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The life and times of Memphis’ Calvin Newborn, one of the world’s greatest jazzmen.

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December 20-26, 2018

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BRUCE VANWYNGARDEN Editor SUSAN ELLIS Managing Editor JACKSON BAKER, MICHAEL FINGER Senior Editors TOBY SELLS Associate Editor CHRIS MCCOY Film and TV Editor ALEX GREENE Music Editor CHRIS DAVIS, MICHAEL DONAHUE MAYA SMITH, JOSHUA CANNON Staff Writers JESSE DAVIS Copy Editor, Calendar Editor

OUR 1556TH ISSUE 12.20.18 Sometimes I just drive around. It’s a life-long habit. I’ll look at a map and explore a random street from one end to the other, just to see what I can see. Last Sunday, it was Chelsea Avenue, which carves a steady east/west course across the northern tier of the city.

I begin at the street’s west end, where it emerges from Uptown, the slowly gentrifying neighborhood near St. Jude. Once you get onto Chelsea, the gentrifying stops, as you enter the New Chicago neighborhood. I detour north on Manassas Street, past the impressive new edifice of Manassas High School, which has, according to the google, 382 students, of which approximately 100 are proficient in reading.

North of the school, I turn on Firestone Avenue and pass the abandoned factory site with its lonely small brick building and massive smokestack, vertically emblazoned with the tire company’s logo. At the Firestone Grocery & Deli, two men pass a paper bag and watch the world go by. The homes are small, some neatly kept, some falling down but inhabited, some blighted beyond repair.

Back on Chelsea, I pass through a dystopian world of auto repair services and junkyards — the graveyards of rusted automobiles that serve as a poor man’s AutoZone. You go in looking for a driver’s side mirror for your ’98 Le Sabre or an alternator for your old F-150. You take your tools, and if you’re lucky you come out with your part — and dirty hands.

I cross streets with familiar names — Watkins, McLean, Highland — but up here in North Memphis they look different than they do in Midtown. I venture onto Willett Street, north into a little neighborhood hard by the shores of Kilowatt Lake. There’s a boat repair shop, an auto-painting business, various sketchy quonset huts, Dino’s Sausage(!), and houses that shouldn’t be lived in but are. It’s a world apart, a different Memphis. Who lives here?

At Hollywood and Chelsea, things look a little more brisk. There’s the Fashion Corner Men’s Store, 2 Star JR Barbecue, a big thrift shop, warehouses, and a couple of factories, including Southern Cotton Oil. I cross Warford and decide to drive by Douglass High School. Like Manassas it’s an impressive new building, and like Manassas, it’s underpopulated, with only 476 students. The neighborhood features the requisite small, boxy houses, many painted in lively colors. There are signs of pride — small statuary, a string of Christmas lights, a nice patio set on a porch. An elderly woman stands in her yard with a power cord in hand, arguing with an MLGW worker. The cord appears to be coming from a neighbor’s window, a work-around for someone whose power has been cut off, I’m guessing. Another reminder that life can be cold.

Near Highland — another familiar street in unfamiliar country — I pass the Dixie Disinfectant Co. and Elegant Security Products. Small churches abound — The Upper Room, Sunset Church, and St. John MB Church near Pope Street, just before Chelsea veers under Jackson Avenue and into the Nutbush city limits, as Tina Turner once sang.

The store names begin to change: Especialitas, La Raza, La Cazuelas, La Roca Tienda, Santa Maria Tires, Montero’s, La Hacienda. The driveways are filled with more pickups than sedans. It’s another Memphis universe. I pass two small pink houses as Chelsea narrows into a residential street paralleling a set of railroad tracks.

After a few blocks, near the elbow of the I-240 loop, Chelsea ends its eastward journey at Wells Station. There are large trees and a forested area between the neighborhood and the interstate. It’s acreage where a landfill has been proposed — and is being fought fiercely by the neighborhood. For some reason, companies like to put landfills in neighborhoods with little pink houses and poor people. And in this case, they’re wanting to put a landfill near Memphis hipsters’ favorite treat shop — Jerry’s Sno Cones. Maybe that will help N E WS & O P I N I O N the neighborhood’s cause. I hope so.

THE FLY-BY - 4 NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 I take these drives because they POLITICS - 7 take me out of my comfort zone, and EDITORIAL - 8 because they remind me how many VIEWPOINT - 9 of our fellow Memphians need decent COVER STORY housing, a good education, reliable “SEVENTH HEAVEN” transit, real jobs, and protection from

BY ALEX GREENE - 10 corporate polluters.

WE RECOMMEND - 16 SPORTS - 18 At this time of year, it’s good for all of AFTER DARK - 21 us to consider what we can do to make CALENDAR - 22 our hometown a better place for our BOOKS - 30 fellow citizens. Find an organization FOOD NEWS - 31 that’s doing good work. Give your time SPIRITS - 33 or your money or both. Take a drive and FILM - 34 see what you can see.

C L AS S I F I E D S - 36 Bruce VanWyngarden LAST WORD - 39 brucev@memphisflyer.com

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VE R BATI M “I want to get away from here and think about it, I mean this is an every-day-in-the-hallway question, right? I want to get away from here and think about that.” — Tennessee Senator Bob Corker to MSNBC on whether or not President Donald Trump should face a primary challenger.

“I think it’s important to remind people that we’re going through an anomaly right now as it relates to much of the standard Republican focus that’s been around for a long time,” he continued, almost as if he’d failed to notice he was being replaced by outgoing U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn.

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O N TH E WR EG 2018 has been suspenseful year for media watchers.

Would conservative media powerhouse Sinclair become more powerful through the acquisition of Tribune Media, including Memphis’ WREG? That controversial merger didn’t happen.

But now with the similarly gigantic Nextar poised to acquire Tribune, is the whole process starting over again? And has ownership uncertainty had an impact on local stations?

“Given the circumstances of the year, when I think it would have been easy for our stations to be distracted, they weren’t,” Tribune senior VP of news Bart Feder told trade magazine Broadcasting & Cable, in a column titled, “Owners Come and Go, But Tribune Stations Stay Local.”

M LK N E XT ProPublica, the Pulitzer-winning digital newsroom focused on investigative journalism in the public interest, has selected Wendi Thomas and her MLK50 Justice Through Journalism project to join its Local Reporting Network.

Thomas describes the announcement as a “vote of confidence in the importance of this work.”

By Chris Davis. Email him at davis@memphisflyer.com.

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Police, Water, & Council Cop indicted, groups want TVA’s well permits, and council gets a quorum.

C O P CAS E A former Memphis Police Department (MPD) officer “will answer for what he’s done,” said police director Michael Rallings last week after the officer was indicted on federal charges.

Former MPD officer Sam Blue and Anthony Davis, a co-conspirator, were indicted by a federal grand jury earlier this month on federal rights violations.

Taking property from those suspected to possess narcotics or drug proceeds by using force, violence, and intimidation, the two committed robbery Clockwise from top left: Sam Blue, Council gets quorum, Allen Combined Cycle Plant, and kidnapping, slow internet, River Garden park, gas prices down according to U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant. last week with some of the items on the council’s 56-item December 4th agenda.

WATE R WO R R I ES A day after environmental groups urged a local agency to R IVE R F R O NT R E PS revoke the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) license for The Memphis River Parks Partnership (MRPP) is looking five wells near its new natural gas energy plant here, TVA for a group of Memphians to join a volunteer network officials said they are “committed to not using the wells” in supporting the transformation of the riverfront. the Memphis Sand Aquifer.

MRPP will be accepting applications beginning Environmental groups asked the Shelby County Health December 11th through the end of the year. The Department to revoke and not re-issue permits, originally organization says no qualifications are required “apart from issued in 2016, for the five wells TVA planned to drill into a passion for the riverfront and a desire to move Memphis the Memphis Sand Aquifer, the source of the city’s drinking forward!” water, to cool its new Allen Combined Cycle Plant.

Using the wells near the site of the contamination could S P E E D C H EC K put the city’s drinking water at risk, the groups said in a Memphis has the slowest internet in the country, according letter to the health department last week. TVA officials did to the latest report from Ookla. not directly address the groups’ request, but they did say The company’s Speedtest product ranked Memphis’ “we are part of Memphis and want to help preserve its most download speed dead last and upload speed the fourth precious natural resources.” slowest out of the top 100 biggest U.S. cities.

C O U N C I L C O M E B AC K In a fourth attempt to reach a quorum, six of the 10 Memphis City Council members reconvened last week and succeeded.

Council Attorney Allan Wade told the council that after reviewing the city charter, it was his opinion that the six members present are sufficient for a quorum of “duly elected officials” because the council is currently a 10-member body. At the advice of Wade, the council moved forward

PRICE DROP Gas prices across Tennessee have fallen 52 cents over the past two months, according to AAA. The state average on Sunday was $2.17, down seven cents from a week ago, 34 cents from last month, and 9 cents from this time last year. In Memphis, the current average for a gallon of regular is $2.11.

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Tennessee liquor laws will get a U.S. Supreme Court review next year.

December 20-26, 2018

A Memphis couple will fight the Tennessee liquor lobby before the U.S. Supreme Court next month, refuting a state law that many, including a past Tennessee Attorney General, have said violates the U.S. Constitution.

State law now requires anyone seeking a license to operate a liquor store to be a resident of Tennessee for at least two years before they can get a license. That law says that since these stores sell products with higher amounts of alcohol, it “is in the interest of the state of Tennessee to maintain a higher degree of oversight, control, and accountability” over the people who have liquor-store licenses.

But the law was twice deemed unconstitutional by Robert Cooper when he served as the Tennessee Attorney General in separate opinions issued in 2012 and 2014. In 2012, Cooper wrote, “yes,” residency requirements here “violate the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.” The clause, broadly, empowers Congress to regulate commerce among states. Cooper repeated his opinion in 2014.

“A number of courts, including the United States Supreme Court, have rejected the argument that a state’s need for greater oversight with alcohol-related licenses can be served only by favoring residents over nonresidents,” he wrote in 2014.

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But the law remained.

Fast forward to 2017. Doug and Mary Ketchum bought Midtown’s Kimbrough Towers Fine Wine & Spirits. They bought it because their daughter, Stacy, who has cerebral palsy, had a lung collapse when temperatures changed quickly in their home in the Salt Lake valley. To save her life, according to the group representing them, they had to find another place to move.

The opportunity to buy Kimbrough came along, and the Ketchums thought the move to Memphis would allow for a better climate for their daughter’s health and owning the store would allow them more

The Ketchums outside Kimbrough Towers Fine Wine & Spirits flexibility to care for her.

They applied for a license to operate the liquor store. But the Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Association threatened to sue the state Alcohol Beverage Commission if the Ketchums were approved, citing residency requirements in state law. All of this is according to the Institute for Justice, the group representing the Ketchums in court. The group describes itself as a “legal advocate for economic liberty.”

A federal district court in Tennessee ruled for the Ketchums and later, too, did the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. State officials did not seek a stay of the district court’s injunction, which allowed the Ketchums to get their liquor license and buy Kimbrough in the summer of 2017.

