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OUR 1568TH ISSUE 03.14.19 Hey, it’s March! Which means it’s time for my annual rant about the Tennessee General Assembly. A little background: For the past few sessions, since the post-2010 gerrymandering by the Republican majority in 2012, the Democratic Party has basically been neutered. The House has 73 Republicans and 26 Democrats. The Senate is even more lopsided, with 28 Republicans and 5(!) Democrats. Yes, Tennessee is a red state, but no one could honestly claim that this level of party imbalance represents the political leanings of the populace. Take a look at the Senate district map if you want to see how gerrymandering can pervert the democratic process. Some Tennessee counties are split into three, four, or even five districts in a effort to concentrate Democratic votes into fewer areas and spread GOP power. The Tennessee Constitution requires that state Senate districts “preserve counties whole where possible.” Yeah. That didn’t happen. Tennessee is basically a one-party government. There are no checks and balances. There is nothing to impede the rural know-nothings who dominate the General Assembly from following their worst instincts. By that, I mean introducing bills that put the screws to the state’s cities, which are — coincidentally, no doubt — home to most of the state’s Democrats. For a particularly absurd example, consider the recently introduced “Bag and Straw” bill, a measure that would make it illegal for municipalites to “regulate plastics,” TN Senate districts map i.e. banning or charging a fee for single-use plastic items, such as plastic bags or drinking straws. The discussion of the bill in the chamber centered around such horrific measures as have been passed in California (home of Pelosi liberals and those disgusting conservationists). There was no mention of the fact that Memphis is working on plans to phase out plastic bags, but it’s pretty obvious the measure was intended as a direct poke in the eye to the Bluff City. Representative Susan Lynn, R(duh)-Mount Juliet, the bill’s sponsor, claimed that straw bans “abuse freedom.” The freedom to pollute? You tell me. It’s just the latest in a long line of legislative actions meant to exert state control over issues that rightly belong to municipalities. Other examples include bills to prevent cities from passing minimum-wage laws; deciding what statuary belongs in city parks; passing anti-discrimination hiring ordinances, etc. And on the list goes. Of course, in addition to the state legislature’s annual attempts to micro-manage the state’s uppity cities, there are the annual attempts to impose Christian Sharia Law. This go-around, there is much enthusiasm in the Capitol for the patently un-Constitutional “fetal heartbeat bill,” which prohibits abortion after a fetus’ heartbeat has been detected (typically at six weeks), with no exceptions for rape or incest — and no consideration of the fact that such bills have been struck down repeatedly in federal court. (For a more in-depth discussion of this bill, see Megan Rubenstein’s Viewpoint on page 9.) And what General Assembly session would be complete without an attempt to pour millions of taxpayers’ dollars into private and religious schools’ coffers via vouchers? This time around, it’s being championed by newly elected Governor Bill Lee, who is pushing lawmakers to approve a plan that would divert $25 million in funds slated for public education to a voucher program that would give money to parents to put their kids in private schools. Tennessee’s public schools are already among the lowest-funded in the country, and the state’s teachers are strapped and underpaid. So this move is N E WS & O P I N I O N especially galling for them. Here’s my THE FLY-BY - 4 view: You want to send your kid to a NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 private or religious school? Go for it. POLITICS - 7 VIEWPOINT - 9 Just don’t ask me to pay for it. COVER STORY If the voucher bill passes this time “GOING TO PIECES” around and public school funding gets BY CHRIS DAVIS - 10 cut, I wouldn’t be shocked to see the SPORTS - 13 state’s public school teachers emulate WE RECOMMEND - 14 their peers in Oklahoma, West MUSIC - 16 Virginia, Kentucky, and elsewhere, AFTER DARK - 18 CALENDAR - 20 and go on strike. If they do, I suspect FOOD - 30 they’ll find a lot of support, maybe FOOD FEATURE - 31 even enough to get the Nashville FILM - 34 Hillbillies to pay attention. C L AS S I F I E D S - 36 Bruce VanWyngarden LAST WORD - 39 brucev@memphisflyer.com
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NEVERENDING ELVIS According to news at Justcollecting.com, the last of Elvis Presley’s tiny blue balls goes on sale this week. A racquetball swatted around by the King shortly before his death in August 1977 goes up for sale by GWS Auctions on March 20th. “The blue rubber ball is expected to fetch up to $8,000,” the article states.
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CAPED CRUSADES Sometimes life imitates the funny books. When County Commissioner Tami Sawyer announced her candidacy for mayor last week, an image began circulating across social media depicting the activist turned politician as a superhero. At first, this just seemed like clever campaign materials designed to establish a cartoon rivalry between Sawyer and arch nemeses like W.W. Herenton, aka “The Boxer,” or Jim “The Pothole” Strickland. Then the FBI asked Memphians for help catching this man, with a history of robbing banks in a devil mask, and everything got real really fast. Cue theme music: Avengers, assemble!
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Wiseacre, Graceland, & Pre-K Wiseacre apologizes for offensive comments, Graceland and city make a deal, & Pre-K gets greenlight. TR A N S P H O B I C TWE E TS Wiseacre Brewing Co. said last week that the company’s social media manager who made transphobic comments on her personal Twitter account Monday night is no longer with the company. Liz Dean, the former social media and merchandise manager at Wiseacre, took shots on Twitter at a user called @imp_kid. Wiseacre co-founders issued a statement on Instagram, apologizing to @imp_kid for the “pain and hurt these comments caused.” GRACELAND GOES FO R WAR D An agreement between the city Clockwise from top left: cannabis, pre-K, coal ash ponds, Memphis 3.0, of Memphis and Elvis Presley Graceland grows, Wiseacre apologizes, and the Mississippi River. Enterprises (EPE) to move forward with a Graceland expansion the next 20 years. plan, with the exclusion of a controversial 6,200-seat arena, was announced last week. City officials presented the plan to the council ahead of The plan includes additions to the Guest House at the first of three votes on an ordinance to approve the plan Graceland Hotel, expansions to retail and exhibition spaces, next week. Council members raised concerns about the as well as construction of 80,000 square feet of sound stages, plan’s unintentional consequences and equity, as well as the aircraft hangers, and cabins. amount of public input received. Under the agreement, EPE also agrees to invest a total of $750,000 in the Whitehaven community over a five-year COHEN ON COAL ASH period. It will also create about 1,000 new manufacturing Congressman Steve Cohen asked for a congressional and distribution jobs in the area. hearing on the impacts of coal-burning energy plants and coal ash dumps on health, groundwater, and aquatic life. PUSHING PRE-K Cohen wants the matter heard before the House An ordinance was passed by the council that enables the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, putting city and county to appoint a fiscal agent to manage its pre-K the request in a letter last week to its ranking members fund. The agent will be responsible for managing the fund, and to members of the House Subcommittee on Water bringing in private dollars, and creating a high-quality Resources and Environment. pre-K program. The move comes after a recent report that found This move comes as an $8 million grant that funds 1,000 “groundwater beneath virtually all coal plants is pre-K seats in the county is set to run out in June. Now, the contaminated.” city and county are on track to fund those 1,000 seats plus an additional 1,000 beginning this fall. R I V E R TA L K Mayors from cities up and down the Mississippi River COUNCIL ON CANNABIS pushed a $7.8 billion infrastructure plan in Washington last The council also approved a resolution supporting three week. cannabis-related bills introduced by Tennessee lawmakers. Twenty mayors with the Mississippi River Cities and The bills deal with decriminalization of certain amounts, Towns Initiative (MRCTI) met with House Speaker medical marijuana, and taxation of cannabis. Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers working on a massive infrastructure bill. The mayors laid out their plan to M E M P H I S 3.0 G ETS Q U ESTI O N S reinforce the “essential natural and built infrastructure of Some Memphis City Council members raised questions last the Mississippi River” corridor. week about the Memphis 3.0 plan, a comprehensive plan Visit the News Blog at memphisflyer.com for fuller versions of that will guide the city’s investments and developments for these stories and more local news.
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Lawmakers hope to make Sunshine Laws a lot brighter. From school-bus security footage to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) meetings, several new bills filed at the state and federal level aim to make the government more open and transparent.
A new bill would require school boards to allow a parent to view photos or video footage taken from school-bus security cameras.
School Bus Footage A Kindergarten student in Lewisburg, Tennessee, told her mother she wasn’t supposed to talk about a “secret tickling game” she played on the bus with a “special friend.” The child said she had to wipe off her mouth after the friend kissed her. All of this is according to a report from the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government (TCOG). The mother, Brooke Wilkerson, went to school and to law enforcement officials. The bus driver was fired. But Wilkerson wanted to see the bus security film herself. Her request was denied thanks to a federal law. The Family Education and Privacy Rights Act (FERPA) was created to keep students’ education records private, “but it’s misunderstood and misused to withhold records even from parents,” said TCOG executive director Deborah Fisher. Wilkerson hired a lawyer and was allowed to see the footage. But the 2,000 files given to her were unorganized and incomplete. But she did see chaos, students fighting and rolling on the floor, and her daughter, at the back of the bus where her special friend told her to sit. Wilkerson pulled her daughter from the school.
