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OUR 1368TH / ISSUE 05.14.2015 / COVER STORY P.16 I need to calm down. I know this, because about a year ago I bought a new house and sold my old house and was told to calm down two or three or 11 times during the process. The biggest concern was that the old house would not sell, and, indeed, one of the involved parties who had told me to calm down more than once also felt the need to share what another party said about the possibility of a sale happening: “I mean, have you seen her house?” (emphasis hers). On the big matters — the buying and the selling — everything went exceptionally well and quickly, at that. It was all of those small steps along the way that were so, so hard. Just hours before the first closing I was told a wire that was sent could not be found. One institution refused to give me a letter I needed for the other closing. And, while I can’t prove it, I believe I was made to drive out to Bartlett first thing in the morning by yet another institution simply out of spite. Meanwhile, there was a scary straight-line storm, which left a branch dangling from a massive oak at the old house. That branch then fell, and though it wasn’t huge, it was big enough that I needed to find someone with a chainsaw to cut it down so the city would take it. That’s when the rabbit showed up. It was a dead rabbit, on the sidewalk, next to the tree branch. I called 311 to request that the city dispose of the animal. After being on hold for 45 minutes, I was told that they would pick up the animal and that it would need to be in a bag on the sidewalk. And that’s when it occurred to me that they thought this rabbit was my pet, and then it also occurred to me that the city will pick up your dead pet (!) as long as it’s in a bag. I assured the lady that this rabbit and I were strangers, so she didn’t press the bag thing. The day before I was to close on the old house, a guy from the alarm company came over to take care of a dead battery. He had a heck of a time finding where the alarm plugged in, finally tracing it to an old weird fuse box, the door of which had to be pried open with a screwdriver. So, the service guy said to me, “Miss Ellis, what you need to do is go to Home Depot and buy a fuse and get those gloves you wash dishes with so you won’t get shocked, but ones that have never been wet, and then you screw the fuse in and close the door real quick in case the fuse blows up and crank that handle there and then you take this transistor, you see that tiny screw there? … ” It was around this time that I told him I wasn’t planning on touching it. Now the day of the closing, my realtor N E WS & O P I N I O N kindly agreed to electrocute himself and LETTERS - 4 THE TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE - 4 take care of the alarm system battery for THE FLY-BY - 6 me. He got the fuse in without incident, TRUTH BE TOLD - 10 then ran up to the attic to change the batPOLITICS - 12 tery and then, and then, we discovered the EDITORIAL - 14 alarm system box was locked, and eff it all, VIEWPOINT - 15 there was no key*. COVER STORY - “’CUED UP” All this to say that by the time the movBY CHRIS DAVIS ers broke a leg off my dining room table, AND TOBY SELLS - 16 I had become impervious to such tiny STE P P I N’ O UT traumas. Yep, I kept calm. WE RECOMMEND - 20 Susan Ellis MUSIC - 22 ellis@memphisflyer.com AFTER DARK - 24 *It turns out that the key was on top of the CALENDAR OF EVENTS - 29 FOOD - 38 alarm box all along. FILM - 41

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Multi-millionaire’s The Kitchen restaurant promises healthy food, leads to healthy debate. Tempers flared and questions arose when news surfaced last week that a new restaurant concept called The Kitchen was coming to town. Multi-millionaire Kimbal Musk owns the Boulder, Coloradobased restaurant chain and plans to open The Kitchen inside a new visitors center at Shelby Farms Park in 2016 and a more casual concept called The Kitchen Next Door at Crosstown Concourse in 2017. Many Memphians looked beyond local stories that heralded the chain as “acclaimed” (The Commercial Appeal) and “renowned” (Memphis Daily News) and found a long feature at medium.com about Musk’s plans headlined “The Musk Who Wants to Change the Way We Eat.” The story painted an ugly picture of Memphis, going beyond the typical “fattest city” designation to call Memphis “a toxic combination of cholesterol and poverty.” Musk saw these problems as an “opportunity for change,” and he and The Kitchen were the ones to bring it, according to the story. In fact, he said coming to Memphis wasn’t about the money, even calling the move “questionable” as a financial decision, according to the story. “If we didn’t have the social aspect, we would go to Las Vegas, New York, Los Angeles, places like that,” Musk was quoted as saying. It was this idea that rubbed many the wrong way. “Musk has an interesting vision and plan, and I hope he

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Rendering of new Shelby Farms Park visitors center succeeds,” Memphian Caroline Mitchell Carrico wrote in the Medium story’s comments. “However, I also bristle whenever my city is portrayed as a backwater that is dependent on outside saviors.” Backlash like this (and worse) permeated social media at the end of the week. It even prompted local entrepreneur Taylor Berger to pen a blog post called “Kimbal Musk Is Not An Asshole,” a sort of backlash to the backlash. continued on page 8

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Workers Interfaith Network reopens worker’s center, focuses on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The Workers Interfaith Network (WIN) has a new home for its worker’s center and a new laser focus on a trade deal currently up for debate in Congress. The worker’s center, which helps low-wage, non-union workers organize for better wages and benefits, has a new home inside First Congregational Church in Cooper-Young. For years, WIN and the center operated out of an office near Brooks and Airways. Moving was a slow process that started in August 2013, organizers said, but the First Congo location provides a centralized office for the community and the organization’s partners. Emilie Bowman, an organizer with WIN, said now that the office has reopened, worker’s center meetings can resume. Along with that comes new worker complaints, ranging from wage theft to loss of benefits. “We want to let people know that we were in operation again and taking cases,” Bowman said. The new office seems to have reinvigorated the staff as they resume taking new worker complaints for their services. As more workers are informed about where the new office is, “workers who are having trouble are able to show up once more,” Bowman said. Worker’s center meetings are held every third Thursday. Workers can talk with organizers and volunteers about issues with their jobs. The center also hosts “know your

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Protesters rally against the Trans-Pacific Partnership. rights” seminars, which focus on labor and work laws. Since the worker’s center opened on May 1st, its parent organization, WIN, has turned its focus on Rep. Steve Cohen and the fast track authority that’s currently up for debate in Congress. The debate swirls around the TransPacific Partnership (TPP), a trade agreement among 12 countries, including Canada and Japan. The fast track authority would give the U.S. president the power to submit trade continued on page 8

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“Take it on faith, y’all, that Kimbal Musk is not here to pillage our city,” Berger wrote. “He is exactly the kind of person, with the kind of vision and power to execute, that we need right now if we have any hope of becoming a world-class city.” Musk is widely credited for shepherding the farm-to-table dining movement and said in a news statement he is “thrilled” to bring it to Memphis. “Memphis is a vibrant and diverse city that is on the verge of a Real Food (sic) renaissance,” Musk said in the statement. That raised the ire of Tsunami chef and owner Ben Smith, who has been locally sourcing ingredients since 1998 and hosting a farmers market in his parking lot for the past three years. “My initial reaction was, Wait a minute, man, there are some people who have been here for a number of years that have really focused on this farm-totable thing,” Smith said. “The interaction and relationship between farmers and Memphis restaurants is already well-

Anna Vergos Blair and Katherine Vergos Riederer planned, beer and maybe wine. Artist facilitators will be available to assist or inspire kids. Additionally, The Art Project will offer digitization services, so parents can have all their kids’ artwork scanned and saved. “Parents have piles and piles of their kids’ artwork. We want to digitize that for parents, so they can create photo books or notecards or posters,” Riederer said. Blair and Riederer’s family owns The Rendezvous restaurant, and they both grew up helping out there. Blair, now an attorney, began toying with the idea of opening an art center for kids around Christmas. She

established and well-supported.” Questions also arose about The Kitchen’s locations — both in taxpayersupported venues — that could have gone to local talent. Shelby Farms Park Executive Director Laura Morris said her group issued a request for proposals, made a presentation to the Memphis Restaurant Association, and formed an ad hoc committee to “spread the word” about the opportunity. But the park never got a deal on the table from local restaurateurs, she said. The Kitchen did not get a special deal or special incentives, she said. “Looking at the lease, I’d say it’s a little bit above market for the park,” Morris said. “We did pretty well.” The Kitchen will lease the restaurant and the grab-and-go counter at Shelby Farms for $172,260 for the first five years, according to the lease. Rent will rise slightly in the next five years. Morris said she was aware that not everyone is excited about bringing in an outside operator, “but it’s not like we put a Cheesecake Factory at the park.”

didn’t know where to start, so she reached out to local entrepreneur Taylor Berger. “I emailed Taylor in January, and I said, ‘I don’t know you, but I see you’re always launching new businesses.’ So I asked for guidance on starting a business. We met for coffee, and he said, ‘Let’s do it,”’ Blair said. “He and his partner Michael [Tauer] have little kids, and they signed on to help us right away. They had a space ready for us two days later.” Riederer, who has a degree in apparel design, sees The Art Project as an opportunity to put her artistic skills to use. She spent some time designing clothing in New York, but since she’s moved back to Memphis, she’s found herself working again with the restaurant. She says she’s ready to pursue something in the creative realm. “I always assumed I’d start my own company, but I kind of got hooked into the family business. I’ve lost my way for creating art,” Riederer said. “Plus, I have a baby on the way, so I thought this would be a good way to do something I really enjoy, something more fun and creative.” The sisters enlisted their friend Dom Price, an architect in San Franciso, to design the space. “There’s a center area that we call the ‘scribble space.’ It’s a rounded area on the inside with tables and chairs and an easel. And the outside of the circle will house the art supplies,” Blair said. “On the opposite wall, there is an area for hanging and drying art, and there’s a wash-up station. We want kids to be wowed when they walk in.” The sisters are aiming for a June opening.