But the liquor lobby aims to prove its case in court, and now oral arguments are slated for January 16th before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Three separate parts of Tennessee’s law will be argued. One, the two-year residency requirement to get a liquor-store license; two, a 10-year residency requirement to renew liquor-store licenses; three, that corporations cannot get such licenses here unless every member of the corporation, its directors, and stockholders have lived in-state for at least two years.

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’Twas the week before Christmas, and many creatures were stirring.

• The special-election campaign for state Senate District 32 is on in earnest.

Rival Republican candidates George Chism (l) and Steve McManus enjoyed a Christmas party together at the East Shelby Republican Club last week.

Candidate Heidi Shafer was also on hand.

• As the grid-locked appointment process to fill three Memphis City Council vacancies

12.20 Memphis Holiday Bones Concert The Memphis Holiday Bones will present a concert of your favorite holiday tunes arranged for four trombones in styles from funk to bossa nova to swing! Free, pay what you can.

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• As other supporters of the proposed Union Row tax-increment-finding project, a $511,894,155 development, backed her up, Downtown Commission president Jennifer Oswalt made the case on Monday to the Shelby County Commission for expedited approval. She got it, with only one Commissioner, Reginald Milton, abstaining. Milton’s abstention reflected his support for County Mayor Lee Harris’ expressed wish to have extra time to review the project. But Harris also made clear that he had no intention of vetoing the TIF and continued in his already established course of cooperating with DMC wishes to the maximum degree possible. See also Oswalt’s Viewpoint, p. 9, elaborating on the Union Row project.

And consult the Politics Blog at mempisflyer.com for elaboration on all these points and more. Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, or whathave-you!

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• Memphis native Charles Burson, who served Tennessee as attorney general and the nation as chief of staff for Vice President Al Gore, was in town last week to promote his new book, The Ground Game, at Novel Bookstore.

The book consists of photographs from the 2016 presidential campaign, in which Burson functioned as a photojournalist. In his text as in his remarks to a raptly attentive crowd, Burson outlined his view that American politics has entered a new era in which progressive activism and traditional power politics will need to join forces.

entered a second week in search of, first, a council quorum and, second, some kind of compromise agreement, supporters of Rhonda Logan to fill the District 1 vacancy gathered on Austin Peay on Tuesday to reassert their contention that Logan, who received one vote short of selection in last week’s prolonged — and finally adjourned — council session, is still their choice for the position. Logan’s original rival, Lonnie Treadaway, has withdrawn his candidacy.

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Summing It Up As Memphis and Shelby County headed into the heart of the holiday season, the two entities and their resident populations had much to rejoice about and many serious concerns as well.

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place. Only this time, the taxpayers will be footing some extra expense.

Over on the county commission, things seem a little more Christmas-y. Though there are conspicously different political points of view on display there (of the liberal-vs.-conservative sort), so far they have not created a divide. Instead, there has been a measure of peace, harmony, and compromise. The most obvious difference between the version of county government elected on August 2nd and the one preceding it is that there is no schism between the executive and legislative branches, as there was in the long-running power struggle between the former commission and then Mayor Mark Luttrell.

The current county mayor, Lee Harris, and the new commission, led by chairman Van Turner, have evinced an obvious determination to agree on as many issues as possible, and numerous disagreements of the past have been resolved, resulting in a common understanding on such issues as independent legal representation for the commission and an alignment of views on the conduct of legal action to offset the ravages of opioid distributors.

At the state level, things are a tad uncertain as of yet. While we welcome the positive aura emanating from Republican Governor-elect Bill Lee, we are disappointed by his expressed support for voucher legislation (a specter that we thought had been abandoned by the General Assembly) and his reluctance to see the good sense of long-overdue Medicaid expansion.

Even so, we’ll try to be optimistic.

Happy Holidays!

December 20-26, 2018

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For purposes of contrast, merely consider the rather different facts reflected in the respective circumstances of the two major local legislative bodies — the Memphis City Council and the Shelby County Commission.

It may be that the council is able to resolve the issue of filling three vacancies this week. Or maybe not. The council will need to produce a quorum even to begin untangling the circumstances of last week’s deadlocked vote to fill just one of the seats, and acquiring a quorum has been made tougher by the resignation of two council members who were present and voting prior to last week.

Those two members — Janis Fullilove and Edmund Ford Jr. — are two of the trio of members who were elected to Shelby County positions on August 2nd but deigned not to resign their council seats in a timely manner that would have allowed their positions to be filled by the vote of constituents on the November ballot. The third member of this threesome — Bill Morrison — had resigned earlier by a week.

It is uncertain the degree to which the foot-dragging threesome held on to their seats for personal reasons versus retaining them on the advice, implicit or explicit, to do so by their remaining colleagues, whose demonstrated passion for replacing departed collegues by the appointment process is equaled only by their fecklessness in actually delivering on the appointments.

In any case, if the deadlock holds, the obvious solution is to call for an election, which should have been done in the first

VIEWPOINT By Jennifer Oswalt

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out-live the incentive, the city and county will see exponentially increased tax revenue once the incentive period ends.

The incentives are needed because the combination of high property tax and affordable rents does not always allow for feasible development.

The development team, Big River Partners, and its partners, led by LRK, Montgomery Martin, and Duncan Williams have a strong history of inclusive practices and are committed to building a complete team that is representative of Memphis. They are committed to meeting minority and women-owned participation goals of at least 28 percent and offering local minority ownership opportunities. A project of this size means great opportunity for partnerships and planning for minority and women-owned businesses. The DMC looks forward to helping fill the commercial and retail spaces with emerging and minorityowned Memphis businesses.

Union Row answers the call, and responds to Memphis 3.0’s mantra of “Build Up Not Out.” Union Row is catalytic, and along with another $4 billion of development in the Downtown pipeline, Memphis definitely has momentum. We are in the middle of a hotel boom and a corporate renaissance, with Orion, Oden, Southern Sun, DCA, Leo Events, ServiceMaster, B Riley, and Indigo Ag, among others, choosing to plant their corporate headquarters Downtown. Our riverfront is also changing, and it is clear that opportunity is calling. Union Row answers that call, and responds to Memphis 3.0’s mantra of “Build Up Not Out.” The Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis and Urban Strategies, the Mayor, Planning & Development, Housing and Community Development, and Business Diversity & Compliance as well as Memphis Housing Authority and Memphis River Parks Partnership have worked hard to show Memphians what our next century should look like — inclusive. Together with developers, elected officials, and city and county leaders, the Downtown Memphis Commission is building a Memphis that is investible — a Memphis that has momentum and a Downtown for everyone.

Jennifer Oswalt is president and CEO of the Downtown Memphis Commission.

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Since the announcement of the proposed $950 million Union Row development, there has been much discussion about what this project means to Memphis and Shelby County. There is no question that an investment of this scale within our urban core signifies momentum. The concept is visionary. The investment is unprecedented. And the access it provides to the neighboring communities is gamechanging.

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The area Union Row will occupy has been called the “donut hole.” The planned site spans a void between areas seeing significant public and private investment — South City, the Core of Downtown, and the Edge neighborhoods. Union Row will replace blight with active ground floors and well-lit streets. The planned project intends to bring a grocer, a park, a boutique hotel, office space, and over 700 residential units. These components will also bring more than 2,000 permanent jobs and over 4,100 temporary construction jobs.

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➜ The Newborn Family Band, ca. late 1940s: (l-r) Phineas Newborn, Jr., Calvin Newborn, Phineas Newborn, Sr., Wanda Jones, Unknown bassist, Herman Green Photo courtesy of Jadene King.

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Calvin Newborn, Chuck Sullivan, Richard Cushing, Robert Barnett (back).

Dr. Herman Green & Willie Waldman (front) in FreeWorld. ca. 1990.

Photo by Steve Roberts.

Calvin with brass note on Beale honoring the Newborn family.

Photo courtesy of Jadene King. ➜ Working in the studio.

Photo by Mike Brown.

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Seventh Heaven

The life and times of Memphis’ Calvin Newborn, one of the world’s greatest jazzmen.

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his name in the jazz world.

“I came back to Memphis in 1970,” he told author Robert Gordon. “Beale Street was being torn down. I couldn’t find no place to play. … [I was] playing with Hank Crawford every six months in California.

And when I came back to Memphis, I would stay inebriated. It broke my heart, you know, to come on Beale Street and it wasn’t there. So I just went to the liquor store. When they finally tore it completely down, I thought that was the end of Beale Street, you know. But they started to rebuilding, you know, slowly.”

Newborn had dealt with heartbreak before, over the years, in many forms.

Happily, he did eventually resume his rightful place as one of Beale’s star attractions. Now the heartbreak’s all ours, since he passed away on December 1st in his adopted home of Jacksonville, Florida.

And for lovers of music history, his death marks the loss of more than one man and musician, great enough in his own right.

Calvin was the last of the epoch-defining Phineas Newborn Family Showband.

Family Ties

“When I hear stories about Elvis going and hearing [Calvin’s] dad’s band in the Flamingo Room, and borrowing Calvin’s guitar and sitting in with their family band, I think that Elvis probably got a lot of his feel from their family band. I can see how that was an influence on Elvis,” reflects musician and producer Scott Bomar, who

worked with Calvin. “It was quite a band.

I think Calvin and his family are that missing link between Sun Records and Stax. They were playing on Sun sessions, and you look at all the people that came through that band. William Bell, George Coleman, Honeymoon Garner, Fred Ford, Charles Lloyd, Booker Little. That whole Newborn Family Band was a cornerstone of Memphis music. It’s a chapter that I don’t think has gotten its due.”

Saxophone legend Charles Lloyd recently tried to give the Newborns their credit, when asked to recall his formative years in Memphis. “I was also blessed that Phineas Newborn discovered me early and took me to the great Irvin Reason for alto lessons. Phineas put me in his father — Phineas Senior’s — band. Together with Junior and his brother, Calvin, we played at the Plantation Inn which was in West Memphis. Phineas became an important mentor and planted the piano seed in me.

To this day he still informs me.”

Of course, Phineas Newborn Jr., or just “Junior,” was Calvin’s older sibling, who some would later call “the greatest living jazz pianist.” Their parents, Phineas Sr., or “Finas,” and Mama Rose Newborn, raised them to love and play music, always

hoping to carry on as a family band (with Finas on drums). And, for a time, they did. But, ultimately, Junior was too much of a genius on the ivories to be contained by such ambitions. Indeed, Calvin grew up in the shadow of Junior’s gift, something he apparently did not mind one bit. Though the brothers won their first talent show early on as a piano duo, that moment also brought home Junior’s genius to Calvin, who soon after began guitar lessons on an instrument that B.B. King helped him pick out.

Beale Street held a fascination for the whole family, who would initially make the long trek on foot from Orange Mound just to be there, until they moved closer. Finas turned down opportunities to tour with Lionel Hampton and Jimmie Lunceford just to be near his family and the promise of playing music with them. At that time, a flair for music was often a strong familial force. Dr. Herman Green, master of the saxophone and flute, went to Booker T. Washington High School with Calvin.