TVA Open Meetings Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Memphis) and Congressman Tim Burchett (R-Knoxville) are co-sponsors of a bill to shed more light on TVA meetings. The Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act would require the TVA to hold their meetings in public, give public notice of those meetings, and make minutes and summaries of those meeting available to the public. The TVA is required by Congress to have four meetings each year. But there is no law that requires those meetings to be public. “The TVA board chooses which meetings it allows the public to attend as well as whether it will provide any minutes or summaries of meetings to the public,” said Fisher. “Despite being a government body created by Congress, and its members confirmed by the U.S. Senate, there is no requirement that deliberations of its full board or subcommittees be open to the public.” The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) has long criticized TVA’s lack of transparency, especially blocking the public from meetings. Last month,
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POLITICS By Jackson Baker
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It has been no secret that Tami Sawyer is disinclined to wait on events. Clearly, the progressive activist and first-term Shelby County commissioner would rather influence events — or, even better, take charge of them. She was that way about the lingering problem of monuments to the Confederacy, she is that way about social-justice issues on the commission, and, most recently, she is that way about advancing her own political star (though she would prefer to see her impatience as being directed at a cluster of pending civic issues rather than at her own ambitions). In any case, after taking the counsel of numerous acquaintances, including several established figures who advised her to hold up until she at least acquired more experience in public office, the youthful commissioner has now declared her candidacy for mayor of Memphis. Although she had leaked the information beforehand, Sawyer made her declaration most vividly and formally at a public rally on Saturday night, billed appropriately under the head “Memphis Can’t Wait,” at the highly symbolic Clayborn Temple Downtown. It was there that sympathizers with the goals of striking sanitation workers and of Dr. Martin Luther King gathered before marching in 1968. And it is there that Sawyer
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hopes to have begun her march to power. The venerable old church was nearly filled with enthusiastic supporters chanting “We Can’t Wait!” Alison Smith, a senior at White Station High School, said she couldn’t wait. So did veteran activists Mike Moseley and Danny Song. So did the self-identified “queer woman” who got cheers for that acknowledgment and cheers again for the declaration that she couldn’t wait for the development of a truly viable transit system because, among other things, she was tired of the lack of one making her late to work. And there was TaJuan StoutMitchell, the former Memphis City Council member and veteran of local government who was the closest thing to a senior political eminence on hand. She couldn’t wait, either, and threw her support to the young “flipper” she described this way: “She is unbought, she is unbossed, she is uncompromised!” And then the stage was all Tami’s … There is no doubting Sawyer’s appeal as a change agent, proven during her direction of the long and ultimately successful Take ’Em Down 901 campaign to divest the city of its most prominent Confederate memorials. It remains moot whether that is translatable into an ability to marshall a majority of eligible Memphis voters, across all sorts of age, gender, class, racial, and political lines, on behalf of an agenda that would necessarily be far more sweeping and diffuse. Although “she’ll split the black vote” was one of the tease lines sent up for disbelieving ridicule by Sawyer’s supporters at the rally, that concern is part of the reckoning, old math or not, that has to be applied to her effort. After all, the field of mayoral candidates already includes, besides the established Mayor Jim Strickland, another challenger whose relationship to the African-American majority of Memphis is nothing less than historic. That would be Willie Herenton, a pathfinder twice over, as the first black superintendent of Memphis public schools, and then, as the man who in 1991 broke the racial barrier with his election as mayor, an office he would hold
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for for 18 years. Granted, Herenton’s mayoralty had lost luster toward the end, as his enthusiasm for the job and his attention to it both dissipated. Granted, too, his attempt to mount a political comeback by running for Congress in 2010 floundered in the wreckage of a 4-to-1 loss to incumbent 9th District Representative Steve Cohen. It remains a fact that, even at 78, Herenton retains an innate formidability and an eminence, however tarnished, that make it hard to estimate his vote potential. There is no doubting one thing: The Herenton camp has already evinced its displeasure at Sawyer’s entry and no doubt will continue to. Thaddeus Matthews, a free-booting critic in the black community of all things establishmentarian, has been both off and on an ally of Herenton. Right now he is on, and is using his various cyber and broadcasting platforms on behalf of the once and would-be future mayor. In a recent online post, Matthews treated it as a given that Sawyer has been “put in the race by current mayor Jim Strickland to take votes away from his most formidable opponent, W.W. Herenton.” Matthews posits a sibling relationship between Sawyer and Michael Hooks Jr., a contractor who, he says, has been the beneficiary of city contracts. “Now I understand why she wants to run,” says Matthews, “to make sure that her brother continues to be fed by Strickland and other power brokers.” The credibility of a putative handin-glove collusion between candidates Sawyer and Strickland would seem to
be undermined by the all-too-obvious tension between the two during the runup to the final uprooting of the statues of Nathan Bedford Forrest and Jefferson Davis, when Strickland was challenged to act, relentlessly and not always with tender respect, by Sawyer and her Take ’Em Down 901 movement. And it is clear that Sawyer’s base constituency is made up of individuals, black and white, who have modest regard for Strickland and his accomplishments and whose claims of “we can’t wait” as applied to their personal and politically progressive goals seem real enough. The fact is that, while Herenton’s electoral base is obviously the most likely to suffer drainage from the Sawyer candidacy, Strickland’s is, to some degree, vulnerable as well. In getting 81 percent of the vote in the 7th County Commission District against moderate Republican Sam Goff in 2016, Sawyer more than held her own in the upscale Evergreen area, and her enthusiastic audience in Clayborn Temple on Saturday was more than moderately impacted with pockets of white Midtowners. Still, name-recognition polls — hers and Strickland’s, for sure, and perhaps even by Herenton — indicate a serious deficit on her part. It’s a problem that this race will help resolve for the long run. In the shorter run — which is to say, by October 3rd, it’s chancey, especially since her dollar deficit to the well-funded Strickland is enormous. Still, Tami Sawyer has chutzpah, she has ideas, she has some quality midway between charm and charisma. She has determination, and she has a following. She and they can’t wait to see how this turns out, and neither can we.
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The unconstitutional “heartbeat bill” is wrong on many levels and harms women’s health care. An extreme anti-abortion bill was introduced in the Tennessee legislature this session and passed a State House floor vote last week, with 65 legislators voting in support of it and only 21 against. Access to reproductive health care in Tennessee is already bleak. This legislative session’s attacks on Tennesseans’ reproductive health and access to abortion services continue to be a pressing issue. This bill is beyond another inflammatory attack. It’s an attempt to ban abortion in Tennessee, plain and simple. Right now, 96 percent of counties in Tennessee don’t have a clinic that provides abortion care, meaning 63 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 44 have to travel to seek care. Over the years, the Tennessee legislature has passed many abortion restrictions, making access to this care even more difficult and unattainable. For example, Tennessee has a 48hour waiting period for abortions, which requires women to make two appointments to receive the health care they need. That means they have to take off work twice in one week and pay for two appointments. It also means women who have to travel will have to travel twice, and in many cases, make hotel accommodations for at least one night. That causes an unnecessary financial and emotional burden on people who are already experiencing one of the most stressful experiences they will ever face. As written, House Bill 77 (the “heartbeat bill”) prohibits abortion as early as six weeks, before many people even know they’re pregnant. This bill amounts to an absolute ban on abortion for most people in Tennessee. Even anti-abortion groups like the Catholic dioceses in Tennessee and Tennessee Right to Life have publicly opposed it. This bill does not include an exception for rape or incest, and efforts to include an amendment to offer exceptions for rape victims failed. Anti-abortion legislators are prepared to cruelly force women to carry their rapist’s child. While the bill was being heard in the House Public Health subcommittee, Representative Micah Van Huss, the primary sponsor, was asked about exceptions for rape and incest, to which he responded that the sins of the mother and father should not be taken out on the child. What are the sins of the mother in the case of rape? This statement signifies anti-woman views, and it
shows a lack of concern for the health, lives, and well-being of women. Similar versions of this bill have been declared unconstitutional in other states, including North Dakota, Arkansas, and Arizona. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the Constitution prohibits a state from enacting laws that ban abortion prior to the point in pregnancy when a fetus is viable. This was reaffirmed in 2016 in Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt. As recently as November 2018, a U.S. District Court struck down an even later, 15-week ban, determining it violated the constitutional guarantee of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment. Recent polling shows that Tennesseans are against this bill. The allegedly “pro-family” sponsors would rather waste taxpayer money fighting for an unconstitutional law than expand access to better health care for all Tennesseans.
Access to all reproductive health care options is necessary for people in our community to have the freedom they need to make decisions. Access to all reproductive health care options is necessary for people in our community to have the freedom they need to make the best decisions for themselves and their families, and it is necessary for women’s health. HB 77 fails to protect reproductive health care and, in fact, harms women and families. Such an extreme ban would have devastating consequences on the health and lives of Tennesseans. Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi and the ACLU of Tennessee have announced their intent to sue if this bill becomes law. Abortion is part of the full spectrum of health care, and is a human right. Tennesseans deserve dignity and respect in all of their health care decisions. Our state cannot claim pro-family values while stripping away access to abortion and other reproductive health care. Please contact the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and insist this bill not be allowed to progress any further. Megan Rubenstein is a reproductive rights activist with Lady Parts Justice TN.
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Going to Pieces C OVE R STO RY BY C H R I S DAVI S
March 14-20, 2019
With the decline of daily newspapers, local news sources are fragmented and struggling to gain a foothold.
“We don’t have the backup we used to have, and the agencies know it,” Jacinthia Jones says, assessing the tough reality of independent journalism in the 21st century. During her 20 years working for The Commercial Appeal, Jones watched the paper’s education beat shrink from a team of four fulltime journalists to a single writer with additional editorial responsibilities — a change that’s definitely contrary to public interest in a community where education concerns run high. Today, Jones is the Memphis bureau chief for Chalkbeat.org, a digital 10 nonprofit newsroom focusing on education policy, with an eye toward
correcting the coverage gap wrought by modern newspaper economies. Chalkbeat’s commitment to sharing free education-related content in partnership with relevant media organizations places Jones at the bleeding edge of conversations about Memphis’ print journalism future. “When I worked for The Commercial Appeal, if you requested information and somebody told you ‘no,’ we’d call in the lawyers,” Jones says, reflecting on the daily paper’s financial resources and its historic role in forcing transparency and institutional oversight. “If you look at a lot of the court cases, The Commercial Appeal was filing the suit. Now these
agencies are calling our bluff,” she says. “What are you going to do?” Gather round the campfire, friends, and I’ll spin a tale of suspense, brimming with drama, comedy, and carnage. Information economies are anything but dull, and the ongoing demise of local and regional newspapers affects you personally and everybody you know, whether you’re a serial subscriber or only care about coupons and crossword puzzles. It’s a story about digital triumphalism and unintended consequences disrupting everything from how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracks the spread of infectious diseases to consumer education and government oversight.
Local and community newspapers are a vanishing species. Among the survivors, many, like The Commercial Appeal, have become so diminished by layoffs, consolidation, and circulation loss (not to mention the steady shedding of tangible assets and influence), a spooky-sounding term has been coined to describe them: “ghost papers.” Many articles have valorized print journalism and warned about the important things communities will lose if local papers go dark. This isn’t that kind of story. This is more like Game of Thrones, with Gannett, the CA’s corporate parent, squaring off against MNG Enterprises (aka Alden Global
About the Carnage …
The media-consuming public craves blood, so here it is: During the period between 2008 and 2017, newspapers shed nearly half their editorial workforce, according to data from Pew Research. During roughly the same period, one in five newspapers shut down nationwide. The Expanding News Desert, a comprehensive report put out by the University of North Carolina’s Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Journalism in 2018, pegged the number of U.S. newspapers closed since 2004 at just under 1,800. The negative trend continues uninterrupted due to media consolidation, and the onetwo-punch of changing technology and reader habits. But hedge funds also fundamentally changed the nature of newspaper ownership when they bought in during the Great Recession, circa 2008. During that period,
circulation. It’s always been subsidized by softer content in a diverse bundle of professionally edited and curated information. This unpleasant fact makes the prospect of starting a fully digital, general-interest daily especially daunting — in an environment where only one in four digital news startups make it.
A New Hope
Eric Barnes advertising revenues and the price of newspaper companies bottomed out, transforming the market from a predictable “buy/hold” environment into a five-year flipper’s game. The UNC report shows more than half the country’s newspapers changed hands in the last 15 years: “Many have been sold two or more times.” The Commercial Appeal, for example, a Scripps-Howard product since 1936, was merged with Journal Communications in 2015, then, just a few months later in early 2016, Journal Communications was obtained by Gannett. In January, 2019, Gannett received an unsolicited acquisition proposal from MNG/Digital First Media, the newspaper company owned by Alden Global Capital.