“Fast Lane” continued from page 6 deals that Congress could not amend — only approve or deny — and make way for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. “Previously, Rep. Cohen had made it clear that he was against ‘fast track action’ within Congress, but now he’s started to waffle,” Bowman said. “He said he was unsure [if] he would support fast track for the Trans-Pacific Partnership or not. It is our opinion that the Trans-Pacific Partnership would be a terrible trade deal for Americans. It would push more jobs overseas. The fast track process just completely overrules the democratic process we have in this country.” Since 1974, previous presidents had the option of fast track authority. The last incarnation expired in 2007. However, some members of Congress believe that, taking lessons after the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), this may be the chance to prevent outsourcing. Others, including Barack Obama, have said the TPP is good for the middle class. On Friday, members of WIN and

concerned citizens held signs at the corner of Park and Highland to protest the TPP and fast track authority. Tom Smith, the lead organizer for a local chapter of the communication workers union, said manufacturing jobs are the first ones to go overseas. “After NAFTA, Memphis lost 20,000 manufacturing jobs,” Smith said. “Just this week, we lost nearly another 600 jobs at Conduit Global. It would cost us more jobs.” The proposed trade agreement isn’t just a national issue, according to Smith. He said local government officials need to weigh in, too. “I think this is an issue for the city council, those running for mayor, all the way up to Congress,” he said. “The city of Memphis is giving away millions of dollars in incentives to bring light manufacturing here, to bring call center jobs here, and those are the types of jobs we will lose if TPP passes.” WIN will hold another TPP protest on Friday, May 15th at 4:45 p.m. outside the federal building.

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But Memphis has higher rates of poverty and unemployment for African Americans and a smaller share of collegeeducated residents. Most of the new jobs are low-wage jobs, like the hundreds Conduit Global promised when it opened a call center last year. Last week, the company announced it will lay off nearly 600 workers, most of whom earn around $10 an hour. Late last month, the sporting goods mecca Bass Pro Shops opened in the long-shuttered Pyramid, bringing 600 jobs, for which there were thousands of applicants. A lottery for a city summer jobs program with 1,000 spots drew more than 6,500 applicants. To help fund youth job programs, Memphis Light, Gas & Water now accepts donations, just like they do for people who can’t pay their light bills. When a city has to pass the hat to raise money for jobs, something has gone horribly wrong. Pavé doesn’t advocate violence, “but the thing I would prefer most … is for Freddie not to get murdered. That’s the most egregious part — not the response to the inequality; it’s the inequality itself.” The Center for Community Change (CCC) and its national coalition of partners realize this, which is why they launched the Putting Families First: Good Jobs for All campaign two weeks ago. Unrest in communities like Baltimore underscores the need for massive change on a national scale, which is why one of the main goals of Putting Families First: Good Jobs for All is to reinvest in communities of concentrated poverty, like Baltimore and Memphis. “This campaign seeks to restart the economy in places where racial bias, exclusion, and sustained disinvestment have produced communities of concentrated poverty and despair,” Dorian T. Warren, CCC board member and author of the “Putting Families First: Good Jobs for All” report, explained at the launch. He continued: “This goal is to channel significant investments to communities with high unemployment and low wages, so they can rebuild their local economies and expand residents’ access to jobs and wealth-building opportunities.” The choices we’ve made as a nation have brought us to this point. We’ve made the rules of the game, and we have the power to change them. But in order to move forward, we must see America’s growing population of color as an asset to build on and not a threat to neutralize or worse.

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Different Places, Different Paces As the Memphis election process moves ahead slowly, dramatic events may be brewing on the County Commission. And, in several of the council’s contested district races, there’s a whole new election to be had, involving runoffs likely to be completed on November 3rd. There will be no runoffs in the mayor’s race or in any of the six “at-large” races (three in Super District 8; three in Super District 9). That’s by the 1991 edict of the late U.S. District Judge Jerome Turner, who was asked to adjudicate a suit brought by representatives of the city’s AfricanAmerican population, not quite an absolute majority then as they are today. Talk about anachronistic: That ruling, made then to prevent white voters from ganging up against a black mayoral candidate in a runoff, may work today to facilitate a white candidate’s chances in a plurality-wins environment, like the one developing this year, which, to date, features one strong white candidate, Councilman Jim Strickland, in a field including numerous well-known blacks.

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It is a strange and frustrating time for followers of local politics. Strange, in that the rosters seem fairly complete for all the races to be run this year in the Memphis city election and seemed so even before it became possible for candidates to draw petitions from the Shelby County Election Commission on April 17th. And frustrating because, while there are surely surprises yet to come between now and July 17th, the filing deadline for city races (the question of former School Board member Kenneth Whalum’s mayoral plans, for instance, or the status of his either-me-or-you agreement with declared mayoral candidate Mike Williams), the pace of change is agonizingly slow, almost glacial. Oh, there are rumors (reports that Randy Wade, former sheriff’s candidate and ex-aide to Congressman Steve Cohen, resume active politics as a candidate for Memphis City Council, for example), but for the most part, the sides seem to have been drawn, and we’ll have to wait for the final results October 8th. That’s anachronistically called “election day,” although active walk-in votes, probably amounting to at least half the total number, will be occurring in the early voting period, stretching from September 18th to September 29th).

• Although the agenda for Monday’s regular meeting of the Shelby County Commission seemed almost harmlessly bland, several matters of fairly serious importance developed during discussion. One such concerned, in the language of Monday’s agenda package, an “Amendment to the existing Planned Development to allow for one payday loan establishment in Parcel 1.” What that turned out to involve was a proposal for continuing to allow “Cash Now,” a payday loan company operated by a company called Financial One in Cordova at the intersection of Macon and Houston Levee Roads. The “Cash Now” site has become the focus of controversy, in that several residents of the area, as well as the Land Use Control Board, contend that its very existence is in violation of previously adopted code applying to Gray’s Creek Area Plan. Specifically, the code would seem to prohibit such an enterprise “within 1,320 feet of a residential property.” What critics of the “Cash Now” establishment maintain is that Financial One’s original application, approved by the Office of Planning and Development and the commission in 2013, misrepresented the nature of the establishment’s business as one related to financial planning or to investments rather than to payday loans. Some commission members allege that the issue goes deeper. Heidi Shafer, the commission’s budget chair, said the process that resulted in the current location of “Cash Now” (which has announced plans to expand its premises) may not be the result of a mere misrepresentation or a bureaucratic oversight but instead “has an unpleasant odor of commissions past.” She suggested that the commission was in danger of being “gamed” and invoked the phrase “Tennessee Waltz,” seemingly implying that some sort of backroom arrangement had been responsible for the original approval of “Cash Now” at the location. The property lies within the commission district of George Chism, who also

• After Monday’s meeting, members of

the commission had a dinner meeting with staffers of the nonprofit organization JIFF (Juvenile Intervention and Faith-Based Follow-Up), which attempts to rehabilitate hard-core offenders in the Juvenile Court System, those with seemingly intractable records involving five or more offenses. The commission members were clearly affected by evidence of JIFF’s successes presented by executive director Richard Graham and the organization’s board chair, Lauren Young, and most of all by hearty recommendations of the organization by Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael and by JIFF board member Bev Shelley, whose

husband John in 2013 was killed by youthful gang members while he was appraising a house in the Parkway Village area. Shelley has since become a crusader for rehabilitation efforts like those provided by JIFF and made a moving appeal on behalf of “intervening these children’s lives” and giving them “the help that they need” to move away from criminality and into the social mainstream. The upshot Monday was an apparent consensus among the attending commissioners to include JIFF’s request for a $150,000 annual funding contract to supplement its limited resources within the budget for Judge Michael’s office.

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May 14th, this week. And, though several of the candidates who intend also to be on the October 8th regular ballot will be seeking the interim position as well, it is beginning to seem likely that one of several candidates who profess themselves interested in the interim position only has a better shot at being chosen. Among the more prominent of the interim-only candidates to have declared their interest so far are lawyer Alan Crone, former chairman of the Shelby County Republican Party, and Fran Triplett, who won recognition over the past year as a citizen advocate for the retention of city employees’ benefits guarantees. Also said to be contemplating a try for the seat is businessman Lester Lit, who sought a council seat in the election of 2007.

objected to the process that led to “Cash Now” being where it is. The commission voted to defer a vote until its regular business meeting June 1st. There has also been blowback from last week’s budget session, in which commission members seemed so supportive of Shelby County Schools’ request for a $14.9 million budget increase that some observers were calling the meeting a love-fest. Budget chair Shafer has announced that she will be scheduling an additional “education-only” budget session “as soon as we can before we vote on the 20th.”