“We grew up together. We been knowing each other since we were babies,” Green says. “The Newborn family, and the Green family, and then the Steinberg family. We had a lot of families together at that time

that were musicians, you know? So we came up together, ’cause we had to go to the same school.”

Though both brothers were soon proficient enough to tour with established acts (as when Calvin hit the road with Roy Milton’s band), by 1948, their father landed the family group a residency at the Plantation Inn in West Memphis.

Green, too, joined the band, as did a young trombonist named Wanda Jones.

For a time, Finas’ dream flourished. “Oh, we all was good, man!” recalls Green.

“We was playing with his daddy. We had some good singers, like Ma Rainey.”

Before long, they moved to the Flamingo Room in Downtown Memphis, and then collectively hit the road with Jackie Brenson, who was touring behind his hit record, “Rocket 88,” recorded (with Ike Turner’s band) by Sam Phillips.

If the family band was tight, Calvin and Wanda were getting even tighter.

As Green remembers it, “Wanda, yeah — I’m the one that put ’em together. She was the vocalist with Willie Mitchell.

I heard her, and I told Finas Sr. about her. And then we ended up using her for quite a while there. Now, Calvin was my right-hand buddy, man. Junior was in and out of there, you know, but me and Calvin were very close. He told me he was getting ready to get married to Wanda. I said, ‘Well, congratulations.’

He said, ‘Well, you ain’t heard the rest.’

I said, ‘Well, what is it?’ He said, ‘I want you to be my best man.’ And then we lived together in my daddy’s house, when he got married.”

The Phineas Newborn Family Showband was the toast of Memphis, with a plethora of future jazz and soul greats rotating through. And Calvin was distinguishing himself with a talent that his gifted brother did not have: showmanship. As Calvin told author Stanley Booth, “You’d have guitar players to come in and battle me, like Pee Wee Crayton and Gatemouth Brown, and I was battlin’ out there, tearin’ they behind up, ’cause I was dancin’, playin’, puttin’ on a show, slide’ across the flo’.” And flying, as captured in an iconic photo of Calvin in mid-air, his eyes fixed with fierce determination on his fretboard, his legs angled high in a mighty leap. continued on page 12

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As their reputation grew, the family band began to notice a young white kid at their shows, watching Calvin’s moves like a hawk. As Calvin recalled to Gordon, “I would see him everywhere, he used to come over to the Plantation Inn Club when we was over there.” That kid was Elvis Presley.

“Elvis used to be there, show up every Wednesday and Friday night to see me do Calvin’s Boogie and Junior’s Jive. I’ll be flyin’ and slidin’ across the dance floor [laughs] and I think that’s when he … started to flyin’, too.” Almost as a footnote, Calvin adds, “but he went on and made all that money, made millions of dollars, and I went to the jazz mountaintop and almost starved to death.”

But through it all, Presley remained close to the Newborns. It went far beyond studying their moves and their sounds at the club, as Calvin’s daughter, Jadene King, tells it. In describing her father’s prolific writings, she notes that he penned an asyet unpublished volume with “a lot of the history between him and Elvis in it.” Titled Rock ’n Roll: Triumph Over Chaos, “there’s an enormous amount of unspoken-of history of my dad and Elvis’ relationship.

Actually, Elvis’ relationship with my entire family,” King says. “A lot of people think he was a prejudiced kind of human being, and from a very bigoted family, but that’s not true. He spent a lot of his life with my father and my uncle, at my grandmother’s home. They were very close. He ate many meals with my dad and my uncle, and my dad was the one that was responsible for a lot of his moves and a lot of his musical talent, as far as teaching him a lot of what he knew. They were very close.”

The Jazz Mountaintop

Family and Elvis aside, Calvin was more concerned with climbing to the jazz mountaintop, especially once the extent of Junior’s deep genius on the piano became widely known. After brief stints in college and the army, Junior was back in Memphis when Count Basie and the great talent scout John Hammond happened to visit, and heard him play. In that moment, the ring of opportunity became the death knell for Finas’ dream of a family band. By 1956, Junior and Calvin had moved to New York, playing in a quartet with two legends-tobe, Oscar Pettiford and Kenny Clarke, and recording for Atlantic and RCA. Before long, Junior would go his own way, and deal with his own demons, leaving Calvin to deal with his. At first, the jazz mountaintop offered an escape from the South’s rampant racism. “I think that’s the main reason why I left Memphis, you know,” he told Gordon, “to play jazz.

Because jazz seemed to have put it on an even keel, because a lot of white people respected jazz. And that was the bebop era, you know, and I admired Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker and Billie

Holiday and all the jazz artists, so I was, that’s one reason I was so glad to get away from Memphis.”

But he also fell into the traps of bebop life, as did Wanda. As Booth writes, “Calvin began working with Lionel Hampton, then joined Earl Hines. His wife, who had become a narcotics addict, had convulsions and died in her sleep, and Calvin began using heroin himself.”

And yet, he managed his addictions well enough to keep playing, building his reputation every step of the way. As the 1960s wore on, Calvin ended up working with Jimmy Forrest, Wild Bill Davis, Al Grey, Freddie Roach, Booker Little, George Coleman, Ray Charles, Count Basie, Hank Crawford, and David “Fathead” Newman.

Meanwhile, Junior’s eccentricities were turning into full-blown mental anguish, and he spent time here and there in mental institutions, recovering from his alcoholism in hospitals, or simply convalescing in the family home. Still, he would perform and record.

In 1965, Finas, now suffering from heart problems in spite of his then-clean living, ignored his doctor’s warnings against performing and joined his eldest son onstage in Los Angeles. It was the closest he’d come to recapturing the Newborn family band’s glory days. And he died of a heart attack as soon as he walked off stage. Still, Mama Rose kept her home in Memphis, and Junior stayed there more and more.

Thus was the state of his life and his family when Calvin returned to see Beale Street in ruins. He was once again based in Memphis, but toured often. As his daughter recalls: “The first thing I remember as a little girl was him being in the Bubbling Brown Sugar tour. That had him over in Europe for several years, and he lived in Holland, London, Paris.”

King, whose mother was an Italian immigrant whom Calvin met at Coney Island, but who grew up in Jacksonville, goes on: “That’s my first memory of daddy being gone for a long period of time. That was in the mid-1970s. And he did that for a while. He was constantly gigging and touring during most of my childhood, but he would always come to Jacksonville to see me, or I would go to Memphis and spend time with him at my grandmother’s house. Mama Rose’s.”

Staying at the family home or on his own, Calvin would help with Junior’s care and began playing more with his old classmate, Herman Green. The quartet recordings they made as the Green Machine still stand as some of the finest jazz that Memphis has produced. As the 1980s went on, Calvin joined Alcoholics Anonymous, cleaned up his act, made the occasional solo album, and began working with younger musicians. When Green fell in with the funk/rock/improv group FreeWorld, Calvin was not far behind.

“Calvin was a member of FreeWorld for about two years, and his guitar virtuosity brought us all up several levels, musically

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Memphis musician and producer Scott Bomar also treasures his time with Calvin, first as pupil and then as the producer of his phenomenal album, New Born.

“I had to put a band together to back Roscoe Gordon, and I asked Calvin to play guitar. That was the beginning of our friendship and the beginning of us doing gigs together. Some of the most amazing musical settings that I’ve had the good fortune to be part of were with Calvin. At one Ponderosa Stomp show, the Sun Ra Arkestra actually played with Calvin and me. That’s one of the most intense audience reactions I’ve ever seen at a concert. And every time I’d talk to Calvin, he would still talk about it. The last

and a more contemplative life. “My dad had various levels of spirituality, and he studied every religion known to man.

He studied Islam, he studied Jehovah’s Witnesses, he studied Judaism, he studied Hinduism. My father was just a brilliant individual. He’s read the Koran three or four times. He’s read the Bible many times.

He was just a very well-versed man, and I would say the last 10 years of his life he completely went over to Christianity.”

Calvin also continued to perform at the Jazzland Cafe and the World of Nations festival in Jacksonville, not to mention many area churches. And he remained as feverishly creative as ever. “He has several unpublished compositions that I have,” notes King. “I have several plays, several books, and tons of lyrics and scores for new music, new songs. He had just finished scoring a musical project that he wanted to take to New York and record.”

And then, in the spring of this year, romance came back into his life, in the form of one Marie Davis Brothers, who he had known for decades. “I’ve known her my whole life, for over 43 years,” says King. “Originally, they were together for 12 years, and they separated and were apart for 20 more years. In 2017, they started communicating again. They’d been talking over the phone for a little over a year, and then in April she moved here from Memphis. And in May they got married and they moved into their own apartment.”

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The Final Chapter

Calvin Newborn at the Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction of his brother Phineas. time I spoke to Calvin, he was still talking about that performance. It was a tune of his called ‘Seventh Heaven,’ and that was a very, very special performance.”

Even as the next century approached, Calvin had a flair for showmanship.

Bomar goes on: “When he got on stage, he had this energy that not many people I’ve ever played with have. He was electric.

He could hit his guitar in a way that got people’s attention. His tone — I love his rawness. Of course, he had this deep musical knowledge and was very melodic, but he also had this kind of raw, rock-androll edge to his tone and his playing. His tone was always on the edge of distortion.”

By 2003, there was less to keep Calvin here in Memphis. Junior and his mother, Mama Rose, had left this mortal coil behind. And so he settled in with his daughter, adapting to the Sunshine State

No one expected Calvin Newborn to die this month.

“He had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from the years and years and years of smoking and drinking and just the jazz life, but he’d been sober and clean for over 35 years, and he was doing very very well,” says King. “Just in the beginning of November, his oxygen levels weren’t what they needed to be, but he just went from not having oxygen to wearing a little Inogen [portable oxygen] machine. And then toward the end of the month, that stopped giving him the levels that were needed, and here we are.”

Just before the end, he was still giving his daughter new writings to type up.

“In my father’s last couple of months, he wrote a poem called ‘Seventh Heaven.’

It was based on a dream where he saw his great-granddaughter, who he called Bliss, looking out into what he called seventh heaven, and everyone was at peace. There was no more hatred, there was no more racial divide. There was no more poverty. Everything had been leveled out. It was a beautiful world.

I guess if my father had an epitaph, it would be ‘Seventh Heaven: There’s no race, just the human race.’”

In Calvin Newborn’s heaven, there’s room enough for everyone to fly.

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Magic Dance

Into the Labyrinth

By Chris Davis

How is it possible that a movie starring David Bowie in the world’s tightest pants and the galaxy’s biggest mullet flopped at the box office? In spite of enormous pre-release hype, Labyrinth, a dark and dream-like fantasy, written by Monty Python’s Terry Jones and directed by Muppet creator Jim Henson, was just a little too weird for 1986 and made back less than half its $25-million budget. The story of Sarah, a fantasyobsessed teenage girl, and her quest to rescue her infant brother from Bowie’s Goblin King, didn’t find its audience until it came out on home video the following year. Here’s a short list of things you’ll want to watch for now that this longtime staple of the small screen is getting blown up bigger than ever when it screens at the Pink Palace’s Giant Theater.

