will be on exhibit during May. Tues., May 5-31. HOWARD HALL, 2282 MADISON, WWW.MEMPHISHERITAGE.COM.

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Art After Dark

Galleries and gardens will be open til 8 p.m. featuring light refreshments, entertainment, and a cash bar. Free with admission. Every third Thursday. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250).

The Artful Flea

The Artful Flea features art, photography, jewelry, and other items in a flea market setting. First Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. COOPER WALKER PLACE, 1015 S. COOPER (338-5223).

The Collective’s Think Tank Series: Collective Consciousness

Help come up with short-, mid-, and longterm solutions to issues such as “support within the community,” “the use of art to uplift,” and “exposure to the arts.” Thurs., April 30, 6:30 p.m. CLEVELAND STREET FLEA MARKET, 438 CLEVELAND (276-3333), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

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, WWW.COOPERYOUNG.COM.

Munch and Learn

Bring a brown bag lunch; sodas and water will be supplied. Wednesdays, noon-1 p.m. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

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Beth Van Hoesen, exhibition by artist/printmaker. www. memphis.edu. Through July 2. “What I Kept,” exhibition revolving around the objects that international women brought over from their home

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ANF Architects

“Where They Were and Where They Are Now,” exhibition and 40th Anniversary Art Show Retrospective featuring the work of about 20 artists previously shown over the years in the gallery. www.anfa.com. Through June 30. 1500 UNION (278-6868).

Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center “Guitarts Gone Wild,” exhibition of “guitarts” by Nancy Apple. www.bpacc.org. Through May 1. 3663 APPLING (385-6440).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

“MAR,” exhibition of MFA work by Amelia Briggs, Caitlin Hettich, and April Pierce. www.memphis.edu. Through May 4. 3715 CENTRAL.

Found Studio

“Blind Date,” exhibition of new work by Alex Warble. Through April 30. 2491 BROAD (652-0848).

Fratelli’s

“Outside In,” exhibition of works by Rick Barnard. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through April 30. 750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Gallery Ten Ninety One “Two Views: Expressions of Abstracts,” exhibition of paintings by Rose Sitton and Pat Traylor. www.wkno.org. May 1-28. WKNO STUDIO, 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

Memphis Botanic Garden

“From News to Nature,” exhibition of photography by Karen Pulfer Focht. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through April 30. 750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“Art Builds Creativity,” exhibition of student work. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through May 3. “Artists/Activists: Marcellous Lovelace, Frank D. Robinson, and Siphne Sylve,” exhibition addressing a variety of social, cultural, and political issues. www.brooksmuseum.org. Through May 10. “This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement,” exhibition of 157 black-and-white images by Bob Adelman, George Ballis, Bob Fitch, Bob Fletcher, Matt Herron, David Prince, Herbert Randall, Maria

Memphis College of Art

2015 Spring BFA Exhibition: Part II, works from more than 50 BFA candidates and includes a variety of media from painting to sculpture to digital media. www.mca.edu. Through May 9. “Commonplace,” exhibition of paintings by Marc Rouillard. www.mca.edu. Through May 9. 1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Memphis Jewish Community Center’s Shainberg Gallery

“Traces of Memory,” exhibition of photographs by the late Chris Schwarz offering a contemporary look at the Jewish past in Poland. www. jccmemphis.org. May 1-31. 6560 POPLAR (761-0810).

Metal Museum

“Art Is an Accident,” exhibtion of an amalgamation of American imagery, toys, and other found objects by J. Fred Woell. www.metalmuseum. org. Through June 12. “Tributaries: Vivian Beer,”

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Booksigning by Jeanne Bogino

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“Contemplative Forms,” exhibition of ceramic sculpture by Anne J. Froning. www.shadygrovepres.org. May 5-31.

Music

Stax Museum of American Soul

“Soul: Memphis’ Original Sound,” exhibition of photography by Thom Gilbert. www.soulsvillefoundation.org. Through June 13. 926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

Sue Layman Designs

“Conclusion of Delusion,” exhibition of original oil paintings by Sue Layman Lightman. www. facebook.com/SueLaymanDesigns. Wednesdays, Saturdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 125 G.E. PATTERSON (409-7870).