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“Truthers” Win One Anyone who knows anything at all about the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., knows that controversy regarding possible conspiracies in these deaths, particularly those of JFK and Dr. King,

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rages on and presumably will do so until the end of time. Other aspects of our national history are subject to the same skeptical instinct — notably the catastrophic attacks on the World Trade Center buildings in New York and the Pentagon in our nation’s capital. A breed of conspiracy theorists who have won the sobriquet “truthers” (whether so dubbed by themselves or by their critics is uncertain) continues to maintain that the co-conspirators in the September 11th attacks include not just the young jihadist fanatics who hijacked the planes but previously unsuspected individuals and governments (including our own) supposedly on our side of the world’s various dividing lines. The truther instinct is generally distrusted within the mainstream of American thought, as are the various conspiracy theorists on the assassination watch. But Seymour Hersh, the enterprising Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has unearthed any number of previously hushed-up scandals — including the My Lai massacre in Vietnam and the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib — has struck again, and this time at the core of what had been generally unquestioned, the account of how heroic Navy seals had stormed the Pakistan hideaway of al-Qaeda chieftain Osama bin Laden in 2011 and in the course of a gunfight brought down that international villain, whose body was then — to placate the opinion of world Muslims — given a proper Islamic burial at sea. Hersh has published a comprehensive article (in the London Review of Books) that

debunks all that. And, while not everybody has accepted his version of events, his track record as an authoritative final arbiter of the historical record speaks for itself. In Hersh’s account, bin Laden was not inhabiting a hideaway; he was lodged in a prison as a captive of the Pakistani government, which was waiting for an appropriate moment to trade him for American moolah ($25 million is what the Pakistanis got, according to Hersh). Other apspects of Hersh’s version: The Seals were escorted into bin Laden’s place of confinement by the Pakistanis; there was no firefight; and bin Laden, who by that time was a sick old man with virtually no control of any ongoing terrorist activity, offered no resistance but was shot to pieces by automatic weapons. Further, the “courier” whose discovery supposedly led the CIA to discover bin Laden’s whereabouts never existed, and the story of the valiant storming tale told by President Obama to a grateful nation was an improvisation, concocted for immediate political effect to replace a previously arranged cover story that would have had bin Laden shot during a combat raid somewhere in the mountainous wilderness area of Pakistan. There is more to Hersh’s account, and all of it, like this sample, so thoroughly discredits the accepted explanations we had taken for granted as to cast grave doubt, by implication, on all of the other official explanations challenged for all these years by conspiracy theorists. We may have to apologize to all those truthers we have consistently mocked. And that’s only the beginning.

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Pyramid History 101 Bass Pro should acknowledge the big pointy building’s backstory. of characters, mishaps, and moments worthy of a mini-series: the decision to move the site from atop the South Bluff to “down in a hole”; the “Big Dig” groundbreaking with a giant lightedshovel drop; daring ironworkers with video cameras at the toppingout ceremony; the gap-toothed Shlenker; the aforementioned hidden crystal skull at the apex; the flooded bathrooms at the opening concert; the inclinator to the top that never was; some rocking concerts and basketball tournaments; partial redemption as Grizzly bait; and the building’s closing in 2004. “Who knows what’s going to happen to this Pyramid in the long run, how successful it’s going to be or not be,” said Morris in short and understated remarks at the opening ceremony.

He looked like a man who would rather kiss a rattlesnake than make a speech, but there is no shortage of Morris-abilia inside the Pyramid. The tales of Uncle Buck and the yarn about going fishing with Bill Dance and catching a whopper that closed the deal are cute, but it should be noted that this house was conceived and built in Memphis, and Bass Pro moved into it. Even modest public buildings usually merit a plaque at the entrance recognizing the enablers. At the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, a riveting documentary film records the contributions of architect Eero Saarinen and the placement of the capstone piece. The most interesting building in Memphis deserves something to acknowledge its history, and it would be good manners and good marketing if Bass Pro were to step up and do it. Why not give visitors an answer to their inevitable “How did this get here?” question? You can’t make this stuff up, and you don’t have to. John Tigrett and Sidney Shlenker are gone, but the others are still alive, and there is gobs of archival film. Tell the story inside the building. Lord knows there’s room for it. John Branston is a former Flyer senior editor who is now working on various writing projects — and his tennis game.

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If you’ve seen one mounted deer head you’ve pretty much seen them all, but 100 or so stuffed deer, elk, moose, bears, and other critters is another matter, so I went eagerly to check out those and other wonders of the new Bass Pro Pyramid when it opened. And I was duly impressed. This is a special store in a special building. And if Bass Pro founder/owner Johnny Morris thinks first-time visitors aren’t as curious about the structure as they are about the furnishings, then he’s dumber than a catfish, which he obviously is not. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Bass Pro go public within a year or so, with a valuation of a few billion dollars, which is not bad for an enterprise that started as a Missouri bait shop. So I say, as Morris and his team of architects and marketers go through their final punch list items, they should add one thing — a nod to the Pyramid’s history, perhaps a display or plaque, with suitable attention to the funders of the place (the citizens of Memphis and Shelby County) and its prime movers, schemes, and shenanigans. Yes, including Sidney Shlenker’s and Isaac Tigrett’s crystal skull. People love a good story as much as a plate of fried catfish or, I will wager, an ode to duck flyways. I am sort of married to the Pyramid. I wrote so much about it that several times I swore I would write no more forever, and then something new would come along and I would break my vow. In 1986, I was writing for The Commercial Appeal’s Sunday magazine when a young man named Brent Hartz came calling. He had renderings of a gigantic golden pyramid his father had drawn several years before and was doing a road show to influential downtowners. John Tigrett, who was as reclusive as his wife Pat is outgoing, was smitten. Memphis needed a landmark and a new arena, but this was no gimme. Mayor Dick Hackett and the reigning powers-that-be at then Memphis State University wanted to expand the MidSouth Coliseum at the fairgrounds. The Pyramid was too big, too expensive, too far, too risky. Tigrett persuaded his friend, FedEx founder Fred Smith, to chair the Public Building Authority that met for nearly a year. The go-ahead may well have doomed the fairgrounds, along with Hackett’s political career. It was a Mad Men dream with a cast

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Cozy Corner after the fire; the sign directing diners to its temporary location

Where There’s Smoke Cozy Corner rises from the ashes. By Chris Davis

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It’s the kind of story that instantly becomes a local legend. Should you ever find yourself in a position where you need to communicate the essence of Memphis to an outsider who knows nothing of the region’s peculiarities, all you need to do is to describe the events of Thursday, January 8, 2015: the day Cozy Corner, a beloved barbecue shack in a city overflowing with beloved barbecue shacks, caught fire and burned. It sounds like a readymade urban myth, too perfect to be true. But every bit of it is “actual fact,” according to Cozy Corner pit master Bobby Bradley Jr., the grandson of the restaurant’s founders Raymond and Desiree Robinson. “It really happened, and my sister can tell you all about it.” The day started out like any other Thursday, although the lunch rush was somewhat slower than usual. Customers were still dribbling in, but by 1:30 p.m., things seemed to be winding down. That’s when a member of the Cozy Corner kitchen staff informed Bradley’s sister India Howard that she’d been hearing popping sounds coming from the back of the building. India kept her cool and went immediately to warn her customers. “I’m sorry to interrupt your lunch,” she said, stepping out from behind the counter and into the restaurant’s tiny dining area. “But we’ve just learned that we have a fire here. What I need is for everyone to stay calm, grab your things, and exit the building as quickly and as orderly as possible.” When Howard stopped talking she expected to see some movement. “I was thinking it was going to look like ants running here and there,” she says. Nobody moved. They just sat there as if nothing was happening, sucking on their spicy rib bones and digging into the restaurant’s signature smoked game hens. “It was the strangest thing ever,” Howard says, recalling that perfect Memphis moment when even the threat of a burning building wasn’t enough to make people put down their barbecue. “Because I’m thinking to myself, Did I not just run in here and and yell fire? And nobody — not one single person in the whole restaurant — moved?” Howard began to clap her hands emphatically and took on a more authoritative tone. “WE. HAVE. A. FIRE!” she repeated. “And unless you want to go down with the building, you need to pick up your things and leave right now.” Reluctantly, and in no obvious hurry, the Bobby customers packed up their belongings and Bradley 16 the remainder of their lunches and began Jr. to exit the building. Many of them lingered