Self-inflicted Wounds
You’ve probably read stories about the newspaper industry’s decades-long struggle to staunch its slow readership bleed-out. Most of these stories focus on technological change or popular ideological narratives, and every one of them is misleading. Without a doubt, the most drastic newspaper consumer loss of the past 20 years was self-inflicted. In 2008, for the purpose of reducing costs related to wages, ink, gasoline, and newsprint, The Commercial Appeal curtailed its delivery in Arkansas, Mississippi, and outlying parts of West Tennessee. This change fit a national pattern, as major city dailies ended rural home delivery. This deliberate shedding of the newspaper’s most expensive customers heralded a new emphasis on digital distribution while killing readership that was never resurrected online. The change hedged calculated consumer loss against variable cost savings and the promise of virtually free digital distribution. The change aimed to save money but also made it harder to cover costs associated with newsrooms and the creation of original news content. Ending rural and regional home delivery also contributed to the nationwide rise of what are now being called “news deserts,” a dynamic that worsened with corporate acquisition and subsequent shuttering of hometown and family newspapers in places where 40 to 60 percent of the
Jacinthia Jones population may not have broadband or wi-fi access. News deserts are most common in Southern states, according to the UNC report, and less likely to affect younger, whiter, and more affluent communities. Profit-minded investment companies with no historic ties to publishing or local media markets have been more inclined to sell or shutter underperforming acquisitions than previous ownership groups. Which brings our story back to Alden/MNG/ Digital First’s bid to acquire Gannett’s papers. Ironically, The Commercial Appeal — in spite of being turned out of its landmark Union Avenue offices, and frequently embarrassed by insensitive, out-of-town editing — is producing some of its most relevant, energized work in years. Nostalgia for a mythic golden age of journalism makes it fun to believe that relevant work pays the bills. It doesn’t. And it’s not hard to understand why critical evaluations of the newspaper business and its confusing impact on content, quality, and meaning can be experienced as an attack on weary editors and reporters doing the best they can with fewer resources and less material support. Simply put: News reporting that changes policy at Juvenile Court or shows us how TVA may have endangered Memphis’ water supply or that equips readers to make better choices as citizens and consumers doesn’t create subscription or advertising revenue. Investigative reports and in-depth explanatory journalism may be the result of hours of interviewing, weeks of research, and months or years of institutional knowledge and beat coverage. The first draft of history is always expensive to make. But none of this is especially interesting to advertisers or generalinterest readers. “We’re used to writing an article and thinking all these people are reading because we had all this circulation,” Jones says, recalling her time at the CA. “Now, with digital metrics, we know that’s not always true,” she says, illustrating an important point: The most important newspaper reporting isn’t always the best-read or most desirable for web traffic or
The Daily Memphian doesn’t yet share its number of paid subscribers, but the publication says monthly page-views clock around 1,400,000, and every morning the paper sends a news digest to 23,000 email accounts. Stories about University of Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway do very well. Stories about government and public affairs sometimes do, and sometimes don’t. “Paid subscribers broke through the first year’s projections in a couple of months,” Barnes says. But he worries The Daily Memphian’s big rollout may have set expectations too high. “We didn’t cover something on the first weekend, and got a ton of criticism,” he says. “People really thought we were going to cover everything right away, top-to-bottom, 24/7.” Looking for an experience like the traditional print newspaper bundle, readers have asked for obituaries, comics, puzzles, and national and regional news that may be available elsewhere, but hasn’t been a regular part of the DM’s mix. Barnes responded to his first round of criticism by adding five reporters to pick up night and weekend work. He plans to eventually include AP news and additional soft content. The riddle of the digital news Sphinx goes something like this: “How can an online startup produce enough original content across a broad enough range of consumer interests to build a big enough subscriber base to support a newsroom able to produce original content across a broad range of consumer interests?” Repeat that enough, and you’ll start to see the economic dilemma in an information environment where it’s tough to put content behind a paywall if comparable goods are available free, elsewhere. Newspaper stories and digital posts are what economists call “experience goods.” You can’t know if a story will be interesting or useful unless you read it, so news organizations rely on columnists and star-reporters to give consumers and potential consumers some idea of what to expect before they buy. As a startup, The Daily Memphian had no brand recognition, so it hired marquee names from The Commercial Appeal: sportswriters Geoff Calkins and Chris Herrington, and food guru Jennifer Biggs. Barnes thinks bringing these known commodities onto a team rounded out with younger but continued on page 12
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Capital), a hedge-fund-backed media group formerly known as Digital First. “If Alden gets Gannett, I think it will be a disaster for The Commercial Appeal,” says Eric Barnes. As the publisher of Memphis’ digital startup The Daily Memphian, Barnes wants to be clear: “That would not be a good thing for Memphis. “Their track record is clear,” Barnes says of Alden’s infamous path to doubledigit profitability. “People are so used to cuts, they may not be fully processing the level of cuts this could mean.” Although its initial purchase offer was rejected and characterized by Gannett as “not credible,” Alden Global Capital/MNG/Digital First, is a minority shareholder and can stack Gannett’s board with Alden-friendly directors. That means the company might change its business philosophy, even if it never changes hands. So, if the takeover stalls or fails, it’s not impossible that the surviving CA could still be reduced to a West Tennessee edition of The Tennessean. It could also just as easily vanish like an apparition and never be heard from again. And if it disappears, what then? Is the not-for-profit Daily Memphian positioned to replace the city’s historic paper of record? What’s the role played by community newsletters? Or social media? What about all the other news/lifestyle publications like the Memphis Flyer, StoryBoard, the Memphis Business Journal, Memphis Parent, La Prensa, or Active Times? What about smaller, digital-only newsrooms like the neighborhood-focused High Ground News and the justice-oriented MLK50? Are Memphians equipped to sift through the clutter, internet noise, and propaganda to access the range of information and basic utility daily newspapers still bundle in print and online? Can other local news sources fill the void? That’s the big question.
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experienced reporters is one of his fledgling newsroom’s big success stories. “They already knew Memphis,” he says of his team. “There was no learning curve.” Additionally, The Daily Memphian distributes content acquired via partnerships with education policy newsroom Chalkbeat.org and the University of Memphis’ Institute for Public Service Reporting. By now, at least some of you are probably asking, “Who cares about newspapers?” It’s taken as an article of faith the traditional models are dying, right? But remember Jacinthia Jones’ opening comments about how the agencies know when you’ve got “no backup.” Now figure in a related piece of collateral damage: Between 2005 and 2010, while so many newspapers were biting the dust, the number of Freedom of Information Act requests being filed by government watchdogs dropped by half. This data was reported by James T. Hamilton, the Hearst Professor of Communication at Stanford, in his latest book, Democracy’s Detectives: The Economics of Investigative Journalism. Hamilton answered questions for this story, and the data reviewed in Democracy’s Detectives and his earlier economic critique, All the News That’s Fit to Sell, informs much of this article. Hamilton’s work shows how trends like the ones outlined in this story, “point to a lower chance” of accountability stories being told by professional news organizations about local institutions. “If the costs of discovering and telling stories drops radically, then it may be the case that subscriptions at the local level would support a smaller newsroom that would survive online,” Hamilton wrote in an email exchange, offering a ray of hope about the viability of local newsrooms. “If a nonprofit or local online service generates other goods, such as events that are ticketed or sponsored, that could also generate income,” he said, allowing that use of artificial intelligence may eventually make story discovery and assembly cheap enough that, “local subscription or nonprofit [models] might support a local bundle.”
Savages at the Gate
In late February, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sent a sternly worded letter to Alden Global Capital, expressing concern about what could happen if the hedge fund acquired Gannett newspapers. He’d already weighed in on the Senate floor, noting that Gannett was a troubled example of newspaper consolidation, plagued by layoffs and delocalization. Schumer’s worries were at least a little ironic, considering what Memphis stands to lose if there’s a takeover. Hedge fund-backed owners like MNG/
Digital First depend on deep layoffs and cost-cutting, including the outsourcing of back office, sales, and certain editorial duties to central hubs, far removed from the places where news is gathered and where the paper is circulated and primarily read. They sell a newspaper’s real estate holdings and other tangible assets, squeezing all the assets for cash. As the UNC report shows, there’s always been a willingness to sell poorly performing properties or to close them entirely, “not so much to inform the public or hold officialdom to account, but to supply cash to use elsewhere.” In other words, so much of the worst that might happen has happened already. And yet, to borrow from Bloomberg. com columnist Joe Nocera, when MNG/ Digital First moves in, the layoffs aren’t just painful, “They’re savage.”
Epilogue
All newspaper news appears to be bad news. The trends are terrible. The outlook is grim. And yet, most of the people engaged in the act of gathering, organizing, delivering, and paying for the news seem determined, if not optimistic about finding a way forward. Barnes is hopeful he’s found the right business model to go paperless. Jones is excited about building new partnerships and about using text-based news delivery to close the digital divide. MLK50, a justice-oriented not-forprofit led by former Commercial Appeal columnist Wendi Thomas, expanded its capacity by joining the local reporting network for ProPublica, a national, notfor-profit digital newsroom. Karanja Ajanaku says he has “some awareness” of what’s happening in the newspaper industry, but the executive editor of the Tri-State Defender takes a unique perspective. “We’re in growth mode,” he says, describing a plan to move the historically black newspaper’s online content behind a paywall. Diverse representation in Memphis newsrooms has sometimes been called out as problematic, and in a majority-black community he thinks the Defender has been underperforming its potential to serve everyone. “But we have to be able to do a deeper dive into the community, and to do that we’ve got to have reporters,” he says, returning to a more familiar theme. “We’ve got to have journalists. We’ve got to have editors — local people telling local stories. So we’re asking the community to help us help them, and we think they will respond to that.” Excerpts from conversations with Jacinthia Jones of Chalkbeat, Eric Barnes of The Daily Memphian, Karanja Ajanaku of the Tri-State Defender, Wendi Thomas of MLK 50, and Mark Fleischer of StoryBoard: Memphis will be made available online at Memphisflyer.com. Commercial Appeal Executive Editor Mark Russell did not respond to requests for comment for this story.
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f they are to reach the NCAA conference honors in 2018 when tournament for the first time he finished second in the American in five years, the Memphis Athletic Conference in scoring. He Tigers must win four games recovered from a foot injury that ended in four days at this week’s his junior season and today represents American Athletic Conference his team’s only real chance to win the Tournament. That’s a tall order, but the AAC tournament and capture a prize U of M has two factors in its favor. The that’s eluded him to this point: an tourney will be played at FedExForum, NCAA tournament berth. where Memphis has won 15 of 17 games “The one thing I didn’t know he this season. The second factor: the other could do is score in volume,” says Hard11 teams don’t have Jeremiah Martin. away. “He averaged 19 points last year, A guard who averaged merely 2.7 but to score 40 in a half [as Martin did points per game as a freshman, Martin at USF]? To catch fire and catch rhythm should finish his career among the like that? That’s amazing; he’s amazed top 10 scorers in Memphis history me this year.” and is already 10th in assists. There Martin’s not at ease discussing his are precisely two other players over a skill set, but acknowledges an improved century of Tiger basketball who rank as jump shot magnified his threat on the highly in both categories: Elliot Perry offensive end. And then there’s confiand Joe Jackson. Last month, the pride dence, the intangible that tends to grow of Mitchell High School became the exponentially when a player spends four first Tiger to score 40 points in two years in college. “I can play at my own games in a career (and he came three pace,” says Martin. “I can get players — points shy of doing on offense or defense it a third time). A — to play at my pace. I player who seemed can speed them up, or Jeremiah misplaced upon his change speeds. I didn’t Martin arrival will leave the envision myself being program among the the same player I was most memorable of last year. It comes with all time. “It’s been a putting in the work.” journey,” emphasizes Martin counts Faragi Martin, “but it’s been Phillips, his coach at great, no regrets. No Mitchell (and currently looking back.” the coach at Whitehaven Martin’s journey High School), among has included time those who’ve made the with three different greatest impact on his rise head coaches. His first as a player and person. practice was at the Larry Finch Center. He remains Memphis to the deepest part His last will be at the extravagant of his core, a connection he’s relished this Laurie-Walton Family Basketball winter as the city has come to celebrate Center. “It’s a different program,” says his remarkable play. “I could’ve left,” says Martin. “Every coach has different Martin, “but I was loyal to the city, even philosophies. My first year was a more than the coaches. I love this city. I struggle, the transition from high get to be with my family.” school. Coach [Josh] Pastner was With a one-year-old daughter, Maralways on me about playing hard, tin has all the more reason to play near making myself fit in. I was turned into home, but he’s prepared for what’s next, a full-time point guard; that was one of wherever “next” may be. “I want to play the hardest parts. Coach [Tubby] Smith in the NBA,” he says. “That’s my dream, was about doing everything the right what drives me. That should be everyway. And Coach [Penny] Hardaway body’s ultimate goal at this level. I want shows us how to be a pro.” to be there, long term.” Whether or Few players in Memphis history not his name gets called in June’s draft, personify the concept of development Martin intends to play professionally, if at the college level like Martin. After not in the NBA, perhaps the G League stumbling as a freshman, Martin took or overseas. But for now, there are a few command of the Tiger offense as a more games in blue and gray. Jeremiah sophomore, handing out more than Martin will finish his Tiger career as livtwice as many assists (142) as turnovers ing proof that some stars shine bright(63), then earned second-team allest when not born, but made.