Tart

Kong Wee Pang, exhibition of works. May 1-31. 820 S. COOPER (725-0091).

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

Author discusses and signs Rock Angel. Sat., May 2, 1-3 p.m.

Booksigning by Stephanie Jones

Author discusses and signs Upstyle Your Furniture. Sat., May 2, 6:30 p.m. THE BOOKSELLERS AT LAURELWOOD, 387 PERKINS EXT. (683-9801), WWW.THEBOOKSELLERSATLAURELWOOD.COM.

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Simplicity by Interior Designer Nancy Braithwaite

Behind-the-scenes look at the fundamental design elements that form all of her work: architecture, composition, proportion, scale, color, pattern, texture, and craftsmanship. Sat., May 2, 10:30 a.m.-noon. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6200), BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

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

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For a full lineup, visit website. $40, $120 three-day pass. Fri.Sun., May 1-3.

“A Growing Body of Work,” exhibition of folk art by Chris Little. Through April 30.

TOM LEE PARK, OFF RIVERSIDE DR., WWW.MEMPHISINMAY.ORG.

3030 POPLAR (415-2700).

Cafe Pontotoc

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

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Stony Meadow Story Time with Billy Steers

Celebrating the Tractor Mac book series. Tues., May 5, 11 a.m.

314 S. MAIN (249-7955).

Circuitous Succession Gallery

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“Musa,” exhibition of multimedia works by Juan Rojo. By appointment through May 22. www.circuitoussuccession.com. Through May 22.

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“New Work,” exhibition of installation work by sculptor Mark Nowell. www. crosstownarts.org. Through April 30.

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438 CLEVELAND (276-3333).

Crosstown Arts

“Between the Eyes,” exhibition to introduce a new conversation about contemporary abstraction featuring work by Marina Adams, Rob de Oude, Joe Fyfe, Rubens Ghenov, and Laurel Sucsy. www.crosstownarts.org. Through May 6. 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

David Lusk Gallery

“An Epoch,” exhibition of new paintings on panel and mylar by Jared Small. www.davidluskgallery.com. Through May 23. 4540 POPLAR (767-3800).

Eclectic Eye

“Crossroads,” exhibition of folk-art style mixed-media paintings by Ron Olson. www.eclectic-eye.com. Through May 6. 242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Screening of The Trials of Muhummad Ali at the Brooks Thursday Germantown Performing Arts Center MGAL Spring Juried Art Exhibit, exhibition by Memphis Germantown Art League. (921-1767), www.gpacweb. com. May 2-27. 1801 EXETER (751-7500).

Hyde Gallery

MFA Show 2015, exhibition of work by Sarah Ahmad, Frances Berry, Jacob Gambill, Bailey Gonzales, and others. www. mca.edu. Through May 9. INSIDE THE MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART’S NESIN GRADUATE SCHOOL, 477 S. MAIN.

L Ross Gallery

“Sisters,” duo exhibition for Lisa Jennings and Jeni Stallings. www.lrossgallery.com. May 1-30. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Varela, and Tamio Wakayama. www.brooksmuseum.org. Through May 10. “Arp, Man Ray, and Matta: Surrealists,” exhibition of Surrealist artists’ books by Hans Arp, Man Ray, and Matta. www.brooksmuseum.org. Through July 12. “20th Century Color Woodcuts: Japonisme and Beyond,” exhibition of American and British prints. www.brooksmuseum.org. Through Sept. 8. “British Watercolors from the Golden Age,” exhibition of watercolors from the late-18th through the early-20th centuries. www.brooksmuseum.org. Through Sept. 20. “Cats and Quotes,” exhibition featuring felines in paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and prints paired with famous quotes about felines from a variety of periods. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through Jan. 3, 2016. 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

exhibition of furniture combining contemporary design, craft, and sculptural aesthetics. www.metalmuseum.org. Through June 12. 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Painted Planet

Gallery Artists on View, exhibition by gallery artists. (338-5223), Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11:45 a.m.-6 p.m. 1015 S. COOPER (725-0054).