for a while longer, to finish off their plates in the parking lot. “All the customers were leaving when I pulled up,” says Bradley, who was returning from a trip to the nearby Lit Restaurant Supply on Union Avenue. “Because of what I do, I kind of think of myself as a moonlight fireman anyway, so I went in and grabbed a fire extinguisher. My brother-in-law, he grabbed one as well, and we both went back to see what we could do. We’re trying to stay low, but when we got to the room where the fire had started the smoke was serious.” Eight firetrucks arrived on the scene from every direction. “It was really funny,” Howard says, remembering how the firemen had anticipated a pit fire instead of an electrical malfunction. “At first, they didn’t have the right equipment,” she says, remembering how the firefighters had to take axes to the back door and cut an enormous hole in the ceiling. “But they did a great job.” Bradley didn’t realize just how badly his building had been damaged. “I thought we’d be able to open up right away,” he says. “I think I even went on the TV news that night, right after the fire, and said that we’d be opening back up the next day, or something stupid like that.” Although the original location remains shuttered and won’t be reopening anytime soon, there is at least some good news for Cozy Corner fans in need of a fix. A limited version of the restaurant’s meaty menu is currently being served from a window inside the Encore Cafe at 726 N. Parkway, directly across the street. The partnership is a fortunate one that lets Bradley “sling a little barbecue” and exposes Cozy Corner regulars to the newer business. Before the fire, Encore Cafe owner Monroe Ballard had been one of Bradley’s tenants, operating Optimum Studios in the Cozy Corner building’s westernmost bay. But Ballard had already purchased the empty building across the street and was laying the groundwork for his own restaurant. “Support from the community has just been incredible,” Bradley says, as he takes orders from the kitchen and tends to racks of ribs and stacks of Cornish hens in the cramped trailer he built this past winter with the help of family and friends. It gets hot in the mobile unit, built around a flatbed car hauler, and it’s just large enough to contain a pair of Chicago-style aquarium smokers and a small work station. But it smells like barbecue heaven. A benefit was quickly organized by Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman of Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen, Porcellino’s Craft Butcher, and Hog & Hominy. The ongoing Cozy Corner GoFundMe campaign raised $7,612. “We’re so grateful. We’ve had so much help from people,” Howard says. “We’ve had so much help from other restaurants offering storage and refrigeration and even sending over workers to help us do anything we need.” Bradley doesn’t want to be compared to his grandfather, whom he describes as a “people person” and the best barbecue cook he’s ever known. “It’s not fair to compare Michael Jordan’s son to Michael Jordan,” he says, reaching deep into the smoker and pulling out a mahogany-colored hen. “But there aren’t many family businesses that survive when the founder dies, let alone continue for three generations. I’m the third generation. And I’d like to think that he would be proud of what we’re doing.”

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Craig David Meek hits the road to ﬁnd the best barbecue in the Mid-South. By Toby Sells Craig David Meek peeks inside the smokehouse. Like Dorothy at Emerald City, Meek is hoping to see the pit master, the Wizard of A&R Bar-B-Que. Meek gets closer to the screen door, takes off his sunglasses, shades his eyes with a hand, squints, but still can’t tell if anyone’s home. A thick fog of wood smoke obscures every corner inside the one-room brick house and the beautiful, complex smell of burning wood and rendering fat permeates the air outside. Meek knocks politely and soon the door is open with a “Hey, Craig, come on in!” from the smiling pit master inside. Smoke pours profusely — comically — from the opened door like maybe Cheech and Chong are inside the smokehouse, too. About 15 minutes before, Meek sat in his big, white work van collecting an assortment of small auto parts from his mobile inventory of nuts, bolts, rivets, fuses, spray paint, and more. He supplies these small parts to a list of auto body shops, car dealerships, or “basically anybody who’s putting cars back together.” He and his van visit shops from Jackson, Tennessee, to West Memphis, Arkansas. From Hernando to Atoka. I meet him at a body shop on Elvis Presley Boulevard. He fills out an invoice slip, slips quickly inside (knowing the secret to the trick door), and in a flash he’s back in the parking lot with a smile. “All right, want to go eat?” I do. Because if eating barbecue around Memphis was like a fishing trip, I was on the boat with the best guide around. For this trip, he suggests A&R’s South Memphis location, just down the street from the body shop. Meek’s been making his rounds in the van for about 10 years. But nearly three years ago, he stopped at Collierville’s Captain John’s Barbecue and found a question that would change his route, his hobby, and writing career: “How many places like this do I drive by all the time?” He set out to find out. He told Facebook friends that he was going to eat at every

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(top) Craig David Meek pays a visit to A&R Bar-B-Que in South Memphis. barbecue place he encountered on his routes. • That’s where Craig David Meek barbecue tip No. 1 comes from: You can lose weight and eat barbecue. Drink water and don’t eat the bread. “When I started eating barbecue every single day, my friends were taking bets on how huge I was going to get,” Meek says. “Then, I lost like 20 pounds and it dumbfounded them. Like I said, I drink water and only eat the meat, beans, and slaw.” A&R was busy, not packed, but I was a newbie and felt the need to be quick and get out of the locals’ way. But I got lost in the two-column letter board menu over the cash register with barbecue, sides, and drinks. I mean, barbecue’s barbecue unless you’re on the hunt for the good stuff. Meek read my expression and stepped to the register. “The rib tips are good today,” the cashier said. “Just off the pit.” Without blinking an eye or looking at the menu, Meek said, “We’ll have a plate of that with onion rings and beans. We’ll also have a pulled pork plate with greens, slaw, and beans.” • Craig David Meek barbecue tip No. 2: Ask “What’s good right now?” Pit-fresh specials and seasonal dishes come and go and don’t always make the menu. Meek says he stayed true to his intent, just seeing a barbecue place and stopping in. He started a barbecue blog mainly to answer his friends’ questions, but it spread to a larger audience. As we wait, he tells me about KC’s Southern Style Rice, a red trailer in a flea market that serves rib-tip fried rice that’s “just unreal.” He says Big Bill’s Barbecue is just around the corner, and even though it’s in a strip mall, they have a real charcoal pit and the food is good. You can get hot links “ultimate style,” topped with peppers, onions, and tomatoes. • Craig David Meek barbecue tip No. 3: When you’re looking for good barbecue, follow your nose. Sniff out the wood smoke. “Anytime you see a big smoke house like the one continued on page 18

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’Cued Up continued from page 17 here [at A&R] you’re in for some good barbecue. Or, look for a big barrel smoker with plenty of wood and real charcoal.” “Craig! I got a Craig!” the cashier shouts in the next room. We shoot out of our chairs and return with legal-pad-sized platters heavy with a saucy pile of rib tips, pulled pork perfected with strata of red, brown, and burnt ends, and all of the accoutrements. With portions of this-and-that divvied up between us, we get to work and things get quiet. Eyes meet. Heads nod. Napkins pile up. If I were a food writer, my one-sentence review would be more poetic. But here goes: That food was damn good. Meek’s book Memphis Barbecue: A Succulent History of Sauce, Smoke & Soul was published last year and covers a spectrum from DeSoto bringing pigs to the Mid-South to Corky’s on QVC. History Press liked his barbecue blog and approached him about writing a book. He revisited his favorite restaurants, introduced himself, interviewed owners, pit masters, and more. • Craig David Meek barbecue tip No. 4: Get off the beaten path. “I do feel bad when people come in from out of town and say, ‘I wanna go to Beale Street and get great Memphis barbecue.’ There is some pretty good barbecue on Beale, but there’s nothing there that is that real Memphis-style [barbecue].”

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Meek grew up eating Memphis barbecue. His childhood favorites were Jack’s Rib Shack and Three Little Pigs at Quince and White Station. But as a Memphian, he wasn’t aware barbecue was in his cultural DNA. It was always just there. “You sort of assume that whenever people get together to watch a game or for a family reunion, that there is always big aluminum tubs of barbecue sitting out,” Meek says. “You realize that it’s a regional thing a little later and that other places either don’t have barbecue or have something they call barbecue, but it’s not the quality you were used to growing up.” Scraping the last of the greens from the bowl, I think about it. I don’t want to do it, really, but I know I kind of have to. I know he’s heard the question a thousand times. But I go ahead and blurt, “Where do you like to eat barbecue?” But he’s nice about it and quick with a good answer. He points me to his list of favorites he recently wrote for Thrillist. It includes everything from A&R, Germantown Commissary, Cozy Corner, Elwood’s Shack, and the Bar-B-Que Shop in Midtown. We bus our table, shake hands, and head out the door. I eye him in the back parking

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Memphis went from having few (if any) bicycle lanes in 2008 (when we were named Worst City for Bicycling by Bicycling Magazine) to nearly 200 miles of lanes today. And we got an award for Most Improved from that same publication in 2012. So it’s fitting that Microcosm Publishing’s traveling Dinner + Bikes tour is making a stop in Memphis on Wednesday, May 20th, at First Joe Biel, Elly Blue, and Congregational Church. The event is being hosted by Revolutions Bicycle Co-op. Joshua Ploeg Joe Biel (founder of the Portland-based zine publisher Microcosm) and Elly Blue (author of Bikenomics: How Bicycling Can Save the Economy) will present eight short films about bicycle equity and social justice. And vegan chef Joshua Ploeg, who has published numerous cookzines through Microcosm, will serve a locally sourced vegan dinner. The films range from two to 12 minutes in length and cover everything from the evolution of bicycle advocacy to a profile of a bicycle superhero from Mexico City. “He is a luchador of the streets. He pushes cars out of crosswalks, helps people cross the street, and paints bike lanes and crosswalks where he thinks they are needed. And he wears a mask and a cape,” Biel said. Biel said, since the tour stopped in town last time (in 2012), he’s aware that Memphis has made a ton of progress in making cycling more accessible for all. “I know, from looking at the numbers, that the city of Memphis has learned tremendously in the last five years,” Biel said. “The statistics of your ridership are up 500 percent, so it’s definitely a great strategy for your city. It’s working.” After the presentation and dinner, there will be a sale of Microcosm’s zines, and Ploeg will sign his new cookbooks — This Ain’t No Picnic: Your Vegan Punk Rock Cookbook and Superfoods for Life: Cacao. DINNER + BIKES AT FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20TH, 7-9 P.M. $30

