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Jonathan Magallanes
Holy Mole
By Julia Baker
Caritas Community Center & Cafe (formerly Caritas Village) has one simple mission: to provide quality food to the public, regardless of their ability to pay. To help carry out that mission, former head chef Spencer McMillin is bringing Jonathan Magallanes of Las Tortugas on as the featured chef in this month’s chef partnership dinner to share his Mexican delights.
“Spencer came into my restaurant and became a regular, and we became friends,” says Magallanes. “Spencer could ask me to do anything, and I would do it. He approached me and said he’d love to cook together. is was a no-brainer. I’ve known about Caritas for a while, so I think it’s just a perfect opportunity to cook some really good food.”
Magallanes has spent much of his life living in both Memphis and Mexico City, and he takes culinary in uences from both cities to create his own unique spins on classic Mexican dishes, like his tacos al pastor, which traditionally features a sweet and spicy combination of red chile pork and pineapple.
“I like to use juicy pomegranate in place of the pineapple and then use that with fried pork belly,” he says. “It’s marinated in sour orange, black pepper, and cinnamon. en, instead of using cilantro, I might use chopped mint. at’s sort of a little nod to the pastor in my opinion.” Magallanes is excited to concoct something equally delicious and unique for the dinner for Caritas. “It’s an absolute honor and a privilege to be part of the dinner,” he says. “My main philosophy as a chef and a restaurateur is that feeding people is a privilege, period.”
CARITAS CHEF PARTNERSHIP DINNER FEATURING JONATHAN MAGALLANES, CARITAS COMMUNITY CENTER & CAFE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH, 6:30-9 P.M., $56/PERSON (NOT INCLUDING GRATUITY).
Iron Maiden’s Sun and Steel is a saké-infused lager. Sure. Why not? Brews, p. 25
THURSDAY February 27
Booksigning by Candacy Taylor National Civil Rights Museum, 450 Mulberry, 6 p.m. Author Candacy Taylor discusses and signs her recently published book, e Overground Railroad. In the book, she writes about the impact a travel guide for black motorists, Green Book, had during its years of being published from 1936-1966.
14 Iris Orchestra and Opera Memphis Pop-Up Concert Morton Museum of Collierville History, 196 Main, Collierville, 7-9 p.m. It’s Collierville’s 150th birthday, and to celebrate, the Morton Museum is hosting a free pop-up concert.
FRIDAY February 28
New Works by Bill Huetell Buckman Performing Arts Center, 60 Perkins Extd., 5-7 p.m. Bill Huettel’s collection of watercolor works will be on exhibit February 28th until April 6th in the Levy Gallery of the Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s.
Grizzlies HBCU Night FedExForum, 191 Beale, 6-9 p.m., $20-85 Before the Grizzlies grit and grind against the Sacramento Kings, graduates from Historically Black Colleges and Universities can pre-game with free food and live music. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the HBCU Awareness Foundation. Next in bad ideas, lawmakers want to let students carry guns on campus. e Last Word, p. 31
Vive Le Smash! Brooks Museum, 1934 Poplar, 6-10 p.m., $100 Brooks Museum celebrates the art of smashed grapes, featuring 20 varieties of wine paired with foods by Iris Etc., while DJ AD plays smashing good music in the rotunda.
Heidi Walters, Unbridled Ambition Art Show Eclectic Eye, 242 S. Cooper, 6-8 p.m. In her “Unbridled Ambition” art show, Heidi Walters features her works, in which she has made use of “another man’s trash,” using newspaper and other items to cra sculptures of elongated human forms.
SATURDAY February 29
Memphis Parent Camp Expo Pink Palace, 3050 Central, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Memphis Parent brings together area camps to help parents plan their kids’ summer activities. At this free event, meet face-to-face with camp sta , watch informational videos, and gather take-home info.
Leap Year Bar Crawl Railgarten, 2166 Central, noon-6 p.m. It’s leap year! To celebrate, Railgarten and others host a bar crawl, starting at Cafe Ole and stopping by Sweet Grass/Next Door, Celtic Crossing, and Aldo’s Midtown on the way to a nisher with live music at Railgarten.
David Montgomery (le ) and Anne Biklé
Farm to Table By Julia Baker
Since 2011, Mid-South Farm to Table Conference has striven to cultivate a healthier and thriving local food system through educating, providing resources, and by bringing together local and regional farmers, food justice advocates, educators, nonpro t leaders, and consumers. is year, they’re zeroing in on conservation and regenerative agriculture, and they’ve invited keynote speakers David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé to speak on the topic. e couple has authored three books together on regenerative farming, and they have plenty of insight to share.