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The New Memphis Institute works to make Memphis “magnetic.” What that means in practical terms is that they aim to get folks rooted and engaged, because if you’re involved in your Calling all Bluff City history buffs community, chances are you’ll stay in that community. They have three programs: Embark for 20-somethings; Fellows for those in their 30s; and Intensive Senior Executive for director types. They hold “Instant Memphian” events for newcomers, teaching them the Tiger fight song or pointing them to a good barbecue spot. Their popular Exposure day event, held around the first of September (9-01), involves a celebrity kickball day and beer. “Memphis 101” is an event they hold regularly. It’s led by Jon Campbell and Ken Taylor. “It’s history class, essentially,” says Anna Thompson, communications specialist for New Memphis. “Why we are where we’re at, to make more sense of this.” The next “Memphis 101” will be Tuesday, March 19th, at the National Civil Rights Museum. The event is described as a crash course that will explore “why Memphis is the place it is today and how our history impacts where we are headed.” The evening will be divided into themes like music, food, politics, etc. “We’ll go into why we were a music hub and what being a birthplace of rock-and-roll did for other music of today,” Thompson says. Thompson says they’ll also get into some uncomfortable topics, such as systematic repression. Thompson notes that the class may be of special interest because of the upcoming Memphis bicentennial. Folks should know what’s what. And, it’s worth pointing out there there will be food and drink at the event: Central BBQ and local beers. Very Memphis.
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The Pushouts Crosstown Arts, 7-9 p.m. Indie Memphis presents this screening of this documentary following a man who goes from gang member to professor. Up Above My Head Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 7-9 p.m. An exploration of the soul explosion of the 1960s led by scholar Mark Anthony Neal.
Booksigning by Caroline Eubanks Novel, 6 p.m. A booksigning and discussion by the author of the travel book, This Is My South.
Free Gallery 430, 8 p.m. Featuring art by Marquze Killion and music by DJ KwaynE. Presented by ilanostgia.
Beer and Cheese Pairing Class Crosstown Brewing, 7 p.m., $20 Cheese need not necessarily be paired with wine. Learn all about it during this class, presented by Joe’s and Crosstown Brewing.
“Between the Lines” Marshall Arts Gallery, 6-8 p.m. Opening reception of this group show with work by Tom Nicolson, Tawny Skye, Heather Wetzler, and Marcus Menefee. Space Jam The Orpheum, 7 p.m., $6-$8 Screening of this 1996 hit in which Michael Jordan in enlisted by the Looney Toons to help them win a game of basketball.
“No Look Past” David Lusk Gallery, 6-8 p.m. Opening reception for this exhibition by Brandon Donahue featuring Donahue’s “basketball blooms,” sliced opened basketballs repurposed as art. Also opening is Rana Rochat’s “New Work.” “Migration Now” Ross Gallery, Christian Brothers University, 5:30 p.m. Opening reception for this exhibition of handmade prints addressing migrant issues, from Justseeds and CultureStrike. Also opening is Vanessa Gonzalez’ “Mi Casa es Your House,” which explores Gonzalez’ Mexican-American identity.
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Water Everywhere By Susan Ellis Water is necessary for life, but it can also be destructive. “Women’s Water” will dive into all of water’s aspects during this poetry/performance event. “Women’s Water” is not put on by a specific group. It’s friends going on stage sharing their poetry/gifts — going with the flow, as it were. Among those participating are Bria Brown, Jasmine Settles, Akina Morrow, MadameFraankie, and Rheannan Watson. Settles says water signifies birth, renewal, and cleansing. The link between women and water is strong. Settles points to women carrying life as the biggest example. “Women’s Water” will be divided into three phases: drought, flood, and dance. The drought section will denote a “lack thereof,” Settles says. It will take a look at when people don’t have the basic necessities. Flood will cover the feeling of drowning, when life becomes too much. Dance will be about how we move through the phases. And while one of the phases is titled “Dance,” the only dancing during “Women’s Water” will be symbolic. “It’s how we move through life,” Settles explains. Settles says there will be some heavy topics touched on, like Hurricane Katrina and the Flint Water Crisis. And, of course, the Mississippi River will make an appearance. “Yeah,” Settles says, “we mention the Mississippi often.” “WOMEN’S WATER: THE EMERGENCE OF DROUGHT, FLOOD, AND DANCE” AT EVERGREEN THEATRE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MARCH 15TH-16TH, 7 P.M.
A Night to Remember with Inon Barnatan Germantown Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m., $45-$70 Celebrated pianist Inon Barnatan joins the Iris Orchestra for this concert. St. Pawtrick’s Day Lucky’s Social Club (730 S. Main), noon-6 p.m. Soft opening for this new bar/dog park, with live music, dog-centric vendors, food trucks, beer, and more. Encore party Sunday starting at noon.
SUNDAY March 17 Lit & Libations: Maurice Carlos Ruffin Novel, 6 p.m. Ruffin is the latest guest of the Lit & Libations series, which features themed drinks and appetizers. Ruffin is the author of We Cast a Shadow, a satire of racism. Silky O’Sullivan St. Patrick’s Day Parade Beale Street, noon Annual parade down Beale Street with Memphis queen Paula Raiford as Grand Marshall.
Tipsy Nerf Battle Brunch Railgarten, noon, $10 It is what it sounds like. Features mimosas and mocktails. The Emerald Isle Elmwood Theatre, 2 p.m. A seated presentation on the Irish and Scots who are buried at Elmwood. There will be Irishthemed treats and beer.
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or about 15 years, Four years later, he gathered a band Patrick Haggerty was in Seattle to make Lavender Country. content to play country “People ask why I chose country as a standards for audiences genre to do gay stuff. Well, in 1973 it at retirement homes. didn’t matter what genre you chose. “The old songs from You were on the outs anyway, so what the ’50s I heard in my childhood stuck did it matter? to my ribs,” he says. “Those were the “One thing that was really songs people wanted to hear.” significant about the Lavender Country Then, about six years ago, he got album, was that it was Stonewall a call from a music label executive Riot, out, gay liberationist folk who offering him a contract. “That never produced this album,” Haggerty says. happens, right? Almost all artists push “It was a community-sponsored event. and push to get anybody to think about I could have never done it by myself. listening to their songs, much less I think it’s important, looking at the offering them a contract. … I knew politics of it. Yeah, I wrote all the songs; they were selling encyclopedias, that it I’m the lead singer. I get all that. But it couldn’t possibly be true. But it was.” was Seattle’s gay community that made The label, Paradise of Bachelors, Lavender Country.” wanted to reissue an album Haggerty made in 1973 called Patrick Haggerty Lavender Country. It was the first gay country album ever recorded. “I lived my whole life without acknowledgement and recognition. When we made Lavender Country, gay country was so completely outof-the-ballpark absurd that no one would touch it with a 10-foot pole.” Haggerty grew up on a dairy farm near the Canadian border in the 1950s. “Rural Washington in 1955 was very much In 1973, the album made barely like rural Tennessee,” he says. “Maybe a ripple. “So I lived a life of political a little more progressive, but not much. activism, did a lot of social work, and What we heard on the radio while we were raised kids,” Haggerty says. milking cows was country music.” But all that changed with one phone Hank Williams, Jimmy Reed, and call. Lavender Country was music review Bonnie Guitar made an indelible website Pitchfork’s Best New Reissue of impression on him, but, he says “My 2014, and Haggerty has been drawing real, true love, when it comes to country, attention ever since. He’s been the subject was Patsy Cline. I really related to her.” of three documentaries and is currently Haggerty was one of 11 children. His in negotiations for a Hollywood biopic. father bought him his first guitar at age After his spring tour, he will go to nine. “He was an unusual man for his San Francisco to accompany the new time and place. He looked like Pa Kettle. Lavender Country ballet. He had clodhopper boots and carried On March 19th, Haggerty will play around a coffee can that he spit his juice the Hi-Tone with Memphis bands the into. He was missing half his teeth. He Dixie Dicks and the Paisley Fields.“I’ve really looked like a bumpkin, but that never been to Memphis, so this is was a disguise. … He never denigrated exciting for me,” he says. “Who wouldn’t me or put me down. He never said I want to do music in Memphis?” can’t do that, even though I was doing Haggerty, a self-described socialist drag and wearing blonde, bailing-twine revolutionary about to turn 75, says he’s wigs, and singing show tunes, and right where he wants to be. “At this stage dancing on his tractors — and being of the game, especially given what’s been completely incompetent at farming.” going on in this country right now, to In 1969, Haggerty was living in be able to use Lavender Country as a Missoula, Montana, and playing in the vehicle for social transformation, the burgeoning protest folk scene. “The very reason I made it in the first place, is day after the Stonewall riots happened, beyond a dream come true.” Patrick Haggerty plays the Hi-Tone I came out — by myself — in Missoula. March 19th, with openers the Dixie I just couldn’t stand it any longer. I Dicks and the Paisley Fields. heard the call, and I jumped out.”
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After Dark: Live Music Schedule March 14 - 20 Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711
Gary Hardy & Memphis 2 Thursdays-Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; Karaoke Thursdays, TuesdaysWednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Sundays-Mondays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Mandi Thomas Fridays, Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; The 901 Heavy Hitters Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Flyin’ Ryan Fridays, Saturdays, 2:30 a.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Sundays, 6-9 p.m.
B.B. King’s Blues Club 143 BEALE 524-KING
The King Beez Thursdays, 5 p.m.; B.B. King’s All Stars Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m. and Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.
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
King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room
Handy Bar
Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Fillman Duo Friday, March 15, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Saturday, March 16, 8 p.m.-midnight.
168 BEALE 576-2220
200 BEALE 527-2687
The Amazing Rhythmatics Tuesdays, Thursdays-Sundays, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.
Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE 529-0007
St. Paddy’s Day with DJ Debonair Saturday, March 16, 4-10 p.m.; Memphis Music Monday Third Monday of every month, 6-9 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.
The Rusty Pieces Sunday, March 17, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Blind Bear Speakeasy 119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435
Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.
Brass Door Irish Pub
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.
225 S. MAIN 525-3000
Benise’s FUEGO! Saturday, March 16, 7:30 p.m.
Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700
Hillbilly Mojo Sunday, March 17, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.
Mot & Ed’s 1354 MADISON 249-8976
Richard Wilson Every other Friday, 5-7 p.m.
152 MADISON 572-1813
Live Music Fridays; Carma Karaoke with Carla Worth Saturdays, 9-11 p.m.
Center for Southern Folklore 123 S. MAIN AT PEABODY TROLLEY STOP 525-3655
Zeke Johnson Saturday, March 16, 7-10 p.m.
182 BEALE 528-0150
Silky O’Sullivan’s
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.
117 BARBORO ALLEY 249-6580
Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall
King’s Palace Cafe Patio
162 BEALE 521-1851
Belle Tavern
182 BEALE 528-0150
Eric Hughes Band Wednesdays, Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.; Pam & Terry Friday, March 15, 5:308:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 16, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; FreeWorld Friday, March 15, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Saturday, March 16, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Memphis Blues Masters Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Vince Johnson and Plantation Allstars Mondays, Tuesdays, 7-11 p.m.
David Bowen Thursdays, 5:309:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m., and Sundays, 5:30-9:30 p.m.
King’s Palace Cafe
The Halloran Centre
Rum Boogie Cafe
Memphis Blues Masters Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight and Friday, March 15, 8 p.m.-midnight; Little Boys Blue Saturday, March 16, 8 p.m.midnight; Cowboy Neil Band Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.