• The Bog of Eternal Stench smells so bad nobody who ever touches its dark, brackish waters can ever wash away the stink. Judging by the Bog’s physical appearance and the gassy sounds it makes, the Bog of Eternal Stench might have been alternately named the Pond of Belching Buttholes.

• Protagonist Sarah falls into a hole where she is tormented by faces made entirely of hands. It’s a fantastic example of Henson’s boundless creativity as a puppeteer. It’s also nightmare fuel.

• Henson built so much anthropomorphic detail into the world of Labyrinth, even the moss has eyeballs, and it’s everywhere.

• Most of Labyrinth’s world is handcrafted, but the film is also regarded as Hollywood’s first use of “realistic” CGI animation.

• The crystal orbs the Goblin King spins in his hands are inspired by paradoxical drawings by artist M.C. Escher. They are manipulated by juggler Michael Moschen, not Bowie.

The final confrontation occurs in an impossible Escher-like landscape made of stairs that travel in every direction — meant to be viewed on the biggest screen available.

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Holiday Happy Hour with Hampton Novel, 5-7 p.m.

A meet-and-greet with writer Hampton Sides, who will sign his books during the event. It’s also happy hour at Libro.

Kountry Wayne Chuckles Comedy House, 10 p.m., $37.50 Good clean fun from Kountry Wayne, who begins his three-day stint tonight.

Coloured Live Crosstown Arts, 8 p.m.

A performance by KadyRoxz of her 2019 album. With guest Mikquala Skelton.

Get Lit Book Club Ghost River Brewing, 7-8:30 p.m.

Up for discussion tonight is Garth Stein’s novel, Racing in the Rain.

Jay-Z: Fade to Black Crosstown Theater, 7:30 p.m.

A screening of documentary following rap superstar Jay-Z.

TreeLeaf Tea Room Food News, p. 31 SATURDAY December 22 Home Alone Overton Square, 6 p.m.

A screening of this holiday classic about a kid, left home all alone, who turns to his wits to survive.

Memphis Tribute to the Grateful Dead Minglewood Hall, 7 p.m.

A five-hour tribute to the Grateful Dead featuring members from Left Unsung, Damfool, FreeWorld, Highway Hi-Fi, and Devil Train.

Classical Soul Winter Camp Finale Concert Hutchison School, 4-6 p.m.

A finale concert from Prizm’s winter camp. Students will perform chamber pieces and wrap it up with a tribute to Aretha Franklin.

Al Kapone & the City Champs Railgarten, 9 p.m.

Performance by this hip-hop star and soul-jazz group the City Champs.

“Scene of the Crime”

By Chris Davis

Visiting this year’s Master Metalsmith exhibit at the Metal Museum is a bit like walking into the most famous and frequently recreated panels in comic book history. Even if you’re not a funny book fan, you know the scene because no retelling of Batman’s origin story is complete without several close up images of Martha Wayne’s pearls as they fall away from her neck — falling, bouncing, and rolling in all directions as the bad guy gets away. The focal point of Lisa Gralnick’s “Scene of the Crime” installation is a similarly broken and scattered string of pearls, only in this case, the beads are bigger than bowling balls and the strand takes up the better part of a room.

The pearls are joined by enormous earrings, a fancy barrette, and a few other glittery objects spilling out of a Barbie pink jewelry box as big as a bed. There’s also a wedding band, an engagement ring, implications, and many things left unsaid. Inspired by the loss of the artist’s mother, the pop-artwork mixes childlike whimsy and wonder with an outsized sense of personal violation.

“Whether you are writing about the work, photographing it, or organizing loans from collectors, family, and friends, by accepting a role in the planning and execution, you are stepping into a personal space with the artist,” Metal Museum Executive Director Carissa Hussong writes in her introduction to the exhibit catalog. “You are accepting an invitation to take part in the artist’s journey.” The same can probably be said for observers.

This year’s Master Metalsmith retrospective also includes examples of Gralnick’s jewelry, which is inspired by architecture and industrial imagery, and sometimes asks just how much of the artist’s self can really be embedded in their work. “The Gold Standard” exhibit was inspired by a moment when the artist contemplated melting down past work in order to make a downpayment on a house. It’s comprised of many everyday objects cast in plaster and gold, with the amount of gold reflecting the monetary value of the represented commodity at the time of its creation.

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Christmas Dinner Various locations and times Put your feed sack on today. Chez Philippe will serve dinner, starting at 3 p.m. Paulette’s will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Capriccio Grill will start serving dinner at 11 a.m. and will be open through 10 p.m.

Also happening: Gangsta Boo will be at the Hi-Tone, and at Bar DKDC, it will be a Merry Sheiksmas with the Sheiks.

Take it easy already, for Pete’s sake.

Christmas Eve Brunch Celtic Crossing, 10:30 a.m.

A chance to get out of the house and away from family — or with your family, if you prefer.

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A countdown of memorable Memphis sporting events.

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Tiger senior Kyvon Davenport scored 26 of his 31 points after halftime in the kind of performance that takes ownership of a season. Penny Hardaway suffered his first home loss as Memphis coach but spoke for an entire region after the game: “We’re going to higher places, and we’ll be there sooner than later.”

7) Redbirds 6, Iowa 3 (July 16th) — On a hot and sticky Monday night, the Redbirds’ bats looked cold and sickly for seven innings. Even with Luke Weaver on the mound (after a recent demotion from St. Louis to fine-tune his arsenal), Memphis trailed the lowly I-Cubs, 3-1, entering the bottom of the ninth. The Redbirds proceeded to score five times, with big hits from Edmundo Sosa (a reserve infielder playing his 17th game at the Triple-A level) and Alex Mejia (off the bench). The Redbirds simply didn’t quit, and did not in two years on Manager Stubby Clapp’s watch. They had no business winning this game, and it meant little in the big picture. But professional athletes are paid to perform, to compete until the final horn or final out.

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his week (and next), a countdown of the 10 most memorable sporting events I attended in 2018.

10) Tigers 94, UAB 76 (December 8th) — A banner hangs from the FedExForum rafters during Tiger games that honors Gene Bartow, the coach who led Memphis State to the 1973 Final Four. Bartow was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009 as much for his role in founding and building the UAB program as for his success in the Bluff City. Which makes games between these two programs more poignant than most, especially considering most current players were born after Bartow coached his last game in Birmingham. The Tigers took control early in this Saturday matinee, hitting seven three pointers over the game’s first 12 minutes. Freshman guard Tyler Harris led the way with 24 points to help provide Penny Hardaway his first winning streak as a college coach. Coach Bartow would have relished the cross-generational significance.

9) Grizzlies 123, Lakers 114 (January 15th) — The Grizzlies’ Martin Luther King Day game is one of the top two annual sporting events in the Mid-South. (You’ll find the other later in this countdown.)

This year’s contest, of course, had some extra weight, coming only a few weeks before Memphis commemorated the life of Dr. King, slain a half-century earlier on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, today the National Civil Rights Museum. Among the pregame honorees as a Sports Legacy Award recipient was Penny Hardaway, the hometown hero who would make his own significant news two months later.

The Griz were down a star, Mike Conley sidelined by injury. But this was the Lakers, post-Kobe and pre-LeBron. Eight Memphis players scored at least 10 points, led by rookie Dillon Brooks with 19. Best of all, my firstborn daughter was in town between college semesters, so the matinee was a family affair.

8) Tennessee 102, Tigers 92 (December 15th) — Forget the outcome. A crowd of 18,528 stuffed FedExForum for this nationally televised game between crossstate rivals renewing a series that had fallen dormant since their last meeting in 2013. The third-ranked Vols (fresh off an upset of top-ranked Gonzaga) made their first five shots from the field to take a 15-5 lead just four minutes into the game. For the remaining 36 minutes, the two teams played even basketball: 87-87.

Darrell Henderson

6) Tigers 59, Georgia State 22 (September 14th) — The only reason this game isn’t higher on my countdown is the soft opponent. Manhandling Georgia State doesn’t lead national game coverage. But Darrell Henderson could only outrun the next team on the U of M schedule, and he did so to the tune of 233 yards on 14 carries in the Tigers’ second win of the season. The junior All-America scored on a 54-yard run in the first quarter and a 61-yarder early in the fourth on his way — 10 games later — to setting a new singleseason touchdown record for Memphis (25). I got to see what voters for the Doak Walker Award did not.

Check back next week for my top five.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule December 20 - 26

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

The King Beez Thursdays, 5 p.m.; B.B. King’s All Stars Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.

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

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

Blues City Cafe 138 BEALE 526-3637

Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, 5 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 20, 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 22, 5 p.m., and Wednesday, Dec. 26, 7 p.m.; Ghost Town Blues Band Friday, Dec. 21, 9:30 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 22, 9:30 p.m.; Jason James and the Delta Beats Sunday, Dec. 23, 5 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

162 BEALE 521-1851

Sean Apple Thursdays, 5 p.m.; Blues Players Club Thursdays, Sundays, 8-10 p.m.; DJ Ron Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.; DJ DNyce Saturdays, 11 p.m.; DJ Mad Efx Sundays, midnight; A.M. Whiskey Trio Mondays, Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.

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

Handy Bar

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room

200 BEALE 527-2687

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

Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE 529-0007

Jared Price Friday, Dec. 21, 9 p.m.-midnight, and Saturday, Dec. 22, 9 p.m.-midnight; Amber McCain Sunday, Dec. 23, 7-10 p.m.

Itta Bena 145 BEALE 578-3031

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

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

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

King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE 521-1851

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

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Dec. 22, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE 522-9596

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

Blind Bear Speakeasy 119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Blues City Pastry Shop & Coffee Bar

182 BEALE 528-0150

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

Memphis Blues Masters Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; James Jones Fridays, 4-8 p.m., Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight and Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight, Friday, Dec. 21, 8 p.m.-midnight and Saturday,

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

Heath and Bobbie Thursdays, 7 p.m.; Eric Hughes Saturday, Dec. 22, 8 p.m.

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium

South Main

130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

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

Loflin Yard 7 W. CAROLINA

Electric Church Sundays, 2-4 p.m.

77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Rum Boogie Cafe Eric Hughes Band Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam and Terry Fridays, 4:307:30 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 22, 4:30-7:30 p.m.; FreeWorld Friday, Dec. 21, 8 p.m.-midnight, and Saturday, Dec. 22, 8 p.m.midnight; Memphis Blues Masters Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Ghost Town Blues Band Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

The Vault

531 S. MAIN 523-9754

Huey’s Downtown

168 BEALE 576-2220

Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Friday, Dec. 21, 8 p.m.-midnight; Cowboy Neil Saturday, Dec. 22, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Earnestine & Hazel’s

153 S. MAIN 576-0010

Hi-Jivers Thursdays, 8 p.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813

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

Cannon Center for the Performing Arts MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN TICKETS, 525-1515

Magic of Memphis Saturday, Dec. 22, 7:30-9:30 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 23, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY

Ori Naftaly and Tierinii Jackson Friday, Dec. 21, 9 p.m.; Vintage Saturday, Dec. 22, 9 p.m.; Bobbie Stacks and Friends Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

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Memphis Soul Revue Sunday, Dec. 23, 8-11:30 p.m.