“Anne’s a biologist, and I’m a geologist,” Montgomery says. “And those are the two things: Life and minerals are what you need to make healthy, fertile soil.”
Restoring soil and maintaining its health through regenerative farming is essential to producing good crops, as degradation of land occurs with conventional farming methods, wielding one-third less agriculture and doing damage on the rest of our ecosystem. Montgomery and Biklé say more productive and eco-friendly practices under the umbrella of regenerative agriculture include using no-till or reduced till practices, feeding plants and land with organic fertilizer, rotating crops to put a bigger variety of nutrients back into the soil, and using cover crops to address weeds.
“It makes farms way friendlier places for people and for other forms of life and is far less toxic [than conventional farming],” says Biklé.
Montgomery adds, “ e big picture and challenge of regenerative agriculture is to try and rebuild the health and fertility of the land so that future generations will have as fertile a planet as we have.”
2020 MID-SOUTH FARM TO TABLE CONFERENCE, CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, MONDAY, MARCH 2ND, 8:30 A.M.-4:30 P.M., $25, FREE FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH I.D.
LUCKY 7 BRASS BAND FRI. 2/28, 8PM
LEAP YEAR PUB CRAWL 2020 SAT. 2/29, 12PM
PEARL: LEAP YEAR SHOWCASE SAT. 2/29, 9PM
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SUNDAY, 3/1 11:30AM
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S H LOFLIN FALlS S SE Thursday, Feb. 27 & March 5, 8pm KARAOKE THURSDAYS Thursday, Feb. 27 & March 5, 8pm FIDO FRIDAY: DOG HAPPY HOUR Friday, Feb. 28 & March 6, 5pm ADAM MCCLELLAND Friday, February 28, 9pm
F R CE PATIO BLUEGRASS BRUNCH Sunday, March 1 & 8, 11am
If Chewbacca were a sled dog … Harrison Ford stars in a “ru ” translation of Jack London’s Call of the Wild. Film, p. 27
Crosstown Arts Exhibition Artist Talks Crosstown Arts, 1350 Concourse, 1-3 p.m. Artists Susan Lichtman and Dennis Congdon speak on “Here Is Where We Meet” in the West Gallery at 1 p.m., and Artist Keiko Gonzalez discusses his work in “STUDIOS” in the East Gallery at 2 p.m. Shootout Tournament and Location Battle Freeroll Lo in Yard, 7 W. Carolina, 3-7 p.m. River Rat Rounders and Lo in Yard host this event, where each poker table serves as a single tournament and the top three players from each will make it to the nal table to compete for $50 in bar bucks and a Horseshoe Tournament Voucher.
Using Technology to Manifest e Broom Closet, 546 S. Main, 2-4 p.m., $10 Rev. Omma wants you to know that technology ain’t such a bad thing when it comes to your magick. At this workshop, she will teach you how to use it to manifest your deepest desires. Half Pints for Half Pints Cooper-Young Community Association, 2298 Young, 7-10 p.m., $30-$85 Beers by Memphis Made Brewing Co., food from various C-Y restaurants, music by Goner Records, and auction to bene t Friends of Peabody Elementary.
SUNDAY March 1
ird Annual Uno cial Memphis Krispy Kreme Run Martyrs Park, Channel 3 Dr., noon-1:45 p.m., $10-$18 Who said running and donuts don’t go together? It certainly wasn’t us. At the Krispy Kreme run, participants will run 2.5 miles, eat 12 donuts, and run 2.5 miles back. Yum. e best part? Proceeds bene t Breakaway Running.
Macrame Workshop Memphis Made Brewing Co., 768 S. Cooper, 1:30-3:30 p.m., $35 Spring is coming! To prepare, learn how to cra a macrame plant hanger. Midtown Bramble has you covered with a tutorial led by artist Marisa Mender.
RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE SEASON PREMIERE FRIDAY, February 28, 8PM AEW REVOLUTION PPV SATURDAY, February 29, 8PM UFC 248 SATURDAY, March 7, 9PM
WED. 2/26 . 7PM
GRIZZLIES WATCH PARTY WED. 2/26. 8PM FRI. 2/28. 8PM
SAT.2/29 . 9PM SAT.3/7 . 9PM EDM DANCE PARTY