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rom Lennon and McCartney to Andre 3000 and Big Boi, music history is littered with creative partners who push each other to greater heights. One such partnership began in 1998, when Alicja Trout and Jay Reatard came together in a Midtown kitchen to form the Lost Sounds. In the tradition of his idols the Oblivians, 18-year-old Jay Lindsey had adopted his moniker from his first band, the Reatards, who had just released their second record on Goner. Trout was an Antenna/Barristers scenester who had gotten into analog synthesizers while playing in the Clears with musical polymath Shelby Bryant, who was the inspiration for DJ Qualls’ character in Hustle & Flow. Along with drummer Rich Crook, they had their first show in early 1999 at a downtown loft on Madison called the Parallax Theatre. Trout and Reatard soon became romantic as well as musical partners. Both were incredibly prolific songwriters, and the sound they created together was unlike anything else in Memphis — or anywhere else. The primitivist, guitar-heavy garage punk the Oblivians pioneered was about to blow up with the White Stripes’ seminal album White Blood Cells, which was recorded in Memphis around the same time. Adding

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

King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE 521-1851

David Bowen Thursdays, 5:30-9:30 p.m. and Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Darren Jay & the Delta Souls Friday, May 15, 6-10 p.m.

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

Mack 2 Band Thursdays-Fridays, Mondays-Wednesdays, 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, 2-6 p.m. and Mondays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Chic Jones Sundays, Tuesdays, 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 Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Mississippi Big Foot Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Low Society Friday, May 15, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Delta Project Saturday, May 16, 8 p.m.-midnight; 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.; Grace Curran & the High Falutin’ Band Tuesday, May 19, 8 p.m.-midnight and Wednesday, May 20, 8 p.m.midnight.

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

Memphis Bluesmasters Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Metropolitan Avenue Friday, May 15; Plantation Allstars Fridays, Saturdays, 3-7 p.m.; Little Boys Blue Saturday, May 16; 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, 7-9 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

Roxie Love Thursday, May 14, 7-11 p.m., Friday, May 15, 7-11 p.m. and Sunday, May 17, 7-11 p.m.; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813

Live Music Fridays.

Brinson’s 341 MADISON 524-0104

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

Center for Southern Folklore

412 S. MAIN 552-4609

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.

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

Justin Johnson workshop and concert Saturday, May 16, 6:15-11 p.m.

Live Pianist Thursdays, 5:308:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 5:30-9 p.m., Sundays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and MondaysWednesdays, 5:30-8 p.m.

Double J’s Smokehouse & Saloon

380 E.H. CRUMP 744-2225

123 S. MAIN AT PEABODY TROLLEY STOP 525-3655

124 E. G.E. PATTERSON 335-0251

Live Music Thursdays, 7-11 p.m., Fridays 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.

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Buckles & Boots Sunday, May 17, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Memphis Sounds Lounge 22 N. THIRD 590-4049

Blind Bear Speakeasy

Grown Folk’s Music 7:30 p.m.

119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435

Mud Island Amphitheater

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Onix Restaurant & Jazz Lounge

125 N. FRONT 576-7241

Beck with GOASTT Saturday, May 16.

The Plexx 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 third Saturday of every month, 7-10:30 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.

Spindini

The Cove

Murphy’s

383 S. MAIN 578-2767

2559 BROAD 730-0719

1589 MADISON 726-4193

Jeff Crosslin Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

Visible Music College 200 MADISON 381-3939

Visible Music in May Friday, May 15, 5:15-9:15 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

DJ Drop Out Boogie Friday, May 15, 10:30 p.m.; Marcella & Her Lovers Saturday, May 16, 10:30 p.m.; John Paul Keith Band Wednesday, May 20, 7 p.m.

Bhan Thai 1324 PEABODY 272-1538

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

Blue Monkey 2012 MADISON 272-BLUE

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight.

Boscos Squared 2120 MADISON 432-2222

The Buccaneer 1368 MONROE 278-0909

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

Camy’s 3 S. BARKSDALE 725-1667

OC 45 with Shame Finger Thursday, May 14; Nervs with Tangles + Aquarian Blood Friday, May 15; Mike Hewlett & the Racquet with Everdeens Saturday, May 16.

Overton Square MIDTOWN

Rock N Romp Sunday, May 17, 2-6 p.m.; Bluesday Tuesday Tuesdays, 6:309:30 p.m.

Dru’s Place 1474 MADISON 275-8082

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

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

1760 PEABODY 458-2354

Americana: The American Sound Friday, May 15, 7-9 p.m.

The Phoenix 1015 S. COOPER 338-5223

Hi-Tone

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

412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

Strano Sicilian Kitchen

Open Mic Comedy Night Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown

948 S. COOPER 552-7122

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

Wild Bill’s

1927 MADISON 726-4372

JoJo Jefferies & Ronnie Caldwell Sunday, May 17, 47 p.m.; Soul Shockers Sunday, May 17, 8:30 p.m.

1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

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

Java Cabana 2170 YOUNG 272-7210

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

University of Memphis

Live Music Fridays.

Lafayette’s Music Room

Celtic Crossing

“Country Showcase” Hailey Whitters Tuesday, May 19, 8 p.m.; Young Pretty Thieves Wednesday, May 20, 8 p.m.

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

Lindenwood Christian Church

521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900

903 S. COOPER 274-5151

Chris Johnson Thursdays, 10 p.m.; DJ Tree Fridays, 10 p.m.; DJ Taz Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Robert and John Sunday, May 17, 11 a.m.3 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 69 p.m.; Charvey Mac Tuesdays, 8:30-11:30 p.m.

2119 MADISON 207-5097

2400 UNION 458-8506

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

Memphis Pink Palace Museum 3050 CENTRAL 636-2362

Ubee’s Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.2 a.m.

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

Atmosphere with Dolan, Dem Atlas, DJ Adatrak Thursday, May 14, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.; KIDZ BOP Make Some Noise Tour Sunday, May 17, 8-9:30 p.m.

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BECK AT MUD ISLAND AMPHITHEATER Grammy Award-winning musician Beck will play at the Mud Island Amphitheater this Saturday night. With the release of Morning Phase, Beck gave fans his first new album since 2008’s Modern Guilt and proved that at 44 years old, he was still capable of reinventing himself without rehashing some of his classic records like Sea Change or Midnight Vultures. During the gap between Modern Guilt and Morning Phase, Beck stayed busy behind the scenes, producing acclaimed albums for artists like Charlotte Gainsbourg and Stephen Malkmus, in addition to cranking out strange cover songs, remixes, and even releasing a split single with Memphis’ own Jay Reatard. Morning Phase could definitely be considered “adult alternative” rock compared to the R&B-meets-grunge-rock mash-ups he was experimenting with in the early ’90s. Beck’s music has taken many twists and turns throughout his career, but those of us who grew up in the ’90s will probably always remember the lines “I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me” from the generation-defining (and appropriately titled) song “Loser.” Opening for Beck is Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (GOASTT), a psychedelic duo featuring Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl. There’s a whole lot of Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd worship going on in GOASTT’s hazy, psychedelic songs, along with traces of groups like the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band and Golden Dawn. Saturday’s show starts off a busy summer for the Mud Island Amphitheater, with Robert Plant playing in June and Yo Gotti’s Birthday Bash later that month. Tickets for Beck and GOASTT are still on sale. — Chris Shaw Beck and GOASTT, Saturday, May 16th, at the Mud Island Amphitheater, $59.50

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

Jazz with Jeremy & Ed Thursdays, 9 p.m.; Jazz with Ed Finney & Deb Sweeny Thursday, May 14, 9 p.m.; Poodle Brandy Friday, May 15, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.; Bluff City Backsliders Saturday, May 16, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.; Open Jam Sundays, 6 p.m.; Richard James Tuesday, May 19, 7 p.m.; Juke Joint Blues Jam Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

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East Memphis

El Toro Loco

Huey’s Poplar

The Windjammer Restaurant

2809 KIRBY PKWY. 759-0593

4872 POPLAR 682-7729

786 E. BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 683-9044

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House

Mortimer’s

Poplar/I-240

551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

Brookhaven Pub & Grill 695 BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 680-8118

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

Church of the Holy Communion 4645 WALNUT GROVE 767-6987

Words, Cubed: Spirit and Soul Tuesday, May 19, 6:30-8 p.m.

The Fabulous Steelers Sunday, May 17, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Intimate Piano Lounge featuring Charlotte Hurt Mondays-Thursdays, 59:30 p.m.; Larry Cunningham Fridays, Saturdays, 6-10 p.m.

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

Second Presbyterian Church 4055 POPLAR 454-0034

Ascension Day Concert Thursday, May 14, 7-8:15 p.m.