The Orpheum 203 S. MAIN 525-3000

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight.

Paulette’s

2120 MADISON 432-2222

Drew and Ellie Holcomb Friday, Dec. 21.

RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300

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

Regina’s 60 N. MAIN

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

Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020

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.

HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 Returning to North America and bringing their one-of-a-kind show to FedExForum.

Tickets available!

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Blue Monkey 2012 MADISON 272-BLUE

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

Canvas 1737 MADISON 443-5232

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

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

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

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

Ed Finney & Neptune’s Army with Deb Swiney Thursday, Dec. 20, 8 p.m.; Cassette Set Friday, Dec. 21, 9 p.m.; Hope Clayburn

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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL JANUARY 31 – FEBRUARY 3 One of the best-loved Cirque Du Soleil productions, Corteo, is coming to Memphis.

Tickets available!

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

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Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711

Club 152 152 BEALE 544-7011

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2019 NEW YEAR'S EVE 315 Beale Street

& the Soul Scrimmage Saturday, Dec. 22, 9 p.m.; David Collins Frog Squad Sunday, Dec. 23, 6 p.m.; Ben MindenBirkenmaier Wednesday, Dec. 26, 6 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

Dec. 23, 7 p.m.; Gangsta Boo, M.C. Mack, Idontknowjeffrey, Hippy Soul, and WGM Tuesday, Dec. 25, 8 p.m.; Summer Avenue Wednesday, Dec. 26, 8 p.m.; The Dround Hounds and Chris Hamlett Wednesday, Dec. 26, 9 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown

Dru’s Place

1927 MADISON 726-4372

Amy LaVere Trio Sunday, Dec. 23, 4-7 p.m.; Ghost Town Blues Band Sunday, Dec. 23, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

1474 MADISON 275-8082

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

Growlers 1911 POPLAR 244-7904

The Forty Thieves with the Eastwoods & Bears of Bad News Thursday, Dec. 20, 8 p.m.; Raelyn Nelson Band with Rattlesnake Whip Friday, Dec. 21, 7 p.m.; Detriment Holiday Reunion Show & a Tribute to Rage Against the Machine Saturday, Dec. 22, 8:30 p.m.; Holiday Havoc Monday, Dec. 24, 7 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

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

Eru Guchi Thursday, Dec. 20, 9 p.m.; For Ryan: A Benefit Show Friday, Dec. 21, 9 p.m.; Bedon with C. Fulton Saturday, Dec. 22, 8 p.m.; Blue Dream with Terry Prince & the Principles Saturday, Dec. 22, 9 p.m.; AJOGOD Sunday, Dec. 23, 6 p.m.; The Whiskey Wells, the Acorns, Wicker, Frenchie!, and Jerry Has No Skates Sunday,

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Mark Edgar Stuart Thursday, Dec. 20, 7 p.m.; Webb Wilder & the Beatnecks Thursday, Dec. 20, 8:15 p.m.; The Cold Stares Friday, Dec. 21, 6:30 p.m.; The Gunner Sweet Project Friday, Dec. 21, 10 p.m.; Steve Hopper & the Wolf Island Band Saturday, Dec. 22, 2 p.m.; Winchester & the Ammunition Saturday, Dec. 22, 6:30 p.m.; Thumpdaddy Saturday, Dec. 22, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m. and Monday, Dec. 24, 11 a.m.; Reba Russell Sunday, Dec. 23, 4 p.m.; The Faculty Tuesday, Dec. 25, 6 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesday, Dec. 26, 5:30 p.m.; Jimmy Davis Wednesday, Dec. 26, 8 p.m.

Midtown Crossing Grill 394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

Natalie James and the Professor Saturdays, Sundays, 11 a.m.3 p.m.; “The Happening” Open

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Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

Memphis Tributes the Grateful Dead Friday, Dec. 21, 7 p.m.; North Mississippi Allstars with Sons of Mudboy Saturday, Dec. 22, 7 p.m.; Starlito & Friends Saturday, Dec. 22, 9 p.m.

Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193

I.A.T.S.E. Local 69 Christmas Party Benefiting St. Jude Saturday, Dec. 22.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Star Karaoke Fridays; Open Mic Music Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

Railgarten 2160 CENTRAL

Eric Gales Friday, Dec. 21, 8 p.m.; Al Kapone & the City Champs Saturday, Dec. 22, 9 p.m.; Snowglobe with Star & Micey Sunday, Dec. 23, 7 p.m.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

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

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Songwriter Showcase Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

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PINT NIGHT Wednesdays 7PM-Close

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1/12: Goldie Dee & Friends Y2K Drag Show 2/2: Pretty Things Peep Show

After Dark: Live Music Schedule December 20 - 26 Poplar/I-240 Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

535 S. HIGHLAND

DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.; Super T Tuesday, Dec. 25, 9 p.m.

Owen Brennan’s

4381 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-4159

Karaoke with DJ Stylez Thursdays, Sundays, 10 p.m.; Trio Plus Third Friday of every month.

Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Thump Daddy Friday, Dec. 21, 9 p.m.

Old Whitten Tavern 2465 WHITTEN 379-1965

Live Music Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

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

The Chaulkies Sunday, Dec. 23, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

RockHouse Live

THE REGALIA, 6150 POPLAR 761-0990

Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

The Heart Memphis Band Sunday, Dec. 23, 6-9 p.m.

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Social Oil Sunday, Dec. 23, 8-11:30 p.m.

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar

5709 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 386-7222

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

Germantown

Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays,

9087 POPLAR 755-0092

Randal Toma Thursdays, 6-8 p.m.

Oasis Hookah Lounge & Cafe

North Mississippi/ Tunica

663 S. HIGHLAND 729-6960

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

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

Open Flame Bar & Grill

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

3445 POPLAR, SUITE 1

Randal Toma, Guitarist Fridays, 6:30-9 p.m.

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

Triple S 1747 WALKER 421-6239

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

Ubee’s

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

Friday Karaoke Fridays, 7-11 p.m.

Fox and Hound Tavern Live Music Thursdays, 5 p.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays.

521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900

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

Hollywood Casino

East Memphis

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

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

East of Wangs 6069 PARK 763-0676

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

Horseshoe Casino & Hotel AT CASINO CENTER, SOUTH OF MEMPHIS, NEAR TUNICA, MS 1-800-303-SHOE

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House

Jewel’s Handmade Holiday Tour feat. Atz, Atz Lee and Nikos Kilcher Friday, Dec. 21.

551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

Huey’s Southaven

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

7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097

Royal Blues Band Sunday, Dec. 23, 8-11:30 p.m.

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

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

5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Summer/Berclair

Rock-n-Roll Cafe

The John Paul Keith Band Sunday, Dec. 23, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Barbie’s Barlight Lounge

3855 ELVIS PRESLEY 398-6528

Hutchison School

Possum Daddy’s Karaoke Saturdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

1740 RIDGEWAY 761-2220

PRIZM Ensemble Classical Soul Winter Camp Finale Concert Saturday, Dec. 22, 4-6 p.m.

661 N. MENDENHALL

Maria’s Restaurant 6439 SUMMER 356-2324

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

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

Mortimer’s

T.J. Mulligan’s 1817 KIRBY 755-2481

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

Shelby Forest General Store 7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Steak Night with Tony Butler and the Shelby Forest Pioneers Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

Collierville

590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

8 p.m.; Karaoke Mondays, Tuesdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.-2:30 a.m.; Live Band Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

South Memphis FireHouse Community Arts Center 985 S. BELLEVUE 948-9522

Voices Open Mic Variety Show Third Friday of every month, 7 p.m.

Arlington/Eads/ Oakland/Lakeland Rizzi’s/Paradiso Pub 6230 GREENLEE 592-0344

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

Huey’s Collierville 2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Jamie Baker & the VIPs Sunday, Dec. 23, 8-11:30 p.m.

Cordova Fox and Hound Sports Tavern 819 EXOCET 624-9060

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Frayser/Millington Harpo’s Hogpin 4212 HWY 51N 530-0414

Live Music Saturdays, 9 p.m.

Huey’s Millington 8570 US 51 NORTH,

Pamela K. Ward Sunday, Dec. 23, 6-9 p.m.

Pop’s Bar & Grill 6365 NAVY 872-0353

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

Toni Green’s Palace 4212 HWY 51 N

Toni Green’s Palace MondaysSundays, 7 p.m.; Live DJ Thursdays, Fridays, 7 p.m.

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

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

West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas Southland Park 1550 N. INGRAM, WEST MEMPHIS, AR 800-467-6182

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

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

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

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The Bluff

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

Marlowe’s Ribs & Restaurant

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CALENDAR of EVENTS:

December 20 - 26 T H EAT E R

Circuit Playhouse

Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook, www. playhouseonthesquare.org.

Through Dec. 23.

51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

Hattiloo Theatre

If Scrooge Was a Brother/A Sistah, actress and playwright Flo Roach plays Ebenita Scroo a successful African-American businesswoman so set in her vile ways that she has allowed her heart to grow cold, displaying no pity for the poor. Through Dec. 23.

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

The Orpheum

Les Misérables, set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice, and redemption. $25-$125.

Tuesdays-Sundays, 7:30 p.m.

Through Dec. 30.

203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Playhouse on the Square

For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday, www. playhouseonthesquare.org.

Through Dec. 22.

Peter Pan, www. playhouseonthesquare.org.

Through Dec. 30.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Theatre Memphis

41st Annual Production: A Christmas Carol, www.theatrememphis. org. Through Dec. 23.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

Universal Parenting Place

Eclectic Eye

“Year One,” exhibition of work

by Jill Samuels that utilize acrylic, watercolor, maps, and embroidery thread in their creation. Through Jan. 2, 2019.

PlayBack Memphis, bringing stories to life in a safe space to unlock healing, transformation, and joy.

Families welcome. (207-3694), Free. Third Thursday of every month, 4:30-6 p.m.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Edge Gallery

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

LEMOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE, 990 COLLEGE PARK.

OTH E R A R T HA P P E N I N G S

509 S. MAIN (647-9242).

FireHouse Community Arts Center

Casting Demonstration

Saturdays, Sundays, 1:30 p.m.

Mosal Morszart, exhibition of works by Black Arts Alliance artist. www. memphisblackartsalliance.org.

Ongoing.

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

Gallery Talk

Museum staff speak on topics including current exhibitions and works from the permanent collection. Meet in the lobby of the main building before the talk begins. Free. Saturdays, Sundays, 2-2:30 p.m.

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

Girls’ Night Out

A fun evening of painting.

Snack bar included. BYOB. $12. Third Thursday of every month, 6-9 p.m. Through Dec. 31.

PITTER POTTER STUDIO, 845 GERMANTOWN PKWY (901.443.7718), WWW. PITTERPOTTERSTUDIO.COM.