162 BEALE 521-1851
ers with Roland and Friends Mondays, 7-10 p.m.
Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY
Adam McClelland Thursday, March 14, 7 p.m.; Someday Now Friday, March 15, 9 p.m.; Bobbie Stacks and Friends Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.
Earnestine & Hazel’s
The Orpheum 203 S. MAIN 525-3000
Amos Lee Saturday, March 16, 7:30 p.m.; John Mellencamp Sunday, March 17, 8 p.m.
Paulette’s 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.
Flying Saucer Draught Emporium 130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536
The Rusty Pieces Saturday, March 16, 8-11 p.m.; Songwrit-
The Rusty Pieces Friday, March 15, 6-9 p.m.
The Vault 124 GE PATTERSON
Eric Hughes Friday, March 15, 8 p.m.; Andrew Cabigao Saturday, March 16, 8 p.m.
Medical Center Sunrise 670 JEFFERSON
Ghost Town Blues Band Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Savannah Long Sunday, March 17, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
South Main South Main Sounds 550 S. MAIN 494-6543
Nancy Apple, Cowboy Bob Sawyer, Alice Hasen, Jordie Baizan Friday, March 15, 7 p.m.; Nashville Songwriter’s Assn. Intnl. (NSAI) Memphis Chapter Meeting Every third Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Regina’s 60 N. MAIN
Richard Wilson Saturdays, Sundays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Open Mic Night Saturdays, 4-7 p.m.
531 S. MAIN 523-9754
Amber Rae Dunn Hosts: Open Mic Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.
Sleep Out Louie’s 150 PEABODY PL SUITE 111 ENTRANCE ON, S 2ND ST
Rumba Room
B-Side 1555 MADISON AVE
303 S. MAIN 523-0020
The City Fathers with Kitchens & Bathrooms Sunday, March 17, 8:30 p.m.
The Silly Goose
964 S. COOPER 272-0830
Salsa Night Saturdays, 8:30 p.m.-3 a.m.
100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915
DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.
Bar DKDC Stephen Chopek Thursday, March 14; Lucky 7 Brass Band Friday, March 15; The Curls Saturday, March 16; Jana Misner
March 14-20, 2019
Blind Mississippi Morris Thursday, March 14, 8 p.m.-midnight and Saturday, March 16, 5-9 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Friday, March 15, 5-9 p.m. and Saturday, March 16, 12:30-4:30 p.m.; Jonathan Ellison Friday, March 15, 9:30 p.m.1:30 a.m. and Saturday, March 16, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Brandon Cunning BAND Sunday, March 17, 5-9 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.; Jason James with Rodney Polk Monday, March 18,
7-11 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
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After Dark: Live Music Schedule March 14 - 20
Sunday Brunch with Joyce Cobb Sundays, 11:30 a.m.2:30 p.m.
Canvas
Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 312-6058
Surface-to-Air Band, featuring “Darin’” Dave & “Partie” Artie Sunday, March 17, 4-7 p.m.; Frankie Holly & the Noise Sunday, March 17, 8:30 p.m.midnight.
Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097
Marcella and Her Lovers Thursday, March 14, 6 p.m.; Graham Winchester Thursday, March 14, 9 p.m.; Almost Elton John & the RocketMen: St. Patricks Day
Marsha Ambrosius Friday, March 15, 7 p.m.; Puddles Pity Party Saturday, March 16, 7 p.m.; Tank and the Bangas Saturday, March 16, 9 p.m.; Mipso Skylar with Gudasz Sunday, March 17, 7 p.m.; Travis Greene & Mosaic MSC Monday, March 18, 6 p.m.
Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193
DJ Willow Friday, March 15.
Poplar/I-240 Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300
University of Memphis The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND
DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Mustache the Band Saturday, March 16, 9 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.
Risky Whiskey Band Thursday, March 14, 7-11 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Randy and Jill’s Wedding Reception Saturday, March 16, 6 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Sunday, March 17, 8 p.m.-midnight; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.
Kyle Pruzina Live Mondays, 10 p.m.-midnight.
Collierville
Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Candy Company Mondays.
Huey’s Collierville 2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455
The Cove
Young Petty Thieves Sunday, March 17, 8-11:30 p.m.
2559 BROAD 730-0719
Ed Finney & Neptune’s Army with Deb Swiney Thursdays, 8 p.m.; The Skitch Friday, March 15, 9 p.m.; Bluff City Backsliders Saturday, March 16, 9 p.m.; David Collins Frog Squad Sunday, March 17, 6 p.m.; The Tailored Makers Monday, March 18, 6 p.m.; Richard Wilson Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m.; Ben Minden-Birkenmaier Wednesdays, 6 p.m. and Wednesday, March 20, 6 p.m.
Cordova Delta Blues Winery 6585 STEWART
Tom Howe Sunday, March 17, 2:30-5:30 p.m.
T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova 8071 TRINITY 756-4480
The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.
The Evergreen Theatre
Frayser/Millington
1705 POPLAR 274-7139
Women’s Water: The Emergence of Drought, Flood, and Dance Friday, March 15, 7-9 p.m. and Saturday, March 16, 7-9 p.m.
Shake Rag Bar 8902 RANKIN BRANCH 876-5255
The Risky Whiskey Boys Friday, March 15, 8 p.m.-midnight.
Growlers 1911 POPLAR 244-7904
HEELS, Riverside Odds, BEG Thursday, March 14, 8 p.m.; Pro Wrestling Trainwreck Friday, March 15, 8 p.m.; Sleeping Fit, Flirting With Sincerity, the Ellie Badge, Blvck Hippie Friday, March 15, 8 p.m.; Eric Hutchinson Saturday, March 16, 7 p.m.; The Jibs, Nine Blind, Men & the Tiger, and Pixie Jean Sunday, March 17, 8 p.m.; YATRA, Kroil., and Ape Vermin Monday, March 18, 8 p.m.; Lavender Country, Pailey Fields, and the Dixie Dicks Tuesday, March 19, 8 p.m.; Ben Eisenberger, Tom Bartolemei, and Wallace Leopard Wednesday, March 20, 8 p.m.
Twin Soul Friday, March 15, 9 p.m. and Saturday, March 16, 9 p.m.; MusicBoxx Sunday, March 17, 5:30 p.m.; Red Letter Day Wednesday, March 20, 8 p.m.
Steak Night with Tony Butler and the Shelby Forest Pioneers Fridays, 6-8 p.m.
Celtic Crossing
Hi-Tone
Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006
7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770
903 S. COOPER 274-5151
412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE
Bartlett
Shelby Forest General Store
1737 MADISON 443-5232
Parkway & Columbia, Fate Hates Me, and iwhwiwak Thursday, March 14, 7 p.m.; Isn’t He Lovely: A Night with Ed Johnson Friday, March 15, 7 p.m.; Tropic Like It’s Hot featuring Flintwick, Z Dougie, and more Friday, March 15, 10 p.m.; Spring Breakdown Saturday, March 16, 7 p.m.; Bane/ Backwoods Payback, the Ghost Next Door, and Hazytones Sunday, March 17, 7 p.m.; Truett with Chris Hamlett and A.M. Whiskey Monday, March 18, 8 p.m.; Parachute Day with Not Tight & colin. Tuesday, March 19, 8 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.
1-2:30 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.
Germantown Germantown Performing Arts Center 1801 EXETER 751-7500
IRIS Orchestra: A Night to Remember with pianist Inon Barnatan Saturday, March 16, 7:30-9:15 p.m.
North Mississippi/ Tunica Hollywood Casino Party Friday, March 15, 10 p.m.; Blackwater Trio Saturday, March 16, 2 p.m.; Kudzu Kings with Special Guest Cary Hudson Saturday, March 16, 8 p.m.; The Liberty Bowlers Sunday, March 17, 4 p.m.; The Faculty Tuesday, March 19, 7 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesday, March 20, 5:30 p.m.
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1934 POPLAR 544-6209
IRIS Orchestra at the Brooks featuring pianist Inon Barnatan Sunday, March 17, 3-5 p.m.
Midtown Crossing Grill 394 N. WATKINS 443-0502
Natalie James and the Professor Saturdays, Sundays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; “The Happening” Open Songwriter Showcase Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906
Rockstar Karaoke Fridays; Jonathan, VOLK, Martin Atkins Sunday, March 17; Open Mic Music Mondays, 9 p.m.midnight; HMPH and Not Tight Wednesday, March 20.
Railgarten 2160 CENTRAL
Silent Disco Friday, March 15, 9 p.m.; Jason D. Williams Saturday, March 16, 7 p.m.; St. Paddy’s Day with Drivin’ & Cryin’ Sunday, March 17, 7 p.m.
Sounds Good Memphis 831 COOPER 504-6705
Eugene Chadbourne, Nonconnah, and Jenny Davis Saturday, March 16.
1150 CASINO STRIP RESORT, TUNICA, MS 662-357-7700
East Memphis
Live Entertainment Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
Christ United Methodist Church 4488 POPLAR 683-3521
So Shall We Rejoice Tuesday, March 19, 7:30-9 p.m.
Whitehaven/ Airport
Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House
Marlowe’s Ribs & Restaurant
551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200
4381 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-4159
Larry Cunningham ThursdaysSaturdays; Aislynn Rappe Sundays; Keith Kimbrough Mondays-Wednesdays.
Karaoke with DJ Stylez Thursdays, Sundays, 10 p.m.; TRIO PLUS Third Friday of every month.
Theatre Memphis
Rock-n-Roll Cafe
630 PERKINS EXT. 682-8323
3855 ELVIS PRESLEY 398-6528
Senior Arts Series Wednesday, March 20, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Elvis Tribute featuring Michael Cullipher Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Live Entertainment Mondays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Elvis Gospel Music Show Fridays,
Huey’s Southaven 7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097
The Memphis Yahoos Sunday, March 17, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.
Landers Center 4660 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-280-9120
Winter Jam Tour Spectacular 2019 Sunday, March 17, 6-10 p.m.
Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576
Open Mic Night Thursdays, 6 p.m.-midnight; Blues Jam hosted by Brad Webb Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.
m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m
Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222
Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Saturday, March 16; Mary Gagz and Her Gaggle of Drags Monday, March 18, 8:30 p.m.; Kate Teague and French for Rabbits Monday, March 18, 10:30 p.m.; Gooch Palms and Yesse Yavis Tuesday, March 19; Das Body with Melinda Wednesday, March 20, 10:30 p.m.
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CALENDAR of EVENTS:
March 14 - 20
T H EAT E R
Circuit Playhouse
Madagascar: A Musical Adventure, based on the animated film, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the hip-hop Hippo, and the plotting penguins escape from their home in Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey. (937-6496), www. playhouseonthesquare.org. Saturdays, Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays, Fridays, 7 p.m. Through April 7. 51 S. COOPER (725-0776).
The Orpheum
Fiddler on the Roof, story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and the timeless traditions that define faith and family. www. orpheum-memphis.com. $25$125. March 19-24. 203 S. MAIN (525-3000).
Playhouse on the Square
Significant Other, romantic Jordan is single, and finding Mr. Right is easier said than done. So, for now, he wards off lonely nights with his trio of close-knit girlfriends. But as singles’ nights turn into bachelorette parties, Jordan finds that supporting the ones you love can be as impossible as finding love itself. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. Through March 24. 66 S. COOPER (726-4656).
Theatre Memphis
1776, the nation is ready to declare independence … if only the founding fathers can agree. www. theatrememphis.org. $35. Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m., Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Through March 31. 630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).
Send the date, time, place, cost, info, phone number, a brief description, and photos — two weeks in advance — to calendar@memphisflyer.com or P.O. Box 1738, Memphis, TN 38101. DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS WILL APPEAR IN THE FLYER’S ONLINE CALENDAR ONLY.