Ross Gallery

“Fluidity: Explorations in Glass,” exhibition of glass art by Christie Moody. (321-3243), www.cbu.edu/ gallery. Through May 22. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3000).

Scottish Rite

“The Dual Show Experience,” exhibition of drawings and paintings by Carl Moore. www.masoniccontemporary. org. Through May 10. 825 UNION.

TOPS Gallery

Honoring women who have taken their circumstances and created better lives for themselves, their families, and communities, hosted by Walking Into A New Life and Successful Single Moms Memphis. Free with RSVP. Sat., May 2, 10 a.m.-noon.

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“Material Will: Force In Form,” exhibition of new works by Memphis-based painter Dale McNeil. www.topsgallery.com. Through May 31.

Unity Church of Practical Christianity

Gallery in The Grove, exhibition of work by Netta Casciano and Kevin Chasing Wolf Hutchins. www.unitymemphis.org. Through May 3.

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Booksigning by Corey Mesler

Author discusses and signs Memphis Movie, poetry collection The Sky Needs More Work, and short story collection As a Child. Thurs., April 30, 5:30-7 p.m. BURKE’S BOOK STORE, 936 S. COOPER (278-7484), WWW.BURKESBOOKS.COM.

Honoring women who have made contributions to the community. Debbie Allen will serve as the keynote speaker. $125. Fri., May 1, 11:30 a.m.1:15 p.m. MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (517-2870), WWW.WFGM.ORG.

CALENDAR Grand Reopening and May Day Celebration

Hosted by Workers Interfaith Network benefiting Worker Center operations. Fri., May 1, 5:30-7:30 p.m. FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 1000 S. COOPER (332-3570).

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Latino Memphis Festival & Cinco-KMayo 5K Register for the 5K and receive a free sombrero. Featuring kids games, salsa tasting contest, live mariachi, Latin food, arts & crafts, and more. Sat., May 2, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (366-5882)

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Cafe Du Memphis benefiting the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality New Orleans-style brunch featuring live music and kid’s activities. $6-$15. Sat., May 2, 9 a.m.-noon. OVERTON PARK, EAST PARKWAY PAVILION (726-6760), WWW.CAFEDUMEMPHIS.COM.

Dining Out For Life 2015

Restaurants all over Memphis will donate a portion of their proceeds on this day to benefit Friends For Life. For a list of participating restaurants, visit website. Thurs., April 30. VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION (272-0855 EXT 244), WWW.DININGOUTFORLIFE.COM/MEMPHIS/RESTAURANTS.

Majestic 10 ’til 10 Dinner

Second of a special dinner series leading up to the restaurant’s 10th anniversary featuring the cuisine of the Oaxaca region of Mexico. $65. Tues., May 5, 6 p.m. THE MAJESTIC GRILLE, 145 S. MAIN (522-8555), WWW.MAJESTICGRILLE.COM.

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Ryan Herget says he plans to add more neighborhoods in the coming weeks. Here’s how it works: Go to chefshuttle.com and pick a restaurant (there are currently about 20 to choose from). Order from the menu; the prices are the same as dining in. And that’s it. The food shows up at your door within an hour, and all for a flat delivery fee of $4.95. I had been meaning to try Chef Shuttle. Also, I had been meaning to check out Game of Thrones. So on a recent Wednesday night, I decided to kill two birds with one stone. At 5:30 p.m., I ordered dinner from 4Dumplings, a Chinese joint in East Memphis. Then I cued up season five, episode one, and pressed play. 5:32 p.m. Opening credits — followed by a dizzying, two-minute montage that attempts to summarize the past 40 episodes. Anyone who hasn’t already seen those episodes will be utterly confused by this. Confused, I open a can of Wiseacre Tiny Bomb pilsner. 6:08 p.m. Food arrives, well ahead of