Looking Inward: Mindfully Looking at Art Program, led by Stephen Black, delves into the restorative powers of art and meditation to help participants quiet the mind, observe art, and let go of mental clutter to experience art in new ways. Free. Fourth Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.

985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

Graceland

“Banner for the Lost Sea” by Corrine Jones at TOPS Gallery: Madison Avenue Park Memphis Magazine Fiction Contest

Winning authors will be honored with a $200 gift certificate to Novel. For more information, contest rules, and submission, visit website.

Through Aug. 31, 2019.

WWW.MEMPHISMAGAZINE.COM.

ONGOI NG ART

Art Body Soul Studio

Matthew Lee, exhibition of new works. Through Dec. 31.

1024 SOUTH YATES (207-4161).

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

“Africa: Art of a Continent,” permanent exhibition of African art from the Martha and Robert Fogelman collection. Ongoing.

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

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

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

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

Crosstown Arts at The Concourse

“Brick Fiction,” exhibition of work by Carrie Rubinstein.

Through Jan. 27, 2019.

“Homeward Bound,” exhibition of works addressing the complex theme of “home.”

Through Jan. 27, 2019.

1350 CONCOURSE AVE., SUITE 280.

Crosstown Concourse

“R&D,” a collection of artwork from the fall 2018 University of Memphis sculpture students. Ongoing.

1350 CONCOURSE AVE.

David Lusk Gallery

“Understory,” exhibition of work by Maysey Craddock.

Through Dec. 22, 6-8 p.m.

3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322).

Jack Robinson Photography Gallery

Black Winter Artist Reception, exhibition of work by Ollie Rodriguez, reflections of feminine strength that emphasizes the beauty in women of color. Through Jan. 31, 2019.

44 HULING (576-0708).

Jay Etkin Gallery

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

Ongoing.

942 COOPER (550-0064).

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

EACC Fine Arts Center Gallery

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

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

“It Just Turned Out That Way,” exhibition of photography

by Norman Soskel. Through Dec. 21.

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

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Marshall Arts Gallery

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

639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Memphis Botanic Garden

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

Through March 24, 2019.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“Outings Project,” exhibition of paintings from museum walls onto the streets, creating an opportunity to discover, appreciate, and understand artwork in a new way by French artist Julien de Casabianca. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through Jan. 6, 2019.

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

Through June 21, 2021.

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

Rotunda Projects: Federico Uribe, exhibition of magical creatures and playful installations from everyday objects. www.brooksmuseum. org. Through Oct. 11, 2019.

“Talking Continents,” exhibition of large-scale sculptures and installations that use language, history, literature and psychology to draw attention to the barriers that separate and divide humanity by Jaume Plensa. www.brooksmuseum.org.

Through Jan. 26, 2019.

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

“The Show Must Go On” at L Ross Gallery, through December 22nd Ongoing.

“Drawing Memory: Essence of Memphis,” exhibition of works inspired by nsibidi, a sacred means of communication among male secret societies in southeastern Nigeria

by Victor Ekpuk. www. brooksmuseum.org. Ongoing.

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Metal Museum

“Master Metalsmith: Lisa Gralnick,” exhibition of jewelry and sculpture in addition to previous work from the series, “Scene of the Crime.” Shown publicly for the first time and featuring oversized jewelry as sculptural installations. www.metalmuseum.org. $6.

Through Jan. 13, 2019.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (7746380).

National Civil Rights Museum

“I AM A CHILD,” exhibition of photographs to shed light on the immigrant family separation at the U.S.Mexican border. More than 30 black-and-white images. www.civilrightsmuseum.org.

Through Dec. 31.

450 MULBERRY (521-9699).

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“The Show Must Go On,” exhibition of works by gallery artists. The holiday group exhibition is the final show curated by gallery owner Linda Ross, with paintings, sculpture, and mixed-media.

(767-2200), www.lrossgallery. com. Through Dec. 22.

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CALENDAR: DECEMBER 20 - 26

Calvary

Christmas Eve 3:30 pm Family Eucharist with pageant 5:30 pm Eucharist with choir & brass 10:30 pm Eucharist with choir & harp

Christmas Day 10 am Eucharist with carols

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Overton Park Gallery

99 S. SECOND (527-9772).

Exhibition of works by Dorothy Northern and Jennifer Sargent. Ongoing.

1581 OVERTON PARK (229-2967).

Calvary Episcopal Church 102 N. 2nd St. 901.525.6602 calvarymemphis.org

Playhouse on the Square

“The Dance of Color,” exhibition of work by Dottie Harness in the lobby gallery.

Through Jan. 1, 2019.

“The Financiers and Other Fanciful Creatures,” exhibition of mixed-media collage assemblages by Angi Cooper. Through Jan. 1, 2019.

“I Can See Clearly Now,” exhibition of paintings by Jan Carnall in the cafe lobby gallery. (726-4656), Through Jan. 1, 2019.

“Quiet Moments,” exhibition of paintings by Joy Phillips Routt in the downstairs west gallery. Through Jan. 1, 2019.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Proud Mary

“Maddie Stratton: Women & Florition,” exhibition of 16 paintings by New Orleansbased artist. (249-2532), Through Jan. 3, 2019.

Debra Edge Art, ongoing.

TOPS Gallery

“Version Version,” exhibition of work by Kevin Ford, paintings and drawings exploring the experience of perception. www.topsgallery. com. Through Jan. 26, 2019.

400 S. FRONT.

Tops Gallery: Madison Avenue Park

“Banner for the Lost Sea,” exhibition of work

by Corinne Jones. www. topsgallery.com. Through Jan. 26, 2019.

151 MADISON (340-0134).

Village Frame & Art

“20th Century Memphis Photographs,” exhibition of work by Charlie Ivey and Virginia Schoenster, Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

540 S. MENDENHALL (767-8882).

WKNO Studio

December Show, exhibition of works by members of the Bartlett Art Association.

Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Dec. 28.

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

433 CLEVELAND (249-2532).

December 20-26, 2018

Slavehaven Underground Railroad Museum “Images of Africa Before & After the Middle Passage,” exhibition of photography

by Jeff and Shaakira Edison.

Ongoing.

826 N. SECOND (527-3427).

St. George’s Episcopal Church

Diocesan Art Exhibit, the free exhibit will feature works from artists throughout the diocese and will range in form from painted pottery to photography to mixed media.

(754-7282), Through Dec. 31, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

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Brooks Milongas

Members of the Argentine Tango Society give lessons and tango demonstrations in the rotunda. Included with museum admission. Third Wednesday, Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m.

MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

C O M E DY

Chuckles Comedy Club Kountry Wayne, keeping it real, mining comic gold from the everyday, and applying his knack for freestyling, Wayne is on his “Gift of Gab Tour.” www. chucklescomedyhouse.com. $37.50. Dec. 21-22, 10 p.m., and Sun., Dec. 23, 8 p.m.

1700 DEXTER.

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Comma Comedians Present: 1,2,3 Comedy, Every other Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

95 S. MAIN (473-9573).

“I AM A CHILD” at the National Civil Rights Museum, through December 31st TO U R S

Bite-Sized Tours

Order lunch from Park & Cherry, and then Dixon staff members and docents will lead a quick tour of their favorite works of art or plants in the garden. Your lunch will be waiting for you after tour.

Thurs., 11:45 a.m.

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

City Tasting Tours

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

WWW.CITYTASTINGTOURS.COM.

Cutting Garden Tours

Garden docents will focus on the cutting garden each week on Saturday morning.

Meet in the Catmur Foyer to see the large urn design and start tour. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon.

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

Yellow Fever Rock & Roll Ghost Tour

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

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

CALENDAR: DECEMBER 20 - 26 “LeMoyne-Owen College: A Beacon of Hope”

E X P OS/ SALES

Book Signing and More Marketplace

Exhibition of a central institution in Memphis since its founding in 1871 as the LeMoyne Normal and Commercial School. Ongoing.

Author and entrepreneur vendors. Fri., Dec. 21, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sat., Dec. 22, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., and Sun., Dec. 23, 12-6 p.m.

MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (6362362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

WOLFCHASE GALLERIA, 2760 N. GERMANTOWN PARKWAY (907-6828), WWW.YVONNEJAMES.COM.

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S P O R TS / F IT N ES S

Our Yoga Downtown Tuesdays, 6 p.m.

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

Pilates in the Park

Christmas Eve Skate at Mid-South Ice House, Monday, December 24th, 9:30-11:30 a.m., and 1-4 p.m.

Wednesdays, 6 p.m.

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

Sunrise Yoga

Start your morning in Hughes Pavilion with fitness instructor Peggy Reisser. Free for members, $5 nonmembers. Wednesdays, 6:15 a.m.

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

Sunset Yoga

Join Peggy Reisser for an hour-long Vinyasa flow class. All levels welcome. If you have blocks, straps, or blankets, please bring them. Free for members, $5 nonmembers. Third Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m.

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

M E E TI N G S

The Dixon Book Club

Interactive discussion on great reads. For more information, email lschmidt@dixon.org. Free with admission. Third Thursday of every month, 6-7:30 p.m.

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

Faith Circle: Metanoia House

For those who struggle to cope with addiction, either personally or through the addiction of a loved one, friend, or colleague. Twice a month on Friday evenings in Schaeffer Memorial Chapel.

18+ Every other Friday, 6:30 p.m. Through Jan. 11.

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

2018 NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY CELEBRATE AT FITZ! Monday, December 31 • Live Entertainment on Stage Bar all night • DJ STORMY on the Casino Floor • Party Favors • Midnight Champagne Toast & Balloon Drop • Special New Year’s Eve Buffet

Atlanta’s Own DJ STORMY on the Casino Floor

Get Lit Book Club

Discuss monthly selections over a beer. Join the group on Facebook to learn more. Free. Third Thursday of every month, 7-8:30 p.m.

GHOST RIVER BREWING, 827 S. MAIN (278-0087).

Memphis Agricultural Club

Meet in the C Wing of the Expo Building. Lunch provided for $10. Fourth Monday of every month, noon.

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

Morning Buzz

Be part of the Memphis creative community and AIGA Memphis. Third Thursday of every month, 7:30 a.m.

CAFE ECLECTIC, 603 N. MCLEAN (725-1718), WWW.AIGA. MEMPHIS.ORG.

KIDS

Grizzlies Holiday Basketball Camp

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

In-depth instruction, great giveaways, and guest appearances. Holiday Camps are open to boys and girls ages 7-16. $175. Dec. 20-21, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

FEDEXFORUM, 191 BEALE STREET.

S P E C IAL EVE N TS

Guided Meditations

Includes a sitting meditation and a walking meditation designed to increase balance and stability. Visit link to download guided meditations to your mobile device. Ongoing.

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

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Screening of Jay-Z: Fade to Black at Crosstown Arts, Friday, December 21st, at 7 p.m.

H O LI DAY EVE N TS

Christmas Eve Service

A family-friendly Christmas Eve service with carols, lessons, and time for reflection. The service will also include a reading of “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Free. Mon., Dec. 24, 5:30-7 p.m.