Opening reception for “Mi Casa es Your House” by Vanessa Gonzalez at Ross Gallery at CBU, Friday, March 15th
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.
A R TI S T R EC E P TI O N S
METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380), WWW.METALMUSEUM.ORG.
430 Gallery
“Free,” exhibition of work by Marquze Killion. Music by DJ KwaynE. www.crosstownarts. org. Fri., March 15, 8 p.m.
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.
430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).
David Lusk Gallery
Opening Reception for “No Look Past,” exhibition of new work by Brandon Donahue. Fri., March 15. Opening Reception for “What Remains,” exhibition of new work by Rana Rochat. www. davidluskgallery.com. Fri., March 15.
WWW.MEMPHISMAGAZINE.COM.
O N G O I N G ART
Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)
97 TILLMAN (767-3800).
Marshall Arts Gallery
“Dear Artist,” exhibition of work on loan. Artists include Lisa Alonso, Nakeya Brown, Burton Callicott, Carroll Cloar, Jennifer Crescuillo, William Eggleston, and others. www.memphis.edu/amum. Through June 1. “Africa: Art of a Continent,” permanent exhibition of African art from the Martha and Robert Fogelman collection. Ongoing.
Opening Reception for “Between the Lines,” exhibition of works by Tom Nicolson, Tawny Skye, Heather Wetzler, and Marcus Menefee. (500-7001), Fri., March 15, 6-8 p.m. 639 MARSHALL (679-6837).
Ross Gallery
Opening Reception for “Migration Now,” traveling exhibition of a limited-edition portfolio of handmade prints that address migrant issues from the organizations Justseeds and CultureStrike. www.cbu.edu/gallery. Fri., March 15. Opening Reception for “Mi Casa es Your House,” exhibition of new work by Vanessa Gonzalez, exploring her Mexican-American identity, while celebrating and exploring her Mexican heritage. www.cbu.edu/gallery. Fri., March 15, 5:30-7:30 p.m. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3000).
142 COMMUNICATION & FINE ARTS BUILDING (678-2224).
Art Village Gallery
“Out of Africa: Inhabitants of the Earth,” exhibition of work by Nigerian artist Uchay Joel Chima. www.artvillagegallery. com. Ongoing. OT H E R A R T HAPPE N I NGS
Artists’ Link Meeting
Speakers include Jason Miller: March; Marc Rouillard: April; Shane McDermott: May. Third Monday of every month, 6:30 p.m., and Thurs., March 14, 6:30 p.m.
Fund-raiser auction benefiting Mid-South Sober Living, with art, music by the Bluff City Backsliders, and sparkling beverages and hors d’oeuvres. $35. Fri., March 15, 6-9 p.m.
Casting Demonstration
Saturdays, Sundays, 1:30 p.m. METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380), WWW. METALMUSEUM.ORG.
CROSSTOWN ARTS AT THE CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE AVE., SUITE 280 (713-2728), WWW.MIDSOUTHSOBERLIVING.ORG.
410 S. MAIN (521-0782).
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).
March 14-20, 2019
JASON’S DELI, 3473 POPLAR (324-3181).
Canvases Art Auction
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CALENDAR Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School
“This Place, This Time,” exhibition of new work by Siphne A. Sylve. Through April 15. 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).
Clough-Hanson Gallery
“Monument Lab: Prototypes/Proposals,” exhibition of new works by Kara Crombie, Jamel Shabazz, Michelle Angela Ortiz, and Marisa Williamson. The exhibition reflects on the monuments society has inherited and imagines future monuments yet to be built. www.rhodes. edu/events. Tues.-Sat. Through March 16. RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000).
Crosstown Concourse
“R&D,” a collection of artwork from the fall 2018 University of Memphis sculpture students. Ongoing. 1350 CONCOURSE AVE.
David Lusk Gallery
“No Look Past,” exhibition of new work by Brandon Donahue. www.davidluskgallery.com. Through April 6. “What Remains,” exhibition of new work by Rana Rochat. www.davidluskgallery.com. Through April 6. 97 TILLMAN (767-3800).
The Dixon Gallery & Gardens
“Eye to Eye: A New Look at the Dixon Collection,” exhibition of select works from the Dixon’s collection, shown in a new light. The works will be organized by theme, highlighting some of the major ideas that influenced the art produced in Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. www.dixon. org. Through April 14. 4339 PARK (761-5250).
EACC Fine Arts Center Gallery
“Your Name Is Not Your Own,” exhibition of new work by Louise Mandumbwa. www.eacc.edu. Mondays-Fridays. Through March 29. EAST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 1700 NEWCASTLE, FORREST CITY, AR.
Eclectic Eye
“#GildTheDelta,” exhibition of new work by Norwood Creech. Each piece is adapted from paint and pastels that incorporate gold and silver gilding, or metallic effects, as a part of the creation process. eclectic-eye.com/. Through April 10.
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242 S. COOPER (276-3937).
509 S. MAIN (647-9242).
FireHouse Community Arts Center Mosal Morszart, exhibition of works by Black Arts Alliance artist. www. memphisblackartsalliance.org. Ongoing. 985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).
Gallery 1091
“For Art’s Sake: 2 for the Show at ’KNO,” exhibition of works by Don Meyers and David Tankersley. www.wkno.org/gallery1091.html. Through March 29. WKNO STUDIO, 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).
Germantown Performing Arts Center
“Parsing Banality: Post-Painterly Art of Dilettantism,” exhibition of new work by Steven Heard in the lobby gallery. (751-7500), www. gpacweb.com. Through March 31, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 1801 EXETER (751-7500).
Graceland
“Hillbilly Rock,” exhibition featuring items from the Marty Stuart Collection. www.graceland.com. Ongoing. 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322).
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“Musical and Memphis Images,” exhibition of work by Wayne Russell. Through March 30. Folk Artists, exhibition of work by Debra Edge, John Sadowski, Nancy White, Bill Brookshire, and other folk artists. Ongoing.
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“Let It Flow: Art from the Heart,” exhibition of new work by Kevin Chiles. www. javacabanacoffeehouse.com/. Through March 31. 2170 YOUNG (272-7210).
Jay Etkin Gallery
“Contemporary Influences of African Tribal Art,” exhibition of African art. (550-0064), jayetkingallery.com/. Through March 16. David Hall, exhibition of watercolor works on paper. www.jayetkingallery.com. Ongoing. 942 COOPER (550-0064).
L Ross Gallery
“/ôr’ganik/,” exhibition of work by Jeni Stallings. (7672200), www.lrossgallery.com. Tuesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through March 29. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).
Marshall Arts Gallery
“Between the Lines,” exhibition of works by Tom Nicolson, Tawny Skye, Heather Wetzler, and Marcus Menefee. (5007001), March 15-21. “Love of Art” and “Memphis,” exhibition of work by Nikki Gardner and Debra Edge by appointment only. Ongoing.
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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. “Native Son,” exhibition of sculpture and sound installation by multimedia artist Terry Adkins. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through Sept. 3. Rotunda Projects: Federico Uribe, exhibition of magical creatures and playful installations from everyday objects. www.brooksmuseum. org. Through Oct. 11. “About Face,” exhibition located in the Education Gallery highlighting the different ways artists interpret the connection between emotion and expression. www. brooksmuseum.org. 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.
Memphis Botanic Garden Folding Fun Saturdays, visit the Folding Fun table and learn a new origami fold, explore different plants that make paper, and make a paper airplane before touring the exhibit. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Through March 30. “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. “SILKSATIONS,” exhibition of paintings and collages Phyllis Boger. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through March 31. “Things That Move Me,” exhibition of work of Mary Spellings. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through March 31. 750 CHERRY (636-4100).
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art “American Haiku,” exhibition of woodcuts by Memphis artist Ted Faiers. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through May 12. “Arts of Global Africa,” exhibition of historic and contemporary works in a range of different media presenting
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The Evergreen Theatre
“Take Note: The Final Faculty Biennial Exhibition,” exhibition of work of current and former faculty and Professors Emeriti, showcasing MCA’s rich and diverse teaching artists from over the past 83 years. (272-5100), mca.edu/. Through March 17, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 1930 POPLAR (272-5100).
Metal Museum
“Crafting a Legacy: 40 Years of Collecting and Exhibiting at the Metal Museum,” in honor of its 40th anniversary, the Metal Museum presents an exhibition of past, current, and future Master Metalsmiths and Tributaries artists, who represent the heights of achievement and the promising future of the metals field. (774-6380), Sundays, 12-5 p.m., and Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through May 12. “Tributaries,” exhibition of new work by Tanya Crane. www.metalmuseum.org. Through April 7.
Memphis Black Arts Alliance presents this show featuring Memphis’ best singers, dancers, musicians, and production pros. $25. March 15-16, 7 p.m. BUCKMAN ARTS CENTER AT ST. MARY’S SCHOOL, 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483), MBAAFIREHOUSE.ORG/.
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.
Comma Comedians Present: 1,2,3 Comedy, Every other Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. 95 S. MAIN (473-9573).
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You Look Like, a monthly showcase of spite, battle of bitchery, and competition of “Oh, hell no.” Watch the quickest wits from all over the country talk mad shit. (283-3814), $8. Third Saturday of every month, 9-11 p.m. 1532 MADISON (726-0906).
Women’s Water: The Emergence of Drought, Flood, and Dance, staged performance embracing the art of water, watering, and the watered. All poems are original content written by Bria Brown and Jasmine Settles. Appropriate for all ages. womenswater.info. $20. Fri., March 15, 7-9 p.m., and Sat., March 16, 7-9 p.m. 1705 POPLAR (274-7139).
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MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).
374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).
Overton Park Gallery
Dorothy Northern and Jennifer Sargent, exhibition of works. Ongoing. 1581 OVERTON PARK (229-2967).
Ross Gallery
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“Mi Casa es Your House,” exhibition of new work by Vanessa Gonzalez, exploring her Mexican-American identity, while celebrating and exploring her Mexican heritage. www. cbu.edu/gallery. Fridays, 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Saturdays, 12-4 p.m., and Sundays, 1-11 p.m. Through April 7. “Migration Now,” traveling exhibition of a limited-edition portfolio of handmade prints that address migrant issues from the organizations Justseeds and CultureStrike. www.cbu.edu/ gallery. Fridays, 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Saturdays, 12-4 p.m., Sundays, 1-11 p.m., and MondaysThursdays, 7:45 a.m.-11 p.m. Through April 10. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3000).
Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum “Images of Africa Before & After the Middle Passage,” exhibition of photography by Jeff and Shaakira Edison. (527-3427), slavehavenmemphis.com/. Ongoing. 826 NORTH SECOND STREET (527-3427).
St. George’s Episcopal Church
Cotton Patchers Quilt Exhibit, exhibition of a range of quilting styles. (754-7282), Mon.-Fri., Sun., 9 a.m. Through March 18. 2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
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“Passing Through: The Friends of Don Nix,” exhibition of work by Nix. Includes photos of many of the friends Nix made along the way, including George Harrison, Leon Russell, Furry Lewis, and others. www.staxmuseum.com. March 15-April 30. 926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).
Sue Layman Designs
Sue Layman Designs Ongoing Art, exhibition of oil-on-canvas paintings featuring brilliant colors and daring geometric shapes. (409-7870), suelaymandesigns.com. Ongoing. 125 G.E. PATTERSON (409-7870).
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
T Clifton Art Gallery
“Vibrant Journeys,” exhibition of work by Jeannine Paul. Oil and acrylic paintings inspired by the artist’s travels. (323-2787), Through March 30, 5-8 p.m. 2571 BROAD (323-2787).
Talbot Heirs
Debra Edge Art. Ongoing. 99 S. SECOND (527-9772).