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takes to get the shot. It’s the images Salgado captured when he was the only person willing to get the shots that make up the melancholy soul of the movie. His photographs were some of the first to call attention to the Ethiopian drought and famine of 1984. He got the shots because he was willing to ride into the desert in

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And sometimes it’s on the brink of something very cool, like the focus now on development in Midtown between Overton Square and Cooper-Young and the possibilities being discussed to finally do something more productive with Mud Island, now that Bass Pro in the Pyramid is expected to draw a lot more people to the west entrance to the city and its surrounding neighborhoods. And who can dispute the cool factor in Bruno Mars and company recording “Uptown Funk” at Boo Mitchell’s Royal Studios, one of the most hallowed spots in the world because, simply, that was the House That Al Green Built. And Ann Peebles and Donald Bryant and Otis Clay and so many others under the tutelage of the great Willie Mitchell. The fact that it is still a working, thriving recording studio is something of which Memphians from all walks of life should be immensely proud. The other night, I had one of the coolest Memphis moments I’ve had in a long time. If you’ve never been to Itta Bena, the sign-less, almost hidden restaurant on the third floor of B.B. King’s Blues Club at Beale and Second, you are really, really missing out. It’s dark and clubby and has blue-tinted windows, through which the neon lights from Beale Street flood in once the sun goes down. It has a very special feel, great food, and great service. I was having dinner there the other night with someone from out of town (from way up Nawth) who is moving to Memphis pretty soon, and I couldn’t have scripted this one any better. After we finished dinner, we made our way down the secret stairway that leads to the second floor of the club. When I opened the door, there was a singer on stage whose name, I think, was Angela Atkinson. I was appalled that I wasn’t familiar with her, because, well, you know how cool I think I am. Anyway, B.B. King’s was packed wall-to-wall (and this was a weeknight), and she was busting into a version of “Proud Mary,” much more along the line of Ike and Tina Turner’s version than the original by Creedence Clearwater Revival, not that there’s anything wrong with that version. So I just stood there trying not to embarrass myself by dancing, and it was a surreal, spontaneous experience that made me think Memphis had passed the point of being on the brink of something cool; it had happened and couldn’t have been any cooler. And it couldn’t have been more “Memphis.” I got separated from the people I’d been having dinner with and figured they were fine, as two of them were Memphians and they had the out-of-town guest in tow. So I just sauntered down Beale Street alone, smoking cigarettes and watching the Beale Street Flippers and all of the tourists and listening to music being played on outdoor stages and coming out of the windows of bars. All I could think was, Wow, why are there not any residential apartments upstairs from the clubs on Beale Street and how could I possibly get one? Yes, it would be kind of noisy, but that kind of noise would be fine with me. I’m a massive fan of the French Quarter in New Orleans, where people do live upstairs from the bars, restaurants, and clubs, and Beale was giving me that same feeling — at least on that night. No, it’s not perfect and I have no clue why some of the clubs play country music, but still, it’s a place I would like to live, or at least have an escape pad to shack up in from time to time. And this weekend, I walked around the corner from my house to Overton Square, where there must be 10 patios that are regularly filled with people, chilling. I walked over there to see the Stax Music Academy’s Spring Concert. Yes, I am a little biased about that academy because I work there by day, but I gotta tell you that you could’ve cut the energy in the air with a knife. Hundreds of people came out to support those talented kids, and, again, it was just a pure Memphis thing. And speaking of the incomparable Ann Peebles, she was in the audience with her husband, the aforementioned Donald Bryant, and when the students and their music teachers brought Ann up on stage, the crowd went crazy. The “I Can’t Stand the Rain” icon had to be feeling all that love for her. And when the students performed one of her songs, she had to be thinking that she made a difference in the world that’s not going away any time soon. I know sometimes I drone on and on about Memphis being the coolest city in the world, and every time anyone says anything to the contrary, I just wonder how they could be so miserable. They need to have dinner at Itta Bena and quit whining.

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