Christmas Dinner

An elegant holiday dinner.

Reservations: 901-529-4000. $48 per person, $19 children.

Tues., Dec. 25, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

CHURCH OF THE RIVER, 292 VIRGINIA (526-8631), WWW.CHURCHOFTHERIVER.ORG.

CAPRICCIO GRILL ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE, 149 UNION, THE PEABODY (529-4199).

Holiday Wonders at the Garden

An elegant four-course holiday dining experience with a choice of Pork Tenderloin of Colorado Rack of Lamb as an entree choice. Reservations: (901) 529-4000. $98. Tues., Dec. 25, 3-8 p.m.

Expanded family, couples, and group-oriented holiday event with new areas and special event nights. It features four distinct areas catering to different interests: Snowy Nights, Trees Alight, City of Memphis Christmas Tree, and TruGreen Under the Stars Outdoor Lounge. Through Dec. 31, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

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

Magic & Mystery of Christmas

Fun holiday activities throughout the month including a Santa Scavenger Hunt for prizes. Through Dec. 30.

December 20-26, 2018

OVERTON SQUARE, MIDTOWN, WWW.OVERTONSQUARE.COM.

CHEZ PHILIPPE, THE PEABODY, 149 UNION (529-4188).

Cornhole Tournaments

Memphis Arts Collective Holiday Artist Market

Over 30 artists are featured in many different media. MondaysThursdays, Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Sundays, 12-5 p.m., and Fridays, 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Through Jan. 3.

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE AVE. (833-9533), WWW.MEMPHISARTSCOLLECTIVE. COM.

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Santa and Snow in the Square Saturdays

Overton Square is decked out for the holidays. Stop by on Saturdays in December for a free photo with Santa. Sat., 6-8 p.m. Through Dec. 22.

OVERTON SQUARE, MIDTOWN.

Starry Nights

Features more lights and fun, including a BuildA-Bear workshop, Lights by the Lake walking path, Candy Cane Train rides, Santa photos, a petting zoo, carriage and hayrides, holiday shopping, and more. Through Dec. 28, 6 p.m.

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

FO O D & D R I N K EVE NTS

Christmas Brunch

An overflowing buffet featuring hundreds of items, including hot and cold breakfast dishes, all the traditional holiday entrees and sides, and a 36-foot dessert table. $78 adults, $28 children. Tues., Dec. 25, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Two-person teams compete with other teams to win weekly cash prizes. Register on Eventbrite link. Free. Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays, 7 p.m.

LOFLIN YARD, 7 W. CAROLINA, WWW. LOFLINYARD.COM.

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Grizzlies Holiday Basketball Camp at FedExForum, December 20th-21st

Flight Tour: A Taste of Memphis

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

Through Dec. 31.

starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern. Fri., Dec. 21, 6 p.m.

OVERTON SQUARE, MIDTOWN.

Jay-Z: Fade to Black

Filmed during his Black Album era, this 2004 documentary highlights the career of rapper Jay-Z with a focus on his live Madison Square Garden concert. Registration is required (register on Eventbrite). Free with registration. Fri., Dec. 21, 7 p.m.

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

Food Truck Thursday

It’s a food truck feeding frenzy, Thursdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

COURT SQUARE, AT N. MAIN AND COURT, WWW.DOWNTOWNMEMPHIS.COM.

CROSSTOWN ARTS AT THE CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE AVE., SUITE 280.

Friday Night Wine Tasting Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

Tiny Giants 3D

PYRAMID WINE & SPIRITS, 120 AUCTION (578-2773).

Sunday Supper Series

December 20-26, 2018

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

3-9 p.m.

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

THE SILLY GOOSE, 100 PEABODY PLACE (206-930-5569), WWW.WOKNINMEMPHIS.COM.

Wok’n in Memphis Brunch Pop Up

Brunch pop-ups featuring American Chinese food plus delicious drinks. $12. Sundays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

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Chimes Square Movie Night: Home Alone

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

Movies are back in action at the Square in December; snuggle up to holiday classics under the stars with the cozy outdoor heaters. This Friday’s film is Home Alone, the 1990 comedy

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A spectacular adventure into the world of tiny creatures. The Tiny Giants from Lichterman live animal shows will be held at the Pink Palace Museum 12:30 p.m. each Saturday from November 17th through January 26th. Through Jan. 26, 2019.

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dward Carey’s first novel, Observatory Mansions, announced the coming of a new American fabulist. It may have been the best first novel since Steven Millhauser’s Edwin Mulhouse. And like Millhauser, Carey’s inventiveness was joyous and full of marvels, like a bookish visit to Aladdin’s cave. His second novel, Alva and Irva, only cemented his reputation as a new Calvino. Little is his first adult novel in years, after a well-received Gormenghast-like young adult trilogy.

This new novel, as they say in a film’s opening credits, is based upon a true story. But the literary magic, the supreme storytelling, the novelistic pacing and design belong to Carey, and he dazzles. The Dickensian tale begins in Switzerland, in the 1760s, when a young orphan girl, Marie, becomes apprenticed to a Doctor Curtius, who has washed out of medical practice, only to begin an eccentric career based on making figures in wax. Marie is under five feet in height and becomes known as Little, a moniker at times affectionate, at times demeaning.

“Little ill-facedness, little minor monster in a child’s dress … little thing … little howl … little crumb of protruding flesh … little statement on mankind,” one nasty man calls her. Little’s story is fraught with horrors, then becomes a mix of horrors and enchantments.

Little is voiced in first person by Marie, and she is an engaging narrator.

She says, “This is the story of a shop.

The story of a business, of its highs and its lows, of its staff coming and going, of profit and loss, and sometimes of the outside world and the people that came knocking on our doors. So then. Let me explain.” She also illustrates her tale with chiaroscuro drawings, demonstrating the craft she has learned from the doctor, though the pupil soon outstrips the educator. Carey is an accomplished artist, and his illustrations add to the strange and eerie luster of the tale. The book’s pages are as lovely as a rill; the words wind around these intricate and arresting sketches. They remind me of the

illustrations in some of John Gardner’s novels. I met Gardner once and asked him why he liked visuals in his novels, and he said, “Because every time you open one it’s like Christmas.”

Curtius’ art takes them to Paris where they take lodging with the Widow Picot, in her home called the Great Monkey House. She is one of the novel’s antagonists, an unpleasant woman who takes an immediate dislike to Marie and sets about to make her young life a living hell. “I loathed her utterly, then and always,” Marie says.

“Can I describe my hatred for her? It would poison these pages.”

Meanwhile, the waxworks they’ve begun in the widow’s house have become a popular attraction. She wants to exhibit only the best people — she is a terrible snob — while Curtius is drawn to the criminal and the insane. The exhibition is yin and yang, heroes and villains, dark and light. It is this seesawing back and forth that propels the story, as Marie attempts to come into her own. It’s a bildungsroman, with the added twist that the hero is a woman, who must not only battle her tormentors but also the prejudices of a male-centered universe. Carey adds just the right amount of gothic seasoning to his tale. One can feel a bit of Bronte behind his descriptions of the various households and plain and fancy folk whom our protagonist finds herself among.

The historical background for this tale is the French Revolution, the same as A Tale of Two Cities. Carey’s version, seen through the eyes of a young woman coming into her own, is a masque with a colorful cast of real people, from Marie Antoinette to Jean-Paul Marat and Jacques-Louis David, from Rousseau to Robespierre. Carey’s vividly painted setting and equally vivid rendering of characters makes Little the kind of book you feel you are living within. When I finished, I immediately missed it. I wanted to listen to Marie a little longer.

It’s also a story too large and rich for a 700-word review.

Little is the best piece of new fiction I’ve read this year. It is a marvel. It is like a Christmas present. Give it to yourself.

FOOD NEWS By Susan Ellis Morgan Lee (left) and Stacy Brooks of TreeLeaf Tea Room

Tea Time Traditional tea service at TreeLeaf Tea Room.

Drunk Competition After Miles Kovarik put up his post for a spelling bee event at a local bar, he was a bit astonished by the response. He says about 1,000 people were interested. “I thought we were onto something,” he says.

He then set about creating similar, nontraditional events for bars. Events he calls intellectual or boring.

And, thus, he established Drunk Competition, which puts on these events at Taylor Berger’s bars, Loflin Yard, Maciel’s, and Railgarten, about twice a month at each establishment.

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The competitions begin with the easiest questions and increasingly get more difficult as they move along. At a recent math competition, Kovarik says that the first questions were of the most basic, two-plus-two variety, but the last question, he thought, was darn near impossible. But someone solved it.

Kovarik imagines all the directions Drunk Competition could take — Drunk Connect Four, Drunk Pictionary, Drunk Charades. The possibilities are endless.

Kovarik notes that you don’t actually have to be drunk to compete, it’s just whatever gets you comfortable enough to be in front of a crowd. “You can be drunk on water,” he says. “The emphasis is to have fun in your own capacity.”

But, if you want to drink, so be it. The bar usually offers drink specials, and the winner of the competition gets $100, “for more alcohol, if you like,” says Kovarik.

Sign up to compete via Facebook or eventbrite.

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each other,” says Brooks. Lee says even their squabbles are productive.

“Morgan sacrificed her life to help me with this,” Brooks says.

“It’s time for her,” answers Lee. “She sacrificed many, many times for her children. It’s a very small price to pay.”

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to look nice,” insists Brooks.

The pair initially thought about a cookie business as Brooks loves to bake, but then the idea branched out to include a place to eat the cookies. Lee was taken to a tea room in L.A. as a birthday present from her sister. The idea set in.

Brooks says she figured out how to do the tea room by watching YouTube and checking out Pinterest.

Brooks stresses that it was God who put her on this path, steered her toward Tennessee, and led her to use her talents in this manner.

TreeLeaf is named after Brooks’ favorite psalm. She knew it was divine intervention when she came upon the idea and was ready to call her daughter, who had been bugging her about the name.

But, first, she played a game on her phone.

One of the questions from the game had to do with trees and leaves. Lee was just happy to have a decent name. “Sounds good to me,” she responded to her mother.

Brooks raised eight children in L.A., and there were plenty of struggles. But the mother-daughter relationship is relaxed and not fraught. “It’s a good thing we like

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TreeLeaf offers Cream Tea ($5.99) with a pot of tea and a scone served with Devonshire cream; Light Tea ($10.99) with a pot of tea, the scone, and assorted savory snacks; and Afternoon Tea ($16.99) with a pot of tea, the scone, savory treats, dessert, and fruit. A plate on a recent visit included finger sandwiches, a sandies cookie, melon and grapes, and a pie bar.

Teas include black and herbal. There are the classics — Earl Grey, English Breakfast. There are also seasonal teas like a cranberry hibiscus. There are a dozen offerings in all.

The prices are kept affordable. They want everybody to feel like they can stop in for some tea. For comparison, the afternoon tea at the Peabody is about $45.

Lee says she was too much of a tomboy to be into tea sets when she was a kid, but Brooks says she loved to play house.