Tops Gallery: Madison Avenue Park
“Hawkins Bolden,” exhibition of scarecrow pieces crafted with discarded materials. (340-0134), www.topsgallery.com. Through March 25. 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).
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B O O KS I G N I N G S
The Great Departure: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World
Booksigning by Caroline Eubanks
Author discusses and signs her new book, This Is My South. Thurs., March 14, 6 p.m. NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (9225526), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.
Booksigning by C.J. Box
Author discusses and signs his new novel, Wolf Pack. Mon., March 18, 6 p.m. NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (9225526), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.
Booksigning by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Author discusses and signs his new novel, We Cast a Shadow. Sat., March 16, 6 p.m. NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (9225526), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.
Booksigning by McKenna Bray
Author discusses and signs her book, Pippa. Sat., March 16, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. BARNES & NOBLE, 2774 N. GERMANTOWN (386-2468), WWW. BARNESANDNOBLE.COM.
Booksigning by Steven Mulroy
Author discusses and signs his new book, Rethinking U.S. Election Law. Tues., March 19, 6 p.m.
George Harrison (left) and Don Nix in “Passing Through: The Friends of Don Nix” at Stax Museum, March 15th-April 30th
This talk by Tara Zahra considers the Europeans who moved to the Americas between 1846 and 1940, irrevocably changing both their new lands and the ones they left behind. Held in the River Room, 300 University Center. Thurs., March 14, 6 p.m.
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Calvary Episcopal Church Tours
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Docent-led tours discuss stained glass windows, architecture, and symbols in Christian art. Private tours available upon request. Free. Second Wednesday, Sunday of every month, 11:15 a.m.
Lenten Preaching Series and Waffle Shop
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This year’s series features national and local spiritual leaders from a variety of backgrounds and religions, including Dr. Diana Butler Bass, Dr. Brian McLauren, and the Very Rev. Barkley Thompson. Serving homemade waffles, tomato aspic, chicken salad, and other daily specials. All proceeds support outreach ministries across the city of Memphis. Tuesdays, Fridays, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Through April 12. CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 102 N. SECOND (525-6602).
City Tasting Tours
Memphis 101
Learn about the rich cultural heritage of the Bluff City during this interactive crash course exploring why Memphis is the place it is today and how its history impacts where the city is headed. Free. Tues., March 19, 6-8 p.m. NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM, 450 MULBERRY (527-4625).
Run This Town: Women in Memphis Music
Panel discussion about the intersections between three roads that all lead to Soulsville. Featuring Joyce Cobb, Tonya Dyson, and Brenae Johnson. Fri., March 15, 1-2:30 p.m. STAX MUSEUM OF AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC, 926 E. MCLEMORE (9462535), WWW.STAXMUSEUM.COM.
“Up Above My Head”
Mark Anthony Neal explores the music and personalities of the post-1968 “Soul Explosion” and draws deeper meaning from Stax’s catalog of secularized gospel music. Thurs., March 14, 7-9 p.m. STAX MUSEUM OF AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC, 926 E. MCLEMORE (9462535), WWW.STAXMUSEUM.COM.
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.
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Making Memphis: Storytelling with Jimmy Ogle
Sixth Annual Jewish Literary and Cultural Arts Series
The lunch and learn series covers topics such as women in Memphis, black history, Memphis music, the historic riverfront, memorials and historical markers, and more. The event is free, but guests will need to reserve seats at www.pinkpalacejimmyogle. brownpapertickets.com. Mon., Thurs., 12-1 p.m. Through March 14. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.JIMMYOGLE.COM.
Spring Tram Tours
The tour will focus on the Origami at the Garden exhibit. Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon, and Sundays, 12-3 p.m. Through March 24. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW. MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.
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/.
Featuring workshops, luncheon, film festival, books, lectures, and more. Visit website for more information and schedule of events. Sun., March 17, 2 p.m. MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, 6560 POPLAR (761-0810), WWW.JCCMEMPHIS.ORG.
S P O R TS / F I TN ES S
Memphis 901 FC vs. Loudoun United FC Sat., March 16, 7 p.m.
AUTOZONE PARK, THIRD AND UNION (721-6000), WWW.MEMPHIS901FC. COM.
M E ETI NGS
Fantastical Writers of the Mid-South
For writers who specialize in science-fiction/fantasy/ etc. Second Thursday of every month, 7 p.m. BARNES & NOBLE, 2774 N. GERMANTOWN (386-2468).
A Novel Book Club
A wide variety of genres, interests, and reading styles, with book club members involved in choosing future selections. Third Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m.
T.O. Fuller State Park Monthly Meeting Call for more information. Third Wednesday of every month, noon. T.O. FULLER STATE PARK, 1500 MITCHELL (543-7581).
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Tour for Life
The world’s largest cooperative life-saving adoption event. Fri., March 15, 12-6 p.m. HUMANE SOCIETY OF MEMPHIS & SHELBY COUNTY, 935 FARM (2721753), WWW.MEMPHISHUMANE.ORG.
KIDS
Rites to Play
A free carnival for kids with games, food trucks, a bounce house, balloon artists, a petting farm, and more. Sun., March 17, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. RHODES COLLEGE, OAK ALLEY, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000).
Rites to Play: Galaxy
The Kinney Service Program is hosting a free galaxy-themed carnival, complete with a bounce house, petting zoo, games, crafts, food, and more Sun., March 17, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
H O L I DAY E V E N TS
The Emerald Isle: The Irish (and Scots!) of Elmwood
A St. Patrick’s Day celebration with delicious Irish-themed treats, and beer, wine, and other beverages. There will be a seated presentation on the Irish and the Scots who rest at Elmwood and their fascinating lives. Advance registration for this event is required. Sun., March 17, 2 p.m.
RHODES COLLEGE, OAK ALLEY, 2000 N. PARKWAY ((913) 909-8067).
ELMWOOD CEMETERY, 824 S. DUDLEY (774-3212), WWW. ELMWOODCEMETERY.ORG.
WKNO Spring Break Camp
Silky O’ Sullivan St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Keep your kids ready with S.T.E.M.-based learning at the WKNO/PBS Kids. For ages 4-11 years old. $65. Through March 15, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. OAK GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH, 7289 HIGHWAY 64, WWW.WKNO.ORG/ WKNO_CAMP.HTML.
The Beale Street Merchants Association hosts the 46th annual parade. Spectators are invited to wear green and bring the family. Sat., March 16, noon. SILKY O’SULLIVAN’S, 183 BEALE (522-9596).
FO O D & D R I N K EVE NTS
F I LM
Beer and Cheese Pairing Class
Exploring the story of Victor Rios’ evolution from school pushout and gang member to UC professor — while confronting crucial questions of race, class, and power — and the promise and perils of education. Pay what you can. Thurs., March 14, 7-9 p.m.
Joe’s Wines & Liquor and Crosstown Brewing Co. present a pairing class for our two favorite things. $20. Thurs., March 14, 7-8:30 p.m. CROSSTOWN BREWING CO., 1264 CONCOURSE.
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. DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS, VARIOUS LOCATIONS (500-7101), WWW. SPROCKNROLLMEMPHIS.COM.
Sunday Supper Series
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 Pushouts
CROSSTOWN ARTS AT THE CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE AVE., SUITE 280, WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.
Space Jam
In a desperate attempt to win a basketball match and earn their freedom, the Looney Tunes seek the aid of retired basketball champion, Michael Jordan. $6-$8. Fri., March 15, 7 p.m. THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (5253000), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM.
A Wider Angle Film Series: La Familia
In a violent working-class district of Caracas, Venezuela, 12-year-old Pedro seriously injures another boy while roughhousing, forcing him and his single father Andrés to flee the area to avoid retribution. Spanish with English subtitles. (82 minutes) Free. Tues., March 19, 6:30 p.m. BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2726), BIT.LY/2NAX3ZK.
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f you’re craving a particular type of dish, describe it to Branon Mason. He’ll make it happen. “I create things on the spot,” says Mason, 36, Ciao Bella Italian Grill executive chef. “It’s kind of like jazz. You know how you get a solo in jazz? It’s like, ‘All right. Pick the solo and go make something.’ That’s pretty much been me.” Where does that talent come from? “I have no idea. The ability to create on the fly, maybe it’s something from my musical background. Maybe it’s something from being into sports. A lot of thinking on your feet type of things.” Mason’s first love was football. “I played Pop Warner Football for the Cherokee Dolphins. That was in a little neighborhood on the edge of Orange Mound.” Football as a career was over for the most part after Mason suffered ligament damage to his knee. He ended up joining the Overton High School band. His band director said Mason “had the lips of a tuba player.” He landed a scholarship to Tennessee State University in Nashville, where he was part of the concert, brass ensemble, and pep bands as a freshman, but he flunked out. “Not being used to the whole college atmosphere and being away from home for the first time, it was too much for me.” Mason had worked the doughnut machine at a Krispy Kreme when he was 16 and, later, flipped hamburgers at a Wendy’s and made sandwiches at a McAlister’s Deli, but he had no desire to make cooking a career. That is, until he got a job at the Olive Garden on Winchester. “Once I got the grasp of how to cook and saute and grill and prep, I ran with it. I fell in love with cooking at the Olive Garden,” he says. But he didn’t feel creative. “I just knew I was a cook at Olive Garden, but a chef was something different.” He began “researching chefs and what they do. On the internet. Books. I can remember going to sit in Barnes & Noble and reading The Joy of Cooking.” Mason moved to New York with the idea of going to culinary school. He got a job at the Blue Fin restaurant of the W Hotel. “It was the biggest kitchen I have ever seen in my life. It was three floors.” But after a year, he moved back home
because he couldn’t afford New York. Mason got a job at Ciao Bella the day after he returned. He’s been there ever since. His creativity was unleashed after he became Ciao Bella’s head chef in 2013. “I started getting into taking pictures of my food. And Instagram came out. I was like, ‘All right. I can make something new and put it out and people will see it and people will come here and taste it. That idea just lifted me.”
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The Ciao Bella menu features favorite dishes from the restaurant’s owners — the Tashie family. Mason and family members collaborate on how to execute those dishes. Most of Mason’s creativity is seen in his specials, like the shrimp cocktail he featured. Ciao Bella owner Paul Tashie wanted Mason to come up with a shrimp cocktail. “I’m like, ‘Okay. How can I take shrimp cocktail and make it new and fresh and exciting? And also have it relate to the restaurant and the Italian/Greek thing?’ I orchestrated a Greek spice blend that I marinated my shrimp in, using oregano, lemon, garlic. I grilled the shrimp.” Instead of the “good old red traditional” cocktail sauce, Mason blended basil pesto, traditional horseradish, and “a sweet tomato essence” to come up with a “basil, pesto cocktail sauce. And it was a killer.” Using purple Peruvian potatoes, Mason made a purple potato puree. “The color from it — the bright pink from the shrimp, the royal beautiful purple for the potato, and the bright green from the pesto — it just made a ridiculous color scheme.” Mason’s dishes are a combination of care and the “wow factor,” he says. “Something that’s special that you wouldn’t think you’d put on a plate. Just knowing those things and trying to incorporate them into my cooking, that’s what translates. That’s what you get. Just raw, unpolished gold.” Ciao Bella Italian Grill is at 565 Erin Drive, (901) 205-2500.
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arnestine & Hazel’s is alive and well and waiting for you to come by for a “soul burger.” After owner Bud Chittom died September 5th, people wondered what was going to happen to the iconic restaurant/bar at 531 South Main — at the corner of South Main and G. E. Patterson. The restaurant was closed for 10 days, but it is now open. Bud left his entire estate, including a partnership in Beale & Second Inc., to his only heir — his daughter, Caitlin Chittom, 23. This includes Blues City Cafe, Beale Street Live (formerly Club 152), Jerry Lee Lewis’ Cafe & Honky Tonk, Beale Street General Store, Beale Sweets Sugar Shack, Handy Park concessions, and commercial rental properties. He left Earnestine & Hazel’s strictly to her, Caitlin says. “It’s the most special to me.”