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

Dan McGuinness Pub

T.J. Mulligan’s

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

4698 SPOTTSWOOD 761-3711

1817 KIRBY 755-2481

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

Mystery Machine Friday, May 15, 9:30 p.m.1:30 a.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

Karaoke ongoing.

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.; Suburban Trunkmonkeys Saturday, May 16, 9 p.m.; Benefit for Immaculate Conception Elementary School Music Department Sunday, May 17, 1 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.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule May 14 - 20 Cordova 847 EXOCET 624-9060

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Bartlett Hadley’s Pub

Mesquite Chop House 3165 FOREST HILL-IRENE 249-5661

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

6275 SNOWDEN LANE 662-892-2660

Steve Miller Band with Matthew Curry Friday, May 15, 7 p.m.; Dave Matthews Band Wednesday, May 20, 7 p.m.

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Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.; Reel McCoy Saturday, May 16, noon-3 p.m.; Lee Cagle Sunday, May 17, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

38664 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 800-357-5600

In Legends Stage Bar: Live Entertainment Nightly ongoing.

Huey’s Southaven 7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097

The Dantones Sunday, May 17, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

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

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

Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

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

2 Mule Plow Sunday, May 17, 4-7 p.m.; Steve Reid & Roy Brewer Sunday, May 17, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova

Collierville

The Lineup Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Huey’s Collierville

Frayser/Millington

The Chaulkies Sunday, May 17, 8-11:30 p.m.

Horseshoe Casino Tunica

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

8071 TRINITY 756-4480

2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

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

Mesquite Chop House

2800 WHITTEN 379-1965

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

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

5960 GETWELL, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-2467

Old Whitten Tavern

5709 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 386-7222

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill Live Music Thursdays, 5 p.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays.

The Brothers Saturday, May 16, 8 p.m.

2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

RockHouse Live

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

6565 TOWNE CENTER, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-536-2200

Scott & Vanessa Sudbury Unplugged Thursday, May 14, 8 p.m.-midnight; The Nuttin’ Fancy Band Friday, May 15, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Full Circle Saturday, May 16, 9 p.m.1 a.m.; Sunday Funday with the Lineup Sunday, May 17, 5:30-9:30 p.m.; Bike Night with Grand Theft Audio Wednesday, May 20, 8 p.m.midnight.

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.

Fitz Casino & Hotel 711 LUCKY LN., TUNICA, MS 800-766-5825

Haystack Bar & Grill 6560 HWY. 51 N. 872-0567

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

Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

Prime Cut Sunday, May 17, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Ghost Town Blues Band Sunday, May 17, 8-11:30 p.m.; Huey’s Germantown Humpday Patio Party with Le Temulte Noir Wednesday, May 20, 5-7 p.m.

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar 9087 POPLAR 755-0092

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

Live Music on the patio Thursdays-Saturdays, 710 p.m.; Half Step Down Fridays, 7-10 p.m.

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

North Mississippi/ Tunica

3964 GOODMAN, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-7611

Bally’s CASINO CENTER DRIVE, TUNICA, MS 1-800-38-BALLY

Terry “Big T” Williams Friday, May 15, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Dan McGuinness Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

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

West Memphis Southland Park Gaming & Racing 1550 N. INGRAM, WEST MEMPHIS, AR 800-467-6182

DJ Crumbz Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Club Night Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Boot Scootin’ Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

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

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

BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove

9102 POPLAR PIKE 624-6001

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

6230 GREENLEE 592-0344

Tommy and Roy Akers Sunday, May 17, 3-6 p.m.

Belmont Grill

4381 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-4159

Rizzi’s/Paradiso Pub

4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

Germantown

Marlowe’s Ribs & Restaurant

Arlington/Eads/ Oakland

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6748 OLD MILLINGTON 873-4114

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Attorney/Joker: Part Sign, last unproduced play by the late Randy Youngblood. Soulful celebration of spontaneity and salute to community spirit. (274-1000), www.ourownvoice.org. $12. Fri., May 15, 8 p.m.; Sat., May 16, 2 p.m.

Faith Temple Ministries

Auditions for My First Time, seeking two Caucasian actors, ages 16 to18 years - one male and one female - to audition for a made-for-TV stage play. (274-5502), Mondays, Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m.

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

5191 ELVIS PRESLEY.

Germantown Community Theatre

Germantown Performing Arts Center Neil Berg’s 102 Years of Broadway, this performance is in conjunction with GPAC’s annual gala featuring Neil Berg and his cast of Broadway stars. www.gpacweb.com. Sat., May 16, 7:30 p.m. 1801 EXETER (751-7500).

The Annesdale Park Gallery

Annesdale Park Gallery Grand Opening, celebrate the renovated home, a dynamic backdrop to display fine works of art, theannesdaleparkgallery. com. Fri., May 15, 6-9 p.m. 1290 PEABODY (208-6451).

Hattiloo Theatre

Purlie Victorious, Purlie Victorious is a flamboyant, selfordained minister. Religious hypocrisy, racial bigotry, civil rights issues, and the changing Southern society backed by forced integration are subjects in this play that reflected the turbulent social issues of the time. (525-0009), www.hattiloo. org. $24. Thursdays-Sundays, 7:30 p.m. Through May 24. 37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

The documentary Ballet 422 at the Brooks on Thursday The Orpheum

Kinky Boots, a struggling shoe factory owner works to turn his business around with help from Lola, an entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos. (525-3000), www.orpheummemphis.com/events/detail/

kinky-boots. $20. Tues., May 19, 8-10:15 p.m., and Wed., May 20, 7:30-9:45 p.m. 203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Playhouse on the Square

Kiss Me, Kate, Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew set to Cole Porter’s greatest score. www.playhouseonthesquare. org. $35-$40. Thursdays-Sundays. Through May 31.

T Clifton Art Gallery

Artist reception for “Birds,” exhibition of fine art collage by Laura Adams. www. tcliftonart.com. Sat., May 16, 1:30 p.m. 2571 BROAD (323-2787).

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. Through May 31. HOWARD HALL, 2282 MADISON, WWW.MEMPHISHERITAGE.COM.

The Artful Flea

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

Call to Artists: Midtown Crossing Grille Mural Project

Submit proposals for a mural at Midtown Crossing Grille, a new restaurant in the Crosstown neighborhood. See website for details. Through May 22. VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

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The Fox on the Fairway, modern farce set in the high-brow world of a golf and country club. Full of mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romantic shenanigans. www.gctcomeplay.org. $21. Sundays, 2:30 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through May 31.

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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.

O N G O I N G ART

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

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 countries. Through July 2. “Africa: Art of a Continent,” permanent exhibition of African art from the Martha and Robert Fogelman collection. Ongoing. 142 COMMUNICATION & FINE ARTS BUILDING (678-2224).

Eclectic Eye

“Origins,” exhibtion of selfportraits painted with clay from Canada and Mississippi in the U.S., by Eunika Rogers. www.eclectic-eye.com. Through June 24. 242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

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

Germantown Performing Arts Center MGAL Spring Juried Art Exhibit, exhibition by Memphis Germantown Art League. (921-1767), www.gpacweb. com. Through May 27. 1801 EXETER (751-7500).

Jay Etkin Gallery

“Passion & Reason,” exhibition of recent paintings and works on paper by Pamela Hassler. Through May 31.

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 late18th 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).

Memphis College of Art

“It Starts with Pink: A Case Study,” exhibition of photographs by Katie Benjamin. www.mca.edu. May 16-July 27. 1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

942 COOPER (550-0064).

ANF Architects

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

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

“Chinese Symbols in Art,” exhibition of ancient Chinese pottery and bronze. www. belzmuseum.org. Ongoing. 119 S. MAIN, IN THE PEMBROKE SQUARE BUILDING (523-ARTS).

Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library

Cafe Pontotoc

“Exploration in Imagination,” exhibition of mixedmedia works by Elayna Scott, inspired by nature and her travels. Ongoing, 4-11 p.m. 314 S. MAIN (249-7955).

Circuitous Succession Gallery

“Musa,” exhibition of multimedia works by Juan Rojo. By appointment through May 22. www.circuitoussuccession.com. Through May 22. 500 S. SECOND.

Crosstown Arts Gallery

“Between the Eyes,” exhibition of contemporary abstract paintings by Marina Adams, Rob De Oude, Joe Fyfe, Rubens Ghenov, Iva Gueorguieva, and Laurel Sucsy. www.crosstownarts.org. Through May 16. 422 N. CLEVELAND.

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).

“Sisters,” duo exhibition for Lisa Jennings and Jeni Stallings. www.lrossgallery.com. Through May 30.

“Origins” exhibition of works by Eunika Rogers at Eclectic Eye

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Memphis Botanic Garden

“Heartbeat,” exhibition of work inspired by Poland by Marilyn Trainor Storey and Chris Morrow. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through May 30. 750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“Play,” exhibition exploring the intersection of play and art using pieces from the permanent collection. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through Sept. 20. “500 Years of Medallic Art in Poland,” exhibition revealing a history of medallic art in Poland starting with its beginning during the reign of the Jagiellonian kings and ending with contemporary medals. www.brooksmuseum. org. May 15-31. “Arp, Man Ray, and Matta: Surrealists,” exhibition of Surrealist artists’ books by Hans

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. Through May 31. 6560 POPLAR (761-0810).