She liked serving people, and she liked cleaning. This extends to present day in the tea room, which is pristine and pretty with linens and tea sets, many bought at thrift stores.

While Lee manages the business side of the tea room, Brooks is in charge of the overall experience — how the space looks and how the table is set and how the food is placed on the plate. Lee laughs that when she plates the food, her mother tends to move it, even just a little. “It’s got

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S P I R ITS By Richard Murff

Scotched!

A tasting at Celtic Crossing features four great whiskies. threw me because I always thought that the original “water-of-life” was that rich golden brown on its own. I thought this because like a lot of people, I crave order in a disturbing universe. So it looks lighter than its counterparts, but at 100 proof, this can be misleading. It is the color of hay and has fine, oily legs when swirled in the glass. There is some sweetness to it and a hint of spice for the big feel of this most virtuous of scotches.

With a high-proof scotch, you can really see how diluting with a little water changes the taste, if not the character of a whisky. Here a little bit of water in a whisky neat really opens up the flavors. For one thing, undiluted spirits at that strength will pretty much overpower the senses.

Ardbeg Corryvreckan, Isle of Islay, Argyll, Scotland, $90, ABV 57.1% D.J. says, “If you are a peat-head, this is a most enjoyable peat whisky.” In 2010, the year Ardbeg introduced its Corryvreckan (pronounced: Ahh … do we really care at this point?), it won “World’s Best Single Malt Whisky” and “Single Malt of the Year.” It has been likened to Laphroig 10-year, but I don’t see it. They are in the same ballpark, but Laphroig is the more smoky peat-fire of the two. One wonderful thing about the Ardbeg is that is has a lot of spice from the French oak casks, but because it’s distilled close to the sea, it has that certain iodine, seawater brine character. Which, I know sounds nasty, but it really is the hard-topress-down quality that, for me, makes a great Scotch.

Macallan Extra Rare Cask Edition, Craigellachie, Banffshire, Scotland, $300, ABV 43% This is just ostentatious. Wonderful but ostentatious. And I’m not just talking about the $300 price tag or the awesome red box it comes in that viewers of The Crown know looks suspiciously like those dispatch boxes the queen gets her official business in. This Scotch is blended from whiskies drawn from 16 Sherry cask styles. It leaves me asking, “Why?” Is it to justify the $300 price? Don’t get me wrong, this was an epic snort of whisky, but I’ve had much better at $70. It is dark gold in color, with flavors of Sherry and oak and a long dried fruit finish.

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o, it happens the last Thursday of every month until, well, it stops happening. And you’ll need reservations. And tickets. But there is no good reason not to do it. After the success of his Irish Whisky tastings last year, D.J. Naylor over at the Celtic Crossing is now picking out some the best Scotches he’s ever had to share, taste, and talk Scotch whisky.

This isn’t just “drinking Scotch” as wonderful as that is — it is a production in praise of good Scotch … while drinking a tot here and there, or course. Ah, and aren’t you glad that I didn’t say a “wee dram”? Tasting is different from drinking, or more to the point, “drankin’.”

Scotch tastings in Memphis can be tricky. The day before, it was 40 degrees and I was all set to wear my tweed and drink some wooly Scotch. Then it turned out to be 70 degrees and I wore my tweed anyway becausee I’m bloody-minded and thought it would help me sweat the toxins out. As D.J. said: “We’re here to educate — to increase your purchasing power. We’re not here to taste a $1,000 bottle of whisky.”

At half-time during the tasting, reservation tickets included a smoked salmon appetizer and a bit of Scotch egg — which is a hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage and deep-fried. It lacks finesse, I’ll admit, but it is wonderful. Now, here’s what we tasted.

Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch, 14 Year Bourbon Barrel Reserve, Dufftown, Baniffshire, Scotland $50, ABV 43% As the name might suggest, this is a homage to U.S. bourbon — the Scotch is aged in used bourbon barrels and finished in deep-charred new American oak, which is a little different from the usual process. This is a light golden Highland Scotch — it’s malty, it’s got some spice to it, with little hints of toffee and vanilla. If you are a little nervous or wary of those peat-fire Scotches, this is a good choice for you.

Bruichladdich — The Organic Scottish Barley, Isle of Ilay, Argyll, Scotland, $100, ABV 50% Pronounced “Brook-laddie” because, of course it is. Bruichladdich was bound to happen: The Scots went all organic. It is the localvore Scotch, using all local ingredients from three counties that no one on this side of the Atlantic ocean can pronounce.

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ll superhero movies should be animation.

It’s really not that far from where we are now. For large chunks of, say, Avengers: Infinity War, everything the viewer sees was rendered by a computer. It’s only the need to have Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson appear as Captain America and Black Widow that keeps them from going totally CGI. This grounding in the real world is necessary in order for us to take seriously these stories of men in tights saving the world by punching each other.

The problem with “grounding” comic book stories in the real world is that you lose an essential element. Read Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, and you’ll never look at a Spider-Man comic book the same way again. Comics are not just a storytelling medium — they’re vastly inferior to the written word in that regard. There’s also visual and design elements that are unique to comics, the most obvious being combining words and design elements to evoke sound. Pow! Thwack! Bamf!

Divorced from the vibrant page layout, superhero stories can seem goofy. When Spider-Man is just lines on a page, you know how seriously to take his battles

with Mysterio, the guy with the glowing fishbowl for a head.

But every live action superhero movie since Tim Burton’s Batman has had to add a line or two about how funny it is that a guy dresses up like a bat to fight crime, because it’s frankly ridiculous to pretend people act like this in real life.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse uses animation to embrace the conceits and eccentricities of comics. It takes its cues more from Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World than Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. It also takes as its jumping off point a very comic premise, the “what if?” story. Sure, everybody knows Spider-Man is Peter Parker — a white, working class college student and cub news photographer raised by his aunt in Brooklyn. But what if Spider-Man was a Brooklyn teenager named Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) raised by a Latinx nurse (Luna Lauren Velez) and a black police officer (Brian Tyree Henry). And also, there are five other spider-folk.

Now, we’re getting comic book-y! Publishers like Marvel beta testing new takes on their cash cow characters led to superhero comics being the first sci fi-adja-

Ultimate Spider-Man — Miles Morales is the teenage superstar of the new spider-movie. cent genre to embrace multiverse theory, which solves some issues in quantum mechanics by positing that ours is one of an infinite expanse of parallel universes where everything that can happen, does happen. Supermobster Kingpin (Liev Schreiber) hires super scientist Olivia Octavius (Kathryn Hahn) to build a machine to access these parallel dimensions so he can retrieve fresh versions of his deceased wife and child.

Naturally, Peter Parker (Chris Pine) tries to stop him from running an unlicensed particle accelerator in Kings County. But when he fails, it’s up to Miles, who has been freshly bitten by a radioactive spider, to save reality. Since Miles can’t figure out how to stick (and more importantly, unstick) to walls yet, he needs help, which comes in the form of alternate spider-people. Peter B. Parker (Jake Johnson), is a down-on-his-luck, freshly divorced, middle age spider-dude. Spider-Gwen (Hailee

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Freed from the dubious need for plausibility, Into the Spider-Verse spins wild visuals. Each character is drawn in the style of their own comics. Peter Porker, who looks like a Looney Tunes character, drops anvils on people and assaults his enemies with a giant cartoon hammer.

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THE LAST WORD by Richard Cohen

We Are Not Great Again Okay, America, are we great again yet? Are we respected throughout the world? Are the Chinese quaking in their boots as we hike tariffs?

Has Saudi Arabia come clean about murdering a Washington Post columnist after covering up the atrocity so clumsily that you could almost see blood dripping from the hands of the crown prince?

If America is great again, how come we grovel before a nation that needs us more than we need it? Tweet me an answer, Mr. President.

But keep it short.

Has America reversed global warming by simply denying it?

Are factory jobs up? How about iron and steel? The same. And coal mining — “beautiful, clean coal” in the hallucinatory words of the president? Not what it once was.

Is NATO stronger? Does America enjoy moral leadership? Would our allies rush to our aid, as they did after September 11, 2001?

President George W. Bush’s grand “coalition of the willing” might be impossible to reassemble. President Trump has managed to unite Western Europe in one respect. All its leaders loathe him.

The president, like Gulliver, is being tied down by numerous investigations. The explanation is apparent even to Republicans.

Trump is an immoral man, a chiseler and a liar and a deadbeat and a damned fool. His eccentric collection of aides are tiptoeing off the stage one by one, some to jail, some to ignominy, none to glory. And then, when they are gone, comes verbal abuse, sometimes in retaliation for a tardy admission of truth. Rex Tillerson said Trump does not read up to grade. For that, he got spitballed. “Dumb as a rock,” the president opined.

The mess is getting messier. Trump lies himself into one corner after another. Is there anyone in all of America who does not believe that Trump paid off two women for their silence? Whether these alleged payments were campaign finance violations or not is almost beside the point. We know the story. Trump is dirty and uses cash as a disinfectant. He thinks it can make any manner of sin go away. Maybe not this time, Mr. President. As with your former Atlantic City casino, you overpaid.

But blaming Donald Trump for behaving like Donald Trump is like blaming a scorpion for acting like a scorpion. The lie is his sting. He cannot help himself.

He thinks only of himself because narcissism, like a sixth toe, is a condition of birth. There is no changing it. In the Trump White House, the president’s intense love of himself is about the only consistent policy.

But what about you, Chris Christie? I am talking of course of the former New Jersey governor who jumped from presidential candidate to Trump acolyte.

Are you proud of what you did? Didn’t you see any of this coming? Didn’t you talk to any bankers or real estate people from just across the Hudson River? They wouldn’t do business with Trump. They don’t trust him. You knew all this but wanted a cabinet position anyway. What is the word for what you’ve done? It’s something like moral treason.

And you, Mike Pence. You won’t eat alone with any woman other than your wife, but you’d sup at Trump’s table, the womanizer, instead of the woman. Were you the only adult in Washington who had not heard the stories about him?

What were you willing to do to advance your career? Is there a principle you hold dear?

I get it. Christie, Pence, and other Republican politicians — as well as financial figures such as Carl Icahn — had other considerations. Some wanted a conservative, anti-abortion judiciary; still others wanted lower taxes and fewer regulations.

Steve Schwarzman, the billionaire head of the Blackstone Group, even said in 2016 that he preferred Trump because America needed a “cohesive, healing presidency.”

Trump, these savants thought, would grant all their wishes, and so they tossed the dice on a maniac, comforting us (or themselves) with the hope that once in office Trump’s inner Madison would emerge. Don’t worry, they said, he ran a business and, anyway, the solemnity of the Oval Office would sober him up. Didn’t Augustine of Hippo go from a libertine to a saint of the Catholic Church?

John F. Kelly’s leaving. Gary Cohn and H.R. McMaster are gone. Michael Flynn sings, and Paul Manafort lies. The stock market is tanking for the usual reasons, but this one as well: Investors know that no one’s home at the White House. Trump’s a human pinball, ricocheting off events and emitting tweets like a rundown smoke alarm. We’re not great again. We’re drifting toward disaster.

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