After Bud died, rumors began, Chittom-Merigian says. People said they were taking out the jukebox and that Caitlin wanted to turn E & H “into a cocktail bar.” No. The downstairs and upstairs still look the same. Same jukebox. Same 45 rpm records dot the wall. Same retro light fixtures still hang from the ceiling. Some familiar faces no longer work there, but Nate Barnes still bartends upstairs in Nate’s Bar. The same piano is there. And Floyd Foster continues to man the grill. As far as changes, draft beer from local breweries is now on tap at E & H. Customers can now order a mixed drink at the bar instead of having someone bring it from the upstairs bar or the old The 5 Spot restaurant, which is now a party rental facility. The smoking regulation is changed; smoking is allowed only upstairs. Albert King Jr. leads the new house band. Phone chargers are now installed at each booth so customers won’t have to have someone behind the bar charge their cell phones. The new Malco Powerhouse Cinema Grill & Bar is an incentive to Caitlin add more hours, Caitlin says. “With Chittom (left) the movie theater coming in, we’re and Nate looking to expand our hours back Barnes into the day. I’d love to be open again during the day.” Caitlin says she’s “taking it day by day.” She’s excited about the development She’s been getting advice from friends, going on in the South Main district. “I including Congressman Steve Cohen, resthink it’s a growing and thriving comtaurateur Kelly English, Miss Polly’s Soul munity. I love that we’re in an area that City Cafe owner Ty Agee, and her mom, is preserving its history. It’s an exciting Angela Chittom-Merigian. intersection to be at. It’s the best corner in “I knew one day this would happen. the city.” It’s a lot to take on, but it doesn’t feel The building that houses Earnestine impossible.” & Hazel’s was built in 1906. During She basically is leaving Earnestine its lifetime it was a church, a brothel, & Hazel’s as Earnestine & Hazel’s. She’s and a pharmacy. Earnestine Mitchell not repainting, renovating, re-designing, and Hazel Jones opened the original or changing light fixtures. Nothing is Earnestine & Hazel’s. happening to that famous grill, where Bud and Delmer George bought E & H those savory “soul burger” hamburgers in 1993. Bud later bought out George. are cooked. And they still come to the A few years later, Bud decided to table in a red plastic basket with a bag of bring Russell George (no relation to potato chips. Delmer George) on board as co-owner. “Earnestine’s is such an integral part of George owned Murphy’s at the time. Memphis history,” Caitlin says. Chittom-Merigian remembers Bud “We embrace the ragged of Earnessaying, “I’m going to go get Russell tine’s,” Chittom-Merigian says. George. He’ll be the perfect face for “Locals are welcome there,” Caitlin Earnestine’s.” says. “Tourists are welcome there. It’s Bud knew before Caitlin was born that very come as you are. I wouldn’t want to E & H would be hers someday, Chittomdo anything to jeopardize our ability to Merigian says. He told her, “This is her welcome everybody.” legacy. This is Caitlin’s corner.”
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First available in the brewery’s tap room in 2016, Grind-N-Shine is a light-bodied cream ale flavored with roasted coffee beans, then a little vanilla to lighten the whole thing up. It’s a malty beer that, like a lot of cream ales, floats on the palate. This one, however, does so without losing the deep, roasted flavors. It’s a good beer for malt lovers and has returned to the tap room seasonally — and is now also available around town in cans. Now … about those cans. Breaking from its usual brandedlabel design for its package bottles, Ghost River partnered with local artist Quantavious “Toonky” Worship,
whose murals can be seen around the city on walls, trucks, and T-shirts. His colorful work, inspired by graffiti artists, is vibrant and cartoonish and seemingly alive. The beer was named for the “grind” of late nights and the “shine” of the next morning, and both are captured in Toonky’s exaggerated bloodshot eye that stares back at you from the can. “The ‘eye’ on the Grind-N-Shine label is a fun play with many levels of meaning,” Feinstone says. “Toonky’s murals are a part of the city’s backdrop, and his GNS can art design just feels like Memphis.” When the first Grind-N-Shine keg was tapped this season in late February, Toonky’s work was on display in the taproom. And that alone says something about Memphis, that one of our local art shows is held in a local brewery. I don’t know what it says, exactly, but it can’t be a bad thing. Just because you can buy six-packs of Toonky’s art around town, though, doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t drop in for a pint in Ghost River’s taproom down on South Main. Or, should I say “South Mane”? Outside is Toonky’s GNS “Eye,” and inside it is all raw brick and exposed beams and industrial this and that. In short, a perfect watering hole. As the original Memphis craft brewer, Ghost River was looking for a distinctly Memphis vibe, both on the can and in the glass. I think they hit the nail on the head here. The brilliance of a light-bodied but deep-flavored coffee beer is a solid fit. Like a thinking adult’s Red Bull and vodka. The friendly bartender down at the taproom called the pint a “breakfast beer.” My personal favorite is that term those pedantic Germans use, a Muntermacher, which means something like an “eye-opener.” That these Ghost River folks run such a tight operation in a culture that thinks drinking a beer at 8:30 a.m. before heading into the office is a perfectly reasonable thing to do makes me wonder if our American “no drinking until after work” dictum may be using the wrong end of the stick.
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host River Brewing has always produced great beers that are exemplars of a certain style. But for a seasonal release they wanted to think a little outside the box — or can. To do that, they looked inward to Memphis as inspiration for their Grind-N-Shine Coffee Cream Ale. “Grind-N-Shine is not our first coffee beer,” says Suzanne Feinstone, Ghost River’s director of marketing. “Ugly Magic was our first collaboration with Ugly Mug.” And while dark beer and coffee are a natural fit, Ghost River’s clever twist on the style was to make a coffee beer with a cream ale, a thoroughly American style that started in the middle of last century. The beer has aptly been described as “the bastard child of English ale and German lager.” That’s as accurate a description as I know. My only issue with it is that I didn’t come up with it first.
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aybe the best part about making a Captain Marvel movie is that you don’t have to care about continuity or canon, because, where this particular character is concerned, there basically isn’t any. I knew the outlines of the saga of Captain Marvel, but in boning up for the Big Movie Event (TM), I dove into the longest running and most convoluted story in comic history. Captain Marvel, aka Shazam, was a Superman knock off, created the year after Action Comics No. 1 was published, who became the most popular comic book character of the 1940s. After Detective Comics (DC) sued the tights off Fawcett Comics, they took control of the character and changed the name to Shazam, which had been Captain Marvel’s catchphrase. Meanwhile, Marvel comics figured they needed a Captain Marvel for obvious reasons, made a deal with the smoking ruins of Fawcett, and introduced their own Captain Marvel. Marvel’s Marvel never really caught on, but the terms of their contract said they had to publish something every two years or lose the copyright, so they’ve been rebooting the character for decades. Captain Marvel has been an
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So what am I supposed to do with my Michael Jackson albums now? In 20 years they’ll be collectors’ items, but presently, I’m unable to listen to them in the same way as before the HBO documentary Leaving Michael Neverland aired. Jackson How can you compartmentalize the artist’s work from the artist? For Jackson fans, the documentary was devastating evidence that Jackson preyed on boys as young as seven and seduced their families as well. Two victims of Jackson’s alleged predations, now grown men, have come forward to testify in graphic detail about the abuse they suffered at the hands of the “King of Pop.” Jackson himself admitted in a previous documentary that he shared his bed with young boys, but claimed it was in a non-sexual manner. In that film, Jackson claimed that it was all milk and cookies and video games, and that he felt most comfortable in the company of children because of their innocence, and that it was an effort to reclaim the childhood that he never had. We always knew that he was weird, but his explanation seemed plausible to Jackson’s fans who wanted to believe it, including me. I’ll admit to being an unabashed fan of MJ, from the time he first appeared as the child prodigy lead singer of the Jackson 5, until his death. The first CD I ever bought was Off the Wall. I delighted in his first solo effort as a mature artist and even attended the Jackson 5’s “Triumph” tour at the Mid-South Coliseum in 1981. When Jackson died in 2009, I wrote for this publication, “I truly believe that Jackson was an emotional manchild attempting to surround himself with the only group of people he felt he could completely trust: children. Even his trust in children was betrayed when the boy he tried to help with medical expenses and emotional support filed criminal molestation charges against him. After the young man and his mother were proven to be grifters and Jackson was acquitted of all charges, Michael was forever burdened with suspicions of pedophilia.” Boy, was I ever wrong. Maybe the $24-million settlement to the family should have been a clue, but I chose to believe his earnest denials of impropriety because I thought Michael was a unique person whose sole purpose was to bring joy to his fans. He sure fooled me. As a result of the heartbreaking HBO documentary, I’ll never listen to “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough” or “Smooth Criminal” without thinking of his abhorrent sleepovers. Leaving Neverland came on the heels of the six-part Lifetime series Surviving R. Kelly, in which underage girls as young as 14 told harrowing stories of being abused and held captive by the 52-year-old superstar. In 2008, Kelly was acquitted of 14 counts of child pornography in a Chicago courtroom, but rumors continued to swirl about his penchant for mistreating young girls and creating a “sex cult.” His marriage to his 15-year-old protege, Aaliyah, in 1994, sealed the deal on his alleged pedophilia. The Kelly-produced Aaliyah debut album Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number should have been seen as an in-your-face confession. Kelly forbid questions about Aaliyah in his recent bizarre interview with Gayle King, in which he dissolved into a frightful hysterical denial of everything negative ever said about him. Does this mean I can’t enjoy “I Believe I Can Fly” anymore? I guess so. But if that’s the case, there are scores of other popular songs in question. When Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13-year-old cousin, back in the 1950s, it nearly ruined his career. But, here on his home turf, it was just thought of as a “Southern thing.” Chuck Berry was sent to prison for violating the Mann Act for transporting an underage girl across state lines for “immoral purposes.” Charlie Chaplin and Frank Lloyd Wright, among others, were convicted of the same offense. Even Elvis was known for his unusual proclivity for watching teenage girls wrestle in their underwear. His future wife, Priscilla, was 14 when Elvis met her, yet he somehow persuaded her parents to allow their daughter to move into Graceland at the age of 17. Little Richard led a life of such debauchery it caused him to quit rock-and-roll and become a minister. Bing Crosby beat his children, but his Christmas album is still a best seller. The list goes on. Rick James was accused of torturing two women. David Bowie was famous for his dalliances with underage groupies. Rod Stewart has eight children with five different women. The Rolling Stones’ bassist Bill Wyman had sex with a 14-yearold girl whom he later married, when she was 18 and he was 52. Producer Phil Spector is currently in prison for murdering a female acquaintance. John Phillips of the Mamas and Papas had frequent sex with his own daughter, but you can’t turn on an oldies station without hearing “Monday Monday,” or “California Dreaming.” Gary Glitter was arrested for sexual congress with a 13-year-old and was considered so degenerate he was kicked out of Vietnam, yet in nearly every sports arena you can still hear his song “Rock and Roll Part 2,” with the signature “Hey” crowd response. If the music “industry” — known for sex, drugs, and rockand-roll — was purged of songs performed by sexual deviants, there’d be nothing left to listen to but Donnie and Marie Osmond — and I’m not even sure about them. Michael Jackson’s songs are being eliminated from playlists all over the country. But as distasteful as it may now seem, I believe people will be grooving to “Bad” again in the not-too-distant future. Randy Haspel writes the “Recycled Hippies” blog.
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