Metal Museum

“Metal Artifacts from Poland, Brothers Lopienska,” exhibition of works by the historical firm founded in 1862, including the lighting fixtures for the Parliament of the Union of South Africa and the restoration of Warsaw monuments. www.memphisinmay. org. Through May 31. “Art Is an Accident,” exhibtion of an amalgamation of American imagery, toys, and other found objects by J. Fred Woell. www.metalmuseum.

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Mississippi River Museum

“Chopin and His Works,” exhibition of photographic displays from The Chopin Museum in Warsaw telling the fascinating story of Poland’s most famous composer. www.memphisinmay. org. Through May 31.

TOPS Gallery

works mined from true Memphis stories, presented in an open stage with the wings removed. $15. Fri., May 15 and Sat., May 16, 8-9:30 p.m., and Sun., May 17, 2-3:30 p.m.

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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.

Woman’s Exchange Tea Room

The Woman’s Exchange Sixth Annual Art Show, exhibition of paintings, sculpture, and pottery from more than 50 artists including Knox Everson, Kay Coop, and Adam Shaw. www.womansexchange.com. Through May 15.

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The Wiseguys Present: Storytellers Unplugged, combines fast-paced improv, guest storytellers, and scenic improv. $5. Third Saturday of every month, 10:30 p.m.

MUD ISLAND RIVER PARK, 125 N. FRONT (576-7232).

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Bloodlines + Bylines: Excavating Familial Stories from Memphis

“Human Rights and Struggle,” exhibition of notable Polish posters, presented in conjunction with the Poster Museum at Wilanow Palace, Warsaw. www.civilrightsmuseum.org. Through May 31.

Dancers perform a moving selection of all-new

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Trippin on Thursday, hosted by K-97 Funny Man Prescott. Thursdays, 6 p.m. 3659 S. MENDENHALL (485-1119).

Horseshoe Casino Tunica

Kathy Griffin, www.horseshoetunica. com. $49.50-$102. Sat., May 16, 8 p.m. 38664 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS (800-357-5600).

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Painted Planet

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

Playhouse on the Square

“Welcome to the Dollhouse,” exhibition of works by Brittany Wilder. www.mca.edu. Through June 7. 66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

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“Contemplative Forms,” exhibition of ceramic sculpture by Anne J. Froning. www.shadygrovepres.org. Through May 31. 5530 SHADY GROVE (683-7329).

Stax Museum of American Soul Music

“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).

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“Birds,” exhibtion of fine art collage by Laura Adams. www.tcliftonart.com. May 16-June 14. 2571 BROAD (323-2787).

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“Fluidity: Explorations in Glass,” exhibition of glass art by Christie Moody. (321-3243), www.cbu.edu/gallery. Through May 22.

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The Spring VIB (Very Important Bride) Open House

Booksigning by Lyndsay Faye

Author discusses and signs The Fatal Flame. Sun., May 17, 3 p.m. THE BOOKSELLERS AT LAURELWOOD, 387 PERKINS EXT. (683-9801), WWW.THEBOOKSELLERSATLAURELWOOD.COM.

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African-American Genealogy in the 21st Century

Genealogist Tiffany Momon, creator of blackripley.com, will speak about her work tracing her family genealogy through the South and during the era of slavery. $7. Thurs., May 14, noon. ELMWOOD CEMETERY, 824 S. DUDLEY (774-3212), WWW.ELMWOODCEMETERY.ORG.

Civil War Helena Roundtable

A series of lectures on the Civil War sponsored by the Delta Culture Center. Mon., May 18, 6:30 p.m. BETH EL HERITAGE HALL, 406 PERRY (870-338-4350), WWW.CIVILWARHELENA.COM.

Phillip Watson Lecture: Garden Magic Catered event featuring lecture, virtual garden tour, and book signing by Philip Watson. Julie Spear of the Memphis Garden Club will demonstrate floral designs. $20 members, $25 nonmembers. Sat., May 16, 9 a.m.-noon.

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Learn about the Mississippi River, the three bridges, Crump Park, and more while walking the Memphis and Arkansas Bridge. Free. Sun., May 17, 2 p.m. CRUMP PARK, DELAWARE AT CRUMP, WWW.JIMMYOGLE.COM.

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Featuring local and regional talent performing traditional and contemporary gospel music. Sat., May 16. DOWNTOWN HELENA, AR, (870-338-4350), WWW. DELTACULTURALCENTER.COM.

Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest

World championship cooking contest featuring live music. $9. Thur.-Sat., May 14-16. TOM LEE PARK, OFF RIVERSIDE DR., WWW.MEMPHISINMAY.ORG.

Visible Music in May

Visible Music College’s second annual Visible Music in May offers live music, food trucks, activities, and more. As the college marks its 15th anniversary, VMM will fittingly take over the downtown Memphis campus on May 15. Free. Fri., May 15, 5:15-9:15 p.m. VISIBLE MUSIC COLLEGE, 200 MADISON (381-3939).

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“Rock N Romp”

Backyard party featuring local bands and musicians exposing kids to live music in a friendly environment. Kids free, with parent. Sun., May 17, 2-6 p.m. OVERTON SQUARE, MIDTOWN, WWW.OVERTONSQUARE.COM.

Buggin’ Out Discovery Days

Discover what is so amazing about insects and arachnids featuring special guests, interactive demonstrations, and hands-on activities. $3.50-$6.50. Sat., May 16, 9 a.m.-noon. LICHTERMAN NATURE CENTER, 5992 QUINCE (767-7322), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

“H2Oh! Splash”

Water park with a garden theme featuring more than 40 sprayers, spray loops, water tunnels, and more. Free for members, $15 nonmembers. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through May 23. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF MEMPHIS, 2525 CENTRAL (320-3170), WWW.CMOM.COM.

Open Enrollment for Tennessee Shakespeare Company Youth Camp

Two camps offered for children in grades 4 to 12 beginning June 8. For more information and registration, visit website. $250-$500. Through May 31. UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, (678-2000), WWW.TNSHAKESPEARE.ORG.

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Talk with wedding professionals and plan that perfect wedding. Featuring food tasting and prizes. Free. Tues., May 19, 7-9 p.m.

Sat., May 16, 6-8 p.m.

Meet Jimmy Ogle for a walking tour at Hotel Chisca, South Main Street & Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. Tues., May 19, 11:45 a.m. VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION (604-5002), WWW.JIMMYOGLE. COM.

2015 MIM Triathlon

Featuring sports expo, Amateur Challenge, and more. For full list of times and events, visit website. Fri.-Sun., May 15-17. EDMUND ORGILL PARK, MILLINGTON, TN, WWW.MEMPHISINMAY.ORG.

2nd Annual Catch a Cop 6K

The race honors the Memphis Police Department’s fallen officers, benefiting programs that support police officers and their families. $35. Sat., May 16, 9 a.m.-noon. OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (523-7075), WWW.MPAGIVESBACK. ORG.

Curling League Play: Season One

Six-week session. $150. Sun., May 17, 5:15-7:15 and 7:309:30 p.m. MID-SOUTH ICE HOUSE, 10705 RIDGEWAY INDUSTRIAL RD. (881-8544), WWW.MEMPHISCURLINGCLUB.COM.

Eye Opener 5K Run/ Walk

Featuring goodie bags and T-shirts, pre-race aerobic warm-up, after-race massage, DJ, food and drinks, awards for runners and walkers. Must be present to win new bed grand prize. $15-$35.

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10th Annual ForgetMe-Not Trivia Night

Teams answer trivia questions over 10 rounds in Heffernan Hall. Drinks and snacks provided. Food, beer, and desserts for sale benefiting Alzheimer’s Day Services of Memphis. Sat., May 16, 5:30 p.m. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH SCHOOL, 5900 WALNUT GROVE (372-4585), WWW.ADSMEMPHIS.ORG.

An American in Paris

Night of music, seated dinner by Chef Jose Gutierrez of River Oaks Restaurant, and a presentation by Brian McCarthy, author of Luminous Interiors. Ticket price includes copy of book. $225. Fri., May 15, 6:30 p.m. THEATRE MEMPHIS, 630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323), WWW.THEATREMEMPHIS.ORG.

Armed Forces Day

Family Day in support of military members and their families featuring free entry into art galleries, extra activities for kids, and raffles benefiting AmVets of Memphis. Sat., May 16, noon-5 p.m. BELZ MUSEUM OF ASIAN AND JUDAIC ART, 119 S. MAIN, IN THE PEMBROKE SQUARE BUILDING (523-2787), WWW.BELZMUSEUM.ORG.

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Enjoy the redesigned planting areas using new selections and color combinations to create architectural interest. Through May 25. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

Dinner and Bikes

Traveling road show of bicycle inspiration and vegan dinner. Featuring author Elly Blue and local advocates for transportation activism. $30. Wed., May 20, 7-10 p.m. REVOLUTIONS COMMUNITY BICYCLE SHOP, 1000 S. COOPER (INSIDE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH) (278-6786 EXT. 9).

Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market

www.cycfarmersmarket.org. Saturdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 1000 S. COOPER (278-6786).

Cooper-Young Pup Crawl

Twelve Cooper-Young restaurants and bars will offer special canine-themed drinks for the evening benefiting Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County. Stop at the gazebo for a free wristband to ensure sales are counted. Thurs., May 14, 6-9 p.m. COOPER-YOUNG DISTRICT, CORNER OF COOPER AND YOUNG, WWW.MEMPHISHUMANE.ORG.

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Cinematographer and documentarian Jody Lee Lipes crafts an intimate, fly-on-thewall documentary offering a rare peek into the highly guarded world of professional ballet. $9. Thurs., May 14, 7-8:15 p.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6200), BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

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Foreign film about Antoine, who is too depressed to play in his rock band and decides to become the caretaker of a Paris apartment building. $9. Sat., May 16, 2-3:45 p.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6200), BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

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Memphis Orchid Society Show and Sale Free. Fri., May 15, noon5 p.m., Sat., May 16, 9 a.m.5 p.m., and Sun., May 17, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW.MEMPHISORCHIDS.ORG.

Peabody Rooftop Party

$10-$15. Thursdays, 611 p.m. Through Aug. 16.

THE PEABODY, 149 UNION (529-4000), WWW.PEABODYMEMPHIS.COM.

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To Kill a Mockingbird Discussion

Farmers’ Market at the Garden Wednesdays, 2-6 p.m. Through Oct. 28.

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

Held at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in celebration of upcoming release of Go Set a Watchman. Thurs., May 14, 7 p.m.

Fish Fry Friday

WOLFCHASE GALLERIA, 2760 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. (763-1430).

HOLY COMMUNITY CHURCH, 602 LOONEY, WWW.FACEBOOK. COM/HOLYCOMMUNITYUMC.

Plates of catfish and sides benefiting Holy Community Church. $7. Fridays, 11 a.m.3 p.m.

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Agricenter Farmers Market

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

Saturday, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (452-2151), WWW.AGRICENTER.ORG.

Carriage Crossing Farmer’s Market Fridays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Through Sept. 30.

CARRIAGE CROSSING, HOUSTON LEVEE & BILL MORRIS PKWY. (854-8240), WWW.SHOPCARRIAGECROSSING.COM.

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Saturdays, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. MEMPHIS FARMERS MARKET, PAVILION OF CENTRAL STATION, S. FRONT & G.E. PATTERSON AVE, WWW.MEMPHISFARMERSMARKET.ORG.

Untapped Revival

Featuring beer and food trucks. Sundays, noon, and Thursdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m. Through May 31. TENNESSEE BREWERY, 495 TENNESSEE.

2015 MIM Triathlon at Edmund Orgill Park this weekend Movie Mania at Carriage Crossing

Movies begin at dusk, Central Park roundabout. May 15: Dolphin Tale 2. Free. Every other Friday. Through Sept. 25.

1910 Frame Works is proud to feature all the 2015 Memphis in May posters! They make great gifts for Moms and Grads, so stop by to see them today.

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Special performance, wine, and conversation benefiting Harrell Performing Arts Theatre. $25-$50. Sun., May 17, 5 p.m.

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Three Colors Trilogy

Trio of stories released in the 1990s depicts love and loss in the settings of Paris, Warsaw, and Geneva. The films range from tragedy to comedy to romance. $8. Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Through May 31. MALCO STUDIO ON THE SQUARE, 2105 COURT (725-7151), WWW.MEMPHISINMAY.ORG.

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arl Awsumb and I are standing in McMerton Gardens, a community garden he founded at the corner of Merton and McAdoo streets in Binghampton. When he got here in 2007, Binghampton had a reputation as a dangerous place, rife with boarded-up shop fronts and marred by gang violence. But by working together with people like Awsumb — as well as organizations like Grow Memphis, Caritas Village, and the Binghampton Development Corporation — residents have helped Binghampton turn a corner. These days, the lawns are neatly manicured, and children in school uniforms play in the streets. It’s not perfect, but it’s getting better. “When we got here,” remembers Awsumb, “we had this one guy come up and say, ‘We know about people like you. You show up in our neighborhood, and you say you wanna get involved. Then,

six months later, you’re gone.’ I remember thinking you don’t know who you’re talking to.” Here’s how it works. During the week, Awsumb and about 15 volunteers do prep work and upkeep on the gardens. On Saturdays, neighborhood kids do their part. They weed, plant, fertilize, mulch, water, and harvest — and in return, they are paid $5/hour. The money comes from selling McMerton produce at the farmers market. “When you plant strawberries, it’s really fun, and they grow quick,” observes Petero Niyomwungere, age 9. “It’s like you have a real job, and they pay you.” The strawberries are divine, but McMerton is about more than gardening. The point is to teach these kids life skills that they will be able to use in high school, college, and beyond. Skills like hard work, consistency, punctuality, and focus. For example, kids who work hard for four weeks in a row are given a raise. At the end of the school year, those

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more beautiful, these gardens,” Smith reflects. “And I do believe it teaches these kids something about life. It teaches them that if you work hard, you get to share in the bounty.” Awsumb says he started McMerton in response to a newspaper article about the rise of violent crime in Memphis. The solution, he thought, wasn’t more guns. It was more community: the kind that comes from kneeling next to someone and sticking your hands in the same dirt. He experienced that community firsthand last year, after he was diagnosed with cancer. The prognosis was grim, and to help him get through, Awsumb formed a support group composed of his friends and neighbors in Binghampton. “I was blown away by their generosity,” he confesses. “They were generous with their time, generous with their spirit. Generous with what they had. They quite literally helped me survive — and I’m a different person because of that.”

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Take this thing that happened down in Garland, Texas, recently, when the gunmen opened fire at Pamela Geller’s “Draw Mohammed” event. Am I the only one Pamela Geller who thinks this woman is completely and utterly nuts? I don’t know crap about Islam or any other religion — except the insane one with which I grew up — but did she really have to do this? Did she really have to host an event where people were encouraged to create cartoons making fun of a figure who is to many a spiritual icon? I don’t care if you are Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, Episcopalian, Jewish, Islamic, Church of Christ, Pentecostal (well, that one does come with its own set of problems, like speaking in tongues and fainting a lot, which, by the way, I really love, and l do love the coastal part of it, even if it’s not spelled that way), Presbyterian, Greek Orthodox, Hindu, Buddhist, Pomeranian, Wiccan, or a voodoo lovin’ spastic. There is no reason why you should organize and implement an “art show” just to make fun of someone else’s religious beliefs. Why has the media focused on just the attackers and not on this crazy woman, who took it upon herself to start this mess in the first place? She is such a hate monger that the United Kingdom will not even allow her entry into their country. And they will usually allow anyone in. Hell, I’ve been there four or five times and the only grief they ever gave me was when I was flying into London from Amsterdam. I was in my 30s wearing black jeans, a black shirt, a black leather jacket, and black sunglasses. They took one look at me and were convinced I was smuggling hash and ripped me out of line and took me into an interrogation room. They asked me if I had any drugs on me. I didn’t. I knew better. But they still made me take off my shoes and asked me a hundred questions and went through all of my luggage (well, the duffle bag I’ve traveled the world with) and, of course, the first thing they found was a printed hash menu and a LOT of loose tobacco. See, over there, you mix loose tobacco with whatever it is you are smoking, but mine was just from a half-dozen empty cigarette packages. The “menu” was just a tourist keepsake. I promise. When they asked me why I had it, I blurted out in the most Southern accent I could muster that my friends back home in Tennessee would not believe what went on in that crazy den-of-iniquity city. I was basically hallucinating at that point and they took pity on me — or just lost interest in my life — and let me go. It wasn’t as crazy, though, as Lima, Peru. I got kidnapped in Lima by a lunatic taxi driver. I’m not making this up to entertain you. I got f-ing kidnapped. I hired some guy to drive me around for the day of my layover. It all started out really sweet. I took him to lunch in a restaurant located at the end of a long pier over the ocean and we dined on the world’s best ceviche and some other incredible food and we went to a church museum, where there were a thousand skeletons of dead priests (I mean, skulls and all) all over the dirt-floor basement and he was going to name his next child after me and took me to the church where he got married and then just turned on me. He kept driving to an apartment and going in and coming back out and was getting crazier with each trip. We drove against oncoming traffic in the wrong lane of the interstate expressway, hurled over a median, got stopped by the Peruvian police, got out of being arrested, picked up a prostitute, and just kept going. He drove past the airport exit about a million times and just laughed as loud as he could with a demonic lilt in his voice and finally drove me to the worst slum in Lima, where cans of garbage were on fire in the streets, and made me take out the remaining $350 of the fortune in my checking account from an ATM and then finally took me to the airport, where guards with machine guns and dogs stared at me like they were going to kill me. Like I was scared of that crap at that point. But I digress. Oh, I think I digressed a lot. Like I mentioned earlier, I think I’m a little bit strange. Duh.

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